“SHE BREAKS UP THE STAGE — AND MAKES WILL.I.AM LOSE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK!” Before taking America’s Got Talent by storm, Courtney Hadwin set The Voice Kids UK on fire with “Nutbush City Limits.” After just three seconds, Will.i.am’s eyes widened, his mouth dropped open — he lost the ability to speak. When he exploded, he stood up, stomped his feet, and slammed the select button as if he had just discovered “a teenage Janis Joplin.” The audience was on the edge of their seats — they screamed, jumped, and filmed the explosion of a legend. In that moment, the whole of England understood one thing: Courtney wasn’t there to compete… she was there to steal the stage.
Fans of American reality TV know Courtney Hadwin from her insanely viral audition of Otis Redding‘s “Hard to Handle” on Season 13 of “America’s Got Talent.” But viewers of “The Voice Kids UK” are already quite familiar with the 13-year-old rocker. We’ve tracked down Courtney’s original 2017 blind audition from that show (watch above) in which she caused coach Danny Jones to … Read more