Malakai Bayoh headed straight into the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals tonight after Simon Cowell pressed his Golden Buzzer.
The 13-year-old wowed with his incredible performance of Pie Jesu, with both his mum and sister cheering him on from the audience. His performance was also a hit with the other three judges - Bruno Tonioli, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.
Fans tuning into the show from home also loved his rendition, but some viewers recognised the young boy from some previous performances he had done with a huge classical singing star in the past as well as some performances at the Royal Opera House.
Giving his verdict, Simon said it was an incredible routine as he leant over and pressed the Golden Buzzer, before heading on stage to congratulate Malakai on his amazing performance and sending him straight through to the semi-finals.
Rushing to social media, one viewer wrote: "Wowers Malakai’s performance was superb his voice was just beautiful every note was just perfection he totally deserved that golden buzzer from Simon and i was in bits just like everyone else while listening to his stunning voice #BGT #BGT2023 #BritainsGotTalent #GoldenBuzzer."
"Malakai was absolutely flawless. What a voice! #Requiem #BGT," a second shared, as a third penned: "WOW!!! Malakai’s music was well worthy of a golden buzzer, very angelic. Had @BrunoTonioli in tears. #BGT @SimonCowell."
He is no stranger to fame, having made his debut at the Royal Opera House. He was there to sing the role of Oberto in the opera Alcina and in December last year, his festive performances with Aled Jones went viral.
The Royal Opera House were forced to give a lifetime ban to one audience member who booed Malakai's performance.
"Unfortunately, the opening night of Alcina featured an audience member who disrupted the show and the excellent performance by young singer Malakai M Bayoh," they wrote on Twitter at the time.
"We would like to congratulate Malakai M Bayoh for his stellar performance as Oberto in our first night of Alcina. Malakai is astonishingly talented – bringing great acting and beautiful singing to the role – a huge accomplishment for such a young singer. We are appalled that a member of the audience behaved in this way and our support is with Malakai and the cast and creative team of Alcina. Steps have been taken to ensure the audience member in question does not return to the Royal Opera House."
