A loving mum sacrificed her spot on Britain's Got Talent to give her 15-year-old daughter the chance to sing instead. Teenager Tia Connolly belted out I Didn't Know My Own Strength by Whitney Houston, despite have no idea she would be performing on the show which aired tonight.
Show judge Amanda Holden said Tia "absolutely smashed it" and has a "massive career" ahead of her, while Bruno Tonioli said she had "incredible quality because you were singing from your soul”. The audition came after Tia's mother took to the stage and admitted she had arranged a set-up for her daughter.
She said: “She thinks it’s me who’s auditioning. She’s got me through some very hard times in my life and I feel like I owe her, so I’m giving my audition up for my daughter. This is my way of saying she’s fabulous because she deserves it and she’s an incredible person.”
