Britain’s Got Talent’s pregnant singer Amy Lou Smith gave birth to a “perfect” baby girl yesterday afternoon just hours before her audition aired on ITV.
Little Aida was born “healthy in every single form,” according to her proud mum. She was born at 15:59 on Saturday afternoon, and just a few hours later, Amy's audition of her singing Beyonce’s Listen was broadcast, writes The Mirror.
The 34-year-old sunbed shop worker was 30 weeks pregnant when she auditioned in January and totally blew the judges away with her performance with got her four yeses from the judges.
Amy Lou, who is already a mum to her four year old son, told our sister paper: “She is absolutely perfect and healthy in every single form.
"I am so overwhelmed with all the love and support I’ve received from being on the show. I cannot put into words how in love we are with our perfect little girl. She’s made the family complete.
She added: “I love being a mum and I’m beyond grateful and blessed that I’ve been able to welcome Aida into the world. It all feels like a dream right now and I keep having to pinch myself to make sure it’s not.
“We didn’t know my audition would be airing this weekend until the day before and I was already booked in to have Aida - so we were so shocked! I hadn’t told anybody on the show I was having her this weekend - so it’s crazy!
“As a family we are so in love and I’m so overwhelmed by all the kindness that has come our way. My own little BGT baby!”
Baby Aida was born at 15:59 on Saturday weighing 5lb 14oz.
Her proud mum added: "She had people swarming our room,” Amy Lou said on Sunday. “Nurses etc who had just watched the audition in the offices.
“What a day yesterday was for me. Life has gone crazy as you may imagine and the feedback and comments and positivity from the show is just insane - I’m so happy.”
She added she was “going to concentrate on settling baby Aida into our new little life together”.
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