The Britain’s Got Talent judges were left in tears during Sunday night’s show as they watched an eight-year-old boy with a brain tumor perform.
Ravi sang with his choir, Ravi’s Dream Team, and they went straight to the semi-finals when they got a golden buzzer from Alesha Dixon, after making her and her fellow judges cry.
Taking to the stage, Ravi introduced his sister, mother and father to the judges and explained his reasoning for being on the show while standing alongside the group, who range in age from five to 78.
He said: ‘I’ve watched BGT all my life and I’ve always wanted to audition for it.
“Two years ago I was diagnosed with a brain tumor and I’m here to show that no matter what life throws at you, you can still achieve your dreams.”
Britain’s Got Talent judges were left in tears during Sunday night’s show as they watched an eight-year-old boy with a brain tumor perform.
Ravi sang with his choir, Ravi’s Dream Team, and they went straight to the semi-finals when they got Alesha Dixon’s golden buzzer while moving her to tears.
Ravi’s Dream performing on Britain’s Got Talent before receiving the golden buzzer
Ravi and the choir performed A Million Dreams from the hit movie The Greatest Showman, which left everyone incredibly emotional.
Explaining why she pressed the buzzer, Alesha said: “The golden buzzer is a very personal thing and I always say I can only press it when I feel good and you are an extraordinary young man.”
The judges then stood as members of the choir, made up of friends, family, school teachers, medical professionals and other children from Ravi’s brain tumor community, hugged each other in celebration.
ITV viewers quickly took to X to say they were also “in tears” and that the golden buzzer performance was “well deserved”.
They wrote: ‘The British have talent they made me cry, that golden buzzer was well deserved; Britain’s Got Talent… sobbing; The British talent is emotional tonight; I am in a sea of tears. Close to home as my daughter had a stage 4 brain tumor so we’ve had a hellish 18 months.
It comes after the ITV show was plunged into a row as it was revealed that one of the contenders for Saturday’s series premiere was an experienced musical theater performer.
Sydnie Christmas, 28, wowed judges Simon Cowell, Alesha and Bruno Tonioli with her incredible performance of Tomorrow from the musical Annie, with Amanda so impressed she pressed the golden buzzer.
However, despite revealing her dreams of working in the West End and her current role as a receptionist, viewers quickly discovered that Sydnie had had a great career on stage.
Taking to the stage, Ravi introduced his sister, mother and father to the judges and explained his reasoning for being on the show while standing alongside the group, who range in age from five to 78.
Ravi and the choir performed A Million Dreams from the hit movie The Greatest Showman, which left everyone incredibly emotional.
Explaining why she pressed the buzzer, Alesha said: “The golden buzzer is a very personal thing and I always say I can only press it when I feel good and you are an extraordinary young man.”
Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli also cried while watching the emotional performance.
ITV viewers quickly took to X to say they were also “full of tears” and that the golden buzzer performance was “well deserved”.
After the performance, fans flocked to X, with one writing: “Always good to see an underdog on @BGT like Sydnie Christmas.” My God. A simple Google search… what the hell!’
While others wrote: ‘Come on, Sydnie Christmas is already a pro’: ‘Sydnie Christmas has starred in Starlight Exoress in Bochum, Germany, and Lazarus at the King’s Cross Theater in London. She and she played Rizzo in a stage show of Grease. So there’s no rookie’: ‘Sydnie Christmas, Starlight Express. Just a quick Google search.’
Sydnie has worked on cruise ships, including the Royal Caribbean International, where she played Rizzo in the musical Grease.
She made her London debut as one of the lead vocals in Lazarus, set to the music of David Bowie, at the King’s Cross Theater and shared a backstage snap with Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson after he attended the show.
She then appeared in a German production of Starlight Express in 2019 as Belle the Bar Car.