{"id":289919,"date":"2023-04-27T18:43:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T23:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=289919"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T21:14:25","slug":"pregnant-woman-britains-got-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-woman-britains-got-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant mom wows &#8216;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217; judges&#8230; and gave birth hours before show aired"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A pregnant mother auditioned for Britain&#8217;s Got Talent this season, proudly cradling her baby bump. She gave birth just before her audition aired on television last week.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Lou Smith sang Beyonce&#8217;s &#8220;Listen&#8221; for the judges while 30 weeks pregnant with a little girl. After her incredible performance, the crowd leaped to their feet, cheering wildly as Smith tried to hold back tears. &#8220;The baby&#8217;s going, &#8216;Thank you, thank you!'&#8221; hosts Ant and Dec joked offstage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was thinking, your baby&#8217;s probably like, really having a lovely little sleep in there,&#8221; Amanda Holden, one of the Britain&#8217;s Got Talent judges, said, after noting that she was covered in goosebumps. &#8220;And then she&#8217;s going, &#8216;Oh, here we go!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JdH6eVgpc4Y\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nJudge Simon Cowell joked that he was worried she might give birth on stage. &#8220;That doesn&#8217;t happen!&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;No, I&#8217;m sorry, this doesn&#8217;t happen. You come out, how many weeks pregnant are you? I was thinking, yeah, we could actually have our first birth on the stage. And I watch you, watch the audience reaction. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen anyone so connected in all my years of doing this. I mean, that was actually quite incredible. And Amy, look, this is your stage. This is your moment. And whatever happens next is just going to be amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What happened next was, indeed, amazing, as Smith welcomed baby Aida into the world. &#8220;Just hours before her audition aired on Saturday, she gave birth to the wonderful baby Aida!&#8221; the Britain&#8217;s Got Talent Instagram page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CrJDQJLI1lG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &#8220;We wonder if little Aida remembers playing such a glowing part in that AMAZING singing performance!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/walgreens-cvs-petition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-283198 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg\" alt=\"Walgreens CVS banner\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Keep-Abortion-Pill-Out-Of-Walgreens-CVSLAN-Horizontal--500x128.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/pregnant-britains-talent-act-gives-29724528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with the Mirror, Smith said Aida is doing well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She is absolutely perfect and healthy in every single form,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I am so overwhelmed with all the love and support I\u2019ve received from being on the show. I cannot put into words how in love we are with our perfect little girl. She\u2019s made the family complete. I love being a mum and I\u2019m beyond grateful and blessed that I\u2019ve 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\u2019s not. We didn\u2019t know my audition would be airing this weekend until the day before and I was already booked in to have Aida &#8211; so we were so shocked! I hadn\u2019t told anybody on the show I was having her this weekend &#8211; so it\u2019s crazy! As a family we are so in love and I\u2019m so overwhelmed by all the kindness that has come our way. My own little BGT baby!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith got four &#8220;yes&#8221; votes from the judges, meaning she will be able to move forward in the competition. In the meantime, she said she would be focused on &#8220;settling baby Aida into our new little life together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/general-donation\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=monthly&amp;utm_content=article\"><i>Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pregnant mother auditioned for Britain&#8217;s Got Talent this season, proudly cradling her baby bump. She gave birth just before her audition aired on television last week. Amy Lou Smith sang Beyonce&#8217;s &#8220;Listen&#8221; for the judges while 30 weeks pregnant with a little girl. 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