Sadly, you omitted the # 1 soprano who won Holland's Got Talent at age 9, Amira Willighagen. Not one of these hold a candle to this gift from God for the world. She has 100's of YT videos!
Jonathan has an amazing choice. You don't see it in this cut but the hurt look on his face for his friend, Charlotte , while Simon praised him tells you a lot about him.
Jackie Evancho was 10 and she shocked the entire country. Jackie was one of the first to perform Puchini, Verde, etc. to a large scale audience on a regular basis and should be credited with bringing many new fans (including myself) to the classical genre. Lots of wanna-be's followed her but few had any commercial success and none had the charm, poise, perfect pitch, and the voice of an angel like Jackie.
Of all the young talents who sang on the stages of music competitions, Laura Bretan is the only one who did not benefit from vocal training specific to classical music, and that's because her parents could not afford it. She tried by herself to enter the mysteries of opera music listening to arias played by Maria Callas, Virginia Zeani and Angela Gheorghiu on RU-vid or home records. No doubt she got some vocal guidance during AGT, because her progress was stunning ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-akYY02ul3pY.html ). Better and better every day ... From a purely musical point of view, Laura should have won the AGT by far, but due to the ignorance and gross lack of culture of the voters this did not happen. A few months after AGT, and a vocal training of only one hour a week, at very early 15 years old, she was able to perform alongside professional opera singers ... a pure blood dramatic soprano voice ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WiCb73JJ5A4.html ) and this beauty ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Lz42P-kujwI.html ). I wonder how many talents have been lost over time due to the ignorance of some and the carelessness of the decision makers. Karma may be the most vicious bitch ...
*Jackie Evancho* (2010) is still the biggest selling singer ever from America's Got Talent. Only singer with Platinum & Gold albums. Still has the most viewed AGT 'television' episode with more than 16.4 million viewers (Nielsen rating). Only singer to perform for US Presidents (8 times) including singing The National Anthem at the 2017 US Presidential Inauguration watched by over 500,000,000 people worldwide.
