While Maia Gough was only 12 at the time, she mastered the Whitney Houston classic with ease during her audition for the television show “Britain’s Got Talent,” in 2015. She will be a name we will be hearing more and more of in the future. She gave a stunningly powerful performance of the iconic Whitney Houston song “I Have Nothing” in front of her entire family backstage. It was said after this performance that she could win the competition as a whole.

For her second audition, Maia sang the song “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” and told the judges Whitney was her idol. According to Wales Online, the judges were very impressed by Maia’s performance and she received a lot of positive comments from them. As Amanda Holden stated, “I don’t think you really know your own strength, you’re an ordinary young girl with an ordinary family, but when you sing, something extraordinary comes out of your mouth.”

David Walliams said: “Wow! Incredible. You have such a big voice for such a young girl. You made everyone in Wales proud. I am sure everyone is rooting for you.”Alesha Dixon added: “You are such a pro, you wouldn’t know you didn’t have many rehearsals.

You hit those big notes. For your age, it is so impressive. You have got it.” Despite being such a young girl, Maia has a mature voice and can control her musical talent like a true pro. From the cheers and applause at the end, it was well received by the audience as well. After her second performance, Simon Cowell expressed his support, saying: “You have tonsillitis, and then you decide to sing Whitney’s hardest song.”

That takes guts and it worked. I liked the fact that I could actually hear you and I could hear the Welsh lilt. The control was terrific!” Very high praise indeed! It is certain that we will be seeing Maia on stages around the world in the future, despite the fact that she didn’t quite make it through to the finals of “Britain’s Got Talent.”