{"id":2943,"date":"2022-08-02T00:55:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istori.website\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2022-08-02T00:55:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:55:22","slug":"young-woman-with-speech-impediment-deeply-moves-everyone-in-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istori.website\/?p=2943","title":{"rendered":"Young woman with speech impediment deeply moves everyone in room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I lost it when her Dad came out to hug her. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connecticut native Amanda Mammana stood on the America\u2019s Got Talent stage just like everyone else, hoping to show the world just how talented she is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only difference is, Amanda has a speech impediment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It becomes apparent during her pre-audition interview with judge Howie Mandel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howie asks the usual introductory questions, with Amanda taking some time before responding. Then she opens up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs you can probably tell, I have a bit of a speech impediment,\u201d Mammana explained to the four judges. \u201cIt was definitely something that caused me to shy away and to hide, but I found that I don\u2019t stutter when I sing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that\u2019s something else!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 19-year-old songwriter chose to sing an original composition of hers, which in itself is already impressive.<br>All four judges and the audience were listening with interest, wondering what Amanda had in store for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just about hard times and if I could go back and change those things I wouldn\u2019t, because they made me, me,\u201d she says about her song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-32.png 865w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-32-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-32-768x689.png 768w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-32-600x538.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her father stands backstage with host Terry Crews, emotional and looking very concerned for her.<br>Amanda begins strumming her guitar on stage, then proceeds to sing powerful lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Words that brought everyone to tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut what if I could go back in time and change the way I felt about my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then would I still have inside everything that brought me back to life,\u201d she sang.From a young girl with a speech impediment, to a moving singer-songwriter who had the show\u2019s judges and the audience hanging on to every word she sang, Amanda exuded power and grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou spoke to us very honestly about the issues you have with your speech,\u201d added Simon Cowell. \u201cIt\u2019s terrifying auditioning when you don\u2019t have an issue like that, and then you were amazing. I mean your voice is so pure, so beautiful and also you\u2019re a good songwriter and an incredible person. I\u2019m so happy you came here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And with that, Simon gives her the first&nbsp;<strong>yes<\/strong>, with the other three following with&nbsp;<strong>yeses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We can\u2019t wait to see more of Amanda. check out her moving audition below!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PQGYv6Khk8E\" title=\"Amanda Mammana | Singer With Speech Impediment Moves The Judges to Tears | AGT 2022\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I lost it when her Dad came out to hug her. \u2764\ufe0f Connecticut native Amanda Mammana stood on the America\u2019s Got Talent stage just like everyone else, hoping to show&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2947,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions\/2947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/istori.website\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}