ᴛʜɪꜱ ʜᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀʏ, ꜱɪᴍᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴡᴇʟʟ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋꜱ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ɪɴ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴀꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱɪɴɢɪɴɢ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇ ᴄʀᴏᴡᴅ ɢᴀꜱᴘᴇᴅ!

As the stage lights illuminated and the audience hushed in anticipation, a young girl, no more than ten years old, stepped onto the stage with an air of confidence that belied her tender age.

Clutching a microphone, she stood before the judging panel, including the notoriously discerning Simon Cowell, whose reputation for being unyielding in his critiques precedes him.