--- title: Deaf Singer Mandy Harvey Wows Judges on America's Got Talent description: Mandy Harvey brought the audience to tears in her performance, which Simon Cowell called "one of the most amazing things" he'd ever heard. canonical: https://time.com/4808965/mandy-harvey-americas-got-talent/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-07T15:27:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:06:04.759Z og:title: Watch a Deaf Singer Wow the Judges on 'America's Got Talent' og:description: Bring out the tissues for this emotional performance og:url: https://time.com/4808965/mandy-harvey-americas-got-talent/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9b018fb495419b8/6988d09b656a3f7632bd0515/screen-shot-2017-06-07-at-11-08-12-am.png?branch=production&width=837&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 837 og:image:height: 471 og:image:alt: mandy-harvey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Deaf Singer Wow the Judges on 'America's Got Talent' twitter:description: Bring out the tissues for this emotional performance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9b018fb495419b8/6988d09b656a3f7632bd0515/screen-shot-2017-06-07-at-11-08-12-am.png?branch=production&width=837&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Deaf Singer on _America's Got Talent_ Wow the Audience With Her Moving Song > Sponsored content. 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Former "America's Got Talent" Host Nick Cannon wishes Tyra Banks the best of luck with her new hosting gig_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 7, 2017 3:27 PM UTC Former "America's Got Talent" Host Nick Cannon wishes Tyra Banks the best of luck with her new hosting gig  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 7, 2017 3:27 PM UTC In a new episode of [_America’s Got Talent_](http://time.com/4498120/taylor-swift-america-got-talent-grace-vanderwaal-gift/) Tuesday night, one surprising performance moved even the professionally stoic veteran judge [Simon Cowell](http://time.com/4362496/simon-cowell-grace-vanderwaal-americas-got-talent/). Contestant Mandy Harvey, 29, lost her hearing at age 18 — but appeared onstage to perform a song of her own composition, aided by a sign language translator to communicate with the judges. “Basically I got sick and my nerves deteriorated,” she explained to the judges of her hearing loss. She abandoned her passion for a time, but Harvey, who had been singing since she was a child, was able to return to it by relying on muscle memory, visual tuners and trust in her own pitch. “After I lost my hearing, I gave up. But I want to do more with my life than just give up,” she said, before launching into a performance of the original song, “Try.” A sweet and melodious acoustic tune, Harvey hit every note — and drew tears and a standing ovation from the audience. Finally, Cowell hit the Golden Buzzer, sending her through to the live show. “I’ve done this a long time,” the [former _American Idol_ judge](http://time.com/4083251/simon-cowell-americas-got-talent-stern/) said as he went up to her after to congratulate her. “That was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen and heard.” Watch her wow the crowd in her moving song, above. ## Transcript [00:00] Looks like there is a new host in town. Tyra Banks will be [00:03] taking over the hosting duties of Nick Cannon for the [00:05] upcoming season of America's Got Talent. The show made [00:07] the announcement official with social media posts [00:10] welcoming Tyra to the team. Tyra seems super excited [00:13] about the news. She tweeted out. Surprise! TyTy is the new [00:16] host of America's Got Talent. Can't wait to work with the [00:18] new fam, tagging all the AGT judges. Former host Nick [00:21] Cannon made sure to wish the best of luck to Tyra. He [00:24] replied to her tweet, saying, Salute Queen! Congrats. I [00:27] know you'll be amazing! Wonderful choice. America's Got [00:29] Talent judge, Howie Mandel, wasted no time welcoming [00:32] Tyra to the team. Check out the video he posted on his [00:34] Instagram. Okay, everybody, really excited about the news. [00:38] Our new host on America's Got Talent, Tyra Banks. So [00:42] [ LAUGH ] that's Now a few of us models all working [00:46] together. It's good to be back with the team. Who is it? Tyra [00:49] Banks. Awesome. Yeah, so us people [00:54] in fashion and modeling seem to stick together, work [00:56] together. I can just feel the glue already drying. Yeah, and [01:00] that wasn't all from Howie. He tweeted to the agency [01:02] account saying this, please tell TyTy that I don't shake [01:05] hands. But I do shake my booty. You know that and love [01:08] that about Howie. Also replied directly to Tyra's tweet by [01:11] saying, hi, TyTy. I'm HowHow. Teach me how to smize, [01:15] kween @ tyrabanks! Which got Tyra to reply, HowHow, I [01:18] WillWill. 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