{"id":203,"date":"2026-08-21T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/?p=203"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:56:33","slug":"judges-worried-when-this-12-year-old-chose-whitney-houston-then-she-started-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Judges Worried When This 12-Year-Old Chose Whitney Houston\u2014Then She Started Singing"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14943\" src=\"https:\/\/readmore.vip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/W-1024x589.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1100\">Choosing a Whitney Houston classic is risky for almost any singer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1159\">For 12-year-old Maia Gough, it was an enormous challenge.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1313\">When Maia revealed she would perform <strong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1219\">\u201cI Have Nothing,\u201d<\/strong> there was understandable concern about whether such a young contestant could handle the song.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1338\">Then the music started.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1418\">Maia quickly revealed a voice far more powerful and mature than many expected.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1461\">As the song built, so did her confidence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1487\">Then came the big notes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1582\">The audience erupted, the judges were stunned, and Maia ultimately earned <strong data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1581\">four YES votes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1584\" data-end=\"1648\">Sometimes the biggest risks create the most memorable auditions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1725\">\ud83d\udc47 <strong data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1725\">See what happened when Maia took on Whitney Houston in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Could singer Maia Gough be the one to watch? | Britain's Got Talent 2015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dG63_nwX8tw?feature=oembed\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing a Whitney Houston classic is risky for almost any singer. For 12-year-old Maia Gough, it was an enormous challenge. When Maia revealed she would perform \u201cI Have Nothing,\u201d there &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talentviral.cam\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}