{"id":857,"date":"2022-08-03T12:16:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=186545"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:04:17","slug":"autistic-singer-aubrey-burchell-captivates-agt-fans-with-the-weeknd-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2022\/08\/03\/autistic-singer-aubrey-burchell-captivates-agt-fans-with-the-weeknd-tune\/","title":{"rendered":"Autistic singer Aubrey Burchell captivates AGT fans with The Weeknd tune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Aubrey Burchell took to the America&#8217;s Got Talent stage to perform The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8216;Call Out My Name&#8217;. Putting her own emotional spin on the popular track, she seriously impressed the talent show judges.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spoiler alert: <\/strong>Revealing that she was recently diagnosed with level one autism, Audrey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/americas-got-talent\">America&#8217;s Got Talent<\/a> audition received four yeses. Hoping to inspire viewers across the country, the singer broke down in tears after getting a standing ovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Special&#8221; and with the potential for a &#8220;skyrocketing career&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/simon-cowell\">Simon Cowell<\/a>&#8216;s words), she was described as the &#8220;perfect package&#8221; by judge Sofia Vergara. So just who is Audrey and what does she do for a living?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>MORE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/talent-shows\/americas-got-talent-2023-season-18-start-date-judges-and-how-many-episodes\">America&#8217;s Got Talent is back with &#8216;favorite duo&#8217; returning to the judges panel<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kJpF20EtYG4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-aubrey-burchell\">Meet Aubrey Burchell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Audrey is a 21-year-old singer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She currently earns a living as a Target staff member but admitted that she scurries off to the bathroom on her breaks, singing on camera &#8220;to keep herself sane&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 11K followers on <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>, she often shares TikToks of her singing and is so ambitious that she wants to win Grammys in the future. The singer-songwriter is now a contestant on America&#8217;s Got Talent season 17!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was actually an <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/american-idol\">American Idol<\/a> contestant in 2018 and currently has 1.92K subscribers on YouTube at the time of writing. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CcYkb8ivxke\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Aubrey Burchell  \ud83d\udc8b (@aubreyburchellofficial)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-agt-singer-spoke-of-her-autism\">The AGT singer spoke of her autism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey revealed that she is a &#8220;recently-diagnosed level one autistic&#8221; (the mildest level of autism) before adding that she struggled for a very large portion of her life. She addressed other young autistic people who are suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She referenced anyone with autism suffering in silence, and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>You can follow your passion and you can not fit in the box, and you can just eat at it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Several viewers watching related to Aubrey&#8217;s autism diagnosis, which only added to the emotional performance. By the end of her <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/talent-shows\/5-agt-auditions-that-were-so-unexpectedly-good-they-left-everyone-in-awe\">America&#8217;s Got Talent audition<\/a>, the judges told the singer that she is an inspiration for AGT viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>MORE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/talent-shows\/simon-cowell-gets-emotional-over-beautiful-tribute-to-nightbirde-jane\">Simon Cowell wipes away tears over &#8216;breathtaking&#8217; America&#8217;s Got Talent tribute<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fans-react-to-the-star-s-performance\">Fans react to the star&#8217;s performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey&#8217;s performance was certainly a tear-jerker. And if the audience on their feet, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/talent-shows\/americas-got-talent-judges-row-rude-song\">America&#8217;s Got Talent judges<\/a>, didn&#8217;t speak for itself, then the crowds watching from their sofas at home were just as impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One viewer wrote: &#8220;You&#8217;re my girl Heidi! I always agree with you! I don&#8217;t know what the lady&#8217;s name was who just saying and made me cry and said she was diagnosed as being autistic I guess. Anyway, I hope she wins!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another penned: &#8220;As a fellow autistic myself, let me be the first to say, YOU BETTER SING AUBREY!!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Wow!!! Killin\u2019 it Aubrey!!! I\u2019ve got to see the whole performance!!! 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Putting her own emotional spin on the popular track, she seriously impressed the talent show judges. Spoiler alert: Revealing that she was recently diagnosed with level one autism, Audrey&#8217;s America&#8217;s Got Talent audition received four yeses. 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