Maya Giotea gives 'Oscar Winning' performance of Raye Hit! | Semi-Final | BGT 2025

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna tell you about one of the many friends Name is irrelevant, height is irrelevant The only one that I've tamed, I wish that I weren't there I can't deny, I was stuck in the days A terrible phase, you was convincing though Very believable, the role that you played So I'll take this front row seat And baby, baby, you can go ahead Cry those Oscar winning tears I'm good and I scream, yeah Baby, baby, you can go ahead Cry those Oscar winning tears You can miss me with that nonsense Cause I can see right through your tears I wish I could tape it, sit down No tissues, no string section, no tiny violin For the last time, I'm your audience I'll take this front row seat And baby, baby, you can go ahead And cry those 14 years old, delivering those vocals is unbelievable You are the real deal I would sign you up right now if I had a record company Brilliant, fantastic Thank you Bruno Slow, but by the song, you really just blew the roof off The vocals were stunning And what an amazing song choice Ray is one of the greatest artists to come out of this country So you picked a great song I can't wait to see what the future holds for you Maya Well done my darling, well done So it is sat there in awe of you You are literally just a year older than her And I can't believe that Your parents must be dying of joy at this moment You really nailed that song Really difficult song to sing And as Alicia said, Ray is phenomenal So if she's watching, I'm sure she's got tears running down her face Because you did an amazing job of that Amazing Let me tell you I think you are the biggest surprise of the night so far Genuinely I think, you know, certain people they hide behind the song You didn't You know, was every note perfect? No, did it matter? No The fact is You took a really, really difficult song You weren't messing around I thought that was way better than your audition Which got a golden buzzer by the way And it was really, really good You've got a great future ahead of you Thank you judges My comments from the judges You told us before your first audition you really struggled with the nerves How did it feel tonight? It's definitely built up my confidence a lot And I'm so happy to be performing for the UK audience It's such an honor And I'm so happy to be here and I hope you liked it Liked it? They loved it! Did you not hear them?