She Walked Out Looking Like Any Other Kid…Simon Had Never Heard Anything Like Her

Rachel Crow was 13 years old when she walked onto the X Factor USA stage and became the first person ever to audition on the show. She looked like any other teenager. Nothing about her entrance suggested what was about to happen. Then she sang. And Simon Cowell sat forward and delivered a verdict that stopped everyone in that building cold. Triple threat. A 13 year old with the voice the presence and the performance ability of someone who had been doing this for decades. Watch the audition that made Simon Cowell use those two words for the very first time.

Rachel Crow - The X Factor USA 2011 S1

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