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Sara James was a singer from Season 17 of America's Got Talent. She finished in the Bottom 6 of the Top 11. She returned for America's Got Talent: All-Stars where she was eliminated in the Preliminaries.

Background[]

Sara is from a small town in Poland. She won the 4th series of The Voice Kids Poland in 2021. The same year, she represented her country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France with the song "Somebody", finishing in 2nd place.

Audition[]

Sara James' audition in Episode 1703 consisted of singing Billie Eilish's "Lovely". Impressed with her performance, Simon Cowell pressed the Golden Buzzer, sending Sara directly to the Semifinals.

Semifinals[]

Sara James' Semifinals performance in Episode 1714 consisted of singing Elton John's "Rocket Man". Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Simon Cowell all gave her standing ovations. She received enough votes to enter the Top 5 of the night in Episode 1715 instead of Jojo and Bri, and the Top 3 instead of Hayden Kristal and Amanda Mammana. She advanced to the Finals along with Nicolas RIBS instead of Celia Muñoz.

Finals[]

Sara James' Finals performance in Episode 1720 consisted of singing a downtempo version of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill". Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Simon Cowell all gave her standing ovations.

Finale[]

For the finale in Episode 1721, Sara James sang "Let's Get It Started" with the Black Eyed Peas. She did not receive enough votes to enter the Top 5, eliminating her from the competition along with Avery Dixon instead of Chapel Hart.

All-Stars Preliminary[]

Sara James' Preliminary performance in Episode AS02 consisted of singing Harry Styles' "As It Was". Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell all gave her standing ovations. She did not receive enough votes from the Superfans to enter the Top 3 of the night, eliminating her from the competition.

After AGT[]

It was revealed that Sara would be performing the voice of Ariel in the Polish dub of the live-action remake of Disney's The Little Mermaid. She also performed at the 2023 Miss Supranational pageant held on July 14, 2023 in Nowy Sącz.

Trivia[]

  • Sara is the second former Junior Eurovision contestant to reach the AGT final, following Daneliya Tuleshova.
  • Sara’s cover of ‘Running Up That Hill’ was used for Liliana Clifton’s Semi-Final performance in the sixteenth series of Britain’s Got Talent.

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