MANILA, Philippines – Grace VanderWaal, tagged by Simon Cowell as 'the next Taylor Swift," has won America's Got Talent (AGT)!
Twelve-year-old Grace was named the 11th season's winner on Thursday, September 15, beating out 9 other finalists, including the popular mime act, Tape Face.
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She did it. <a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://twitter.com/hashtag/GraceVanderWaalWins?src=hash">#GraceVanderWaalWins</a> <a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://t.co/3aisEYcDfE">pic.twitter.com/3aisEYcDfE</a></p>— America's Got Talent (@nbcagt) <a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://twitter.com/nbcagt/status/776287783652425728">September 15, 2016</a></blockquote>
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As with some of her previous performances on the show, Grace sang an original song, "Clay," for the finals.
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In a message posted on AGT's Twitter page, Grace told her fans, "Thank you so much, I'm so grateful for everyone's love and support."
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">From your Season 11 winner, <a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://twitter.com/GraceVanderWaal">@GraceVanderWaal</a>.<a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveFromAGT?src=hash">#LiveFromAGT</a> <a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://t.co/CubLE5xXgJ">https://t.co/CubLE5xXgJ</a></p>— America's Got Talent (@nbcagt) <a href="http://go.rappler.com/https://twitter.com/nbcagt/status/776280270534283264">September 15, 2016</a></blockquote>
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As the winner of AGT, Grace gets $1 million and a headlining show in Las Vegas. – Rappler.com