When Thomas Day walked onto the America’s Got Talent stage, he looked like what he was, a star athlete. He said he was a junior in high school in Brentwood, Tennessee, and his favorite subject was football.
He was not just playing for fun. When the judges asked if the NFL was in his future, he said he was being recruited right then. So when he told them he was there to sing, one judge laughed and admitted she never would have guessed.
Thomas chose Break My Heart Again by Finneas. He said the song came from a very emotional part of his heart, a part he does not usually show, and that singing was the only way he could let it out.
His gentle, warm voice surprised the whole theater, and the audience screamed louder with every line. One judge said it was great to see a guy so into sports also into music, while another felt he looked a little nervous and stiff 🎤.
The votes were split at first, with one judge saying no for now. But the others were on his side, and one called it a really, really good first audition that people at home would want to follow. Thomas left the stage with enough yeses to go through 😍.
