00:03Lauren. Hi Simon. How are you? I'm so good. I'm just over the moon right now. Tell everybody who
00:11you are and where you're from. I'm Lauren Allred. I'm from Brooklyn, New York, and I'm a singer.
00:16One of my favorite movies ever was The Greatest Showman, and one of my favorite songs in the
00:24movie is the song Never Enough. And then I found out, actually, the girl who sings the song in the
00:33movie wasn't singing the song. It was actually Lauren's vocal. Growing up, music's always been a
00:46really big part of my life. My parents are both music teachers, and I always loved to sing, and I
00:53would sing in my room for hours and hours and hours, but I was too shy to do it in
00:58public.
01:00When I was around 24, I had been waitressing for a while, and then I met the songwriters for the
01:06movie
01:06The Greatest Showman. They said, you know, we have a song, Never Enough. Can you come in and sing the
01:12demo for it? So they can show it to whoever they want to sing it eventually. I went into the
01:18studio
01:18and I sang the song, and then they said, we're thinking about having the actress lip-sync to your
01:25vocal. And I just thought, oh my gosh. I was so excited to just have my voice be in the
01:32film.
01:33I felt so proud because, you know, people were hearing my voice, and that's what I had dreamed of.
01:40But people didn't know that I had sung the song in the movie. So when they heard me singing,
01:47people would say, you sound just like the movie. Wow. And it wasn't really until that moment that I
01:54thought, I need to just go for this. But I wasn't really ready for a stage like America's Got Talent.
02:01And so I decided to go on Britain's Got Talent to get my feet wet. Some of you guys have
02:07actually
02:07heard my voice, but you don't know my face. I sang the song, Never Enough, on The Greatest Showman.
02:13Oh my God.
02:14I went on that stage, and I did the scariest thing for me. I knew this moment could be make
02:20or break it
02:21for me. It just felt so validating. It really was a dream come true.
02:28Lauren Allred, you are not in the final three.
02:32I did not win, but I faced my fear. And I was really, really proud of that.
02:39You know, I was actually very starstruck.
02:41Oh, really?
02:42Yeah. For me, this is almost like being in a movie right now. I really think you should sing
02:48Never Enough. Let's do something unbelievable where everyone goes, oh my God, I've never heard
02:55that version before.
02:56This version of Never Enough is brand new. I think it's a step up. I'm going to be testing
03:02my vocal range. I'm 34 years old, and I just felt like if I don't give this one more shot
03:08and be fearless, then I might regret it. I have big dreams. I want to be on Broadway, put
03:15out my own albums. And I feel like if I just knock it out of the park tonight, then maybe
03:20any of those dreams can come true.
03:32Come on, Lauren.
03:38I'm trying to hold my breath. Let it stay this way.
03:48Can't let this moment end. Take my hand. Will you share this with me? Cause darling, without you.
04:07All the shine of a thousand spots. All the stars we steal from the night sky will never be enough.
04:18Never be enough for me. Never, never. Never, never. Never for me. For me. Never enough. Never enough.
04:45Never enough for me. For me. For me. For me. For me. Oh, shine of a thousand spots. All the
05:01stars we steal from the night sky will never be enough. Never be enough.
05:09Lost through the night sky will never. For me. For me. From the high school. I'm going to home. All
05:17the stars. All the stars we steal from the night sky will never be enough.
05:21And never be enough
05:28For me
05:30Never, never, never
05:34Never, never
05:37Never for me
05:41For me
05:43Never enough
05:47Never enough
05:49Never enough
05:53For me
05:55For me
05:58For me
06:10For me
06:33Thank you, Lauren. Howie. Wow. Wow.
06:39I mean, that's amazing. That's such great talent is so not known and behind the scenes and so wonderful of
06:46you to bring it forward and introduce it to the world.
06:48Look out because you're a clown. I mean, how lucky are all of us right now that we got to
06:55witness this life right in front of our eyes. It was just absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much, Heidi. Thank
07:04you.
07:05Mel. I'm actually lost for words because that is just amazing what you can do. Thank you so much. I'm
07:14blown away. I'm blown away. That was honestly spectacular. And to have that moment almost taken away from you. Yeah.
07:24And no one knows it was you. And now you've got the guts to come back on this show and
07:32tell America, this is me, is so special. I really hope that America get behind you and give you the
07:42break that I genuinely believe that you deserve. Because you are an extraordinarily good artist.
07:52You know, there was, there was a while when I was more comfortable singing behind the scenes and I thought
07:57maybe that's what I was meant to do. And until now, you know, I'm ready and I'm here. And thank
08:04you for giving me this opportunity. Thank you.
08:25Are you ready for your time to be in front of the camera now? Yes, I've never been more ready
08:31than that.
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