Flint, Mich., America’s Got Talent Contestant Blows Crowd Away With Whitney Houston Song

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During Tuesday night’s America’s Got Talent episode, one singer shocked the crowd with his rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing.”

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Johnny Manuel, from Flint, Mich., told Simon Cowell that he’s been in the music business for a while, but after he signed with Warner Bros. Records at the age of 14, his career didn’t take off.

“As a kid, I thought that I was going to take off and see the stars,” he told Cowell. “Obviously it didn’t happen that way.”

And after that, magic happened:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72WMprLONBQ

Manuel said he hopes that after his performance, his career will get back on the right track, and there’s a good chance that’ll happen.

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