AGT Extreme: Nightbirde Tribute Celebrates Her Time On The Show
America's Got Talent: Extreme, the America's Got Talent spin-off, paid tribute to late AGT contestant Jane «Nightbirde» Marczewski. Nightbirde competed in America's Got Talent season 16, earning Simon Cowell's golden buzzer following her audition performance of an original song called «It's Okay.» Nightbirde's story about having cancer inspired the judges and viewers at home, with the clip of her audition going viral online. The song also became successful on music streaming services. However, Nightbirde had to drop out of the competition, due to her illness, just ahead of the live shows. She appeared virtually in a segment during one of the results episodes, in which Simon was very emotional.
On February 19, 2022, Nightbirde lost her battle and died of cancer at age 31. She had been a breast cancer survivor since 2017, but it returned in a metastatic state. As of recently, the cancer spread to her lungs, spine and liver. America's Got Talent fans were devastated to hear of Nightbirde's death, as were all of the season 16 judges. Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Simon all posted tributes on social media, as did host Terry Crews. Many of Nightbirde's fellow contestants also shared mournful posts. Since her passing, fans have flooded her account pages and the comments section of her AGT performance on YouTube.
Related: AGT: Nightbirde's Greatest Talent Was Her Positive Outlook On Life
According to People, America'sGot Talent made its own tribute to Nightbirde. While the show hasn't returned yet for season 17, the new spinoff show, America's Got Talent: Extreme, recently began airing. At the end of the second episode of the series, which featured more auditions from extreme acts, a picture of Nightbirde appeared
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