Nick Edwards thought he was just going on a date with his wife to watch Britain’s Got Talent, but little did he know that his mother had secretly entered him into the competition. As Nick and his wife settled into their seats, they were surprised to see their children, Callie, 4, and Savannah, 3, with their grandma, Tracey, sitting in the crowd. Nick was shocked when he saw his family appear onstage, and he couldn’t believe that his mother had entered him into the competition without his knowledge.
Given about 45 minutes to warm up before his audition, Nick was handed his guitar, which his family had brought down that day, and the producers asked him to perform a song that they had seen on his Instagram account. However, the 35-year-old father was hesitant and told the judges, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and David Walliams, that he had “lost a lot of confidence” in himself over the years, and had stopped singing in public.
Nick then sang “Daddy’s Little Girl,” a song written by Ernie Halter, to his daughters. The judges and audience were moved to tears by his emotional performance. Host Declan Donnelly, who has a three-year-old daughter, couldn’t help but become emotional during the moving performance. After wiping his tears away, Declan turned to the camera and jokingly insisted: “I’m fine!”
As wonderful as the moment was, many viewers questioned the legitimacy of Nick’s performance because he was already wearing a microphone before being called onstage. Regardless of the controversy, Nick’s impromptu audition left the audience in tears and proved that sometimes the best moments are the ones that are unplanned.