{"id":69426,"date":"2025-05-02T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/69426\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T21:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T21:33:10","slug":"britains-got-talents-golden-buzzer-act-stacey-leadbeatter-shares-fears-she-wont-be-able-to-sing-in-semi-finals-after-being-struck-down-with-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/69426\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;s Golden Buzzer act Stacey Leadbeatter shares fears she won&#8217;t be able to sing in semi-finals after being struck down with illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By DAILY MAIL REPORTER <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  15:43 EDT, 2 May 2025   |  Updated:  15:43 EDT, 2 May 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/britains_got_talent\/index.html\" id=\"mol-31b91a70-278a-11f0-8b0d-d5285c568612\" rel=\"noopener\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent<\/a> star Stacey Leadbeatter has shared her fears that she won&#8217;t be able to sing in the live semi-finals after being diagnosed with strep throat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The singer impressed the judges in her audition and received a Golden Buzzer from <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ksi\/index.html\" id=\"mol-31c09480-278a-11f0-8b0d-d5285c568612\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">KSI<\/a>\u00a0after being forced to retrain her voice due to a stutter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite making it straight through to the semi-finals, Stacey, 29, has now admitted she might not be able to sing in Saturday&#8217;s life shows due to illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The determined star said she is hoping the strep throat won&#8217;t get in the way of her success and wants to\u00a0give it her all at Wembley Arena in front of the judges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My voice is only just coming back,&#8217; she told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/britains-talent-stars-dream-hangs-35161686\">The Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am still actually on antibiotics. I haven&#8217;t been able to sing properly. I have been a bit concerned about this weekend but, hopefully, I&#8217;ll be able to do it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f9e5ef0451e84784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/95728565-14673209-The_YouTube_personality_31_decided_to_send_singing_supermarket_w-a-6_1746213870576.jpeg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Britain's Got Talent star Stacey Leadbeatter has shared her fears that she won't be able to sing in the live semi-finals after being diagnosed with strep throat\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Britain&#8217;s Got Talent star Stacey Leadbeatter has shared her fears that she won&#8217;t be able to sing in the live semi-finals after being diagnosed with strep throat\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Supermarket worker Stacey first blew away the judges and audience with her audition, singing Leona Lewis&#8217; version of Snow Patrol&#8217;s Run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Stacey had only performed once before her Britain&#8217;s Got Talent appearance and had to retrain her voice due to a speech impediment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: &#8216;It is extremely hard, I have a video of me singing from four or five years ago and you couldn&#8217;t actually understand properly what I was singing due to the severity of speech impediments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;So during lockdown I used to sit through like adult speech therapy sessions on YouTube and then I&#8217;d introduced it into my singing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If I don&#8217;t do certain exercises for say a couple of weeks at a time, I will start to revert back to how I was.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">YouTube personality KSI, 31, decided to send Stacey straight through to the semi-finals, with\u00a0fellow judge Amanda Holden, 54, branded her amazing while the huge Blackpool audience chanted &#8216;press the buzzer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Recalling how she was bullied at school, Stacey previously said: &#8216;In high school I used to stutter a bit and people would mimic me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Children unfortunately sometimes can be a bit harsh and I wasn&#8217;t the popular girl at school.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-32d7d38a46b65900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/95728823-14673209-Following_her_perfomance_fellow_judge_Amanda_Holden_54_branded_h-a-7_1746213947304.jpeg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"YouTube personality KSI, 31, decided to send Stacey through to the semi-finals (pictured) after singing Leona Lewis' version of Snow Patrol's Run\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">YouTube personality KSI, 31, decided to send Stacey through to the semi-finals (pictured) after singing Leona Lewis&#8217; version of Snow Patrol&#8217;s Run<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cac4a47686aeb76b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/95728819-14673209-Stacey_had_only_performed_once_before_her_Britain_s_Got_Talent_a-a-8_1746214146900.jpeg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Stacey had only performed once before her Britain's Got Talent appearance and had to retrain her voice due to a speech impediment\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Stacey had only performed once before her Britain&#8217;s Got Talent appearance and had to retrain her voice due to a speech impediment\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans went wild for the golden buzzer act, sharing their thoughts online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Comments included: &#8216;Wow, she literally defied gravity with that vocal performance, she absolutely deserved that Golden Buzzer&#8217;; &#8216;Amazing voice well deserved golden buzzer&#8217;;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Absolutely amazing. She deserves the golden buzzer and I&#8217;ve fallen in love with KSI&#8217;; &#8216;Imagine getting a golden buzzer from KSI, wow. I hope he&#8217;s on the panel for the live shows!&#8217;;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Stacey is a star in the making! Her voice gave me goosebumps! Great choice for a Golden Buzzer, KSI!&#8217;;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;There&#8217;s just some performances &amp; auditions that are incredibly special that you&#8217;ll never forget. Fantastic from Stacey &amp; it&#8217;s ever better, the icing on the cake was KSI golden buzzer act. Fantastic stuff.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The new series of the long-standing ITV competition kicked off in April and saw a range of acts try and impress judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, KSI and Alesha Dixon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The semi-finals kicked off last weekend and the second round will air live on ITV on Saturday night from 7pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;s Golden Buzzer act Stacey Leadbeatter shares fears she won&#8217;t be able to sing in semi-finals after being struck down with illness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have YOU got a story? 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