Jessica Sanchez soars on America's Got Talent

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Jessica Sanchez received the Golden Buzzer for her performance on America's Got Talent.

Filipino American singer Jessica Sanchez triumphantly returns to the America's Got Talent stage where she began her singing career 20 years ago.

On Monday, July 15, she told the panel of four judges that she made her national television debut 20 years ago on AGT's first season at the age of 9 years, she also revealed that this time round, she is also pregnant.

Then she dived into a powerful rendition of Beautiful Things by Benson Boone. The song gave her a chance to show the full range of her vocal arsenal, from the growling, shouting reprise to the soaring high notes at the end of her performance.

It got the audience going wild, standing and cheering the diminutive singer.

All the judges -- even the usually blunt Simon Powell -- were effusive in their praise of Sanchez's performance.

"I think there is something very special that happened on this stage with you. It's so amazing that we're on the 20th anniversary, the 20th season of AGT," said judge Sofia Vergara. 

"You're here again after 20 years, you're pregnant ... I mean, you're so ready to do all this. I mean, I really don't understand what happened in these 20 years, but I guess they were meant to be because this was a special moment. 

"I think that you deserve this." Vergara then pressed the Golden Buzzer, which sends Sanchez directly to the live shows, bypassing the need to get through the Judge Cuts rounds.

Watch Sanchez's audition for AGT:

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