{"id":7631,"date":"2025-06-13T12:48:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7631"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:48:18","slug":"early-release-military-veteran-benjamin-hightower-sings-chappell-roans-pink-pony-club-agt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7631","title":{"rendered":"Early Release: Military Veteran Benjamin Hightower Sings Chappell Roan&#8217;s &#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; &#8211; AGT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this exciting America&#8217;s Got Talent audition, Benjamin Hightower, a military veteran, shares his journey and talent with the judges. After serving seven years in the military, Benjamin made the brave decision to pursue his dream of becoming a performer, a choice he describes as scary but ultimately a chance he took on himself.<\/p>\n<p>His performance of Chapel Roan&#8217;s &#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; captivates the audience and judges alike, showcasing his unique vocal style and stage presence.<\/p>\n<p>The judges were thoroughly impressed by Benjamin&#8217;s audition. Howie Mandel praised his song choice and his rendition of Chapel Roan&#8217;s song, calling it &#8220;beautiful&#8221; and a potential hit. Sofia Vergara described it as the &#8220;perfect audition&#8221; and exactly what Benjamin should be doing.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-7633 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 560 840'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AGT-.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"840\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Simon Cowell also expressed his admiration, noting Benjamin&#8217;s interesting story and appreciating how he made the song his own. The judges highlighted his unique raspiness, vibrato, and powerful energy.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Benjamin Hightower received four resounding &#8220;yeses&#8221; from the judges, advancing him to the next round of America&#8217;s Got Talent. Overwhelmed with emotion, Benjamin expressed how proud his younger self, growing up in Tennessee, would be to see him now.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cowell even predicted that Benjamin&#8217;s performance would go viral, emphasizing the unexpected and successful nature of his audition.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/drB4x9cdhvo?si=Ymtg3lNYjY6Y_6b9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this exciting America&#8217;s Got Talent audition, Benjamin Hightower, a military veteran, shares his journey and talent with the judges. After serving seven years in the military, Benjamin made the brave decision to pursue his dream of becoming a performer, a choice he describes as scary but ultimately a chance he took on himself. His [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7631\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1042],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7634,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7631\/revisions\/7634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7631"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fadace-sponsor&post=7631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}