Bruno Tonioli was startled by an emotional 13-year-old’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent.
Lilliana Clifton captivated the hearts of the judges, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Simon Cowell, as well as the London Palladium crowd.
The dancer performed to James Arthur’s Train Wreck, displaying her remarkable abilities on stage, including skilled gymnastic acrobatics.
While Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly exited the stage cheering along with her father, the judges were left on their feet.
‘My darling, you are a powerhouse of drama, what a performance!’ Bruno said.
‘You’re a dramatic actress as well as a fantastic dancer,’ he added, calling her gymnastics ‘out of this world’.
Wow! Lilliana is a "powerhouse of drama!" 💖
She really put her heart and soul into this performance: https://t.co/B1ZP2LpezT#BGT #BGT2023 #BritainsGotTalent pic.twitter.com/m6i6Q1KVHm
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Alesha added: ‘Technically, I haven’t seen anything like that, for a long, long time.
‘I’m quite speechless actually.’
Meanwhile, Amanda compared her to a ‘hummingbird,’ while Simon agreed that she had ‘put in the work,’ and scored Lilliana a ‘ten’.
‘She danced with so much heart,’ Alesha added.
Viewers at home were just as impressed, with one writing: ‘Holy crap this girl is incredible.’
Another penned: ‘That was breathtakingly good.’
‘To be able to dance like that at the age of 13 is something else… woah,’ someone else wrote.
Britain’s Got Talent airs Saturdays at 8pm on ITV1.
