Stephanie Rainey Performs An Emotional Original, Please Donโ€™t Go ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ

[Spoiler Alert: This contains spoilers fromย Americaโ€™s Got Talent, Season 19, Episode 4.]

Americaโ€™s Got Talentโ€˜s Season 19 search for a winning act continues as the auditions carry on atย NBC, and with the latest installment came the introduction of Irish singer Stephanie Rainey.

The performer earned a standing ovation for her audition and a spot in the next round after receiving a yes from all of the judges (Simon Cowell,ย Howie Mandel,ย Sofia Vergara, andย Heidi Klum). Vergara was moved to tears by her musical performance and wasnโ€™t the only judge to get emotional from Raineyโ€™s song, as Cowell took time to go onstage to tell the hopeful, โ€œThat was what I call a moment. That song is so beautiful, thank you so much for coming over.โ€

Moments before he went onstage, Cowell had told Rainey from his chair, โ€œOf all the new songs Iโ€™ve heard this year, this is the best by a mile and even though itโ€™s about something really sad, itโ€™s real and your voice is beautiful. A lot of people are going to resonate with that song and you. I absolutely love this.โ€ The song in question was โ€œPlease Donโ€™t Go,โ€ a tune which she revealed had garnered several views upon its release years earlier but her career hadnโ€™t quite gone as planned. Below, weโ€™re breaking down everything you need to know about thisย Americaโ€™s Got Talentย competitor who is one to watch this season.

Where Is Stephanie Rainey From?

Stephanie Rainey in America's Got Talent - Season 19

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Introducing herself as a singer from Ireland, Rainey is from Cork, which is along the southern coast of Ireland. Cork is the third-largest city in all of Ireland next to Dublin and Belfast.

How Long Has Stephanie Rainey Been Performing?

Currently 36, according to her audition introduction, Rainey revealed on stage that she began performing in a professional capacity around the age of 18, but had never taken part in a competition series likeย Americaโ€™s Got Talentย until now. โ€œIโ€™ve had a very kind of rollercoaster career I would say,โ€ Rainey told the judges during her introduction. Noting that after the success of her original song โ€œPlease Donโ€™t Goโ€ took off in Ireland, she shared, โ€œI signed a deal after the song came out. I think I probably didnโ€™t fully know who I was back when I signed that deal. The journey from then until now has been hard. Itโ€™s a tough industry, you know. You have to be resilient and I think sometimes when the downs come, you have to be willing to pick yourself back up. So here I am.โ€

How Popular Is Stephanie Rainey?

Despite being a new performer to American audiences, Rainey isnโ€™t exactly unknown in Ireland or online as she currently has over 85,000 followersย on Instagramย and more than 14,000 subscribersย on YouTube. Still, with songs as good as โ€œPlease Donโ€™t Goโ€ under her belt,ย Americaโ€™s Got Talentย could take her to the next level as that single tune hasย more than two million views online.

โ€œItโ€™s tough in Ireland to kind of break out and to be able to take risks, but I have this one song that I really, really want to get to as many people as possible,โ€ Rainey had explained on stage upon making her introduction to the judges. Despite her nerves, Rainey easily won the judges and viewers over.

What Is the Story Behind โ€œPlease Donโ€™t Goโ€?

As Rainey explained, the tune was inspired by the loss of her young nephew. โ€œI wrote it about losing my nephew when I was a teenager. He was about to turn one, it was the day before his first birthday and he passed away,โ€ Rainey told the judges. โ€œIt took me a long time to write about it. Honestly, I was about to give up music, so I was like, I wanna make something for me that I believe in. So this song means more to me than I can actually even describe.โ€

Rainey saw a resurgence in the songโ€™s popularity when she began posting it on TikTok and sharing it on other social media in recent years but hopes to bring it even further with theย Americaโ€™s Got Talentย performance.

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