Claim: Video shows a five-year-old boy singing in memory of his late mother on America's Got Talent 2024 stage.
Fact-check: Edited video shared with a false claim of a real performance by a boy singing in memory of his late mother on America's Got Talent 2024 - FACTLY
Verdict: the viral video is edited. the judges' reactions are taken from an episode of 'the x factor uk' show published on 31 august 2015, where contestant josh daniel dedicated labrinth's song jealous to his late friend. the child in the viral video is not real, it was created by the youtube channel "talent america son" and uploaded on 04 october 2024. the video description revealed that it features a fictional virtual avatar for entertainment, with no link to the real got talent show or its participants. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Nitish Kumar Dhonge
Date published: 2024-11-12T08:28:51