Who is Nightbirde?
It's not often a contestant can move Simon Cowell to get choked up, but Nightbirde, a.k.a. Jane Marczweski, did just that when she performed on
America's Got Talent Tuesday (June 8) — so much so that the singer-songwriter even received Cowell's Season 16 Golden Buzzer.
The 30-year-old singer wowed the judges with her unique vocals and heartfelt lyrics, performing an extremely personal song she wrote titled "It's OK."
During her audition for the reality competition show, Marczweski revealed that she has cancer in her lungs, spine and liver, and was told she has a two percent chance at survival. She later told Channel 10 News that, according to her January scans, the cancer has spread. Despite her odds, she said, "I have a two percent chance of survival but two percent isn't zero percent. Two percent is something and I wish people knew how amazing it is."