'America's Got Talent' 2014: 9-Year-Old Pianist With 'Personality' And 'Emotion' To Win It All? [VIDEO]
America's Got Talent kicked off it's ninth season on NBC Tuesday.
With so many different talent acts competing for a slot in the next round, it can be difficult to make an impression. The show especially gets its fair share of musicians, and if performers are not carefully they can begin to blur together into one mass of ultimately flat notes.
Apparently, nine-year-old Adrian Romoff did not have any trouble distinguishing himself. He drew in the judges, as well as the audience, very quickly. And with good reason.
This little boy from Atlanta, who admits to having skipped five grades and can play piano like both Mozart and a rock star, certainly wowed the judges.
"We don't need another machine in our world..." claims the nine-year-old, who has a passion for both science and music, "We need emotions."
While someone so young has never won AGT before, there's a first time for everything.
Typically, children are eventually sent home either for lack of diversity or the belief that they are not yet ready for the fame.
Romoff is rare in the sense that he has both the personality and the talent to remain interesting. He is naturally clever in front of the judges and is able to transform the solitary activity of playing the piano into a vivid, interactive experience. During his audition, Howie Mandel called Romoff "the future" and Howard Stern declared, "it's interesting for a kid your age to play so well, and you're a personality."
This boy's combination of intellect, charm, and range might just pull together to create the show's youngest winner.
