For a lot of folks, getting up in front of a group of people, large or small, sounds like the scariest thing of all time. It’s hard to put yourself out there like that, no matter how good you are at what you do. There’s always that fear in the back of your mind that your audience is negatively judging you.

For Alice Fredenham, it wasn’t easy to get up in front of the judges like many other contestants. She was so afraid that they wouldn’t like her performance. She didn’t tell a soul that she had made it to the live auditions of Britain’s Got Talent. That’s certainly nothing to scoff at in and of itself! There are tons of people that never even get to perform in front of the judges, as they get told to go home after performing for a panel of producers.

But to her, being rejected by the judges meant that she, as a person, wasn’t good enough. She didn’t want her own disappointment to spread through to any of her friends and family — hence why she kept the big event a secret.

However, when she starts to sing… Famous judge Simon Cowell can’t believe it (something that doesn’t happen too often!)

You can see the total shock in his eyes when he looks up at her. Just listen to what he tells her at the end.