Singing groups are a tried and tired sight on the TV talent show circuit. But when six sibling singers from the Philippines — L6 — tried out for the nineteenth season of America’s Got Talent, singing Celine Dion’s power ballad, “All By Myself” in memory of their departed mum, their impeccable first verse blew the roof off the theatre. In a shock move, Simon Cowell halted the audition, spurring the crowd to erupt in boos and multiple siblings to cry.
L6 took to the stage in a rainbow of smart suit jackets and revealed their moving backstory to the judges: A family of 10 siblings, one parent and four children (by one sibling), the family squeezed together into a small, single house in the Philippines. Their goal was to take home the $1M prize destined for AGT’s season winner and buy a bigger house to support the expanding family.