{"id":568421,"date":"2026-03-29T10:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568421\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:22:09","slug":"filipino-singer-matty-juniosa-gets-golden-buzzer-on-britains-got-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568421\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino singer Matty Juniosa gets Golden Buzzer on &#8216;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>  Published  March 29, 2026 7:50am  <\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=gmanetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gma-preferred-source-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  Add GMA on Google <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. <\/p>\n<p>Another Filipino talent is making waves on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p>Matty Juniosa took to the stage of \u201cBritain\u2019s Got Talent\u201d and introduced himself as a 27-year-old Filipino who has been living in Glasgow, United Kingdom, for the past three years. He is currently working as a part-time waiter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Filipino singer said he joined the UK singing competition to prove to himself that he is more than just a \u201csinging competition loser.\u201d He previously competed in \u201cIdol Philippines\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been waiting for this chance to finally put an end to this long thing that I\u2019ve been thinking about myself, that I will always be a singing competition loser,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For his audition, he performed a rendition of Prince\u2019s \u201cPurple Rain,\u201d where he impressed the judges and the audience with the caliber of his voice, earning a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, I think, is the biggest reaction we had from anyone,\u201d judge Simon Cowell said, followed by him pressing the Golden Buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Buzzer means the contestant advances to the live shows and no longer has to go through any audition rounds.<\/p>\n<p>On Facebook, Simon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/940541635009661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shared<\/a> Matty\u2019s performance and expressed his admiration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have given him two Golden Buzzers,\u201d he wrote. \u201cHope you all love the audition as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Matty said on Instagram that he is still in \u201cdisbelief\u201d over the opportunity to be part of the new season of \u201cBritain\u2019s Got Talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is genuinely such an exciting [time] for me as I grew up watching the show,\u201d he said. \u2014Hermes Joy Tunac\/KG, GMA Integrated News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published March 29, 2026 7:50am Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[218784,49,48,75,218785,341,17465,348],"class_list":["post-568421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-britainsgottalent","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-matty-juniosa","tag-music","tag-showbiz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}