{"id":451452,"date":"2026-03-01T05:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451452\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T05:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:12:11","slug":"co-armagh-harpist-17-wows-judges-with-britains-got-talent-audition-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/451452\/","title":{"rendered":"Co Armagh harpist (17) wows judges with Britain\u2019s Got Talent audition \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Co Armagh harpist and singer hopes to wow audiences with her audition on the Britain\u2019s Got Talent stage on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

In a preview clip of tonight\u2019s episode of the ITV talent show, 17-year-old Niamh Noade from Lislea performs a unique rendition of the Alex Warren hit, \u2018Ordinary\u2019 in front of judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and KSI and a studio audience. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

No stranger to the spotlight, Niamh first shared her talents with viewers when she reached the final of ITV\u2019s The Voice Kids in 2023. <\/p>\n

At just 14, her performance of \u2018The Winner Takes It All\u2019 on the show amassed over 20 million views. <\/p>\n

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During her time on the The Voice Kids, then-coach Ronan Keating described Niamh as \u201ca Celtic song-bird\u201d and said \u201cwhenever she starts to sing you cannot help but be brought in, you are drawn to it, it is magnificent\u201d.<\/p>\n

An all-Ireland singing champion in 2025, Niamh describes Irish folk and traditional music as \u201cmore than just a sound, it\u2019s a connection to the soul of Irish culture\u201d.<\/p>\n

With her traditional Celtic, electric harp and contemporary influences, and taking inspiration from artists such as Lizzy McAlpine and Phoebe Bridgers, the talented teen has plans to release original music this summer.<\/p>\n

In a social media post on Friday, Niamh said she is \u201cso excited\u201d to appear on Britain\u2019s Got Talent, which will air on ITV1 and ITVX at 7pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Her full performance will be available to watch on the programme\u2019s official YouTube channel after broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Co Armagh harpist and singer hopes to wow audiences with her audition on the Britain\u2019s Got Talent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[137844,163331,96,34941,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-451452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-armagh","9":"tag-britain-s-got-talent","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-musician","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}