“Video shows a five-year-old boy singing in memory of his late mother on America’s Got Talent 2024 stage.”
What FACTLY found
The viral video is edited. The judges’ reactions are taken from an episode of ‘The X Factor UK’ show published on 31 August 2015, where contestant Josh Daniel dedicated Labrinth’s song Jealous to his late friend. The child in the viral video is not real, it was created by the YouTube channel “Talent America Son” and uploaded on 04 October 2024. The video description revealed that it features a fictional virtual avatar for entertainment, with no link to the real Got Talent show or its particip...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 October 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 November 2024, 23 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.