When I first heard Sarah Ikumu sing ‘I’m Telling You’ on Britain’s Got Talent, I was blown away.
In 1982, Jennifer Holliday, the actress who portrayed Effie in the original Broadway show, released the song as a single. It was her first single release, and it met with tremendous success, topping the Billboard R&B charts and reaching top forty positions on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.
But when Sarah Ikumu sang it on BGT at the gentle age of 15 years old, she put an entirely distinct brilliance on it – she was spectacular. However, she never obtained the acclaim that she deserved.
Sarah belted that song out with unlimited conviction, and how she didn’t win BGT is beyond me. The judges evidently didn’t see the talent when it was right in front of their eyes.
Simon Cowell should be ashamed of himself. He’s been in the music industry long enough to know talent when he sees it.
There is no public record of Sarah Ikumu having a formal record deal, although she continues to release music independently and has collaborated with other artists and labels, such as the dance track ‘Spotlight’ on Defected Records in 2022.
However, she is a promising newcomer in the R&B genre and has performed for high-end brands.
She is seen as a promising new artist with a profound voice in the R&B and contemporary R&B scene, and she actively shares her work and updates with fans through her Instagram account, but she deserves more acclaim.
When Sarah came out onto the stage at BGT, and she sang, after Simon said it was the best audition he had ever heard, and she was given the Golden Buzzer, but it wasn’t enough for her to win BGT, although she said that she has so much to be grateful to Simon Cowell and she said that meeting him was scarier than meeting the King. She also said that his reputation is terrifying, but she also thought he was a sweetheart – others might disagree!
Published by Angela Lloyd
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