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“America’s Got Talent” contestant Zion Clark left a remarkable imprint on the stage with his inspirational audition.
During Tuesday’s episode, the Canton, Ohio, native moved the audience and judges — Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofía Vergara — after sharing his emotional life story by demonstrating his unmatched athleticism.
Zion, 25, began by sharing that, since the day he was born with a “super rare” condition called caudal regression syndrome, leaving him with no legs, he’s endured several challenges in his early life.
“There’s practically nothing known about it,” he said of the rare congenital abnormality. “Aside from the fact I don’t have legs.”
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Having grown up in the foster care system for the first 17 years of his life, Zion didn’t know either of his parents.
“Mother’s in prison, dad’s in jail. I was thrown into the system from the second I left the hospital,” he explained. “I was disabled and a foster kid so I was just thrown away. Less than human is what I was treated like, and I got scars all over my body to prove it.”
Zion lived in roughly 14 different homes and was “about to age out and be homeless” until a woman agreed to adopt him when the foster agency reached out.
“I got adopted, everything went into place,” he said of his foster mom, sharing that he eventually pursued wrestling and saw his grades go up in school.
“She’s patient but tough at the same time. She wouldn’t let me quit nothing,” he praised. “She really turned my life around and showed me my own potential.”
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is nearing the end of the audition rounds, and the acts are still heating up. The show returned on Tuesday for the ninth night of auditions and introduced fans to a whole new slew of impressive performers and mind-blowing entertainers.The show's stalwart stars — including judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Sofia Vergara and Heidi Klum, as well as host Terry Crews — watched in awe as another group of hopefuls hit the stage to show off their skills.From modern dancers to stunning vocalists to spotlight-stealing acrobats, there were countless performers who blew the judges away among the latest slew of hopefuls to hit the stage.However, there was one act in particular that seems to spark something in the judges and truly take their collective breath away — the massive, mind-bending Japanese dance crew Chibi Unity.Their act was a flawless demonstration of style, substance, synchronicity and beauty, with dozens of members dancing in perfect unity while telling a story with their bodies and their moves.«The dance category this year, on season 18, is off the charts. But you took it to another level,» Howie marveled.
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