This America’s Got Talent video clip features two brothers performing “A Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman with their best impressions.
But impressions is just one of the talents featured in this performance! There are visual effects and multiple musical instruments, awesome vocals (without impressions), and even gymnastics! What more might they add to future performances?
Meet Arizona brothers Nate and Gabriele Brown. The brothers are U.S. Navy Veterans, and both have autism. And while their last name may not be very colorful, their performances absolutely are!
As the performance begins, we see the two, dressed in white against cobalt blue, vertical light beams. Nate plays the keyboard, and Gabriele sings. By the time they are 30 seconds in, they’ve channeled Mickey Mouse, Venom, Goofey, and Elmo. Sweet Elmo! Each one is better than the last!
Simon Cowell and Blake Shelton impressions follow, and then it gets really interesting! Two turquoise light beams are added, and two brothers are added! Now there are two Nates and two Gabrieles, and one of them sounds incredibly like Bon Jovi!
Next, come pink lights and the Bee Gees. Finally, Gabriele sings in his own voice, which is amazing, by the way, and Nate is now playing the drums—in addition to the other three instruments he’s already handling. It is a visual feast!
The choir and the band are bringing it home, but there is one final, fantastic surprise. Gabriele and Nate come together center stage, and with a lifted foot and a fling, Nate does a backflip with his axe still in his hands! It’s nuts!
The final note, faux fireworks, and plenty of fanfare follow!
Gabriele and Nate have been performing for years, but things haven’t always been easy. Although each has their own musical goals and careers, it took them four years to finally make it to the AGT stage.
They shared a bit of their story with KVOA News4Tucson. Nate said of their autism diagnoses, "Who doesn't experience bullying in some sense growing up. So, everyone has their own defense mechanisms. And I think the big thing with AGT was it was kind of like a cool platform for us to kind of a way to help people who don't really feel like they fit in."
Check out another amazing Brown Brothers performance here!
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalms 139:14