Bonnie Anderson’s got talent… and she’s out to prove it!By Kath Gannaway
SHE’S only little, but 12-year-old Yarra Glen singer Bonnie Anderson wasn’t going to let big, bad talent-show judge Red Symons get the better of her.
Bonnie got the thumbs up from all three judges after getting through to the semi-final of Channel 7’s hit show Australia’s Got Talent a week ago.
But it was a different story the week before that.
Bonnie got ticks and lots of encouragement from judges Dannii Minogue and Tom Burlinson for her performance, but Red was back to his old tricks and had Bonnie in tears with his harsh words.
Determined not to let the ageing rockstar’s comments undermine her confidence, Bonnie said she did a little role-playing in the lead-up to the semi-final with mum Connie-Lee playing the “mean Red” part.
“I was ready for him,” she said.
“I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who cried,” Bonnie told host Grant Denyer before she wowed the audience and the judges with a brilliant performance on 25 March.
Her hopes of getting into the grand final, with a chance to win $250,000 in prize money, was in the hands of the voting viewers last week.
Whether Bonnie makes it through or not, for someone who has been having singing lessons for more than half her life, it’s a taste of what she hopes will be a successful singing career.
“Ever since I was young I always wanted to be a singer,” she said. “It’s what I want to do for the rest of my life.”
The grand final will be screened towards the end of April.
