Nine-year-old Amira Willighagen auditions for Holland's Got Talent

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There was no need for nerves when Amira Willighagen took to the Holland's Got Talent stage - the 9-year-old self-taught opera singer blew the judges away.

Amira's incredible rendition of Giacomo Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro earned her a Golden Ticket from the judges that would take her straight to the live competition.

Judges couldn't believe such a big voice had come out of such a little girl, and were even more astounded when they discovered Amira is completely self-taught - using only YouTube tutorials to learn how to sing.

"My brother Vincent plays violin, and I also wanted to do something," she said.

"So I thought, I'm going to sing ... and then I heard opera songs, which I found very beautiful and that's when I started singing."

During Amira's performance the astonished judges said the singing was "not going to be believed".

"Are you really nine years old?" judge Chantal Janzen asked.

"This is incredible."

Spellbound judge Gordon Heuckeroth led a standing ovation of the entire audience at the end of Amira's performance, and was up on his feet before she was even finished.
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