Nightbirde is dropping out of America’s Got Talent due to cancer, but she still hopes to ‘show people what is possible’ – interview
- Jane Marczewski got the ‘Golden Buzzer’ from Simon Cowell, which took her to the quarter finals, but she’s leaving the reality TV show due to worsening health
- She has a ‘2 per cent’ chance of surviving cancer in her lungs, spine and liver, but hopes to destigmatise pain by opening up on social media
Update: Sadly, Nightbirde lost her battle with cancer on 19 February, 2022. STYLE conducted the below interview with the budding songstress in August 2021 after she made the shock announcement to leave American Idol.
If there’s anyone that exemplifies beauty both inside and out, it’s Nightbirde. The singer, born Jane Marczewski, flew onto the world’s radar when she sang about her struggle with cancer on season 16 of America’s Got Talent.
She soared through the audition having received the coveted “Golden Buzzer” from Simon Cowell, which took her straight to the quarter finals. She then made it through those and would have competed in the live semi-finals on August 10 if it weren’t for a devastating setback: Marczewski announced this week that she would be dropping out of the show as her health had “taken a turn for the worse”.