Bianca Ryan

Bianca Taylor Ryan (born September 1, 1994) is an American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who won the debut season of NBC's America's Got Talent at age eleven.

Ryan's eponymous first CD was recorded just after her 13th birthday and released on November 14, 2006; Bianca Ryan broke into the Billboard 200 at #57. One month later, the EP Christmas Everyday! was released as a promotional giveaway. She has since performed in such countries as Austria and Switzerland;her first concert tour took her across the United States as the "special guest" artist for Live Nation's Nextfest.
Bianca Ryan is the second of four children of Shawn and Janette Ryan, and is part Irish from her father's side of the family. Bianca has an older brother, Shawn, and two younger siblings, Isabella and Jagger.
While searching the Internet for auditions early in 2006, Ryan discovered that Idol judge Simon Cowell was serving as executive producer for an upcoming competition titled America's Got Talent. For her audition appearance, she chose the Dreamgirls showtune "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (originally performed by Jennifer Holliday), surprising the audience and the judges with her powerful voice.

By April 2007, a copy of Ryan's audition had climbed into the 100 "Top Rated (All Time) in Music" videos at YouTube.

At the semi-finals of the show, the judges loved the performance but said that the song wasn't right for her.

America's Got Talent's finale results aired on August 17, 2006, during which Ryan was announced as the winner of the first season of the show.