Siti Nurhaliza responds to blind America’s Got Talent star Putri Ariani’s wish for a duet
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Malaysian singer-songwriter Siti Nurhaliza (left) responded to Indonesian singer Putri Ariani on social media.
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KUALA LUMPUR – Indonesian singer Putri Ariani, who is blind, made headlines last week after earning a Golden Buzzer from English television personality Simon Cowell on America’s Got Talent.
The 17-year-old won the hearts of the four judges of the American reality talent show – including Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara – after performing an original track, Loneliness. She was even asked by Cowell to perform a second song.
Putri’s audition clip on YouTube, which garnered more than 29 million views over six days, caught the attention of people from all around the world, including netizens who said her voice reminded them of Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza.
Taking to Instagram to respond to the comments, Siti wrote: “Masya-Allah (what God has willed), little sister. Keep flying high and make your parents and country proud.”
Shortly after, Putri posted an Instagram Story thanking the 44-year-old for her words of encouragement.
In it, the former Indonesia’s Got Talent champion also voiced her hopes of performing with Siti in the future.
“Thank you so much. I really love your songs. I hope we can meet in person soon. I’d really like to duet with you,” the teenager wrote, to which Siti responded: “Insya-Allah (God willing), my dear.”
Putri has been blind since she was three years old and has been performing on stage since she was seven.
She rose to fame in 2014 after winning the second season of Indonesia’s Got Talent, and was a finalist in the 2016 singing contest, The Voice Kids Indonesia.
Putri has released almost 30 songs on iTunes so far. Her most successful song, Tak Mampu Lupa, was released in 2022 and has over 11.7 million streams on Spotify at press time. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
