America's Got Talent: Mel B wipes her tears during the moving audition of transgender singer Brody Ray

A transgender singer left Mel B with tears in his eyes during a powerful performance on his transformation in the episode of America's Got Talent.

Bearded crooner Brody Ray of Nebraska had already moved the judges with his story of "struggles and battles" growing up as a girl named Natalie until the transition in 2010, saying, "It was the beginning of my life.

He then left the audience captivated and received a huge ovation with his rendition of Jordan Smith's Stand In The Light, clearly related to his own story as he sang, "That's who I am, I am and I I'm not going to hide … stay in the light and be seen as we are.

Brody, a home help for people with special needs, burst into tears at the overwhelming response, including the four judges standing for the ovation, telling them, "It was just a long way to go for to arrive here.

Mel, 43, watched the performance with tears in her eyes and a giant smile, saying afterward, "I think your soul comes out when you sing because I can really feel and hear your passion."

Howie Mandel, 62, told Brody that he had "a truly amazing story that inspires," and he clearly redirected Brody when he referred to the lyrics and said to him, "You are now standing in the light.

Simon Cowell, 58, also called it "source of inspiration" and insisted, "You have an incredible voice. I really appreciate – you are a good guy.

In recommending that he take his own equipment rather than blankets, he predicted, "I really think you could be a force to be reckoned with, I do it.

Heidi Klum, 45, had a similar message, calling it "absolutely unbelievable" and emphasizing: "Everyone was on their feet – you will go very, very far I think.

Brody almost bowed to his knees at the answer, and had more tears as host Tyra Banks, 44, hugged him backstage and said, "I'm so happy for you.

"It took me so long to be comfortable and confident with myself, my body and my voice. It's finally that moment that everything is getting closer, he told Tyra with sobs.

Earlier, Brody was talking about growing up a tomboy who suddenly felt "helpless and hopeless" when he realized "inside I was a man, a boy" and "I know that I I am different but I can not help myself. "

"It was like I was trapped in a building on fire," he recalls of puberty. I just did not want to continue. The only thing that went through was my music and my singing. It gave me what to live and stay alive and fight.

"Now that I'm completely in transition, people see me as I really am.

"This show is an incredible place where all kinds of people are accepted and seen for what they are and what are their talents and so I am here today as my true self.I am ready to be Brody .

The fifth round of auditions also featured an incredible performance by a musician suffering from an apparently destructive career condition – losing the feeling in his hands.

Violinist Brian King Joseph explained that he had been diagnosed with neuropathy three years ago, saying that he was "dying my nerves slowly and very, very painfully" and that he had already left his hands almost numb.

"I can not feel the strings when I play – I'm using the muscle memory of my fingers," he said, admitting, "It may be my last performance before I got it." Has no feeling in both hands. So tonight I will not go quietly in the night – I will go loud in the night.

Although he insisted that the pain was "24 -7" and "like all the nerves in my body scream at the same time," he smiles, saying, "I will keep hope and keep the positivity and keep that smile. I will not take for an answer to life.

Brian then invited the audience to cheer and stand during his wild performance, dancing around the stage with obvious pleasure – and leaving Heidi running and kissing and kissing him while he was there. burst into tears at the answer.

I mean wow! she told him. "I have felt your music, I love you, I love your smile. You just have it! I am so happy that you have come today.

Mel said that he "turned on this whole scene" and called it "incredible, incredible, incredible, amazing," while Simon praised his "fantastic attitude to life," adding, "Your smile when you play is very contagious – I think it's my favorite audition today.

Howie then insisted, "You are not just a lesson of great talent and great spirit, but you are a lesson on how every person who is looking right now has to live his life now. It's you, it's all for you now.

"This kid is a star," Howie told the others after Brian left the scene, with Heidi calling him "all" and Simon saying, "What a great guy.

It's beyond my wildest dreams. I'm in heaven right now, "Brian told Tyra from behind the scenes.

While most competitors hope the show will change their lives, the judges predicted a particularly glittering turnaround for a 20-year-old virgin who would have confessed.

Joseph O 'Brien stunned the judges when he admitted that not only had he never had a girlfriend, but that he had never had an appointment legitimate. "

But you are a handsome guy, how is that possible? Heidi asked, confusing him when she was using British slang to kiss her asking, "So you already kissed someone?"

& # 39; No I do not have it. No kiss, no – it did not happen, he admitted.

But after his sincere renouncement of Lionel Richie's Hello to keyboards, Simon said, "I really love you, and I must tell you that I think that there will be a lot of squalls after people have seen this audition.

Tyra also told him, "A lot of girls will slip into your DMS saying," Hello, hola. "You are ready.

Howie, meanwhile, had an unexpected explosion of the past when he realized that a retiree trying was someone who was doing stand-up at his side when he started his own comedy career there is 40 years old.

"Andy, welcome to show business!" he proudly told Andy Huggins, insisting: "You have waited 40 years and I tell you, you are like good wine, it was worth waiting for.

The aging cartoon broke the audience with its racist act, including a joke about role play in the room with an ex, saying, "She was Catwoman and I was Batman … well, Alfred.

"You're very naughty, do not you?" Smiled Simon, giving him one of the three yes that he needed to cross – only Mel rejecting him, admitting that she did not understand all her jokes.

She was shown confused after acts, too, with Simon asking, "Mel, did you drink?" "I have no sense of humor"?

Howie was once again the pig of India on stage for the most daring act of the night – with motorcycle rider Kenny Thomas of Paris, performing stunts that ended a few inches from the soldiers of the judge.

"Howie, I'm happy to say after this law – you still have bullets," Simon joked, telling the rider: "I think that's exactly what we should have on America's Got Talent.

While Howie came back clearly shocked after the act, Simon also joked, "Kenny, I just been told that there was a fault on one of the cameras, so we'll have to do it again .

The illusionist Rob Lake, meanwhile, asked Heidi and Tyra to help him perform on stage, with a number of spectators attending him as they were coming out of the room. theater a few seconds ago.

"I do not know what happened," Heidi said, adding, "I mean wow, I liked it."

"You have magical powers, you do it," Simon told him adding, "That's exactly what you should do.

Troy James, meanwhile, showed how boring his life is in human resources – before electrifying the audience with his amazing contortionist game where he leaned back and wandered like a spider.

& # 39; Oh my God! & # 39; Mel screamed repeatedly, while Tyra pretended to be sick – with Troy ending his routine by completely collapsing with his body fully bent.

"It was like the Exorcist where Linda Blair does all that," Simon tells him, adding Howie: "I'd like to see you in a horror movie."

"It was weird, it was absolutely disturbing, and I really loved it," Heidi told him, while Mel B called it "scary but awesome."

Troy told them that he was "born flexible" and "thought everyone could do it," jokingly, "Once I directed the warm-up routine of the office … long story I am no longer allowed to conduct the warm-up routine. & # 39;

The acrobatic dancer Vivien Vajda burst into tears at the enthusiastic congratulations of the judges, telling them that she had been "intimidated": "My teammates and my coach turned against me, and they always told me that I am ridiculous, that I am the clown of the club.

"But where are they and do you look," Mel told him, adding that Heidi said, "Yes, you just told them.

Howie added: "Being on this stage, you did not just show them, you just showed the world, your lady. You are beautiful inside and out.

Mel, the caller "brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!" also tells him: "I really consider myself a good jumper, but the things you did were so complicated … you're amazing, girl.

Simon, meanwhile, insisted: "You remind me why I like this show. I love variety, and that's the absolute definition of variety on a show like America's Got Talent.

Glennis Grace, 39, explained how she gave up her dream of being a singer at the birth of her 11-year-old son – and then surprised everyone by appearing almost identical to Whitney Houston on the superstar's song Run to you.

"You look amazing, you look amazing … I already feel like I'm looking at a star," Simon told him, adding, "I'm glad you came on this show. You are just an incredible artist. I mean incredible.

The caller "absolutely unbelievable," Heidi added, "Perhaps the best compliment I can give you is that you look so much like Whitney Houston, it's amazing.

Howie added, "The only reason you are not yet a star, is that we did not see you and we did not hear it. And how lucky are we to see you explode on this stage tonight?

The biggest rebound of the evening comes from "French Accent," comedian Kevin Bennett, who had three buzzing during his act – just so Heidi and Mel end up laughing so much they took them back and helped to vote.

"Thank you, you save my life now! He jokingly told them when Simon still refused: "There must be a villain!

Howie had insisted that the action of Dead-Pan was full of anecdotes: "Here's a guy who really made the three X-es laugh, who made what was happening in this piece really funny … I loved it.

Dr. Stephen Eisenberg did not have the same luck when the judges won for his singing – but at least his mother gave him a huge vote of confidence, arriving on stage and chatting with them. judges who rejected it.

"It's not about her voice that it's about her heart," she pleaded, Heidi telling him; I like it too for him. He's just not a singer.

The doctor told them how he started writing songs to cheer up his patients, with Mel joking: "If that's how you sing to your patients … maybe put the radio on."

America's Got Talent will be back next week on NBC.