'People are going to resonate with that song': Irish singer-songwriter impresses on America’s Got Talent

Stephanie Rainey's song, Please Don’t Go, is inspired by the tragic death of her nephew, Fionn, from meningitis the day before his first birthday. Photo: Instagram

Irish singer-songwriter Stephanie Rainey has described as “overwhelming” the incredible reaction to her emotional America’s Got Talent audition, which reduced judges to tears and brought the audience to its feet.

Head judge Simon Cowell told her that song, Please Don’t Go, composed by Stephanie and inspired by the tragic death of her nephew, Fionn, from meningitis the day before his first birthday, was the best original song he’s heard this year.