Nick Cannon said that Miss Dorothy told him backstage that she always wanted to be a star, and so Cannon made than happen by hitting the Golden Buzzer, causing confetti to rain down as she received a standing ovation.
Someone who would inspire host Nick Cannon to break protocol and hit the automatically-advancing Golden Buzzer, something he’s not allowed to do.
Miss Dorothy, who’s from Hawaii, began dancing when she was 17, long before Hawaii was even a state.
She impressed the judges not with her dance moves (her tassels wouldn’t do what she wanted them to) but with her infectious enthusiasm.