Fernando Daniel was sitting comfortably in his red chair when the next audition began.

He leaned toward Bárbara Tinoco with a smile.

“That’s my song,” he said.

But the moment the first note left the child’s mouth, everything changed.

He froze.

It was his daughter. His eight-year-old daughter.

Tears filled his eyes instantly.

He didn’t move to press the button. He just stood, eyes locked on the stage as she sang.