Darci Lynne Farmer

Lynne lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born on October 12, 2004. Growing up, Lynne loved to sing, but she was shy and was afraid to perform in front of an audience. Her parents encouraged her to overcome her shyness by participating in the 2014 International Cinderella Scholarship Program where she was crowned International Mini Miss. At that pageant she also met International Teen titleholder, Laryssa Bonacquisti, a young ventriloquist who inspired her to try ventriloquism herself. She then asked her parents, Clarke and Misty Farmer, for a puppet, insisting that it would overcome her shyness. On her tenth birthday, her parents presented her with a puppet. Lynne's idol is past America's Got Talent winner Terry Fator.

In 2014, she entered Edmond's Got Talent where she won first prize after a month's preparation on Bonacquisti's tips. She was soon brought to the attention of ventriloquy coach Gary Owen, who was so impressed by Lynne's skill that he agreed to be her coach and business manager. Since then she has worked with Owen and vocal teacher Tiana Plemons. In 2015, she won first place in both the junior division at Oklahoma's Got Talent and Oklahoma Kids, and won Broadway, Specialty Acts, and overall Entertainer of the Year at American Kids in Branson, Missouri. In March 2016, Lynne made an appearance on Little Big Shots, performing "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" with Katie, and in July 2016, she became the first child ventriloquist to perform at an evening show in the 40-year history of the Vent Haven International Ventriloquists' ConVENTion, where she fronted for celebrity ventriloquists Kevin Johnson and Todd Oliver. Then, in March 2017, she appeared on the British version of Little Big Shots, again performing "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" with Katie.

Lynne competed on the twelfth season of America's Got Talent in 2017. During the first episode broadcast on May 30, Lynne and her puppet, a sweet, girly bunny named Petunia, performed "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess. The comedy–singing act featured Petunia cutting off Lynne so Petunia could continue singing instead. Judge Mel B praised the act and pressed her Golden Buzzer, allowing Lynne to bypass the judge cuts and go straight to the quarterfinals. The video of this performance became the most viewed video in the show's history within 30 hours of broadcast, and later placed fourth on YouTube's list of the top 10 trending videos of 2017.

In November 2017, Darci Lynne and Friends Live, a national tour, was announced, starting with five locations, to take place in January and February 2018, which was later expanded to 52 dates taking place between January 2018 and January 2019, including 9 Christmas performances in November and December, referred to as Rocking Around the Christmas Tree with Darci Lynne and Friends.

In January 2018, Lynne appeared on Today with Oscar, performing "Who's Lovin' You". In March, she appeared on the Grand Ole Opry and made a cameo appearance on the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and then returned to Little Big Shots in April as "a Little Big Shots legend", where she performed "Shout" by the Isley Brothers with Oscar. In May, she appeared as a guest on Pickler & Ben. In July, she participated in the 2018 Starkey Hearing Foundation gala. In August, she returned to AGT as a guest performer, singing "Show Off" from The Drowsy Chaperone with Petunia. In September, she appeared as a guest in an episode of Kids Baking Championship. In November, she was a guest on Steve, where she performed "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer" with Petunia, and later sang "Jingle Bell Rock" with Petunia during NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center telecast. In December, she returned to both the Grand Ole Opry and Pickler & Ben, and voiced Daisy in an episode of Fancy Nancy.

In October 2018, Lynne announced a second tour starting in February 2019, Darci Lynne and Friends: Fresh Out of the Box. In March, Lynne appeared as a guest for two stops of the Barbie 'Be Anything' Tour. In April, she appeared in a WE Day event in Washington.

In January 2019, Lynne was a guest in another Food Network show, Winner Cake All.

In November, she appeared as a guest on an episode of the sketch-comedy series All That with her puppet Petunia, and also appeared in a WE Day event in Vancouver. In February 2020, she appeared as a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, performing "Something's Got a Hold on Me" with Oscar, followed by another appearance on the show in April. Starting in July, she starred as a panelist on Nickelodeon's Unfiltered hosted by Jay Pharaoh. Also in July, she made a second appearance on All That, this time as the musical guest, where she performed "Something's Got a Hold on Me" with Oscar. In August 2020, she returned once more to AGT as a guest performer again where she introduced Ivan.

In August 2020, the Edmond Historical Society and Museum opened an exhibit, titled "Darci Lynne's Got Talent", dedicated to Lynne, which included clothing from her television performances, her first practice puppets, tour posters and scripts.

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