‘Simon Cowell paid for my scoliosis surgery’
Julia and her dance group ‘MerseyGirls’ took to the stage on Britain’s Got Talent, in what they thought would be their last dance together. That’s because Julia has had scoliosis from birth, a condition that causes the spine to curve to the side.
On the show, the group received the Golden Buzzer form judge Alesha Dixon, before Simon Cowell declared that he would pay £175,000 for Julia’s specialist surgery in the US.
She’s now on the road to recovery, and told 5 live finding out he was going to step in and help was the happiest she’d ever been in her life.
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