America's most talented signs record deal

The winner of this summer's Gong Show America's Got Talent has signed a recording deal with Columbia Records/SYCO, which is Simon Cowell's wing of the company. Bianca Ryan, a 12-year-old "vocal prodigy" (as the press release states), won America's Got Talent on August 17th. She beat out jugglers, quick-change artists and a rappin' granny for the prize. If you're not among the 12 million people who watched America's Got Talent, you can see Bianca here on YouTube. The kid sure can sing.

Her first album comes out on November 14th. It includes covers of "I Believe I Can Fly", "The Rose" and "You Light Up My Life" as well as a number of original songs, including one written by Diane Warren.