 Shortly after taking yodeling lessons from Smith, Ware was the runner-up on the NBC show "America's Got Talent" in August 2006, at the age of 12 and finished in the top 5.Ware performed on the "Grand Ole Opry" with Riders in the Sky when she was nine years old.At age eleven, she competed on NBC's "America's Got Talent" and was selected by the viewers on July 13, 2006 to advance to the final competition (which aired on August 16, 2006).