[dramatic music playing]
[Simon] You are genuinely one of the most extraordinary talents
we've had the great fortune to have on any show we've ever made.
Listen to this crowd. You guys killed it!
Not only did you own stage, you controlled the stage.
Oh, my gosh!
What a night! [screams]
[Joseph] This is my moment.
-[Ryan] I've been waiting in my life... -[Robert] For this opportunity.
-[Lindsay] It's a chance... -[Nick] Of a lifetime.
-[Female] It's right here in front of us. -[Ansley] Everything we've dreamed of.
[Marina] Everything I've trained for.
-[Male] Leads up to this. -[Steffi] We're ready for...
-[Mysterion] The fight. -[Chris] Let's do this.
[Charlotte] I'm ready.
[Tyler] My time is now.
[Simon] Just think, three minutes can and will change your life.
[dramatic music playing]
[audience cheering]
[announcer] Live from Hollywood.
It's America's Got Talent.
Here's your host, Terry Crews.
[upbeat music playing]
[audience cheering]
[inaudible dialogue]
We are live!
[Terry laughs]
I'm Terry Crews, and imagine this.
One day you discovered you had a talent, you spent years perfecting your skills,
then you take a big step and audition for AGT.
Before you know it, you're performing in front of 12 million people.
[audience cheering]
That's the good news.
The bad news is, if you don't nail it, your dream could come crashing down.
Watching, waiting, and commenting are four people
who've got the most savvy in show business,
the America's Got Talent judges.
Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union,
Julianne Hough, and the Simon Cowell.
-[audience cheering] -[Terry] Yes.
Twelve acts are coming up tonight,
but only seven will survive the heat of the competition.
Okay, let's get to it. Are you ready to scream?
[audience cheering]
This singer is sassy and feisty.
And at judge cuts, Simon said, "There was a real rawness to her."
And check this, she's only 13 years old.
This is her shot at the semifinals.
Here's Charlotte Summers.
-Oh, my God, it's so pretty. -[girl] It's so exciting.
[both gasps]
[Charlotte] I can't believe I'm in Hollywood.
[both] Hollywood!
It's kind of mind blowing, crazy, nuts. [laughs]
[both] Whoa.
[Charlotte] America's Got Talent was my favorite show,
and I can't believe I'm on it.
The X on that stage was like bigger than me.
And I was like, whoa, that's big.
[Charlotte holding a note]
When you let go, you're at your best.
And then, I got to judge cuts and it was even crazier.
I was, like, so nervous.
The person going through is Charlotte.
And, now, I am here. Literally, here.
[woman] Look, everyone. It's Simon Cowell's house.
[Charlotte] Oh, my God. Simon! [laughs]
-I feel like you're a star already. -Thank you.
You're a big star.
Sometimes, I think it is actually a dream.
So, I start to pinch myself and I say, okay, it hurts. [chuckles]
-Uh. -[girl] Oh, my God.
-[Charlotte] Terry Crews. -[girl] Oh, my God.
-How are you doing? -[Charlotte] Hi. [laughs]
I like my new life.
[both] Whoo!
[Charlotte] I've practiced all summer. I have to do better for this round.
-You're gonna be amazing, okay? -Yeah.
-Okay, pinkie promise? -Pinkie promise.
[both] Whoa!
The competition is really difficult. I'm gonna fight like a fighter.
I don't know if you say it like that, but I'm gonna fight.
-You're gonna do great, okay? -Okay.
-I love you. -I love you, too.
[audience cheering]
♪ Diamonds are forever ♪
♪ They are all I need to please me ♪
♪ They can stimulate and tease me ♪
♪ They won't leave in the night ♪
♪ I've no fear that they might desert me ♪
♪ Diamonds are forever ♪
♪ Hold one up and then caress it ♪
♪ Touch it, stroke it, and undress it ♪
♪ I can see every part ♪
♪ Nothing hides in the heart to hurt me ♪
♪ I don't need love ♪
♪ For what good will love do me? ♪
♪ Diamonds never lie to me ♪
♪ For when love's gone ♪
♪ They lustre on ♪
[audience cheering]
♪ Diamonds are forever ♪
♪ Sparkling round my little finger ♪
♪ Unlike men the diamonds linger ♪
♪ Men are mere mortals ♪
♪ Who are not worth ♪
♪ Going to your grave for ♪
♪ I don't need love ♪
♪ For what good will love do me? ♪
♪ Diamonds never lie to me ♪
♪ For when love's gone ♪
♪ They'll lustre on ♪
♪ Forever ♪
♪ And ever ♪
[audience cheering]
Thank you.
[Terry] Charlotte Summers!
Howie.
Well...
there's no denying, your talent is so far beyond your years, and--
And the-- That's a James Bond theme, right?
You're, like, not a bond girl, you're a Bond child.
And to think-- [chuckles] 004.
But the thing is, that I--
I don't know that I would've chosen that song, but--
-[audience booing] -But the fact that that song was chosen,
nobody could have done it better.
And I'm trying to pick up my jaw just from your talent.
So, hopefully, America votes. you deserve to be here.
[audience cheers]
[Terry] Gabrielle.
[Gabrielle] Yeah, Howie's right.
It was an older song by a grown woman who--
You know, who had a big voice, but you, my dear, steps up and--
-And gave us such a full, dynamic voice. -Thank you so much.
You have an amazing, amazing, unique talent.
-Way to go. Way to go. -[Charlotte] Thank you.
[Terry] All right, Julianne.
When we first saw you, there was a camera in front,
so we couldn't see you, and I was just listening.
And I thought I was listening to Jessie J.
-Your voice is so rich and full. -Thank you.
I do have to agree, though.
I feel like your personality is so dynamic,
and we didn't really see that.
We saw your voice and your capability, but the personality of who you are,
which we love, I don't think shined as much.
-[audience booing] -[Terry] All right. Simon.
-[inaudible] Well, look. -[Terry] It's all up to you.
As Julianne said, you have one of the best personalities
of all the contestants we have this year.
-You really, really do. -[audience cheering]
Your body language right now
is telling us everything I know you are feeling.
And I am feeling right now,
is that that was a terrible, terrible, terrible song choice for you.
-[audience booing] -It really was.
[Simon] And, you know, Charlotte-- By the way, I--
I hate saying this to you, I'm aware of how young you are.
I'm really praying that the audience dismisses the song choice.
Now, that wasn't your fault.
Remembers what a great person you are, what a great singer you are.
-And how much better we could advise you -[audience cheering]
if you make it through to the next round of the competition.
Because America, this audience, is very forgiving.
We're not gonna judge you on the song.
In fact, I'm gonna pretend that song never even existed,
and I'm only gonna remember you from what I saw you before.
-It's not your fault. -[theme music plays]
[Terry] Charlotte, you did amazing.
Is--? Is there anything you wanna say to America right now?
Thank you so much for your support.
Aw, she's beautiful.
-Good luck tonight, Charlotte. It's okay. -[audience cheering]
Okay, up now, we've got a violinist
and an opera singer who perform a knife throwing act. [chuckles]
Only on AGT.
Tonight, they are literally putting their lives on the line
for a spot in the semifinals.
And people, do not try anything you see here at home.
Here are Nick & Lindsay.
[Lindsay] Performing is our love, but we're not quite making ends meet.
This is why we run a bed-and-breakfast in New Orleans.
This is your room.
[Lindsay] But we hope to one day make a living performing full-time,
and not have to do that anymore.
-[laughs] -Where did you book us?
[both] We're tired of scaring people [laughs].
[Nick] Our experience on America's Got Talent...
-[buzzing] -It had its share of ups and downs.
Will you throw a knife at me, and it will turn into a yes,
if you don't kill me?
[Lindsay] So, when we found out we were going to the live shows.
We felt like... Oh, my God, we have a lot of work to do. [chuckles]
I'm extremely nervous.
We have had some mistakes in our performances the past few times.
So, for the live shows, we wanna be prepared.
We must have thrown this knife about a thousand times this week.
To have our name in lights in Las Vegas would be the absolute dream.
So, when it comes to danger, we're pulling out all the stops.
[Lindsay] More fire, different music, way more knives.
[Nick] At any moment, something could go wrong and it's the end.
We are risking everything to win.
[audience cheering]
["Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash playing]
♪ Love is a burning thing ♪
♪ And it makes a fiery ring ♪
♪ Bound by wild desire ♪
[audience laughs]
♪ I fell into a ring of fire ♪
♪ I fell into a burning ring of fire ♪
♪ Went down, down, down ♪
♪ And the flames went higher ♪
♪ And it burns, burns, burns ♪
♪ The ring of fire ♪
[audience cheers]
Whoa!
-Yeehaw! -[inaudible]
[laughing]
You know it, baby.
♪ I fell into a burning ring of fire ♪
♪ Went down, down, down ♪
♪ And the flames went higher ♪
♪ And it burns, burns, burns ♪
♪ The ring of fire ♪
Ahh!
♪ The taste of love is sweet ♪
[audience shouting]
♪ When hearts like ours meet ♪
Ah!
♪ I fell for you like a child ♪
Oh. Ooh.
♪ Oh, but the fire went wild ♪
♪ I fell into a burning ring of fire ♪
♪ Went down, down, down ♪
♪ And the flames went higher, and... ♪
[buzzing]
♪ It burns ♪
♪ The ring of fire ♪
♪ I fell into a burning ring of fire ♪
♪ Went down, down, down ♪
♪ And the flames went higher ♪
♪ And it burns, burns, burns ♪
♪ The ring of fire ♪
[buzzing]
[audience shouting]
[Terry] Nick & Lindsay!
-Whoa. Okay. -[inaudible]
[laughs] Simon?
-[Simon] Oh, can I be honest with you? -[Howie laughs]
What she was doing with the knives, trying to kill you,
it is what I was thinking when I heard you sing.
-[laughs] Oh my gosh. -I mean, I'm not being rude, but--
Here we go again.
I-- I think in the history of America's Got Talent,
that was the worst live performance I've ever seen.
-And I-- I love you two. -Yes.
-But everything went wrong. -[Julianne] Yes.
I mean, it was like watching a murderer about to happen.
-[Lindsay] No. -What do you mean no?
-Yes. Every knife fell out. -[Howie laughs]
[laughs]
[Terry] Gabrielle.
I loved when you cleaned your toes.
[judges laughing]
The toe cleaning, I mean--
[Lindsay] You have to, otherwise they'll fall out.
On the world's biggest stage, that's a bold choice.
-[Howie laughs] -Well...
[Terry] Julianne.
It was so bad that it actually ended up becoming so good.
-It was comedy. -Thank you.
-[Julianne] You turned it around. -You understand.
-And it became a comedic act. -[audience booing]
-[Simon] When did they turn around? -[Nick mumbling]
She smashed a bottle on his head at the end.
-[Nick] I want to say, Simon. -Please.
-You've been on me from the beginning. -No. I've been on you and off you.
[audience laughs]
To be fair.
-Right. I respect you. -[Simon] Ditto.
But you cannot tell me that--
-Let's leave it up to the audience. -[Julianne] That was not hysterical?
No, no. Howie, Howie. What've you gotta say?
Well, I think you went down in a ring of fire.
-You know-- -[audience laughs]
But it's... [stuttering]
Nothing happened, but I kind of-- It's funny.
-America will tell you, I promise you. -[Gabrielle] Okay.
She's not wearing any underpants when she throws, Simon told me.
-Oh! She's got shorts. -[Gabrielle] Oh, you've got bloomers.
-[Howie] She is now. -[Gabrielle] This time.
-[Howie] Not the first time, right? -I kept it classy.
[Howie] You just did.
Okay. Nick & Lindsay, thank you so much.
Good luck tonight.
[audience cheering]
At the auditions, this guy left the audience in tears
with his rendition of a John Lennon classic.
Now he has to impress a whole country.
He is Chris Kläfford.
[Chris] I grew up living in this small village in Sweden,
it was made up with just only my family members.
They always enjoyed hearing me sing.
They helped me believe that this dream that I always had
to be a singer, songwriter was possible,
but it wasn't easy to make a living by playing music.
I've been playing covers for 10 years in local bars,
so America's Got Talent was my opportunity to do an original song
but I knew that was a risk.
♪ Something just like me ♪
It wasn't a risk, a risk would have been not doing that.
When Simon said that, I felt like it was something lifted off my chest.
I was like, oh man, okay, cool.
When I sing I want to make sure that I feel it,
and because family is very, very important to me.
The song I'm singing tonight is an original song
about the last few moments that I had with my great-grandmother.
This song is a reminder for me that you really have to enjoy
the moments you have with the ones you love,
and I hope the judges and all of America like it.
[audience cheering]
♪ I stand here singing hallelujah ♪
♪ Don't care for it do you You're not here ♪
♪ I stand here screaming hallelujah ♪
♪ Dedicated to you Know you're here ♪
♪ Broken stained glass lets the light in ♪
♪ I'll be sitting on my own ♪
♪ Where the hell's the silver lining ♪
♪ Why'd you leave me all alone ♪
♪ I'm so over waiting for a miracle ♪
♪ Only got one life And we're running out of time ♪
♪ It's only you and I, we're invincible ♪
♪ Now I stand here singing hallelujah ♪
♪ Dedicated to you, know you're here ♪
[audience cheers]
♪ I stand here screaming hallelujah ♪
♪ Dedicated to you, know you're here ♪
♪ Now could you come back to your body ♪
♪ I could use somebody next to me ♪
♪ Now I stand here singing hallelujah ♪
♪ Don't care for it to you 'Cause you're not here ♪
♪ 'Cause you're... ♪
[audience cheers]
♪ 'Cause you're... ♪
♪ Now could you come back to your body ♪
♪ I could use somebody next to me ♪
♪ I'm standing singing hallelujah ♪
♪ Don't care for it do you You're not here ♪
♪ You gone cold at the altar ♪
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Chris Kläfford!
Whoa!
[audience applauding]
Julianne.
Chris, welcome back.
I've gotta be honest, the first bit I was thinking,
"Okay, maybe the next time if he gets through,
we should put a band on there or something like that,
and then something just happened and you just took over
and you owned the stage, and you don't need a band.
-You are-- -[audience cheers]
You are special.
That was unbelievable. Wow.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
[Terry] Simon.
Uh, Chris, you know what, uh, you're a great guy, you're a great singer,
I didn't feel the emotional connection on that song I felt the time before.
[audience booing]
-[inaudible] -Yeah, no, I get that.
Just that second song which Chris did in the middle rounds,
I thought was exceptional.
That, I didn't feel-- like I said, I just didn't feel that emotional connection.
-[audience booing] -But your voice is great.
I mean, you can tell people disagree with me, which is great,
we'll see what happens going forward.
I would love to hear that middle song back again.
[Terry] Gabrielle.
I-- you know what? I looked over at Julianne and she had goosebumps.
That says everything.
We are-- you had the audience in the palm of your hand.
I wasn't even familiar with the song but I was, you know, teared up by the end.
Chris, you're a special talent, and I think America's gonna vote for you.
-[audience cheering] -Thanks so much. Thank you.
[Terry] Howie.
You know, I'm on the Simon side with this, and the thing about it is--
[audience booing]
-Quiet, let me talk. -No sides.
I think it's the same thing as with Charlotte,
I think you're an amazing talent with an amazing voice,
that song choice, I don't think, you know, two out of four of us agreed,
but you have amazing hair, and I know hair.
-[Judges laughing] -Thank you.
[Terry] Now Chris, Chris, talk to me.
How does it feel going from 15 people to over 12 million people?
[Man] We love you, Chris!
I still can't, like, grasp the idea that I'm standing here right now,
I'm so grateful that I-- that I am here and I felt--
[audience cheering]
Thank you.
I felt like I was, like, in an emotional spot in my head
when I was standing there, and I hope that you felt it.
All right, well good luck tonight, Chris.
[audience cheering]
Up next is a dancer who wowed, shocked, and terrified the judges
in the early rounds, but this is for the semifinals.
And tonight she has to push herself harder than ever before.
She is Marina Mazepa.
I grew up in a small town in Ukraine.
My mom wanted me to be like all the other girls.
Delicate, elegant, polished.
But I had this stronger energy inside of me that couldn't be controlled,
and I had to let it out.
I unleashed the creature that was inside of me,
and I was finally free to show people who I really am.
[dramatic music playing]
-You're terrifying, in a brilliant way. -Whoa!
[Marina] As a kid I always dreamed to come to America,
and now I'm here in Hollywood about to perform on the Dolby stage.
I've been learning new tricks and I'm constantly training,
I want to become better, so I've been pushing my body to its breaking point.
It is painful, but it's not gonna stop me.
Tonight I'm taking a huge risk.
I'm doing something I've never done before.
I'm not going to play it safe.
When I go on stage, I just close my eyes and let my creature take over.
[audience cheering]
["You Should See Me in a Crown" by Billie Ellish playing]
♪ You should me in a crown ♪
♪ I'm gonna run this nothing town ♪
♪ Watch me make 'em bow ♪
♪ One by one by one ♪
♪ One by one by You should see me in a crown ♪
♪ I'm gonna run this nothing town ♪
♪ Watch me make 'em bow ♪
♪ One by one by one ♪
♪ One by one by You should see me in a crown ♪
♪ Your silence is my favorite sound ♪
♪ Watch me make 'em bow ♪
♪ One by one by one ♪
[electronic music continues]
[buzzer sounds]
[audience shouting and booing]
♪ Crown ♪
♪ I'm gonna run this nothing town ♪
♪ Watch me make 'em bow ♪
♪ One by one by one ♪
♪ One by one by You should see me in a crown ♪
♪ You should see me ♪
♪ Your silence is my favorite sound ♪
♪ Watch me make 'em bow One by one by one ♪
♪ One by one by one ♪
[audience cheering]
[inaudible]
[Terry] Marina Mazepa!
[audience whistling and cheering]
[Terry] Simon.
You gave her the buzzer.
-[Julianne] What the heck are you doing? -Talk to us.
[Simon] A. I have-- Oh.
[audience booing]
Would you shut up?
I tell you why I buzzed this, Marina, because I was disappointed.
I tell you for me what it lacked.
The first time we met you, you had that real element of surprise,
we didn't know what was gonna happen, then it went somewhere crazy.
This started off a bit crazy and then it just for me got boring.
-I hated the music as well. -[Howie] I wasn't bored.
-[Simon] Depressing. -I wasn't bored.
And I think you lost a real opportunity tonight at the Dolby
to do something special, and in my opinion, you didn't.
-[audience booing] -[Simon] What is your problem?
-[Terry] Howie. -[Howie] I-- Wow.
You know, one man's boredom is another man's dream. [laughing]
I'm-- [laughs] I'm, I'm happily married, but I feel like I just cheated.
-[Judges laughs] -[Simon] What?
Okay, Gabrielle.
Oh, my God. Okay, let me take a drink.
-'Cause you left me thirsty. I mean... -[screams and claps]
you're like a videogame come to life, you're like the coolest, best avatar.
It was creepy, it was sexy, it was out of this world,
it was dangerous, it was amazing.
[Julianne] Yeah!
[Terry] Julianne!
-You are so weird. And I love weird. -[Simon blows raspberries]
Honestly, if you are a creature and you unleashed that creature
and I thought that creature was gonna eat that little stinker over there.
[audience cheers]
I think you should have.
[Terry] All right. Good luck tonight, Marina.
[audience cheering]
Next, tonight, we've got a singer who's been waiting for his chance
to follow his passion since he was a kid.
He's 65 now and he's not letting anything get in his way.
Tonight, he's performing an original song about his time on AGT.
Here's Robert Finley.
[audience cheering]
[humming in background]
[Robert] There's something about Louisiana that, once it's in your spirit,
it will always be home.
Music started for me in the church.
My dad would always be singing.
After that, music was my passion.
Growing up, we wasn't allowed to go to school
because when you're a sharecropper, the cotton had to come out of the field,
so life was kind of like on the back burner.
[humming continues]
After working all my life, I lost my sight.
It was hard, but I guess it took being blind at the age of 65
in order for me to really see
because now I'm finally living my childhood dream: playing music.
[choir singing]
You get knocked down, you get up.
And now I'm going on the biggest stage in the world.
Tonight, I'm gonna be doing a song
I wrote about my time on America's Got Talent.
♪ I'm going to let it shine ♪
[Robert] It's my now-or-never moment.
♪ This little light of mine ♪
A quitter never wins.
And a winner never quits.
♪ Let it shine ♪
[Robert] And I just got to give it all I can give.
♪ Let it shine ♪♪
[audience cheering]
[blues music playing]
♪ I think about it every now and then ♪
♪ Though I might not never see again ♪
♪ But I think about all the beautiful Places I've been ♪
♪ And how people opened up And they let me in, yeah ♪
♪ I've been around the world It's all the same ♪
♪ I still feel the wind And the howling rain ♪
♪ But heartache is still heartache And pain is still pain ♪
♪ I may not ever see your face ♪
♪ But I can feel the love in this place Yo ♪
♪ I've finally started to see ♪
♪ What the Lord has given to me, now ♪
♪ I've finally started to see ♪
♪ What the Lord has given to me, y'all ♪
[audience clapping to the beat]
♪ Thank you, Lord ♪
♪ This time I know I got it right ♪
♪ I'm going by faith and not by sight ♪
♪ But I'm beginning to see the light ♪
♪ And deep down inside It feels all right ♪
♪ I may not see your face ♪
♪ But I can feel the love in this place Ya'll ♪
♪ Finally started to see ♪
♪ What the Lord has given to me, yeah ♪
♪ I said, finally started to see ♪
♪ What the Lord has given to me ♪
♪ I see ♪
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Robert Finley!
And please,
make some noise for Robert's daughter, Christie, on backing vocals.
Whoo!
Gabrielle.
Mr. Finley, Mr. Finley. You said winners never quit
and we are all so glad you never quit and gave up on your dream.
You are a gift to us all.
Oh, my goodness. Thank you, Mr. Finley.
-Thank you, thank you. -Thank you so much. Thank you.
I hope you did feel the love in this place,
'Cause you've spread it around.
-Thank you. -Thank you so much.
[Terry] Howie.
So, I love you and I think you're great,
and I agree with everything that you just said,
but I wonder if-- And this is a theme tonight,
strategically, young people vote, only seven are going through,
I don't know if that song connects to who votes.
[Gabrielle] No!
[audience booing]
-No! No. -Choices, choices.
-I'm right. Watch what happens. -[Terry] Julianne.
I absolutely, 100 percent disagree
because I was listening to every--
[audience cheering]
[Julianne] I was listening to every single word,
and when I think of church, I think of gratitude and love.
And I would like to be baptized into the Robert Finley church.
[inaudible]
Because you are exactly what America needs right now.
-[Finley] Thank you. -[Simon.
Well, we have a mixed panel tonight, don't we, Terry?
But this time, I am going to agree with the girls.
[female judges shouting]
-[Finley] God bless you. -Because in my opinion, Robert,
that was bloody fantastic.
-Thank you. Thank you so much. -[Simon] And the word that comes to mind
with you is "legend."
I don't know how good your eyesight is, 'cause you refer to it in the clip,
but 5000 people just gave you a standing ovation.
God bless you.
[Terry] Mr. Finley,
what do you have to say to those who feel their dreams have passed them by?
Well, at first I would say you're never too young to start dreaming,
and you're never too old for your dream to come true.
-[man] Yeah! -Follow your dream.
Okay, this act is a great example of how a setback can turn into a blessing.
Check this out, you'll see what I mean. Here's the Sentimentalists.
[Doyle] Being on America's Got Talent was a dream come true for Steffi and I.
[Steffi] We spent years developing our abilities,
and finally we were able to share them with the world.
[Gabrielle] Unfortunately, your journey on America's Got Talent ends tonight.
[Steffi] When we didn't make it to the live shows,
we were absolutely gutted.
[Doyle] When Steffi and I returned home,
it seemed as if our senses heightened, and our abilities were growing.
[gasps]
[dramatic music playing]
[Steffi] We've noticed more and more connections.
[Doyle] Things got really weird.
[wind blowing]
[Steffi] And then one day, we were contacted again.
[Steffi echoing] "Dear Sentimentalists, congratulations.
You have been selected to be a wildcard for the live shows."
This our second chance to pursue our dream and share our talents with the world.
It's time.
[audience cheering]
Hello, judges.
It's great to be back, America.
The five human senses are transferable.
And tonight, we're gonna start with the sense of touch.
[Steffi giggles]
It's been nice to see you all again.
[giggles]
-Julianne, if you could. -[Julianne] Yes?
[Steffi] With your finger.
Draw a letter of the alphabet on Mysterion's palm.
-[Julianne] Oh. -[Steffi] Ah, I felt that.
Um, one more time, please.
R. I felt that.
-[Howie] Wow. -[Julianne] Yep. That was it.
[audience cheering]
I wrote an R.
As you can see, touch is transferable
As is taste.
Usually, we're connecting minds, but tonight we'll be touching tongues.
Are you ready, Howie?
-[audience laughs and] -[Howie groans]
[Doyle] Come on up, Howie. Give Howie a big round of applause!
[audience cheering]
Howie, if you would make your way up on the stage behind the table.
Behind this table?
-[Doyle] Behind the table. -[Steffi] Yes.
You will notice that there's an assortment of different treats,
-Each one different. -Oh. Yeah.
[Doyle] Howie, we want you to take a look.
-[Howie] Yeah. -[Doyle] Choose one you want.
-Pick it up, and take a bite. -[Howie] Really?
-[Doyle] I only licked one. -[Steffi] Yes.
No, he didn't, don't listen to him.
[laughs]
-[audience laughing] -[Steffi chuckles]
Mmm.
I taste-- Wait.
That was a little bit crunchy,
but there's, like, a cream filling there.
[Howie, muffled] Right.
[Steffi] Whipped cream, nice, heavy, thick, dense whipped cream.
-[Howie] Uh-huh. -I think that's a cannoli.
[muffled] It is!
[audience cheering]
[Doyle] Howie, stay up there and finish your treat.
-[Howie] All right. -We didn't forget about you judges.
In this bowl, I've brought some candies.
They look the same but the flavors inside are different.
You're not gonna know what you're gonna taste
until you pop one in your mouth.
If you would take one out, open it up,
pop it in your mouth, but don't say what you taste.
[Steffi gasps]
[Doyle] Okay.
[light laughing from audience]
[Steffi] This flavor reminds me
of my favorite flavor of ice cream when I was little.
That's bubblegum.
[Doyle] It is in fact bubblegum, give her a big round of applause.
And if you would do the exact same thing, I want you to take one out as well.
Take any one out.
Pass it on over to me.
Pass it on over.
[laughing]
Think of that one.
Have you got the flavor?
Do I say it?
-[Doyle] No, don't say it out loud. -[Steffi] I-- No. I taste menthol.
-[Doyle] Have you got it in mind? -[Julianne] Mm-hm.
-[Doyle] Focus on the flavor. -[Julianne] Oh, I am.
What--? Wait.
It-- It's in your mouth, right? I can't see it?
[Doyle] It is in her mouth.
[Steffi] Can you look at me?
Keep looking at me.
-[Doyle] Have you got that taste? -Mm-hm.
[Steffi] You know? okay.
Citrus, citrus. Lemon.
[Doyle] Mm-mm. Are you picking it up? It's okay.
Send that into her mind, focus really on that flavor.
-Send it into her mind. -[Simon] Just say bubblegum.
-[Doyle] Don't say bubblegum. -No, it's not.
-[Doyle] It's not bubblegum. -Now...
-[Doyle] Yes. -Orange.
[Doyle] It is orange.
It's difficult to pick things up,
especially when you're tasting other drinks,
so what we want you to do is not have a candy.
In fact, we want you to pick any treat at all,
anything you want, it doesn't matter what it is,
and print it down on that board.
-Something I'd like to eat? -[Doyle] Something you'd like to eat.
Some type of a snack or some type of a confection.
Can I change the music, by the way?
We're gonna put this on, so that way I don't even see what it is.
What's Howie doing?
[audience clamoring]
What did I do?
[Doyle] Pass it over to me when you're done.
Done.
[audience laughing]
Let's make this happen.
-Uh, I need you to think of what it is. -I am.
-[Doyle] You got it? -[Steffi] Okay.
[Doyle] Okay, keep looking at her. Hmm.
-I don't want you to say anything yet. -I'm not going to.
Okay. Keep looking at her.
You know? You got it? You have it in mind?
Here.
Is it something like Turkish delight? Angel delight.
-Yes. -[Steffi] Yes.
[Doyle] That's exactly what it says on the board.
[Simon] Well, not exactly. It says:
-"Butterscotch angel delight." -[Doyle] Angel delight.
-Yeah. -[Doyle] But the fact is, folks, it proves
that taste is transferable.
But this is our specialty, the sixth sense.
Sitting up there on the table the entire time
[audience laughing]
-is Howie eating pretty much everything. -Oh, it's good.
-[audience cheering] -[Steffi laughing]
-[Doyle] But in that box... -Uh-huh?
we left something for you.
-For me? -[Doyle] For you.
Yeah?
[Doyle] The very first thing that you picked, what was that?
-A cannoli. -Right, a cannoli.
-If you would open up that box... -Open the box?
[Doyle] Open the box, open it up and tell us what's inside.
[Simon & Howie speak indistinctly]
[Doyle] Oh, put the food down.
Oh! There's a cannoli.
-[Doyle] Take it out. -I will.
[Steffi] Yes, I know how much you like them,
so I packed you an extra one for the road.
Mm.
[Steffi chuckles] There's also a napkin in there, you might need that.
[Doyle] Come around here.
-Napkin. -Would you grab that and bring that over?
-There's a napkin. -Bring the napkin around.
-[Steffi] Bring it over here, Howie. -Oh! Mmm!
[Steffi] You sweet thing, get over here.
Where's the camera? An R!
Why don't you that open up and share what it says?
-It's an R. -[Doyle] Open it up!
-It's more exciting than an R. -Oh. Oh.
-What does that say? No? Here. -We want you to read what that says.
You want me to read?
-[Steffi] Yes. -[Simon] No.
-I'll read, I'll read. -Okay.
-"Gabrielle will choose bubblegum." -[muffled] ...bubblegum.
-[Steffi] "Julianne will choose orange." -[mumbled] ...orange!
[Steffi] And next time, we'll bring Simon some angel delight.
[audience cheering]
[Doyle] Howie, you can head on back down.
Give him a big round of applause!
And be sure to take a treat.
And share with the rest of the judges.
-[Steffi laughs] -[Simon] Do you know what that is?
[Steffi giggles]
[audience cheering]
Thank you so much.
We are The Sentimentalists.
Julianne.
Okay, I have been a fan of you guys since the very beginning,
and this one just didn't seem as rehearsed.
[audience cheering]
I feel like-- I feel like when you're--
if you have a show in Vegas,
you're gonna have time to rehearse it and have your bits locked in.
This one didn't feel completely locked in to me. I'm sorry.
-With all the tastes that Howie-- -[Terry] Simon.
Uh, look, without being rude, it was a total mess from start to finish.
It really was.
And I've got to be honest with you,
-Howie didn't exactly help. -We gave him a napkin.
Uh, 'cause no one could understand a word he was saying.
But no, it--
I just -- I couldn't understand a single thing.
And you were like, saying what everybody was eating,
and-- And you've got to stop, Howie.
[audience laughing]
[Terry] Okay, Sentimentalists, good luck tonight.
Okay, let's keep it moving.
Here's a comedian who has always followed his heart
and never let anything stand in the way of pursuing his passion.
Tonight, he's shooting for the semifinals. He is Ryan Niemiller.
[Ryan] Growing up with a disability I absolutely did feel sorry for myself.
But eventually you go:
I'm not gonna grow arms tomorrow, you know? Like, this is what it is.
So I made the conscious decision early on, you know?
I could cry or I can control my narrative.
And controlling my narrative's a lot more fun, I tell you that, ha, ha.
High school was my first stage. I was the class clown.
[Teacher] All right. That's enough.
[audience laughs]
[Ryan] I essentially learned how to make people laugh in this building.
The football field is where I got my competitive nature.
And I wasn't there to be a special inspiration story.
I was a starter because I earned that spot,
nothing was ever given to me.
-[football chanting] -[audience cheering]
In my senior year, I was crowned homecoming king.
[woman] Ryan Niemiller!
[Ryan] Which was such a great feeling, because it's voted by the other students.
They have to like you, you have to have made some kind of impact on them.
That's how I feel about the live shows.
[audience cheering]
I don't want anyone to vote for me because they feel sorry for me.
[audience laughing]
I want you to vote for me because I'm the funniest person you've ever seen.
[audience cheering]
[upbeat pop song playing]
Uh, what's up, club nub? How are we tonight?
[audience cheering]
Oh, I am very sweaty to be here, thank you.
I am not in good enough shape to do this job, is what I'm learning.
I picked a job where all I have to do is stand and talk for a while,
and I need a nap already.
[audience laughs]
I started trying to get in shape this year with a New Year's resolution.
A lot of people do that.
But did you guys know that with New Year's resolutions,
you don't have to do them?
[laughing]
Nobody checks, nobody follows up at all.
I had an entire cake on January 2nd, it was amazing.
[laughing]
I made the mistake of telling my best friend
I was trying to get in shape.
She's in phenomenal shape and she's one of those people
that, if she finds out you want to get in shape, she attacks,
'cause she knows what to do, she's gonna get you there.
I didn't even get to finish the sentence.
I was like, yeah, I think I want to lose-- "Oh, you want to lose some weight, Ryan?
Sit down, here's what you've got to do, you need to get a Fitbit.
Get a Fitbit, Ryan, that'll help you lose some weight in a hurry.
And, in all fairness, I have heard those are a great way to lose some weight,
uh, if you were fortunate enough to be born with wrists.
[laughing]
Instead of counting my steps,
I've been counting the amount of times I dropped my Fitbit.
[laughing]
I'm getting 8000 a day, I think that's pretty good.
[audience cheering]
Thank you. Thank you.
A lot of people still want to get uncomfortable
that I wanna joke about my disability, but this is my life, this is who I I'm.
Like, I'm saying the jokes, it's fine, you're on the team now, welcome.
Come on in, the water's nice.
I'm not getting in, I'll freaking drown, but you guys...
[laughing]
And AGT is also so crazy for me because I grew up in a trailer.
-Anyone else grow up in a trailer? -[scattered cheers]
That is about all the enthusiasm we could afford, right there. That's it.
[laughing]
Growing up in a trailer messes your head. I'm still not used to going out.
You don't really go out when you live in a trailer.
The only time you go out is if there's a tornado coming.
[judges laughing]
Tornadoes are the scariest thing on the planet, they just are.
I don't know how much you guys know about science,
but tornadoes hunt trailers.
It's a proven fact, they've done studies.
The tornado is the trailer's number one predator.
That was always scary for me when I was a kid.
The weather would be bad, the news would cut in.
They'd be like, "There's a tornado warning for the area.
But if you just go to your basement or interior room you'll be safe."
[laughing]
"If you live in a trailer, you're screwed."
[laughing]
You be better off going outside and fist fighting it.
And I did not have fists, so that was really scary.
Ahh!
[blowing]
Mom, it's not working!
Trailer, you have wheels, just drive away!
You are the worst Transformer ever!
All right, I'm Ryan Niemiller, you guys. Thank you also, so much.
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Ryan Niemiller!
Howie. I love this man.
I, uh, I love you, too, Terry. I love you, too.
[Howie] I love you.
I don't think people appreciate what it takes to be a standup comic
and elicit laughter like you do.
Not only everybody here.
I promise you everybody at home was laughing.
You are wonderful, you're memorable, you're funny, you're smart.
You need to be in the finals.
Vote, America. Please vote.
[Terry] Julianne.
I didn't know how you could top your last two performances.
[exhales]
You were born to be on this stage. That was the best--
that was better than both of your performances combined.
Like, this is your lane. Wow.
[Ryan] Thank you, thank you.
-Simon. -[Simon] You know what? You know,
people think it's tough for the contestants up there.
There have been times over the years where I'm thinking:
This is tough for us, because we've made some terrible decisions,
certainly tonight as well, as to who we selected.
You, however, from the minute it started,
it was like, as you just said,
-you're born to do this. -Yeah.
The second you came on, even the music, everything worked.
Your flow, your confidence,
uh, it was just one of those great, great performances.
And I really believe
you're gonna be in the semifinals after that, you deserve it.
[Terry] Ryan, let me ask you, man,
how is life changed for you since AGT, brother?
Oh, life's been amazing. I'm booking a lot more work, uh.
When kids see me, I'm not scared anymore, which is nice.
That's-- They have nice things to say, so that's fun.
Yeah, this has been amazing, thank you all so, so much.
All right, good luck tonight, Ryan.
Moving right along, here's an intense dance crew
which got the golden buzzer from Dwyane Wade that judge cuts.
It's V. Unbeatable.
[man] We are more than a dancing group.
We are a family. And the foundation of a family is built on trust.
No matter what, we are always here for each other.
We know if we ever fall that someone will catch us.
Being a part of V. Unbeatable gives us wings.
It allows us to fly.
[audience cheering]
[man] One foot at a time, one hand at a time,
with every step, with every grip, we become one.
Now we are in the live shows,
we have to push the boundaries even further,
working harder than ever before.
We know we couldn't have made it here without each other.
On our own, we are just 29 people.
But together, we can reach impossible heights.
Together, we are V. Unbeatable.
[applauding and cheering]
[V. Unbeatable] Judges.
We are coming.
[dance music playing]
[audience cheering]
[Indian chant playing]
[dance music continues]
[music changes]
[Indian dance pop song plays]
[audience cheering]
[audience cheers]
[voice from song] Let's go.
[audience cheers]
[music gets faster]
[audience cheers]
[Terry] V. Unbeatable!
Yeah!
Yeah.
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Simon.
What do you have to say about this?
[audience cheering]
-[Terry] Simon? -[Simon] Uh...
Well, it's hard to talk right now. Uh--
Look, although would say is every time we see you guys you push the boundaries.
The creativity is incredible.
And what is so important about what you did tonight
compared to some of the previous acts,
you made every second of those two minutes count.
-It was immaculate. -[man] Thank you so much, Simon!
Thank you.
[audience cheers]
[Terry] Julianne.
I haven't even clapped because a clap does not even compare to what you deserve.
[man] Thank you so much, ma'am. Thanks a lot.
You literally raised the game. This is the best performance of tonight.
[audience cheers]
[Terry] Gabrielle.
You guys were my husband's golden buzzer.
[Julianne whoops]
And sometimes it takes a champion to perhaps see a champion.
[Julianne whoops]
You guys have put the whole competition on notice!
That was a tour de force performance, unbelievable!
Thank you so much, ma'am.
[Terry] Howie.
I gotta say that-- And we've mentioned this so many times.
I've been here for 10 years. I've watched it for 14 years.
By far the best performance I have ever witnessed on the show.
[uproarious cheering and applauding]
[Terry] Wow.
[theme music playing]
Everybody is up on their feet for V. Unbeatable! Good luck!
This young artist wants to leave his footprint on the world
while Howie left his footprint all over the golden buzzer at the auditions.
Well, here's his shot at the semifinals.
He's Joseph Allen.
[audience cheering]
[Joseph] When I came to the AGT audition,
it was the literal definition of a dream come true.
[echoing] Dream come true. Dream come true. Dream come true.
["Footprint" by Joseph Allen playing]
Just getting the golden buzzer, my life has changed dramatically.
I realized you only get opportunities like this once in a lifetime, if any.
So I made the move out here to Los Angeles
because this is the dreamers capital of the world.
["Footprint" by Joseph Allen playing]
Now that I'm out here, it's very intimidating.
You really have to work hard to be a somebody out here.
["Footprint" by Joseph Allen playing]
Being on the AGT live shows, you're so close yet you're so far.
This could change my life, and I can't let this moment slip.
Thinking back to where all this started
and how I'm now about to perform at the Dolby Theater,
realizing how far this has come...
I'm blessed, man. I'm blessed.
["Footprint" by Joseph Allen playing]
JOSEPH ALLEN
[audience cheering]
[piano music playing]
♪ Now I'm on the TV Saying, look, Mama, we made it ♪
♪ She smiles at me With tears in her eyes ♪
♪ A voice in my head says I can be the greatest ♪
♪ And I am not sure But I'm not scared to ♪
♪ I felt like I was on a cliff And I was afraid to fall ♪
♪ So I picked up my phone Gave my mom a call ♪
♪ And she said, son, right now, That's when you have to make a plan ♪
♪ That pressure hat you're feeling That's going to turn you Into a man ♪
♪ And so I fell on my knees And asked for guidance ♪
♪ 'Cause all I don't want to do is fall ♪
♪ Told my mom success was on the horizon ♪
♪ I hope that I'm not wrong ♪
♪ Now I'm on the TV Saying, look, Mama, we made it ♪
♪ She smiles at me With tears in her eyes ♪
♪ A voice in my head says I can be the greatest ♪
♪ And I am not sure But I'm not scared to try ♪
♪ And fly above the moon And the galaxies ♪
♪ Because if I'm being honest lately ♪
♪ It's been hard To fall back down to Earth ♪
♪ Look, I didn't picture this When I was a child ♪
♪ Moments like this Come once in a while ♪
♪ I wanna make sure my family's proud ♪
♪ I try to make sure the viewers smile ♪
♪ I'm standing on stage like, hi, Mom ♪
♪ This is all blowing up Like a time bomb ♪
♪ She goes home She tells her friends ♪
♪ Look at that right there That's my son ♪
I love you guys so much, and happy birthday Dad.
♪ Now I'm on the TV Saying, look, Mama, we made it ♪
♪ She smiles at me With tears in her eyes ♪
♪ A voice in my head says I can be the greatest ♪
♪ And I am not sure But I'm not scared to try ♪
♪ Now I'm on the TV Saying, look, Mama, we made it ♪
♪ She smiles at me With tears in her eyes ♪
♪ A voice in my head says I can be the greatest ♪
♪ And I am not sure But I'm not scared to try ♪
♪ And fly above the moon And the galaxies ♪
♪ Because if I'm being honest lately ♪
♪ It's been hard To fall back down to Earth ♪
Hey, but, Mama, look, we made it. [sobs softly]
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Joseph Allen!
[Terry] Howie.
[Howie] I've got to say that, uh...
I don't know if you could feel what we feel at home.
First of all, you are a shining light. I'm so proud that you're my golden buzzer.
-Thanks. -[Howie] But I was here.
You weren't only singing the song. We were living the song.
You're looking at your mom. You're looking at the tears.
I could feel the pride just shooting over our heads,
and their hearts just bursting, your heart just bursting.
Yeah.
[Howie] You are authentic. You make us smile.
And I said you are a shining star. You're a wonderful young man.
-[Howie] So proud of you. -I appreciate that.
[Terry] Gabrielle.
What I love about you is, well...
A, I love a little emo rap, but I love a vulnerable man.
You know what I mean? And you put your heart on that stage.
And just like the first time when you rapped to your mom, I bawled.
So, like... I mean, that was everything.
That's exactly what this competition is about. Great job, man.
Thank you. Thank you.
[Terry] Julianne.
I love what Gabrielle said.
You're vulnerable.
You come out here, and you put it out on the stage, and I love that.
You said something in your package about coming out to L.A.,
-it's harder than it looks. -[Joseph] Right.
I want to just say something.
Do not compare yourself to anybody because that is the death of artistry.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
So one thing that I saw, and I know I'm going over my time,
but one thing that I saw is that I felt a little apprehensive.
You were trying to maybe be really good, and don't worry about that.
Okay.
[Julianne] Just be you, babe. -Yeah, thank you.
-Just be you. -Thank you.
[Joseph chuckles]
Simon.
My favorite part of the whole performance is watching your mom's reaction.
-[Joseph laughs] -I'll be honest.
Um, look, if you've watched this back. Listen how good that first song was.
-[Joseph] Right. -It was beautiful.
This song, without your mom and your family's reaction,
did nothing for me.
Uh, the background graphics were horrendous as well.
-[Joseph] No! -I just think--
You're one of those guys the audience, I hope, are gonna like so much.
-[Joseph] Right. -To the next round.
And then, you can deliver again the song, which is good as your first audition.
[Joseph] The next rounds weren't guaranteed
so I wanted to make sure I did something special for my family.
[Terry] All right, Joseph, you know what?
The judges, one thing they mentioned was vulnerability.
Please, talk to me. How did you...?
How were you able to share this kind of vulnerability
with the whole world tonight?
Uh, I feel like how a man treats his mom is most likely how he'll treat his wife,
so I just want to make sure, you know, I--
[audience cheering and applauding]
[theme music playing]
Good luck tonight, Joseph.
One of the most popular acts we've ever had on AGT is Light Balance.
And now, the next generation is keeping the flame alive.
It's Ellie Kemper's golden buzzer. Here's Light Balance Kids.
[Sasha] Growing up we all watched movies
based in America.
That was always a dream to come here.
And now that we're here, we're actually living the dream.
[dramatic music plays]
We do everything together, and we also have a lot of fun together.
But at the end of the day every single member of this team is working extra hard.
[audience cheering]
[Simon] You, I'm gonna remember.
[Sasha] Our goal is not only bringing light
to the stage, but also bringing light to the world.
[dramatic music playing]
Now that we got the golden buzzer, we need to step it up.
This round, we're bringing harder choreography and new tricks.
We've worked really hard.
Most of us couldn't even imagine coming to America's Got Talent.
And thinking of having a show in Vegas, that's just mind blowing.
And the million dollars wouldn't be so bad.
We believe anything is possible, and with America's help,
we are hoping to make it to the semifinals.
[audience cheering]
["Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish playing]
[audience cheering]
["Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers playing]
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Light Balance Kids!
Gabrielle.
[Gabrielle] Oh my word!
Just when I think you guys cannot top yourselves,
you top yourselves!
All of us are blown away.
Congratulations, way to go!
Thank you, Gabrielle.
[audience cheering]
[Terry] Julianne.
[Julianne] It's amazing what a great song can do,
because it gives you inspiration
to go above and beyond what you think is possible,
and what you did tonight was beyond anything that we could have imagined,
but what America could have imagined.
That was unbelievable.
[Sasha] Thank you so much, Julianne.
[Terry] Simon.
This isn't going to make me very popular.
[Julianne blows raspberry]
[Julianne] Already? No, just then don't say it.
Don't say it.
[Simon] All right, I'm going to say it.
You guys are unbelievably talented,
but for me, this lacked what it had previously.
It didn't have the wow factor. I didn't like the music.
-[Julianne] Not at all! Not at all! -It didn't have the big ending.
Because you guys are so talented, but for whatever reason, this felt tame
compared to your previous performances.
[audience booing]
And the difference in the energy compared to the dance group we had on earlier,
it was a massive difference.
I'm disappointed, I'm going to be honest with you. I'm really sorry.
[audience booing]
[Terry] Howie?
[Howie] Wait, wait, wait. The exact opposite.
-I loved the music. -[Julianne] Yeah!
I'm a Billie Eilish fan.
[woman] Thank you, Howie.
[audience cheers]
How can you not like the Billie Eilish song, Simon?
That's great. I love the technology, I love the dance, I love you guys,
I knew you were going to be on tonight, so, I just wanted to say in Ukrainian,
[Howie speaking in Ukrainian]
[Howie still speaking in Ukrainian]
-Which means wonderful and great. -[audience cheers]
Okay, up next is an incredible musician.
He's Simon's golden buzzer.
[Terry] Here is Tyler Butler-Figueroa.
[cheers and applause]
[Tyler's Mom] I remember when Tyler was first diagnosed with the cancer
at four and a half years old.
You know, he was a vibrant little boy that loved to run around and play,
[violin music playing]
and then all of a sudden he just seemed lethargic.
It was kind of like overnight.
[violin music playing in the background]
[Tyler's Mom] He had three years of chemotherapy.
Tyler spent his whole childhood in the hospital.
It was to a point where there was no hope for Tyler.
[Tyler's mom breathes heavily]
It's a miracle.
Tyler is four years cancer free.
[audience cheering]
You know what you are? An extraordinary young man.
[audience cheering wildly]
[Tyler's Mom] Every time he goes in for his appointments
he takes his violin
and plays for the patients.
They say, "Oh wow, he's made it. Look, his hair came back."
"Look, he's strong. Look, he's on America's Got Talent."
It's an inspiration for them.
[Tyler plays the violin]
Don't give up. Have faith.
[Tyler playing the violin]
Keep fighting.
[cheers and applause]
[audience continues to cheer]
[upbeat music playing]
[Tyler playing "Don't You Worry Child" on the violin]
[audience cheering]
[audience clapping to the beat]
[chorus singing] ♪ Don't you worry, don't you worry, child ♪
♪ See heavens got a plan for you ♪
♪ Don't you worry, Don't you worry now, yeah ♪
[violin music stops]
[Tyler plucking the chords on the violin]
[cheers and applause]
[audience clapping and screaming]
[Tyler plays the violin again]
[chorus singing] ♪ Don't you worry, Don't you worry, child ♪
♪ See heavens got a plan for you ♪
♪ Don't you worry, Don't you worry now, yeah ♪
[music stops]
[cheers and applause]
[Terry] Tyler Butler-Figueroa!
[audience continues to cheer]
[Terry] Simon, your golden buzzer, man.
Forget my golden buzzer, it's America's golden buzzer, right?
[audience screaming and cheering]
Tyler, hashtag "amazing, inspirational, current."
Such a great person, such a great talent, such a great moment,
such a great choice of song.
I pray off the back of this one of the big DJs,
who are earning a fortune by the way,
should come on this show with you
if you made the final and make the most incredible record together.
-[Tyler] Thank you. -[audience cheering]
[Terry] Howie.
Yeah, you know, not only your talent but who you are is really inspirational,
and the hurdles you've had to go through in life
that no person, let alone a child, should go through,
-[Howie] it's amazing. -[Simon] Hear, hear.
You showing up is an amazing talent
and people should vote you through just for being here,
but you're wonderful, we enjoyed you, and thank you so much.
Thank you.
[Terry] Gabrielle?
I think the awesome thing about you, Tyler, is that I think you just inspired
a nation full of kids to put down their controller
-[Simon] Yep!
-and to pick up an instrument. -[Simon] I agree.
You might end up on the world's biggest stage killing it. Great job, Tyler.
Thank you.
[Terry] Julianne?
It's one thing to be an incredible artist,
but usually incredible artists are incredible human beings,
and I've been watching you on social media
and through the, the-- Just the world, and what you do to give back to people,
-and going into those hospitals, -[Simon] Yeah.
that is what makes a long-lasting artist. [cheers and applause]
Thank you.
[Terry] All right, good luck tonight, Tyler.
Here's our last act tonight.
They have a powerful message for the whole world.
It's the Ndlovu Youth Choir.
LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA
[male performer] We are from a rural area in South Africa.
[male performer 2] So, we've come a long, long way to be here.
And we're so excited.
Even now we don't believe that we made it this far.
[male performer] Living in Limpopo is very different.
Most of them don't have running water or electricity.
[Ralf] Sometimes it's a two or three mile round trip to get the day's water.
[male performer] We've had difficulties in our lives,
but we've never let any of them hold us back.
You're going through.
[audience cheering]
[male performer] Our journey on America's Got Talent
and the response from the community has been unbelievable.
It's a community that doesn't have a voice.
[Ralf] And here there are 24 young people from that community
shouting out to the world.
And it's just so cool to see.
There's so many people rooting for us,
so we're going to fight for this.
[Ralf] We started this choir to give young people a voice.
A voice they didn't have, and a voice that the whole world hears now.
NDLOVU YOUTH CHOIR]
[cheers and applause]
♪ The heart is a bloom ♪
♪ Haye ♪
- ♪ Shoots up through the stony ground ♪ -[musical gurgling]
♪ And there's no room ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ No space to rent in this town ♪
♪ You're out of luck ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ And the reason that you had to care The traffic is stuck ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ And you're not moving anywhere ♪
♪ You thought you'd found a friend ♪
[choir singing]
♪ To take you out of this place ♪
♪ Someone you could lend a hand ♪
♪ In return for grace ♪
♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ Sky falls, you feel like ♪
♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ Don't let it get away ♪
♪ This beautiful day ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ See the world in green and blue ♪
♪ See Africa right in front of you ♪
♪ See the canyons broken by cloud ♪
♪ See the tuna fleets Clearing the sea out ♪
♪ See the Bedouin fires at night See the Bedouin fires at night ♪
♪ See the oilfields at first light and See the oilfields at first light and ♪
♪ See the bird with a leaf in her mouth ♪
♪ After the flood All the colors came out ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Sky falls, you feel like ♪
♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ Don't let it get away ♪
♪ A beautiful day ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
[choir sings in their native language]
♪ It's a beautiful day ♪
[cheers and applause]
[Terry shouting] Ndlovu Youth Choir!
[cheers and applause]
[Terry] Gabrielle? Whoa.
[Gabrielle] Yes, yes, yes, I am so proud, you set that stage on fire.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
[male performer] Thank you so much, Gabrielle. Thank you.
[Terry] Simon?
Guys, you just, what we call, popped tonight.
[audience shouts]
Um, there was something about your enthusiasm,
the great song choice,
everything just worked and clicked, congratulations.
-[male performer] -Thank you, Simon. Thank you. [cheering]
[Terry] Julianne, you got it all over you.
[Julianne] I'm so excited!
You know what, a lot of people come on this show for fame.
You guys come on this show to remind us
what it means to be self-expressed and come back to the truth of who we are.
Thank you, Julianne.
And it starts with a leader, so thank you to your leader.
-I don't know if he's the leader. -It's there, it's everybody.
-[Julianne] It's a collective. -[Terry] Howie, what you got?
I just-- Wow, is the word that comes to mind.
You know when you wake up and somebody opens the blinds
and the sunshine comes in?
-You are our window to the world. -[Gabrielle] Whoo!
-Thank you. Thank you so much, Howie. -[Howie] You are the sunshine.
You are wow, there is no better way to end this evening
than with the sounds and the sights of you children
and wonderful people of the world, thank you so much.
-[Howie] You inspire, you entertain. -Thank you.
[audience cheering]
Now, what is your message for the entire world?
Well, my message for the entire world is to never stop dreaming
no matter what the circumstances are.
Just never stop dreaming.
Keep on believing and you're going to make it.
Never lose hope.
Ndlovu Youth Choir, good luck.