[David Bowie's "Let's Dance"]
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Let's dance ♪
- What's up, everybody?
- Hi, Brazil.
- ♪ On the radio ♪
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Let's dance ♪
♪ While color lights up your face ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Let's sway ♪
♪ Sway through the crowd ♪
[together] One, two, three, Elektrodads!
- ♪ To an empty space ♪
- Oh, my goodness. Look at y'all.
- Here we go again.
- ♪ If you say run ♪
♪ I'll run for you ♪
- Let's do this.
- Good luck.
- He loves it. - That is so funny.
- ♪ If you say hide ♪
- You're in the zone, aren't you?
- I need this.
- Give it up for the host of the show, Terry Crews!
♪ ♪
- We're all going out as a group?
Wave and then go down.
- Are you ready to meet your judges?
[cheers and applause]
Howie Mandel,
Mel B,
Sofía Vergara,
and Simon Cowell.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Break my heart in two ♪
- OK, let's get these guys out here.
Let's do it.
- Yeah, that's what I like.
- Yeah. You get straight into it.
- Yeah. - Let's get it going.
Let's get it going. - We made it.
- For Simon?
[cheers and applause]
- Here we go, folks. Here we go.
Let's go.
- Yukuta, go right on out, sir. - OK.
- Thank you. Thank you. All right.
- Come on!
Come on!
Who I am? Come on!
- Come on. - Hello.
- Who are you?
- My name is Yukuta.
- And where are you from?
- Hiroshima in Japan.
- Oh, wow. - Yeah!
- You better be good.
That's a long way.
- And what do you do for a living?
- [speaking Japanese]
- I work as a garbage collector.
- All right.
And what are you gonna do for us tonight?
- [speaking Japanese]
- Oh. Simon something.
- I love Simon. - Wow.
- [speaking Japanese]
- And I'm very much interested in skincare too.
- OK, so this is a combination of his love
for Simon and skincare.
- Yes. - I'm here.
- All right. Good luck.
- I'm here when you need me.
[cheers and applause]
- [chuckling] What is going on?
- This is getting weirder by the minute.
- Oh.
- Is that on his--
- He has something duct-taped.
[Gillian Hills' "Zou Bisou Bisou"]
♪ ♪
♪ Zou bisou, bisou ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Zou bisou, bisou ♪
- I am Simon!
[laughter]
This is my morning routine.
♪ ♪
- Glasses. - [laughing]
- First up, sunglasses.
- He can't find it.
♪ ♪
[buzzer blares]
- Really? - Oh, no.
[audience booing]
- Wait. Wait. Wait.
- All right. Thanks.
- I shave my beard.
♪ ♪
OK?
- ♪ Zou bisou ♪
- And I'm hungry.
[laughs]
- Where is my mouth?
[laughter]
- Oh. - Oh, there it is.
- ♪ Zou bisou, bisou ♪
- There it is!
[cheers and applause]
- Simon?
- Very good looking. - Oh. Thank you.
- You are. - You too.
- I know.
[laughter]
- You came all the way from Japan to show us that?
[audience groaning]
- Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- It's called comedy.
- It wasn't funny. - It was hysterical.
I'm giving you your first yes.
- Yes! Yes!
- Of course, I'm saying no.
- No? Not that!
- Sofía?
- Absolutely yes.
- OK, you have two yeses.
It's up to the guy that you honored.
- You have three yeses. - Yes!
[speaks Japanese]
♪ ♪
- You have all lost the plot.
- He's funny.
- That was not funny.
- You did it.
You did it.
- Yes, we love you, Simon! - Thank you!
- ♪ Zou bisou, zou bisou ♪
♪ Des petits bisous ♪
♪ Zou bisou, bisou ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
How are you?
You look very happy.
- I'm very happy.
I'm on "AGT."
- And what's your name?
- I'm Cameron Logsdon, and I'm from Omaha, Nebraska.
- And what's your day job?
- I'm a college public speaking teacher.
- OK.
So why did you decide to come on the show this year?
- I've always wanted to do "AGT," but, you know,
I had my kid when I was young,
and I prioritized raising him and doing all of that.
- And you have a son or a daughter?
- I have a son. I have a son.
- And what does he think about you being here?
- He's very excited, you know?
He's in college now.
- Really? - Oh, yeah.
I was a teen parent, you know?
And so to get this opportunity, it's just--
it's just cool. It means a lot.
- Now you can have fun.
- Are you ready? - I'm ready.
I'm ready. - OK, let's do it.
- OK. Great.
[cheers and applause]
Well, look, you all know that being a judge on this show
is a highly coveted job.
Everybody wants to have it.
And, in fact, you all are so good at it.
You know what I mean?
If I could have this for a moment.
Thank you so much.
You know, I know you need breaks every once in a while.
Howie, you might need to go buy some new sunglasses.
Everybody needs a rest day. I get it.
And so what I have for you today
is actually some résumés of celebrities
that might be good judges on this show.
[laughter]
- Wait a minute. - Huh?
[tense music]
- Well, look, you all know that being a judge on this show
is a highly coveted job.
Everybody wants to have it.
But I know you need breaks.
And so what I have for you today
is actually some résumés of celebrities that might
be good judges on this show.
[laughter]
- Huh? - Wait a minute.
- And rather than bring them in and do all the scheduling,
I printed these out.
I was hoping that maybe you would just take a look
at some of these résumés.
I will then help you screen them
by doing an impression of some of the celebrities
that might make good judges...
- Oh, that's brilliant.
- He's an impressionist. - On this show.
- That's cool.
- We'll see how it goes.
- OK.
I know this gentleman.
Jason Statham.
- [as Jason Statham] All right.
Here's the deal.
I think I'll be a fantastic judge
on the show, but I do got a couple of ideas.
For starters, instead of a buzzer,
we get a red lever.
When you pull it, the stage tilts
at a 45-degree angle.
Anyone left holding on moves on to the next round.
[normally] There we go. I think he'd be good.
- Very good. - A little risky.
- He's from London.
Jason Statham's from London.
- I also know this person, Mark Wahlberg.
- [as Mark Wahlberg] Yeah. You know what?
I would love to be a judge on this show.
Perfectly honest with you.
But look, Simon, you know,
I keep a tough schedule, you know?
I gotta be up at 2:30 to go to the gym.
Then it's back to the gym at 4:30
for second breakfast and doing legs.
I could probably squeeze you in between my third
and fourth session, but is there any chance
we could get a squat rack on stage?
[normally] He'd be good.
- OK. - I think he'd be good.
- That was good. All right.
- Jennifer Coolidge.
- [as Jennifer Coolidge] Oh.
Oh, Simon. - [laughs]
- Everyone here is so beautiful.
Oh, oh, please, let me be a judge.
[normally] I think she'd be good.
She might. I don't know.
- I also know this person.
Will Smith.
- [as Will Smith] Yeah.
You know, um-- [clears throat]
I would really want to be a judge on this show.
Don't worry. I'ma keep my hands to myself.
[chuckles]
Nah. Ay. Ay. Ay.
Everybody deserves a chance, all right?
Sometimes you need a second one,
but at least give me the one, you know?
- Good. - That was great.
[cheers and applause]
- The Rock.
- [as Dwayne Johnson] All right.
Simon, you know me, OK?
I'm the hardest worker in the room.
That is, unless, of course, Kevin Hart is in the room.
But he has to work twice as hard.
[laughter]
But, seriously, if anybody tries any funny business,
I'll let a smackdown on their candy ass.
[cheers and applause]
[normally] Thank you guys very much.
Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[Aloe Blacc's "The Man"]
- ♪ Yeah, you can tell everybody ♪
♪ Go ahead and tell everybody ♪
- Sofía, what did you think?
- I think you're brilliant.
- ♪ Yes, I am, yes, I am ♪
- I think you did a great job with each of them,
so I am glad that you're here.
Fun.
[cheers and applause]
- Mel?
- I wish you would have just, like, made a story, you know?
Like, a party with the different voices
and not get Simon involved because I want to watch it.
- Basically, you don't want me in it.
I get it.
- I don't want you in the act, Simon.
- You could have said that. Howie?
- I think you were great, and I loved it,
and I'm so thrilled that you're here.
- ♪ Stand on my feet ♪
- I thought it was really original and a great idea,
actually, because what Mel suggested,
I've seen 1,000 times.
- Yeah, but I really like that.
- OK, but do something different.
And he did something different.
It worked.
I think we should just go straight to a yes or a no.
Howie? - Yes.
- Mel?
- I'm gonna have to say no. I'm sorry.
[audience booing]
- Sofía?
- I want to see you again. Yes.
- You got three yeses.
That's all you need.
- That's crazy.
- ♪ Yeah, you can tell everybody ♪
- Bravo! - Thank you, guys.
Thank you.
- Wow.
- They're just trying to butter you up
by making you part of their act.
- Oh, you wanted to be in the act.
- No, I don't want to be in the act.
No, I don't.
- I get it.
- "AGT," make some noise for yourselves one time!
- Anything that disappears...
[dramatic music]
Reappears.
♪ ♪
- I really wish I loved kayaking
as much as my face would suggest.
- [laughs] - Raw chicken?
- Oh!
♪ ♪
- This means a lot, just being on this stage tonight.
- Yeah! - You have star potential.
- I don't know why I have this feeling.
I'm gonna do this right now.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- You're on camera.
[cheers and applause]
- All right. - Go out there and get it.
Yep.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - What's your name?
- My name is Carolina Mike.
- Carolina Mike? - Like the Carolinas.
- Oh, like North and South?
- You got it. - What do you do for a living?
- I'm a systems architect, so I handle the intranet
and web meetings for my company.
- Good. - OK.
And do you think that what we're about to see
is worthy of $1 million?
- Oh, it's definitely worthy of it.
- Period.
- I can't wait to see what it is.
- All right.
[cheers and applause]
- Chickity check, check, check.
- True, because he's a computer techie.
- Whoo!
- Whoo.
- All right. Let's kick it.
What up, party people? I got a question.
You ever had a million dollars in your hand?
Yeah, me neither.
But if I did, here's exactly what I would do, y'all.
- Check it out.
♪ Spend a million dollars on a big ol' yacht ♪
♪ Wait a minute, that's not enough to buy a yacht ♪
♪ Spend a million dollars on a iced out watch ♪
♪ Wait, what? I don't even really wear a watch ♪
♪ Put a big screen TV in every room ♪
♪ That wouldn't make sense, only got five rooms ♪
♪ Maybe buy a little pony for my baby girl ♪
♪ Might take a trip around the world ♪
♪ If you had a million dollars ♪
[buzzers blare]
♪ If you had a million dollars ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I said, if you had ♪
♪ A million dollars ♪
♪ ♪
All right, y'all. Follow your dreams.
You can do this.
I love you, America.
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
- I gotta be honest with you.
I think after about 20 seconds, I'd had enough.
[audience booing]
It was very monotonous.
Who are you booing?
- You.
And do you know what?
I think because they probably have too many millions.
And I identified with you, so I was fine.
It's a yes from me. - Thank you, Mel.
- It's a no from me.
Sorry.
- And a no from me. - Thank you.
- ♪ If you had a million dollars ♪
- I bet you anything that is gonna be in your head.
- ♪ If you had ♪
[Mel and audience together] ♪ A million dollars ♪
- Thank you for being here. Thank you.
All right.
Hello. How you doing? How are you?
What's your name? - Viola.
- Are you ready? - Yes, I am.
- All right. Go on out there, Viola.
[cheers and applause]
- Who are you?
- I am Viola Panik.
I am from Venezuela.
[cheers and applause]
- Are you here to win the million dollars?
- Yes. Yes.
- We can't wait to see it, Viola.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm gonna bring you to stage now.
You can follow me.
- I hope this is good.
[bright quirky music]
♪ ♪
[buzzer blares]
♪ ♪
- Oh!
♪ ♪
Oh!
♪ ♪
Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
I love it.
- ♪ H-O-T-T-O-G-O ♪
- That was one of the weirdest things
I've ever seen in my life.
And we see a lot of weird things on this stage, so--
- I'm gonna take that as a compliment.
- I thought it was like watching some strange,
like, kid show from the 1970s or something.
- Yes. - Yeah, but it was surprising.
- Actually, we are burlesque performers.
- Oh. I like burlesque.
- OK, we have to vote. - I'm saying no.
- No.
- It's also a no from me.
- I was going to say yes.
I thought it was fantastic, but these party-poopers say no.
Next time, hopefully. - Thank you.
Thank you, Sofía. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
- That is so odd.
- I love the hands.
It's just like, oh!
- Very strange day today.
- I hope this next one is good.
- What's up, guys? How you doing?
What's your name?
- My name is Daniele. - Daniele?
- Daniele.
- Naimana.
- It's good to see a couple working together like that.
Isn't it? - No.
- Not really.
- Go right on out. - Go, go, go, go, go.
- Yep, it's time. - Wow.
[Chappell Roan's "Hot To Go!"]
- ♪ You can take me hot to go ♪
- Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, America.
- Who are you guys? - My name is Daniele.
- My name is Naimana.
- From Italy.
- That's nice. - Claro.
- Are you guys a couple? Friends?
- We fell in love because I heard her voice,
and fantastic.
I just listened to her, and--oh.
And I melt. You know?
- Aww.
- He's a little charmer. - Yeah.
- Can't wait to see what you guys
are gonna bring to the stage.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Go ahead.
[cheers and applause]
- Where are they going?
- Where did they go?
- I don't know.
[horse neighs]
[dramatic orchestral music]
♪ ♪
- [singing in Italian]
- Ah!
- [singing in Italian]
- He's miming. - [singing in Italian]
- She's a ventriloquist.
- Vent-- - "Ventriculist"
- Ventriloquist.
- [babbling]
[singing in Italian]
- [singing in Italian]
[whimpers]
[singing in Italian]
- [singing in Italian]
[cheers and applause]
- [singing in Italian] - [singing in Italian]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- That was really surprising.
I'm very confused.
Howie, what did you think?
- Well, I think the fact that the two of you
become a man, a woman, a baby, a horse...
- And a parrot.
- And a parrot is just something
we've never seen before.
I don't know what it is, but I love it.
[Natalie Cole's "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"]
- ♪ This will be an everlasting love ♪
- I'm confused.
I'm confused because-- right, OK.
There's "ventrilism."
What's that word, ventriloquist?
- Ventriloquist. - Ventriloquist.
- Ven--what?
Ven--V. The V thing, ventriloquism.
But you've actually got really good voices.
But I didn't-- I didn't get it.
[audience booing]
- Simon, did you get it or no?
- I did get it.
One of our biggest winners is a singing ventriloquist.
- Yeah. - Terry.
He's done so well.
I mean, huge.
I think you are really, really talented.
- Yeah.
- It's just a bit stupid right now.
- So let's vote.
Howie? - I get it 100%.
Yes.
- Mel?
- I didn't get it, so I'm gonna have to say no.
[audience booing]
- Simon?
- I'm actually going to say yes.
- ♪ This will be ♪
- Yeah.
- I am a little skeptical to say yes.
- What do you guys think?
[cheers and applause]
I'm gonna give you your third yes.
- ♪ This will be ♪
- Bye.
- ♪ Eternally ♪
♪ Hugging, and squeezing, and kissing, and pleasing ♪
♪ Together forever ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- You're out of your mind.
- It was, like, really weird.
- I'm gonna bring you to stage now.
You can follow me.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
Congratulations.
- It's a pleasure. - All righty.
- I promise you, people are gonna love that.
- Yeah, it was funny.
♪ ♪
- I'm nervous.
- A little terrified. - Yeah.
- I'm gonna lie.
- What's your name, please? - Nicole.
- Why did you decide to come on the show this year?
I have a talent.
Let's just say that I eat crazy things.
[suspenseful music]
- Raw chicken?
- Raw chicken.
It can be-- it can be a little--
you know, it can be a little--
I don't know.
- Oh!
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- Not only do I eat raw chicken,
I eat, like, everything.
Like, all of it.
- Why is she doing this?
[buzzer blares]
- I did not take her for, like, a raw chicken eating thing.
- I did not. I thought she'd sing.
- If you love that, I think you're gonna
love this next one. - Oh, good. There's more.
What, raw fish?
- Let me-- I'm sorry.
Let me get my-- I'm sorry.
- Don't. - What is she gonna eat?
♪ ♪
- Is that a shoe?
♪ ♪
- It's cake. It's cake.
- Oh, my God. - Yo!
[laughs]
- Do you make this?
- Beautiful. - I do. I do.
I'll take a bite.
[DNCE's "Cake By The Ocean"]
This is cake too. - Wait a minute.
- That's...
- That's really cool. - Cool.
- Go ahead and dig into that buzzer.
- What?
- It's good.
♪ ♪
- That is so talented. - Wow.
- Ridiculous. We've been so hungry.
- I'm starving.
- Right, Howie, let's start with you.
- ♪ Talk to me, baby ♪
- It's a no for me. Thank you very much.
- Thank you, guys.
[cheers and applause]
- Nicole, I'm scared to touch anything right now.
[laughter] - Well, thank you so much.
- Thank you for being here.
- Thank you.
- Look at that.
Hey, guys. How you doing?
Hi. I'm Terry.
- How you doing? I'm Butter.
Butter. And?
- I'm Grit. - Check, check.
- The cake looks like real chicken.
- A real strawberry shoe-cake.
- What would happen if you win this whole show?
- It would change our life.
Just being on the stage in this moment
is going to change our life.
- Wow.
And I just know we're ready. - OK, here we go.
Grab your seats, please.
- It's time.
Butter and Grit, go make it happen.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you so much. - This is a dream.
Oh, my gosh.
- What are your names, and where are you from?
- We're Butter and Grit.
And Butter is from Ohio.
And I'm from Alabama, but we live in Nashville, Tennessee.
- We met about two years ago randomly at a gig in Nashville.
And we just became really fast friends.
And then a year later at a Chinese buffet,
we were eating some chow mein.
And I said, well, I guess, let's do a duo.
- And are you playing an original song?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- So you're both talented songwriters also?
- I mean, I guess, if you want to call us talented,
now, please, I'll take it. - You said it, not us.
- Well, can't wait to see it.
The stage is yours. Good luck.
- Thank you.
- I hope they're good.
[singing together] ♪ I got the sweet ♪
♪ I got the sweet, sweet ♪
♪ South in my veins ♪
- Let's go!
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Mama always told me ♪
♪ It's better to be kind ♪
♪ And that I should say nothing ♪
♪ If I can't say nothing nice ♪
♪ Sing, brother ♪
- ♪ Asked her how she keeps it in ♪
♪ And doesn't speak her mind ♪
♪ She looked me in the eyes and said, child ♪
- Y'all, sing it up!
[together] ♪ I got the sweet ♪
♪ Got the sweet ♪
♪ I got the sweet, sweet ♪
♪ South in my veins ♪
- ♪ Whoa ♪
- ♪ I got the sweet ♪
- ♪ Oh, I got the sweet ♪
[together] ♪ I got the sweet, sweet ♪
♪ South in my, down in my ♪
♪ Veins ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪ - Hey!
[together] ♪ I got the porch sweet ♪
♪ "Southern Living" magazine ♪
♪ Yes, in my genes ♪
♪ I got the backyard barbecue, bring a friend, maybe two ♪
♪ There's enough for three ♪
♪ I got the bacon and eggs, some butter and grits ♪
♪ So save a seat for me ♪
♪ I got the sweet ♪
♪ I got the sweet, sweet ♪
- ♪ South ♪ - ♪ In my ♪
♪ Veins ♪ - ♪ Veins ♪
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat acoustic music]
♪ ♪
- Butter and Grit, I, like, want to be friends
with you guys. - Let's do it.
- But you seem like a really nice--
like, people to hang out with, like, really down to Earth.
- I don't think they want to hang out with you.
- I'm not asking you. - [laughs]
You brought the fun. I loved it.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- ♪ Follow your heart ♪
- You're really, really good.
I think there's a real audience for this.
I think this is real Americana.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- I think it sounded like one of those
popular restaurant commercials.
[music slows to a stop]
- Cracker Barrel. - Yes.
It would be a great Cracker Barrel commercial.
♪ ♪
You practically said the whole menu.
- Did you like it, though?
- If I was at a Cracker Barrel, yes.
[laughter]
Actually, if I heard that, I actually probably
would want to go to the restaurant.
- Let's go.
- That's what a good commercial does.
- Sofía?
- I mean, I think you guys are super likable.
The song does sound like a commercial,
but it was fun.
So I think it was a good idea to come here.
Yeah.
- Let's go.
- You know, nothing wrong with being commercial.
I give you a yes.
- Second yes from me.
- Three yeses. - Special offer, 9.99.
- [laughs] - Four yeses.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Wherever it takes you ♪
♪ Tears on the floor ♪
- Whoo!
- Thank you guys so much. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- I liked that. - Let's go.
I'm about to cry.
- They did want to be my friends,
I'll have you know. - No, they didn't.
- Oh, yeah?
- You always make it all about you.
- Such a child.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- I'm going to Los Angeles with my mother.
I can't wait. I'm so excited.
Let's go.
[KT Tunstall's "Suddenly I See"]
- ♪ Her face is a map of the world ♪
♪ Is a map of the world ♪
- When I was a little girl in Ukraine,
I always wanted to be on stage.
My mom, she always taught me to chase my dreams.
- ♪ Everything around her is a silver pool of light ♪
- So I left Ukraine four years ago,
and I moved to America.
♪ ♪
It was so hard to leave my family,
but I'm so excited my mother can come to see my performance
in "America's Got Talent."
- ♪ Suddenly, I see ♪
♪ Suddenly, I see ♪
♪ This is what I want to be ♪
- We're like sisters, like friends.
I feel not only support, I think she understands me.
- I've been doing this act all my life.
I always watched "America's Got Talent."
It was my dream to be part of this show.
This is my chance to show the world what I can do.
- Wow, listen up, another round of applause.
You're incredible.
♪ ♪
- OK, here we go. Grab your seats, please.
- Nice to meet you.
Where are you from? - Ukraine. From Ukraine. Yeah.
- Ukraine. All right, it's your turn.
All right, you got this.
- Hello.
- Hi. - Hello.
- What's your name?
- Veronika.
- And what are you gonna do for us tonight?
- Actually, I have a dream. I do aerial pole.
And I really want to be, like, part of an Olympic game.
- Wow.
Do you think what you're gonna show us tonight,
you could win the million dollars?
- Yes.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
- And be safe. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Good luck.
Nice to meet you. - Stand up for one second.
We're going to move you guys over to the side
so they can see the act.
So move the chairs over here.
Thank you.
Yeah, you're gonna be right here.
[cheers and applause]
- Careful, everyone, OK?
[cheers and applause]
[Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!"]
[upbeat pop music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's fine ♪
♪ It's cool ♪
♪ You can say that we had nothing ♪
♪ But you know the truth ♪
- ♪ With her arms out like an angel ♪
♪ Through the car sunroof ♪
♪ I don't wanna call it off ♪
♪ But you don't wanna call it love ♪
♪ You only wanna be the one that I call baby ♪
♪ You can kiss 100 boys in bars ♪
♪ Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling ♪
♪ Good luck, babe ♪
♪ Well, good luck, well, good luck, babe ♪
♪ You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling ♪
♪ I'm cliché, who cares? ♪
♪ It's a sexually explicit kind of love affair ♪
♪ And I cry ♪
♪ It's not fair ♪
♪ I just need a little lovin' ♪
♪ I just need a little air ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Think I'm gonna call it off ♪
♪ Even if you call it love ♪
♪ I just wanna love someone who calls me baby ♪
♪ You can kiss 100 boys in bars ♪
♪ Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling ♪
♪ You can say it's just the way you are ♪
♪ Make a new excuse, 'nother stupid reason ♪
♪ Good luck, babe, well, good luck ♪
♪ Well, good luck, babe, well, good luck ♪
♪ You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling ♪
♪ Good luck, babe, well, good luck ♪
♪ Well, good luck, babe ♪
♪ You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. - Crazy.
[cheers and applause]
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Oh!
♪ ♪
- Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- Amazing. Well done.
Yeah. - Yes!
[cheers and applause]
- You know what's interesting?
When you mentioned the Olympics,
that felt like a gold medal performance in every way.
I mean, everything about... - Thank you so much.
- Your showmanship, it was so difficult.
I loved the way where you put the stage there
so we felt we were watching things
from a different perspective.
I mean, you see how hard and dangerous this is.
I mean, it was-- I think that was perfection.
[cheers and applause]
Sofía?
- I was really, really into it, I have to say.
But, I mean, we were at a weird angle to look at it.
- Yeah.
- We've seen a lot of these kind of acts.
But...
I don't know why I have this feeling like--
I'm gonna do this right now.
["Somewhere Over the Rainbow"]
- ♪ Above the chimney tops ♪
♪ That's where ♪
♪ You'll find me ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Somewhere ♪
♪ Over the rainbow ♪
♪ Skies are blue ♪
[cheers and applause]
- She got me.
- ♪ And the dreams ♪
- You were amazing. Spectacular.
- ♪ Do come true ♪
[cheers and applause]
- That was great. - Yeah.
- She doesn't have to say anything.
She deserved it.
That was amazing. - Thank you so much.
- I was like, how is this happening in front of our eyes?
It's so dangerous.
It's like, I've never seen it like that.
And she was doing it with a smile.
And it was like making it look like it was so easy.
But I know it wasn't.
I know it takes years and years of preparation to be this good.
- She was gonna make it anyways,
all the way to the top without me,
but I just wanted to give her a little push.
- Hey, Madi Bears. I'm at AGT.
Sofía just pressed the Golden Buzzer,
and it was really good.
♪ ♪
- Welcome to "AGT."
How are you feeling? - I cannot lie.
I am nervous.
[upbeat music]
[cheers and applause]
Crazy.
I love y'all so much.
I'm still having a hard time wrapping my mind
around being here right now.
- Music is my first love.
I was always writing songs.
[buzzer blares]
And my husband, he was like, hey, these songs are good.
Am I doing it now?
And he was like, I'll keep the kids.
You go to "America's Got Talent."
And now I'm here chasing my dream.
- Thank you, baby.
I'm just hoping that they love the song.
- All right. Here we go again.
- OK, we're ready for her.
- Well, it's time, Elsie. It's time.
Here we go.
One second. One second.
There you are.
[cheers and applause]
- You look like Beyoncé from here.
- Thank you.
- What's your name, and where are you from?
- I'm Elsie, and I am from Mississippi.
- Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
- I'm 32.
And I'm here for myself today.
I'm a mama.
I put down my dream to-- to help my husband pursue his,
and now I'm here chasing my dream.
- This is your time.
[cheers and applause]
Well, the stage is yours.
Good luck. - Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
[blues rock music]
♪ ♪
♪ I went down to the river to cleanse my soul ♪
♪ But I can't, no, I won't let it go ♪
♪ I dig down deep, in the cool, cold water ♪
♪ And came up clean as I'll ever be, baby ♪
♪ All my sins been washed away ♪
♪ In the cool, cold depths of my watery grave ♪
♪ And all my sins been washed, but babe ♪
♪ I still can't pray for you ♪
♪ Oh, I still won't forgive you ♪
♪ I dig down deep to cleanse my soul ♪
♪ Came up clean, but I can't let go ♪
♪ It's one thing I won't regret ♪
♪ I'll forgive, but I won't forget ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I went down to the river ♪
♪ To make my peace ♪
♪ In the shade of the evergreen trees ♪
♪ Tore down my pride ♪
♪ To build yourself a string ♪
♪ Been around ♪
- ♪ But I'm back again, baby ♪
♪ All my sins have been washed away ♪
- Huh?
- ♪ To the cool, cold depths ♪
- Oh. - ♪ Of my watery grave ♪
- Yeah.
- ♪ And all my sins been washed ♪
♪ But babe ♪
♪ I still can't pray for you ♪
♪ Oh, I still won't forgive you ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ I came up clean ♪
♪ But I can't let go ♪
♪ It's one thing I won't regret ♪
♪ I'll forgive, but I can't ♪
♪ I won't ♪
♪ I dig down deep to cleanse my soul ♪
♪ Came up clean, but I can't let go ♪
♪ It's one thing I won't regret ♪
♪ I'll forgive, but I won't forget ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Take a breath.
Take a breath.
It's OK.
Did you write that song?
- This is an original.
- Right. OK.
You know, you're clearly an amazing singer,
but I think, for me personally,
you should have done a different song because I think
your voice is so much bigger and better
than what you just showed us.
You're beautiful. Your vocals were on point.
But I think you've got a lot more in the tank.
[audience booing]
- From the moment you walked out, I went,
this is a star. You look like a star.
You sound like a star.
But I don't know if it was the song or the production.
There was so much backing track.
And I think at this point in the show,
your first audition, I want to know who you are.
I have no idea who you are yet.
- OK.
- It's like a mixture of oh, my God.
She looks so spectacular.
She sounds a spectacular.
But I didn't love the song, but I did love you.
[audience booing]
- Well, look, I think that you have everything
it takes to do well.
I think what happened today is that you over prepped.
Weirdly, it's about letting go some of the stuff
and being a little bit more raw.
You have star potential.
That's what it is.
You have a glow about you.
- Thank you.
- It's time to vote. Howie?
- I can only judge what I hear and how I feel.
And I didn't like the production.
I can't give you a yes. It's a no for me.
- Sofía? - Boo!
- Well, I do think you have it.
I think it was just a wrong choice,
a little bad luck today.
I'm gonna say yes because I want
to give you another chance. Yeah.
- Simon?
- OK, this is 1,000,000%. Yes.
- Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- All right. It's all down to me now.
[audience chanting] Mel! Mel! Mel! Mel!
- You know, I do actually agree with what you were saying.
[audience booing]
- ♪ Hope you have some place to stay ♪
- But I think if you take on board what everybody said...
- ♪ You're the reason I'll be ♪
- It's a yes from me.
- [screams]
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much.
- ♪ To believe will make you free ♪
[bright pop music]
- She was so sweet.
- ♪ You'll be waiting there for me ♪
- How would you feel about, you know,
changing a little bit of what you're doing?
- ♪ Believing ♪
- Let's go!
- Blow our mind.
- I'm so glad that you're here because
this is where you belong.
- How does that feel?
- Wow. - He's got a hammer.
Hold on. Hold on.
- You have insurance, right, Howie?
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
- Hey.
- I got three yeses, so I'm very excited.
[upbeat music]
- Hello, sir. What is your name?
- My name is Joel. - Joel.
How do you feel?
- I'm a little bit worried about Simon.
He's, I think, the one I hope to really, really win over.
- Listen. Come on over here.
We're about to go out.
Brother, it's your time.
- This is my time. - Go out there.
Make it happen. Yes, it's time.
- This is me right now?
- Go ahead. - Is the box there?
- What's that? - What?
- You don't see something hanging there?
- Oh, the thing hanging?
- You think that's a mistake?
- Go right on out, brother.
Ireland in the house. - Hello.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - Hi.
Wow, there's a lot of people.
- What is your name?
- My name is Joel.
- Joel, where are you from?
- I'm from a place really far away called Northern Ireland.
I don't know if some of you have heard of it.
- I love Ireland.
- Come on.
- Joel, how old are you?
- I'm 28 years old.
- You're what? - 28.
It's the accent. Sorry. 28.
- Well, imagine my accent, your accent.
It's like--yeah, it's gonna be a little confusing tonight.
OK. We're ready for you.
Thank you for coming. And entertain us.
- Yeah. Well, thank you very much.
OK.
[cheers and applause]
Judges, I should start by saying, I brought you a gift.
[dramatic music]
There's something inside that box that one of you guys
is gonna really want later on.
Nice to meet you. - How are you?
- Simon, I'm gonna need to use some
of your personal belongings for this,
which I know is a bit risky.
So I'm gonna leave my wallet on your hands so you can see.
Take a good look at that.
Put your other hand on top and just hover above.
Yeah, just like that.
Stay there.
When I was five years old, I saw a magician.
He took a little key and gave me my first lesson
in magic, which was, if you don't know the rule,
anything that disappears reappears.
- No, the key's not there.
What?
- The key.
- Howie, I did mention personal belongings.
- OK.
- See those very stylish glasses of yours?
Could I please take them for one moment?
Thank you so much.
Did you know that your glasses are haunted?
- Whoa.
[cheers and applause]
- And let's up the stakes a little bit
for one second, Howie. Can I borrow your phone?
- My phone?
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
I'm gonna need some personal belongings
from you guys as well.
But I think I know a better place to get them.
So if you'll excuse me, I will be right back.
High fives anyone? Oh, here we go.
Yeah, yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
The place I think I'm gonna find them is,
judges, in your dressing rooms.
- Oh, God. - Our dressing rooms?
- Oh, yes. [laughs]
Oh, my, wow. - Security.
- No. - [laughs]
- Is this Sofía's? - No.
My baby is inside of there.
- Hello. Hello.
Who's this?
- Amore.
And what's your name?
Chi. Nice to meet you.
I'm Joel. - Aww.
Well, Sofía, this is perfect because I did say I need
one of your personal belongings.
- Oh, no.
- No, don't touch her.
- Can I use Amore for sawing in half something?
- No. - No.
We don't have to do that.
You got, like, some hairbrushes.
There's food, which is very nice as well.
- My cakes. No.
- Ooh.
This is like a-- oh, it is.
It's Amore in the picture.
- [laughs]
- With the Golden Buzzer. - Aww. That's so cute.
- Thank you so much. OK. Let's go.
I need something from Mel.
- No. - Which one's Mel's?
- Mel. - No!
- I'm looking for something personal.
- It even has your name on it, Mel.
Bose speaker. Is this jewelry?
- No, no! - What's this?
- Looks like a bracelet.
- That bracelet was from my Spice Girls
for my 50th birthday.
- I leave this inside my hands.
And, in fact, I'll roll my sleeve up
so you know I cannot cheat.
Look.
♪ ♪
- That's really sentimental.
- I have a nice bag here.
I'll leave your phone, Howie, inside.
I'll leave this lovely picture frame of Amore here.
I'll even zip it up.
Judges, for this, I'm gonna need my magic wand.
♪ ♪
- He's got a hammer. Hold on. Hold on.
- My magic wand.
- No.
♪ ♪
[hammer thwacking]
- Your phone, Howie.
Your phone.
♪ ♪
- No. - Hang on.
Oh, yeah. Perfect.
Destroy the evidence.
That was lovely. Ta-da. They are gone.
♪ ♪
- He's got a hammer!
Hold on. Hold on.
[hammer thwacking]
- Just there. Oh, yeah.
Perfect. Look.
Destroy the evidence.
I'm coming back to you, judges. Have no fear.
- Your phone.
Why did you give him your phone?
- 'Cause he asked me to.
- I think we have learned a valuable lesson,
and that lesson is don't give a stranger your stuff.
- This is like an entire episode.
- Judges, we're gonna try and fix this situation...
- You'd better.
- Right now because I told you something
at the very beginning.
Everything that disappears must reappear.
And so--
[phone ringing]
Oh.
You may remember I said I had a gift.
This box has been in front of you the entire time.
I'm going to bring it down to you.
This is coming to you, Simon,
because you may remember a little key
right at the very beginning.
I don't want you to take my word for it.
Take the key for me, Simon.
Open up that box.
- There's a phone. - There's a phone.
Can I take it, please?
Howie, one question for you.
Is that your phone?
- It is.
[cheers and applause]
[phone rumbles]
I have a message from Joel M.
And it says, Sofía, stand up.
- Stand up for me, Sofía. Stand up.
- I want you just to tell me-- - In here?
[laughter]
- Sofía, your picture frame,
is it lying between your seat cushions now?
I'm not sure. Are you sure?
Is that fallen on the floor maybe?
- No.
- The picture of Amore is not there?
No? It's OK.
It sometimes happens.
♪ ♪
And yet. - Stop it.
- If I tear this open, here, inside this cushion--
look. For you.
Is this yours? - Stop it.
- Thank you very much. Thank you.
- OK. OK.
Right.
- Amore.
[phone rumbles]
- Oh, I just got another message.
Everybody get back.
♪ ♪
- Ooh.
I'm gonna need my magic wand.
You know, I'm gonna be honest.
I've been watching this show a long time.
I've always wanted to do this.
- Ah!
♪ ♪
Ah! - Ah!
- It fell through. Hang on.
It's a little bit cracked, but inside--
inside-- do you see this?
There's a tiny envelope that's been wrapped up inside.
- Yeah.
- OK.
I want you to see this.
Now this is the bit that terrifies me.
Could you open your hands like this for me?
Final question.
Is that your bracelet?
♪ ♪
- Making sure it's still got all the diamonds in it.
- Check it. - Yes, it is.
It worked.
♪ ♪
Oh, Mel. I'm so sorry.
- How did you do that?
Wowza. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
- I mean, thank God you brought this back safe.
It's very sentimental.
I don't know how you do it.
I believe in magic.
I loved it.
- Thank you very, very much.
- No, but the magic was actually very impressive,
but I don't know if this was necessary, though.
[laughter]
But it was very exciting at some moments.
[cheers and applause]
- You're charming.
You've got a good look.
I always say that magic is about presentation.
It's just too long, and I don't have
that kind of attention span. - Sure, yeah, yeah.
- That being said, nobody could be more thrilled than everybody
backstage who is going, hey, there's no way
I'm gonna get four buzzers now.
[laughter]
[Benson Boone's "Mystical Magical"]
- Simon. - Simon.
- Well, look, I think that that did take a long time.
- For sure.
- I mean, you can't do that on a live show.
[audience booing]
- OK, we're gonna vote for you.
Mel?
- I love you, and I'm saying yes.
Thank God you brought my bracelet back.
- Thank you very much.
- Howie?
- No.
Too slow.
[audience booing]
- Simon?
- Come on, Simon.
- I think our audience loves magic...
- Yeah, they do.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- which is exactly the reason why I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, that's huge. - You need three yesses.
[audience clapping in rhythm]
♪ ♪
- OK. You know what?
I'm gonna say yes. - Oh.
- Yes.
- Thank you so much.
- You have three yeses.
- Thank you, guys.
- ♪ Mystical, magical ♪
- Put it on tightly so I never take it off again.
- We love magic. We love you.
You have the power.
Congratulations.
- That was too long.
- Well, the only reason I didn't leave
is because I didn't have a phone to get an Uber.
- [laughs]
- Hi. I'm Lachlan Patterson.
And I really wish I loved kayaking
as much as my face would suggest.
[laughter]
Is anyone concerned that passwords
are getting harder to come up with?
I tried to make up a password the other day.
It just insults me.
Weak.
Poor.
Have you seen the suggested passwords?
Oh, my God.
That's what you were suggesting?
[laughter]
If I use that password, this will be the last time
I enter this account.
[laughter]
I don't think I have any of those keys.
Where's the O with a line through it?
And they tell you not to share it with anyone?
How would I?
What's your password? All right, give this a try.
Capital bracket. Uh...
Symbol for tumble dry low.
I get calls from Scam Likely all the time.
I picked it up one time, and it was my brother.
It wasn't even a scam.
I didn't even know I had a brother.
[laughter]
All of a sudden, we're sharing all kinds
of information with each other.
It's incredible, man.
Thank you guys.
That was awesome.
- I want to go to Simon first
because he doesn't have a phone.
- [laughs]
- You don't have a phone? - No.
That's why I'm happy. - Yeah.
- Mel? - I was smiling and laughing.
I really enjoyed it.
I wish it went on for longer. - Thank you.
- Just out of interest, did you watch
the magician earlier? - Yeah.
[laughter]
- Very good, Lachlan.
Leave them wanting more, not less.
Let's vote.
I'm gonna give you your first yes.
Mel?
- Second yes. Yes, yes, yes.
- Three yeses.
- Four yeses.
- ♪ I just met you ♪
- ♪ Here's my number ♪
- I can't believe Simon doesn't have a phone.
- It's just great that I don't deal with--
- Any of it?
But somebody comes to you and goes,
Simon, there's a call for you, here's the phone?
- He's handed a phone. - By his phone handler.
- Yes. - I don't have a phone handler.
It just floats. - It just floats.
[laughter]
- We have the next act on standby.
- What's your name, sir? - Jesse Joe.
How you doing?
- And the 96ers right here. - How you doing?
Where you guys from? - West Texas.
[bright acoustic music]
I'm a third-generation oilfield worker.
My grandfather did it.
My pops has done it.
And I've been in the oil field for about eight years.
♪ ♪
- I met the whole band in the oil field.
Me and the boys are about tired of that field.
It's not somewhere we want to grow old in at all.
[laughter] - Yeah.
- Yeah, let's not talk about work.
- Where we're from, we don't get chances
like this at all, so good to take it and run with it.
- You guys gonna come out-- are you coming with them?
Yeah, come on. The whole group.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - Hey.
How's it going, Simon? - Very good.
Thank you. OK.
So who are you?
- My name is Jesse Joe.
These are the 96ers.
We're all from the oil field country of West Texas.
[cheers and applause]
We head back to work this week.
If things don't go our way,
we'll be checking back into the field.
- Wow.
So how did you realize you wanted to be in a band?
- Well, we're relatively new.
We've been together about three months.
But once the gears get clicking,
they don't stop. - And is this an original song?
- Yes, sir.
This is an original song called "Grindstone."
And it's about getting up every morning,
even when you don't want to.
It goes out to all our blue collar workers
back home in West Texas.
[cheers and applause]
- Fantastic.
I'm glad that you came. Good luck.
- Thank you, Simon.
[cheers and applause]
- I hope they're good.
[feedback humming]
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- Let's do this right. Come on, now.
♪ Ran out of money ♪
♪ And I'm looking for a ♪
♪ Bad place that I could call home ♪
♪ This man can't be smelling kind of funny ♪
♪ 'Cause I ain't got a woman no more ♪
♪ So I break out a whiskey bottle ♪
♪ And I find the nearest bar ♪
♪ Bust that old cherry red ♪
♪ And I play this here guitar ♪
♪ Baby, I'm gone ♪
♪ No telling when I come around ♪
♪ And if the law comes looking for me ♪
♪ You know where I'll be found ♪
♪ Call me at the grindstone ♪
♪ ♪
"AGT," make some noise for yourselves one time!
[cheers and applause]
♪ You can bury your dreams out here ♪
♪ Did that long ago ♪
♪ Ain't one for tall tales ♪
♪ I still got that itch in my bones ♪
♪ Baby, I'm gone ♪
♪ No telling when I come around ♪
♪ And if the law comes looking for me ♪
♪ You know where I'll be found ♪
♪ Find me at the grindstone ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Find me at the grindstone ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah, baby, I'm ♪
♪ Gone ♪
♪ Baby, I'm gone ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa ♪
♪ Find us at the Grindstone ♪
- Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ I see you fighting those demons inside ♪
♪ I will wait for you, I will wait for you ♪
- I was really worried when you said you were only doing this
for three months because there are people
that show up on the stage that have
been doing things a lifetime.
You are like the musical "Landman," OK?
- That's right.
- When people do what you do and then sing
about what you do, you have put a lifetime into
whatever it is you're singing about.
- Thank you.
- And I felt that. And you're authentic.
And I loved it.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, I actually, for once, agree with
everything that you've said.
But you were so out of tune.
I don't know how you couldn't hear yourself.
[audience booing]
- That's fair.
Where we're from, it's grungy and a little bit dirty.
And we're proud of being trash folk, so it's all right.
[cheers and applause]
- I think you guys have something
very interesting going on.
You guys look and sound authentic.
I love the song, actually.
I think it was a very catchy song.
- Thank you.
- I like the song a lot.
There were some issues with the lead vocals, though.
Now, that might be nerves... - What?
- But it didn't sound as good as I was hoping.
Right. We're gonna vote.
Howie? - I say yes.
It was raw and dirty.
And I like that. - Mel?
- Listen, I love what you're about, but I have to say no.
I'm sorry.
[audience booing]
- Sofía?
- I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
- You need three yeses. - It's all up to you.
It's up to you.
- ♪ Oh, oh ♪
- Do it! Do it!
[audience chanting] Simon! Simon! Simon! Simon!
Let them through! Let them through!
- You need so much work.
However, I do think the audience are gonna want this.
I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you guys so much.
- ♪ I'll be here by your side ♪
♪ I see the fire ♪
♪ ♪
- Jesse Joe and the 96ers. Ah!
- I don't mind raw, but when it's out of tune.
- I kind of like that it wasn't perfect.
- Tell me what you feel.
- Pride, just in these guys.
In just the short time we've been together,
we've been able to accomplish something that
probably won't happen again-- where we're from, at least.
- Oh, no, Jesse, listen.
Man, I think America's gonna love you.
- ♪ Yeah, the beat don't lie, yeah, the beat don't lie ♪
♪ Oh, my, my, my, my, my ♪
- Hey, girls.
- Hey, Dad! - Hey.
- We're about to go backstage, you guys.
- Yeah, wish us luck.
- We're nervous.
- I don't know if we still got it.
- Hi. What's your name?
- My name is Alexander Sidar.
- Let's do it. - All right.
- Let's go, boys. - Let's get it.
- Yeah, a citizen.
- Oh, congratulations. - Oh, congratulations.
Blow our minds. Go.
- Let's go!
- OK.
- ♪ Few solid [...] left, but it's not enough ♪
♪ Few [...] that'll really step ♪
♪ But it's not enough ♪
♪ Say you bigger than myself, but it's not enough ♪
- ♪ Couple sergeants and lieutenants for the get-back ♪
♪ This revolution been televised ♪
♪ I fell through with the knick-knacks
♪ Hey, young [...] get your chili up, yeah ♪
♪ I meant that, hey, black out ♪
♪ If they act out, yeah, I did that
[dramatic hip-hop music]
- What the heck?
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- That was a brilliant audition.
So much energy.
I would say you're one of the most committed contestants
we've had this year.
- Let's go!
[cheers and applause]
- Jeez. - Just be yourself.
You see what I'm saying?
Just do whatever you want to do.
Make it authentic. Make it you.
And that crowd will be behind you.
You know what I'm saying?
- And make the kids proud. - I know.
OK, you ready to make them proud?
Go out there.
Go meet the judges.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Happy to be here.
- What are your names, and where are you from?
- We are the Elektrodads.
We're from Gilbert, Arizona.
- Yeah! - Yeah, thanks.
So we've been best friends for about two decades now.
- No way. - Let me guess.
It's a golfing foursome? [laughter]
- Good guess. Good guess.
We've actually been dancing together
since we were teenagers.
- Oh, wow. - Wow.
- Over 20 years.
- That's great.
- Honestly, the most interesting thing about us
is that we're dads.
We have 10 kids between us.
- Wow.
- Our kids asked us to come and audition for the show.
- Really? - Yeah. Yeah.
- Bravo. - That's cool.
Our kids have never seen us on a stage like this ever before.
We stopped dancing when we started having kids.
And so when they asked us to do this,
we're here. We're here.
- I just have one question. - I love that.
I love that. - Do you have regular jobs?
- We all got into real estate together,
so we all own real estate.
- OK, well, the stage is yours. Good luck.
- Awesome. Thank you.
Thank you.
- Let's go, baby! Let's go!
- That's kind of cheesy.
- Give them a moment.
[cheers and applause]
[phone ringing]
- Daddy. Good luck.
You're gonna do great. I love you.
Good luck.
[Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot"]
♪ ♪
♪ When the pimp's in the crib, ma ♪
♪ Drop it like it's hot ♪
♪ Drop it like it's hot
♪ ♪
♪ S-N double O P ♪
- They're good. - ♪ D-O double G ♪
- Yes!
♪ ♪
♪ Subscribe, get yo' issue ♪
♪ Baby, come close, let me see how you get loose ♪
[phone chimes]
- Are you done dancing with your friends?
- You're gonna be on TV.
[cheers and applause]
[Usher's "Yeah"]
- ♪ Hey, Luda! ♪
♪ Watch out, my outfit's ridiculous ♪
♪ In the club looking so conspicuous ♪
- Yes!
♪ And rawr, these women all on the prowl ♪
♪ If you hold the head steady, I'ma milk the cow ♪
♪ And forget about game, I'ma spit the truth
♪ I won't stop till I get 'em in their birthday suit ♪
♪ So gimme the rhythm, and it'll be off ♪
♪ with their clothes then bend over to the front ♪
♪ and touch your toes ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[phone chimes]
- Hey, Simon.
- Be nice to our dads.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- That was clever. That was good.
- ♪ You're my little boo thang ♪
- Bravo! - That was beautiful.
- ♪ Girl, I know ♪
♪ You a little too tame ♪
♪ I be shooting that shot like 2K ♪
- That was actually surprisingly really good
and, at the same time, really, really cute.
- Thank you.
- You can all really dance. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, I don't disagree.
You can really dance.
You're really likable.
I think your kids are gonna love it.
But there was nothing where you'd go,
wow, you got to get in here and see this, you know?
- Oh, come on.
Come on.
- That's not a million dollar dance.
[audience booing]
- I think everybody's gonna love you.
I think it's so cool that you guys are--
not like friends.
You're like brothers
and that you get to do this together.
It's amazing. That was--
that's what life is all about.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Simon?
- It did make me laugh when you first started dancing
because it was like, you know when you find some toys
you used to play with as kids and you
put the battery back in, but--
- A little rusty. A little rusty.
- Exactly.
They're not quite as they were.
But then as it got going, you got better.
And I actually disagree with Howie because I think--
[cheers and applause]
- Simon, I love you so much!
- If we're just judging people on their technique,
it's boring for me, you know?
I think people are gonna relate to you.
And I think you did brilliant.
Thank you. - Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- Well, why don't you start it off?
- I am. Yes.
- Go on.
[Paul Russell's "Lil Boo Thang"]
- Second yes.
Howie?
- Your kids are gonna hate me. It's a no for me.
[audience booing]
- You know what?
Every single one of you, you've still got it,
so I'm gonna give you your third yes.
- ♪ You my lil' boo thang ♪
- Let's go!
- ♪ Girl, I know ♪
- What is happening?
This is wild.
- See you in the next round. - Bravo!
- Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- That was sweet.
- Kids, I hope you're proud.
♪ ♪
- I like them.
- You are the Grinch.
- It's because he can't dance like that at all.
- Elektrodads.
Elektrodads.
First of all-- - My legs over here.
Y'all did it.
Tell me what's cramping up right now.
- All of it. - Everything.
- Oh, no. I know.
I've done it. I've done it.
I pulled a couple hams out here, man.
- ♪ You're my little boo thang ♪
♪ So I don't give a hoot what your dude say ♪
♪ Girl, I know ♪
- Here we go, guys. Backstage.
- Hello, my love.
- We got yeses.
- Onto the next round.
- We did it. - That was wild.
Milo's still up? Milo, go to bed, dude.
[laughter]
- Nervous.
I'm a huge fan of "AGT."
Growing up, I loved watching all the different singers.
And so I always took that interest in it.
- What do you do?
- I own a restaurant called Ashford's Kitchen.
I centered it around music because, you know,
if you're having a party at home and it's quiet,
the energy is off.
But if you just turn on a little music,
something shifts in that room.
I get people saying, hey, Mr. Sanders,
y'all should be on "AGT."
I said, what?
And then for some reason, my mom was like,
you know, just try. Just do it.
- Yesterday, I did not think
I would be here at "America's Got Talent."
That is insane.
- Your spirit is wonderful.
Go out there and just have some fun.
All right. You ready?
- Ready. - Come on up.
Come on up, my man. Come on up.
- It's time now? - I know.
Do you feel good? - I'm good.
- I'm with you, bro. I'm with you.
Listen, you need anything from me, I got you.
Let me tell you, everybody's here to watch you shine.
Yes. That's it.
Oh, no. This is it.
No, this is it.
You got this.
Go out there and make it happen.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm chilling like a villain, whatever that means.
- I can see that.
OK.
And what's your name, please?
- My name is Ashford Sanders, and I'm from
a little small town called Canton, Mississippi.
- Very nice to meet you.
And why did you decide to come on the show this year?
- Because I've always loved singing,
and I'm here, and it's crazy.
[cheers and applause]
- And do you have, like, a normal job?
- So I own a little soul food restaurant in Atlanta
called Ashford's Kitchen. - OK.
- It ain't healthy, but it's good.
- Brilliant.
- It ain't healthy, though.
- And do you sing to your customers?
- I sing to my customers.
We be doing it. It be good in there.
- Love that. OK.
No more questions. Let's do it.
- All right. - Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
- You got it.
["What Was I Made For" playing]
♪ ♪
♪ I used to float ♪
♪ Now I just fall down ♪
♪ I used to know ♪
♪ But I'm not sure now ♪
♪ What I was made for ♪
♪ What was I made for? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ 'Cause I ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ I don't know how to feel ♪
♪ But I want to try ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ Said I don't know ♪
♪ How to feel ♪
♪ But someday, I might ♪
♪ When did it end? ♪
♪ All the enjoyment ♪
♪ I'm sad again ♪
♪ Don't tell my girlfriend ♪
♪ It's not what she's made for ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ 'Cause I ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ I don't know how to feel ♪
♪ But I don't know how to feel ♪
♪ But I want to try ♪
♪ But I want to ♪
♪ Try ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ What was I made for? ♪
♪ For ♪
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- Bravo!
[Jacob Banks' "Something Beautiful"]
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Here I stand ♪
♪ Taking off my pride ♪
- How did that feel?
- I feel--
I--I feel good. - Aw.
- ♪ Flaws and all ♪
- Mel? - Wow.
- Listen, you were giving me some Luther Vandross,
Alexander O'Neal, Raphael Saadiq,
Some Tony! Toni! Toné!
You were giving me everything and more,
and the trills, and the frills, and the oh, yes.
- Thank you.
- ♪ Sharing better days ♪
- You know, your voice is like a warm blanket.
It just covers you and makes us all comfortable
and want to smile.
It was a beautiful-- it was beautiful.
[cheers and applause]
- I could listen to you forever.
- Yeah.
- I didn't want it to end.
And you're very sweet. Your personality is beautiful.
I'm so glad that you're here because
this is where you belong.
- ♪ And that's something beautiful ♪
- I think you are a gifted, brilliant singer.
No question.
Beautiful tone.
I mean, there are so many songs out there
you could reinterpret.
And you come over as a really sweet person as well.
- Thank you.
I appreciate it.
- So I think this is gonna go well.
♪ ♪
Howie?
- Want to hear something beautiful?
- Yes. - Yes.
- Mel?
- Yes, yes, yes.
- Sofía?
- Yes. - [chuckles]
- We are giving you four yeses.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Oh ♪
♪ That's something beautiful ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ That's something beautiful ♪
- That was really great.
- He reminds me of those old-school performers.
They were just like-- just all great singers.
- And not schooled, or too produced, or--
- Well, they're not trying to be, like, recording artists.
- Anything. - They're just good singers.
- That's what I like, like a real comfortable guy.
- It's just surreal.
It's been a long time, probably.
Being here on this stage is life-changing.
- I just want to say, everyone, thank you for coming.
We love you.
- I have haunted glasses. My phone was taken.
- We had a good day today. Bye, everyone.
- Simon, we love you! - Bye.
- Spectacular.
Can't wait for the next show.
[phone ringing]
- Hey, Ma. I got four yeses.
- Oh, my God!