.
- I'm gonna kick off the vote.
I'm giving you your first yes.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
I love you. I love you. - Yes!
- 100% yes.
- Thank you.
- Super yes.
[cheers and applause]
- It's a yes from me.
- It's a yes. - Ahh, yes!
- Three yeses.
- Four yeses.
- Let's go.
- Come on. What do we think?
[cheers and applause]
4,000 yeses.
- Yeah!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Oh, my God.
We said yes to a lot of people.
- There are 44 spots in the live show.
- You're gonna be a superstar.
♪ ♪
- If you've got talent, you've got talent.
And you do.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent: Live Acts Revealed."
Tonight we will find out who the judges chose
for this summer's live shows.
And let me tell you, that was no easy task.
But before we transition to the next phase
of the competition,
let's look back at one of the most viral and
heartwarming seasons to date.
- You guys are amazing.
You're the epitome of what "AGT" is all about.
- Ahh!
- What just happened?
- That was absolutely genius.
- Ahh!
- ♪ Oh my dreams ♪
- That was, like, the most perfect audition
I've seen this season.
- Is this the biggest crowd you've ever played in front of?
- This is the biggest crowd I've ever played in front of.
- This is the kind of thing that I've been looking for.
♪ ♪
- What?
[kazoo tooting]
[buzzers]
- You've got eight Xs.
That means no.
- [laughs]
Do you think you can win this?
- Anything can happen, right?
Dreams come true on this stage.
- Season 21.
Blackjack, baby.
Thank you.
- Why did you decide to come on the show this year?
- I always loved singing.
And I'm here, and it's crazy.
- You delivered inspiration.
- If you love anything that much,
that much, you'd fight too.
- All wrapped up in a beautiful package.
- "AGT."
[together] ♪ I'm from the Bay ♪
- I loved it.
- Ahh!
- ♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
- [rhythmic popping]
- I have never, ever seen anything like this in my life.
♪ ♪
- And you know what?
Nowhere else would we be able to see
this apart from on this stage on "America's Got Talent."
♪ ♪
- That was so good.
That was an 11.
- Wow.
What a ride.
Now, before we reveal the judges' decisions,
there are ten very special acts who are already
locked in for the live shows.
Of course, I'm talking about the Golden Buzzer.
And on this show, you can go from audience member
to Golden Buzzer.
- How you doing, Simon? - How are you?
- Remember me? - I do.
From where?
- Last year.
- And you want to remember this face.
Golden Buzzer next year. You got me?
- I got it. I got it.
Luke, we know each other, right?
- Yes, we do.
Just last year, I was sitting in that seat right there.
- Oh, wow. - Aww.
- And I said, next year, I'll be on this stage.
And I expect that Golden Buzzer.
- You did.
- Wowzers. - Ohh.
- He actually said that.
- ♪ 'Cause once upon a time not long ago ♪
♪ I was a little kid ♪
♪ Dreaming of my own show ♪
♪ Grabbed the microphone ♪
♪ And went off the dome ♪
♪ 'Cause opportunity was knock, knock ♪
♪ At my door ♪
♪ Hey, yo, Terry ♪
♪ I ain't coming to Crews ♪
♪ 'Cause even white chicks gonna bust a move ♪
♪ Said once upon a time not long ago ♪
♪ I was a little kid dreaming up my own show ♪
- You are truly the image of what I believe
authenticity is.
- Luke brought the gold back home
to Florida, where his friends and loved ones celebrated.
- Oh, my goodness.
The whole fam showed up.
Today is the premiere episode of "America's Got Talent."
And here in Hialeah High ten years ago,
I was elected most talented.
- You are truly the image of what
I believe authenticity is.
Last year, you predicted something.
How did you know?
[cheers and applause]
- Howie sent Luke straight to the live shows.
And no one can predict what the future holds for him next.
- ♪ Can you hear me calling ♪
- One thing we love here on "AGT" is surprises.
And this next dance group from Canada
had a big one up their sleeves.
- ♪ Come along baby ♪
♪ We better make a start ♪
- Ohh! Ohh! Ohh!
Ohh!
- ♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I want to be with you every day ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
- It's not gonna run.
[cheers and applause]
- Give him to me!
- So cute.
- ♪ Can you hear me calling out your name ♪
- Yes!
- ♪ You know that I'm falling ♪
♪ And I don't know what to say ♪
♪ Come along baby ♪
- When I saw those dogs, I just couldn't help myself.
Hold up. Hold up.
I have never, ever seen anything like this in my life.
You are now true crew!
- You know that I'm proud and I can't get the words out ♪
[cheers and applause]
- We never thought we'd get the Golden Buzzer.
And getting it was like a big experience.
- It felt like a dream come true.
- ♪ I want to be with you every day ♪
all: We'll see you at the live show!
[cheers and applause]
- The Acro Canine Crew will try to lick the competition
in the upcoming live shows.
- ♪ I always knew ♪
- 14-year-old singer Lai Noelle has
talent well beyond her years.
♪ Yeah, I know you don't care ♪
♪ I know nothing could matter ♪
♪ God, I wish something mattered ♪
- Simon's Golden Buzzer took everyone by surprise,
particularly Sofía.
- ♪ No, I'm not blind ♪
♪ Just seeing it through ♪
- Words aren't necessary.
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Sofía said, shall I press the Golden Buzzer?
I went nah.
- [laughs]
- He stole her from me, just so you guys know.
- I just feel so grateful and one of these
one-in-a-lifetime experiences.
And I just can't wait to share the rest and what happens next.
- With tons of hometown support behind her in Texas,
Lai is ready for the live shows.
Stay tuned for more Golden Buzzers,
watch parties, surprises, and judges' decisions revealed.
Who's going to the live shows?
Stay tuned to find out.
[dramatic music]
[uplifting music]
- Welcome back to "America's Got Talent:
Live Acts Revealed."
Tonight we find out the fate of all the contestants who
have auditioned this season.
Before we get to that, here are some more
Golden Buzzer acts
who were lucky enough to get sent straight
through to the live show.
Contestants come from all over for a shot
at the million-dollar dream, even some
from halfway around the world.
- Hello.
- And what's your name, please?
- My name is Lara D, and I'm from Sydney, Australia.
[cheers and applause]
- And why did you decide to enter the show this year?
- I feel like this is the stage
where all dreams come true.
- ♪ So I'll take this front-row seat ♪
♪ And baby, baby ♪
♪ Would you go ahead ♪
♪ Cry those Oscar-winning tears ♪
♪ I go and I scream ♪
♪ Baby, baby ♪
♪ You can go ahead ♪
♪ Cry those Oscar-winning tears ♪
- You are a star.
And I want to do something special.
- Lara's talent blew the judges away.
And this time, Sofía was not gonna
let the moment pass her by.
- That's mine.
[cheers and applause]
- Sofía took it.
- I cannot wait for the lives.
I'm so stoked.
Thank you so much, Sofía, for hitting that Golden Buzzer.
I'll see you guys in the lives.
- She won over the judges.
And now Lara D will get the chance to win over America.
Sofía, do you feel guilty about taking my Golden Buzzer?
- No.
- No regrets from Sofía, but someone who
always wished for a second chance
was ex "AGT" finalist Yu Ho-Jin.
- I came to "AGT" season 17.
And in my first audition, I thought my act went very well.
But Simon, only Simon, said no.
And he told me, Ho-Jin, you need something bigger.
So I was thinking, I want to go back to "America's Got Talent."
I have unfinished business.
I'm super nervous.
Like, never-- I've never--
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Bravo!
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
Bravo!
- Oh, yes! Yes!
- What? What the?
- Whoa!
- It's a Golden Buzzer.
Can they get it? I gotta get it.
- We got the one.
- I gotta-- I gotta get it.
Howie must have heard me coming, because he
jumped on that buzzer like his life depended on it.
♪ ♪
- Terry! - He already did it.
- No!
- He did it already.
♪ ♪
- Wow.
- Right? [cheers and applause]
- Hundred Fingers will try to get
their hands on the million-dollar prize
in the live shows.
Up next, a sergeant in the U.S. Army who's
used to singing in his car but never in front of a crowd
like this.
- My name is Isaac Atkins.
I'm 23 years-- - Oh, hold on a second.
That voice.
Say that again.
- My name is Isaac Atkins.
- Right? - I'm 23.
And I'm from Lewiston, Maine.
And I'm a sergeant in the U.S. Army.
- Oh, no way.
- ♪ I'm begging ♪
♪ Begging you ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out, baby ♪
♪ I'm begging ♪
♪ I am begging you ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out, darling ♪
- Isaac, you can sing.
[cheers and applause]
I had to.
You were so good.
- Mel wasn't taking any chances on that one.
And back in his home state, Isaac's moment
became breaking news.
- Sergeant Isaac Atkins is taking
a break after six years of military service
to chase his dreams.
- It just didn't feel real.
But I mean, I know it's real.
I got a box of the gold confetti sitting on my desk,
so I see that every day.
And I'm like, wow, that was-- that was real.
Like, I'm not dreaming.
- We'll see you in the live shows, Isaac.
On "AGT" we see people do some extraordinary things.
- His dream is to travel around the world doing parkour.
- Oh, I love parkour.
- And Rubén Roldán proved that pushing the limit
is light work for him.
[funky music]
He took it from the street--
♪ ♪
--to the loading dock--
♪ ♪
- Ahh!
--to the stage.
- ♪ Things they're gonna say when they see me ♪
♪ And when they see me, they just dab me up ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And for me to say I drop, I drop ♪
♪ They been huddling ♪
- That was bloody fantastic
- ♪ I could give a high five to the pilot ♪
♪ Family tight, keeps my struggle light ♪
- A well-deserved Golden Buzzer for Rubén and another
spot in the live show secured.
- I will see you at the live show.
[cheers and applause]
- Coming up, we've got a few more
Golden Buzzer acts for you
and then the judges' live acts revealed.
Don't move a muscle.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Welcome back to "America's Got Talent:
Live Acts Revealed."
The Golden Buzzers were the first group
of contestants to secure
their places in the live shows.
And the next contestant has some history with Simon.
- All right, so tonight is my watch party
for "America's Got Talent."
I still can't believe I got a Golden Buzzer.
It's blowing my mind.
But I'm so excited to have a great night
with my friends and family.
And you guys are gonna come along with me as well.
So we're gonna have a good time together.
- So I gotta see this.
- [singing indistinctly]
That was when I was four years old.
- Oh, my God.
- In 12 years' time, you're through.
- Yes.
- Out you go. - Yes.
- I actually auditioned for you when I was four
years old on "The X Factor."
- ♪ Ohh-ohh-ohh ♪
- 21 years later, he was back in front of Simon again.
- ♪ Can you let go? ♪
♪ This is casual ♪
♪ ♪
♪ How can we go back to being friends ♪
♪ When we just ♪
♪ When we are ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Saying I'm someone you never met?
- But this time--
- Because I'm gonna do this.
- --he got the gold.
[cheers and applause]
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, that was insane.
Oh, I did not expect that.
Wow.
I-- I'm so blessed for all my friends
and family that supported me tonight.
OK.
Live shows, here we come.
- Mackenzie will be back in the live shows
in just a few weeks.
Aerial pole is not for the faint of heart,
but doing it directly above the judges' desk, now,
that takes guts.
[cheers and applause]
- With her proud mama looking on,
Veronika earns Sofía's Golden Buzzer
and a spot in the lives.
- The Golden Buzzer still feels unreal.
- Spectacular.
- See you at the live show.
- Congrats, Veronika.
[Backstreet Boys' "Larger Than Life"]
♪ ♪
- "AGT" always brings people together.
And that couldn't be more true with this act
who met working on the "America's Got Talent"
Vegas show.
- We actually met doing the "AGT" residency in Vegas.
- Wow.
- So we were two of the backup dancers.
And he was one of our choreographers.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God.
- Oh!
- All of your time spent ♪
♪ Keeps us alive ♪
♪ All you people, can't you see, can't you see ♪
♪ How your love's affecting our reality ♪
♪ Every time we're down, you can make it right ♪
♪ And that makes you larger than life ♪
- Wow.
- This group had so much going on.
You gave us monsters.
You gave us fire.
But I'm gonna give you one thing--
- ♪ That makes you ♪
--a Golden Buzzer.
- ♪ Larger than life ♪
[upbeat music]
Man, they had me at lasers.
♪ ♪
- We are so excited.
We're about to watch our episode.
♪ ♪
- It's special to be able to see ourselves
share that moment together on stage.
- Golden Buzzer.
[cheers and applause]
- To see all of our hard work come together,
I definitely was tearing up.
- I can't wait to see what my Golden Buzzer Royal Lasers do
in the live show.
[dramatic music]
OK, that's all the Golden Buzzers,
which means ten spots were already
taken up in the live shows.
Coming up, an inside look at how the judges decided who
else will be joining them when "AGT: Live Acts Revealed"
continues.
Auditions for next season are officially open.
- A great audition will be remembered.
And you're gonna be remembered for that.
- Two minutes could change your life.
Submit a video today at agtauditions.com.
- Welcome back to "AGT: Live Acts Revealed."
After the auditions, the judges and I
gathered to decide which of the yes acts
would make this season's live show roster.
- Oh, my God.
That looks amazing.
- Welcome to the Gallery of Talent.
Every act you've said yes to this season
is represented here.
- Oh, my God.
We said yes to a lot of people.
- This looks nuts.
- We have 44 people who could make it
through to the live shows, ten Golden Buzzers.
So that's 34 spots out of about 100 here.
- The first step was to choose the acts that all four judges
unanimously agreed upon.
- There are a number of acts who are no-brainers.
Perfect example, Pynk Beard.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah.
- No-brainer.
No-brainer.
Yes.
- Hello.
Your name is?
- Pynk Beard.
- Of course.
- Pynk Beard spent his career writing hits for other people.
- I don't know if you guys remember the song,
"Scars to Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara.
- Yeah.
- I wrote that.
- But here at "AGT" he chose to sing for himself.
- I got something I want to say.
[cheers and applause]
♪ On a Sunday ♪
♪ She might be at church ♪
- I don't think that's ever happened before,
a well-known songwriter who's come on and been the performer.
This is brilliant.
- ♪ A demon in a dress ♪
♪ She stay on that type of time and she ♪
[together] ♪ Mine, Lord willing ♪
♪ And the river don't rise ♪
- ♪ Cutie in a Louie ♪
♪ Look like her mama raised her well ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ She know what she's doin' ♪
♪ So whatever she's doin' ♪
♪ Know that she's gonna do it to death ♪
- He was home in Alabama with his fiancée
when he got the news.
- Yes! [laughter]
- You got to answer your phone, man.
[laughs]
- I'll see y'all at the live shows.
- Yes.
- Yeah.
- See you in the lives, Pynk Beard.
This 22-year-old magician had wished for this moment
since he was a young kid.
- When I was really little, I watched Mat Franco doing magic.
And I was like, that's what I want to do.
What's really cool is two years ago,
I actually had the opportunity to intern under him
and learn from one of the greats.
So anything can happen, right?
Dreams come true on this stage.
- Geno made the most of his audition--
- It started in a small town called Hartland, Wisconsin,
just five years old.
I've done magic every single day,
like, 365 days of the year.
And I absolutely love it.
All of them have led me here today in front of you
on "AGT" season 21.
Blackjack, baby. - Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- --and turned his dream into a reality.
- You have this incredible enthusiasm, love for magic.
You can see it in your eyes.
- Thank you so much.
- His mentor, Mat Franco, had a special message for Geno
at his show in Las Vegas.
- Yeah, so Geno had an amazing audition
on "America's Got Talent."
You guys have seen it?
Didn't he do a great job?
Yeah?
Just so you know, "AGT" called me today.
- They did? - They did.
And it turns out the judges have actually already made
their final decisions as to who's going to be moving
forward in the competition.
And they wanted me to tell you that you're
going to the live shows.
[cheers and applause]
Geno, everybody.
Good luck to Geno Ploeger.
[cheers and applause]
- Full circle moment for me.
I love it.
- Maybe Geno can follow in Mat's footsteps
and win the whole thing.
- OK.
Wow.
- Oh, wow. Yes.
- Easy, easy peasy. - Oh.
Love that.
We need that one.
- When Yufei said he needed backup dancers
who are more in sync--
- Oh, no.
It's robots.
- --he wasn't kidding.
- ♪ Abracadabra ♪
♪ Amor oo na na ♪
♪ Morta oo gaga ♪
♪ Abracadabra ♪
♪ Abra oo na na ♪
♪ In her tongue, she said ♪
- Unitree blew everybody's minds.
[cheers and applause]
- That was nuts but brilliant.
- Yeah. Whoo.
- And they received a surprise message.
- Unitree. - Oh, listen.
Listen.
- --after watching their audition back in China.
- Congratulations.
You are moving on to the live show.
- Whoo! Yeah!
- Good work, Yufei.
- Thank you.
Yes.
Let's go, brothers.
- Those live shows won't know what hit them with Unitree.
[cheers and applause]
- Next. - Here.
- Oh, them.
Brad and Tracy.
- I would put them through.
- It's not even worth discussing.
- For sure.
- Meet Brad and Tracy, a sweet retired couple
who are madly in love.
They enjoy dinner, movies, horseback riding,
and hammering nails into Brad's face.
- Ugh. Ugh.
[buzzer]
- Where did you meet, you two?
- We met at a gas station in Moscow, Idaho.
- Of course.
- His face is on the glass.
His face is on the glass.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [bleep].
♪ ♪
- No, no, no.
- Ahh!
- Ohh!
♪ ♪
- One of the weirdest, weirdest things I've
ever watched on "AGT" for sure.
- Thank you, I think.
- And one of our favorites. - Yes.
- My favorite.
So can I say yes to you?
- You can.
- Thank you, Howie.
- Brad and Tracy learned they were
headed to the live shows at their country line dancing
date night.
- Hey, is there a Brad and Tracy in the audience tonight?
We have just got word from" America's Got Talent"
that you guys have made it to the live show.
Can we get a big round of applause?
- I can't wait to show them what we got
in store from next time.
- I got some ideas, some new ideas,
some new acts we're gonna do.
- Now they're headed to California, and I'm scared.
[cheers and applause]
Cesar Diaz was a bundle of nerves before his performance.
- ♪ And now ♪
♪ The end is near ♪
♪ I've live a life that's full ♪
♪ I traveled each ♪
♪ And every highway ♪
♪ And more ♪
- Things kept getting weirder--
- ♪ Way ♪
- --and funnier.
- ♪ And did it my way ♪
♪ For ♪
♪ What has he got ♪
♪ If not himself ♪
♪ Then he is naught ♪
[laughter]
♪ ♪
- In the end, the judges loved him.
And he is thrilled to be in the live show.
- ♪ I did it ♪
- Four yeses.
Oh, oh.
Four yeses. Four yeses.
- I'm so excited to be in the live shows.
Thank you so much.
- Good luck, Cesar.
The live quarterfinal spots were filling up.
And we'll be right back with more of the judges' decisions
on "AGT: Live Acts Revealed."
[dramatic music]
- Welcome back to "AGT: Live Acts Revealed."
Last week, the judges sorted through all of the contestants
they gave yeses to and decided which acts they all agreed
should move forward to the live shows.
- They were really good.
- ♪ When I wake up in the morning, love ♪
♪ And the sunlight hurts my eyes ♪
- Personally, I think they're the best one.
- Yeah.
[together] ♪ It's gonna be ♪
- CommUNITY ATL is not your average singing group,
because they kept growing
and growing until it
was pure joy on stage.
♪ ♪
- I honestly think this is one of the best
choirs we've had in years.
[together] ♪ A lovely day ♪
- I mean, it was perfection, the perfect audition.
Brought everyone, like, a beautiful energy.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
♪ ♪
- It was a lovely day back in Atlanta
when they heard the news.
[cheers and applause]
[together] ♪ Love love ♪
♪ Lovely day ♪
- And in a few weeks, CommUNITY ATL
will be heading back to LA.
- I love this.
To me, that's a yes, yes, yes.
- And they said they've got something bigger.
- They've got something bigger.
I love that.
- Now, if everything goes to plan,
there'll be champagne all round.
- Magicians Young & Strange had a brilliant strategy
to avoid Simon hitting his X.
- This red thing just does not come off.
- Yeah, don't worry about that, mate.
[buzzer]
- They hit it for him.
- Well, he was probably gonna press it anyway, wasn't he?
- He was gonna press it anyway.
- Here we go.
- A world first, a grand illusion close-up.
[together] No. No. No. No.
- Oh, my God.
- The duo survived this round--
- That's nuts.
- Don't do that.
- One more.
- Come on.
[cheers and applause]
- --and celebrated with champagne.
[laughter]
- Oh, my God.
- Hey, Young & Strange, it's me, Piff the Magic Dragon.
- A familiar magic dragon broke the news
to them about the live shows.
- Congratulations on a great audition.
You did the magic community proud.
And I've got a very, very special announcement.
[suspenseful music]
You're through to the live rounds.
[cheers and applause]
You're through to the live rounds,
so I want you to go out there and win that million dollars.
We'll see you in Vegas.
- Young & Strange confirmed for the quarterfinals.
- This act.
- Oh, they were amazing.
- That's what I'm talking about.
This is above and beyond when it comes to dance.
- Yeah.
- The dance act Come Here
traveled all the way from Korea
to audition on the "AGT" stage.
- That was super original.
- Amazing.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Invincible skin ♪
♪ It's how we all begin ♪
♪ Awake, awake ♪
♪ This is a dream state ♪
♪ Out of the dark day ♪
♪ Into the brighter night ♪
- I don't think this season, we've
got anything, anything close to what you guys have done.
It was spectacular.
- Thank you.
- They proved that hard work really pays off.
- How many weeks, months, did you prepare for this?
- Two weeks. - Two weeks?
- What? - Wow.
OK.
That's still a long time.
Yeah, you are really, really talented.
And your dancers are amazing.
- Back in their studio, they celebrated moving
forward in the competition.
♪ ♪
Way to go, Come Here.
- Elsie. - Aww.
- You tell me.
- Personally, I don't think she's a no-brainer.
- You think she's somebody that needs work?
- Yeah, I do. - OK.
- Ashford.
- He was a singer with a really powerful voice.
- So he's a definite.
- Nerves were an issue for this singer
from Canton, Mississippi.
- Yeah.
- Nervous.
♪ Don't tell my girlfriend ♪
- But when he started to sing, you could
hear a pin drop in the house.
- ♪ Ohh-ohh ♪
♪ 'Cause I ♪
♪ I don't know how to feel ♪
- You were giving me some Luther Vandross,
Alexander O'Neal.
You were giving me everything and more,
and the trills, and the thrills, and the-- oh, yes.
- ♪ Ahh ♪
- We sent a special message for Ashford
straight to his church.
- Ashford, could you come forward, please, for a
moment, please?
Y'all come on and put y'all hands together for Ashford.
I got word that you will be on "America's Got Talent."
You're going on the live show.
[cheers and applause]
Come on, y'all.
Give it up.
- Are you serious?
- I'll be on the live show.
- Oh, my God.
- Put Ashford Sanders' name on the list
for the live shows.
- After a kiss for luck, Vegas couple Holland and Sienna
knew how to get everyone's attention.
♪ ♪
Despite flying into an X--
- Oh, they hit you?
- --and a slight wardrobe malfunction--
- Oh, no.
- The dress wasn't open.
- Yeah.
- ♪ I can't go ♪
- --the duo stunned the room.
♪ ♪
The audience is on their feet.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Ahh!
- By his neck.
♪ ♪
- The way that your bodies moved, it looked effortless.
What you're doing is so impossible.
It was perfection.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo!
- That was one of the best aerial acts we've seen.
Right now, I think you've done enough anyway.
If you've got something else up your sleeve, then even better.
♪ ♪
- Four yeses.
♪ ♪
- We're just calling to let you know
that you're in the live shows.
- Whoo! - [laughs]
- Holland and Sienna are off to the live shows.
♪ ♪
- Yes.
- Let's hope they have something up their sleeve
for the quarterfinals.
One of those contestants moving on to the live shows
could be our next winner.
Who else have joined them?
Stay tuned to find out.
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "AGT: Live Acts Revealed."
You know what they say, judging ain't easy.
These judges have the tough job of sorting out
which acts move on to the live shows for a shot
at the million bucks.
When Simon met the Jesse White Tumbling Team backstage,
he never expected what would come next.
- Ohh!
[Fatboy Slim's "Praise You]
- ♪ I have to praise you like I should ♪
♪ I have to praise you ♪
- Ohh!
You guys literally fly.
You know how to fly.
- Yes!
- ♪ I have to praise you like I should ♪
♪ I have to praise you ♪
- You just went bang, bang, bang, pop, pop, pop.
It was brilliant.
- Whoa!
♪ ♪
- ♪ I have to praise you ♪
♪ ♪
- Ahh!
♪ ♪
- I thought it was sensational.
♪ ♪
- Team leader Jesse White has been doing this for a minute.
- I've had the great pleasure of being
the coach and father to the Jesse White Tumbling Team
for 67 years.
- And the team was flying high back in Chi-Town when they
heard the judges' decision.
- They unanimously decided that they want
you to come to the live show.
[cheers and applause]
- Up next for the Jesse White Tumbling Team,
flying in for the live shows.
Herwan Legallard brings lots of
different talents to the table.
Sword swallowing, check.
Ohh, man, ohh!
Aerial straps, check.
[dramatic music]
- Oh, please.
No.
♪ ♪
Ahh!
And doing it underwater left everybody's jaws on the floor.
- Ohh!
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Normally, I say, can you make it a little bit more
scary the next time?
I'm actually gonna ask you to do the opposite.
- Herwan was in France when he told his family he'd be back.
- Hello, everyone.
I'm just about to tell my father that I'm
part of the live show.
[speaking French]
- Way to go, Herwan.
[cheers and applause]
[rock music]
- Ah.
- I loved them. - Agreed.
- True. - Yeah.
- I think this is a four-yes no-brainer.
- Oh. Love them.
Yes.
- ♪ Ran out of money ♪
♪ And I'm looking for ♪
- Oil field workers in West Texas
know what it's like to put in a hard day's work,
so Jesse Joe and his band did not
take this opportunity lightly.
- ♪ Baby, I'm gone ♪
♪ I'm on my way outside of town ♪
♪ Where the pumpjacks pray ♪
♪ The oil comes out the ground ♪
- 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.
But 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.
- "AGT," make some noise for yourselves one time.
- Jesse's authentic style earned
him a yes in the audition.
- Thank you guys so much.
- Jesse Joe and the 96ers.
And now he's competing for the grand prize.
- Hey, I've got some news for you.
And I know we've been waiting patiently for the judges
to deliberate.
But decisions are finally being made.
So, you guys, I'm really excited to tell you
that you're coming to the live shows.
- Let's go!
[all shouting]
- See you in the lives, Jesse.
♪ ♪
- Love them.
- We need an act like--
- They're spectacular.
Her story is unbelievable.
- I have to ask this question.
Has anything ever gone wrong during one of these acts?
- Two years ago, we had a big accident in a live show.
One of the knives hit her face--
- No.
- --and stuck in her eye.
- Oh, no.
[dramatic music]
- ♪ Oh yeah ♪
- Tyrone and Margo were not messing
around at their audition.
- ♪ Oh yeah baby ♪
♪ ♪
- Whoa.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Baby ♪
- Oh, God.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh yeah ♪
- Margo, you looked so sure of what you're doing.
And I would have never guessed that you've
ever went through a traumatic experience like that.
It was spectacular.
- Howie?
- Yes.
- Yes, yes, yes.
- Sofía?
- Yes.
- You got four yeses.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- The duo got four yeses and were emotional backstage.
What an amazing story, Margo.
- Thank you so much.
But he was supporting me so much.
Every day when I was in the hospitals under the surgeries,
I was not able to open the eyes,
he was saying how beautiful I am.
And I want to say this support brings me here.
- That's what a marriage is all about.
I can't define anything more than that.
It's like, whoa.
To have a love like that, that's deep.
They were performing in Germany when they heard
about the judges' decision.
Congratulations.
- I'm going to the live show?
- Yes.
- And it's on to the lives for Tyrone and Margo.
[cheers and applause]
The judges filled half of the spots in the live shows,
but there was still more work to do.
Stay tuned for who else got into the quarterfinals
on "AGT: Live Acts Revealed."
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "AGT: Live Acts Revealed."
The judges were halfway home picking this season's
live show acts, and half of the available spots
were filled as they continue choosing contestants.
- Who remembers him?
- I remember his singing voice.
- He was a poet.
- Yes.
And he was singing in between.
- With the Stevie Wonder song.
- Yes. - Very good.
- Now that you say it, that was original.
So now, yes, I like it.
- Yeah, I liked him.
Different.
- ♪ People ♪
♪ Keep on learning ♪
- Poetry has a rich history on "AGT."
And Guy Kelton Jones took spoken word to a new level.
- To fill love in your mouth again,
I bet you would turn into a cusser, a disrupter,
a disturber of the peace, your peace intact, exact precision
of blunt instruments.
It will make no difference.
However, intuition or intonation
might lead, you to cry, and swing, and
cry and swing for the fences.
If you loved anything that much, you'd fight too.
You'd fight back.
No matter how weak they said you were, no matter how
many days in a row you haven't eaten, ain't been sleeping,
barely breathing, still wanting and still needing,
you keep on keeping finding fresh paint
for that picket sign.
- This was something he was born to do.
- You delivered inspiration and vocals,
and wisdom all wrapped up in a beautiful package.
I loved it.
- Thank you.
I get it from my mother.
My mom's a poet.
My grandfather was a poet.
My great grandmother was a poet.
- Yes!
- Listen, the standing O.
- Standing O is crazy.
I didn't expect a standing O.
- What are you gonna do next, my brother?
- I'm gonna use the bathroom 'cause I really--
[laughter] - Thank you.
Thank you.
Guy was honored to learn he'll be performing
again live in Los Angeles.
- I'm super happy that my mom got to see it.
I'm very excited.
And I'll see y'all soon.
See you at the live show.
- Guy took care of business and earned himself
a spot in the live shows.
36-year-old teacher Cameron Logsdon slipped Simon
some résumés of celebrities applying
for a job on the "AGT" panel.
- Is this for real?
- We'll see how it goes.
- Jason Statham.
- All right, here's the deal.
I think I'll be a fantastic judge on this show.
- Mark Wahlberg.
- You know what?
I would love to be a judge on this show.
[laughter]
Perfectly honest with you.
But look, Simon, is there any chance we could
get a squat rack on stage?
- Yeah.
- 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.
[laughter]
- The Rock.
- 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.
[laughs]
- I thought it was really original...
- Wow. - And a great idea, actually.
You did something different.
It worked.
- That's crazy.
- Cameron was home with his son when the call came in.
- For real?
That's crazy.
Gotta get to work.
- More impressions with Cameron in the live shows.
- Solo dancer Patrox had a start to an audition
most would like to forget.
- What happened to the music?
♪ ♪
- What is actually happening?
- I don't know.
- Whoa.
♪ ♪
- Is that it?
- But when he played it back in reverse, it all made sense.
- ♪ Don't let me down ♪
♪ Don't let me down ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Don't let me down, down, down ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Don't let me down, down, down ♪
♪ Don't let me down ♪
♪ Don't let me down, down, down ♪
- One of the most original things you've ever seen.
None of us had a clue what you were gonna do.
I mean, that was absolutely genius.
- That was brilliant.
- Four yeses.
- Back in Germany, Patrox was head over heels
when he got the word.
- The judges would love for you to come
to the live shows.
- ♪ Don't let me down ♪
- [laughs]
This means everything to me.
This was the biggest risk in my life.
Thank you for making my day.
It was the best message in my life.
- Patrox heads back in to the live shows.
- These guys. - Funny.
- I think they're really talented.
- Yeah, they were very funny. - I didn't like it.
- Right.
So that you have to see it again then, right?
- Yeah. - OK.
What about these guys?
- They were really good.
- They were they're amazing. - They're good.
- Yeah, they have to go through.
- I agree.
- It seemed like LaRussell from the Bay Area
brought their entire neighborhood
to their audition.
- I'm here with my community.
I brought a bunch of Bay Area kids to share
this experience with me.
- ♪ I'm from the Bay ♪
[together] ♪ From the Bay ♪
- ♪ I rep it hard ♪
[together] ♪ I rep it hard ♪
- ♪ I'm known worldwide ♪
♪ But I blew up from my backyard ♪
[together] ♪ From my backyard ♪
- What you've done, which is hard,
is to bring all ages together all with individual talents.
Then together, you became as one.
- ♪ It was 2006 ♪
[together] ♪ I recall ♪
- ♪ Pressed white tee and it's crisp ♪
[together] ♪ I recall ♪
- ♪ [rapping] ♪
[together] ♪ It was all it was all that ♪
- I really loved this audition.
That's exactly the kind of act I
was praying would come on the show genuinely this year.
[together] ♪ We're from the Bay ♪
- ♪ I rep it ♪
[together] ♪ He reps it hard ♪
- ♪ I'm known worldwide ♪
♪ But I blew up from my backyard ♪
[together] ♪ From my backyard ♪
♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Simon ♪
[together] ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Howie ♪
[together] ♪ Let's go ♪
- ♪ Sofía ♪
[together] ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Mel B ♪
[together] ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ "AGT" ♪
[together] ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ "AGT" ♪
[together] ♪ I'm from the Bay ♪
- And back home in Vallejo, California,
at LaRussell's backyard stage, his community got the word.
- We're going to the next round.
[cheers and applause]
♪ Say what? ♪
- LaRussell will rep the Bay again in the live shows.
The judges had sent a bunch of acts
through to the live shows.
But with just a few spots remaining,
the decisions became more difficult.
- Absolutely not for me. - I would.
- No.
- They were fun, but I don't know
if they can win "AGT," though.
- You didn't like them.
I liked them.
- We have much better than this.
- I wasn't sure about this person.
- Are you crazy?
- Absolutely no from me.
- No, no.
- We'll be back with more live show reveals after this.
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "AGT."
Last week, as the judges continued to deliberate,
they ran into a problem.
They had way more talent than spots in the live shows.
So Simon came up with a solution.
- I think you're gonna like this.
- OK.
- When I'm working with bands or whatever,
you know, you have to see people
a second time sometimes to make a decision.
And what we're gonna do is, we're going to split up.
And the acts are gonna come to you, to you--
- Stop it. - --to you and me,
about five or six.
We'll see them a second time.
And then you'll choose the contestants
you are passionate about.
I think it's going to be really interesting and fun.
So there are a few we have to see again then, right?
- Right. - Yes.
- The judges then chose contestants
to watch on tape in order to pick which ones they
wanted to see again in person.
- Elsie didn't get four yeses.
- Oh, yes.
- It was three yeses and my no.
I didn't love it.
But you tell me.
- She had all the star quality, didn't she?
- Except we didn't love the song.
- That's easily fixed.
- Exactly.
This is exactly what we're doing today.
- The judges gathered cards of the acts they wanted
to watch one more time and dig a little
deeper before committing.
We started with Simon.
- All right. So we agree?
We're going to watch some of these again now.
- ♪ Can I be your heartbeat? ♪
♪ You are the flowers in your hair ♪
♪ Can I be your heartbeat? ♪
- I love them.
- I think with Nyjah and Zyah,
I thought they were so nervous.
It was actually impossible to know
whether they are prepared, because they're so young.
- ♪ If I was your heartbeat ♪
both: ♪ Then our hearts ♪
♪ Can be together ♪
- I like them.
I really, really want to see them again.
- Worth-- worth seeing.
Worth seeing them again.
Absolutely.
- Nyjah and Zyah have earned Simon's very first
callback spot and will return.
- Next.
Akira.
- No. Absolutely not for me.
- I disagree.
- This one, definitely.
- You two seem to like the silly ones.
- You didn't watch him then.
You're not watching him now.
- I am watching him now.
- Even though what he does is kind of silly,
it's actually brilliant at the same time.
[buzzer]
- I loved him.
- Anyone disagree? No?
Good.
[laughter]
- Come on.
[screaming]
Stay. Stay here.
[screaming]
- What is happening?
- I loved it.
- Look at the audience.
Look at the audience.
They're the ones who are gonna vote.
Why would he do next?
- Same thing.
He is what the show is all about.
It's the kind of thing you wouldn't see on any other show.
I thought that was beautiful.
- Thank you.
- I'm still confused.
I don't get it.
- I think he's funny.
I really did.
I really enjoyed that.
- Simon has chosen Akira to join him next week
for a callback performance.
- Next.
- I don't mind these guys.
- They're heartwarming.
- They're good. - Yeah.
- ♪ 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 ♪
- They've all got full-time jobs.
They've got tons of kids.
And now you're doing this.
And I really admire them.
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- I like them. - I like them.
- We all say yes to this one, yeah?
- For sure, yes.
- Simon, be nice to our dads.
- I love this act.
- Simon will see if the Elektro Dads
can deliver when it counts.
- OK. - That's the one you like.
- This is the guy from "Dancing with the Stars."
- I recognized his voice from the show.
- ♪ Well, sing with me ♪
♪ Sing for the year ♪
♪ Sing for the laughter ♪
♪ And sing for the tear ♪
♪ Sing it with me just for today ♪
♪ Maybe tomorrow ♪
♪ Good Lord will take you away ♪
- There is a reason why certain people are session singers.
Do you know that?
- But he sings live every single week.
- ♪ Dream on ♪
♪ Dream on ♪
♪ Ahh-ahh ♪
- Ahh!
- There's no question that you can sing.
I would have spent more time working
on an interesting arrangement where we could have gone,
I've never heard that song sung in that way before.
- ♪ Just for today ♪
♪ Maybe tomorrow ♪
♪ Good Lord will take you away ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
[cheers and applause]
- This is exactly why we're doing it today.
I couldn't make the call.
I would love to see him in person again.
- Travis will sing one more time at Simon's callbacks
next week.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
- I like him.
- I think there's so much more to this person than what
we saw on our audition show.
♪ ♪
He reminds me of a lot of people who we've seen
and then asked to come back and just supersize it.
You have to imagine what something's going to look like,
so I'm saying yes.
- Sando has danced his way into Simon's heart
and will return as a callback.
- Oh, Elsie.
- ♪ I went down to the river ♪
♪ To make my peace ♪
♪ In the shade of the evergreen trees ♪
♪ Throw down my pride to build yourself ♪
- ♪ Babe ♪
♪ I still can't pray for you ♪
♪ Oh, I still won't forgive you ♪
- 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.
- ♪ 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 think she's got a star power about her.
- Yes.
- If anyone can spot a music star, it's Simon.
And Elsie will perform for a spot in the lot.
These acts will be headed to Simon's house
in Judges' Callbacks, which begin next week.
Stay tuned to see who the other judges chose.
We'll be right back.
[dramatic music]
- Welcome back to "AGT."
Last week, the judges reviewed some auditions on tape
in order to decide who they would like to invite
for a callback performance.
Up next was Howie's picks.
- We need to watch some of these again.
- I think it's gonna be really interesting, right?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Do you remember her?
- Such a surprise.
She's great.
- Hello.
How are you?
What is your name?
- My name is Nene.
- Have you ever been on a stage like "AGT"?
- Like, this is the biggest stage in my life.
- So it's the first time that you're in a stage like this?
- Yes. - OK.
We're ready for you.
Go ahead.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Love her.
A thrasher, a little girl who was shy.
She was like Hendrix on the guitar.
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- I just remember that I was shocked by the fact
that she was thrashing on the guitar
- ♪ In your head ♪
♪ Zombie, Zombie, Zombie ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- As much as she surprised us, I believe
we ain't seen nothing yet.
- ♪ What's in your head? ♪
♪ ♪
- This is somebody I'd like to see again.
- OK.
- Howie has chosen Nene for a Judges' Callback performance.
- And these guys I think they were really talented.
- No. - No?
- Absolutely not.
- I love them.
I love them, because they're quirky and different.
I think they're worth listening to and seeing at least one
more time. - Yeah.
- [singing operatically]
♪ ♪
- I liked it. - I liked it.
And I can't imagine what they're going to do next.
- Naimana and Daniele will perform
again at Howie's callbacks.
- Latinos, what's up?
- Everybody liked him. - Oh, I liked him. I did.
- I liked him. - Sofía, you really like him.
- Yeah, he's great.
- Simon, you like him?
- You're gonna take your hand.
You're gonna give yourself a wedgie, OK?
Give yourself a wedgie, OK?
- I don't know.
- Come on.
- Reminds me of, like, Benny Hill.
- And you take it out with no hands.
Mira.
[vocalizing]
Take it out, papi.
Ha! Ha! Hey! Hey!
- I think he's a definite yes.
If you don't think he's a definite yes,
I think I can make him a definite yes.
- OK.
- We'll be looking at more of what Cris Sosa
says at Howie's callback.
- All right.
- Oh, I like her.
- Remember this one?
Toe stub.
- Rynia showed us an original way of doing something
that we've seen before.
- ♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
This is how Ariana Grande would stub her toe.
[laughter]
♪ Oh baby ♪
♪ Oh yeah ♪
♪ Oh baby ♪
- Comedy is so hard to do.
I'd like to listen to her again.
Hold on.
- This is how Mariah Carey would stub her toe.
- Oh.
- ♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
Thank you. - You know what?
I need to see this one again in person to make a decision.
- Yeah.
I agree.
That's why we're doing this.
- Let's see if Rynia can grab a place in the lives
with one more performance.
[cheers and applause]
- I think he's so real and so authentic.
- Hello.
Hello. - Hello.
- What's your name?
- Daniel Alvarez.
- And he was nervous, but he was still really good.
- I've been in a chair for 18 years.
And to this day, one of the biggest
questions that I ask myself is, like,
why are my shoes so dirty?
Like, why--
[laughter]
What if I'm out here sleepwalking?
That's scary.
I feel like one of these days, I'm gonna be sleepwalking.
And they're going to turn on the light,
and I'm gonna just fall like "Toy Story" character,
you know?
Just like, Andy's coming, you know?
[laughter]
How mad would you guys be if I just got up and
walked out of here right now?
Just skedaddled out of here.
You guys have been amazing.
That's my time.
[cheers and applause]
- We all said yes to him.
- Yeah, we did.
We did.
- Oh, I think your life is gonna change.
I think people are gonna know your name.
You're going places, young man.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- He's so likeable.
He deserves another shot.
More comedy.
Yes.
- One more comedian for Howie as Daniel
will return for callbacks.
- ♪ I'll always be there ♪
- Oh, I want them.
I want them. - He got on his knees.
- I love them. - Yes.
♪ ♪
♪ Well, I know that it's true ♪
♪ 'Cause I, baby ♪
- Bird and Byron.
And it's original music.
And he's got a haunting voice.
Their performance, it sounded like something I would stream.
- Always there for you ♪
♪ And I'll never let you go ♪
♪ Darling, no ♪
- Howie's last callback choice was Bird and Byron.
These contestants will have the chance
to perform one more time for Howie in person
for a place in the live shows.
We'll be right back with Mel's choices revealed.
[upbeat music]
The contestants had some big moments in auditions
this season.
And the judges gave some wise words of advice.
- Weirdly, it's about being a little bit more raw.
You have star potential.
- Can these acts coming to callbacks
change wisely and make it to the live shows?
- We're definitely willing to do whatever it takes.
- 100%.
- Wow.
- How come we haven't heard of you?
- I'm not sure, but you have now.
- We'll find out.
- Take it out, papi.
Take it out, papi. Ha! Ha!
Hey, hey, hey.
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back to "AGT."
Last week, the judges decided to invite some
of the contestants to return in person
for a callback performance.
And it was Mel's turn to pick who she wanted to see again.
- ♪ I got the sweet ♪
- ♪ I got the ♪
both: ♪ Sweet, sweet South in my ♪
♪ Down in my ♪
♪ Veins ♪
♪ ♪
- Butter & Grit, who I love, you said was
like an ad for a restaurant.
- I think it sounded like one of those popular
restaurant commercials.
- ♪ Veins ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Think you need to see it again?
- Yeah.
I need to see them in person again.
- Mel wanted Butter & Grit to perform again
for her at Judges' Callbacks.
- Judges, I brought you a gift.
There's something inside that box that one of you guys
is going to really want later on.
Howie, can I borrow your phone?
- I remember him.
- Oh, it is.
It's Amore in the picture.
Looks like a little bracelet.
Mel, is this yours?
- No, no.
- I wouldn't know what to do with him.
- I don't know.
I really liked him.
- This box has been in front of you the entire time.
- I like this.
- Open up that box.
- There's a phone. - There's a phone.
Can I take it, please? - There you go.
- Howie, one question for you.
Is that your phone?
- It is.
[cheers and applause]
We're not picking who's good anymore.
We're picking who's best.
And that's a totally different conversation.
- And yet--
- Stop it.
- --if I tear this open, there, inside this cushion--
look.
For you.
Is this yours?
- Stop it.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you. - Brilliant.
I love that guy.
I love his magic.
[cheers and applause]
- We could work with him.
- OK.
Making sure I've still got all the diamonds in it.
- Check it. - Yes, it is.
It worked.
- I really liked him.
- We'll see.
- Joel will try to earn a place in the lives
at Mel B's callbacks next week.
- Hi.
I'm Lachlan Patterson, and I really wish I loved kayaking as
much as my face would suggest.
[laughter]
- I personally think he's low energy for the live shows.
- Yeah, that's his vibe, but I'm seeing him again.
I don't care what you think.
- 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 password?
Oh, my God.
That's what you were suggesting?
If I use that password, this will be the last time
I enter this account.
- I think it was amazing.
- I don't think I have any of those keys.
Where's the O with the 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, symbol for tumble dry low.
- I think he's good for the show.
- Lachlan will perform one more set for a chance
at the live shows.
- ♪ But if the world was ending ♪
- I like her.
You know what?
She has so much potential.
- ♪ Would you love me for the hell of it? ♪
- When she started to sing, she came into this whole confident,
like, being.
- ♪ [singing in Spanish] ♪
♪ ♪
- If I was to hear you on the radio,
I would know it was you immediately.
And that is a standout star quality.
- ♪ Come over it ♪
Oh my God.
[cheers and applause]
- She looks authentic.
- She can sing.
I need to see her in person again.
- Thanks to Mel, Bety will be back next week
at Judges' Callbacks.
- Can you start mixing these cards for me?
- Yes.
- Simon, please say stop anytime you want.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- They were brilliant when we first saw them.
Now I'm not sure.
- I want to see more.
- Stop.
- Simon, I have a feeling that you've stopped exactly
at a queen of diamonds.
- What the heck?
- What? - They were polished.
I say yes.
- We've got no way of being able to predict what's
gonna be inside that box.
[suspenseful music]
I want to know what this is.
- That's a wallet. - It is.
Goodness me.
There's a lot of things in here.
Can you tell me what this is?
- Is this a phone?
- It is a phone.
Tell me what this is.
- It's just $1 bill.
- Are you up for a challenge, Marina?
- Yes.
We're on "AGT." Yes.
- There's a serial number on the bill.
- No.
- Tell us the entire serial number.
- OK, it starts with the letter L followed by
61700014F.
- Yes. - Whoa.
- Stop it.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much, everyone.
- James and Marina probably already knew they
would return to callbacks.
- ♪ I feel something so right ♪
♪ Doing the wrong thing ♪
- I love these guys.
- ♪ Everything that kills me ♪
♪ Makes me feel alive ♪
- She had a great voice.
- Not stand out million-dollar better than anybody else.
You've only been doing it for six months.
And because it was new, it didn't seem ready.
- I fully understand what you're saying,
but you're just so talented.
You could have done better.
- ♪ Baby, I've been ♪
♪ I've been praying hard ♪
♪ Ain't no more counting dollars ♪
♪ We'll be counting stars ♪
- Mel's final pick for a callback performance
was Madelyn and Malachi.
Mel has chosen her group of contestants
to call back for one more chance to make the lives.
Stay tuned for Sofía's reveals when we return.
[dramatic music]
- Welcome back to "AGT."
We are revealing the contestants
who will join the judges personally
for callback performances.
Let's take a look at who Sofía chose.
[dog barking]
- Aww.
- ♪ Everybody ♪
♪ Move your feet ♪
♪ And be united ♪
- I thought she was really good.
- Very sweet.
- Very family, very us.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Whoa.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I can't, can't, can't control my feet
♪ Can't, can't, c-can't control my feet ♪
♪ Can't stop ♪
- This is a girl,
remember, that she taught herself.
- Yeah. You're right.
- She's super young.
- I remember that.
- Sofía has picked Olivia and her adorable dogs
to perform at Judges' Callbacks.
- [singing indistinctly]
♪ ♪
- Oh, I love her.
- This feels so good.
The Netherland girl.
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I loved you ♪
- Beautiful voice.
- Suffers from anxiety.
- Yeah.
- ♪ Just want affection from you ♪
♪ Just what I gave you ♪
- And also a really cool vibe, the whole look and everything.
- Yeah.
She looks authentic. Yeah.
I love you.
I love your song.
I love, you know, the feeling that you were putting into it.
You have a beautiful voice.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- I love her.
- Yes.
- Brook Lynn will sing one more time for a chance
at the live shows.
- What if I told you that the conversation we just had
wasn't even real?
- This one definitely.
I loved him.
Yeah.
- It was a fully pre-recorded conversation.
That's right.
From the color that you chose to the number that you picked,
even the responses that you gave,
I knew you were gonna say them.
Or did I?
Because that wasn't real either.
- His act was really good.
I think he has what it takes.
[cheers and applause]
- Hey.
- I think he's real.
- Are you real? - Yes, I am.
- Are you sure? - I think I am.
- Wow.
- That's Simon.
There's one more thing left I need to do.
- You want to see him again?
- Yes.
- Is this your card?
[suspenseful music]
- I can finally say--
Yes, it is.
[cheers and applause]
- It was amazing.
- Darrell has made it to Sofía's callbacks.
Good luck.
- Who are you?
- My name is Kameron Marshall.
And yeah, I'm a close-up magician.
- I like this one.
- Sofía, reach and grab any card.
Oh, you look very confused and stressed.
Beautiful.
And then for Howie, for the last one, we'll do a different.
You say stop wherever you want. - Stop.
- Right here? - Yes.
- OK, take it. Don't let me see.
- OK.
- For the first time, what were the cards that you guys picked?
Simon? - Three of clubs.
- Three of clubs?
Yeah, hold them up. Turn them.
- I got an ace of hearts.
- Ace of hearts. OK.
And then? - Queen of spades.
- I got the seven of diamonds.
- That's actually insane.
In that order too?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Well, I committed to doing magic
for basically my whole life.
I've been doing it for 13 years.
I got my very first tattoo, and it
was of my four favorite cards.
Imagine if it was an exact match, the three of clubs,
the ace of hearts, the queen of spades,
and the seven of diamonds.
- This was one of my favorites.
I have to see this one again.
I don't usually love magic.
And you are, like, my favorite today.
- Can Kameron pull off more magic at Sofía's callback?
We'll find out.
- ♪ Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam ♪
- I don't get this. - What?
- Oh, come on.
- Are you crazy?
- Watch this.
- Yeah, Black Betty ♪
[cheers and applause]
[beatboxing]
♪ ♪
- Wow.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Whoa, Black Betty ♪
♪ Whoa, Black Betty ♪
[beatboxing]
- I loved him.
I've never heard anyone doing what he does.
- [beatboxing]
♪ ♪
- That is crazy.
♪ ♪
♪ She's always on my mind ♪
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- We have to let this guy go.
- Listen to what he's doing.
He's brilliant.
- Bravo!
- Vahtang will try to impress Sofía
at his callback performance.
These are the contestants heading to Judges' Callbacks
at Sofía's house for a shot at the lives.
The decisions were made after a long night of deliberating
for the judges.
- We have made the decisions.
Well done, everyone.
- So what happens now?
- This is something I swear I'm gonna remember
for the rest of my life.
Welcome.
[cheers and applause]
- Come in, please.
- The judges have invited acts to work
on them one on one to decide who is going
to the live shows.
- Be prepared for the unexpected.
- The pressure's on now.
- Are you ready for this?
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- This competition is so tough.
- You do need a lot of work.
[dramatic music]
- Welcome to my funhouse.
- My entire house is at your disposal.
- I'm gonna set up the mic for you.
And then just do your thing.
- I don't think I'm gonna get a lot of opportunities like
this again.
♪ ♪
- That was so good.
- Ohh!
- That was a risk worth taking.
- Yes. - Make some noise.
- Oh, my God.
- There are only a few spots available.
- I feel really, really scared.
- We don't want to just have fun.
- It's a completely different vibe this time.
- It's kind of a letdown.
- This is your last chance.
- These opportunities sometimes don't
even come once in a lifetime.
We have to make it to the lives.
- We have to.
♪ ♪