[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- This is somebody I'd like to see again.
- This was one of my favorites.
- I would love to see in person again.
- I'm seeing them again.
I don't care what you all think.
♪ ♪
♪ 'Cause it's a bittersweet ♪
- Hello.
- ♪ Symphony that's life ♪
- Welcome.
[cheers and applause]
My entire house is at your disposal.
- The judges have invited acts to decide
who is going to the live show.
- Be prepared for the unexpected.
- My stomach hurts so much.
- There are no rules at this point.
- Stop it!
- Wow!
- The competition is huge.
- [laughs]
- I wish I could put all of you through.
- You could win this whole thing.
- This is the part that I dread.
- It's a no.
I don't like doing that.
♪ ♪
[line trilling]
- Hello?
- Hello. It's Simon.
- Hey, Simon. - Simon.
- [laughs]
- Oh, what's up, Simon?
- Yo, Nigel, Simon's on the call.
- What's up?
- Here's what we're doing this year.
We've got about 40 spots for the live shows.
We looked at all the audition tapes back.
A lot of the people, we went, OK, that's not gonna work.
OK. Oh, no, this is not good.
- That's a no.
- A number of people who we went,
OK, they're straight through.
- There's a definite yes. - Wow.
- Yes. - Definitely yes.
- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.
- I think he could win.
- ♪ Prepare yourself, you know it's a must ♪
- And then there's some people like yourself,
who we think are really, really good.
However, we would like to see again.
- OK. - OK.
- The idea is, is that you would come to my house.
- Very interesting idea.
- Goodbye!
- And if it goes well, then you're going to get a place
in the live show this year.
- All right. - Yeah.
- Looking forward to seeing all of you.
- Me too. Thanks so much, Simon.
- Bro.
- Goin' up to the spirit in the sky ♪
- ♪ Spirit in the sky ♪
- ♪ That's where I'm gonna go when I die ♪
- Yo, what's up, everybody?
- ♪ When I die and they lay me ♪
- Simon really believes in me.
- You have to imagine what something's
going to look like.
So I'm saying yes.
- I hope I get to make Simon proud.
- Yeah.
[shouting]
[buzzer]
- You are really, really funny.
I love you. - Oh!
Thank you!
- What are your names?
- My name is Nyjah Music.
- And I'm Zyah Rhythm.
- He's gonna recommend you ♪
- The dream for us is to be known around the whole world,
inspire people, to--
--be like Simon.
- Here we go. Here we go.
- Are you guys seeing this?
- Yeah. - Whoo.
- So we're at Simon's house now.
- Holy crap.
- The house is insane.
Guys, update. Simon Cowell is successful.
- Oh, my god, this is nice.
- Yay! We made it to Simon's house, girls!
- Man, like, this could really--
this could be our shot.
Like, Elektro Dads could actually be a sustainable
future for our families.
- Hello. - Oh, wow!
[all shouting]
- Every day I would think about my audition.
♪ I will forgive but I won't forget ♪
Can we hug?
- Of course we can.
- Just would hope that I would get another chance.
- Come on.
- Ultimately, I'm one bad performance from going home.
- ♪ Dream on ♪
So I want to take it up a notch and just really,
like, distance myself from everyone else
in the competition.
- The road to the live shows goes straight
through Simon's backyard.
[Dua Lipa's "Be The One"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I see the moon ♪
♪ I see the moon ♪
♪ Oh, when you're looking at the sun ♪
- So I've got six acts, and they're
all really, really good.
- So who's coming?
- We're Butter & Grit.
- We're here to bring Nashville to California.
- ♪ Oh, baby, come on, lemme get to know you
Like, this is-- this is insane.
- And then we've got Bety.
She's 17 years old.
- I'm so overwhelmed right now.
- How about you being from here?
Generally, does it make you less nervous?
- Well, it's nice to not have jetlag.
- My bracelet was in my dressing room,
and it ended up in my red buzzer.
Come on.
- What jewelry are you wearing?
- Well, you can't get that off. - You can't take that off.
Perfect.
- I'm feeling a little green right now.
- Yeah.
- I want to tell you off, because you're so talented,
you could have done better.
And there's James and Marina.
So they do this thing.
Let me get it right. It's called second sight.
- Like a mind reader.
- 4, 9, 8, 3, 7.
- What just happened?
[dramatic music]
- Oh, my god.
- Oh, my gosh.
- It's really sweet.
- OK, this is amazing.
- Everything feels like a dream at this point.
- Butter, go knock.
- Go, go.
[laughter]
- Oh, my god, they're here.
[laughter]
Come on, Mother.
- These opportunities don't come every day.
- This is crazy.
- They sometimes don't even come once in a lifetime.
- Hello.
[dog barking]
Welcome to my house.
- Come in, everyone.
- This is gorgeous.
- Come on, help yourselves.
You must be hungry.
- Simon just let us eat all this beautiful food.
We're hanging out.
I think we're going to chill on the couch in a second and chat.
Dude, what is going on?
- So this is, like I said to you on the phone,
everyone always asks, how do you make the decision
as to who makes the live shows, because there's only 44 spots?
And we thought about it and said,
actually, it would be a really good idea if all of us
individually, with acts who we particularly liked,
be able to see you a second time.
And I, most importantly, want to get to know you.
And then, tomorrow, you're going to get to perform.
- Sweet. Thank you. - Thank you, Simon.
- Excited?
- Super excited.
- All right, good.
- All right.
- Thanks, everyone.
- Mom, have you got the tea ready?
- Hi, everyone.
[together] Hi.
- She offered us tea and biscuits.
- These are cookies.
- Biscuits, we say.
Come on.
- OK.
- Let's get down to business.
Butter and Grit, I want to see you first.
Come on.
Come into my front room.
Make yourselves comfortable, you lot.
So tell me, how are you enjoying
England and lovely Leeds?
- It's very different compared to Nashville.
both: ♪ I got the backyard barbecue ♪
- I think it sounded like one of those popular
restaurant commercials.
both: ♪ Pancake mix and butter and grits ♪
- Our first audition, we brought the fun.
both: ♪ I got the sweet ♪
- Now we want you to see our heart.
- It's risky going from something
that we're familiar with to something that we're not.
- Like, it is a risk, but we want
to prove that we're equally as entertaining
when we are telling a story.
- Going up against these other acts
is a scary thing, because they're all so talented.
- Some of us can't go through, and it's intimidating.
But the good news is, I do something that they don't do.
I tried to make up a password the other day.
It just insults me.
Weak!
Poor!
- I found you particularly very, very, very funny.
Moving forward, you know--
- Yes.
- --for example, tomorrow we're going to be in just a barn.
It's not going to be an audience.
- There's no audience?
- No.
- Nobody?
- Well, it's just me.
- Just you.
- And you.
- That's not how comedy works.
In my business, when you walk in a room
and there's two people, the show's over.
- Come on, off you go. - All right.
- Bye. - Thank you.
- Lachlan, he's a comedian.
He thrives off the audience's energy.
But the audience is two people.
You know what, actually?
- ♪ Oh, baby, come on, let me get to know you ♪
- Hi, guys.
I can't let you come all the way to Leeds without taking you
to my local pub.
[cheers and applause]
Come on, let's go to the pub.
- ♪ I could be the one, be the one ♪
♪ Be the one, be the one, be the one ♪
- One Kirkby Lonsdale.
- Don't be saying that I don't take you places.
OK, guys?
Cheers.
- ♪ I could be the one ♪
- So listen, listen, listen.
So tomorrow it's just me and my guest.
And for a comedian, you need an audience, don't you?
- What are you up to right now?
- You need an audience.
- Now, are you thinking what I think you're thinking?
- You know, this vibe would be kind of cool.
- Yeah.
- You don't have to.
- No, I agree with you.
- Why don't you take a second?
I've got-- I'm going to set up the mic for you.
- OK.
- And then just do your thing.
- Yeah?
- Yay.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm very excited.
I feel like everything that I've done
is leading to this one performance.
- Can you put your hands together for Lachlan?
[cheers and applause]
- Just gotta-- just gotta grab it and go with it.
[cheers and applause]
- Now it's the fun part.
Should I introduce my friends?
[cheers and applause]
- It's like bang, bang, bang, brilliant.
- Emma, did you do something?
- I really [bleep].
- Be prepared for anything.
- He's really naked.
- I'm gonna throw up. - I hate this.
- You're really taking a big risk here.
- ♪ Ahh ♪
- ♪ Ehh ♪
- That wasn't great.
- I'm not taking you through.
Oh, that was hard.
[dramatic music]
- Put your hands together for Lachlan!
[cheers and applause]
- Mel B, ladies and gentlemen.
[cheers and applause]
Hello.
Welcome to me.
Welcome to my talent.
A lot of you are probably wondering
which episode of "Naked and Afraid" you recognize me from.
But this is just-- this is just what I look like.
How was your food tonight?
Did you guys-- did anyone eat?
Did you eat, sir?
- Yorkshire tapas.
- I've never heard of that.
- I love the accent.
I don't have any idea what you're saying, but I love it.
No idea.
I don't know where to ever eat.
I don't know if you guys have this here, when restaurants
sometimes have above the name of the restaurant
it says, under new management.
Do they have that here?
- No.
- Do people do that?
Who's that for?
Who eats at a restaurant because of the management?
Is that-- honey, what do you feel like tonight,
Chinese or Italian?
Anything with strong leadership.
You decide.
It just makes me feel horrible for the previous manager.
Boss calls him in the office.
Hey, Peter, can you come in here?
I got some good news, and I got some bad news.
And the good news is, you're fired.
What's the bad news?
Well, the bad news is we're going
to tell everybody, so just--
why?
Well, we think it'll drum up more business
if we make it crystal clear that you
don't work here anymore.
I do all the grocery shopping, too, in my house.
And I don't know who's in charge of pulling
the avocados off the trees, but how about giving
them a few more days?
You know?
I just want to eat it.
I don't want to raise it, you know?
- Yes!
- Every morning, I feel my avocado.
Nope, not today.
Nope.
You got to plan that thing out.
Monday, not ready.
Tuesday, not ready.
Wednesday, rotten.
What?
I checked.
All right, you guys, thank you so much.
You guys are awesome.
- Give it up for Lachlan, please!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah.
I mean, there was one or two jokes that I could-- clearly
they did not get, but--
- I don't know. - No?
- I didn't feel that.
No.
- I could have been better.
And as long as I have that sort of feeling, then I have doubt.
- My face hurts from laughing.
Oh, my god.
[gentle piano music]
[rooster crowing]
[sheep bleating]
- Hello, hello, hello.
- Hi!
[applause]
- So day two is a little bit of a different setup,
because you're all going to be performing not just for me.
I've got a very, very special friend of mine
who's going to help me kind of figure out what's going on
and who I'm going to actually take forward.
Are you ready?
[tense music]
It's Baby Spice!
- If you wanna be my lover ♪
♪ You gotta get with my friends ♪
♪ Make it last forever ♪
Hi, Baby.
- Hi, Cookie.
- She's come all the way from London.
- How nice to see you all.
I'm so excited to watch you.
Have fun, and try and remember that I think connection
is really important.
- All right, we'll let you all prepare.
- Yes.
- And we're going to go off and have a natter.
[applause]
Come on.
- It's game time.
- Wow.
[gentle music]
- So I've got two singers--
- Yeah.
- --a comedian, a magic act, a mentalist.
- How do you pick between a magician and a singer?
- Well, that's where--
- That's what's--
- That's why I've brought you to Leeds.
- OK.
- So the song that we're doing today is about our friendship.
- Hey. - Hey.
- Hi. - Hi.
- It shows a very raw side of us.
- Can't wait. - Go for it.
- I can't wait to hear you. - Yeah?
Thank you. - Take your time.
- We've both been through hell and back,
and we're still standing here together.
And that's something that we can really relate to each
other on.
- [clears throat]
- [whispers] Why are we sitting so ladylike?
- [whispers] Because we are ladies.
[gentle music]
[both vocalizing]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I don't believe in signs ♪
- ♪ No, fate don't mean a thing ♪
both: ♪ And even if the stars align ♪
♪ They can't quite explain ♪
♪ We're better together ♪
♪ Now and forever ♪
♪ If you go, I go too ♪
♪ You are the mountains ♪
♪ I am the river ♪
♪ We paint the perfect view ♪
♪ There's no reason we should even ♪
♪ Be in the same room ♪
♪ I don't believe in signs ♪
♪ But I believe-- ♪
both: ♪ --that God knew ♪
- ♪ Oh, God knew I needed melody ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
both: ♪ Then blessed me with the harmony
♪ His plan is such a masterpiece ♪
- ♪ He knew ♪
- ♪ We're better together ♪
- ♪ Now and forever ♪
both: ♪ If you go, I go too ♪
- ♪ You are the mountains ♪
- ♪ I am the river ♪
both: ♪ We paint the perfect view ♪
♪ There's no reason we should even ♪
♪ Be in the same room ♪
♪ But I believe ♪
♪ God knew ♪
[cheers and applause] - Whoo!
Yeah.
- Ohh.
I felt really emotional.
- Thank you. Me too.
- Me too. - Yeah!
- Me too. I love him.
- Actually, you went a little, didn't you?
I felt like you were gonna-- about to cry.
- Yeah, it's-- it's special singing with him.
- Yes.
- And like, sometimes I believe that a soulmate doesn't have
to be your actual partner.
- No, no, no, it doesn't. - Absolutely.
- I feel like he's my soulmate.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
God brought us together, so I'm just thankful we're here.
- Yeah.
- Thank you for letting us be here.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- OK, we'll get out of your hair. Sorry.
- OK. - Get out of here now!
- Unplug it.
[applause]
- If you'd have seen their first audition,
it was very upbeat, very party, very--
- OK.
- That was just them singing.
- Yeah, yeah.
I think, also, they have very different voices,
but managed to blend.
- Like us!
- Yes!
- ♪ Oh I will rescue you ♪
- They blended like us.
♪ ♪
[gentle music]
- Can we clear the backgrounds, please, guys?
- The pressure kind of feels on.
You see all the lights, camera, the action.
And I'm kind of used to TV world,
but this is a level above, you know?
It's just such a big show.
- Yeah.
- Your first audition, it blew me away.
My bracelet was in my dressing room
and it ended up in my red buzzer.
Come on!
- I promise, this time I'm not going
to take any of your jewelry.
I promise.
- You can take my guest's jewelry.
- Oh, wow.
- You're takin' me out of the ordinary ♪
- I really have taken a big risk doing this.
In 2022, the BBC offered me a job as presenter on a very
well-known television show.
It's what we love to see.
Recently, I made the very, very hard choice
of walking away from that job.
But I had to do it, because I don't want
to look back at my life when I'm older
and think I didn't go for it.
Hello.
- Hi. - Hello.
- This is really the chance to take my magic
to another level.
All right, well, listen, Mel, I really
did promise you that I wasn't going
to take any of your jewelry. - Yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
- But I didn't promise you anything, have I?
- No.
- Oh, no.
- You do.
Can I see them for a second?
- Yes.
- I brought some of my own here as well,
but I do want to borrow one of yours.
How about that be? - This one?
- Is that OK? - Yes.
- Can I take it for a second? - Yes, you can.
Of course. - That one looks expensive too.
- I'll be very careful with this.
- Thank you.
- I brought a big bag of rings myself.
I'm going to leave your ring inside like a needle
in a haystack, right? - Oh, no.
- Yes. - OK.
- Speaking of haystacks--
- Yeah? - Oh, no.
- This couldn't have worked out any more perfectly.
Let's pop your ring--
- Please don't lose it.
- Should we dump them all out inside, every single one?
Your ring, lost with a bunch of needles in a haystack.
We'll come back to that in a second.
I need your help.
You need to do an internet search for me, right?
- Right.
- And would you search "AGT"?
Just search "AGT."
- Yeah.
There we go.
- Have you done that for me, Mel?
- Yeah. - Lovely job.
Very simple.
You're going to scroll to a word.
We're going to see what that word is.
- OK. - Just one big scroll.
- Scroll. - OK.
- Right there.
- What word?
- A walnut. - A walnut.
- Good word.
Remember walnut. - OK.
- I do want one for you as well, though, Mel.
One big scroll.
[mystical music]
- Audition. - Audition.
Now remember that rightly. - Right.
- Audition. Mel.
- Yeah. - That is your fruit bowl.
- Yes.
- And I brought the lemons here.
Right, Emma, I need you to pick a lemon for me.
- OK.
- Tell me the one you want.
- Stop.
- Is that this one?
- Yes. - You're sure?
- I'm sure.
- Would you like to change? - No, that's the one.
- Not gonna change your mind? - I'm not changing my mind.
- We'll take this one then. OK, that's fine.
Don't worry.
Here's the thing.
Don't blink.
I'm going to cut this open--
- Oh, no way. - No way.
- --without cutting my fingers.
- Yeah, be careful.
- I'm going to be careful.
And--
- It can't be.
I don't--
- No, no, sorry.
This sometimes happens.
Inside here, we actually have an egg.
- Oh.
- Right. - Oh, no.
- Sorry.
- Is that my chicken egg?
- That is from your chicken.
That makes complete sense. - Yeah.
- You just picked a word, right?
- Yeah.
- What was the word you picked?
- Audition.
- Your chickens know you so well.
Etched into the egg, one word.
- Audition!
- Audition.
- Stop it.
- You picked a word too. You picked a word as well.
And that word was--
- A walnut. - Not egg.
- No, walnut.
[egg cracks]
- Inside this egg--
- Is a walnut!
Stop it!
- --is in fact, a walnut. - What?
- One walnut.
I can't believe it.
- I'm speechless.
- Oh. - Oh, no, what's inside?
- Sorry. - It's the ring.
- Oh, no. It can't be my ring.
It can't be.
- No, it can't be. It couldn't be.
- No. - No.
You threw it over there. - Yeah.
No, you threw it over there. - Watch very closely.
Hold out your hand.
Watch.
[walnut cracks]
♪ ♪
Inside.
Emma.
Is that your ring?
- Oh, my-- you are joking me.
- He's really good.
- That's all I got for you. I'll leave it there.
Thank you very, very much. - I can't believe it!
- Oh, my god!
- Thank you. Thank you, guys.
Appreciate it.
Cheers.
- Insane.
- That was great.
- Yeah.
- Check those lemons.
- Not the lemons.
- ♪ Beautiful colors ♪
- My ring was in the walnut.
- I am glad it's over because I was nervous going into that.
- The only thing I can make disappear is food,
so that's definitely going to be tough to follow.
- How are we feeling?
- Hello.
So this is my first time out of the States.
- My stomach's in knots a little bit.
I'm not going to lie.
- You think it's because we're about 5,000
miles away from home or because we're on the way
to Mel B's house?
- We're on the way to Mel B's house.
- ♪ I feel something so wrong ♪
♪ Doing the right thing ♪
Since we're from such a small town,
at our audition, we were feeling a little nervous.
- Our music needed to be tighter.
- For me, to polish it and get it ready,
it won't be this season.
It'll be next season, so for me, it's a no.
- ♪ Baby, I'm feel-- ♪
- I'm in two minds with you two right now.
Because you're so talented, you could have done better.
I'll give you your third yes.
- Thank you!
- We're very thankful for Mel B.
She is the reason we were sent through.
And we told her that we were hard workers,
and we're here to prove that.
- So your first audition went great,
but there were some comments.
What changes have you made or are you going to make?
- So the song we're doing starts
out slower and more intimate.
- What song is it?
- "Shut Up and Dance."
- Ooh.
Now, are you open to possibly having different song choices
that you may learn on the fly?
- Yes.
- Because tomorrow's a big day.
- We're very open to anything.
- Good.
Good.
- She doesn't love the song that we already have prepared.
- I feel like now we have to do another song.
- Yes.
- We're not-- we're not going to let any--
any curveball hinder our performance.
[vocalizing]
[guitar strings plunking]
- Something's still feeling off.
This is crazy.
We've had less than 24 hours to really recreate a song.
- It needs to feel more cohesive,
and it needs to feel more prepared.
[bleep].
The live shows are right at our fingertips.
We're one step away from that.
- But if you don't grab it, it's not going to happen.
- All right, let's get it on.
Here we go.
- I want to prove to Mel that she made the right choice
in putting us through.
And however the chips fall, they will fall.
- Hi. - Hello.
- I know I gave you a lot of stuff to think about yesterday.
- Mm-hmm.
- So what have you done?
- Yeah.
We tried preparing new things, and we just found that it
wasn't really working for us.
- All right, just do you.
- Ready?
[gentle guitar music]
- ♪ We were victims of the night ♪
♪ A chemical physical kryptonite ♪
♪ Helpless to the bass and the faded light ♪
♪ Oh, we were bound to be together ♪
♪ Bound to be together ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ So don't you dare look back ♪
♪ Just keep your eyes on me ♪
♪ I said, you're holding back ♪
♪ He said, shut up and dance with me ♪
♪ This boy is my destiny ♪
♪ He said, ooh ♪
♪ Shut up and dance with me ♪
♪ Ahh-ahh ♪
♪ Deep in his eyes, I think I see the future ♪
♪ I realize this is my last chance ♪
♪ He took my heart ♪
♪ I don't know how it happened ♪
♪ We took the floor and he said ♪
♪ Oh, don't you dare look back ♪
♪ Just keep your eyes on me ♪
♪ I said, you're holding back ♪
♪ He said, shut up and dance ♪
♪ Don't you dare look back ♪
♪ Just keep your eyes on me ♪
♪ I said, you're holding back ♪
♪ He said, shut up and dance with me ♪
♪ This boy is my destiny ♪
♪ He said, ooh ♪
♪ Shut up and dance with me ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- That was a huge risk for them.
- Yeah, big risk.
- Don't you think her voice has got, like,
Dolly Parton-y twang?
- Yeah, yeah.
- I wish she would have brought that out a bit more.
- So you guys didn't notice any mistakes or nothing?
- None. - No, no.
- It sounded really good.
- I'm still-- my knees are still wobbling.
[laughter]
- It's so hard to compare, but I think
we've got a real challenge.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- There's a lot of pressure on us.
So what we're planning is something totally new.
We want to not only show what we do
but take it a step further.
Maybe you could help us out with something.
Do you mind gathering just random personal possessions,
maybe-- maybe 10, and just bring them with you tomorrow?
It could be anything.
What we're going to do for Mel is scarier,
and it could backfire horrendously.
- It's a massive risk.
But we have realized that nothing good comes from just
sitting in your comfort zone.
[dramatic music]
- Hello. - Oh, wow.
Look at you two.
- Hello. - Good to see how.
Hi. - How you doing?
- I'm-- we're good.
- So good to see you.
- This is your time.
- Ready? - Yeah.
Let's do it.
- OK.
Mel, can you come and just cover Marina's eyes with
your hand, please?
- She made me do this last time.
- Yes, I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
- Now, what we do works because of the connection
that we've developed over the years.
So when I pick up an object, Marina isn't
connecting to the object.
She's connecting through me, and it works with anything,
as soon as I see something. - Oh.
Hello.
- Can you tell me what this is?
- This feels like a phone, James.
- That's right.
Well done.
But if I don't see something, Marina needs
to connect to somebody else.
For example, hold your hand out like this.
Put your other hand on top.
Marina will attempt to tell you something about the phone
that she couldn't possibly know.
- OK.
- I'm picking up on some digits,
and I have a feeling that this could be
your phone battery percentage.
I feel like your phone is charged to either 38%
or-- actually, I'll go for 39% battery at this moment.
- Marina's saying 39%.
Can we unlock the phone and have a look?
- Yes.
[gasps]
I didn't even know that.
- You know what?
I'm actually picking up on something else.
And I'm such a dog lover, I think you
have a dog somewhere there.
- No.
Oh, my goodness.
He's called Bubba.
- Thank you, Mel. Please have a seat.
Thank you so much.
- We're going to try and put ourselves to a real challenge
right now.
Marina's going to go away, and I don't
mean somewhere in this room.
I'm talking about the other side of that field.
- You're going outside?
Really?
- Marina's going to go away.
I'm talking about the other side of that field.
- You're going outside? - Yes.
[giggles]
- You can't go outside in those heels.
Where are my-- have I got my wellies?
- No way. No.
- Have I got my wellies? Ah.
- Oh, that's what-- you were wearing them yesterday.
- These are my wellies. - I love them.
- You can't go out there in your heels.
Go on. - Are you--
- Oh, amazing. OK.
- Thank you.
- They're a size 5 1/2.
- OK, I'll change in a second.
- Oh, you're so caring.
Thank you so much.
- Oh, and they fit perfect.
- Good.
- Yes!
OK, you guys, I'll see you soon.
OK?
- OK. - Good luck out there.
[suspenseful music]
- Mel, we asked you to bring some items yesterday, right?
- Yes.
- Can you bring them out, please?
- I've got my bag of stuff that me and my husband
collected throughout my house yesterday.
- Can you place your items on the table for me
in any order you'd like?
- My husband chose a few, and then I chose a few.
♪ ♪
- OK.
Marina's in position.
She's putting the blindfold on now.
Right there.
- All the way in that field?
She's got the blindfold on and everything.
- [gasps]
- Marina? Can you hear us?
- I do.
- Awesome.
Go for what this is.
- James, the first item, I believe,
could be some sort of cork.
- That's a cork.
- Yep.
- Now tell me what this is next.
- Is this some tea maybe?
Oh, wait, that tastes like yesterday.
It could be some tea, like Yorkshire tea.
- Yorkshire tea.
- They had tea yesterday.
- Of course.
- Could you tell me what this is now?
- There are a lot of matches there.
It's actually the whole box of matches.
- It is the box of matches. - Very nice.
- Can you tell me what this is?
- That's another box.
- Brilliant.
Who am I pointing at?
- Wait, is that Posh Spice?
Victoria.
- That's Victoria. Amazing.
And what is this?
- The whole Spice Girls band is there
and I think those are badges.
- They are badges.
Marina, can you come back in, please?
- Come in out of the cold.
Can you believe that?
- OK, let's go back.
- Amazing.
- We experience something that no one
else ever gets to experience.
So we're going to see if you guys can actually
experience what we do.
- Are you serious?
- We're serious.
- OK.
- So you probably saw me in the pub taking some photos.
- Yeah.
- I've got some Polaroid photos--
- Yes. - --of the crew.
Can you take these?
Go through them and take just one out and
hold it against your chest.
Put the rest on the table.
Make sure nobody-- no camera, nobody else in this room,
not Emma, nobody else sees the person that you're picking.
It should only be you that knows.
That's really important.
- Hey, guys. I'm back.
- Hi. - Welcome back.
- Are you OK?
- That was incredible.
- Thank you.
- So you didn't feel cold?
- No, not at all.
- You've got one? - Yeah.
- OK.
Can you hold it in your hands like this?
- Yeah.
- Come and join us just over here.
Hold on to it about there.
That's perfect.
OK, Emma, you're with me.
Please stand right here.
- I'm really nervous about this.
- Me, too.
- Mel B.
- Yeah?
- In a moment, I will touch your forehead just like this.
OK?
- Yeah.
- And as soon as I do, I need you to close your eyes
and say this name in your mind.
- Right.
- Emma, you have the hardest job.
- I do? - Yeah.
- You're going to be receiving this thought.
When this happens, I'm also going to touch you
on the forehead right here.
- You're really taking a big risk here, by the way.
I'm just saying. - Are you ready?
- Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- Emma, did you get something?
- Holy [bleep].
- Did you hear something or feel
something or see something?
- I feel like I heard something.
- What did you hear?
- I heard a name.
- What name did you hear?
♪ ♪
- Leo.
- Stop it!
- Leo?
- Yes!
- Really?
Can I see?
Oh, gosh!
That is so weird.
- I'm actually speechless.
- Wow.
- All of a sudden, I just-- Leo.
I am seriously in shock.
I don't even know.
It was very, very brave of you.
- There was other stuff in my mind, you know.
- I know. Me too.
- That's nuts. - Thank you so much.
Thank you. - Thank you.
- Well done. - Thank you, guys.
We'll see you. - Very brave.
Well done.
- [trills lips]
- Oh, my goodness.
- That's nuts.
- Oh, my god.
I'm in-- that all, I don't know what just happened.
- Yeah, I'm about to faint.
- Do you know what's even weirder?
I don't even know who Leo is.
[laughter]
[birds chirping]
- Right, it's Bety next.
- I auditioned for "America's Got Talent,"
because it was my dream since I was a little girl.
[singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
But after the audition, I went back to high school,
and it was hard for me.
I just never realized it could be real.
- I wanted to invite you to my home,
because I really want to give you the best shot you
can ever possibly have in the next round
of "America's Got Talent."
- I'm the youngest one here, and it does feel intimidating.
- Here we go.
- Not everybody will go to the live shows,
but I'm ready to fight for my place.
Hi.
I hope I got it.
I hope.
[inspirational music]
♪ ♪
- How are you doing?
- I'm great.
I'm a little nervous.
- This is quite a big deal, so just shake those nerves off.
- Yeah.
- Good luck.
- Thank you so much.
[gentle music]
♪ I remember years ago ♪
♪ Someone told me I should take ♪
♪ Caution when it comes to love ♪
♪ I did ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
♪ Tell them all I know now ♪
♪ Shout it from the rooftops ♪
♪ Write it on the skyline ♪
♪ All we had is gone now ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ Impossible ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ Tell them all I know now ♪
♪ Shout it from the rooftops ♪
♪ Write it on the skyline ♪
♪ All we had is gone now ♪
♪ Tell them I was happy ♪
♪ And my heart is broken ♪
[vocalizing]
[singing in Spanish]
♪ Impossible ♪
[applause]
- How does that feel? Good?
- Yeah.
Thank you so much.
- She really connected with that.
She really felt it.
- Oh, my gosh, I'm going to throw up, guys.
Ooh!
- This is so difficult for you, Mel,
because you've got some really good acts.
And also, they're all so different.
- But that's why I chose those six.
But now I'm thinking, who's ready for the live shows?
It's tough, isn't it?
- It's tough.
- Thank you for the advice.
- I've got to go now, but I love you so much.
- Oh, no! - I'm getting my train.
Good luck.
I do not envy you at all.
Good luck. [laughs]
Bye!
[tense music]
- Today has been a roller-coaster ride,
because they've all grown so much.
But then the difficult part is saying no.
I want to take all of them with me.
- I'm about to throw up.
- Although Mel B asked us to do something a little different,
we hope that sticking to our gut was the right decision.
- First of all, I want to say how impressed I am by
you today.
- Oh, yay.
- I know you worked really, really, really hard.
But I'm not-- I'm not taking you through, because I
think you need more time.
Simple as that.
♪ ♪
- Thank you.
I've had a blast here, and it's definitely a sad thing.
[sniffles]
- It's a no.
- ♪ Have we missed our moment? ♪
We got noes.
- No for this time.
- ♪ How could fate be so unfair? ♪
- Oh, that was hard.
- You guys are so young.
This is your first time trying.
Just keep on pushing. - Yeah.
- You know that.
You know that.
- We're going to do everything we can to make this work.
This is our dream.
- Our future is about to diverge into one of two paths.
We don't know which path, and it's terrifying.
- So this is the part that I dread always.
What you do is so mysterious and
magical, yet at the end of the day,
it is a competition.
♪ ♪
I'm taking you through to the live shows.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[applause]
- We're just so used to being told
that we're not good enough.
And I think to have someone like Mel B just say,
actually, yeah, you are, is incredible.
- You did great today.
The magic's there, but you need to perfect
it just that little bit more.
So I can't take you through.
Not this time.
- ♪ And this fear has taken down good men ♪
♪ It's been dark ♪
- I'm so sorry.
- He was so lovely.
- ♪ I can barely get myself ♪
- So I know I put you on the spot last night,
but like you said, you need an audience.
- Yeah.
- You delivered, but it's almost like you don't
believe in yourself enough.
And I don't want to put anybody
through that's not 100% ready.
[gentle music]
So I'm not going to put you through to the live shows.
Go and work on it and come back.
- You've got it.
She doesn't think I'm ready for the next round.
You know, disappointed, but this doesn't stop me at all.
- [exhales]
I really liked him.
- That's it for me, guys.
It's all good.
Everything's cool, though.
- I hate this.
- My stomach hurts so bad.
Really.
- Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh.
- ♪ Well, you're not what I was looking for ♪
- Listen.
You're 17, and I think you've got a lot to learn.
I think you played it very, very safe today.
And that comes from experience.
That's that comes from challenging yourself.
So...
I'm going to take you through to the live shows.
- No. Wait.
No, really? Oh, my gosh.
- I am.
- Oh, my gosh, thank you so much.
- ♪ Light me up again ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- I'm in the live shows.
What?
This is the best moment of my life, for sure,
without a doubt.
- I just want to say to you both, what
you did today was incredible.
[exhales]
But the competition is huge.
We've got so many amazing singers.
♪ ♪
[exhales]
- ♪ So I won't hold back ♪
- But I'm taking you through.
- ♪ So I won't look back ♪
♪ Light me up again ♪
- Thank you so much.
- For Mel B to look at us and to tell us
that she believes in us and she thinks that we
can be something great--
I mean, shoot, I can die happy now.
- I can go--
- But not before the live shows.
- Yeah. - Not before the live shows.
- Oh, my god!
[cheers and applause]
- I'm confident in my three acts I've put through.
Now it's out of my hands.
It's up to America.
And you better be on my side.
♪ ♪
- Welcome.
- To be performing at Simon's house, it's insane.
- I've never seen anything like it.
- I did tell you.
- I don't want to go home empty-handed
to my wife and my kids.
- There are no rules at this point.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- This is a big day today.
Some of my favorite acts have come back,
and now we're going to find out who can make
it through to the live shows.
♪ ♪
- And me, dancing since I was 11 years old,
now to be performing at Simon's house,
I mean, it's insane.
- Nyjah, wake up.
It's time.
- You just breathe it in and it, like,
hydrates your vocal cords.
- I want to be a singer.
I want to be a performer, because I love it.
I can't see myself doing anything else.
That's why I'm here.
I have to give the best performance of my life today.
- Good luck, Daddy. I love you.
- I love you, too.
Thank you.
- Oh, no.
- Does he have clothes underneath?
- You got underwear on? - Hi.
Morning.
- I hope he has clothes underneath.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- OK, contestants, please come on here to the stage.
- Standby. Waiting for speed.
- OK, right.
Are we good?
- This got real.
- Let it all out.
Let it all out.
Breathe.
How are you all feeling? - Good.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Ready. - OK.
Now it's the fun part.
Should I introduce my friends? - Yes.
- Right. Here they come.
- ♪ Give it to me, I'm worth it ♪
- Oh, snap.
- ♪ Baby I'm worth it ♪
♪ Uh-huh, I'm worth it ♪
- Normani, I met on "X Factor."
Normani became the pivotal part of Fifth Harmony,
one of the best bands I've ever worked with in my life.
She has literally been exactly in this kind of space.
And Poo has written and produced more hits probably
than anyone I've known for artists
like Justin Bieber, Usher, Lil Wayne, Ariana Grande.
Honestly, too many to count.
- We're here to enjoy you guys, so I'm excited to hear you
and see you. Yeah.
[applause]
- Enjoy it.
Have fun.
And you've prepared in order to be in this position,
and just know that you're already equipped,
and trust that. - Right.
Shall we do it?
- Let's do it.
- Right.
- Here we go, boys.
- Come on, man.
This is what you do for a living?
- Yeah.
- It is interesting being on this side, this end of it.
- Yeah, I was going to--
I was going to ask you.
- I feel like I have, like, a soft spot,
because I understand-- - Yeah, yeah.
- --what they're already feeling, because that's exactly
how I felt.
- All right, Sando, you ready?
It's time to go to stage. - Let's go.
- Go for it. - Let's go for it.
[upbeat music]
- With two billion people watching you online,
what made you come here?
- An opportunity for me.
Because this could open doors for me in the future.
- I do believe sometimes, you know,
if you just live in that social media world,
it's great until suddenly you're on a stage,
and it's like, I've got nowhere to go.
- I was not that impressed.
[audience jeering]
- So I'm used to making dance videos in public.
- Come and join me.
- But it's never on a stage.
- I wanted to give you a challenge, which was,
can we do something on our show which is bigger than anything
you've done before?
- Yeah.
- So I was thinking, make it not just you,
but with other people. - Oh, with other people.
Yeah. - Yeah.
You've done nothing with drones or anything?
- I haven't.
- Because that's what I sort of see in my head.
- OK, cool.
Simon wants me to go bigger.
So for this performance, I'm doing so many new things
that I've never done before.
All right, where are you guys at?
You guys are outside? Oh, OK.
OK.
I found some dancers through some mutual friends.
- Hey, hey. - Oh, what's up, man?
- My G. - How's it going?
- We're here for you, bro. - You guys made it.
- So what's your plan?
- We got-- we got--
I mean, we've got to rehearse, you know?
We got to practice.
- The Elektro Dads have been dancing for years.
They've been together for years.
They've been knowing each other for years.
So they know who's who,
and we only practice two times.
So when we do the flare, the drone
should already be above us.
I do have a lot to prove this round.
- Hello, my friend.
- How's it going, Simon?
Simon wants me to go either big or go home.
I'm going to go big.
- OK, cue the drone.
[drone whirring]
[upbeat music]
- [singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- That's his move.
- Oh, that guy? - Yeah.
- I've seen that guy.
- [singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
♪ I know it's fate ♪
- ♪ Everybody over there ♪
♪ Get on up ♪
♪ Everybody out there ♪
♪ Get into it ♪
♪ Everybody right there ♪
♪ Get involved ♪
♪ Everybody get up ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Come on, come on ♪
♪ Everybody over there ♪
♪ Get on up ♪
♪ Everybody right there ♪
♪ Get into it ♪
♪ Everybody over here ♪
♪ Get involved ♪
♪ Come on with your little, come on ♪
♪ Everybody over there, get on up ♪
♪ Everybody right there, get into it ♪
♪ Everybody over there, get involved ♪
♪ Get involved ♪
♪ Wait, you get involved ♪
♪ You get involved ♪
♪ You get in ♪
- Great.
[applause]
- Ow!
- Oh my God.
- Well done.
- Just him, yeah. - Oh wow.
- Yeah. - Interesting.
- But imagine this with like ten additional--
- I was going to say it might be cool
for you to scale it even more.
That's brilliant.
It's brilliant-- it's brilliant.
It's original. - Thank you guys.
- That you walked in something like a fever dream ♪
- Look at that.
- I was a bit nervous.
It was a short amount of time too, as well.
And we got it done, you know.
We got it done, and we're ready for more.
♪ ♪
- Travis, we're ready for you.
- Let's do it. - All right, boy.
All right. - Dude, kill it.
Kill it. Kill it.
- So this guy's got a really interesting story.
- What's up, Normani, Simon? - Hi.
- How are you doing? - Ooh, how are we doing?
- All right. - Doing good?
- Yeah. - Right.
Tell Normani about you.
- So my name is Travis Garland.
I've been out here in the music industry for 20 years now.
Currently, I sing on a show called
"Dancing with the Stars."
- So wild.
You're the person on this big show singing
these songs every week, but nobody
actually knows who you are.
- He told me on our phone call, he said--
- I think at the moment you are corny.
- OK.
[laughs]
Oh my God.
- I've got to wear this.
I've got to wear my sunglasses.
I'm going to take them off at a certain time.
- And spoiler alert, I did rehearse it.
I came prepared.
- None of that matters to me. - OK.
- I just want to see the real you.
[gentle music]
- I've been singing and performing my whole life,
signed my first record deal when I was, you know, 17.
I was like, oh, we're on our way.
I'm going to make it.
And, you know, I'm still not where I want to be.
- You almost got to forget about the record business,
the music business, anything like that.
It doesn't matter. - Yeah.
- All you've got to do is just sing that song amazingly well.
That's it.
- You know, I wouldn't be here if I didn't think
I couldn't win this competition.
- All right.
Enjoy.
- Thank you so much.
Most people, they won't-- they won't make it,
and they won't succeed and reach their dreams.
That's why I came here.
That's what I came to do.
[light music]
♪ ♪
♪ And you got me like, oh ♪
♪ What you want from me? ♪
♪ And I tried to buy your pretty heart ♪
♪ But the price was too high ♪
♪ Baby you got me like ah ♪
♪ Ahh ♪
♪ Don't you stop loving me ♪
♪ Don't quit loving me ♪
♪ Just start loving me ♪
♪ Oh, and babe, I'm fist fighting with fire ♪
♪ Just to get close to you ♪
♪ Can we burn something, babe? ♪
♪ And I run for miles just to get a taste ♪
♪ Must be love on the brain ♪
♪ That's got me feeling this way ♪
♪ It beats me black and blue but you love me so good ♪
♪ And I can't get enough ♪
♪ Must be love on the brain ♪
♪ And I'm fist fighting with fire ♪
♪ Just to get close to you ♪
♪ Can we burn something, babe? ♪
♪ And I run for miles just to get a taste ♪
♪ Must be love ♪
♪ Ohh-ohh ♪
- ♪ That's got me feeling this way ♪
- ♪ Feeling this way ♪
♪ It beats me black and blue but you love me so good ♪
♪ That I can't get enough ♪
♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
- Whoo.
- ♪ Whoo ♪
♪ Cursing my name ♪
♪ It beats me black and blue but you love me so good ♪
♪ That I can't get enough ♪
♪ Must be love on the brain ♪
- Wow.
- Ooh.
There we go. - Wow.
- You did good. Well done.
- Thank you, guys. I appreciate you.
- Yeah, great job. - See y'all.
- Ultimately, it's in Simon's hands now.
I hope that was enough to get me through to the next round.
- We knew that talent was good, but now it's getting real.
I hope there's a lot of spots. - Yeah.
- To be here right now, I'm feeling very lucky.
- I'm pretty nervous just to sing in front of Simon.
- Now you've got this far.
You're thinking, now, I want to do this full-time.
- Yeah. - Full-time.
- And you know what comes with it?
- Work. - Work.
- A lot of work.
- I'll do whatever it takes to be up there.
- You were very nervous the first time.
- Yeah.
- Growing up, we were always singing in the living room,
just, like, watching the show.
[cheers and applause]
So seeing that stage and, like, not watching
someone else is so much more crazy.
- ♪ I be your heartbeat? ♪ - ♪ Can I be your heartbeat? ♪
- I think this is really for me, making a decision about,
is it your time this year, you know?
And you've got to be confident in yourself.
- We dreamt in since we were little.
- Yeah.
- Hey, you got next.
So come on.
- Ready?
Today could change our lives. - Hey, good luck, boys.
Good luck. - All right, thank you.
- Thank you.
This is a huge performance for us.
- It could be the start of our dream to be the big leagues.
We want to show Simon what we can do.
- OK.
- Over here.
- Hey, boys.
Don't overthink this.
Enjoy yourselves.
- Yeah.
[light upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Throwin' petals like, "Do you love me or not?" ♪
♪ My head is spinnin', and it don't know when to stop ♪
♪ 'Cause you said "Forever," babe, did you mean it or not? ♪
- ♪ Hold on, hold on ♪
- Right.
- ♪ You leave on read babe, but I still get the message ♪
♪ Instead of a line-- ♪
- OK, that wasn't great.
- It just wasn't working.
- Normani said you want to use the stage,
you use the whole stage.
- Have more funs straight out the gate.
Just own it.
- Right. Let's start again.
Come on.
[cheers and applause]
- One more time. All right, let's move.
- Yeah.
[light upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Throwin' petals like, "Do you love me or not?" ♪
♪ My head is spinnin', and it don't know when to stop ♪
♪ 'Cause you said, "Forever," babe, did you mean it or not? ♪
♪ Hold on, hold on ♪
- Yeah.
- ♪ You leave me on read, babe, but I still get the message ♪
both: ♪ Instead of a line, it's three dots ♪
♪ But I can connect them ♪
♪ And if it ain't right, babe, you know I respect it ♪
♪ But if you need time, just take your time ♪
♪ Honey, I ♪
both: ♪ Get it, I get it, I get it ♪
- ♪ The way you got me all in my head ♪
- ♪ Think I'd rather you in my bed ♪
♪ Whatever it is, you know I can take it ♪
- ♪ Counting the days ♪
- ♪ How many days ♪
both: ♪ 'Til I can see you again? ♪
- ♪ 'Til I can see you again ♪
both: ♪ 'Til I can see you again ♪
- There you go, the connection.
- Off the chart a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That was dope.
both: ♪ 'Til I can see you again ♪
[cheers and applause]
- All right, boys.
- Wow. - Thank you.
- Good.
- Wow. - Very good.
- Night and day difference. - Yes, yep.
- Unbelievable. - Right out the gate.
- I feel like you were nervous.
And as you kept going, you got more comfortable
and more comfortable. - Yeah.
- We're proud.
- We appreciate that so much.
- Thank you guys for the second chance.
- Good job. - Thank you, guys.
- So young.
So much room for growth, like, improvement.
- Oh, wow. This is hard.
This is really difficult.
There are only a few spots available,
and I have to make a decision.
- I can't tell if those are good tears or bad tears.
[dramatic music]
[upbeat music]
- I can't believe that, like--
- How did we get here, dude? - What the heck?
We're at Simon's house, bro, on the beach?
We work our 9:00 to 5:00s.
We work our real estate jobs being
able to support our families.
But I didn't know that I was missing
something until I hit that stage on that first audition.
- ♪ Someone like you should be walking on air ♪
♪ D-d-d-dancing and flipping your hair ♪
- We've been friends for the last 20 years.
We met each other in high school,
and we started a dance group together.
- We've done professional gigs and that sort of thing.
But we all got married fairly young.
We all started having kids, so we were just like,
you know, well, maybe this will go on the back burner
for a little bit.
- I think just judging people on their technique,
it's boring for me.
But I think people are going to relate to you.
- Thank you so much.
- This is nerve-racking.
This is a big deal, and it means a lot to us.
- If we could turn this into some sort of career
and provide for our families while being passionate
about what we do, I think it's going to make
a massive impact on our families.
- And it's going to help--
I think we could send a message to other dads
who fell off and forgot what they
were passionate about as well.
- How do you feel about what you prepped for for tomorrow?
- The piece is literally like-- - Our life.
- --what we go through, like, all the time.
- It's literally last Saturday exactly what happened
just on stage in a dance form.
20 years, boys.
20 years comes down to this two minutes.
- They literally are the dancing dads.
- Wow.
- Hello.
Please leave a message after the tone.
[phone beeps] - Hey, babe.
I'm sure your hands are full, but I just wanted
to call to say thank you for letting us girls
have a girls' night.
Oh, oh, and I think one of the babies
might need a diaper change.
OK, love you. Bye.
[The Gap Band's "You Dropped a Bomb On Me"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ You were the girl that changed my world ♪
♪ You were the girl for me ♪
♪ But you turned me out ♪
♪ You dropped a bomb on me, baby ♪
♪ You dropped a bomb on me ♪
♪ You dropped a bomb on me, baby ♪
♪ You dropped a bomb on me ♪
♪ I, I, I ♪
♪ I, I, I won't forget it ♪
♪ I, I, I ♪
♪ I, I, I won't forget it ♪
♪ You turn me out, you turn me on ♪
♪ And then you drop it to the ground ♪
♪ And drop the bomb on me ♪
♪ You take me out, you turn me on ♪
♪ And then you drop me to the ground ♪
♪ You drop the bomb on me ♪
♪ You turn me out then you turn me on ♪
♪ You drop the bomb on me ♪
[phone beeps] - Hey, babe.
We're on our way home.
Hope the house is clean and kids are in bed.
- Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. - See you soon. Bye.
[laughter]
- Wow.
- That was fun. - Oww!
[applause]
That was a very smart, clever, cute--
- Yeah.
- --performance. - Thank you.
- It's great. - It's a win.
So good for you. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
Thank you so much.
- Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Great.
♪ D-d-d-dancing and flipping your hair ♪
- Oh, dude, it felt good to finally
do what we came here to do. - Yeah.
- He said it was smart.
And I think like the best compliment from him.
- Yeah.
[laughter]
- Hey, Akira. How are you feeling?
Are you nervous?
- You ready?
- [speaking in Japanese]
- Yeah. [laughs]
Thank you for inviting me.
- It's my-- honestly my pleasure.
Seriously, the very first person I thought has to be here
is Akira.
- [speaking Japanese]
- Yeah.
Yeah. - Thank you.
- I'm serious. - Thank you.
- I'm serious. - Really?
- Yeah.
One of my favorite contestants. - Oh, thank you.
- You are really, really funny.
I love you.
- Oh, thank you.
- However, I don't really know anything about Akira.
- [speaking in Japanese]
- Well, I show a lot physically.
- Yes. - But the inside,
I probably haven't shown much.
- I gave everything.
- Does Akira have a family?
- Yes, I'm married.
I have a wife and a daughter.
- And what is his daughter thinking
about him doing the shows?
- She thinks it's funny.
[laughter]
- Well, I just want Akira to do whatever you want tomorrow.
- So thank you so much.
And as I was going through the kitchen,
there are some items that I can definitely use for the shows.
- The kitchen?
- In the kitchen, yes.
- OK.
Be prepared for anything.
This is-- this is out there.
[inspirational music]
- Oh, wow.
- Yeah, dude.
[laughter]
- Oh, there he is. Booty cheeks right there.
- Can't say "booty cheeks" on TV.
- Oh, sorry. - OK.
- Give me a second.
- He's really naked. - Hi, judges.
- OK. - Hi.
- Akira, how are you?
- I'm good.
- Good, OK. - Yes.
- Well, if you're ready, we're definitely ready.
- Music start.
[upbeat music]
Welcome to No-Show Show.
Simon House Edition.
I will never show anything.
- Oh, good. OK. - Ready?
Party time. - OK.
- Bup, bup, bup, bup, bup.
Boom. OK.
- Oh. - Oh.
- Let's go. - Oh.
- First is Simon's car.
♪ ♪
Balloon.
[shouting]
[drumroll]
Oh, come on, come on.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
♪ ♪
Next is Swinging Simon.
- Oh, God. - Simon.
- Why is it always me?
- Ah, frying pan.
Bah.
- Oh, no.
He's going to put your face down there.
♪ ♪
- Ohh. Oh, OK, OK.
- What?
- Oh, no.
- Ahh! - Oh, no.
- Oh, please, please. OK.
- Swinging. Swinging.
Oh, I don't want to. - OK.
- OK! [laughter]
Yes.
- Today's special dish.
♪ ♪
Oh, oh.
Wind, wind.
Please stop it.
♪ ♪
- [shouting]
♪ ♪
[shouting]
[laughter]
- OK. [applause]
- [indistinct].
- Swim Ring. - Swim Ring.
- Uh-oh.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [muttering]
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
- Oh, boy. - Aye!
Come on, come on. OK.
Go.
- No.
- [shouts] - Oh my God.
- OK.
Thank you.
I did it.
OK, OK, OK.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
- Oh! He's in the pool! He's in the pool!
- OK! - Finale.
- Oh, man.
- Oh, what?
Man.
Wow. - Yeah.
Akira, that might be the best ending we've had
all day, seriously.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I can now say I really, really know you.
- [laughs]
- Well, we are honored to have you, as always.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you. Thank you.
- But I mean, they didn't actually see anything.
- Oh, you were having a ball.
You were having a time.
- Seriously?
- Oh, there he is. - Oh my God.
- Other acts to this.
- Yeah.
- So much space in between.
[laughter]
Like, man.
- I need a little advice. - Yeah.
- Take a breath. - Just take a breath.
- And enjoy it. - Yeah.
- Enjoy it.
- I dig down deep to cleanse my soul ♪
♪ Came up clean but I can't let go ♪
- Your audition was really interesting to me.
Really polished, very professional.
However, I didn't feel something
I thought I should feel.
Seriously.
You've over-prepped.
It's about being a little bit more raw.
And I don't know if that was the right song.
- I didn't like the production.
It's a no for me.
- I think you have star potential.
I'm going to say yes.
[cheers and applause]
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
When people really want something,
they almost put up a mask, a shield.
So I never get to see inside of that.
And I think that's got to just disappear.
- ♪ I'm trying not to move too fast ♪
- I was just so afraid of messing up that I didn't allow
myself to really just let go.
I think I'm maybe over-rehearsed.
- Yeah. Yeah. - And--
I kind of thought that. - --I was kind of like--
- Yeah.
- --I got to make sure I hit these notes.
I was a little afraid,
because I didn't think I was good enough.
But my husband, he always encouraged me
even after we had kids.
- And how many kids do you have?
- Two. - Two.
- Benji and Stella, they told me to make sure I said hey.
So hey, Benji and Stella.
- Hello.
- Hey.
- Hello.
Mummy's doing great.
- Oh my goodness, thank you.
- ♪ I'm trying to learn to love myself ♪
- Sometimes when you do overthink it,
the audience don't relate to you for whatever reason.
They want to see the real you.
So don't overthink anything now.
- OK.
- Promise?
- I promise. Simon says.
- Simon suggests.
- Simon says.
Thank you so much.
My kids are like my biggest fans, my biggest supporters.
I just hope I make them proud.
Will you please tell the babies I said hey.
- Ohh.
- ♪ I'm trying not to move too fast ♪
♪ I'm trying not to hurt my heart ♪
- He wants to see the real me.
The real me is messy, but I'm being given another chance.
It means everything.
- Hello, my friend.
- Hi. - Hi.
- How are you?
- I'm good.
- OK, shall we do it?
- Yeah, I'm ready.
- Let's do it.
- You got it, girl.
[bluesy guitar music]
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, ooh ♪
♪ When the sins of my father ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Weigh down in my soul ♪
♪ And the pain ♪
♪ Of my mother ♪
♪ Will not let me go ♪
♪ Well, I know there can come fire from the sky ♪
♪ To refine the purest of kings ♪
♪ Make it rain ♪
♪ Make it rain down, Lord ♪
♪ Make it rain ♪
♪ Oh, make it rain down, Lord ♪
♪ Make it rain ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Well, the seas are full of water ♪
♪ Let the lightning be the veins ♪
♪ Fill the sky with the thunderous applause ♪
♪ When it's time ♪
♪ To make a change ♪
♪ Make it rain ♪
♪ Make it rain down, Lord ♪
♪ Make it rain ♪
♪ Oh, make it rain down, Lord ♪
♪ Make it rain ♪
- Great.
[cheers and applause]
- Let's go, Elsie.
[cheers and applause]
- OK, Elsie, well done.
- Thank you. - Elsie, yeah.
- Thank you so much. - Great job.
- ♪ Want to love you ♪
- You know, I'm in my head.
- She just didn't make that connection the first time,
for whatever reason.
And this time, it was, like, seriously,
a completely different experience.
- Yeah, yeah.
- It's insane how it can come down to that.
You know, like, the connection itself
as opposed to the vocal, is undeniable.
- ♪ So you can break my heart ♪
- I can leave here feeling accomplished
because he said he wanted me to just be myself.
And I feel like I accomplished that.
I did my best.
That's all I could do.
- Right. Now the hard part.
Who's going to be the right fit for the live shows?
- I'm a little nervous, because I have
to catch a flight right now.
And I don't know if I'll be able to-- yeah.
- I never like doing this.
- This is crazy, just seeing it from your lens now.
- I don't want to send anyone home.
I like them all; I genuinely do.
- And I want them to win, because I know what
it's like to be on that side--
- Yeah.
- --and want it so bad.
- I am worried, because me leaving early, I don't want
to have Simon think that I don't care about staying here,
but I have a family obligation that I have to get to.
I hope I get to hear something positive,
and I hope I make it through.
- OK. - Right.
- OK, let's do it.
- You got your hands full.
- Yeah, man.
- Yeah, thanks a lot for leaving me, both of you.
- Good luck. - [laughs]
- This is really difficult.
This show is all about making people feel good.
And I have to make a decision now based on,
is this decision going to make people happy or not?
- Y'all, I'm not going to be able to face my children if I--
[indistinct chatter]
- I don't want to go home empty-handed
to my wife and my kids. - Oh, my gosh.
- Travis, you're going to come with me now?
- All right, Travis. Good luck, man.
- I hope today is a massive step forward.
I hope it's not, you know, we'll see you another time.
I hope it's we'll see you another time.
- I can feel the ghosts from my past still haunt me ♪
- Hello, Travis.
- Simon, how's it going?
- Doing OK.
Come and sit down, please.
- ♪ Voices in my head saying they don't want me ♪
- I still felt today you were pushing it
perhaps a little bit too much.
What I think you've built up over the years
are just some bad habits.
- ♪ We can't walk until we crawl ♪
- There is no denying you have a God-given talent.
And based on that, I am saying yes to you going
through to the live show.
- Simon, you had me on the edge of my seat over here.
- Well, you deserve it.
- Thank you for your advice, Simon.
I appreciate it. - Yeah, well done.
- Thank you, sir.
- It's a yes.
It's a yes.
- ♪ I don't belong on the ground ♪
- Super happy for him.
Super happy.
That's one spot down.
So hopefully there's room for more.
- ♪ I'm going to keep climbing high ♪
- Here we go, boys.
Here we go, dads. Here we go, dads.
♪ ♪
- A lot is riding on this.
This could change our entire life.
- Hey, Simon.
- That was quite a day, right?
- Oh, yeah.
- What a day.
- I thought the performance was really, really creative.
However, there are only a few spots available.
So I am going to say no to this year.
♪ ♪
I want you to spend the next year getting better
and come back so much stronger.
- Thank you. - We appreciate it.
- Thank you.
- I can feel the ghost from my past still haunt me ♪
- Now we've got to face everybody.
- I don't like doing that.
- Voices in my head saying they don't want me ♪
- Really?
- No, that's it.
- I won't let the demons in the dark define me ♪
- Disappointed.
It's going to be a tough FaceTime call to the family
letting them know the results.
- Waking up wondering if I can even do this ♪
- I'm going to throw up.
- OK. Sando.
- Oh. What's up, Simon?
- How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling good.
Didn't like that I had to leave early.
And I didn't want you to think that I didn't care.
- Don't worry. Don't worry.
What concerned me from the first audition is,
is it going to work with other dancers?
And I just didn't know what to expect today.
However, I thought it was one of the best
performances of today.
- Oh my gosh.
What?
- With that in mind, you have now got yourself
a place in the live shows.
- Thank you, Simon.
- This is just the beginning.
Go and celebrate.
We in the live show.
We made it.
- ♪ Rise again ♪
- There are very few people like you.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- You made me laugh so much.
- It was a good one.
- Thank you.
- So you have made it through to the live shows.
- ♪ And you're gonna watch me ♪
♪ Rise again ♪
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- ♪ Out of the ashes and fire ♪
♪ I'm going to keep climbing higher ♪
- I did it. I did it.
- ♪ Rise again ♪
- Congratulations.
- Nyjah and Zyah.
- Good luck, boys. Good luck. Good luck.
- Thank you.
[gentle piano music]
- I've been close ♪
- What's up, Simon? - Hiya, boys.
- How's it going? - Good.
OK.
I think you did better than you did the first time we saw you.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- I am worried about your lack of experience.
- OK.
- And it's a lot of pressure.
♪ ♪
At the same time, I think our audience are going
to love you, which is why you are
joining us in the live shows.
- Yes?
- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.
- ♪ Can finally breathe, taking it in ♪
♪ Look at me flying ♪
♪ If I were to be anybody else, I'd be hiding ♪
- Oh, they're clapping. - They're clapping.
- We made it.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Who I am ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- All right, Elsie.
- Good luck, Elsie.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I've been closed in the dark ♪
- Hey, Simon. - Hello.
How are you?
- Good.
- Hi.
I think after that first audition was, what
we spoke about yesterday was, I didn't
quite feel the connection.
I think today from the minute you walked out,
you actually lit up the stage. - Wow.
- You had this incredible, almost like,
peaceful aura about you.
And there is no question of doubt
we will not be making these live shows
without you.
So you are joining us-- - Oh, my god.
- --please, in the live shows.
- ♪ Gotta be me, gotta be I ♪
♪ Gotta be who I know I am inside ♪
- Oh my gosh, I'm so relieved.
All of the sacrifices, I follow my gut.
Everything was worth it.
Thank you so much. - [indistinct].
- I'm just glad I get to make my babies proud
and my family is proud.
- ♪ Who I am ♪
♪ Who I am ♪
- Now it's game on, for real.
- Yeah.
- It's game on for real.
- We tried something new.
I think it worked.
I'm excited about it.
I really am excited about this.
Once again, thanks everyone.
- Thank you, Simon.