- * When I wake up *
* Well, I know I'm gonna be *
* I'm gonna be the one who wakes up next to you *
* And when I go out *
* Yeah, I know I'm gonna be *
* I'm gonna be the one who goes along with you *
["I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"]
- This is where it all starts.
- * 500 miles *
- I get on this stage,
and this is the dream starting.
- * Would walk 500 more *
- "AGT" is a place where I can be
my true, authentic self.
- * Who walks 1,000 miles *
- I'm not gonna give you a yes.
I'm gonna give you something else.
[soft pop music]
[music intensifies]
[The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"]
- * But I would walk *
- That was incredible.
I've never seen anything like it before.
- * Would walk 500 more *
* Just to be the man *
- Absolutely brilliant.
- This was the most exciting thing
I've seen this season.
* *
[upbeat music]
- Y'all ready to win a million dollars?
- We're gonna win this thing. We're gonna go to Vegas.
* *
- Wow.
- We're actually here, you guys.
- Stand by in theater.
- You worked hard for this moment.
- Thanks, Dad. - Three, two, one.
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for Terry Crews!
- * Ain't no mountain high enough *
* Ain't no valley low enough *
- First of all,
I love to watch this show with my family,
and I want to say hello to all the families
all over the world who love this show.
* *
- Kill it, man. - [laughs]
- Simon, listen,
Eric is growing up before our eyes.
Have you guys had time to spend together
in your time off? - Yeah.
If there was one good thing from this, it was that.
Yeah, we're like best buddies. - Aww.
- Yeah. - Aww.
- Yes. - That is cute.
- Scared? - Yeah, pretty nervous.
But I have you here.
- Are you guys ready to get this show started?
- Yes!
- * Ain't no mountain high enough *
* *
- This is your son. - This is my son.
- And how old are you, sir? - I'm 11.
- You're 11 years old.
- This is looking fun already.
- Go out there and give it your best shot.
- Let's do this. - All right.
* *
- * To keep me from getting to you, babe *
* *
- Oh. - Hello.
- You guys are good-looking. - Hello.
- Wow. - What are your names, please?
- I'm MJ, the Modern Shaolin.
- I'm T, the Young Warrior.
- And we are the King Fu Fam from Temple London
all the way in UK.
- All right. All right.
So have you flown in to do this?
- That's right, yeah. - Okay.
- It was a long journey.
- Well, first of all, tell me why
you decided to enter the show this year.
- Temple is our martial arts school.
We want to inspire and motivate people.
We thought, "You know what?
"Why not come out to 'America's Got Talent'
"and show the world what we've got
on the biggest stage?"
- Good for you.
- And to be able to do it with my son is so special.
- Are you excited? - Yes, I'm very excited.
- He's super excited to meet Sofía.
Ooh. - Ooh.
- Hello. - Have you got a little...
- I'm very excited to meet you too.
- C-R-U-S-H? - He was so excited...
- Aww.
- To find out that he'll be able
to perform for Sofía, right?
- I'm so excited that you're here.
[cheers and applause]
- It's your dream to win and then be in Vegas?
- Yes, sir.
- Well, let's make the next two minutes count.
Best of luck. - Ready for it, T?
[cheers and applause]
Let's go.
- They got their own little handshake.
That was so cute.
- I miss home sometimes when I hear British accents.
- You do, really? - Yeah, I do, yeah.
- It's so cute that they're doing this together, no?
Isn't that cute? - Wow.
- Whoa. - Whoa.
[gong rings]
- For thousands of years, the art of kung fu
has been passed on from generation to generation.
Master to discipline.
Father to son.
The wheel of life continues.
- [shouts kiais]
[dramatic music]
- Ooh! - Oh!
* *
- [laughs] Oh!
* *
Whoa!
* *
Oh!
* *
Whoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
* *
- Wow!
* *
- No! - Whoa!
- Yeah! - Very cool!
* *
- Whoo!
* *
Yes! Oh!
* *
[metal clanking]
* *
- [shouting kiais]
* *
- Oh!
* *
- Oh! - [screams]
- Whoa! - Wow!
- Whoo!
* *
Whoo, whoo, whoo!
* *
[cheers and applause]
Incredible!
[cheers and applause]
[warm music]
Now, that's what family is all about right there.
* *
- How good is that? - Yeah.
- I love that. - I love it too.
- Thank you! - Well done.
* *
Sofía, I could see you loved that.
- Oh, my God, I was so excited. You guys are perfection.
So synchronized. The passion.
Him, he's a star.
* *
- Heidi.
- You must be so proud of your son.
The routine is amazing because it never gets boring.
There's always something else, something else, something else.
And all of it was fantastic.
- Thank you! - Howie.
- You're doing martial arts, but it's like martial hearts
because it's so beautiful.
Father and son. I sense the love.
- Something special about it. - You know?
And this is the ultimate place to come for all families.
You checked every box for "AGT."
- Thank you. - Yes.
[cheers and applause]
Absolutely beautiful.
- I was just thinking about me and my son.
- Yeah.
- I mean, I've sort of got
to the stage after I broke my back
where I'm walking round the garden with him,
and I think it's a big deal, and now I'm looking at that
going, "Not so great, is it?"
[laughter]
You're both amazing,
and it's what this show is all about.
I'm thrilled for both of you.
[cheers and applause]
Okay, I have a feeling I know where this is gonna go.
Howie?
- Yes. - Whoo!
- Heidi. - Definite yes.
- Sofía. - Super yes.
- Hey! - Super yes.
Okay, you got four yeses. Congratulations.
- Whoo!
* *
- So good! - We love y'all!
* *
Man, look, go ahead
and celebrate with your son. Celebrate with him.
- Yeah, high five, boy. We did it.
- If you have a dad that does that with you,
it's so cool.
* *
- Whoo! All right, T.
We smashed that, son.
Let's get it. Hey, yes, sir!
* *
- Coming up... - One, two, three, four!
- I'm just blown away.
- Bravo! - You are incredible.
- [clicking teeth]
[buzzer blares]
- [beeps softly]
[laughter]
- Absolutely brilliant. That's how you do it.
[Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"]
- Whoo!
* *
* Oh, I wanna dance with somebody *
* *
* I wanna feel the heat with somebody *
* Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody *
* *
* With somebody who loves me *
* Don't you wanna dance?
* Say you wanna dance *
* Don't you wanna dance? *
* Say you wanna dance *
- We're here.
* *
- I just want to dance. - Yeah.
- We all love dance.
It's opened a door for us
to be the artists that we want to be.
- Yeah, hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs. Come here.
- I'm Allison. - I'm Taylor.
- I'm Alexandria. - I'm Nia.
- And I'm Nia. And we are...
all: The Hiplet Ballerinas.
- As little girls,
we always wanted to be ballerinas,
but the opportunity was not always there for us.
- Most professional ballet companies,
they want everyone to look the same.
- Being an African-American woman
with hips, with thighs
in dance, it was never really accepted.
[soft dramatic music]
- Growing up, I had the right body type
for ballet, but I didn't ever realize,
like, what was missing.
Like, I didn't think I was good enough.
And... [sobs]
* *
It definitely makes me sad to think that there are
so many people out there that are not still dancing
'cause they didn't feel accepted.
* *
[triumphant music]
- "AGT" is a huge opportunity for us to share our dance
and who we are with the world.
- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
* *
- And we want to show little girls out there
that you don't have to fit the mold.
You don't have to be what they're asking you to be.
You know, you can be unique.
- This is a really big moment for us.
- We put in a lot of work for this,
and we worked really hard, so we hope you like it.
- Yeah.
* *
- Hey. - Oh.
- Wow.
- How are you? - We're feeling great.
We're really excited to be here,
and we are excited to share our talent with you guys.
- And tell me about you. what's the name of the group?
- We are Hiplet Ballerinas. We're from Chicago.
And we are a ballet company. We focus on inclusivity.
We welcome our differences... - Great.
- And welcome different shapes and sizes.
- I love that. Tell me...
- Ooh. - Good.
- Why ballet? 'Cause ballet's quite boring.
- Yeah, it can be
unless you have the right dancers.
- Oh. - Whoa.
- Yeah. Tell 'em!
- Well, look, can I be honest with you?
I've never lasted more than a minute, genuinely,
'cause it's just, like, whoosh, over my head.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- So I'm really curious to see what you're gonna do.
And best of luck.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[music from "Swan Lake" playing]
* *
[music intensifies]
[The Pussycat Dolls' "React"]
* *
- * Every time I leave, you pull me closer *
* I hang up the phone, you call me back *
* *
- Oh!
- * Why don't you mess me 'round
* Like you're supposed to? *
* You're turning me cruel *
* 'Cause I'm just wanting you to react *
* *
* You're turning me cruel *
* 'Cause I'm just wanting you to react *
* *
* If I say jump, you just say "How high?" *
* *
* I think you might love me to death *
* *
* The way you do me, boy, you're too nice *
- Wow. - Whoa, that's en pointe.
- Yeah.
- * Losing my breath *
* Maybe I should *
- Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- * That you're just that type *
* *
* So call me masochistic *
* But sometimes I want to fight *
* Every time I leave, you pull me closer *
* I hang up the phone, you call me back *
* Why don't you mess me 'round like you're supposed to? *
* You're turning me cruel *
* 'Cause I'm just wanting you to react *
* *
- Wow. - [laughs]
[Lizzo's "Good As Hell"]
- * I do my hair toss, check my nails *
* Baby, how you feeling? *
- * Feeling good as hell *
- * Hair toss, check my nails *
- They were on their toes the whole time.
- * Whoo, child *
- Well, we weren't expecting that.
- No, we were not. - Sofía.
- I love how you all look different.
The music and the ballet and the tippy toes
and everything, it was amazing.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- What's the tippy toes?
- The tippy toes with the ballet shoes.
- Okay. Heidi.
- I was hypnotized. - Yes.
- En pointe, you hop around.
You went, like, all the way down and up, and I loved it.
- Thank you. - Howie.
- That was more than ballet. That was--
- It was hiplet. - Hip hop and ballet.
- Mixed together.
You guys are nutcrackers.
[laughter]
I loved it. - Thank you.
- I think where you've been really clever
is that you've done something
we've never seen before, and it's cool,
and I like your personalities. I like your energy.
It was a really, really, really good audition.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Okay, we're gonna vote. Howie?
- Yes. - Heidi.
- Yes from me.
- Sofía. - Yes.
- Wow. - You got four yeses.
Congratulations.
- * I do my hair toss, check my nails *
* Baby, how you feeling? *
- Thank you.
- * Hair toss, check my nails *
- Bye.
- * Feeling good as hell *
- That was great.
That was different. That was original.
- Well, it was unexpected.
- * Feeling good as hell *
- Whoo! - Let's go!
- * Feeling good as hell *
- * Baby, how you feeling? * - * Feeling good as hell *
- When you've got two minutes up there,
you want to be remembered for doing something incredible.
[buzzer blares]
And I don't think you quite achieved that today.
- I'm scared I'm just gonna walk out there,
and I'm gonna get an X immediately.
[buzzers blaring]
- Oh, no.
- If I get a red one-- - Oh, God.
[imitates buzzer]
[buzzers blaring]
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - Hello.
- And what's your name?
- My name is Sweet Sassy Molassie
from Gilbert, Arizona.
- And what is the dream?
- Well, I think I'm dreaming right now.
I've been dreaming of performing my entire life,
and this is my big chance.
- Yes! - And do you think you can win?
- Oh, of course. I'm gonna win it all.
- Great. Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
[plucky orchestral music]
* *
[buzzer blares]
[energetic rock music]
[buzzer blares]
* *
[buzzer blares]
Thank you. Um, Sofía.
- I don't think I'm qualified to judge this.
- Well, no one is.
- * Never feel happy *
- No for me. - No for me.
No, no.
- But thank you for coming. - Thank you.
- * Never feel happy *
- I think someone just got the buzzer.
[buzzer blares]
- Yeah, let's not get that.
[upbeat music]
- Hi. What is your name?
- My name is Anthony Denucce, and I'm a mailman
for the United States Postal Service.
- What are you gonna be doing for us?
- Well, I do something that I don't think
it's ever been done on this show before.
- Why "AGT"?
- Well, I make my family smile and my customers smile,
so I figured this is the time now to make America smile.
- Well, sir, it is time for you to deliver.
See what I did there?
- [clicking teeth]
[buzzer blares]
[clicking teeth]
[buzzer blares]
[clicking teeth]
[buzzer blares]
[clicking teeth]
[buzzer blares]
- Sofía, weren't you
in dental school in Colombia? - Yeah, but--
- Did you see anything like that there or no?
- No, we don't. Thank God, we didn't, no.
- You can tell by this. I'm a no.
- It's a no. I'm sorry.
- No.
* *
[buzzer blares]
* *
[buzzer blares]
* *
[buzzer blares]
- Oh, they're just getting worse.
We really need a miracle.
[voice echoing] Miracle.
Miracle.
[ethereal voices harmonizing]
* *
- My name is Eric.
I am a drummer, and I am from New Jersey.
[dramatic music]
My entire life,
I've been passionate about playing the drums.
I would go home from school
and just play every single day.
All of my teachers knew that I had a special talent.
So after I graduated college, I decided to join
the United States Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps.
* *
I figured that this would be, like, the dream job to have.
You know, I get to play drums
and serve my country at the same time.
There's nothing better than that.
* *
By being here, I really hope
to just share my skills with the world,
perform in front of millions of people,
and if I win "America's Got Talent,"
that would just be a dream come true.
Like, that would be amazing.
[cheers and applause]
* *
[record scratch]
Hello.
- Hello, welcome. How are you?
- I am fan-plucking-tastic.
[cheers and applause]
- Okay, what's your name, please?
- My name is Eric, but today I am Drumstick,
the Drumming Chicken. [toy squeaks]
Oh, and this is Mr. Cocky.
- Mr. Cocky? - And what's your day job?
- Well, I am actually
a United States Marine musician.
- Oh, wow. - Oh.
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah!
- Do they-- [chuckles]
Do they know you do this sort of thing?
- Oh, they do. - And do they encourage it?
- Sometimes. - That's a no.
- [laughs] - Why are you here?
- Well, today, I'm gonna be doing a drum solo
for you guys with some chicken accompaniment.
- And you think there's a gap in the market
for what you're doing now.
- Oh, absolutely. - Okay, good luck.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Hopefully this is one hot chicken.
[piano note]
[toy squeaks]
[piano note]
[toys squeaking melodically]
[chicken clucks]
["Chicken Dance"]
* *
[buzzer blares]
* *
[buzzer blares] [buzzer blares]
Oh.
[buzzer blares]
[Blues Brothers & Ray Charles' "Shake A Tail Feather]
- * Oh, come on *
* *
* Come on, baby *
- Howie.
- I just have questions more than answers,
but, first of all, is it true
that women love a man in a uniform?
[laughter]
- I do tend to pick up a lot of chicks like this.
- Ba-boom. Heidi.
- I mean, I kind of like the chicken dance,
but no one was dancing it. - Well, I'm Colombian.
We don't have this chicken thing.
- You don't know the chicken dance?
- No.
I think you can take this to a kid's birthday party,
and it would be a lot of fun.
- If the drumming gets a little better.
- No, I think for kids-- they don't know.
- True. - But not for "AGT," no, no.
- All right, I think we have to do this.
Howie? - No.
- Heidi? - It's a no.
I'm sorry. - Sofía?
- No. - Congratulations.
You got four nos. But nice to meet you.
[toy squeaks]
- * Twisting *
* Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby *
- No older than one, you might quite like it.
- Yeah. - Two, no.
- For kids? - Yeah.
- You know, I loved it.
I think you're the hottest chicken
that's not on a sandwich. [toy squeaks]
Coming up...
- * How could I have known? *
- You were absolutely sensational.
- Oh! - This is a Vegas act.
Brilliant.
- Oh!
- One, two, one, two, sounds good, okay.
- Like this?
- A little bit lower.
- You got that? We're in focus?
Amazing.
- Hi. My name is Sarah Potenza.
[upbeat music]
- Oh.
- Great, thank you.
- Here or--? - Right here on this side?
- Is there too much boob? My mom will be real mad at me.
It's just enough boob?
[Lizzo's "Juice"]
All right, girl. Let's do this.
My name is Sarah Potenza.
I'm 41 years old, and I'm a singer.
I'm kind of a less is more kind of girl.
I'm just kidding. [laughs]
- * Mirror, mirror on the wall *
* Don't say it 'cause I know I'm cute *
- I just love more. I love gold.
I love sparkly and glitz and everything.
- * That's how I roll *
- I've always wanted to be a singer.
And I remember being four years old
and telling my cousin Craig
that I was gonna be a singer, and he was like,
"But you're four. How can you know that?"
But I knew.
- * It ain't my fault *
* That I'm out here getting loose *
- For a long time, I took a lot of the things
that other people thought I should do
or should be.
They said, "You're too much,"
and I would try to kind of dim that down.
But I finally feel like I found my--
like, my rhythm, like, who I am.
And that's kind of why I'm here.
- * What you want me to say? *
* It ain't my fault that I'm out here getting loose *
- For me, the big dream as a singer
is to do my show my way
and sing the songs that are special to me.
* *
So the fact that I'm getting to be Sarah Potenza
on "America's Got Talent"
is one of the greatest blessings of my life.
- * It ain't my fault *
- I've been doing this forever,
but being here is so game-changing,
and I'm just gonna go out there and do my best.
- * Blame it on my juice *
* Ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee, ya-ya-ee *
* Blame it on my juice *
- Hello. Very nice to meet you.
What's your name?
- My name is Sarah Potenza. - Okay.
And where are you from, Sarah?
- I am from little, itty-bitty Rhode Island.
- And, Sarah, how old are you?
- I'm 41 years old. - 41.
So you're a singer.
- I've been singing all my life, yeah.
- And what was the dream since you started singing?
- Well, I wanted to be like Mariah Carey...
[chuckles] When I was little, you know?
- Okay. What's the song called?
- It's called "Worthy." - And what's the song about?
- Overcoming everything that this world piles on you
to find the magic of being yourself.
- Okay, good luck. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- You got it, Sarah.
[Mary Gauthier's "Worthy"]
[soulful pop country music]
* *
- * It took a mighty blow *
* *
* To crack me *
* To the core *
* I've wondered *
* All my life * - Whoo!
- * Why *
* I felt so alone *
* *
* Trying to survive *
* Baby, baby *
* But how could I *
* How could I *
* Have known? *
* *
* Worthy *
* *
* Worthy *
* What a thing to claim *
* *
* Ooh, I am worthy *
* *
* Worthy *
* Ashes *
* Into flames *
* *
* Wor... *
- Oh!
* ...thy *
* Oh *
* *
* Worthy *
* *
* Worthy *
* *
* What a thing *
* To claim *
- God.
[cheers and applause]
- Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my God.
- * I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out *
- Whoo!
- Yes!
[Keala Settle's "This Is Me"]
- Thank you so much.
- * This is me *
- Wow, Sarah.
Sarah, you just killed that.
- Oh, thank you so much.
- That song, was it written for you?
- No, it's been released before.
It was very different. It was very country.
- And then you found this song and thought,
"This is perfect for me."
- I was addicted to the lyrics.
I felt that I had to bring that message
to anybody that would listen to it.
- Yeah, I'm gonna listen to the original version.
I'm fascinated. Howie.
- I think that song is a hit.
And you've taken the success and your worthiness
from within, and you've just spread it
throughout the world on our stage,
and I can't thank you enough for being here.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you so much. - Sofía.
- What took you so long to come to "AGT"?
- Yeah.
- I didn't think that I was worthy.
I didn't know.
To be here in this moment at my age
and my--I don't know what took me so long.
It's wonderful here. The show is amazing.
And I was like,
"All I have to do is be myself."
[tender music]
- This is the perfect moment for you to be here--
your song, your voice, who you are.
You're so likable. You're beautiful.
- Thank you so much.
- Heidi.
- I love you, Sarah Potenza.
You have such a power in your voice.
I mean, it was incredible.
- Thank you so much.
- Your voice is stunning. The song choice was great.
You have a great personality.
You were extraordinary.
- Thank you so much.
- Can I be the first to give you a yes?
- Yes, you can! - Sofía.
- I'm saying yes. - Heidi.
- It's a definite yes. - Howie.
- You're worthy. You're worthy of four yeses.
- * Look out 'cause here I come *
- * 'Cause here I come *
- * And I'm marching on to the beat I drum *
- Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- * I make no apologies *
* This is me *
- Wow. What a great moment.
- I love Sarah Potenza. Must remember the name.
- Sarah! - Oh, my God!
- Listen, you are worthy. For real.
- Thank you so much.
- Listen, how do you feel right now?
* *
- Hungry--no. [chuckles]
- * This is me *
[upbeat jazz music]
- You're gonna do amazing. - Yes.
- I love you, sweetie.
- I'm already very proud of you.
I know you'll do great.
[cheers and applause]
- Very nice to meet you. So who do we have here?
- I'm Bill, and this is Maeve,
and we're known as Gramps and Maeve.
- How old are you? - I'm 74.
- I'm 13.
- Do you think you can win? - Yeah.
- Yes. - Yes.
- And what happens with the million dollars?
- We both said we'd like to have a big family party
with everybody who supported us.
- Yay! - Okay, good.
Good luck. - Million-dollar party.
- Oh, I thought he said pie. - Yeah, I know.
- Gonna eat his family. - I heard pie as well.
- Fiesta, fiesta. - Big pie.
[Michael Bublé's "You Make Me Feel So Young"]
- * You and I *
* Are just like a couple of tots *
* *
* Running around the meadow *
* Pickin' up all those forget-me-nots *
- Aww, let's say yes.
- Did you enjoy that?
- Yes, we did. - Yes.
- People are gonna love you both.
- Yeah. - You guys are great.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- There is such a joyful feeling
in a grandfather... - For sure.
- Granddaughter.
Aside from that,
this is a talent show recital
as opposed to a million-dollar act.
[crowd booing]
They don't agree with me, but that's okay.
If you were on sale right now, in Vegas,
you'd have a hard time selling a ticket.
- Aw, boo!
- I think you gotta work on it a little bit more.
So it's a no from me.
[crowd booing]
- Howie's gotten so mean. - Oh, my God.
If I get the buzzer from Howie, I think I could cry.
- Here we go. Grab your seats, please.
- One minute till the next act, everyone.
[buzzer blares]
[Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King"]
- What's your problem? - What is wrong with you?
- I don't have this kind of time.
I don't have this kind of time.
- That's how loud it's gonna be?
- Well, I hope you won't hear that.
- There was nothing original about it.
There was nothing stunning about it.
So it's a no.
* *
- Hannibal. We're gonna call you Hannibal.
- I'm scared. - Yeah.
- Don't worry. - I'm also scared.
- Okay.
* *
- What's next? Who's next?
- It is time for you
to go out there and do your thing.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, no! - Hi.
What is your name?
* *
- Michael. - Angelina.
- We're brother and sister. - How old are you?
- I'm eight. - I'm six.
- And you're obviously dancers, right?
[together] Yes.
- What made you get into it?
Did somebody in your family do it, or...
- My brother inspired me. He's been here.
- What do you mean? - He's been here?
- Oh. - Yeah.
- Yes. - On this show?
- Yeah. - Yes.
- How long ago? - Six years ago.
- And how did he do?
[together] Good.
- He made it to the live show dancing with my mom.
- Ooh. - Ooh, wow.
- Wait a minute. - What happened?
- Howie put in--well, red buzzer-ed on him.
- Oh, of course. - I did that?
- In the live show? - Yeah.
- We're not surprised.
- when we first saw you, you were a surprise,
but this is the third time.
I'm seeing the same moves with the hair--
exact same moves.
[buzzer blares]
Third time, third strike.
You're out as far as I'm concerned.
Is your brother here? - No.
- No, he's at home. - Is your mother here?
[together] Yes.
- Can I have a word with her? - No, no, no!
- Yes. - Yes.
- Hi. How are you?
Is there anything you'd like to say to Howie now?
- A lot.
- Well, we don't have time. We don't have time.
- Oh, no. We really do have time.
- We do have time.
I would love to say
that you are actually really, really rude.
- I'm rude? - Yes.
- Yes, yes, and let me tell you why.
- Please.
- Because you see a little kid performing on the stage...
- Yep. - Dancing his heart out.
- Dancing his heart out, yeah. - He was dancing with joy.
He was doing his best. - Yeah, and?
- And, you know, you were so hard on him to put his buzz.
- And did it really upset him?
- When he got a red buzzer, so he was supporting me.
- Yeah.
- He was very strong because I think
it was really hard on me as well.
- I can imagine. - Aww, boo.
- Well, look, it's so nice to see you again.
I'm glad that you managed, you know, to tell Howie
exactly how this crushed your family over the years.
- All right. And now back to the kids.
Let's let the kids dance for us.
- Yeah. - Show us what you get.
- Let's see them dance. - Go ahead.
- Are you ready, guys?
[together] Yes.
- You're having a good day, aren't you, Howie?
- I love it.
- She's mad at you. - * Give it to me *
- Yes!
[Fleur East's "Sax"]
* I met a boy last week *
* Tryna run that game *
* Made it sound so sweet when he say my name *
* I said, "Boy, stop, run that back *
* You can drive all night, but can you play that sax? *
* Baby, baby, I've been waiting *
* For the one to blow my mind *
* *
* Oh, yeah *
* *
* Baby, maybe *
- Michael, Angelina!
- * If you got that thing I like *
- Love her. Look at her little face.
- Yeah.
* *
-* I need a straight up brother *
* With a James Brown soul *
* The type of red hot love *
* That got me freezing cold *
* Say you can go all night *
* The way you lay that track *
* But if you wanna hear me sing *
* You better play that sax *
* Give it to me *
* *
- Oh, oh!
* *
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- * Get a grip and rock me all night *
* Hold tight, lean back *
* Play what I want with that sax *
[cheers and applause]
- Yes! - Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- Wow!
Wow!
- Thank you.
[Kenny Loggins' "Footloose"]
- Wow! - I mean, look at this.
Howie's even standing.
- Oh, my gosh, that was amazing.
* *
- [laughs] - See what I'm doing?
See what I'm doing for you?
Okay. Go ahead, Heidi.
- I loved it.
I mean, this-- - Yeah.
- Like, when you touch-- I mean, it's just--
- The face.
- All these cute little things
that you guys are doing. Perfection.
- Thank you. - Sofía.
- Thank you. - There's nothing bad to say.
You guys were great. Adorable.
You look good. You dance good.
You look like you're enjoying yourselves.
I love it.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Simon?
- We're only gonna say something nice
with your mum in the wings. Trust me.
But, no, I have nothing negative to say.
It was just brilliant.
I mean, you're so sweet, both of you.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Aww, the smiles.
- Before we vote, can we gut mum
to come back on the stage? - Simon!
- [laughs]
- Howie, is there anything you'd like to say?
- * Footloose *
- I don't mean, ever, to hurt anybody's feelings.
I'd like to personally apologize to you and your son.
I am so sorry. Please accept my apology.
Please.
* *
- You don't have to.
* *
- Well... - Please?
- * Your blues *
* *
- We all forgive you.
- Aww. - Aww.
- That's nice. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you. - Everybody makes mistakes.
- But he makes a lot of them. - I'm just gonna vote.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Three yeses.
- Four yeses. - Four yeses.
* *
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
* *
- * Please, Louise *
[buzzer blares]
- Howie!
* *
- I'm coming to you.
* *
- He did it. He did it.
[laughter]
- * Footloose *
- "AGT" is a huge opportunity for our contestants.
- "America's Got Talent" could change my life forever.
- To get four yeses, you have to be original,
you have to take risks.
I'm looking for the unexpected.
- When I get out on that stage tonight,
the judges are gonna see something
they've never seen before.
- Are you ready to meet the judges?
[cheers and applause]
- This is my big chance to change my life,
to make it better,
and I really hope that they love it
because I'm not ready for my dream to end here.
- Oh, this looks like fun.
Why is the pole attached to the top, Howie?
- I think we'll figure--oh, you're gonna find out why.
- Hi. - Hello.
What is your name?
- I'm Davide. I'm from Italy.
- [speaks Italian] - [speaks Italian]
What are you gonna do for us today?
- I'm gonna do something different today.
- Do you earn a living doing this or no?
- Yes. I'm a professional acrobat.
- Okay. Good luck to you, Davide.
- Thank you very much. Hope I'm gonna impress you.
- Yeah, I hope so too.
[cheers and applause]
- I think you already have. - [chuckles]
[Thirty Seconds To Mars' "The Kill (Bury Me)"]
- * What if I wanted to break? *
* *
* Laugh it all off in your face *
* Come *
* Break me down *
* I am finished *
* With you * - Ah!
* *
* Come *
* Break me *
* Down *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- Whoo! Davide.
Sofía, could you even focus?
- Yes, I did focus the whole time.
- Yeah.
- Gracias. - Simon?
- It's obviously difficult, but I was bored.
- [gasps] Ooh.
- I agree with Simon. It was too slow for me.
- Yeah, it was too slow for you.
- The speed is what bothered you?
The speed of it? - It was.
It wasn't-- - Don't be jealous.
- I'm not saying he's not talented.
- Look, when you've got two or three minutes,
it's gotta be something we haven't seen before.
- So you already saw a flying pole
with a blind acrobat? - Yes.
- I didn't understand why the blindfold made it harder.
- I disagree.
I'm gonna start it with a yes. Sofía.
- I'm gonna be your second yes. - Thank you very much.
- It's a no for me. - Ugh.
Simon, think of the audience.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- No.
It was technically great, but it was boring.
I'm sorry, Davide. - I'm sorry, Davide.
[speaks Italian]
- Thank you very much.
- Just lacked energy.
- It was like the beginning of a circus
before the big act comes on.
- Okay, let's clear the stage for the next act.
[soft dramatic music]
- I'm coming up next. I'm very nervous.
And thank you for all your support.
- Bye.
* *
- Erlich, we're ready to take you to stage now.
- Okay.
* *
- Who's the judge you want to impress the most today?
- Well, I'm a fan of Heidi,
but I know it's hard to impress Simon,
so I want to impress Simon.
- Go right out there and say hello
to the whole "America's Got Talent" audience.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Good evening. - I can't believe I'm here.
[laughter]
- Welcome. - Thank you.
- And what is your name? - My name is Erlich.
I came all the way from the Philippines.
- Oh, wow. - Oh, wow.
- Welcome. - When did you get here?
- I got here around nine days ago.
- Why "AGT"?
why did you decide that this
was the right time for you to come here?
- I gave up everything to pursue my performing.
People thought I was crazy.
I didn't think I would make it here,
but my friends and family, they supported me,
and they inspired me to fight.
I'm here fighting for myself, for my family,
my friends, my community, my country.
[cheers and applause]
And it is the dream to be here, the biggest stage in the world.
- And we're happy that you're here tonight.
Good luck. - Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
- I wonder what he's gonna do. - It's so mysterious.
[2WEI's "Survivor"]
* *
- * Thought that I would self-destruct *
* But I'm still here *
- What? - Huh?
- * Even in my years to come *
* I'm still gonna be here *
* *
* I'm a survivor *
* *
* I'm not gonna give up *
- Wow.
- * I'm gonna work harder *
* *
- That was beautiful. - It is beautiful.
- Yeah.
* *
- * I'm a survivor *
* I'm gonna make it *
* I will survive *
* Keep on surviving *
* *
* I'm a survivor *
* I'm not gonna give up *
* I'm not gonna stop *
* I'm gonna work harder *
* I'm a survivor *
* *
[cheers and applause]
- That was good. - Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- You're amazing, buddy.
- Bravo! - Right?
- Amazing.
[Shawn Mendes' "In My Blood"]
- Whoo!
- That was so much fun.
That was--I mean, beautiful. It was flawless.
That was a very special show,
and it was different than anything I've seen.
- Thank you so much. - Howie.
- That is an art form... - That we haven't seen yet.
- That I don't think we've seen.
- Yes.
- No. - Yes.
- I've been here for a long time.
That was beautiful. I loved it.
Thank you for being here.
- Thank you so much.
- Heidi.
- I mean, you are mesmerizing to watch
because you kind of wonder how you do it,
and you move so beautifully and elegant.
You are incredible. I loved it.
It's very unique. - Thank you, Heidi.
That means a lot. I'm your fan.
- I'm yours now. - Aww.
* *
Simon? - I agree with Sofía.
We haven't seen an act like this before.
I think the fact that you've got the guts to do
what you've done means, in life,
you're gonna do amazing.
All the hours that went into this paid off.
Fantastic. Well done.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- So now we're gonna vote.
I'm gonna give you the first yes.
I thought it was spectacular.
- Thank you, Sofía. Thank you.
- Whoo! - Howie.
- Two yeses.
- Three yeses!
- You got four yeses.
- Thank you so much.
- You bet. - Thank you.
* *
- * It isn't in my blood *
- Mwah.
* *
Wow. What a beautiful--
- He is. His whole personality.
- Beautiful. - He is.
He's an adorable guy. - Yeah.
- First of all, that was amazing!
- Thank you!
- You realize that all those physical things
take so many hours. - Of course, yes.
- * I need somebody now *
* *
* It isn't in my blood *
- Oh, my God!
- We're actually here, you guys.
- Ready, baby? - I'm ready.
- You notice a lot of family this season?
- Bell, we got this. You're gonna do great.
- I guess maybe because they spent a whole year
together in the house. They trained together.
- Coming up with stuff. - Yeah.
[Katrina & The Waves' "Walking On Sunshine"]
- That's a lot of people.
- Hello. What are your names?
- My name is Isabella, and I'm eight years old.
- And I'm Gene. I'm a little older.
* *
- How do you know each other?
- He's my dad.
- Oh! - Do you think you can win?
- Yes. - Why?
- I've been practicing so hard,
and I believe in myself.
- Good. - Good answer.
- * I'm walking on sunshine *
- I think it's the most beautiful thing
for a father to be able to do that with his daughter.
I think it was great.
- When you were dancing, your face was so adorable.
- She got it from her mom.
- No, I'm talking about you, sir.
- Oh. - No, your face is--
[laughter]
- * Walking on sunshine *
- I'm just gonna vote.
Yes. - Yes.
- Three yeses.
- You're through to the next round.
- Whoo! - Thank you so much.
- What is the name of your act?
- We're called the Owl and the Pussycat.
- You're a couple, right? - We are married.
- For how long? - How long?
- They don't know. They don't know.
- I forgot. - * Walking on sunshine *
- Why "AGT"?
- You guys have presented more amazing acts
than any other show in the world,
and this is a way for us
to put ourselves out there on a big stage.
- * Whoa *
- Whoa. - No!
* *
It was kind of, like, nerve-racking...
- Whoa!
- And beautiful at the same time.
- I think this was, like, a perfect audition.
So let's vote for them.
- I'm giving you your first yes.
- Thank you. - It's a yes from me too.
- Yes. - Congratulations.
* *
- What is the name of your act? - We're Hello Sister.
- Hello-- - Yes.
- And you three are all sisters?
all: Yes.
- I'm Gabriella.
- I'm Scarlett. - I'm Grace.
[together] And we're Hello Sister.
- A band from Orlando, Florida.
all: * I had a dream so big *
- We pretty much all started, like,
at our separate instruments
and just learning them and taking lessons.
- For as long as I remember, I've just been singing.
[sings melody]
Daddy, put the camera down and clap.
- [applauds] Yay!
- I got my first drum set
at, like, seven, and I actually broke it.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- It was like the first month.
- I was not originally into music, but I was like,
"Well, they're getting all the attention
"with all the music, and they go
to all the concerts and everything."
- "Guess I'll try it." - So I said, "You know what?
"I'm gonna go do it."
all: * Ooh, ooh *
- Oh my gosh, it's awesome
to be able to play with my sisters
because they're my best friends in the world.
It feels like just the other day
we were performing at school assemblies,
and now we're playing in front of America
on "America's Got Talent."
- It's crazy. - It's crazy.
all: * Ah, ah, ah, ah, ha *
[American Authors' "Best Day Of My Life"]
- This is definitely one of the biggest things
that we've ever done before.
- Oh, my gosh. - So we're really excited.
- Really hoping four yeses. - Yes.
* *
- Hello.
all: Hi.
- And who are you?
- We're Hello Sister. - Cute.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm guessing you're in the group?
- Oh, we're sisters. - Yeah, we're sisters.
- Amazing.
- What are your ages? - I'm 15.
- I'm 12. - And I'm 14.
- Who's the boss?
[all chuckle]
- Me.
[laughter]
- Got it.
[cheers and applause]
Tell me what the dream is, girls.
- This is a dream come true. We're so happy to be here.
And one day, hopefully, we can become rock stars.
[cheers and applause]
- Have you written your own material?
- Yes. - Good.
And what's the song about?
- The song is called "Middle Schooler,"
and it's about the experiences
that we faced during middle school.
- I've got a good feeling about you lot.
all: Thank you.
- All right, have fun.
- Thank you. - Thanks.
[cheers and applause]
- It's kind of a cool thing, isn't it?
- For sure, it's cool.
- You know, with social media,
there's less of these type of groups now.
Yeah, because they just all sing into, like, microphones.
So this is good.
[upbeat rock music]
- One, two, three, four.
- * Look at all the pretty girls *
* Hanging on their locker doors *
* *
* Here comes Romeo *
* Rolling on his skateboard *
* *
* Just a face in the crowd *
* So far from fame *
* Nobody even knows my name *
* I'm wide-eyed, I'm so shy *
* I'm tongue-tied, caught up in confusion *
* I'm finding I'm losing *
* My mind *
* Freaking out like a middle schooler *
* *
* Thought I was cool *
* But she was cooler *
* *
* Summer love *
* It had to fade *
* 'Cause Juliet stole it away *
* So I'm freaking out *
* Like a middle schooler *
* *
- * Mirror, mirror on the wall *
* Who's the coolest of them all? *
* All the boys in the hall, breaking hearts *
* Watch them fall *
* All the popular girls *
* Listen to them say *
* Pledge allegiance to the jocks *
* And the mamas in the PTA *
* *
- Whoo!
* *
* Oh, yes, I'm freaking out *
* Freaking out, freaking out *
* Like a middle schooler * - * She was cooler *
* *
* Yeah *
* *
- Whoa! Yeah!
* *
Whoo!
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
[soft dramatic music]
* *
- Okay. Heidi.
- I mean, visually, I love you guys.
I love the energy.
To be honest, to me,
it didn't sound always as amazing as it looked.
[crowd boos]
That's me.
* *
- Howie.
- You know, I don't disagree with Heidi.
[crowd boos]
Here's what I'm saying.
You're all really good musicians.
I thought that, against that music,
your singing and the vocals were too soft.
* *
- Can I say something?
The fact that they play against everyone just singing
through Autotune-- just so boring right now.
I think we need these girls in the competition.
I really do.
[cheers and applause]
Sofía?
- I thought you guys were amazing.
I think it's fantastic that you're a family.
You look like you're having a lot of fun.
I'm gonna say yes.
- Thank you so much. - Howie, yes or no?
- Oh, this is a tough one.
* *
We don't get enough bands on this show.
I love to hear the band.
When I heard the first chord-- and you can drum.
- Thank you.
- But I think their musicianship
far outweighs the performance.
- Yes.
[crowd boos]
- Wow.
- You don't know!
* *
I feel like you got more in you.
I'm gonna give you one more chance.
It's a yes.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- I don't want to stand in your way.
Hopefully, next time you're not as nervous,
and it sounds better. I'm gonna give you a yes.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- You got four yeses.
[American Authors' "Best Day Of My Life"]
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Whoo!
- * Of my life *
- Thank you.
* *
- All right. Come on.
Go ahead. Give them a hug.
- You did great. - They did such a great job.
- You did great, Grace. You did great.
- Oh, you guys did good. - I mean, they're super cool.
- Everyone's gonna love them. - Yeah, yeah.
* *
- We made it.
[laughter]
- Coming up... - * I am young *
- You are completely nuts,
and I love it. - Oh!
- I think everybody's gonna fall in love with you.
- Whoa.
- Here we are.
"America's Got Talent." Hollywood.
- Lights, camera, action, baby.
- * There's no business like show business *
* Like no business I know *
- I'm in Hollywood.
- * Everything about it is appealing *
I want to become an actress.
- Everybody here has this massive opportunity
to make it big and be a star.
- You ready for show business?
- In Hollywood, this is the place
where dreams can happen. I'm Michael Winslow.
I'm 62 years old from Orlando, Florida.
You may know me from the "Police Academy" movies.
I am a voice-strumentalist.
[imitates electrical humming]
I used to be the Man of 10,000 Sound Effects,
but we're into the hundreds of thousands now.
- I don't know what to say, man.
You are a legend to me.
- Thank you. - How do you do what you do?
And how did it start?
- I always did this. And this was just a part of me.
I've been making sounds since I was a kid.
So, after high school,
I hitchhiked to Los Angeles, and I didn't know where to go.
I didn't know what I was going to do.
I just knew that I wanted to do this.
And then I ended up being a part of this movie
called "Police Academy."
[triumphant music]
And suddenly my life changed.
* *
From there, I ended up being part of "Gremlins."
I got a couple of good lines like, "Gizmo caca."
And "Spaceballs."
So I ended up doing pretty well.
[soft dramatic music]
But I stopped making movies
because I quit the business for my children.
I had to raise them because I became a widower.
* *
Now, after raising my two kids,
I'm in a different phase, and I think this is my time.
And "America's Got Talent" is the place for me
to show everyone I still have something to offer.
- Okay, folks, here we go.
[cheers and applause]
- I still have some sounds to make,
and there's still room for a little more.
* *
- Hi. - Hey.
- Hi, there. - How y'all doing?
- Oh, we know you.
- Good to see you. - Let's start with your name.
- I'm Michael Winslow. - Michael Winslow.
[cheers and applause]
Obviously, you know, we all know you from
the "Police Academy" movies.
And how many--was there, like, seven or something?
- There was seven.
And "Spaceballs" with Mel Brooks.
- Oh, you did that!
Tell me--I want to hear
the whole story. This is fantastic.
- Thank you. I'm a voice-strumentalist.
That's what I do.
When I was growing up, I didn't have a lot of friends.
I was an Air Force brat.
Every two or three years, we had to move,
so that meant I had to make up my own friends.
- Okay. - My own movies.
My own soundtrack. My own soundscape.
I'd just paint my own soundscape.
- So, Michael, look, with all the success
and with all the hit movies you've had,
tell me why you decided to come on "America's Got Talent."
- Well, my son Britton said,
"This is 'America's Got Talent.'
"You can come out here and be anything you want
instead of being forced to be something you don't."
- Right.
- So, this is the show you come to be yourself.
- Yeah.
- So the time that I have,
I'm gonna share it with you.
- Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
Well, I cannot tell you how thrilled I am
that you are here. Best of luck.
- Thank you.
[high-pitched] Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
How did I get into this? How do I make noises?
I don't know. I grew up making noises.
I can't stop it, man.
When I was growing up,
I lived next to an active runway.
My father was in the Air Force,
so that meant every few seconds...
[imitates plane whooshing]
- [laughs]
- That was me.
My mom wasn't prepared for that.
"Why is the six-month-old baby making noises?"
[laughter]
Now, later on in life,
I learned that these sounds can get you in trouble.
I'll give you an example.
On an aircraft, this is what I did.
Not allowed to do this one.
- [whooshing]
[beeps softly]
[laughter]
Don't do that on a plane, man.
If you go... [soft beeps]
They're gonna think it's real.
I did that.
[beeps softly]
- [laughs]
[beeps softly] [thuds]
Freaking cart, ow. Don't do that.
So to keep myself occupied,
my mom and dad gave me my first radio.
Yeah.
Best part about the radio, you know any part of the song.
Doesn't matter where it is, you know that song.
[imitates radio changing stations]
Ah, rock and roll.
[Imitates Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"]
* *
- Yeah!
* *
- "Another One Bites the Dust."
[imitates radio crackle]
[imitates upbeat music]
* *
[imitates radio changing stations]
[imitates powerful electronic music]
* *
- [laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- That's it, Michael!
[Stevie Wonder's "For Once in my Life"]
* *
- Great, great, great, great, great.
- Uh-huh? - Howie.
- [imitates footfalls]
- Did you hear that? - Yeah.
- He did the footsteps of the guy leaving.
Everything, all those sounds are coming out of his mouth.
That is what is amazing. - Yeah.
- You are a trailblazer in the sense of somebody
who recognizes, like, even if you have a career,
where else are you gonna be
in front of tens of millions of people?
- Right here.
- So thank you so much for being here.
- Yeah. - You're amazing.
- [mouthing words]
- Heidi.
- I mean, you're absolutely incredible.
Such a talent.
And you are completely nuts, and I love it.
* *
- Sofía.
- I thought that was incredible.
That was unique.
To see it in person, how you do it, it's like--
I don't think-- I mean, you're not human.
[laughter]
- Yeah, I mean, look, I always say the best races
I love watching-- 'cause I love motor racing--
is sometimes all the big champions
come back, and they battle with the rookies.
- Yeah. - You know?
And that makes it a proper competition.
- Yeah.
- So the fact that you've come
and you've set a standard here is just so thrilling for me.
I cannot tell you. I'm absolutely...
- Thank you. - Ecstatic.
- Thank you, bless you. - 'Cause that's how you do it.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you, everybody. All of you, thank you.
- I know where this is going, but we have to do it.
Howie? - Yes.
- Heidi. - Yeah.
- Sofía. - Super yes.
- Okay, Michael, four gigantic yeses.
Well done.
- * This is mine, you can't take it *
* As long as I know I have love, I can make it *
- [high-pitched] Bye.
- * For once in my life *
* I have someone who needs me *
- Can you tell me a little bit what this means right now?
- It means...
- The fact that you come back here--
- My life has changed again for the better.
- You know--
- And I've gotten another blessing,
and I'm just--I don't even know where to begin.
- * Somebody that needs me * - * Someone who needs me *
[enchanting metallophone music]
- "AGT" is the house of magic.
- Mat Franco!
* *
- Shin Lim!
* *
- There have been amazing acts right here on this stage
that have actually taken over Las Vegas.
* *
- A residency in Las Vegas
is the dream of every magician.
* *
- "AGT" has a long line of amazing magicians.
* *
[soft dramatic music]
- My name is Kevin Micoud.
I am 32, and I'm a mentalist.
* *
Ever since I can remember, I was interested
in the human brain.
When I went to the university,
I learn about the brain, about the science,
or how your brain speak and understand something.
When I told people I want to be a mentalist,
people thought I was crazy.
I was practicing mentalism in secret,
but my family was always there for me.
- [speaking French] - [speaking French]
I love you. - I love you.
* *
- I will be proud to show my daughters.
Doesn't matter what people say. If you love something, do it.
My biggest dream is
to have my own show in Las Vegas,
and that's why I'm here on "AGT."
This is my chance to show
that I'm supposed to be doing this.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi. - Hello.
- What is your name? - My name is Kevin.
- Hi, Kevin, and where are you from?
- France. - Where else?
- Silly me. - Duh.
[laughter]
- Welcome to America. - Yeah, thank you.
- Thank you. And what do you do in France?
- Mentalism. - Ooh.
- Mentalism. - Yes.
- How old are you? - I'm 32 since yesterday.
- Oh, happy birthday! - Happy birthday.
- Oh, happy birthday.
- So, how long have you been doing mentalism?
- 12 years.
- So you do it full-time for a living?
- Now, yes.
- And what is the reason
that you wanted to be here on "America's Got Talent"?
- When you love something, you want to share
with much people as possible,
and this is the biggest stage of the world.
- Yeah, yeah! - Awesome.
That's wonderful. Go ahead.
Mentalize.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- I'm gonna show you
a mind transmission performance,
but between you, judges, and Mr. Terry Crews.
Come on, Terry. Come on.
- I got you. - Mind transmission?
* *
- Thank you so much. Right, so I come to you.
* *
Okay, here we have got photos
of "AGT" finalists
from all the seasons of the show.
Ladies, you will pick one each, and, without showing it,
look at it. Then put it under your cup.
* *
Heidi, put your finger on a photo.
* *
- That one. - Okay, take it.
Keep your finger--perfect. Thank you.
That's yours. No worries.
Sofía, put your finger on a photo.
That one. Take it.
Okay, now let's do this.
[cheers and applause]
- "Put it under your cup," he said.
* *
- Now I'm gonna extract the mind of Terry,
then rub your thoughts and put it inside,
and so do a mind transmission.
Keep your concentration
and your eyes closed from now till the end.
And imagine.
Imagine me extracting the mind from your head...
- Whoa.
- Oh, my gosh.
- And going inside.
[dramatic music]
- Whoa. - He has to see it.
- Then deeper to your memories.
* *
- This is crazy.
- Ladies, think about your contestants,
their talents, their props.
Heidi, I'm gonna extract the contestant from your mind.
* *
Does it make sense?
* *
Sofía.
* *
Think about your contestant.
* *
Does it make sense?
* *
Then, Terry, imagine your mind
coming back to your head.
* *
And open your eyes.
Take these boards and write the names
of the two contestants you felt.
* *
Terry.
- Okay. - It's all up to you.
* *
Show us the board.
* *
- No, no, no!
- Is that correct?
- It is. - Oh, my gosh.
- Kodi Lee. - And Shin Lim.
- It is.
That's amazing.
- That's great!
- Wait. Wait.
One last thing.
Judges, at the very beginning, I left a photo of myself here.
- Oh, my God.
- The other reason why I left it
even before you chose your contestants
is because this photo contains my prediction.
* *
- Whoa.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- That is good!
- I mean, seriously, brilliant.
[Tim Halperin's "Forever Starts Today"]
- * All the world is ours to take *
* You and me, we'll find a way *
- Round of applause for Terry! Come on.
- Aw, thank you. - Bravo, Terry!
- Yes. - That was amazing.
- Heidi, what'd you think?
- I mean, we need one of those brain things
that you had there. That was incredible.
I've never seen anything like it before,
and what you've done from my brain
to Terry's, it was incredible.
- Thank you. - Sofía.
- I don't even know what to say.
That was so much fun,
and it was such a different thing to watch.
- Thank you so much. - And Simon?
- This act was sensational. Absolutely sensational.
It was taking this kind of act into the future.
It was unlike anything we've ever seen before.
This is a Vegas act. Absolutely brilliant.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- The magic is far beyond anything
I have seen before.
That was appearing in front of us.
Those graphics were just floating in the air.
I saw Terry Crews' brain in front of me.
- It was crazy. - I think that's amazing.
I've never seen anything like it.
I'm so excited.
I'm gonna start off the voting with a--
as you understand--oui.
- Oh, good job. - Yes.
- I give your second oui. - Oh, yeah, come on.
- Three ouis.
- We've had so many ouis today,
and now you've got a fourth oui.
- * All the world is ours to take *
* You and me, we'll find a way *
- Oui, oui, oui, oui, oui. - Oui, oui, oui.
[speaks French]
- Thank you.
- Was that the most amazing thing?
- What is that? - What was that thing?
- I thought I was watching something on my phone.
- What is it? - It's magic.
* *
- Guess what? Four yes!
I got it!
- [cheering] - [laughs]
* *
- * Forever starts *
- There's so much intense competition
on the show now.
It's like training for the Olympics.
[energetic pop music]
Just be prepared.
* *
- I need to make sure
that my body is in tip-top condition.
* *
- Don't never quit because, if you quit,
you ain't gonna never succeed.
- Hard work, dedication, and commitment.
- You got a certain mind. You gotta hit it and quit it.
Hit it and quit it and just do it.
- Your dreams will come true
if you stick to putting in that work.
* *
- I never questioned the amount of work
that I had to put into this because of how much I love it.
* *
My name is Kyle Cragle.
I am 24 years old,
and I am a hand-balancing contortionist.
One of the most difficult parts about what I do
is that it's so physical.
I train a lot because ever since I was a child,
I always dreamed of performing on an international stage,
so being given this opportunity
is a very, very, very big deal.
[soft dramatic music]
I've put in hundreds if not thousands of hours.
There have been hard moments.
There have been blood, sweat, and tears
because there's nothing that gives me
the feeling that performing does.
I have trained my entire life for this moment.
So many people's dreams have come true
on "America's Got Talent."
It's just so exciting because my dream could also come true.
* *
[exhales deeply]
There is a moment
right before I go onstage where I
can really feel that transformation.
It's almost like
I'm a completely different person,
the true essence of who Kyle is.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Yes. - Oh, wow.
Wow.
[cheers and applause]
You look beautiful.
- Thank you so much. Likewise.
- Thank you. Who are you?
- My name is Scarlett Business. - Hi, Scarlett.
Nice to meet you.
What will you be doing for us today?
- So I will be doing a mix of hand-balancing contortion
and a little bit of drag.
- Okay, we love that. - [laughs]
- Do you want to tell us
a little bit more about yourself?
- Sure, well, I've been performing for ten years.
I've been doing drag now for about three.
And I'm just honestly really thrilled
to be here right now
on a show that I watched while I was growing up.
- Well, I'm super excited that you're here.
I wish you good luck, Scarlett. - Thank you so much.
- Mwah.
[cheers and applause]
- Hand balancing and contortion.
- In high heels. - Yeah, those are high heels.
[Kesha's "Woman"]
- * I buy my own things *
* I pay my own bills *
* These diamond rings *
* My automobiles *
* Everything I got, I bought it *
* Boys can't buy my love *
- Whoo!
- * Buy my love, yeah *
* I do what I want * - She does.
- * Say what you say *
* I work real hard every day *
* I'm a woman *
* Baby, all right *
- Whoa, that's hard!
- * Too tight *
* I'm a mother [...] woman *
* Baby, that's right *
* I'm just having fun with my ladies here tonight *
* *
* Loosey as a goosey *
- Whoa, wow. - Wow, that--oh.
- * Fun *
* *
* I'm a woman *
* Baby, all right *
* I'm just having fun with my ladies here tonight *
- Yes. - Wow.
- Oh!
* *
Incredible.
- * Don't buy me a drink *
* I make my money *
* Don't touch *
* Don't call me "honey" *
- Oh. - Whoa.
* *
- Whoa, whoa.
- Whoa! - Wow.
- Yeah!
- * I don't need a man *
- What?
- * To be holding me too tight *
- * I'm a mother [...] woman *
* Baby, that's right *
* I'm just having fun with my ladies here tonight *
- Ah! - [chuckles]
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- * Yeah *
- Ay!
- Oh! - Yes!
[upbeat pop music]
- Ha ha!
* *
Simon, what did you think of Scarlett?
- Well, you put on a show, Scarlett.
You know, I like that.
You're interesting,
and you've got a great personality,
Aa real diva, so I like you.
- Thank you so much. - Sofía, what about you?
- How can you do all this with those shoes?
- Yeah.
- I mean, and I am an expert in high heels.
I was, like, super surprised. You look beautiful.
It was, like, effortless for you.
You were having so much fun. It was perfect for me.
* *
- Howie. - We have seen contortionists.
We've seen hand balancing, but it seemed to be, like,
more fun than I've ever watched it before.
- Yeah, you brought it. - You have the energy.
You have the stage presence. Very good.
* *
- [laughs]
- Thank you so much. - I loved it too, Scarlett.
I love a girl that can do it all--
perform, dance, do all the "contortioning."
It was beautiful. You're beautiful to watch.
- Beautiful. - Thank you so much.
- So let's kick this off-- this vote--with your first yes.
Howie?
- Number two. Yes
- Thank you. - Tres yes.
- Simon? - Number four.
- Oh, my gosh!
* *
- Well done.
- Whoo!
* *
I mean, you took over that stage.
- [laughs] - I know.
Scarlett Business,
I can't wait to see what you do next.
- Thank you so much, Terry.
- All right, Scarlett Business in the house.
- Yeah!
* *
That was fierce.
[upbeat music]
- These past few days, we gave contestants the chance
to escape to their own personal refuge
where they really got to be themselves.
Here are the top moments from the Sonic Glowasis.
- Ah!
- Simon Cowell looked me in the eye, smiled,
and told me yes!
- I'm making Heidi Klum laugh?
Like, what's going on right now?
I was like, "She never laughs."
- I could be the side host,
if Terry ever doesn't want to come in.
- Yes! I'm so excited.
I cannot believe it. [laughs]
- Auditions for next season are officially open.
- Wow!
- People are gonna remember this audition.
- Go to AGTauditions.com
for your chance to perform for the ultimate prize.
- I'm so excited for you. - I'm so ready.
- This is gonna be amazing.
[upbeat music]
[buzzers blaring]
I am proud of you.
And I know how great you're gonna do.
- Go right ahead, sir. - Perfect.
It's your time. - I love you.
* *
- Hello. - Hello.
- And what's your name, please?
- My name is Ray Singleton. I'm 31 years old.
I'm from Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Okay. - Yes, yes.
Okay, we got Charlotte in the house.
- Okay, and what are you gonna sing tonight?
- I am singing a love song in dedication to my wife.
[cheers and applause]
It's a story of everything that she is to me
and everything that I want to be to her.
Actually, the reason I'm here is because of my wife.
- Your wife. - Yes.
She is a U.S. Navy veteran.
She is also a brain cancer survivor.
- Wow. Wow, wow, wow.
- November 5th, 2016,
I met the love of my life.
Now, how did you guys met?
- I met Ray attending a party.
It was very dimly-lit,
and I said, "Hey, look at that guy
with those stupid sunglasses on."
[laughter]
- Literally, that's the first thing.
- Wow.
- First thing I heard my wife say.
- The relationship starts real.
- It doesn't take all day to recognize sunshine,
and as soon as I saw her, I understood she was sunshine.
[tender music]
We were married November 2018.
- Did you know he was a singer? - I found out very quickly.
Ray has literally sang every moment
that his eyes have been open.
- To sing has been my dream my entire life,
but after college, I was looking for a job.
I ended up selling cars,
but I never stopped singing.
Music takes me to another world,
and I found it helps me get through hard times.
Just after our one-year anniversary,
Roslyn was getting headaches.
- So I went to the doctor, and she said,
"You have a mass the size of an orange on your brain."
* *
- Look who's up?
* *
Ten months of chemotherapy.
It was hard seeing her go through that.
* *
When I felt helpless, I sat down at the piano,
with her by my side, and I sang her a song,
and it was simply to make my wife smile.
- His singing helped.
It got me through brain cancer.
Yeah, it helped a lot.
* *
I told him that I wanted for him to live his dream,
and I'm so proud of him being here.
I'm sorry. I'm so proud of him being here.
I really am.
- And tonight I am very happy
to announce that she is cancer-free.
- Aww. - That's great.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. - That is great news.
Okay, well, I think--
that's a lot to take in, actually, Ray.
Are you okay?
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
- You ready to go?
- I am prepared. I am ready.
- Okay, good luck.
[cheers and applause]
Wow.
[Andy Grammer's "I Am Yours"]
* *
- * Just another love song *
* From a simple man *
* I've been searching for chords *
* Underneath these hands *
* So I can try *
* To tell you I love you *
* *
* You know I need you *
* Like you're oxygen *
* Be my atmosphere *
* Let me breathe you in *
* So I can try *
* To tell you I love you *
* *
* I've been lost *
* I've been found *
* But I know I am now *
* I am yours *
* Now and always *
* Wouldn't dream *
* To be anything *
* More *
* You take my breathe away *
* Every night *
* Still can't believe it *
* When you say you're mine *
* I am yours, I am yours *
* *
* I am yours *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[Calum Scott's "Biblical"]
* *
- Ray, is your wife here?
- My wife is here. She's--
- We want to see you. - Can we meet her?
- Come on out. - Oh, absolutely.
Please, come on. Come on.
- Where is she?
- She's a beautiful-- come on, baby.
Come on. - Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- Aww. - Aww.
Oh, my God.
- Aw.
- * Then my feet left the ground *
* *
* Gravity don't make no sense *
- And what's your wife's name? - Roslyn.
- Well, all we can say is, Roslyn,
we're so happy to hear you've gotten through this.
I mean, congrats. That's amazing.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Well, let me ask you, first of all.
What did you think?
- I've been crying since he started, so...
- [chuckles]
- He's been practicing every day.
- Yeah?
- And I've never heard him sing so good.
It was--
- * I wanna have it all with you *
- Aww.
- You know, we felt the love, we felt the commitment,
and we felt the warmth, and we felt your heart,
and that's what the show is all about,
so thank you so much for being here.
- Thank you, Howie. Thank you.
- * I wanna have it all with you *
- What a beautiful energy. What beautiful love.
I think everyone is gonna fall in love with you.
- Yeah.
- * Biblical *
- I agree.
Your voice is fantastic, and the lyric was fantastic,
and it was just a beautiful moment
'cause you just love each other so much.
I can see that.
[cheers and applause]
We have to vote.
- Let's. - Howie.
- Well, first of all, I want to say
to your young lady here,
thank you so much for your service.
- Yes. - You know?
And to the young man,
thank you so much for your talent.
So it's a yes. -
[cheers and applause]
It's a definite yes from me.
- Yes.
- Okay, Ray.
You have four yeses. Congratulations.
- * Have it all with you *
* *
- Bravo!
* *
- * I wanna have it all *
* *
- * I wanna have it all *
* I wanna have it all*
- Thank you.
- Your voice on top
of such an amazing story,
it just transcends space and time, bro.
I just wanted to tell you that.
- You imagine, when you get that news?
That roller coaster ride of emotions?
- But, you know, that's humanity.
Things happen,
and look what got them through it.
- Yeah.
- Whoo! Oh, my God.
- It was amazing. You did amazing.
I love you.
- I love you, too, baby.
[laughs]
Oh, man.
- * Biblical *
- [chuckles] - Baby, you did it.
* *