[soft music]
* *
- We meet in an hour of challenge,
and new dangers, as well as high reward.
* *
And they may well ask,
"Why climb the highest mountain?"
"Why fly the Atlantic?"
Not because they are easy,
but because they are hard.
[echoing] Because they are hard.
Because they are hard.
[Motorhead's "Ace of Spades"]
* *
- Are you ready to get extreme?
- * If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man *
* You win some, lose some, it's all the same to me *
* *
* The pleasure is to play *
* What you say *
* *
* I don't share your greed, the only card I need is *
* The Ace of Spades, the Ace of Spades *
* *
- I love a woman who loves to prove a man wrong.
- You had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
- Is it rude to say, you have big balls?
- * Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again *
- Do not try this at home!
Rah!
Ahh!
The best thing I've ever seen in my life!
- * I see it in your eyes, take one look and die *
- [Bleep] me.
- * You know I'm born to lose *
- [laughing]
- * But that's the way I like it, baby *
- Go!
- * I don't want to live forever *
- I love the way you're acting like this is normal.
It's not.
- Oh!
* *
- Oh, my God.
Electrifying.
- No! - This is phenomenal.
- One of the most incredible things
I've ever seen in my life.
- Yeah, you did it!
* *
[dramatic music]
* *
- Okay, folks, we are rolling.
* *
Okay, here we go.
We're gonna test our flame heads onstage
in three, two, one.
* *
Okay, here, folks. Here we go, three, two, one.
[wild cheering]
Stand by, Terry.
- Please welcome your host
of "America's Got Talent: Extreme,"
Terry Crews!
- * I do it for the glory *
* Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
* I do it for the glory *
* Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
[The Score's "Glory"]
- Welcome to "AGT: Extreme"!
* *
Whoo!
On this show, we are going bigger, faster, higher,
and way more dangerous than ever before.
Acts from all around the world have come to compete
for the title of Extreme champion
and $500,000.
How cool is that? Here's how it works.
If an act gets at least two yeses from the judges,
they'll advance to the next round,
the superfan vote,
which is made up of superfans from all across America.
Giving out the yeses, and noes, and even some golden buzzers,
we have three awesome judges.
Give it up for Daredevil and motocross legend
with 11 gold medals in the X Games
and ringleader of the action sports crew,
Nitro Circus, Travis Pastrana!
- * I do it for the glory *
* Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
- Now make some noise for WWE superstar
and two-time Divas Champion, Nikki Bella!
- * Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
- And the man who knows more about talent
than anybody on the planet, it's Simon Cowell!
- * I do it for the glory *
* Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
* I do it for the glory *
* Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
* *
- Now, Simon, we talked about this show
almost three years ago.
- Yeah, and the first thing we said is,
"Wouldn't it be great to make a show to do all the stuff
we can't do indoors."
And we're here.
And we're in Atlanta. Thank God.
- Yes, and they're beautiful!
* *
- Now, Nikki Bella, welcome...
- Thank you. - To "AGT: Extreme."
How does it feel to be sitting next to Simon Cowell?
- I mean, I truly do feel like I'm living a dream.
I'm excited. I'm not scared.
I'm excited to just see people
push their talent to the extreme,
something that I know I can't do
or even the man of extreme next to me can't do, so...
- Welcome, Travis Pastrana!
- Yeah, I feel like we made it.
We are really here. I got my name on there.
We got an X by it. This is gonna be great.
- This is gonna be good.
Now, Travis, can you describe
a few of the extreme things you've been through.
- It's been a heck of a ride,
but you know, the worst was I woke up,
and I thought someone was just moaning.
And then as the pain set in,
I realized the moaning was actually me.
And then when I woke up,
my legs were pointed the wrong direction
and I thought, "Well, I've gone to hell," so..
- [laughs]
- All right, we got some incredible acts
lined up for you.
Are y'all ready for your first act?
Let's do this!
"America's Got Talent: Extreme" starts now!
- * Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh *
* I do it for the glory *
- How cool was that? - We made it!
- Look, we made it.
- We don't need a Hollywood star.
We've got these.
- Let's do it.
- Okay, let's do this then.
- First act ready. Standing by.
- My name is Aaron Evans. I am 33 years old.
I can jump over any and everything.
Just put it in my way,
and I'm gonna get over it.
- What are you gonna do here on "AGT: Extreme?"
- So I'm known for doing parkour and extreme stunts.
- Oh, nice!
- I love what I do. It's a feeling like no other.
My adrenaline is really going and, like, I almost feel like
I can take on the world.
[dramatic music]
I was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
My mom was a single mother doing the best that she could.
And it was tough at times, but you know,
we stuck through it, and parkour helped me
to stay away from all of the trouble growing up.
I just wanna make sure that
I help my mom out the best that I can.
And I guess you could say that I'm a mama's boy.
She wouldn't wanna watch this.
Trust me. It's gut-wrenching.
Today, I'm gonna be performing the most epic jump of my life.
- How dangerous is your act?
- Very.
* *
My actual stunt is unheard of.
It requires immense precision.
I have no crash mat,
so everything that I do has to be perfect.
If I don't perform the jump correctly the first time,
there will not be a second.
I've had close calls where I was terrified.
That's why there is no room for error,
and I make sure that I land no matter what.
- Do you have something that you feel could win
this whole show and get you $500,000?
- I believe I got that and then some.
This competition means everything to me.
There is no way that I'm going to fail.
Oh, I'm very competitive. You know I wanna win.
I'm jumping for my life. I'm revved up and ready to go.
* *
- Okay, let's move to the performance site.
- What's up, guys? How you doing?
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Hi, everyone.
* *
[buzzer]
- Oh, wait, whoa, whoa.
[buzzer]
- Does it go any louder than that?
- I'll just see if this one works.
Button doesn't even work. Button doesn't even work.
* *
[buzzer]
Oh, there we go.
- Okay, here we go folks.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- They like you already. What's your name?
- My name is Aaron Evans.
- And where are you from, Aaron?
- I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Are you a cheesehead? That's the real question.
- No. - What?
- Not a cheese head.
- Oh. - I have my own sport.
- What sport was that?
- Parkour, freerunning. - Awesome.
- Right, so tell me a bit about you.
- I am actually a fiber technician
for a company doing all network.
- Like I.T. - I.T., yeah.
- Okay, and do people at work,
your friends, know you've entered this show.
- Some of them do, my boss mainly.
He's the main person that has to know
that I'm here right now
because obviously he had to clear it.
- What did he say? - He said, "Go for it, man.
I know you got this. Go get it."
- Is what you're doing today what you dream of doing?
- What I'm doing today
is just something that I love to do,
but if I'm able to win this here,
I wanna open up a gym for people that wanna learn
how to do parkour and kind of give back to the community.
- Good for you.
- And then on top of that,
my big dream is to buy my mom a restaurant
'cause right now I'm taking care of her.
- Is your mom here?
- My mom is not here. - Oh.
- No, she'll be watching from afar.
- Okay, that might be a good thing.
- Yes.
Let's just say, the stunt will be pretty extreme.
Like, it will have the world
on the edge of their seats for sure.
- That's what I like to hear. - We like the sound of that.
- We like--yeah. - I like that a lot.
- Okay, good luck. - Thank you.
- Whoo!
- I have no idea what's gonna happen.
All I know is he looks unbelievably nervous.
- Yeah.
* *
- Whoo!
- Oh, this looks interesting.
- I don't know exactly what's going on,
but I see cones, expensive cars,
and that's pretty sweet.
[engines revving]
- When I'm ready to signal the cars down,
I'll give this signal here.
- They're gonna stay at 30,
but they will not slow down at all
because we don't wanna mess up the act.
- No, that's perfect.
- So they're just sticking it at 30 the whole time.
- Oh, my gosh, cars that are speeding at him?
I think he's trying to jump over them.
- Are you serious? - Oh, gosh.
- Is he nuts?
* *
- Now, if anything should happen,
I'll bring the medic and ambulance in there
to treat you in that situation.
- Okay, here we go, folks. Here we go.
Stand by, everyone. Stand by.
- Oh, gosh.
[tense music]
Good luck!
* *
- Here we go. I'm nervous.
* *
[engines revving]
[dramatic music]
* *
- Oh, whoa!
- What? - Oh, my gosh!
[Oh The Larceny's "Another Level"]
- Oh!
[engine revving]
- He's gonna go again!
How can he do this? This is nuts.
- The thought of jumping one car,
but then land and have to get your breath, too, in between.
- * Blowing up the roof *
- I feel like a lot could go wrong here.
- * Nothing left to prove *
* *
- Ahh! - Whoo!
[Oh The Larceny's "Another Level"]
- He's gonna go again.
* *
How can he do this?
Nuts!
* *
- The thought of jumping one car,
but then land and have to get your breath, too, in between.
[engine revving]
- * Running after you *
- Go, go, go, go!
- The timing has to be perfect.
- * Nothing left to prove *
* *
- Oh!
* *
I have the chills. - [indistinct]
- Yes, two!
Here's the last one. He's safe, he's sound.
- Three cars back to back.
If he catches speed,
or he misses the landing and were to fall,
I feel like a lot could go wrong here.
* *
- * Yeah, another level *
* Oh, to another level *
* I'm going all the way *
* *
- Whoa!
- Whoo!
* *
- Yes!
- * To another level *
* *
- Yeah! - Yes!
* *
- Unbelievable.
- Man, this is crazy!
That was absolutely incredible. How do you feel right now?
- I feel amazing and exhausted.
- Excellent job.
We are going back to the main stage to hear from the judges.
- You are nuts. - Thank you.
I take that as a compliment.
- I mean, seriously nuts.
- Don't try this at home!
- Come on, I'll drive you. Let's hit it.
- Hell of a chauffeur. Look at this.
- I was not expecting that.
* *
- * Oh, let's hit it *
* Oh, to another level *
* *
[upbeat music]
* *
- How are you feeling?
- Feeling great.
- Okay, Travis, you know more about this than I do.
What do you think?
- Oh, it was absolutely amazing.
The timing was great.
I thought the showmanship was fantastic.
To go back to back over three McLaren's,
and you weren't just clearing them by a little bit.
That was absolutely fantastic, man.
This was absolutely amazing.
- * I just wanna be someone *
- Thank you.
[Banners' "Someone to You"]
- * Well, doesn't everyone? *
- Yes!
- I mean, for me, in the words of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson,
"That was electrifying."
* *
A lot of us up here know
what it's like to have adrenaline rush,
but to have that adrenaline rush and perfect timing,
that's beyond talented.
You are 100% extreme.
- Thank you. I really appreciate that.
- Yo, what more do you need?
* *
- Okay.
I didn't particularly like that.
* *
I absolutely...
* *
bleeping loved it.
[wild cheering]
- * And if the sun starts setting, the sky goes cold *
- Oh, I hate when he does that.
- * Clouds get heavy and start to fall *
- Honestly, it was one of the most sensational auditions
I've ever seen in my life.
- Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- I mean, this defines what we were hoping to find
on this show "Extreme."
- * Someone to you *
- Whoo!
- So we now have to say,
whether you're gonna go in front of the superfans or not.
Travis, yes or no?
- Definitely yes.
- Okay.
- Okay, I need you guys' help back here,
but it's a yes.
- Yes! - Yes, yes, yes, yes!
* *
- You have three yeses. Congratulations.
- * Sun starts setting, the sky goes cold *
- Brilliant.
- * Then if the clouds get heavy and start to fall *
- I have a feeling we're gonna be seeing you in the final.
It was that good.
- Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
- Incredible.
- * Someone to you *
- Hey, man, you did it. You did it, oh, my God!
- With freerunning, like, they can do so much.
- Have you seen an act like that before?
- No, I mean. It's impressive.
- It made me feel like I was watching a movie.
- Yeah. - Like, yeah.
- Did you like the act?
[wild cheering]
- I thought it was all right.
[laughter]
- Thank you. I will.
I'll talk to you later.
- I love you. - Love you, too.
* *
- * Someone to you *
- Coming up...
- He's on fire!
- Whoa! - Absolutely astonishing.
- Ahh!
- It's show time.
- Yeah! - Spectacular.
- So long, suckers!
- We get something to explode.
- Oh.
I need to give you something.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Can I just say thank you, by the way, to both of you.
- Aww. You got the right two.
I mean, we both are very extreme,
I do have to say.
I mean, you are like the king of extreme, by the way.
Like, over Shaun White, or Tony Hawk,
or anyone, like, you're the guy.
- How many bones have you broken in your body?
- I lost track a long time ago.
So I've had 36 operations, and I'm 37 years old.
- 36?
- So how many operations have you had?
- I've had six or eight.
- Nikki, when you were in the WWE,
there's nothing like that adrenaline
of risking it all in front of millions of people.
- I know, right?
- Are you going to hit us if you disagree with us?
- Well, I mean, if you make me mad,
I might slam you.
- I like it. - Oh, I'm ready.
I'm excited.
This is way too big to put on the normal indoor "AGT" stage.
This is like XL.
- Yeah, that's like "WrestleMania" on steroids.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Like, that's insane.
- Yes.
- I'm looking forward to seeing the people that are doing it
because it's their passion.
I feel like, here, we're gonna get
to see some stuff that's outside the box.
- That suits me.
[upbeat music]
- I'm Edwin. - I'm Skummy.
- And I'm Jack, and we are the JoogSquad.
* *
We are a group of daredevils from Clearwater, Florida.
We first started the JoogSquad when my little brother
was hit in the nuts while playing wall ball.
- Oh, ow!
- Are you okay? - [indistinct]
- Are you okay, Pierce?
- We thought it was really funny.
We put the video on the internet,
and 2007 until now, we haven't stopped uploading videos
doing stunts and having fun.
- Whoo!
- 50,000 likes, and we will float down the LA river
on this giant flamingo.
And now it's our full-time job making videos
for the internet.
That's actually the LAPD.
[siren wailing]
- Pull the flamingo over.
- Sometimes just getting the clip is so worth
anything you have to endure for it.
- The amount of people that we've made laugh
or smile with our videos
is easily in the hundreds of millions.
One of the main things that we've always tried to do is
to do something original
that people have never seen before.
So for tonight's performance,
we're raising the bar higher than we ever have.
- This is our shot, boys, all right?
- This is it. - So we gotta make this work.
- The act is gonna consist
of me lighting my friend on fire,
trampoline covered in mousetraps
and plastic blocks.
And I'm skimboarding across a 50-foot pool of fire.
- Imagine a swimming pool full of gasoline.
- Wait, wait, that's gas?
[dramatic music]
- I'm looking forward to seeing more.
- Yeah, I wanna see more. I don't want this to stop.
You just start to crave that extreme feeling,
like watching other people just push themselves to the limit.
- We've been looking up to people like Nitro Circus
and "Jackass" our entire lives.
This can literally make all of our dreams come true.
- Oh, boy. - Oh, this is gonna be fun.
- Go JoogSquad!
- I love JoogSquad! - We're gonna win!
- Whoo!
* *
Yeah!
- The JoogSquad in the house!
- Hello, America!
- Yes! - Wow, what an entrance.
So what is your guys' names? Where are you from?
- We're from Florida, and we are the JoogSquad.
- So why are you guys here at "AGT: Extreme"?
- This is America's stage.
This is one of the most popular shows of all time.
And this is the first season
of "America's Got Talent: Extreme."
So to pass this up would be silly.
- Heck yeah, I agree. Is there any dream here?
- I mean, $500,000 to start, you know?
- Well, and what would you do with that $500,000?
- I mean, that's a life-changing amount of money.
We've had dreams of buying a compound
for a really long time
to get like 50 acres in Florida where we can build ramps,
rails, offices, do everything we want.
- Did you say offices?
- Yeah, we wouldn't be in them.
- Oh, just making sure.
- I mean, Travis over here has his own compound.
- To get Travis's approval,
as one of the best action sports athletes
on the planet ,you know, that's all we need.
- Yeah. - Whoo!
- I'm excited to see something
I've never seen before.
'Cause I feel like I've seen it all.
So good luck guys.
- Thank you guys.
- It's show time! You guys ready to see?
- Yes. - Let's do it!
- Yeah!
- Whoo!
* *
- I'm ready for this excitement.
- There's four trampolines,
like, basically duct-taped on top of each other.
This is exactly what I came on the show for.
- Yeah, right?
- Here we go. Five, cue music.
Four, three, two, one.
[tense music]
[dramatic music]
* *
- He's on fire! - Real fire!
* *
- Yeah!
* *
Yeah!
* *
Oh, mouse trap!
* *
Oh!
* *
- Whoo!
- All right, guys.
Please do not try whatever you've seen at home.
Please. Not even with a mouse trap.
* *
He's got his skimboard!
Here we go!
* *
- Wow!
* *
- Wow! - Whoo!
- Whoa!
* *
[Oh the Larceny's "Check It Out"]
* *
- How do you feel right now?
- Whoo! - I'm on fire.
- I feel like that! I feel like that!
- * I'm feeling good *
- You deserve to celebrate. JoogSquad in the house!
- Terry! - Yo!
- Did you like them? - I loved them.
- I wasn't sure. - Yeah!
- * Check it out *
- How do you guys feel?
- I feel great, but I'm just happy
to be on the other side of those flames.
- Oh, yeah, I bet. - Whoo!
- So, Travis. - You were correct.
I have never seen
anybody belly flop off of four trampolines on fire.
I've never seen anyone backdrop onto mousetraps,
and I've never seen anyone go
across fire water on a board.
So yes, you definitely checked those boxes for me.
- * Check it out *
- Yeah, Travis' approval! All right!
- Whoo! - Simon loved us.
Look at him. He's smiling.
- Aww, look at him, look at him.
- Well, no, to be fair.
I thought the end was obviously the best part.
The beginning was okay.
But I tell you what I do love about you though.
There's something about your personalities though.
I really, really like you.
- Thank you, thank you. - Really like you.
- That means a lot. - We like you!
- Yeah, we love you. - I know that.
- I agree with Travis on a few things.
Like, I've never seen anything like this.
And I agree with Simon on a few things.
Like, the ending brought it back for me,
and it was exciting,
but I feel like you guys could have done so much more.
[audience groaning]
- I say we vote, Travis.
- If you guys happen to get through,
but, you know, the superfans...
- Yeah.
- I am really, really genuinely interested
to see what else you're gonna light on fire.
So that's a yes for me.
all: Yeah!
* *
- Like I said, the first part was dreadful.
The second part was great, so...
I love you, yes.
- Yes! - Yeah!
- Yeah, two yeses!
- And, I mean,
I don't even know how I could say no to you guys.
So that's a yes for me.
- No way! - Yes!
- Yes, JoogSquad is in! Three yeses!
- Thank you guys so much. It's an honor to be here.
- Yeah.
- * I'm gonna light it up *
- A plus, A plus.
[all chanting] JoogSquad, JoogSquad!
- Hello, everyone.
[upbeat music]
- Go out there, and make it happen guys.
All right.
* *
- Hello. - Hey, welcome.
- Hi, guys. - Good evening.
- So what is your guys' names?
- Yeah, I'm Tony.
- I'm Chris.
- I'm Anthony. - Hi.
- My name is Nils, and we are Verge Aero.
- Hello.
So why are you guys here? What are you gonna do?
- We're gonna be flying 160 drones,
choreographed for a drone light show.
And the shapes that we're gonna be building
are the size of,
for example, like 30 story skyscrapers.
- Wow. - What?
- That's awesome.
* *
- Anthony, Chris and I met
at the electrical and computer engineering department
at Rowan University.
- What really brought us together was a passion
for drone technology.
- You're basically drone nerds.
- Yes, we're drone nerds. - We're drone nerds.
- We were probably in the engineering building
quite a bit more than everyone else.
- Pretty much 24/7.
- Working on code for the drones.
- Up really late in a basement, drinking energy drinks.
- By ourselves.
- Stop trying to make us less cool, Chris.
- No, I mean-- [all laughing]
- After we graduated from college, we were like,
"We need to do something special."
And that's how we found Nils.
- My background is making
different types of entertainment technologies.
So in 2016, we formed Verge Aero.
- Together we wanted to create a new kind of light show
with a swarm of drones, like high-tech fireworks.
So over the course of the past five years,
we've had to build this technology
completely from scratch.
- We've had very little money coming in.
Three of us had to move back in with our parents,
but I think we're finally ready
to show the world what we've got.
all: Whoo!
- Ay!
- Tonight the drones will be building
these giant shapes in the sky.
They're 300, 350 feet tall.
- It's huge, it's bright, it's spectacular.
- And we've only begun
to scratch the surface of what's possible.
- Could have asked me to bring mine.
- So you have 160 of these flying around.
- Yep.
- "America's Got Talent: Extreme" is a way
for us to show people what we're capable of doing.
- Other contestants are riding awesome bikes
and doing things with fire,
but we're taking a totally different approach.
- Talent comes in many different forms.
Engineers have lots of talent.
- What we really wanna do is scale up,
become something even more spectacular
that we can perform
in the United States and around the world.
- But we don't have deep pockets.
We are funded pretty much internally.
And that's why we're here. - Yeah.
- So winning would be incredible.
It'd give us the resources to go out and hire more engineers
so that we can be, you know,
a worldwide phenomenon and make beautiful shows.
- Have you ever had a disobedient drone?
- We spent the last five years
busting our bottoms to make it all work.
- We're gonna put on the largest show
that "America's Got Talent" has ever seen.
[dramatic music]
* *
- It's revenge of the nerds.
- It is. - Yeah.
- They win. You know they win.
- Yeah, always.
- Anybody who's not critical
should be like at least 50 feet back from here.
- Far at the edge. - Yeah.
- Audience, we have a drone that'll be flying
over your head.
It's completely safe.
- Perfectly safe. [laughs]
- Okay, we're ready to start the countdown.
- Let's do it.
- Here we go.
Three, two, one.
[tense music]
* *
[Coldplay's "A Sky Full of Stars"]
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- Wow.
- * 'Cause you're a sky *
* 'Cause you're a sky full of stars *
* *
* I'm gonna give you my heart *
- What?
* *
- Wow.
- * I don't care *
* Go on and tear me apart *
* *
- * I don't care if you do *
* Ooh-ooh, ooh *
* 'Cause in a sky *
* 'Cause in a sky full of stars *
* I think I saw you *
- Wow.
- * Ooh-ooh-ooh *
- That is amazing.
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- What the...
* *
- * 'Cause you're a sky *
* You're a sky full of stars *
* Such a heavenly view *
* *
* You're such a heavenly view *
* Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh *
- Yeah! - [laughing]
- Whoa. - Yeah.
[upbeat music]
- Yes!
* *
- That was amazing, wow.
* *
- A runaway. - A little puppy.
- Give it up for Verge Aero!
* *
All right, now it's time to see what the judges think.
* *
- You guys, that was absolutely astonishing.
I can't even imagine the brain power of you four
that goes into that.
That's just something so beyond me,
and when it was done,
I just felt myself wanting so much more.
- Thank you. - Travis, what'd you think?
- I was absolutely amazed.
I mean-- - Thank you.
- This was better than any firework show I've ever seen.
If you guys can come to my 4th of July party,
that would be unbelievable.
But that was absolutely amazing.
- Yes.
- Simon?
- I mean, look, I think drones
are some of the most annoying things on the planet, honestly.
* *
Until now.
I mean, that was just sensational.
I even liked the bit where the little one,
like a little puppy got lost at the end.
And he was kind of like trying to find his friends.
I mean, look, there's so many ways
to define the word extreme,
and I think this for me comes under spectacular.
That's what we look for, certainly on this show.
And I'm looking at you right now,
and it's like, I had a group called,
One Direction and you're like no direction,
but that's kind of what I love about you.
* *
I need to give you something.
[tense music]
* *
- * We're the diamonds, diamonds *
[Johnnyswim's "Diamonds"]
* We're the diamonds, diamonds *
* *
* We're the diamonds, diamonds *
* *
* We're the diamonds, diamonds *
* Rising up out the dust *
* Oh *
* Rising out the dust *
* Oh *
* Rising out the dust *
* Oh *
* Rising out the dust *
- Verge Aero, you'll be going straight to the finals of--
- Thank you.
- "America's Got Talent: Extreme"!
- * We're the diamonds, diamonds *
* *
- How does that make you guys feel right now?
- So excited and so anxious.
[laughter]
- Thank you.
- Guys, you're my first "Extreme" Golden Buzzer.
- * Rising up out the dust *
* Oh, rising *
- That was incredible.
- Pretty cool. - Oh, my gosh.
- So great, just so brilliant. I mean, amazing.
- All right, everybody,
give it up one more time for Verge Aero!
- Thank you.
- Thank you guys. Thank you crowd!
* *
- * Oh, rising *
- Wow, once again, I mean,
I cannot wait to see what you guys come up with next.
[all cheering]
- Yes! - Can you believe it?
- Whoo!
- * Rising, rising, rising, oh *
[dramatic music]
- Welcome back to "America's Got Talent: Extreme,"
and our next act involves this cannon,
that ring of fire, and that net.
Yeah, I know you thinking exactly what I'm thinking!
- Three generations rolling in.
- Wow, I'm really proud.
I'm David "The Bullet" Smith. I'm 44 years old.
And I'm a professional human cannonball.
I travel around blasting myself out of cannons
trying to do the biggest and highest cannonball shots
that can be done, and really honestly,
I'm carrying on a family tradition,
something that I watched my daddy do
for years and years.
- * Wake up in the morning *
- My dad was an engineer, Einstein-y type of a guy,
and he built the cannon himself.
When I was a kid,
I watched my dad get shot out of a cannon every day.
That was just normal.
I remember the day that my father brought home
the Guinness World Record for the longest human cannonball.
The world records have never left the family since then.
I was 19 my first cannon shot.
I got hooked really quickly on the adrenaline
and the roar of the crowd.
- I'm very proud of David's carrying on the legacy.
And my granddaughter, Chloe,
I believe she's gonna take her dad's place one day.
- It scares me a lot
to think about one of my kids doing what I do.
It's a dangerous sport.
You make a mistake, it's just...
- See your dad risk his life here today,
how do you feel about this?
- I've been trying to keep it down really,
but the chances of this not going well are very real.
- I have done a lot of shows,
and I've done every small town it seems like.
But for "AGT: Extreme,"
I'll be doing the scariest human cannonball shot
that I've ever done.
Gonna point that cannon steeper
than it's ever been pointed,
and I'm gonna go up through a big ring of fire.
- What's our weather like?
- To win "AGT: Extreme" in front of those three judges,
my dad, and my daughter, means that it's actual validation.
* *
My dad, he was best of his generation,
and I wanna be the best of my generation.
All I wanna do is make him proud.
- * I'm going down in a blaze of glory *
- Oh, yeah, we've got a cannon.
- Oh, my gosh, a cannon?
Oh, but they have to go through a hole.
- No!
- * Lord, I never drew first, but I drew first blood *
* I'm no one's son *
- I'll bring everything I got.
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome.
- Thank you, thank you.
It is an incredible honored to be here.
- Aww, thank you, and what's your name?
- I am David "The Bullet" Smith.
- David "The Bullet," okay. Where are you from, David?
- Well, I've traveled my whole life with my father
being a human cannonball.
I've lived in Florida, Missouri,
most recently, Michigan.
- And how old are you? - 44 years old.
- And is this your full-time job being a bullet?
- I've been a professional human cannonball
for over 25 years.
- Wow, and your dad did this?
- That's right, my daddy
was the greatest human cannonball of all time.
- Is that right? - Yes, sir.
- And what's his name? - He's David Smith Senior.
He's standing right over there by Mr. Crews.
- Hello, David. - Hi, David.
- You look older than him. - I do.
Well, that's 'cause I'm still doing this job.
- Exactly. - Yeah.
- Okay, so, David, what's the dream?
- Well, I'll tell you what.
I've broken the last six Guinness World Records
for the longest and the highest human cannonball.
- Wow. - Awesome.
- There has never been a cannon fired at a steeper angle
than I'm about to do here tonight.
And I have never trained harder.
I've never prepared more mentally or physically.
- David, 'cause it's $500,000.
If you win, what would the money mean to you?
- You know, I wanted to be on the show before I even knew
there was 500,000 on the line.
I wanted to be here
because this is the biggest stage in the world.
And I'm very aware of that.
So I really hope you enjoy the show.
- I'm already--just the size of your net
being so small,
and I'm assuming--are you going through?
- I am gonna go through that ring now.
The top of that ring is a little over 90 feet high.
I go all the way down to the bottom.
When that cannon barrels up like this,
my feet are literally gonna be about this far
off of the ground, but inside of the cannon.
When that fires, I go from 0 to about 74 miles an hour,
less than half of a second.
- I have to ask you a question. - Yes, sir.
- 'Cause I have to ask this question though for the show.
Are you sure you wanna do this?
- I am a 1000% sure I wanna do this.
I am prepared. We have worked for it.
And I'm here to show you what I got.
- If you don't complete it,
what's the worst that can happen?
- Yeah, I mean, this type of thing,
the height, you just can't miss.
You can't make mistakes.
You know, if I got hung up on the hoop of fire,
that's gonna be on fire by the way,
a huge ring of flaming fire, so...
- David, I want you to get into whatever zone
you need to really focus 'cause I'm now feeling nervous.
- Right.
- We wish you the best of luck. I really mean it.
- Enjoy the show.
[dramatic music]
* *
- That is not a big net.
You bounce wrong when you land, you drop to your death.
- We good?
* *
- I've seen a lot of cannon acts.
No one goes up for height,
and also you're gonna be going 87 miles an hour.
If you hit the ground, that's--you're done.
* *
- All right, whoo!
- Yeah, yeah! Here we go!
* *
- Oh, my God.
- Whoa.
* *
- Okay, okay, okay. He's gotta go.
- Hold please. Hold one second.
Sorry, hold one second.
- I have no idea why he had to run over there.
Probably checking out something.
* *
- Terry, another reason for the fire: look at the wind.
- Yeah, look at the fire.
- Something to do with the wind,
the way it's taking the fire.
He's trying to adjust the cannon.
- Look at the wind blowing this way.
That changes your flight.
* *
- Oh, my gosh.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Okay, okay, okay. He's gotta go.
- Hold please. Hold one second.
Sorry, hold one second.
- Probably has something to do with the wind,
the way it's taking the fire.
He's trying to adjust the cannon.
* *
- Look at the wind blowing this way.
That changes your flight.
* *
- What did you have to do?
* *
- All right, here we go!
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,
five, four, three, two, one.
* *
- * I don't know where I'm goin' *
* Only God knows where I've been *
* I'm a devil on the run *
* A six gun lover, a candle in the wind *
[Jon Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory"]
* *
- Yes!
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God, he did it!
- Yeah!
- [bleep]
* *
- Are we ready?
Here we go, here we go!
* *
David, you did it!
* *
- Whoo, yeah!
- David, are you all right?
- Yeah. - Yes, David!
- Whoo! - Ahh!
- That net is not big enough. [laughs]
- We did it, we did it.
- That was special. Look at him.
- Okay, David "The Bullet" did his thing.
We are about to go back to the main stage
and see what the judges thought.
- Yeah! - Let's go.
[Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"]
* *
- Well, well, well, well, well, you made it.
- I made it.
- I wanna start with Travis.
What do you think?
- I've seen some cannon acts,
but I've never seen one that went so high,
and just, you're pretty much on a ten-story building
that's on fire.
* *
And you flipped when you landed.
Like, it was absolutely perfect.
The whole showmanship,
it ticked all the boxes for me.
Absolutely unbelievable.
- Wow, thank you so, so, so much.
Thank you.
- I just thought it was absolutely spectacular.
There was entertainment and showmanship.
You literally wowed me.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Is it rude to say you have big balls?
- [laughs] Absolutely not.
- Good. You have enormous balls, sir.
- Thank you. - You really, really do.
- Cannonballs.
- Everything about that was
what we were hoping for with this show.
I could see how much this meant to you.
To have your dad there,
knowing the fact that you've got kids as well,
You have my absolute respect.
So I wanna be the first to give you a yes.
- Oh, man, thank you.
- Yeah, he got it.
- Yes, to big balls. Absolutely yes.
- Two yeses!
- Okay, all right, Travis.
- Without a doubt, 100% yes.
- * Whoa, we're halfway there *
- He's in, he is in!
- * Livin' on a prayer *
- Thank you so much. It is an absolute honor.
- Next stop in front of the superfans.
Good luck, but you deserve it.
- All right, thank you. God bless you.
* *
- You are one step literally away from the finale.
How are you gonna take it to another level?
- There always is another level.
And I've learned that and I've got--you know,
my dad taught me that,
I wanna be that example for my kids,
and I've got the team to do it, so...
- There you go. - We're gonna bring it.
- I love an act that they go to the extremes
to make it super exciting and over the top.
- And when you put it in that perspective,
like, ten stories high.
- Yeah. - Yeah, and with the wind.
- That's cool. - Amazing.
- * On a prayer *
- Open call auditions for the next season
of "America's Got Talent" end on March 5th.
- Wow!
- People are gonna remember this audition.
- Join us for this last chance virtual audition.
Go to AGTauditions.com.
- My name is Jenna Bandy.
I'm 28 years old,
and I'm an extreme sports content creator.
[dramatic music]
I post videos on social media for my job.
That's in!
And I make a living off of it.
Today I'm going to attempt to beat my Guinness World Record,
farthest female football throw into a target.
* *
I've been a competitor my whole life,
and this is the next milestone.
I'm just leveling up.
- All right, Jenna, you ready to meet the judges?
- I'm ready, man. - They're all legends.
They're ready to meet a legend.
- It's an opportunity of a lifetime.
I'm gonna make it count.
* *
- Hello, what is your name, and where are you from?
- I'm Jenna Bandy.
I'm from Thousand Oaks, California.
- So why are you here today?
- I'm here today to beat the Guinness World Record,
farthest female football throw into a target.
- Oh, wow.
- And I'm humbled to hold that record right now at 90 feet.
Today, I'm going for 91 feet.
- Yes! - [laughs]
- And how many months you been practicing for this?
- Kinda all my life, I have to say.
- I love your energy. This is gonna be good.
- [laughs] - Good luck.
- All right.
* *
Wow, farther than it looks.
All right, one shot, one opportunity.
* *
Oh.
All right.
Actually, I think I'm gonna warm up a little bit,
and then go big or go home, right?
- Okay, here we go. - Here we go.
- You got it, Jenna.
* *
- She's like me at the fairground.
- Simon, don't be a hater.
[soft piano music]
Ooh, a little long, a little long.
I think I gotta move it back.
That's all it is, right? I've been in the gym too much.
I'm too strong.
* *
- Score! - Oh!
- Come on, Jenna!
- Need to break that record.
- I'm trying, I'm trying.
- You got it.
- Get it!
- Oh! - Almost.
- It's a little windy.
* *
Oh, that was close! That was close!
* *
- Oh, my God.
- Come on, Jenna! - Oh.
- Grip!
* *
- All right, she's got one more ball left.
- Oh, my gosh. All right, it's time.
It's time to beat my Guinness World Record.
- Oh, man, she's going for it.
- [exhales] All right.
[tense music]
All right, here we go.
* *
- All right, she's concentrating.
- You can do it.
* *
- Oh.
[buzzer]
- Simon!
- What?
- Ow.
- Dang it!
[laughs] Aw.
- Okay, that's all right, Jenna.
- Dang it. - Simon, what'd you think?
- Well, the good news is your old record's safe.
- Yeah, you know what?
That's a great way to look at it.
- Travis?
- I just needed to see a little more extreme.
- Yeah. - So I'm gonna go with a no.
- Ugh, should've did it.
I should've did it, man.
- I love your energy.
There's something so incredible here.
And that's why you have set your record,
but for "AGT: Extreme," I am a no.
- Thank you so much, Nikki.
- I would say come back with a bigger net.
- * Hit me with your best shot *
- Thank you very much. - Thank you so much, you guys.
- Thank you.
- * With your best shot *
- Well, not even close. - Yeah.
- I mean, even the short ones weren't close.
- Yeah.
- I think even if she climbed up there,
she'd miss.
- [laughs]
- It just wasn't like, whoa. - Yeah.
- You know, I feel bad.
- No.
- Wow.
- Coming up...
- Oh! What?
- Probably the most impressive stuff
I've ever seen on a motorcycle.
[dramatic music]
- Are you sure you wanna do this?
- Yeah.
- Oh, gosh.
- Oh, my God.
[upbeat music]
- All right, I'm Terry Crews.
How are you? What's your name, sir?
- My name Leeky Da BikeStar.
- Okay, we're doing a safety meeting
with Leeky's stunt bike.
We have seven cars driving in a straight line staggered,
and then we have that safety distance between each car.
- What I'm learning is,
these people are like a different breed.
It's like fearless.
- Totally. - I mean, seriously.
- * Stop, drop *
- My name is Leeky Da BikeStar.
I'm 31. I'm from Queens, New York.
And I'm a street motocross rider.
- * No, that's how Ruff Ryders roll *
- Growing up neighborhood is really rough.
A lot of people get sidetracked
by not having a passion.
One time, my uncle got me my dirt bike
at around the age of eight.
That really kept me focused
and gave me something that I was good at.
Riding a dirt bike through New York City, I feel free.
So it's everything I want. It's like the life.
And when I got older, I just wanted to take my passion
and make a career out of it.
So then I started making YouTube videos.
They started going viral.
[DMX's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"]
And then from there, right here.
Man, this is big for us, man.
We win this, man, we gonna be in a different position.
Able to help a lot of people, man, you ready for that?
- Yeah, I love you.
- I love you. I'll call you later.
One of my biggest inspirations is my son.
My dream for my son is to show him no matter
where you come from, you can still make it happen.
So I started a wheelie school.
It's like a after school program,
and it's really just driven to keep kids off the streets
and give them something that they're good at.
I work with a lot of kids that had it real tough.
So when they come to the wheelie school,
they feel like they got a load off their back.
- Okay, judges are arriving on set.
- If anything should happen, if Leeky goes down,
or there's an accident with the cars,
stop your cars, and we'll have stunt safety go in.
- What I do is extremely dangerous.
There's a lot of cars and messed up roads
where I come from, and for my performance,
I'ma show y'all how it really feel
to swerve through New York at rush hour.
* *
I wanna impress the judges, also the superfans
'cause I know what I got is gonna blow them right away.
- * Stop, drop *
* Shut 'em down, open up shop *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent: Extreme."
What's your name? Where are you from?
- My name is Leeky Da BikeStar. I'm from Queens, New York.
- What do you do?
- I do something like you do, man.
I'm trying to get like you one day,
but I ride street motocross, I call it.
- I don't imagine there's a lot of street motocross
in Queens, New York is there?
- Yeah, we have no dirt.
So we gotta do what we gotta do and, man,
bring it to the street.
- Dude, that's awesome.
If you could win $500,000,
what would you do with that money?
- My first thing is I'm gonna find some land
somewhere in New York, and I'ma try
to bring the streets to the track.
I wanna make it official sport.
- Dude. - Aww, I love that.
- Well, hey, let's see what you got.
- All right, let's do it.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Yeah, there we go, yo!
* *
I think it's pretty interesting
he doesn't have much for safety pads.
I'm sure he's not used to that kind of stuff.
But on the street, usually got leathers or something
in case you slide.
It's pretty much just a dirt bike,
not made for the street.
* *
- Leeky, are you ready?
Three, two, one, go!
[Diplo's "Welcome to the Party"]
* *
- * We on fire * - * Step up in the party *
* Step up in the party, ha *
* *
- * We on fire * - * Ride up to the party *
* Ride up to the party, ha *
* *
* Ayy, welcome to the party *
- Whoa!
What?
- * Ayy, welcome to the party *
- Yeah!
* *
- * Ayy, welcome to the party *
* Ayy, welcome to the party *
* Hit 'em up, haaan, get 'em up, haaan *
- My God, that was incredible!
- * We waking up, haaan, fly with my dogs *
- There we go!
- * Fly with my dogs, riding high *
* Coupe with the top down, no ceilings *
- Look at this!
He's standing on the bike!
He's jumping and dancing on the bike!
- * 'Bout it, 'bout it, haaan, yeah *
* *
* Yeah, we the squad, 100 cars full of tings *
* Yeah, it's Frenchy Montana, Thrilla in Manila *
* Roof on fire, we be higher like a wheelie *
- Wow!
- Yeah!
[tires squealing]
- * Burn, burn up, let it burn *
* Burn up, let it burn *
* Burn up *
* Let it burn *
- Whoa!
* *
- Oh! [laughing]
- Oh, my God! Yes!
- * Welcome to the party *
* Ayy, welcome to the party *
* Ayy *
* Welcome to the party *
* Ayy *
* Welcome to the party *
* Ayy *
- That's incredible!
- * Ayy, welcome to the party *
- * We on fire * - * Step up in the party *
* Step up in the party, ha *
- Yeah!
[wild cheering]
[soft music]
* *
- Leeky, I gotta say,
I absolutely--I love the presentation, man.
You came out, the music, the cars going in and out.
I gotta ask few questions on the motorcycle
because, like, all my friends,
they all use obviously tires that are made for street.
You have knobby tires, is that right?
- Yeah, I got straight stock. Straight stock, man.
I get the bike straight out the dealership,
I ride it, don't have no adjustments.
I burn the tire down to touch the street
a little better, and that's it.
- But so you don't have an extra hand break, like any?
- Nothing, nothing, man.
We call that cheating. I don't do that.
- You're--I have to say that every professional
that I know would have had
a really, really, really difficult time
doing any of that without all of the cheating.
[laughs]
I have to say, that's some of the most impressive stuff
I've ever seen on a stock motorcycle.
- I gotta say, man,
I appreciate it coming from you, man.
That is--I can't even dream this, and I appreciate it.
- Nikki, what was your impression?
- You're very motivating, and you're so passionate
about what you do, and you gave me excitement,
and I wanted more, like, I didn't want you to stop.
- You want some more, I got some more.
- Yeah, hey, give me some more. I wanna see it.
- I got more. - Simon?
- Uh-oh, I'm scared.
- Leeky, what you did was spectacular.
I love the production element of it.
I liked the music, but I always know
that everyone has a reason for doing what you're doing.
And I'm really keen because
this is where the superfans really vote as well,
which is--you gotta explain to me,
them, why you got into this
and why you want the superfans to put you into the final.
- I'm nervous saying this, you get what I mean?
I'm not into interviews so this is all-natural.
This is coming from my heart.
I come from New York City. I was never into sports.
So once I realized I could get good on a bike,
that really just took my mind somewhere else
and really gave me focus.
A lot of kids come from our neighborhoods,
they don't really have something they love,
and they don't have something they passionate about,
so they get sidetracked and in all kind of things.
The bike always kept me focused and always kept me,
like, I gotta do good, and that's the whole mindset
I just wanna keep promoting to the kids,
that you can make a life out of what you love to do.
This is my dream to really make this
into something legal that we can actually feed
our families off of and show the world
that we could actually put on a show for the world.
And it could be entertainment.
- I love it.
- Good for you.
I like you.
- Thank you. - I like you.
I think you've got guts,
and I think you got a great heart.
So I'm gonna kick this off with a big fat yes.
- Yeah. - All right, thank you.
- Nikki, what do you think?
- I'm feeling beyond inspired.
You got a big fat yes from me, too.
* *
- Without a doubt, I mean, motorcycles have almost
killed me a lot of times, but I tell you what,
they have saved so many of my friends.
They have given me a passion. They gave me a life.
Gave me a chance to be on with these guys
and get to see guys like you come up riding dirt bikes, man.
That is a big yes for me.
- * Standin' in the Hall of Fame *
[The Script's "Hall of Fame"]
- Leeky, good luck in the superfans.
* *
- Come on in here, Leeky! That was incredible, man!
- Talk to me about what Travis told you out there, man.
- That was legendary, bro.
I don't even know what to do right now, bro.
I'm just so happy I am off the bike.
Now I can really take it all in, man,
but this is a dream come true.
I can't even--I didn't even dream this before.
- The thing I've been most excited about this whole show
is seeing things like Leeky.
All that money could do so much for him,
and all he's thinking is I want this opportunity
for more kids to be able to have this passion.
- I know, to make it legal, so he can keep doing it.
- That's awesome. - And it's so entertaining.
- * Either way, you're going to the history books *
- * Standin' in the Hall of Fame *
- So guys, Atlanta Motor Speedway
has been hosting NASCAR for over 60 years.
I thought, you know, we should have a race.
- So we get to drive a NASCAR?
- So we're gonna drive a NASCAR.
- Okay. - Awesome.
- Well, Bella style. So here are my NASCARs.
[upbeat music slows]
- Oh, those are nasty cars.
- Oh no, they're Bella-fied, baby.
- [laughs] - These--
- I gotta go with the motorcycle-looking thing.
- This is--NASCAR wishes they had this.
- That's not--well, none of them are cars.
- Well, you haven't gotten behind the wheel yet, so...
- Well, they're are not cars.
If you don't mind, I'll take the bath
only because I do have a bath every day.
So that's--I'm comfortable in a bath.
Really? - Yeah.
- I gotta take the dirt bike. - Yeah.
- No one else could ride that.
I mean, I don't even know what that is.
- I'm gonna go with this one this right here.
- That one? - Yeah.
- You get the comfortable one.
- I'll get the comfy one. - Yeah.
- Hey, do I get a helmet with this?
- Oh, yeah, so we do have to do safety first.
[dramatic music]
We're gonna do three laps.
* *
We have a lot on the line here.
We just gotta go for it.
- Oh, boy. - How do you start a bath?
- I don't even know how to get it off the stand, to be honest.
[horn honks] - [laughs]
This thing is ridiculous. - I gotta turn this on.
- Yeah, I don't even know how to start this thing.
* *
- Oh, my gosh, Travis.
- I don't fit.
- I'm not putting my money on Travis on this one.
- It's pretty fair to say I'm probably gonna lose this bet.
- We're going around three times, right?
- Yeah, three times. - Thank you.
- You guys ready? - I'm gonna win this.
- When are we gonna start this sucker?
- Good evening, folks, I'm Akbar Gbajabiamila.
- And I'm Matt Iseman, and look at this lineup
we have, Akbar.
It's not often you get to see the hosts
of reality shows actually compete on them.
Personally, I will say that's a good thing.
- Yeah, man, that is a good thing.
We could be out there,
but we're here calling the race.
Nikki Bella looking intense. She ain't playing around.
Ooh, Terry Crews looking fierce.
He is not intimidated, and he looks pretty in pink.
* *
- Hold on to your hats, folks.
And there's the flag, and they're off.
Oh, Travis Pastrana has stalled.
- [bleep]
- He's stuck back at the starting line.
Not a good start for the one guy
you thought would be the favorite.
- Pastrana's struggling to get his vehicle going.
But, Simon Towel, he's soaking it in first place.
- Nikki Bella sitting comfortable
in second place, and Terry,
a 245-pound man balancing on a tiny tractor in third.
[music slows]
And Travis still struggling.
- Here we go.
- Simon putting the pedal to the porcelain
with Nikki in second and in Terry third.
- I don't know, Travis looks like he could lose one
of those 199 lives today.
- I don't like it!
- Oh my, he stalled again!
- I don't like it!
- And that's lap one for Simon.
- Rub a dub-dub, he's king with that tub.
- Nikki completes her first lap.
Hold on, what is this?
- And it looks like Travis is exiting the circle.
What is going on here?
That's not the way you win a race, people.
- Here comes Terry cruising in for his first lap.
- And Simon Cowell has a commanding lead.
Nothing could interrupt his beautiful day.
But now Travis is pushing his vehicle.
He is a warrior.
- And what's this? Simon Cowell has lost power.
- Looks like that bathtub has a clog in it.
- Great.
- So Nikki now has a chance to close the gap.
- Terry has lost some pace,
and he's really trailing behind there.
- Terrific.
I thought these things were so reliable.
- I don't think they're that reliable, Simon.
Just ask Travis Pastrana.
- And looking at him just looking around
as Nikki Bella passes him and doesn't even look back.
- Simon, finally getting some help out there.
You're gonna have to Roto-Root that thing.
* *
- And he's off.
Looks like they got him reconnected,
and Simon is closing the gap.
He's running hot right now.
- He didn't actually expect Travis's Pastrana,
but you can see, he's not gonna stop.
- What a fighter.
- Nikki Bella doing an early victory cheer
as she rounds the bend.
Look at this, Simon Cowell closing in on Nikki Bella.
Here we go. This might be a photo finish.
- So long sucker, so long!
- And look at this, they're lapping Pastrana.
- They're side by side as they lap Terry Crews.
- It's Simon by a neck.
- Simon is taking the lead.
- Can he close it out?
- Could Simon complete one
of the greatest comebacks of all time?
- Do you believe in miracles?
- Yes, Simon wins!
- Are you kidding me? Simon Cowell wins in the tub.
Get that man a bottle full of bubs!
This might be the most extreme upset I've ever seen.
* *
- I guess I'm done.
- It's like Ford versus Ferrari
but better.
* *
- All great and honorable actions
are accompanied with great difficulty
and must be enterprised and overcome
with answerable courage.
Those who came before us all require us
to make this effort
because that challenge will serve
to measure the best of our energies and skills.
- All right, here we go, folks, here we go.
[dramatic music]
- There's Simon.
- This looks cool. Look at that, man.
* *
- Hello. - Hello.
- How are you today?
- Doing good. Just stoked to be here.
- Oh, what's your name? Where you from?
- My name is Aaron Wheelz. I'm 29, and I'm from Las Vegas.
- So what are you here to do today?
- Today I would like to hit this ramp, hit a jump,
and try to land on the other side for you guys.
- Oh, my gosh, and have you ever done it before?
- Yes, I have done it before,
but it's been over a year.
- So I have to let you guys know right now.
I do know Wheelz, and unfortunately,
I'm sorry, I can judge, but I can't vote.
- How long have you known each other?
- Honestly, from the first day that we started
doing Nitro Circus probably 12 or 13 years ago.
- And what made you--at one point in your life,
were you like,
"This is something that I just really wanna do"?
- You know, growing up, I was just really inspired
by action sports and Travis Pastrana, legend.
- Aww. - I was born with spina bifida.
And, you know, obviously,
I can't ride a bike or a skateboard,
but life gave me a different set of wheels.
[cheers and applause]
Spina bifida is just something that was always
a part of my life.
To this day, I've had 23 surgeries.
Before I started using a wheelchair.
I was using crutches.
[soft music]
Growing up with a disability,
there's always this push that you should walk.
You know, no matter what, you should be walking.
You should be using crutches, almost as if using a wheelchair
means you gave up.
But the wheelchair for me was freedom.
I would always go to the skate park
and just watch the guys on their bikes and stuff.
One day, I just thought I should try to drop in.
I sat there terrified for probably a good five minutes.
Once I finally took that push,
I just fell on my face, hit the bottom.
* *
As I was getting up off the ground,
I remember thinking,
man, that was terrifying, but, like, I did it, you know?
Even though I didn't land it, I did it.
* *
That was the most unreal feeling in the whole world.
* *
From that moment, knew exactly what I wanted to do.
That was really when I felt like my life began.
Now I live in Las Vegas with my wife, our two dogs,
and our four fish, and I'm the favorite,
and--sorry, I didn't know where I was going with that one.
But when I heard
about "America's Got Talent: Extreme,"
my wife jabbed me and was like,
"Wow, you can do this."
* *
She's definitely my number one fan.
- I don't think without that, I would be here.
- I love you!
- [laughs]
- Here on "America's Got Talent: Extreme,"
everyone here is crazy, so for my performance,
I'm pulling out all the stops.
I've put in a lot of hours, a lot of crashes.
It feels like
I've been training my whole life for this.
* *
All my life I've been proving people wrong
and pushing the limits, and so tonight,
that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
* *
- If you were to do well and win,
how would the money change your life?
- It would honestly kind of change everything for me
and help bring more awareness to the sport.
- Yeah.
- How does your wife feel about you doing this?
- You know, she only gets nervous
when I'm nervous, and I'm pretty nervous.
- I was gonna say you look a little bit nervous.
- Yeah. - Why are you nervous today?
- I'm nervous because that's a pretty big ramp,
and I don't always land it,
but I figured it's "AGT: Extreme",
so I'm just gonna send it.
* *
- Okay, I--that doesn't make me feel very confident.
* *
- Same. - [laughs]
Okay, all right, no more questions.
- Good luck, buddy. - Let's see it.
- Let's go. - Good luck.
- All right.
[dramatic music]
* *
Okay, guys, I'm gonna get a bird's eye view
of what this really is like.
I'll see you at the top.
Whoo! Oh, my goodness.
This is like the stairway to heaven.
* *
Wow. This is no joke.
Man.
* *
This ramp, it looks like it's eternal,
and when you see that end there,
there's nothing but lift.
* *
And my man Aaron is gonna make it all the way
in a wheelchair.
- Let's go, Wheelz!
* *
It's crazy high.
- There we go, Aaron!
Yes! My man.
How you feel, man?
- I'm ready to go.
- There you go, okay.
- What if we were to judge this one from up the top?
- Oh, my gosh. That'd be terrifying, but cool.
- I would.
- I can see all of Georgia right now.
* *
- That's not helping.
- Oh no, I'm sorry.
- What do you think?
- I think it's a great idea.
- Yeah. - Let's do it.
- You wanna do it? - Let's go.
* *
- I mean, it's gonna be terrifying to me
because I'm afraid of heights.
- I'm terrified of heights, too.
- It's so tough to know how something feels
until you're there.
I think it's a great idea.
- I'm doing good.
* *
- We have the judges coming up to join me.
- Come on then.
* *
Oh, my God.
* *
- Oh, gosh.
- Now I'm starting to understand.
- If you could only feel my heart right now...
oh, my gosh, I can't look down.
- I gotta tell you, Terry, I'm seeing this...
- It's a lot. - With very different eyes now.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Come on up then. - You are crazy.
- Isn't he crazy?
- I want to--God, this is terrifying.
- Ahh! Oh, my gosh.
- Come on up. Come on up, Nikki, you got it.
- This is a great perspective to see though.
Holy cow. That is so steep.
- I can't even look over.
- My knees are shaking.
- I'm nervous, and I'm not doing the act.
- All right, everybody in the crowd,
I wanna get a chant going.
We're gonna start it right now.
Wheelz!
all: Wheelz, Wheelz, Wheelz!
- Are you sure you wanna do this?
- Yeah. all: Wheelz, Wheelz!
- Here we go! all: Wheelz, Wheelz!
- Ten. all: Wheelz!
- Nine.
Eight.
Seven.
Six.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One!
- Oh, my God.
* *
- Get it!
- Whoa!
- Oh, my God! - Oh no!
- Oh, my gosh, whoa.
- Oh, oh no.
- Christ Almighty.
- Unreal. - Yeah, that's crazy.
- Oh, my gosh.
* *
- He's okay, he's okay! - Yay!
* *
- Thank you, guys.
* *
Ah, man.
* *
One more.
- Is he coming back up?
- Is he?
- Am I good for another?
- Oh, my God.
- Do you want him to try again, Simon?
- No, are you crazy?
- One more.
- Listen, trust me, he did enough.
* *
- Yes, he's coming back up.
- Oh, my gosh. - You gonna try again?
- Are we nuts?
* *
- Wheelz, what happened?
- I over-rotated a little bit.
- Have you hurt yourself?
- Just my pride. - Aww.
- Are you sure? - But you still looked amazing.
- 'Cause for us that was enough, trust me.
- Yeah. - No, I gotta get it.
You know, come this far.
- Are you sure? - Oh, yeah.
- Oh, he's gonna try again?
All right, all right, Wheelz. Wheelz is gonna go again!
* *
- I can't even look.
* *
- Wheels, what happened?
- I over-rotated a little bit.
- Are you sure you wanna do this a second time?
Because it is enough.
[soft music]
- I don't know, man.
- It's your call.
- I think I'm good to do this.
- 'Cause I think you've done enough.
You want my honest opinion?
* *
- First one tells you what you did wrong.
[crowd gasps]
* *
And then second one,
you come through and [indistinct].
- I love your will. - Wow, wow, wow.
This is a--the heart of an extreme athlete.
- You got this, Wheelz. - Get it, buddy!
* *
- I'm not gonna do a countdown this time.
You take your spot, okay?
* *
[dramatic music]
- I mean, are they good to go already?
- Yeah, they good. Are you good?
- I'm good.
- Okay, he's gonna go without a countdown!
* *
- You're the man, Wheelz.
* *
- Oh, my gosh. I can't even look.
- I mean seriously.
* *
[wild cheering]
- Whoo! - He did it!
* *
He did it! Yeah, Wheelz!
* *
Oh, Simon, how do you feel right now?
- I actually feel sick.
* *
- I can't believe that.
It's so incredible. That was emotional.
- It was emotional.
I've gotta be honest with you, Travis,
I think you guys are nuts.
- It's a different perspective up there for sure.
- You know, I'm nervous about walking down the stairs.
- Don't look down.
- Yeah, I don't wanna break my back again.
* *
- Wheelz, I gotta start with your friend over here, Travis.
Travis, what'd you think?
- You know, I think it was so cool to see,
when you went up there after landing on your face,
you get those guys to bring you back up.
And you drop in and land a perfect front flip
in a wheelchair.
That made my day, man.
That's awesome.
[cheers and applause]
- Simon?
- I mean, we went up there, looking down from,
you know, your perspective. You know, think
it's scary looking up, you try looking down.
I mean, it was hard enough
just getting down the staircase for us.
And then I thought it was amazing,
and you didn't think you was good enough.
Then you come back up again. Then you do it twice.
[laughter and applause]
You define I think why we made this show,
if you want my honest opinion.
You know, this is what we were looking for.
I think you are an amazing person.
Got every chance of winning this, you know that.
- Thank you, Simon.
- I mean, I agree with both Travis and Simon.
Your life is so aspirational.
I mean, you are the definition of never giving up.
- Yeah.
- I think it's absolutely incredible.
When I think of an "AGT: Extreme" champion,
I think of someone who pushes their limits,
and I just can't wait to see what you get to do next,
Wheelz, because you're going to the finals.
- * I am here *
* I am here *
* I've already seen the bottom *
* So there's nothing to fear *
* I know that I'll be ready when the devil is near *
* I am here, I am here *
- Aaron Wheelz!
You just got the Golden Buzzer from Nikki Bella!
- * Where does everybody go when they go? *
- How do you feel, brother? - Honestly, I'm speechless.
This is insane. Thank you so much.
- You're incredible. And you made me feel emotional.
You make me feel emotional now.
Like, oh, my gosh, I'm gonna cry.
You're just gonna touch the world.
You're gonna do a lot of great things.
You already are.
So I'm so honored to give you my Golden Buzzer.
- Thank you.
- * I am here *
- One more time for Aaron!
- * I've already seen the bottom *
* So there's nothing to fear *
- Come here, brother! Come here, brother!
Do you mind if I give you a hug, man?
Come on, dude. Oh, dude.
- To be able to make it to the finals,
I am so stoked.
- * I am here *
[upbeat music]
* *