[dramatic music]
* *
- Absolute magic.
- It's about being unforgettable.
- I've never seen anything more exciting.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes.
- It was worth doing the show just for those
two moments alone.
- * All the leaves are brown *
[cheers and applause]
- Mind blown.
- * And the sky is gray *
- It's all the greats for one final show.
- * California dreaming, oh *
* On such a winter's day *
* All the leaves are brown *
- Now, this is an All-Star.
- It's the Super Bowl of talent.
- * I've been for a walk *
* *
* On a winter's day *
- Thank God you're here.
* *
This is the biggest show in the world
because it brings out the best of everyone.
- Unbelievable!
It's the who's who of "Got Talent."
- * California dreamin' *
- The bragging rights knowing that you've
been through the best is really what the show is all about.
[cheers and applause]
- The finals are now just one week away.
The 11 best acts of the season will be fighting for the title.
[dog barks]
- Are you excited?
- Heck yeah! [laughs]
- Some were voted through by superfans.
Others got the Golden Buzzer.
Tonight, we're gonna take a look at the journey
of those 11 incredible acts,
including the upsets and the rivalries,
and get some behind the scenes insights from our judges.
- So the idea of All-Stars was to get everyone
who has either won one of these shows--
or could have won if they'd have made better decisions--
re-compete to be the best.
We couldn't make the show
unless we got some of the big, big names.
[cheers and applause]
- This man is a legend.
- * This again *
- You didn't have to come back and compete on this show.
Why did you?
- You got to keep inspiring people.
That's why I'm here.
- Once Terry decided to come back,
we knew we had an All-Star show.
[cheers and applause]
- * She packed my bags last night, pre-flight *
- Oh, my goodness.
- * Zero hour, 9 a.m. *
* *
* And I'm gonna be *
* High as a kite by then *
- Hey, Elton. Let's do a duet.
- Okay. I'll do the Dua Lipa version.
- I got a better idea.
How about I do Dua Lipa version
and you sing the Elton John version?
- Winston, that's brilliant.
Sing it.
- Okay.
* *
- * And I think it's gonna be a long, long time *
- Yes!
- * Till touchdown brings me 'round again *
* To find I'm not the man you think I am at home *
* Oh, no, no, no *
- * I'm a rocket man *
Everyone, clap along.
* *
- * And I think it's gonna be a long, long time *
- Sing it, Winston.
- Don't mind if I do.
- * And I think it's gonna be a long, long time *
* *
- * And I think it's gonna be a long *
- * Long time *
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
* *
- Thank you.
- That is legendary, y'all.
- Terry, I'm gonna let you in to a little secret,
which is when we decided to make All-Stars,
we had one condition.
We're only gonna do it if you competed.
Seriously. - Wow. Wow.
- And that was obviously brilliant.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- As incredible as Terry's performance was,
nothing is guaranteed on "AGT" All-Stars.
The superfans have voted.
[dramatic music]
* *
Bello Sisters!
[cheers and applause]
- I would have never guessed that.
- One more time for Terry Fator.
And though he didn't make it through to the finals,
he has succeeded in inspiring a whole new generation
of talent, including Ana-Maria Margean,
winner of Romania's Got Talent.
She finally got to compete on the same stage as her hero.
- Hello!
- When did you start ventriloquism?
- I was in quarantine during the lockdown.
I was searching on YouTube, and I saw Terry Fator,
and I was like, yeah, that's what I want to do.
- Good luck to you.
- Thank you.
- Terry Fator was her hero.
He is the reason she's doing what she's doing.
And now she's in a competition with him.
Talk about a dream come true.
- This is Waldo, my rescue dog.
- Yup.
I rescued her.
[sneezes]
[laughter]
- Um, I rescued you.
- The shelter told me on Instagram.
- And TikTok?
- I hate ticks.
[laughter] - He is so difficult.
- She's my personal assistant.
- Um, Waldo, I'm in charge.
- Yeah, look, Ana, listen.
["You Don't Owe Me" playing]
* You don't own me *
* I'm not just one of your many toys *
* You don't own me *
- I kind of do.
- * Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay *
- It's good.
- You can't even sit.
- She's still in training.
- Muzzle it. I'm trying to sing here.
* I don't tell you what to say *
* And I don't tell you what to do *
* So just let me be myself *
* And I don't ask of you *
- * 'Cause I'm young and I love to be young *
* I am free and I love to be free *
- * So live my life the way that I want *
* To say and do whatever I please *
* And you don't own me, no *
- * You don't own me *
* No *
* You don't own me *
[vocalizing]
* *
[barking]
[licking]
[cheers and applause]
- * This again *
- Wow. - Incredible.
- I mean, no wonder you won.
I mean, you are incredible.
- The fact that this was something
that you looked up online.
The fact that you were inspired by people
you saw on "America's Got Talent."
You are an "AGT" All-Star.
- Thank you.
- Absolutely.
- For me, I love seeing someone who's, one,
from another country come to America to compete again.
It's just really, really exciting
when you see the best of the best.
[cheers and applause]
- Terry raised the bar for ventriloquism on "AGT."
It was hard to imagine anyone topping him.
But Ana stepped up to the challenge.
Could she follow in Terry's footsteps
and win the competition?
The act going into the final is...
[dramatic music]
- I think it's gonna be the ventriloquist.
- I don't know.
* *
- Ana-Maria Margean!
[cheers and applause]
- So America has made
some surprises this evening.
It kind of makes the final more exciting
because there's people who are there
who weren't expecting to be there.
I can tell by the look on your face,
you weren't expecting this, were you?
- No.
- And I think now they've been voted through.
And now they know who they're competing with.
They have to go up a level.
- Ana-Maria is headed to the finals.
But this decisive victory was only the beginning.
She will join the other All-Stars
in a battle to prove who stands out
as the best of the best and worthy of the All-Stars crown.
Coming up...
- This is life or death moments.
- These amazing kids.
They are stars.
- I think people love magic because you can't explain it.
- Anyone who's put their title on the line,
that makes you an All-Star.
This was you at you're very, very best.
- * Oh *
[cheers and applause]
- All-Stars welcomes some of the best
comedic talent we've ever seen.
And they all brought their A game.
Will this be the year that a comedian claims
the top prize for the first time in "AGT" history?
- We're back to shut the house down.
- Ooh!
- The fact that we have such high level comedy
on "AGT" All-Stars makes me, like, a proud papa.
- Last time, there were four of you.
- Last time, there was four of you.
[laughter] - Good point.
Sometimes I sit there, literally,
and I'm crying laughing.
- I'm a father, and I love being a dad.
Uh, yeah.
But does anybody else think it's weird
that you can accidentally make a person?
[laughter]
- Comedy definitely comes in many forms on All-Stars.
- * That B double O T Y *
* That butt that sure is fine *
* That B double O T Y *
* Can't get that off my mind *
- * America *
- Ew. Wet hot dog.
- * America *
- Ah!
- You were on "AGT."
Why did you not win?
- Uh, Heidi.
[laughter] - Oh!
Oh, ho, ho! - What?
Yumbo Dump, to me, they are hilarious.
And that I actually got to participate
in their act was really fun.
[cheers and applause]
I was with this rubber band, like,
going up and down this guy.
I don't know what I was thinking the last time
when I buzzed you. - Oh!
- Thank you.
- Comedy is always, as far as I'm concerned,
held to a higher standard...
- Hello, Axel.
- Than most of the other talent.
- Don't know what my favorite seat on the plane is.
The window seat is probably the best seat.
You sit next to two types of people.
You got the people that get up and let you out.
And you've got the other people, the leg turners.
[laughter]
I'm a leg turner.
I'm not getting out my seat.
I'll take the abuse as you go past.
[laughter]
- Nothing feels like you're standing
out there more naked without a net
than being a stand-up comic.
- One night, we're laying around,
husband gets a late night text from an old girlfriend.
You know what it was: naked.
She was naked in the text.
She said, "Come over right now
and let me give you the ride of your life."
I was like, oh, my God.
You should go.
I don't want to do it.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- A comedian has never won a "Got Talent" competition
here in America.
You go get him, Mike.
- Whoa!
- But one stood out.
Our second finalist, Mike E. Winfield.
Could Mike finally prove that comedy is King?
- Mike E. Winfield rose to the occasion for me on All-Stars.
You are a superstar from this last season...
- Yes. - On "AGT."
Why come back for more?
- Here's the thing.
I didn't win.
That's why I was here. - There you go.
- I was devastated.
- No one feels great about losing, by the way.
You just don't.
And he went, "I wanted to win, Simon.
And I wasn't happy." And I went,
I really like you even more now
because you're actually being honest.
- So "AGT" has been changing my life,
but it's been changing my family's life even more,
especially my stepson.
For those of you that don't know, my wife's older.
I got a stepson. We're, like, the same age.
I call him stepman, all right?
[laughter]
And he's been exhibiting unusual behavior
because he's upset that I portrayed him
on the show as irresponsible and gets in trouble in school.
So he's been trying to prove he's responsible
by buying products around the house
with my money.
[laughter]
And I didn't even know.
I walked in on him eating his cereal.
I'm like, "Hey, don't waste that milk."
He's like, "I bought it."
[laughter]
Okay, yeah.
And he doesn't waste the milk.
He walks the bowl of milk past the sink
and places the bowl of milk inside of the refrigerator.
So first, I'm like, who reuses cereal milk?
But then I was like, how good would my cereal taste
double Cocoa-Puffed up?
[laughter]
All the years, I've been single-milking it?
I just needed my milk to marinate?
[laughter]
The fame is affecting stepman.
He's been invited to all these parties,
but he's been staying out too late.
So my wife and I, we've been deciding how to handle it.
I'm like, "I don't know what to do."
She's like, "Go get him."
[laughter]
I drove around the corner to pick him up.
I came home three hours later.
[laughter]
She said, Michael, you've been drinking?
I'm like, we got some of the same friends.
[laughter]
Everybody was there.
He's still there.
I'm gonna go get him again.
[laughter]
I'll find out why you weren't invited.
[laughter]
And on top of all of that,
I have responsibilities in the community.
I'm a little league coach. Yes.
[cheers and applause]
Yeah.
Yeah, we have a 12-year-old together.
Yeah, that's the one we call "real kid."
[laughter]
And they call me Coach Fro 'cause I can't fit the hat.
[laughter]
I just set it on top.
[laughter]
I love coaching.
You know, I just hate when kids get hit by the pitch
because it is not supposed to be funny.
[laughter]
But baseball,
baseball is a game of technique.
When the ball's coming at you, you turn and you brace.
But a lot of the kids, they get afraid
and they get hit in the worst places,
like the center of the back.
And I see it happening.
The ball is coming and they turn and they're like, ah!
[laughter]
And the worst thing you can do
when you're holding in your laugh
is look at another person.
You know? Ahh!
[laughter]
And the kid's like, I can hear you.
The pitch was 25 miles per hour!
She's trying to kill me!
Hey, you guys, I'm Mike E. Winfield.
Thank you very much, America. - No, don't stop!
- Thank you, America.
[cheers and applause]
- I love you.
And I will be double-milking from now on.
- [laughs] Thank you, Heidi.
- Mike, you know what?
You've come back funnier, more confident.
I can even see it in your eyes
how much this means to you right now.
- It means everything. Thank you.
- I know. I can see that.
A lot of comedians I know, they do put
this kind of invisible mask in front of them.
You're never quite sure who you're seeing.
And then there was a moment when he looked
into the audience, and from where I was sitting,
I looked into his eyes,
and his eyes, he was tearing up.
And I realized, at that moment, that's the real Mike.
This is how much you want it.
And there's something I can give you.
I wasn't expecting to do this, but I'm gonna do it.
* *
- * Well, you can tell everybody *
* Yeah, you can tell everybody *
* Go ahead and tell everybody *
- The Golden Buzzer for Mike E. Winfield!
- * I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man *
* Yeah, you can tell everybody *
- Occasionally on our show, you see someone
who has that glow around them.
And I believe that Mike has that.
I think he's got a massive career ahead of him.
I don't know why he hasn't had the big break yet
because he deserves it.
- I appreciate it. Thank you, Simon.
- Mike E. Winfield is the sole surviving comedian
in this competition.
Simon secured his place in the finals,
but will his comedy stand up to my Golden Buzzer
from last season?
- * I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man *
[cheers and applause]
- "AGT" All-Stars has some
of the best musicians in the world.
- It's all noise, but who cuts through it?
- Just an invitation to perform here means
you are on a whole other level.
Berywam, yes.
Berywam, the most viral act in "AGT" history
is no exception.
- We are Berywam.
We come from France.
We are the world beatbox champion.
[beatboxing]
* *
- The musicians on the show definitely
have to have especially something in the order
to hold the entire room.
- * Jump *
[beatboxing]
* *
- 3, 2, 1, let's go.
[beatboxing]
- Normally, there's an entire band
and there's the lead singer.
So when you just do music,
you have to be really, really special.
* *
- That was incredible!
- My first instinct is, if they just have an instrument
and that's their thing, I go, well,
an instrument seems to be part of something bigger.
[rock music]
* *
But if they can deliver that instrument
where I believe that I would just go see them play
and I'd go to their concert,
then I think they've done their job.
- Wow.
I wasn't expecting that.
[laughter]
- We are Divyansh. - And Manuraj.
- And we are the winners
of "India's Got Talent" this year.
- I'm a huge fan.
I had never heard of them before
and those two guys are incredible.
First of all, I love their story.
- I came with my partner on "India's Got Talent."
Then somehow, my partner didn't make it.
And he came to me.
And he told me that his partner also didn't come.
- What?
So then they got together and then
they came up with this most incredible sound.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- You've got to be really, really, really good
to stand there for three minutes
and just play one instrument
and hope that you're gonna get the same level of reaction
as a great singer with a great lyric.
- Amazing.
- You don't really see people playing instruments.
[cheers and applause]
Aw.
Particularly, when they use it as their lead, as Avery does.
- Avery Dixon, our third finalist,
was my Golden Buzzer last season.
Like me, superfans definitely saw
that something special in him
because they voted him through to the finals.
- Well, hello, again.
- How's everything been since the final?
- Insane in a great way. - Good.
No more complaints from the neighbors
or anything like that?
- I mean, if they're complaining,
they're drowned out by the applause of my new family.
[laughter]
- Go, baby!
Go, baby!
- Lots of great things are gonna happen to him.
And that wouldn't have happened unless he came on the show.
If we're being honest with each other,
he might still be in that apartment now,
trying to play his saxophone
with the neighbors calling the police
because they didn't want to hear him.
I mean, it's crazy when you think about it like that.
- Hello, everybody.
And welcome to the Avery Dixon experience.
- Uh-huh. Oh!
Yes!
[saxophone playing]
* *
- The kid that showed up before he got
that first Golden Buzzer from Terry
is not the kid on "AGT" All-Stars.
The man, the young man on "AGT" All-Stars
is this polished, professional performer that is an All-Star.
* *
- Avery Dixon.
He's so charismatic.
He is like a little superstar.
For one person to keep your attention
that hard is very special.
* *
- During Season 17 lives,
he got better and better and better.
Now that he's on All-Stars,
he put together such an amazing performance.
I'm sitting here like, that is not the same person.
This is a superstar right now.
* *
That's my boy right there!
[cheers and applause]
- That was good.
- This man is only 21 years old.
He could be the best who ever did it.
The best saxophonist of all time
by the time he's finished.
We're watching history in the making.
- You, young man, are an All-Star.
You really are.
[cheers and applause]
- You do what you do with your instrument that first starts
on the feet and it goes in your body
and then I just can't sit-- my feet.
- Thank you.
- Avery, this is why we wanted to make this show All-Stars
because I believe when you're great, competition like this
brings out the best in people.
And this was you at your very, very best.
There's no question or doubt. - Thank you.
- Avery is a tremendous talent.
When he performs, you can feel every single note.
He's prepared.
He's polished.
And this musical maestro is poised
to win the whole competition.
* *
- * A little respect *
* That I really didn't mean *
* I can be a broken man, but here... *
- With so many legendary magicians
having won the "Got Talent" crown,
the All-Stars class was under enormous pressure
to pull off the impossible.
And they brought it.
- What card is that? Five of spades.
So here we go, everyone, I want you to watch closely
as you'll see the time start ticking back.
Every single person in the studio tonight
has just gone back in time five minutes
because she chose the five of spades, Heidi.
- We want to be taken away from reality.
[cheers and applause]
It is really a jaw-dropping, "wow" moment.
And when you see it and you're going,
oh, my gosh, it's real.
- It's not there. It's there. It's not there.
And it's like, it's unbelievable.
It really is. - Thank you so much.
- You're incredible.
- When a magician gets on this stage,
he really shows us these things that we can't believe.
- 1, 2, 3.
[dramatic music]
Oh!
- It's spinning.
- Now it's passing.
- Whoa!
That is weird!
- [vocalizing]
- I see it happening right in front of my eyes.
- Ah!
- It's just mind-blowing to me.
[cheers and applause]
- How does that work, you know?
Put two and two together, that doesn't--
that doesn't equal up.
- What is the number?
- 111.
- What is the letter? - B.
- 111B.
[laughter]
Thank you.
- Over the years on this show,
we've found some sensational magicians.
- All of you have envelopes. They look like this.
Inside those envelopes, there's words
and there's also a random letter on the back.
Judges, you have Frisbees.
We're gonna toss these Frisbees out into the audience
as a way to select people.
If you catch a Frisbee, I want you
to stand up and hold your envelope,
and we're gonna gather those.
All your words are different.
We are going to make a rap out of these words,
but not only that, they're gonna go in order.
* Magic and music is something *
* I could do for hours *
* Mixing multiple arts is my superpower *
* My energy is powerful *
* You can tell he's different *
* That's why I conjured these rhymes on your television *
- Part of magic is a wonderful story that goes along with it.
- Can you take your word out? That is destiny.
You're living life every day,
and you're thinking about that dream.
It's your message today for whatever you want to be...
- Oh, no! - Destiny.
- I think people love magic because you can't explain it.
- But despite all the great talent,
Aidan McCann is the only magician
left in the competition.
He earned Heidi's Golden Buzzer
and proved that his magic is indeed unexplainable.
- Hello.
- My name's Aidan McCann.
I'm 13 years old.
I'm from Ireland. - Hello.
Aidan, my Golden Buzzer. - Hello.
I immediately fell in love with him.
[mysterious music]
- Tonight, I'm going to perform
the most mind-blowing magic you've ever seen!
[cheers and applause]
And I hope you all like my suit.
It is one of a kind.
No one else has this suit. - I love it.
- And for tonight, I'll need a cool assistant.
Terry...
[cheers and applause]
I think you'll work perfect for this--
- He's wearing the same suit!
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
- Terry, here, I have some cards.
And on these cards, I wrote down
some cool superhero names,
like Blaze, Storm, Falcon--
you get the idea.
So, Terry, can you please tell me
when to stop whenever you want?
- Stop.
- You sure? - That's it.
- Great. Can you take this name?
Don't look at it, and put it into your pocket.
We'll get back to it in a moment.
- Okay.
- Tonight, I brought along my comic.
My mom thinks I'm a bit of a comic,
but moms always find their sons funny,
even when they aren't.
Isn't that right, Howie?
[laughter]
So here is Aidan's Comic.
And inside is a picture of me as a superhero.
Look, here it is.
So I'll leave this here with you, Simon.
And we won't color it in just yet, okay?
- Okay. - Great.
So, Terry, here, I have a blindfold.
- We used to call them doing tricks,
you know, but Simon was always like,
"They're not doing tricks.
This is really magic. I believe in it."
And I have to say, it kind of rubbed off on me
over the years.
They actually really are special, these people.
- Judges, your task is to color in my superhero picture.
- Okay. - And I'm not gonna look.
I'll stand over here, and I'll put on my blindfold.
So are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
[cheers and applause]
- Great!
- Simon, please pick up any marker and hold it up
so everyone in the audience can see what marker you chose.
- I'm holding it up, yeah.
- And can you, with that marker,
color in the cape for me, please?
- The cape? Okay. - Yes.
Simon, do you like coloring?
- Yeah, I do.
- Yeah, I heard that it's very calming
for some old people.
- Oh! - Oh!
[laughter]
Oh! - And Simon,
whenever you're done, you can just tell me.
- After that, I'm taking my time, all right?
- [laughs] - Okay. All right.
- Nice. - Is that all right?
- You're done? - Yes.
- Okay, great.
Can you take that marker and throw it away?
Have you thrown it? - Yes.
- That was a very angry throw.
- Can you now pass the comic and the markers over to Heidi?
- Yep.
- Heidi, can you please pick any marker
and hold it up so everyone in the audience knows
what marker you chose?
And can you color in the shirt for me, please?
- Shirt. - Yeah.
- The shirt. - And you know,
it's okay, you can be a rebel.
You can color outside the lines if you need to.
- No, no, no.
- And whenever you're done, Heidi,
you can take that marker and throw it away
like the super diva you are.
[laughter] - Super diva.
- Have you thrown it away? both: Yes.
- Great.
Howie, choose any marker, please.
- Okay.
- Hold it up so everyone in the audience can see it.
And color in the shorts for me, please.
- Got it. - Just the shorts.
Are you done? - I am done.
- Great. You can take that marker
and throw it away. - All right.
[cheers and applause]
- So take the last marker, show it to everybody--
- Right.
- And color in the legs this time, please.
- Okay.
- And Howie? - Yeah.
- Since that's the last one, you know,
you can go ahead and give it a big mic drop, boom.
- Boom. - Great.
I'm gonna take off my blindfold now.
- Right - Oh, there we go.
Can I have my glasses, please, Terry?
- Yes, you may. - Thank you.
So, Howie... - Yes.
- For the first time, please hold up
the superhero drawing so I can see it.
- Wow.
That's very colorful.
- Right. - Pink top, blue legs,
green cape, and orange shorts.
- Right.
- No one could've predicted this.
But I knew all along
all the choices you all would make tonight.
That includes you, Terry.
Please, take out the name you chose earlier
and show everyone what it is.
* *
- Titan.
Terry the Titan.
Check this out.
[suspenseful music]
* *
[clothes ripping]
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
- Look, it's the exact same.
- How could you get that?
[cheers and applause] That was great!
- Wait, Titan Junior?
Well, if I'm Titan Junior, that must mean...
Terry, rip off your suit, just as I did!
- Ahh!
[cheers and applause]
Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. - I love that.
- This is the man!
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- I don't know how you did it.
You are incredible. I love the magic.
But really, it is you who is the magic.
And it's like, what?
- * Just like this *
[cheers and applause]
* *
* I want something just like this *
- Golden Buzzer!
- * Oh, I want something just like this *
- Despite all the great magicians,
Aidan rose to the top.
Could he win it all?
- Yes!
[speaking indistinctly]
- Thank you so much!
- Magicians, they just can do things that we all can't do.
Let's do this!
- * Oh, I want something just like this *
- So many kids!
[playful music]
The beauty of "Got Talent"
is anyone of any age can compete.
And the kids definitely showed up.
- Sarah, how old are you?
- I'm 14. - How are you?
- I'm good, thanks.
- He was talking to me. I'm good.
[laughter]
- [vocalizing]
- This year, on All-Stars, the kids really brought it.
- * Oh *
- When you look at kids out here,
performing, giving it all up, I'm literally full of wonder.
- * Oh, yeah *
- * Ringing the bell *
* And nobody's coming to help *
* Your daddy lives by himself *
* He just wants to know that you're well, oh *
* In this world, it's just us *
- An artist today, you've got to be able to tell your fans,
the labels, and particularly, the writers, this is who I am.
And the truth is, that's what you just did with that record.
[cheers and applause]
- * Whoa *
* You know it's not the same *
- Kids made All-Stars what it is.
- Hello, everyone!
- They deliver in the talent department
and they've delivered in the inspiration department.
- I like watching the bald eagles fly.
What an incredible sight in the sky.
The venomous cobra's bite
can give us all the biggest fright.
But it's only for its survival, which is all right.
My beautiful world was shattered in a flick
when I saw a picture of a whale stranded and sick.
* *
The trees are working hard,
sucking up all the bad air
and giving us healthy air.
But it's sad to see loggers cutting down trees,
which is just not fair.
- Children like Aneeshwar...
- Thank you.
- Are changing, hopefully, our future.
- Go on out there!
Of all the kids in this competition,
one group stood out to me.
Our fifth finalist,
the Detroit Youth Choir.
They earned my Golden Buzzer
once before,
and I had to give it to them again
because I truly believe they can go all the way.
- We go back. - DYC!
- They were runners up, but they went back to Detroit
and the city gave them a million-dollar endowment.
Anthony White, who spent 22 years
trying to put this thing together,
to see what he built,
it's iconic.
* *
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
- * Hey, DYC and we back for another one *
* They said we couldn't, but we just did *
* So forget them *
all: * Just a young gun, with a short fuse *
- When I saw them again, I was in tears,
because the kids reminded me of myself so much.
all: * Want to leave my old life behind *
* Not a yes, sir *
* Not a follower *
* Fit the box, fit the mold *
* Have a seat in the foyer, take a number *
* I was lightning before the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the *
- I know where they're from.
It's very, very hard
to overcome the obstacles.
It takes rocket force.
And they, through force of will,
used that rocket force to propel them
out of the atmosphere.
They are stars.
all: * Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
- * Uh, you all see the name *
* Yeah, we back, but not the same *
* Obstacles, we overcame *
* We switch it up, change the game *
* Reaching for the top, reaching for our goals *
all: * Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Thunder, feel the thunder *
* Lightning and the thunder *
* Never give up *
- * DYC, yeah, we back for another one *
all: * Never give up *
- * DYC, yeah, we back for another one *
- * Never give up *
[cheers and applause]
- These amazing kids just got out there and they did better.
They have just grown and been everywhere.
These kids have performed in Carnegie Hall.
I'm so proud.
I mean, my heart was just so full.
[cheers and applause]
We don't need to go to the superfan vote on this one.
[cheers and applause]
I gave them a Golden Buzzer one time.
And I said, they deserve another one.
Mr. White, for what you have done in this world,
one Golden Buzzer is not enough!
[cheers and applause]
- * Sometimes in our lives *
- The life of a performer
is one of usually just wondering
if they're good enough.
When I get that moment to press that Golden Buzzer,
I don't take it lightly.
It's acknowledgment
that the sacrifice was worth it.
[speaking indistinctly]
I'm choked--I'm going.
It's a validation of everything you've ever wanted.
- * Lean on me *
- And Mr. White should be commended
for everything he's done.
- This is gonna catapult these young people
to the stratosphere.
- That's right.
They are kids after my whole heart.
I will always, always be a supporter, always.
- * To lean on * - DYC!
all: You know!
- Coming up...
- It's unbelievable how much
uniqueness is being brought
to the stage of "AGT" All-Stars.
[chainsaw buzzing]
- Whoa!
- [vocalizing]
* *
- Oh!
* *
- Of all the acts on "AGT,"
the acro and the aerial artist
are often the most death-defying acts.
And on All-Stars, they took the danger
to a whole new level.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
- A lot of these acro acts and aerial acts,
they're doing things a story, two stories in the air.
- [vocalizing]
- There aren't a lot of mats.
There are not a lot of nets.
This is really death-defying, life or death moments.
No!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, don't burn that ponytail!
* *
[cheers and applause]
They're risking much more than a singer
coming out and playing a song
and maybe hitting a bad key or a bad note.
- * When the sharpest words wanna cut me down *
* *
* I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out *
- Oh, my goodness, when I look at Alan Silva
swinging on a rope on a piece of cloth and there's no net...
- * This is me *
- And the strength that it takes.
You have to eat right. You have to train right.
You have to be in the right state of mind.
That's what they call being in the zone.
- * Oh *
* *
- Whoa!
- * This is me *
- Whoa! Whoa!
[laughs]
- All right, Aidan Bryant.
Go out there and make it happen, brother.
But the superfans
saw something special
in Aidan Bryant,
voted him into the finals.
Since his second place finish to Dustin Tavella on "AGT,"
Aidan showed us just how determined he is
to win this time around. - Hi!
Well, we all know you,
but why don't you tell everyone here
and everyone at home who you are?
- My name is Aidan Bryant, and I'm 18 years old.
And I was on season 16 of "America's Got Talent,"
and I got in the top two.
- Yes!
You want to win this thing, don't you?
- Yes, I want to win so bad, and I'm here to prove it.
I have grown so much.
My flexibility, my lines,
choreography, so let's do it.
- Good luck to you. - Thank you.
- So great to see you again.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- Aidan Bryant, when I first saw him,
he was just happy to be here.
But no more.
Now he's like, "I'm here, and I want it all."
- Here we go. [indistinct]. Here we go.
- No nets, ladies and gentlemen.
[dramatic music]
* *
- [vocalizing]
* *
- Ah!
* *
- [vocalizing]
* *
- Oh, wow.
- He's not hanging on.
It's just the hook of his body.
- No, nothing.
* *
- Amazing.
- * Who's in the shadows *
- A guy who learned in his backyard
how to do what he's doing.
And now he's doing it at a world-class level.
I'm like, wow.
- * We're all needing *
- Look at that body.
- * There's no surrender *
* And there's no escape *
* Are we the hunters *
[audience exclaiming]
- Ah!
- * Or are we the prey?
- Aidan must have put in months of rehearsals to do this.
He didn't just turn up.
I mean, he really thought about this.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- * This is a wild game of survival *
- Oh, my goodness!
- What?
Whoa!
- I never, ever thought he could top
what he did before, and he did.
I've genuinely never seen anything like it.
It was breathtakingly good.
- * Game of survival *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- * This is a wild game *
- Oh!
- * This is a wild game *
* *
* This is a wild game *
* *
* This is a wild game *
* Game of survival *
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- He's come back and pushed himself
and did something I don't even think
he knew he was capable of.
I mean, it really, really was special.
So you were 16 when you were on the final, right?
- Yes. - I remember
I watched Aidan's face
when the winner's name was announced.
And I've never seen anyone look so gutted in my life.
And I remember going up to you afterwards, saying,
I promise you, this is not the end.
I think you're one of the most talented contestants
we've ever had...
- Thank you. - Genuinely.
And you've come back stronger, better,
more confident, a better performer.
I mean, that was-- that was a 10.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- * You knock me down *
- Thank you.
- I don't know how he does it, but I was looking up there
going, if this was the Olympics
and there was a group of judges, we'd all be going,
"10, 10, 10."
It was about as close to perfection as I've ever seen.
- * If you knock me down *
* I get up again *
- Aidan gave us a performance worthy of Olympic 10s.
But he'll need to get a perfect score
with the superfans if he plans to come out on top.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, look who it is. - Ah.
The most prolific loser of "AGT."
- On All-Stars, the level of uniqueness
and originality on display is next level.
I dare you to look away.
It's impossible.
- On this show, I've met the most interesting...
- It's a giant marker. - What?
Mixture of people you could ever meet.
- It popped.
[balloon squeaking]
- I definitely like weird things.
The weirder for me, the better.
- What animal were you thinking of?
- An aardvark.
[gagging]
- What?
- I managed to write on the balloon
while it was inside of me, "aardvark."
- No!
- I love just people who are outside of the box,
providing this kind of variety.
[dramatic music]
- Ah!
- Oh!
Ah!
Oh, my God.
* *
- Oh!
No! - Ahh!
- I can't watch.
- Ah!
* *
Ah!
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
[chainsaw buzzing]
- Oh!
- [singing in non-English language]
* *
- There's always something else coming at you.
So you never get bored.
- Your first name is Sacred,
and your second name is Riana.
- Everything is here.
- Oh, no.
- [speaking non-English language]
- It says, "I'm coming for you, Howie."
- The variety acts are a total wild card.
They're our mystery sauce.
- [screaming] - Oh, jeez.
- Some are great, and others are well, different.
- Through a ring of fire!
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
* *
[crashing]
[cheers and applause]
[laughter] [buzzer]
- Bit late.
[quirky music]
* *
- It's Sethward the Goat! [bleating]
- Every time I see Sethward, I'm like, my heart jumps.
- [screaming]
- Oh.
He cracks me up.
And he's been here forever.
- I'm the greatest of all time!
[laughter]
Yeah, I'm adorable.
Oh! - Oh!
- He Golden-Buzzered himself!
There's something for everyone.
[dramatic music]
* *
- Oh, yeah! Bullseye! Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- That's it?
- And the balloon is completely intact--
[buzzer]
- It's just this combination of different platforms of talent
that seem to be combining and making something unique
and fresh like we've never seen it before.
- I'll keep looking away.
[mysterious music]
And then as soon as you've done that,
I want you to take that piece of paper,
tear it up, and throw it in the teapot in front of you.
- It's a lot of work.
* *
- So your question's gonna brew with the tea now...
- Okay. - Which basically means
that I...
- [gasps]
- Can drink your question and figure out what it is.
- Wow.
You're thinking of Alex, your son.
- Yes.
You saw that.
- Now, the second question,
so I want you to get your question in mind now,
and then I want you to pick up your cup of tea
and just hold it in between two hands.
I'm gonna reach around you so I can hold your hands.
This is for the psychic demonstration, also--
[buzzer]
- Ah!
- Oh, my goodness.
- I don't want to get this wrong because we--
okay, we'll try this.
My aunt always said, when you're not sure of something
in life, you'll find the answer at the bottom of a cup of tea.
Terry, what was your question?
- What size are my shoes?
- What size are your shoes? - One of a kind.
- One of a kind, and for everyone here,
what size are your shoes?
- 14. - 14.
- Oh, no!
It says size 14. [laughs]
- You're kidding me.
The variety of acts just keeps it interesting.
Because after so many years,
you feel like you have seen it all,
but never on this show.
- Our next finalist
is one of the most unique
and original acts I've ever seen.
Light Balance Kids really brought something
new and special to the All-Star stage,
despite the hurdles they've had to overcome.
- Remind people who you are.
- We are Light Balance Kids, and we are from Ukraine.
And we're finalists from season 14.
- Did your parents come with you?
- Some of our parents, like my father,
is still in the war in Ukraine.
He's fighting for our country, for independence and freedom.
We have a chance to show the world
that light always wins.
[cheers and applause]
- They are living a life that I can't even imagine.
To even put together what they were able to put together,
it's spectacular.
[cheers and applause]
[electronic rock music]
* *
- * Whoo *
* Everybody, move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh, oh, oh *
* Everybody, move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh, oh, oh *
* *
* Don't, don't, don't, don't stop the beat *
* Can't, can't control the feet *
* P-p-people in the street *
* Come on everybody and move your feet *
* Don't stop, don't stop *
* Don't stop the beat *
* I can't stop, can't stop, can't stop the beat *
* I won't stop, won't stop, won't stop the beat *
* Go *
* *
* Everybody, move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh, oh, oh *
* *
* Everybody, move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh, oh, oh *
* *
- Yeah!
* *
* Everybody, move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh, oh, oh *
* *
* Everybody, move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh, oh, oh *
* *
[cheers and applause]
- * It's just another night *
* And I'm staring *
- Light Balance Kids, talk about uniqueness
and originality.
They are dazzling.
It's amazing.
- Thank you.
- If anything defines an All-Star,
it was that performance, really.
- Thank you so much.
It's very important for us.
- You have always been one of my favorite acts
that I have seen in the history of "America's Got Talent."
It sounded great.
I love their music choices.
It looked great.
And then add the technology and the originality
of having this light up in the dark
and programmed in time.
How could you give them anything less
than a Golden Buzzer?
- * I can see the stars from America *
* So open your eyes and see *
* The way our horizons meet *
[cheers and applause]
- Light Balance Kids crafted an unbelievable show
that was truly worthy of Howie's Golden Buzzer.
They radiate on stage, and I can't wait to see
just how bright they'll shine in the finale.
* *
- That was amazing.
You're all amazing.
I love you. I love you.
* *
- Do you find it harder judging this now
than judging the regular show? - Yeah. Yeah, I do.
- This is a different level of talent
and I think a different level of judging.
- I guess you're trying to compare
to what you saw before to now.
- For the singers on All-Stars,
it's not enough to be great.
You have to be better each and every time.
- * Souled out on you *
* Sad, but it's true *
* After all I've been through *
* I'm souled out on you *
* Souled out *
* Souled out, souled out *
* Souled out *
- When he starts to sing,
you see him light up.
It's a joy to watch.
Your voice is just brilliant.
That's what a singing voice should sound like.
[cheers and applause]
- When a singer hits a high note,
it just goes through the body.
- * Yeah *
- Oh, yes!
Yeah!
- Cristina was my Golden Buzzer.
You'll always have a super special place in my heart.
It's an honor to have you on the stage again.
- It's an honor to be here.
- And you did fantastic.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Jimmie Herrod.
What a gem.
To me, he is top-notch.
Top, top, top, top, top-notch.
- * Ah *
* Sometimes I look in her eyes *
* That's where I find a glimpse of us *
* And I try to fall for *
- The hairs go up. [laughs]
And it's just a real special moment.
It's a yummy, great-feeling moment,
and you're just like, wow.
- * Glimpse *
* Of us *
- And though they are amazing vocalists,
the eighth finalist, Tom Ball,
is the perfect example of a singer
that is so unforgettable
that we gave him our group Golden Buzzer.
- He's from "BGT."
- I love Tom Ball.
First of all, when he's standing there
and he's just talking about him being a teacher.
- Would you leave teaching, like, if this takes off?
- I could never fully leave teaching.
I mean, I love singing, and I want to perform
every single day of my life,
but I also want to educate as much as I possibly can.
- I already love you.
- Thank you. [laughs]
- Well, Tom Ball, I wasn't expecting a lot,
I'll be honest with you.
And then he opened his mouth to sing.
- * Hello darkness, my old friend *
* I've come to talk with you again *
* *
* Because a vision softly creeping *
* Left, it seems, while I was sleeping *
* *
* And the vision *
* That was planted in my brain *
* Still remains *
* Within the sound of silence *
* *
* And in the naked light *
* I saw 10,000 people *
* Maybe more *
* People talking without speaking *
- Oh, yeah!
- * People hearing without listening *
* People writing songs *
* That voices never share *
* No one dared disturb *
* The sound *
* Of silence *
* And the people bowed and prayed *
* To the neon God they made *
* And the sign flashed out it's warning *
* In the words that it was forming *
* And the sign said the words of the broken *
* Are written on the subway walls *
* And cinnamon halls *
* And whisper the sound *
* Of silence *
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
- This place is on its feet.
It was one of the best performances
I've ever seen in my life.
- * A flame burns a candle *
- When the performance was over,
I'm looking over at the judges,
and I'm, like, realizing
they're feeling the same way I'm feeling.
And it was all thumbs up.
- Let's do this!
Are you ready?
- Yes, we are!
- And I said, "This is the man
who's going to get the group Golden Buzzer."
You ready? You ready? - Yeah!
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
[cheers and applause]
- * What I got *
* Might be hard to handle *
* Like a flame burns the candle *
- Tom Ball is the epitome of what "AGT" is all about,
which is people who surprise you the most.
One more time for Tom Ball!
And he could very well win this whole competition.
* *
- * You made my dreams come... *
- Coming up...
- It's kind of like the Olympics.
People come from all over the world,
and you have the best of the best.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
- And that's what All-Stars is all about.
[cheers and applause]
- This is your first time in Hollywood?
all: Yeah, it's our first time.
- What have you been doing?
- Eating cheeseburgers. - Eating French fries.
- Oh!
"AGT" is truly global.
And we couldn't have All-Stars without all these amazing acts
from all around the world who brought their A game
and heated up the competition.
- We are Malevo from Argentina.
- We are the Ndlovu Youth Choir,
all the way from South Africa.
- Yes.
- Do your thing.
Get warmed up and ready to go.
- Yeah! - Let's go!
- All right. Let's go, Mini Droids.
- They are here in a country
and a culture for the first time.
This is really nerve-racking anyhow.
all: We are the Mini Droids.
[cheers and applause]
- Mini Droids!
- So you just won "Belgium's Got Talent"?
- Yes. - 2021.
Very exciting.
- Thank you. Thank you.
[dance music]
* *
- * What is love *
* *
- For someone who has been on the show for so many years,
to get to see people from all these different places
that you would only see if you were in that country,
so you get to feel a little bit what it's like
to be in this country or in this country
with the music that they've picked
or the beautiful outfits that they wear.
[cheers and applause]
So I always love getting a little flavor
of wherever they come from.
Yeah!
It's so fun.
- I love the surprise of people coming
from the other side of the globe and dazzling us.
It's like our exchange student program...
- Whoa!
- But with talent.
[drumming]
- Malevo from Buenos Aires just wowed us.
* *
[lively music playing]
- Faster!
* *
Ah!
- Can you say "world's best"
if you don't put the world's best into your talent show?
This is incredible!
* *
But despite all that great talent,
Power Duo impressed the superfans enough
to secure a spot in the finals.
They won "Philippines's Got Talent"
and came all the way to America
to prove why they're the best at what they do.
- Hello! - Hello!
- Hi.
- Tell us who you are.
both: We are the Power Duo from the Philippines.
[cheers and applause]
- We won "Philippines's Got Talent."
And during the audition,
we fell in love with each other.
- Aw. - Aw.
- And I confess my feelings for her.
- But he didn't know that I love him first.
- Yes. - Yes!
- And now we are married and we have one-year-old son.
- Simon and I, same story.
[laughter]
- No baby, but love.
[laughter]
I have a lot of respect for anyone
who's willing to kind of
effectively put their title on the line.
That means a lot to me,
and it says a lot about who they are.
- * There goes my heart beating *
* 'Cause you are the reason *
* I'm losing my sleep *
- Power Duo, to me, it's like this couple
that I feel like they were born to dance together.
- * There goes my mind racing *
* And you are the reason *
* That I'm still breathing *
- To celebrate dance and the love between them,
you kind of just lose time.
- * Climb every mountain *
* And swim every ocean *
- * Just to be with you *
- The love that they have for each other, it resonates.
I feel like it shines through.
You see it, you feel it.
All the different tricks that they do,
and it's just beautiful to watch.
- * That you are the reason *
[cheers and applause]
* *
* If I could turn back the clock *
both: * I'd make sure the light defeated the dark *
* I'd spend every hour *
- That is amazing.
- * Of every day keeping you safe *
- * Oh *
both: * I'd climb every mountain *
* And swim every ocean *
* Just to be with you *
- Wow.
both: * And fix what I've broken *
* Oh, 'cause I need you *
* To see *
- * That you are the reason *
* I don't want to fight no more *
* I don't wanna hide no more *
* I don't wanna cry no more *
* Come back I need you to hold me *
* Be a little closer now *
* Just a little closer now *
* Come a little closer *
* I need you to hold me tonight *
- * Oh *
both: * 'Cause I need you *
* To see *
* That you are the reason *
[cheers and applause]
- So beautiful!
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
* *
- Thank you!
- What did you think, Simon?
- I...love you two.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- You guys are great, and it is so beautiful
to watch two people that are in love
and that do something so beautiful together.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you!
[cheers and applause]
- This is "The World's Got Talent," for real.
Power Duo is a force to be reckoned with.
They've won before,
and they could certainly do it again.
But among their competition is another aerialist,
Aidan Bryant.
On finale night, they will go face to face.
It is anybody's game.
* *
- On top of seeing the best talent in the world
on All-Stars, we also get to be reunited
with some unforgettable contestants and fan favorites.
- What is your name?
- My name is Vitória Bueno.
- Tell me a little bit about your story.
- She was born without her arms.
She had this physiotherapist
that suggested her to take dance lessons,
and I am her dance teacher.
- * You say I am loved *
* But I can't feel a thing *
* You say I am strong *
* But I think I am weak *
* Oh, I believe *
* Yes, I believe *
* What you say of me *
* I believe *
* *
- It's beyond anything I could have imagined
when we came up with the idea of this show.
In your head, you're seeing singers and your seeing dogs
and everything that comes with a variety show
that would just be great fun.
What I didn't know
were how amazing the people were gonna be
and some of the stories we were gonna hear.
- The reason why I started rapping in the first place,
my father was a rapper,
but he was murdered before I was born.
- Everybody in the world has a hurdle.
- * I vowed to never waste my voice *
* If I don't speak for a cause *
* I reminisce, man *
* I just think and I pause *
* My mama told me if you shooting for the moon *
* You're gonna have a seat with them stars *
- Just finding a reason to show up.
It's inspirational, aspirational.
That's what I love most about being a part of the show.
- * Give me something to hold on *
* Something I can feel *
I lost my hearing when I was 18 years old
because I have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
So I got sick.
So now I perform as a profoundly deaf musician
by feeling the vibrations through the floor
to keep in time.
- Why would you even try to be a singer,
let alone exceed to the level that she has?
Those are the stories that get me.
I wish you could hear how beautiful you sound.
[cheers and applause]
- * Give me something I can feel *
- They're real people.
They're not actors.
They all have real stories.
Archie, who had been wrongfully put
in prison for over 30 years.
- * Ain't no sunshine when she's gone *
* And she's always gone too long *
- It's heartbreaking sometimes,
the stories that you get to hear.
But then you see the strength that the people have,
and they come back.
- * Ain't no sunshine when she's gone *
* And this house just ain't no home *
* Anytime she goes away *
* *
Ah!
* Anytime she goes away *
* One more time *
* Anytime she goes away *
Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Absolutely amazing.
- I think it's beautiful that we get to know
who the people are behind their talent.
Archie is a person who I will never forget.
- Talk about unforgettable.
- Bello Sisters!
- Our 10th finalists,
the Bello Sisters,
return to the stage
to win the superfans' vote
with their jaw-dropping performance.
- So last time, you couldn't come to America
when we were in the big finale show.
- Last time, we got so close.
We made it to the finals, but because of COVID,
it was just through video.
And ever since, we were like,
if we would have just been there,
could we have made it?
Like, was that what was missing?
So that's why we're back. [laughs]
- One thing that I realize when I look at these acts
that demonstrate tremendous physical ability
is that you have to be present because the hard part about
performing is that if you get distracted just one bit,
it'll ruin the whole act.
- * I ran so far away *
* I just ran *
* I ran all night and day *
- Oh, my God!
* *
- * Reached out a hand to touch your face *
- Oh, ho, ho!
- * You're slowly disappearing from my view *
- When you're watching these totally physical
acro-aerial acts, they are in it.
That's what they call being in the zone,
and it's a beautiful sight.
- * I can't get away *
[dramatic music]
- Crazy how they climb on top of each other.
* *
Ah!
- Wow!
[cheers and applause]
- * I ran so far away *
* I just ran *
* I ran all night and day *
* I ran *
* I ran so far away *
* I just ran *
* I ran all night and day *
* I couldn't get away *
- Wow!
- The slightest, slightest slip-up,
and it all goes tumbling down.
* *
- Oh, wow!
- Her legs!
Look at her legs!
* *
Ah!
[cheers and applause]
- * I ran so far away *
- It's like a game of human Jenga.
- Wow!
- * All night and day *
- Yes!
- * I couldn't get away *
- I don't want it to be over.
- It takes a lot of training to make it look that easy.
[cheers and applause]
This is what All-Stars is all about.
This is another level right now.
[soft music]
- * Higher *
* Your love has set me free *
- Yeah!
- * Out of reach, higher, ooh *
* I run the days into the night *
* I feel my heart is going rogue *
- Thank you.
- I mean, you girls have the kind of act
that you just don't want it to stop.
- That was about as close to perfection I've ever seen.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- Will the Bello Sisters pull off
another spectacular performance in the finale?
Can they once again win the superfans' votes
and be crowned the best of the best?
- * I'm so much stronger now *
- And finally, when it comes to All-Stars,
we needed one key element:
the returning champions.
They are the epitome of true competitors.
They're willing to risk their own titles
just to prove they're still top dog.
"AGT" champion Dustin Tavella,
go out there for All-Stars, my friend.
All right.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
- We have another winner in the house!
- How does that feel, Brandon?
When a winner takes the stage,
the audience kind of erupts.
And you go, oh, my God, this was my favorite act.
Oh, my God, and they're back.
- Hi, everybody.
My name is Jeanick Fournier.
I'm from Quebec, Canada.
- She was the winner of "Canada's Got Talent."
- Wow!
- It's amazing to me how many winners
from all over the world show up to do All-Stars.
- [vocalizing]
- Some people are just meant to be on a stage,
and you're just one of those people.
- I have so much respect for someone who's already won,
to come back and compete again
because you still have bigger ambitions, which I love.
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- You miss every shot you don't take.
- The reality is that I woke up and realized
that your life only works
when your life's work is worth your life.
And I realized my life's work was worthless.
- These are the true great ones who keep taking shots,
even when they've scored already.
That's what I love about this show.
- Young man, do you know why I smell like this?
He said, I smell like this to remind myself
that self sufficiency will no longer keep me clean,
because do you know why you wear those clothes?
Is it simply to look appealing
or to hide the fact that you're healing?
- Anyone who's won a title
and is willing to put their title on the line
to compete again,
that kind of makes you, in my definition, an All-Star.
- Our words can literally become reality.
Words are powerful in a way that mattered
when I didn't even matter.
I met a man named Keith.
Keith became a mentor to me.
And day after day, he would speak words to me
that reminded me of who I really was.
His words helped me break through this barrier
that I thought I would be stuck behind forever.
[soft music]
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[cheers and applause]
- I would argue that you've come over better
than you did when you won the show.
- Oh, thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Year after year after year,
you just meet the most amazingly talented people.
Kodi is an example.
[cheers and applause]
- Final act going into the finals
is the remarkable Kodi Lee.
He won "AGT" and the All-Star superfan vote
with a jaw-dropping performance.
- Said everybody, thank you.
- Why did you want to come back, Kodi Lee?
- To win again. - [laughs]
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- I'm still blown away by the miracle that's Kodi Lee.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- * Didn't know that I'd fall so hard *
* That my feet had left the ground *
* Gravity don't make no sense when you're around *
* *
* If you ever go to pieces *
* Fall between thunderclouds *
* I will put you back together *
* I won't let you down *
* I slip and wonder what I'd do if you never found me *
* And I never found you *
* I don't know what I'd do *
* So won't you give me tonight *
* And the rest of your life *
* I want to have it all with you *
* And when you open your eyes *
* I'll be there by your side *
* I want to have it all with you *
* I want to have it all *
[holding note]
* *
* 'Cause your love is beautiful *
* It's biblical *
[cheers and applause]
- * Have you ever *
- Gotta be so happy!
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my goodness.
- * Have you ever felt *
- Every human being has so much potential
that we don't see.
So here's a man who, if his mom had not fought for him,
we would have never seen this talent.
- You know what? There is no other word
to describe what you do than amazing.
And you are truly an amazing.
You're truly an All-Star.
- When we talk about magic, that's Kodi Lee.
- It is the people we've met along the way
that has made this show so special.
And Kodi, you're one of these artists
who are always going to be amazing.
- Thank you so much.
- No, thank you.
- Kodi, you want to say something to the superfans?
- Yes.
Help me change the world!
[cheers and applause]
- I have to say, right now, Kodi Lee is the one to beat.
But his fate is in the hands of the superfans.
- I have absolutely no idea who's gonna win.
I don't think there's anybody that showed up
for this entire series that didn't have
a possibility of ending up being the winner.
That's why they're All-Stars.
[cheers and applause]
- * We ain't here for a long time *
- What the audience can expect
from the All-Stars finale
is really the best of the best,
all here, jam-packed.
This is the best show.
[cheers and applause]
- I would buy a ticket to see this any day.
- Dreams come true.
- This is what the show is all about.
- "AGT" All-Star finale is like everything
you've ever loved about any finale on steroids.
- You came here to fight.
- Unbelievable!
You probably think that you've seen it all.
You are gonna be shocked, surprised.
The whole world is watching.
- Heck yeah! - Heck yeah!
- Absolutely phenomenal.
- It has never been this hard to vote on talent.
- This should be one of the most exciting,
talented finals we've done,
or it could go the other way
where everyone crumbles with nerves
and it's a complete disaster.
I have no idea.
- Put on your seat belt.
You're in for a ride.
A fabulous one.
[laughs]
[dramatic music]
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