[Marc Bolan and T. Rex's "Bang a Gong"]
- You have a kind of a glow about you.
- I am honored to make your dream come true!
- It blew me away.
- This is for you.
[cheers and applause]
- * Get it on * - Whoo!
- * Bang a gong, get it on *
- It's amazing, dangerous. It's wrong.
- [vocalizing]
- You want her back? - I'm still in love with her.
- Oh, let's call her.
[cheers and applause] [line trilling]
- I don't know if this belongs in "AGT."
- You're fired.
I love the way Sofía...
[laughing] Is arguing with a puppet.
[cheers and applause]
You're putting everything on the line for this.
You know what? It paid off.
- * Get it on *
* Bang a gong, get it on *
- This is an audition I'll never forget.
It was amazing.
- * Get it on *
* Bang a gong, get it on *
- Let's do this!
[cheers and applause]
[The Bangles' "Walk like and Egyptian"]
* *
[indistinct chatter]
- Hi, everyone. - Hi.
- Heading out in 60 seconds.
- Ooh, what are you warming up for?
What will you be doing? - I will be dancing.
- You know I'm a dancer, right? - Of course.
- Do a spin, Howie. - I'll do what you do.
- Okay. - Oh, yeah, do a spin.
- Whoo.
- Ooh. Whoa.
* *
- That's good.
- * All the old paintings on the tombs *
* They do the sand dance, don't you know? *
- Welcome to...
- * Oh-way-oh *
- * They're falling down like a domino *
* The blonde waitresses take their trays *
all: [chanting] Simon! Simon! Simon!
- * They got the moves * - * Oh-way-oh *
- * You drop your drink, then they bring you more *
* All the school kids so sick of books *
* They like the punk and the metal band *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent"!
- * They're walking like an Egyptian *
- Are you ready to see some talent?
I said, are you ready to see some talent?
[cheers and applause]
- * Walk like an Egyptian *
- All right, go out there!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah! - Oh, look.
I met you backstage. - Yes.
- What's your name?
- Mariandrea Villegas.
- How old are you? - 14.
- Oh, wow. [cheers and applause]
And are you here with your mom? Who are you--
- I'm here with my mom and my dad.
- Yeah, here they are.
- And that's okay. [cheers and applause]
And where do you come from?
- México. - Mexico.
- Bravo!
Latina!
- And I will be dancing.
- How long have you been dancing?
- I've been dancing since I was five years old.
- So you've been dancing for nine years.
Have you ever been in front of an audience this big?
- No. - No.
all: Aw. - Wow.
So what is the dream?
Why "AGT"?
- Well, I'm here in "AGT" because I really
want to inspire all the younger women, Mexican women,
to know they're limitless.
- Bravo!
- I love that.
- Thank you. - That's a great message.
If you should be lucky enough to win $1 million,
what would you do with it?
- Well, I will, of course, use it for my college future.
And I really like makeup, so maybe...
[laughter] Makeup.
And I want to travel the world.
- Perfect. - Wow.
Dancing everywhere. - Yeah.
- I can't wait to see what you do, young lady.
- Thank you. - Bravo.
[cheers and applause]
["Mad World"]
* *
- [vocalizing]
* *
- * All around me are familiar faces *
* Worn-out places *
* Worn-out faces *
* And I find it kind of funny *
* I find it kind of sad *
* The dreams in which I'm dying *
* Are the best I've ever had *
- Wow.
- * I find it hard to tell you *
* I find it hard to take *
* When people run in circles *
* It's a very, very *
* *
[scattered cheers, gasps]
* It's a very, very *
* Mad world *
* *
* Mad world *
* *
* Mad world *
* *
- Whoa-ho!
* *
[cheers and applause]
* And I find it kind of funny *
* I find it kind of sad *
* The dreams in which I'm dying *
* Are the best I've ever had *
* I find it hard to tell you *
* I find it hard to take *
* When people run in circles *
* It's a very, very *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
* *
[cheers and applause continue]
- What a performance.
* *
- Wow.
- You're the loudest and first, so go ahead.
- That was so--Wow. What a surprise, Mariandrea.
That was spectacular. - Thank you.
- You were, like, dancing and acting at the same time.
The passion, the intention-- speechless.
- * I'm dancing now to your heartbeat *
- Incredible. - Incredible. Heidi?
- You stand there. You look like this cute girl.
You have the most beautiful face and smile.
And then all of a sudden, she's possessed.
- Exactly. - You know?
I mean, you're partially contortionist.
I mean, everything.
You will be dancing with amazing grown-up dancers
in this competition, and you can hold your own...
- Thank you. - Young lady.
You give them a run for their money.
- Thank you.
- Simon?
- You have a real presence about you.
And I loved the choice of music as well.
I think you're unbelievably talented.
This is what you're meant to be doing.
- Aw. - Yeah.
- Thank you.
- [vocalizing]
- It was like magic watching you.
- Yeah, it really was.
- Like, your facial expressions, the energy.
You owned the stage. You owned the building.
You owned the show.
You were magnificent. You really were.
- Thank you. - Bravo!
- Let's vote. I'll give you your first yes.
Heidi? - I love you.
Your second yes. Yes, yes, yes.
- Yes!
- Simon?
* *
- You got four yeses. - Four yeses!
- Thank you. Thank you.
* *
- Bye.
- Wow. - Beautiful.
- That was wow.
- Mariandrea, that was amazing! - Thank you.
- Listen, Sofía loved you. Talk to me about that.
- I will. I love Sofía with all my heart.
- You can't judge a book by its cover.
- No.
I was thinking she was like a, you know, sweet little girl.
[chuckles]
- Coming up...
- That was amazing!
- That was one of the most impressive things I have seen.
- Let's do this!
[dramatic music]
- [vocalizing] - Four yeses!
- This is an audition I'll never forget.
- You're fired.
* *
[upbeat music]
- Chorus.
* *
Attention.
[cheers and applause]
[all shout indistinctly]
- Go left. all: Left.
- Left, right. Go left.
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Chorus. Attention.
[all shout indistinctly]
- Forward march.
Left.
- Oh, wow.
- Wow. - Part-time march.
Left.
Chorus. Halt.
Center, face!
Fall out.
Hey, everybody. [laughter]
- Hi. - Hi.
[cheers and applause]
Tell us about the group, please.
- We are the 82nd Airborne Division All-American Chorus.
[cheers and applause]
We hail from North Carolina.
We represent the 19,000 men and women
that support and serve the Airborne Division.
[cheers and applause] - This is amazing.
Amazing.
So I'm really curious.
So, obviously, this is what you do full-time.
So what's the big dream, then, coming on the show?
- We are here to win.
- Oh, wow.
- I love that.
[cheers and applause]
Who are you doing this for?
- So we wanted to dedicate this performance.
Last week we lost one of our soldiers,
Specialist Elijah Crawford.
So we're dedicating this performance to him
and all of the soldiers that have passed before him.
I told myself I wasn't going to...
But, yes.
- That is very respectful. - Thank you.
- And I'm really sorry, by the way, really sorry.
- Thank you.
- We're all rooting for you.
- Thank you. I appreciate that.
- Fall in.
Get ready. all: Go!
- * Here we go * all: * Here we go *
- * All the way * all: * All the way *
- * Got to be * all: * Got to be *
- * Rough and tough * all: * Rough and tough *
- * Airborne * all: * Airborne *
- * Every day * all: * Every day *
- * We run * all: * We run *
- * To the sun * all: * To the sun *
- * Airborne * all: * Airborne *
- * All the way * all: * All the way *
[cheers and applause]
[vocalizing]
- * I got sunshine * - Oh-ho-ho-ho!
- * On a cloudy day *
* And when it's cold outside *
- Yes.
- * I got the month of May *
* Well *
all: * I guess you'd say *
* What can make me feel this way *
* My girl * - * My girl *
all: * I'm talking about my girl *
* My girl *
- * I've got so much honey *
* The bees envy me *
* I got a sweeter song, baby *
* Than the birds and the trees *
* Ah-ooh *
* Well * all: * I guess you'd say *
- * What can you say? *
All: * What can make me feel this way *
- * Well, I'm talking about my girl *
all: * My girl, my girl *
- * Oh, I'm talking about my girl *
all: * My girl *
- * Whoa, whoa, whoa *
- * I got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl *
- * Oh, my girl *
- * Month of May, my girl *
- * My, my, my girl *
both: * Talking about, talking about my girl *
all: * With my girl *
- [vocalizes]
both: * My girl *
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, I love it!
[cheers and applause continue]
- That was great.
[soft music]
* *
- Okay.
Howie?
- Well, first of all, before anything,
I want to thank you for your service.
all: Thank you.
- That was beautiful.
I love the song choice. I love the sound.
And I love who you are.
Uncle Howie wants you.
[laughter]
- I love you guys.
You sound great together.
The harmonizing is amazing.
I loved it. It was beautiful. Thank you for that.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- I thought it was very different
compared to what we see here in this stage,
and that's what I loved about you guys.
- Amen. - Yeah, yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- For me, my favorite auditions actually
are the people who are kind of like professional singers
who do something else,
but they have a passion for something else in addition.
And, obviously, you all have a passion for singing.
- Absolutely.
- I think the leads were great,
which is really, really important in a choir.
Collectively, you sounded great.
It was the perfect tribute to your friend who you lost.
I think our audience absolutely love you.
- Thank you.
- * I'll handle your fears for you *
- Right, we're gonna vote. Howie?
- Yes.
- Yes for me. - Thank you. Thank you.
- Yes.
- Four yeses.
- * When trouble wrecks your heart *
* And the world's gone dark *
* And your soul is back and blue *
* We still got love to give *
* Got a lot to live for *
* We'll pull through *
- Thank you.
- Fall in.
Left, face.
Forward march.
Left.
Bye, LA.
Left.
- He's got a great personality, that guy, as well.
- Four yeses. Here we go.
You're here to win, right? [all cheering]
* *
- Airborne! all: All the way!
[chanting]
- * So, baby, I'll be brave for you *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- [cheers] - Let's go.
both: Hi. - You're auditioning?
- I am auditioning today.
- * My, my, oh, my, I know it *
- Wow.
- Everybody's really good-looking.
- * No matter what it takes, no matter what it takes *
* My, my, oh, my, I'm ready *
* I'm staying strong and steady *
* Got what it takes, got what it takes *
* To keep on going *
- Wow. Wow.
- It is wow. Who are you? - I am Artem.
- And how old are you, Artem? - I'm 38.
- And what do you do? - Magic.
- How long have you been doing magic?
- Well, my first performance was at nine.
- At nine years old? - Yeah, and it was terrible.
I was crying.
I go out of the stage. - Aw.
- And I said to my mom, I will never be anymore onstage
and do the magic.
I hope I today will call to my mom and say, mom, I did it,
and it was good.
I hope. I hope. - I hope so, too.
[cheers and applause] - Yeah!
- Where would you like to be in, say, five years' time?
- Honestly, I would like to feel and be a part
of a big creative American family.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
All right, show us your magic young man.
[cheers and applause]
["The Addams Family" theme song]
- Oh, he's Uncle Fester. - Of course.
* *
- This is amazing.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- That was so original.
- Magical, weird, hilarious.
It's 100% yes.
- Second yes. - Absolutely yes.
- Four yeses!
- He was adorable. - He was.
He's like a character. He's like a mime.
He's like a clown.
- He looked like you a little bit.
- Yeah, he did.
- Okay. Thank you. Thank you.
- I will go to call my mom. - It's okay, man.
[whimsical music]
- I'm so excited.
* *
- Ready. - All right, folks, here we go.
- Hello. How you doing?
How are you?
And what is the name of your act?
- We are... all: MOS!
- Someone forgot their onion.
- No, it's mine. - Ew.
- It's not. - It is.
- Why "AGT"?
- [speaking Japanese]
- We want to introduce
wonderful brass-instrument culture in Japan
to the world.
- All right. Well, it's time to go out.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.
[upbeat music]
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, hello, hello. Hello!
* *
- Who are you?
- I'm Lota. - Ana.
- Mani. - And Alliyah.
- Hi.
- We are... all: MOS!
- Nice to meet you.
[cheers and applause]
- If you don't mind me asking, how old are you,
and where are you from?
- We are from Japan.
- Welcome.
- You don't ask a woman her age.
- Sorry. You don't want to tell us?
- [speaking Japanese]
- No, she doesn't want to tell us.
- Secret, top secret.
- This is your first time in America,
or have you been before?
- [speaking Japanese] - First time.
both: First time. - Okay.
[cheers and applause]
What has been your favorite thing so far in America?
- We ate cheeseburgers.
That's nice.
So yummy and big, big, big cheeseburgers.
- Nothing like American cheeseburgers.
- I wish you all good luck.
[cheers and applause] The stage is yours.
["Bang Bang" playing]
* *
[cheering]
* *
- Yeah!
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah! - Bravo!
[music resumes]
* *
- Oh, yes, yes!
- * Bang, bang into the room * - * I know you want it *
- * Bang, bang all over you * - * I'll let you have it *
* Just wait a minute, let me take you there *
* Wait a minute... *
- Thank you.
- Howie.
- I love the sound of brass instruments.
And you did it in such an original way.
I like your costuming, your choreography,
your choice of music.
It is surprising. I like it.
- Thank you. - What did you think, Sofía?
- It was magical to see you guys
transform into these crazy musicians
with these instruments.
It was fantastic.
I think you guys are great.
- Yeah.
- I liked it, too.
It's fun to see an all-girl group
playing instruments normally you don't see most girls play.
I thought this was a great audition.
- Simon, what did you think?
- What are you laughing at? - [laughs]
- Well, never in my wildest dreams
would I imagine a girl group
to come on and play that song
with those instruments. [laughter]
It's just so-- - Unique.
- Yeah. - Unique, yeah.
I mean, I don't think it sounded great the whole time.
[booing]
- Okay, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo.
- Well...
However, when it did sound great,
it was amazing.
- Thank you.
- The four of you are just so cool.
I loved it.
- Thank you.
* *
- So let's start the vote.
I'm going to kick it off with your first yes.
- Thank you.
- Two yeses.
- Sofía? - Three.
- Simon?
- Make that four yeses.
[cheers and applause]
- * I know you want it *
- * Bang, bang all over you *
- * I'll let you have it *
* Wait a minute, let me take you there *
* Wait a minute *
* *
- That was amazing. - It was.
- MOS, that was fantastic.
Fantastic. Fantastic.
No, come here, come here.
Please come here. Y'all, it's okay. It's okay.
First of all, how are you feeling at this moment?
- [laughs]
- You know what I like about this year?
We are seeing and hearing things
we have never, ever seen or heard before.
- On season 18. - Yeah.
- That's amazing.
- MOS, you were awesome. Thank you. Thank you.
All right.
Coming up...
- You want her back? - Yeah, yesterday.
- Oh, let's call her.
- Aah! - Aah!
- That was sensational.
- It's crazy. It's dangerous.
- It was a perfect audition.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello, "AGT" audience.
While we get ready for our next act,
let's do an "AGT" dance-off.
- * Don't you dare look back *
* Just keep your eyes on me *
- Give it up for number two, everybody!
- * She said, shut up and dance with me *
- Hello. - Hi, how you doing?
- Who are you?
- My name is 40 Pounds. I'm from Brooklyn, New York.
- Good luck to you. The stage is yours.
- Thank you.
- * Don't you dare look back *
* Just keep your eyes on me *
* I said, you're holding back *
* She said, shut up and dance with me *
* This woman is my destiny *
* She said, ooh, shut up and dance with me *
- You are really amazing, and I could watch you for hours.
- Thank you, Howie.
- Can I start with a yes, please?
- Two yeses!
- I'm going to give you a third yes!
- You have four yeses!
- Come on, man, give me a hug.
* *
- Hi. - Hello.
all: Hi.
- Okay, so tell us who you are, please?
- My name is Yarah. - And my name is Rosa.
- And my name is Norah.
And together, we form the group Let It Happen.
- Good luck. both: Thank you so much.
- * Oh, don't you dare look back *
* Just keep your eyes on me *
* I said, you're holding back *
* She said, shut up and dance with me *
- Oh-ho-ho!
- * This woman is my destiny *
* She said, ooh, shut up and dance with me *
- Bravo! They're going crazy for you.
- I loved it. You had me.
- Thank you. [cheers and applause]
- There's a lot of great dancers this season.
And I like that we have dancers in different categories.
- The Zoo.
all: Zoo! Zoo! Zoo! Zoo!
- * She took my hand *
- Who are you, please? - We are...
all: The Zoo.
- We came on the show, because before COVID,
our studio shutdown.
This has given us the opportunity
to come back together and hopefully get
our own studio out of this.
- Best of luck.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Yeah!
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- Oh!
* *
- * Ooh, ooh, ooh, shut up and dance-- *
- You know, I'm going to say no.
Kidding. You got four yeses.
- * Shut up and dance, don't you dare look back *
all: [chanting] Zoo! Zoo! Zoo! Zoo! Zoo!
- * I said, you're holding back *
- I love that interview that they had.
- Yeah, me too.
* She said, ooh, shut up and dance with me *
* *
- Hola.
- Buenas noches. - Hola, buenas noches.
- Where are you from? - Yo soy de Venezuela.
- ¿Cuántos años tienes?
- Tengo 41 años.
- I'm 41 years old.
- Y, ¿tú qué haces? What do you do?
- Yo vengo a demostrar que la música y el baile
se pueden demostrar de cualquier manera,
siempre y cuando se hagan con el corazón.
- I'm coming to show that the music and the dance
can be expressed of any way
as long as it's done from the heart.
[cheers and applause]
- So you know him.
You told him no in London,
so he's coming back for revenge.
[crowd jeering]
- Sorry.
[Howie laughs]
- This is going to be fun.
We're ready. - Muchas gracias.
Muchas gracias.
- Let's go, buddy.
[cheers and applause]
- I don't even know what that is.
It's stage? Is it a runway?
- I don't know.
["Also sprach Zarathustra" playing]
* *
[music fades]
[laughter, cheers, and applause]
[upbeat music playing]
* *
- * Na, na, na, na *
[upbeat Latin music playing]
- [singing in Spanish]
* *
[all cheering]
* *
[buzzer sounds]
[crowd booing]
[buzzer sounds]
* *
- Now what?
* *
- Not over yet? - Whoo!
[sultry music playing]
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
[Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"]
* *
- Okay, Howie.
- You know, there is something I didn't like about it,
but I can't put a finger on it.
- * Not word from your lips *
- I don't know.
I am, like, torn because it was so bad and so good.
I mean, you're so good at it.
- I thought it was very cute.
And I'm so glad that I saw it.
But, you know, it's not a million-dollar act.
- It was good.
- Oh, dear.
You flew all the way here
to do that.
I didn't really understand the point of it.
[crowd booing]
I'm going to have to say no.
- It's a yes for me.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- It's a no. I'm sorry.
- You're funny, but it's a no. - Sorry.
- * We don't have to take our clothes off *
- Thank you so much.
- * To have a good time *
* Oh, no *
* We could dance and party all night *
- It was, like, really cute.
- No, it's cute, but we don't need to see it again.
- Thank you so, so much for being here.
You're awesome. [both speaking Spanish]
- All right, thank you.
- * We don't have to take our clothes off *
- Auditions for next season are officially open.
- This really is what the show is all about.
- Go to AGTauditions.com for your chance to perform
for the ultimate prize.
[cheers and applause]
[Natalie Cole's "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"]
- You went out with who? - I know.
- Oh, it was the Red Hot Chili Peppers--Anthony.
- How long did you date him for?
- Mm, almost a year.
- Wow.
- You didn't know that? - I did not know.
I don't know your whole dating history.
- I almost don't know anymore.
[laughs]
[person shouts indistinctly]
- Here we go, everybody, Kiss Cam.
- * This will be *
* An everlasting love *
* This will be *
* The one I've waited for *
* This will be *
- Who's having a good time? Who's having fun?
[cheers and applause]
* This will be *
- Oh, yeah, give it up for the Kiss Cam!
- * Oh, yes, it will, now *
- Have you performed on a stage like this?
- No. no.
- You got it.
- Stand by.
All right, here we go.
- All right, man, go out there and put
your heart out there, brother.
- Okay, thank you. - All right, thank you, champ.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
- Who are you? - My name's Trent.
I'm 30 years old.
I'm from Hillsboro, Oregon. It's close to Portland, Oregon.
[cheers and applause]
- Tell us, Trent, what do you do for a living?
- I'm a firefighter.
[cheers and applause]
- We love firefighters.
Why did you not wear your firefighter outfit?
- Might be a little frowned upon
in the firefighting community to wear it.
- Oh, yeah, I forgot. Sorry.
- This is not like a singing telegram for your birthday.
- Tell us a little bit about you.
- I used to be married.
- Did you do something bad?
[laughter]
- I think we were immature.
I think we both made a lot of mistakes.
But I don't think getting married to her
was one of them. all: Aw.
- You want her back?
- Yeah, yesterday. Yeah.
I'm still in love with her. And I--
all: Aw.
- And I'm actually going to be singing
a song about her tonight.
all: Aw.
[cheers and applause]
all: [chanting] Call her, call her, call her,
call her, call her, call her.
- Should we call her?
[cheers and applause]
- Yes! Yes!
- Does she know that you're here?
- She does, yes.
She already knows, and she's praying for me back at home.
- Oh, let's call her.
[cheers and applause]
Aw!
- Call her!
- Do you have a phone in your pocket?
I'm going to take you with me.
- I hid it under a curtain because I--
- I mean, up close, even more handsome up close.
- Let me grab the phone. One sec.
- Okay, he's getting his phone.
- Does that attract a woman to come back,
if Heidi Klum is calling her?
[laughter]
- What's her name? - Faith.
- Faith? - Yeah.
all: [chanting] Call her, call her, call her.
- You guys have to be quiet.
[line trilling]
- Oh, man.
[trilling continues]
- Hello?
- Hi, Faith.
I'm standing here next to this handsome firefighter.
[crowd cheering]
I mean, how can you pass that up?
Faith, he really loves you.
We're going to play a song for you.
I'm going to take you with with me right now, Faith.
All right, you sing your song.
I'm going to talk to Faith in the meantime.
Faith.
Do you want to talk to Faith, too?
- Hi!
- Okay, I'm gonna put you right here so you can also watch.
[cheers and applause]
There you go.
[cheers and applause]
- Trent, my fingers are crossed, toes are crossed.
Everything is crossed for you.
- Okay, thank you.
- And you say this is a song for her?
- I wrote it about her, yes. - Okay.
- Aw.
- It's called "Always and Lately."
- [whispering] God, I hope he's good.
- [clears throat, sniffs]
- Okay, I'm gonna put you right here so you can also watch.
[cheers and applause]
Trent, my fingers are crossed, toes are crossed.
Everything is crossed for you.
- Okay, thank you.
- And you say this is a song for her?
- I wrote it about her, yes. - Okay.
- Aw.
- It's called "Always and Lately."
- [whispering] God, I hope he's good.
- [clears throat, sniffs]
["Always and Lately" playing]
* *
- * Always on replay *
* Can't wait *
* It's insane *
* Your taste *
* On display *
* On my heart *
* And you're to blame *
* I get to be with you *
* I get to breathe with you *
* Oh, no *
* 'Cause you look good on you *
* I don't know what to do *
* *
* It's your eyes, lady *
* Lately *
* And as I fall inside *
* Everything is changing *
* It's your eyes, lady *
* Lately *
* And as I fall inside *
* Everything is changing *
* I get to be in your heart *
* I get to be in your mind *
* It's all by design *
* It's our time *
* You faze me *
* Always and lately *
[song ends]
[cheers and applause]
[Wilson Phillips' "Hold On"]
* *
- Look at everyone, Faith!
- * I know this pain *
- Now, that's the way to do it.
- * Why do you lock yourself up in these chains *
* No one can change your life except for you *
- Is she okay in there?
- Are you okay, Faith?
- * Don't ever let anyone step all over you *
- The entire room was standing up
for your firefighter, Trent.
He sounded amazing. You did sound amazing.
- * Is it really fair to feel *
* This way inside? *
- Aw. I think you're so handsome and so lovely.
You have the best smile and a beautiful voice.
I loved it. - Thank you.
- It was great.
It was heartfelt. Your voice is amazing.
You look amazing. It was the perfect audition.
- Thank you very much. Thank you.
- I thought that was very brave, actually.
I mean, to tell us all of that--
I wouldn't.
I seriously wouldn't.
You know what?
People, I think, are going to like you,
and I think you got a really, really good voice.
This is one of those auditions
people are certainly going to talk about.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Aw.
- Obviously, this meant a lot to you,
and we felt that it meant a lot.
You could feel the emotion in your voice.
And I could tell just by looking at her
and seeing how she's reacting to it--
That was absolutely beautiful. - Beautiful.
Yes, it was beautiful. - Thank you.
- We're going to vote.
Trent, I'm going to give you a big first fat yes!
- Thank you.
- You have two yeses.
[cheers and applause]
- Three yeses!
* *
- You got four yeses.
- * Hold on for one more day *
* I know that there is pain *
* But you hold on for one more day *
* Break free from the chains *
* Yeah, I know that there is pain *
- All right, if this works out and you have a girl,
it better be called Heidi, okay?
[laughter]
Good luck. - Thank you.
- * For one more day, yeah *
* Hold on *
- Aw.
- Trent, Trent, come here, man.
First of all, listen, absolutely beautiful song.
- Thank you. - She was emotional.
Did you see that? - Yes.
- She was smiling, and you could see a tear.
- Thank you so much, man. Good luck to both of you.
- * For one more day *
* If you hold on for one more day, yeah *
* Can't you change it this time? *
* Make up your mind *
* Hold on *
- Coming up...
Oh-ho-ho!
- Incredible, both of you.
- What's he going to do? [shouting]
- That was spectacular.
I forgot that I was judging you.
- That was magical.
[cheers and applause]
- Are you guys ready to see some talent?
There's a million dollars at stake...
[cheers and applause]
And headlining
"AGT presents Superstars Live"
at Luxor, Las Vegas.
Well, let's go! Let's get it!
- Props on stage, please. Props on stage.
[epic music]
* *
In three, two, one.
- Oh, hi, there.
- Oh, no, puppets.
- Who are you?
- Oh, we're... all: The Cowbells.
- Ooh-hoo-hoo!
Hi, everybody.
I cannot believe we're here at "AGT"!
[all scream] - Welcome.
all: Simon.
- Yeah.
Oh, Simon, can we just tell you...
- We love you. - We love you?
- Yeah. - We love you.
[crowd cheers, laugh]
- I have a crush on you. - Oh, my--
- Oh, my God! [all screaming]
- Oh, my God, oh, my God! - I have daddy issues.
- Are you going to be singing tonight?
- Oh, yes, sir.
We're a singing group. - Okay.
- Yeah. - All right.
You ready to see it? - Okay, yeah, let's--
- Let's do it! All right, sirs, music, please.
["Toxic" playing]
all: * Baby, can't you see I'm calling? *
* A guy like you should wear a warning *
* It's dangerous, I'm falling *
* Ooh *
[buzzer sounds]
* Do you feel me now? *
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Look, Simon.
- It's a Simon puppet. Look at the Simon puppet.
Is that Simon?
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Stop.
Stop.
- [laughs]
- I didn't like it.
- Simon.
- That's it.
Full stop. I didn't like it.
- Simon.
[crowd booing]
- And I don't want to be rude,
but that whole audition was really dreadful.
I'm actually saying all this to help you.
Why is it so hard to find somebody with talent,
somebody with a decent voice?
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
* I work hard * all: * He works hard *
- * Every day of my life *
* I work till I ache my bones *
* At the end * all: * At the end of the day *
- * I take home my hard-earned pay *
* All on my own *
- [laughs] That's great.
- * And I start to pray *
* Till the tears run down from my eyes *
* Lord, somebody *
all: * Somebody * - * Somebody *
all: * Please * * Can anybody find me *
- Look, it's Simon.
- * Somebody to love? *
all: * He works hard * - * Every day *
all: * Every day *
- * And I try and I try and I try *
* But everybody wants to put me down *
* They say I'm going crazy *
* They say I got a lot of water in my brain *
- He's really good. - He's not bad.
- * I got no common sense *
all: * He's got nobody left to believe *
[vocalizing]
* I can feel I got no rhythm *
* I just keep losing the beat * all: * Losing the beat *
- * I'm okay, I'm all right * all: * He's all right *
* I ain't gonna face no defeat *
* I just gotta get out of this prison cell *
* Someday I'm gonna be free *
* Lord, somebody * all: * Somebody *
- * Oh, somebody * all: * Somebody *
* Can anybody find me *
- * Somebody to *
* Love? *
[cheers and applause]
[Queen's "We Are the Champions"]
- You're good. You are good.
- * I've taken my bows *
* And my curtain calls *
- O-M-G.
Wow.
Sofía, what don't you love about Simon?
- Yeah.
- * But it's been no bed of roses *
- Well, first of all, I did the buzzer
before Simon appeared onstage. - Oh, right.
- But I don't know if this is an act that belongs in "AGT."
- Oh. - Oh, come on.
- What?
- Well, personally, I think I've been doing this
a little longer than you.
- Oh-ho-ho. - Well, yes.
Yes, you have...
because you're a lot older than me.
So, yes.
- Wow.
- You're fired.
[laughter]
- Well, you can't because you're a puppet.
- Ouch.
- I love the way Sofía is arguing with a puppet.
* *
[cheers and applause]
I'm not a huge fan of these kind of acts.
- Me neither.
- I could tell.
But I thought that was really funny.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, and you're very charismatic, by the way.
- Yes. You as well. Thank you.
- Yeah, very handsome.
- I feel like I'm in the middle of a weird dream.
- Me too.
[romantic music]
* *
- Hey, hey, hey, this is a family show, guys.
Come on.
Heidi?
- Simon sounded really good. I loved the girls.
I thought it was a lot of fun.
I love the split hair in the middle of Simon.
It's perfect.
- You are wonderful.
You're really good singers.
You're witty and funny,
and I feel honored that you are part of "AGT" Season 18.
- Thank you.
- So we're going to start voting.
Sofía?
- Well, it's a no.
- Oh. [crowd booing]
Come on.
- Simon?
- * I thank you all *
* But it's been no bed no roses *
- I'm going to say yes.
- I knew we would agree.
- Heidi? - Definite yes from me.
- Simon, what should I give you?
- Well, I think you should give me a yes.
- You're the boss. Three yeses!
- * We are the champions, my friends *
* *
- Thank you very much.
- * Till the end *
* *
- Bye!
- I love the repartee between you and you.
- * We are the champions *
- Simon loves Simon, just like you guys love Simon.
- It's a little meta, you know? Simon loves Simon, doesn't he?
- Listen, if I had a puppet of myself, I'd love it, too.
- [gasps] [all screaming]
- Coming up...
- Nashville's hard to break into,
but we were taught to never give up.
- I'm so happy that you've come on our show.
- "AGT" is my favorite because it's about being different.
[cheers and applause]
- I wanted my husband--
- Are you husband and wife? - Yeah.
- Oh, that's perfect.
- * They would blow up in the dark *
* I have no idea *
- My name is Denis,
and I'm 36 year old.
- I'm Jilliana. I'm 29, and...
- We are... both: Duo Desire.
- * I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you *
- I was 19 years old, and I was looking
for some workout class.
I found Groupon for an intro aerial class.
I didn't know what it was going to be.
To start out, I couldn't touch my toes,
couldn't do one pull-up, but the feeling
that I got when I was in the air,
I just knew it was for me.
- * I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you *
- I have decided to move to Las Vegas.
- So you could be with me. - Yeah.
- * But you came out the blue *
- After one year, he proposed to me in our rehearsal.
- * I thank my lucky stars *
- With all the lockdowns, all the gyms were closed.
So we decided to climb a tree.
We would drive to the park with the ladder
in the back of the car.
And we managed to slowly create...
both: Duo Desire.
- We're going to be performing together--
our love story in the air.
Today we chose scary tricks, more dangerous tricks,
because we dream to perform in "AGT Live"
at Luxor in Las Vegas. - Las Vegas.
- You ready to go out and meet America?
- We're ready. We're ready. - All right. Let's go.
Let's go. The judges are waiting for you.
Here we go, Duo Desire.
- * Like the first man on the moon *
* But you came out the blue *
- Hello. - Good evening. How are you?
both: Good. Thank you.
- Who are you? Your names?
- Denis.
- And I'm Jilliana.
- Where are you guys from? - I am from Crimea.
- And I grew up in Los Angeles. [cheers and applause]
- And we are Duo Desire.
- How old are you guys?
- I'm 36 year old. - And I'm 29.
- Are you guys a couple, friends?
- We're married. - We're everything.
- Friends... - Partner.
- Everything. - Yes.
- Wow.
- And what do you guys do? - We're aerial gymnasts.
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, go ahead. Have fun.
- Thank you. - Thanks so much.
[cheers and applause]
[light piano music]
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- Wow.
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Oh!
* *
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh-ho-ho!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
* *
That was incredible.
* *
- That was amazing.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.
- That was spectacular.
It was sexy. It was perfection.
I want to see more.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- Howie?
- As somebody's who's seen a lot of aerial acts
and is very jaded,
that was one of the most impressive things
I have seen in a long time.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.
- Yeah.
- Heidi?
- My palms are so sweaty, literally.
You were flying so fast up there, you know,
moments that we have not seen before on this stage.
So, incredible.
Both of you. - Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you very much.
- Simon?
- Was this something you created for us,
what we saw tonight?
- This particular routine, yes, was for this stage,
for you guys. - Got it.
- We wanted to scare you guys a little bit, so...
- I mean, it really felt to me you were putting everything
on the line for this. - Yeah.
- And you know what?
It paid off. You got your first yes.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- Second yes. - Thank you.
- Third yes.
- Four yeses! - Thank you.
- * The show must go on *
- Bravo!
- Incredible.
- * Yeah *
- All right.
Come here, Duo Desire.
Oh, my God.
Are you ready to move to "AGT Superstars Live"?
All right? - Yes, of course.
- Wow, that was incredible.
- Yeah, but they need to get in shape.
[laughter]
Do you feel like a lot of this couch is a waste?
- No.
How do I smell?
- I want to just take a moment off of judging.
[upbeat music]
- What can I have to drink? Cherry.
No, lime. - Limeade.
- Ocean Water. - I'm taking three, actually.
- Which one is your favorite?
- I'm now judging drinks.
You are going to go very far.
- Are you talking to me? - You already got it.
- Which one do you give a Golden Buzzer to?
- This one. - Golden Buzzer, yes!
- * Right now, and right now is right now *
- Hi, guys.
What's your talent? - We're country singers.
- * It's going down like a hammer *
* Striking lead *
- I'm so excited. - This is so cool.
- My name is Presley. I'm 25 years old.
- And my name is Taylor. I'm 23 years old.
- [gasps] They made it.
- And we're sisters.
[country rock music]
- We grew up in Connecticut,
and we grew up in a big Italian family
of the biggest country-music fans ever.
So crazy.
When we were 14 and 16
and we went into the recording studio for the first time,
we were really just bit by the bug.
- * Hey *
- When I turned 18, I went to college for a semester,
and then I was like, hey, we got to move to Nashville.
We got we got to pursue this.
- I love you guys. Let's go.
You can't really get into it until you're there.
And I think since we've been there,
the community that we've been able to become a part of
has been incredible, and it's helped us grow as artists.
- * I get loud *
* I love it when the speaker's blowing out *
- Music is who we are. It really is in our souls.
And now that we're here today
and we have all these years of experience under our belt,
"America's Got Talent" is an incredible way
for us to just introduce ourselves to America, so--
- Yeah, I think it'll help us kick down some doors.
I love you. - I love you so much.
We got this. - Let's go.
- * Rowdy *
* Hey, get wild again *
* Hey, rowdy *
- And who do we have here?
- Well, I'm Presley. - And I'm Taylor.
- How did you meet?
- Well, we've been together a long time.
- Yeah. - We are sisters.
- Oh.
- I'm 25. Taylor is 23.
We're two years apart.
We've been singing together our entire lives.
- Literally your entire lives? - Literally our whole lives.
- Yes. - Incredible. Okay.
And where are you based?
- We're based out of Nashville, Tennessee.
- Okay, and what's it like at the moment?
Is it very competitive? Is it tough?
Tell me. - It is.
Nashville is a hard little cookie to break into,
but we're working very hard, and we love music.
We live and breathe it.
And we were taught to never give up,
so we're never going to give up.
- That's incredible.
And are you writing your own material?
- We do. We write a lot of our songs.
We're artists at the heart.
So whatever speaks to us is what we end up singing.
- And did you write the song? - Yeah.
- The song we're going to sing for you,
it's a song that we wrote, yes.
- Okay. - All right.
- We like that.
No more questions. Good luck.
- All right, we're going to bring our band out,
if that's okay?
- Of course. Do whatever you want.
- All right, come on, guys.
[cheers and applause]
- I have a good feeling.
[country rock music playing]
* *
both: * Never, ever never not a good time *
- "AGT," are you guys having a good time?
Come on.
* *
- * Hearing the sound of the band *
* From a half block away *
both: * Ooh, yeah, and they're calling our name *
- * Got a pocketful of overtime, just got paid *
both: * Uh-huh, feel like making it rain *
- * Bartender, won't you go ahead and start me a tab? *
* Pour me up a double of whatever you have *
* It's never too early * both: * Never too late *
* If the moon is right, the beer's on ice *
* Then, baby, why wait? *
* Don't need a reason, don't need an excuse *
* You can try to find it, but you might as well let loose *
* 'Cause when we get to burning down Friday night *
* It's never, ever never not a good time *
* When we're together, it's never not a good time *
- * Good time, good time, good time *
- * Whoa, oh *
both: * It's never not a good time *
[cheers and applause]
[Morgan Wallen's "Last Night"]
- Thank you very much.
Heidi? - I like you girls.
You look great, and you sounded good,
but it didn't make me jump out of my seat, if I'm honest.
And that's what I want to feel like with a band.
I want to jump out of my seat and be like, whoo-hoo.
I have kind of mixed feelings about it.
- * You, you know you love to fight *
[crowd booing] - Howie?
- When I was watching this, it seemed like a bar show.
- What?
- I don't see it as, like, an arena show.
You know, three of our country acts last year
ended up being nominated for Country Music Awards.
You're really entertaining and talented but not exciting.
- * And I say [...] I don't mean *
- Sofía? - You guys are beautiful.
You look like you're having fun up there.
It was great. [cheers and applause]
But it just wasn't, like, a "AGT" wow.
* *
- I think when an act like this works,
you feel it within about five seconds.
You know, it's just there.
I feel it. We all feel it.
And I didn't feel it.
* *
It was polite. And polite isn't great.
So I'm going to say no, I'm afraid.
[crowd booing] - [mouthing words]
- Today, no.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
It's a no for me, too. Sorry, girls.
- Also a no. Sorry.
- * No way it was our last night *
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you for the opportunity.
Thank you. - Wow. I'm shocked.
- Thank you. - Thank you guys.
- * Baby, baby, something's telling me *
* This ain't over yet *
* No way it was our last night *
- I feel bad.
The look was so honest.
- * No way it was our last night *
* *
- Coming up...
- What's he going to do? [all screaming]
- What's he doing now?
- It can't be worse than what he just did.
[all screaming]
- My God.
[upbeat music]
* *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
Is everyone ready? [cheers and applause]
- Inhale, then exhale.
Ahh.
- [chattering wildly]
* *
[dark music]
* *
- All right, here we go.
* *
- What is happening?
* *
[thunder rumbles]
[clanging]
* *
- Aah!
* *
[all screaming]
* *
- No! No!
- Simon!
* *
[all scream]
- Oh, no!
- Please be done.
Oh!
- Oh, no. - What's he doing now?
* *
- It can't be worse than what he just did.
- I hope not. Oh, no.
* *
- [screams]
* *
- What's he going to do? - I don't know.
* *
- Man, he's scaring me.
* *
- [shouting]
* *
[all screaming]
[suspenseful music]
* *
[all screaming]
[dramatic music]
* *
[all screaming]
* *
[crowd clamoring]
- * Ah, freak out *
* Le freak, c'est chic *
* Freak out *
* Ah, freak out *
- What do you think, Howie? - It's amazing.
It's crazy. It's dangerous.
It's wrong.
- * Freak out *
- You should change your name to Shish Ke-Bob.
- Heidi?
[laughter]
- Are you okay?
- * Listen to us, I'm sure you'll be amazed *
- Sofía?
- I have mixed feelings.
[laughter]
This is very disturbing
and fun at the same time.
It's like, I like you, and I don't like you
at the same time.
- I love that, because we've seen this kind of act before,
but the stuff I've seen before, like, is tame in comparison,
in my opinion.
[cheers and applause]
If anything, the act was too short.
Right, okay. We're gonna vote.
Howie, yes or no?
- It's a yes for me. It's, like, crazy.
- Heidi?
- I want to say no, but I have to say yes.
- Yeah.
- I don't want to see you again, and I can't wait.
Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- You've got four yeses. We'll see you again.
- * Ah, freak out *
[cheers and applause]
* Le freak, c'est chic *
* Freak out *
* Get on the floor *
* Ah, freak out *
* Le freak, c'est chic, freak out *
- It was incredible, man.
I couldn't watch, but I couldn't stop looking.
- [laughs] - It's both ways.
Oh, man, you're incredible. You're incredible.
Thank you, Andrew. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
What are you here to do today?
- I'm a singer. - I'm a dancer.
- I do magic.
- I really want my own show.
- Up eight--it's eight steps.
Jamie is going to hold your hand there.
- Awesome. - Can you believe you're here?
- Nope. - This is--
- Here we are. - Whoo.
- * I would like to-- *
- My dream is to headline my own comedy tour.
- My dream is to be a superstar.
- And my dream is to be a country-music songwriter.
That's why I moved to Nashville.
- [trilling lips] - My dream is to become famous.
- I would just like to meet Dolly Parton.
I don't-- if somehow anybody
out there knows Dolly Parton, just I would love to meet her.
- What is the big dream?
- I sang in the sixth-grade talent show.
When I did the talent show,
I felt like it was a dream come true
because I would sit in my room every night
and fantasize about being on TV and being on CD.
That's the kind of job I want--
a job where every day is my birthday.
- That sounds like a perfect job.
- All right, send out the next act.
- I'm ready for you onstage. Just this way.
- Okay. - Ready?
- * I would like to reach out my hand *
* I may see you *
* I may tell you to run *
* On my way *
- Who do we have here? - My name is Lavender.
- Hello.
- And who are you with, Lavender?
- I'm with my wonderful dad.
- Aw. - Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- How old are you, Lavender? - I am 27 years old.
- And what will you be doing for us tonight?
- I will be singing a song.
[cheers and applause]
- How long have you been singing?
- I've been singing since, actually,
I was three years old.
I didn't talk until I was 4 and 1/2.
I'm also autistic, as well as blind.
- And why did you want to be on "AGT"?
- Well, because I have a lot of dreams.
[cheers and applause]
- What is the dream? What do you want?
- I want to build a school
where the classes are based off of what kids
are naturally curious at.
So a school I would have thrived in.
- Oh, wow.
[cheers and applause]
What's your father's name? - My dad's name is Will.
He adopted me later in life.
And I met him at this after-school program
that he was doing.
- You want me to tell them? All right.
- Yeah. - Hi.
- I started an after-school music program.
And Lavender and I met.
And she asked me to adopt her.
But I said, well, I'm a member of the faculty,
and, you know, that's just not how it works.
But, you know, several years goes by,
and she's having struggles, and before you know it,
she moved in with me and my husband, Jamie,
the day we came home from our honeymoon.
And so, a year later after that,
she became our legal daughter.
- Aw. - Wow.
- Bravo! - Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Wow, that's actually a beautiful story.
And you have beautiful dreams, and we can't wait to hear you.
- Thank you so much. - Go right ahead.
[cheers and applause]
["Out Here on My Own" playing]
* *
- * Sometimes I wonder *
* Where I've been *
* Who I am *
* Do I fit in? *
* Make believing *
* Is hard alone *
* Out here on my own *
[cheers and applause]
* We're always proving *
* Who we are *
* Always reaching *
* For that rising star *
* To guide me far *
* And shine me home *
* Out here on my own *
[cheers and applause]
* But when I'm down *
* And feeling so blue *
- Yes!
- * I close my eyes *
* So I can be with you *
* Oh, baby, be strong for me *
* Baby, belong to me *
* Help me through *
* Help me need you *
* Sometimes I wonder *
* Where I've been *
* Who I am *
* Do I fit in? *
* I may not win *
* But I can't be thrown *
* Out here *
* On my own *
* *
* Out here *
* On my own *
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Unbelievable.
[cheers and applause continue]
[touching music]
- Will.
* *
- Wow. That was amazing.
Everybody was on their feet.
- Really? - Everybody was going crazy.
Yes. Nobody in this room was sitting.
- Oh, thank you so much.
- That was sensational.
[cheers and applause]
Honestly, sensational.
Everything about that was just magical, magical.
You have such a talent.
You have such an amazing personality.
And you know what?
We make the show
because we get to meet people like you occasionally.
And I am so happy that you've come on our show
to share your talent with us
because this is an audition I'll never forget.
It was amazing, amazing.
- Oh. - Wow.
[cheers and applause]
- That was spectacular.
I forgot that I was judging you,
and I was just enjoying your voice.
That was beautiful. - Oh.
- Not only is it beautiful and not only is it amazing,
but when you sing,
it is so exciting and gives everybody hope
that maybe we can all achieve our dreams
if we just go for it.
And you are a dream come true, young lady.
- Thank you so much.
I got to say, "AGT" is my favorite show
because it's about being different.
And, like, I don't know, I'm just not normal.
all: Aw.
- Well, I think I'm speaking for all of us
because we love you just the way you are.
[cheers and applause]
- Heidi, what did you think?
- I feel like I just fell in love.
- Oh, thank you.
- And, you know, this "AGT" journey is an amazing journey.
And I would love to be your cheerleader
and hold your hand all the way to the finish line.
What do you say? - Oh, really?
- Yes. - Oh, thank you.
- Yes. Let's do this!
- * Because I want to build a place *
* An empire *
* Is taking shape *
- Oh, my God.
- * Is worth the wait *
* 'Cause we're gonna build a place *
* An empire *
- Can I hug you?
- Yes.
- * I always believed *
- I'm going to hold your hand all the way to the finish line.
You sounded beautiful. - Thank you so much.
- Mwah. Let's do this. - Thank you.
- Lavender, you are going straight to the live show!
- * This feels like my time to shine *
- How do you feel right now?
- I don't know.
I don't know if this is a dream or if I'm really awake.
- * Something's changed tonight *
* I'll be standing tall *
- By the way, where is your amazing husband?
- Where's Jamie?
- I want to see your amazing husband.
- Over there, right over there. - No audience.
This is a family show. Come on.
- Come on up. Come on up.
- * It's taking shape *
* It's worth the wait *
* 'Cause we're gonna build the world *
* An empire *
- And like I said, I'm going to hold your hand
all the way to the finish line.
Let's do this, Lavender. - Whoo.
- Yes? - Yeah!
- Yes!
- Bravo!
- Give it up one more time for Lavender!
- You did it.
- * I See my name in those stars *
- Good luck!
- * Walking down the boulevard *
* I believed it all my life *
- Happy tears. Happy tears are the best tears.
- I'm trying to hold it together.
It's so good. - Oh, my God.
- We have a box.
I'm going to give this to Heidi to give to you.
It's a box of Golden Buzzer dust.
- Oh, my God.
- There's all the confetti inside this box.
- I feel like I was made for you guys.
- Vice versa.
- Sometimes when I grew up,
I didn't know, like, what am I here for?
But it's like, now I know--
Like, I know where I am. I know why I'm here.
So, yeah. - So we can be a family.
- * I always believed *
- Jeez, I keep crying. [light laughter]
- It's an emotional experience.
- It is.