[cheers and applause]
- Right about now, you're about to be possessed
of the songs of MC Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock.
- Hit it.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes! - Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
* *
That's the second one.
- I have two. You can have two.
- OK, yes.
- Two Golden Buzzers for each judge this season.
- * I wanna rock right now *
* I'm Rob Base, and I came to get down *
* I'm not internationally known *
* But I'm known to rock the microphone *
* Because I get stupid *
- Do you drink soda?
Because you look "soda-licious."
[buzzer blares]
- Howie after a makeover.
- * 'Cause I'm the man *
* No, I'm not a loser *
* To be an MC *
- That was a great, great audition.
[cheers and applause]
- That's exactly why I am going to do this.
- * The reason why, man, I don't know *
* So let's go, 'cause *
[cheers and applause]
- * It takes two to make a thing go right *
- You can head on in to the theater.
- * It takes two to make it out of sight *
- Your seats are right over here.
- * It takes two to make a thing go right *
- Give it up for your host, Terry Crews!
[cheers and applause]
- * Aw, man, E-Z Rock, now *
* When I count to three, I want you to give *
- Stay on your feet
for Howie Mandel,
Heidi Klum,
Sofía Vergara,
and Simon Cowell!
[cheers and applause]
Whoo, yes!
My "AGT" fans back in the house.
I love you guys, man.
- And we love you.
- Now, Simon, how do you think the season is going so far?
- We are seeing acts, and you just go,
where did you come up with that idea?
[laughter]
- Well, our first act is outside right now,
and you guys are gonna be able to talk to him live,
all right?
Take a look at your screen.
- Who is that?
- Can you hear us? - I can, indeed.
How are you doing? - I'm good.
How are you?
- I'm fantastic.
Nice to hear your voice, Simon.
- What's your name, first of all, please?
- My name is Andrei Burton. - OK.
And where are you from?
- I'm from the UK, actually.
[cheers and applause]
- That's a really good start.
- Awesome. [laughs]
- Why did you enter the show this year?
- Because, actually, in America,
the sport that I do isn't very big.
And I think it would be really great
to bring it to a bigger audience.
And I bet there's some amazing riders out there
that haven't even discovered the sport yet.
- OK, brilliant. Well, look-- - I have a question.
- Go on. - What are you on right there?
What are you standing on? - That's called a bicycle.
- This is a bicycle. [laughter]
- No, but I'm saying, he's not on the--he's not
on the street. - OK.
- Ah.
- He's on your dressing room.
- I'm on a trailer.
- That's my car.
- On Simon's trailer.
- Oh, is this Simon's trailer? - Yes.
- Yes.
- Is that Simon's car?
- Yes, that's my car.
- Oh, cool. - Oh, my God.
- Great. - Wow.
- Could have told me that.
- That looks like the most bougie camping trip
anybody's ever been on.
- Yeah, apparently these have quite a soft roof to land on.
- No, they don't.
- You're not gonna land on that car, are you?
- Oh, no.
- I think we're gonna find out.
- That's my baby.
[crowd chanting] Do it, do it, do it, do it.
Do it, do it, do it.
- It seems they want me to do it.
- Ah!
- All right, go ahead.
[cheers and applause]
[Smash Mouth's "I'm a Believer"]
- Ah, he's going!
- * I thought love was only true in fairy tales *
[audience exclaiming]
* Meant for someone else but not for me *
- Where is he going?
- * Love was out to get me *
* That's the way it seemed *
* Disappointment haunted all my dreams *
* And then I saw her face *
* Now I'm a believer *
* Not a trace *
* Of doubt in my mind *
[cheers and applause]
* I'm in love, ooh *
* I'm a believer *
* I couldn't leave her if I tried *
* I thought love was more or less a given thing *
- * When I wanted sunshine, I got rain *
* And then I saw her face *
- Oh, my goodness.
- * Now I'm a believer *
[cheers and applause]
- He's up there!
[cheers and applause]
[Heart's "Barracuda"]
* *
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
- No, no!
No!
- Oh, what the heck?
[cheers and applause]
- * Barracuda *
* Ooh *
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Yes, yes!
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- * The real thing don't do the trick, no *
* You better make up something quick *
* You better burn, burn, burn, burn *
* Burn it to the wick *
* Oh, barra-barracuda *
- Whoa!
- What?
[cheers and applause]
- * Oh, barra-barracuda *
[cheers and applause]
[Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild"]
* *
- You are like a one-man BMX, X Game show.
- Thank you so much. - Whoo!
- This was exciting, I have to tell you.
You served it all today in your show--outside, indoor.
- Thank you. - It was amazing.
[cheers and applause]
- I don't even think there's anything that you can
do to get better than this.
- Come with me. I'll show you.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, baby.
- The fact that you started outside
and used all of our area--
- Except your car.
- Except my car.
[laughter]
It is really inventive, really exciting.
You make something unbelievably impossible look easy.
- Voting for him is gonna be easy.
- Let's start with you.
- Yes.
- Second yes from me.
[cheers and applause]
- Absolutely yes.
- That's four yeses.
Incredible audition.
- * Born to be wild *
[cheers and applause]
* Born to be wild *
- Yo.
- Oh, my God, man.
Oh, God, I was--
I was so blown away, man.
- It can't get better than that.
- Great start to the show.
- Coming up...
- No!
I want to see more.
- Whoa!
- You're the best we have ever seen.
- Oh!
- I'm gonna put a curse on you.
- What is that?
- It was incredible.
[cheers and applause]
- That was a great audition.
[cheers and applause]
- I have never seen anything like that.
It was spectacular.
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
- Here we go, guys. Clearing stage.
Thank you.
- Hey, hey, hey.
How y'all doing? [laughs]
Listen, last week, we had two Golden Buzzers,
and they were both pressed by Simon.
So that means two Golden Buzzers for each judge
this season.
[cheers and applause]
What an emotional roller coaster.
You know, emotions run high on "AGT,"
just like in Disney and Pixar's new movie "Inside Out 2."
With all these emotions, it makes you wonder, Simon,
what is going on inside your head?
[echoing] Inside your head, inside your head?
[mysterious music]
- What? I can't always be the rage guy.
[yells]
- [laughs]
- Terry, you don't want to know.
[laughter]
- Simon, we wouldn't expect anything less.
Y'all ready to get the show going again?
[cheers and applause]
Let's do this!
* *
[upbeat music]
* *
- My name is Samuel.
I'm from Brazil.
My talent is, like, dance.
I'm a B-boy, yeah.
- * Express yourself *
- Growing up in a small city in Brazil,
I never thought I would be, like, a dancer.
- Exciting things here tonight, everyone.
- * Express yourself *
- I learned how to dance, like, watching videos
and, like, my friends.
I learn, like, a lot from my friends.
I have never done a performance like this,
so I'm excited to do it, and...
[buzzer blares]
I just want to do my best.
* *
- Love you, brother.
Do you thing.
- * Express yourself, ah *
* Express yourself, ah *
* Express *
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
- Hello. - Hello.
- And what's your name, please?
- My name is Samuel, AKA Samuka.
- Very nice to meet you.
Tell us about your story, please.
- I grew up in Brazil.
[speaking Portuguese]
[cheers and applause]
- Oh. - That's so sad.
- Yeah. But luckily, like,
after that, I met dance,
and, like, it changed my life.
And that's why I'm here. - Wow.
[cheers and applause] - That's incredible.
- Amazing.
- Good for you.
And do you have a dream beyond the show?
- You mean if I win?
- Yeah, yeah.
- I would get a house for my mom, of course,
for sure--first thing.
I hope to help, also, people with cancer.
Yeah. - Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- OK, we're rooting for you.
Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
- * Everybody over there *
* Get on up *
* Everybody right there *
* Get into it *
* Everybody right there *
* Get involved *
* Everybody just *
[cheers and applause]
- Whoa!
- * Come on *
* Come on, come on *
* Come on with ya, come on *
* Come on, come on *
[cheers and applause]
* Everybody *
* Get on up *
* Everybody right there *
* Get into it *
* Get involved *
* Get involved, get involved *
[cheers and applause]
* Get on up *
* Everybody *
* Get into it *
* Right over there * * Get involved *
* Get involved, get involved *
* Wait, wait *
* Don't hesitate *
[cheers and applause]
* Well, you're doing nothing *
[cheers and applause]
* Everybody over there *
* Get on up *
* Everybody right there *
* Get into it, everybody over there *
* Get involved, get involved *
* Get involved, everybody over there *
* Get involved, get involved *
* Get involved *
* Hey, you, get involved *
* You, get involved *
* You, get involved, you, get involved *
* You, get involved *
* You, get *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[Calum Scott's "Rise"]
- * I've been staring at the coastline *
* Thinking of every choice I made *
- That was unbelievable.
- * Standing on solid ground *
* And I've been hiding in the shadows *
* Wondering if I'm on the right road *
- I mean, it's hard to describe,
but it was good in the beginning,
and it just kept on getting better and wilder
and more flips and more flips.
It was incredible.
- Thanks, everyone.
[cheers and applause]
- I tell you what, the whole of Brazil and the whole world
is gonna watch this and applaud you.
- Yes, yes!
- And, you know, obviously the Olympics this year
is bringing in break dancing for the first time.
And I always think about this show a bit like the Olympics.
Sometimes in my head, I go, that's a 10.
Occasionally, I go, that's an 11.
That was a 12.
- Thank you so much.
- You really are an inspiration.
[cheers and applause]
Sofía.
- Well, dancing is my favorite part of "America's Got Talent,"
and you didn't disappoint me.
[cheers and applause]
You're one of the best acts that I've seen.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- Howie.
- Your style is so contemporary,
and you totally forget or are not even
aware of being an amputee.
It's how you take that stage and the song you choose.
It's mesmerizing.
- Absolutely.
[cheers and applause]
- This part--
I think I know where it's going.
Howie.
- Yes. - Heidi.
- Yes. - Sofía.
- Yes.
- If I calculate how many people
I think are gonna see this,
it's probably about 100 million yeses.
- * You're gonna see me rise *
* *
* Oh, and rise, rise *
- Thank you.
- That was incredible
how you did that flip with one leg.
- Gosh.
I loved it.
- Amazing.
- Beautiful.
Samuka, I love you, man.
You were incredible, my man.
Here we go.
- * You're gonna see me rise *
- I've been wanting to do this forever.
- I know. - Remember when I was little,
and I was always like, "Oh, my gosh,
imagine I was on 'AGT'?" - Yeah.
- My boy.
I would climb, walk, swim,
jog a thousand miles to get here.
- And without you, I wouldn't be here.
- * I wish somebody would have told me, babe *
- You can do it. - Yeah.
- I believe in you.
- You'll do amazing.
I'm here. Papa's here.
We're gonna root for you.
We'll be on the side.
- * And all these reckless nights you won't regret *
- "America's Got Talent."
- Looks like we're in the right place.
- This is amazing.
- This is my sister, Jenna.
- This is Stu.
both: And we're the Reklaws.
- We grew up in a small town called Kirkwall.
We had a farm.
Not a normal farm. - No.
- It was called the Yee Haw Adventure Farm.
Hundreds of people would just come and have fun.
Our dad built a 10,000-pumpkin pumpkin patch,
10-acre corn maze, and pig races.
That's where the Reklaws started
was the halftime show...
- We did, like, pig races. - At the pig races.
And I played the banjo.
She sang.
Our mom actually named the band because
it's our last name backwards.
It's Walker backwards is Reklaw.
- That is the coolest thing. - Yeah.
We've been back and forth trying
to decide what song to do.
We wanted it to be this song specifically about our mom.
We lost our mom to mental health,
and that shook up our world.
- We lost her in 2022, and it was a very
tough time for our family.
And we just want to acknowledge that to people
that are going through tough times.
Mom would be very proud right now.
- Yeah.
The whole reason we're here is because of her.
Sorry.
- It's OK.
- I hope that she can see us here.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my God.
- This is gonna be nuts.
- Oh, my God.
- She'd say, "You're playing for Simon Cowell.
Do not embarrass me."
We have one shot at this performance.
So we're not gonna stop, Mom.
Can't stop now.
[cheers and applause]
- * The magic of these good old days *
- Hello.
Welcome, both.
Let's hear your names, please.
- I'm Stuart Walker.
- And I'm Jenna Walker.
We're brother and sister.
- OK.
And where are you from?
- Toronto, Canada.
- Whoo!
That's my country.
[cheers and applause]
- What kind of music are you into?
- Country music. - Yeah.
- Brilliant.
[cheers and applause]
Do you write your own songs? - We do.
We're actually gonna perform an original song.
It's called, "People Don't Talk About."
- And tell me what it's about.
- We wrote this song probably two years ago.
Our family's been through a lot of stuff
that we kind of didn't feel comfortable talking about,
and we wrote it about that.
We felt like if we had this opportunity
to get on this stage, and if we had one song to play,
this would be the song. - This is the one.
[cheers and applause]
- Us at 17 would have loved to hear this song.
- That's really important.
And do you think you're gonna win?
- We've been chasing this dream for a long, long time,
and we feel like it's just the right moment.
- And timing, sometimes, is everything, right?
- Exactly, yeah. - Exactly.
- We're all rooting for you, so best of luck.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- All right, all right.
- All right.
["People Don't Talk About" playing]
* *
* I grew up playing cowboys *
* I liked to play pretend *
* A bunch of kids in a backyard *
* Back when it made sense *
- * We would speak our minds and say just what we meant *
* That was the old me *
* Nobody told me that everything changes *
- * Reality sets in *
both: * You better keep quiet if you want to fit in *
- * People don't talk about when it's 2:00 AM *
* You're talking to yourself again *
* You're digging a hole, you're digging a hole *
both: * People don't talk about trying to be yourself *
* But feeling like you're someone else *
* You're not alone, you're not alone *
* I want to know everything that you don't say out loud *
* Yeah, all the things that people don't talk about *
* 'Cause people don't talk about *
- * Take a load off *
* Take a breath *
* Say it all, then say the rest *
* Let it out *
* You can let 'em in *
- * Take a load off *
* Take a breath *
* Say it all, then say the rest *
* If you let it out *
- * You can let 'em in *
- * People don't talk about when it's 2:00 AM *
* You're talking to yourself again *
* You're digging a hole *
both: * People don't talk about *
- * Trying to be yourself *
* But feeling like you're someone else *
both: * You're not alone *
* You're not alone *
* I want to know everything that you don't say out loud *
* Yeah, all the things that people don't talk about *
* 'Cause people don't talk about *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
* *
- [singing indistinctly]
- Wow.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
It was really good, you two.
Howie, you're on your feet.
- First of all, your singing and your writing is impeccable.
And I don't usually respond to lyrics
like I'm responding to this.
You know, I've been very open, and my little soapbox
is mental health.
And there's a stigma attached.
And the thing that allows me to survive
is the ability to talk about it.
[cheers and applause]
This song is an important song, and I think that
you are gonna go a long way in this competition.
- Wow.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, I liked it too.
I liked the song.
I love that you are siblings.
I also feel that you really want it,
and I feel like you deserve it.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- You did the right thing coming tonight
to "AGT" because it was like a big treat for all of us.
It was impeccable.
- Thank you.
Thank you guys so much.
- That was a great, great audition--
seriously good.
Unbelievably powerful.
That song was stunning.
[cheers and applause]
So, Howie, yes or no?
- Yes.
- OK, that makes it four yeses.
Congratulations.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Their reaction just meant the world.
- It really did.
- Because that song means so much to us,
just from what we've been through as a family,
in terms of mental health.
And that's what was important to us.
- For Howie to point that out immediately
was shocking, because that's the whole point.
- Listen, everybody here got it.
Thank you. - Thank you.
- You're amazing.
- Thank you for bringing your talent.
- * I'm going to see me raise *
[suspenseful music]
[crowd chanting] "AGT"! "AGT"!
- Ah, we got this, son.
We got this.
- Oh, my God.
This is so cool.
- Pinch me so I can wake up.
- I know, pinch me.
- No, no, wake up.
- Wow.
- It's really nice that your family's here.
I think that's really special.
- I'm just so glad you got to be here.
- I would not miss this.
I'm so proud of you.
* *
[cheers and applause] - Hi.
- I love you. - I love you too.
- Aw.
- So are you ready for some "AGT" lights?
- Yes, sir.
- All right, it's your time.
- Yeah, buddy.
- All right, here we go again.
* *
- * To let it *
* Stand up *
* So shout it out *
- Hi.
It's good to see you.
- I see you.
- But I think someone is even more excited to see you.
Who is this person yelling?
- Uh, that's my family.
[cheers and applause]
- I mean, someone has a very loud organ up there.
Who are you?
- My name is Aaron,
but also AKA The Stud Muffin Supreme.
[cheers and applause]
- What does it--
- What does it mean, Stud Muffin?
- Well, one, I'm a stud.
- Yeah.
- Two, I'm hot and fluffy like a muffin.
So 1 plus 2 equals 3--
Stud Muffin Supreme.
- Yeah, baby.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm his mom!
- Are you his wife?
- I'm his mother.
- Oh.
[laughter]
- Where is your wife?
- She's hiding somewhere up there.
- Don't hide. There you are.
- There she is.
- Hello.
What are you doing for us, Stud Muffin?
- I'm gonna be dancing.
- OK.
- My favorite.
- Why "America's Got Talent"?
- Well, I got over 18 million likes on TikTok.
- Wow. - Wow.
- Really?
- When all those numbers started going up,
I'm like, I got something going on here,
so I might as well flaunt it.
[cheers and applause] - Wow!
We're all excited to see it, Stud Muffin.
Good luck. The stage is yours.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- The mom has, like, the loudest yell on the planet.
[cheers and applause]
[Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam"]
- Yes!
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- * Pump up the jam *
* Pump it up *
* While your feet are stompin' *
* And the jam is pumpin' *
* Look ahead, the crowd is jumpin' *
* Pump it up a little more *
* Get the party going on the dance floor *
* See, 'cause that's where the party's at *
* And you'd find out if you do that *
* Awa, a place to stay *
* Get your booty on the floor tonight *
* Make my day *
* Make my day, make my day *
[buzzer blares]
* Make my day *
[audience booing]
* Pump up the jam *
* Pump it up *
* While your feet are stompin' *
* And the jam is pumpin' *
* Look ahead *
[buzzers blaring]
[cheers and applause]
- Stud Muffin, I loved it.
Howie is just jealous because you don't have any
of those moves in your bag-- that's what it is.
- I don't have any of those moves.
[Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself"]
- I kind of liked it at the beginning,
but I feel like you need to create
another two or three steps or something.
- Moves, I'll say, yeah. - Moves.
- Yeah. - Simon, what do you think?
- I would suggest, going forward, as Sofía said,
maybe add a couple more moves,
maybe change the music halfway through,
because it was a bit long.
It did feel long. - Yeah.
You can tell by my breathing.
[laughter]
- But it was fun.
- It was fun.
- Thank you.
- All right, Howie, is it a yes or a no?
- For me, it's a no.
- Simon?
- No for me.
- Sofía?
- No.
- Three noes.
I would have given you a yes.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- * Dancing with myself *
* Oh, oh, dancing with myself *
- You can do this slow, like--you can do it.
- It looks a lot better than what I just saw.
- Did you have fun?
- Oh, a blast.
- Oh, man, it was a pleasure to have you out here, man.
- They like you, Heidi.
The family likes you.
- Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- I know what's up.
- * Oh, oh, dancing with myself *
- Coming up...
- I love Adrian and Hurricane.
This was a level up.
- The whole thing was like magic.
- This is your dream, right?
- Yes, it is.
- I think there's a good chance
that you're gonna walk out of here with a million dollars.
[cheers and applause]
[Daryl Hall & John Oats' "You Make My Dreams Come True"]
- We have the next act here on standby, guys.
Next act on standby.
Guys, let's go. Let's go.
- Hi, Simon.
- Hello, everyone.
Oh, my goodness.
Who do I start with?
- This is Rhythm.
- Hello, Rhythm.
- My name is Roni.
This is Rhythm.
And Rhythm is 2 1/2.
- When I was growing up, every few months,
my mom would find a stray dog, bring him in.
We would take care of him for a couple of months,
and then we would find another home for him.
So I kind of grew up with dogs around me.
- * You make my dreams come true *
- And then I just was googling,
what kind of work can you do with dogs?
[laughs]
And that was how I discovered dog therapy,
how to use dogs to help people.
- Hello.
How are you?
- Then in February 2022, I met Rhythm.
I had tears in my eyes.
I was so excited about it.
From the first second, he was like a tornado storm
running everywhere.
We literally thought, he doesn't
know how to walk because he was running all the time.
He makes my dreams come true,
and it's so much fun to have a partner that
wants it as much as you do.
- Take your seats, ladies and gentlemen.
- He wants to do it all, and he wants to do it now,
and he wants to do it as good as he can.
- * Well, well, well, you *
* You make my dreams come true *
* Oh, oh, oh, oh *
- The dog is already so focused.
- How are you again?
- Super excited.
- I know.
I said again because we met backstage,
and I actually know your name is Roni,
and that's Rhythm, isn't it?
- Yes. - Yeah.
Rhythm is the most beautiful dog.
I actually fell in love.
So, Roni, tell us about both of you.
- Rhythm and I are from Israel.
He's 2 1/2 years old and an amazing dancer.
- Oh, really?
So he's a dancer?
[laughter]
Was there, like, one night you were just listening to music,
and he suddenly started dancing?
- Not really, but he was always, like,
moving his feet very nicely.
- To music?
- Like, if it was up to him, he would jive.
- Ay, no. - So...
[laughter]
- He's dancing a cappella right now.
- Well, obviously, you know a dog won--
one of our favorite ever contestants.
Do you think Rhythm is better?
- First of all, Adrian is a friend of us,
and we love him and Hurricane.
- Yeah.
- But we're doing something really different.
- OK, great.
Well, look, no more questions.
We're really excited.
Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
- * All the leaves are brown *
* And the sky is gray *
- Oh, no.
* *
- * I've been for a walk *
* *
* On a winter's day *
[cheers and applause]
* I'd be safe and warm *
* If I was in LA *
* *
* California dreamin' *
* Oh, on such a winter's day *
- Oh, my God.
* All the leaves are brown *
* If I was in LA, hey, hey, hey *
* California dreamin' *
* Oh, oh, on such a winter's day *
[cheers and applause]
* *
* I'd be safe and warm *
* *
* All the leaves are brown *
* And the sky is gray, hey, hey *
* I'd been for a walk *
* Oh, on a winter's day *
* If I didn't tell her *
* I could leave today, hey, hey *
* California dreamin' *
* On such a winter's day *
* Hey *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[soft music]
* *
- Wow.
- Wow, wow, wow.
My God.
- I'm in love.
I mean, the whole thing was like magic.
I mean, this dog--
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much.
- I'm gonna say--
I really do mean this.
And I love Adrian and Hurricane.
This was a level up.
- Absolutely.
- Genuinely a level up.
I mean, when you said your dog can dance,
he actually dances better than human dancers we've had on.
I'm not kidding.
I've never seen anything like this.
- It was amazing.
- Heidi, what do you think?
- I loved it.
I loved the both of you.
I mean, it was incredible-- the stopping,
the starting, the anticipation, what's happening next.
I loved it.
- Listen, Hurricane won last year.
This is--I agree with you 100%.
This is better.
It's energetic.
It was like ballet.
- Yeah.
- I love your dog.
- I love him too.
[laughter] - OK, good.
We're gonna vote.
Howie?
- Yes. - Thank you.
- Heidi?
- It's a yes from me.
- A big yes.
- Thank you so much.
- I'm not gonna give you four yeses.
I'm gonna give you about 4,000 yeses.
- Thank you so much.
- That was unbelievable.
[cheers and applause]
* *
Unbelievable.
* *
[dramatic music]
- Vegas, man-- that's just, like,
the mecca of entertainment. - Yep.
- I want to be performing
on the biggest stages in Las Vegas.
- Vegas--you want to go to Vegas?
- Why not? - You want to go to Vegas?
- I want to go to Vegas.
- Over the years, "America's Got Talent"
has created absolute superstars...
- Inside the walnut--$20.
- What?
- Who are now headlining shows in Vegas.
* *
It's every performer's dream.
- I started to perform magic
when I was a little girl with my family,
with illusions, big illusions.
I decided to come to "America's Got Talent"
because this is the gateway to Las Vegas.
If I were to win, I'd buy everything for my son.
He is eight years old.
- Are we ready for our next act?
[cheers and applause]
- This act--it's taken three years to get ready.
I feel a little bit nervous, but this is normal.
- OK, here we go.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
- Hi.
Tell us what your act is about.
- Magic. - Oh.
[cheers and applause]
- I have created something new, never seen before.
[cheers and applause]
- Brilliant.
- What got you into magic?
- Because it's so visual and attractive.
And I like the costumes and make my own costumes.
- Amazing.
So you know how to sew? - Yeah.
- You know how to sew and make everything?
Amazing.
- Tell me why you've come on the show this year,
and what is the dream?
- Have my own shows in Las Vegas.
- Got it. - Yeah!
- Wow. - All right.
- Let's make that happen, Solange.
- I'm so delighted to be here,
and I hope you feel my magic.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
- I've got a sense she's gonna be great.
[Madonna's "Material Girl"]
- Oh!
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
- * Some boys kiss me *
* Some boys hug me *
* I think they're OK *
* If they don't give me proper credit *
* I just walk away *
* They can beg and they can plead *
* But they can't see the light *
* That's right *
* 'Cause the a boy with the cold, hard cash *
* is always Mr. Right *
[cheers and applause]
* 'Cause we are living in a material world *
* And I am a material girl *
- So cool, huh?
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Oh, yeah.
* *
- * Living in a material world *
- * Material *
- * Living in a material world *
* Living in a material world *
- * Everybody's living in a material world *
* And I am a material girl *
* You know that we are living in a material world *
* And I am a material girl *
- What?
- * Living in a material world *
* And I am a material girl *
* You know that we are living in a material world *
* And I am a material girl *
[cheers and applause]
* A material, a material *
* A material, a material world *
* Living in a material world *
* Material *
* Living in a material world *
* Material *
- Bravo.
[cheers and applause]
[Lucy Spraggan's "Lucky Stars"]
- * I was sitting in my bedroom *
* They would glow up in the dark *
* I had no idea that you and I *
* Were still light-years apart *
* The stars don't look like that *
* At least they don't to me *
[cheers and applause]
- You're very, very good.
And your quick change was beautiful.
I mean, it was really amazing.
- Thank you so much.
- You did it very uniquely.
The mixture of magic and your performance
made it so much more special.
You're the best quick-change artist we have ever seen.
You really are. - Yes, I agree.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- You looked beautiful, professional.
It was entertaining.
We loved it tonight.
I want to see more.
- [speaking Spanish]
- Sometimes when we have these acts,
you have a lady who does the quick change
and then, normally, an annoying guy who does nothing.
And the fact that you were on your own and did it, for me,
made it just so much better.
It was so slick.
And you've got 2 minutes to cram that in.
That was amazing.
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- All right, let's vote.
Yes or no, Simon?
- Obviously, yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Third yes.
- Thank you.
- And I'm going to give you your fourth yes.
- * I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you *
* Like the first man on the moon *
* But you came out the blue *
* I thank my lucky stars that you're so close to me *
- Beautiful.
- I love the mixture of magic and quick change.
- We've never seen that, right?
- No.
- Coming up...
- Welcome to the world you deserve to be in.
- I loved it.
[cheers and applause]
- That was absolutely amazing.
- It's a beautiful treat to have you here tonight.
[cheers and applause]
- We are going to catch
the last plane to our last stop,
which is LA.
- Los Angeles.
- Yay.
- * Don't think about it *
- We've come all the way from South Africa, and we are here.
- [gasps] Look at
the "America's Got Talent" sign!
- * Oh, ay, oh *
* Show the world you've got that fire *
- What are you doing?
- Are you gonna film me later?
- Yep.
- We love singing together.
- I never imagined doing it with somebody else.
- [babbling]
- To come all the way from South Africa to "AGT,"
it means the world to us.
- It's funny because that's what my sister
said when she was young.
She was like, I'm gonna grow up,
and I want to be in a big stage.
- I want to sing for millions of people.
- There are a lot of people.
- Heidi!
- Hi, guys.
- Yeah! [cheers and applause]
- All right, here we go. Here we go.
- [vocalizing]
* I feel better when I'm dancing *
- Hello.
- * I'm better when I'm dancing *
- Hi.
[cheers and applause]
- You just got a standing ovation,
and you haven't even started.
How are you? - Good, good, good.
How are you?
- Well, we're all doing great
and excited to know about you.
- OK, first of all, my name is Biko,
AKA Biko Star,
and I am 17 years old.
- OK.
- My name is Manna,
AKA Manna Hero,
and I am 14.
- OK.
[cheers and applause]
And?
- And my name is Mfundo,
AKA TauLion,
and I'm nine years old.
- OK.
[cheers and applause]
So tell us where you're from.
- We are from South Africa.
[cheers and applause]
- Tell us a little bit more about you
and how this came together and why you decided to come
all the way to America.
- OK, so we come from a musical family,
and I've always been that girl who wanted to sing.
And, you know, the spotlight was always on me.
I got the attention and everything.
- And I--
[laughter]
I was like, there's no way my sister can be alone.
I was--I was that kid in the back, like--
[laughter]
So I joined my sister.
- They're funny.
- They're really funny. Yeah.
- So you wanted the spotlight on you as well?
- Yes.
And then Mfundo right here, our little brother,
we busked in the streets of Maboneng.
And, you know, every time we were performing,
they always announced, welcome, Biko's Manna.
And then Mfundo in the back, would be like, and Mfundo!
Please don't forget me!
[laughter]
- And you've come all the way to America
because this is your dream, right?
- Yes, it is.
Very good. - OK.
[cheers and applause]
The audience already love you,
so things are going really well already.
- Yes.
- So no more questions.
We're dying to hear you. Good luck.
- Let's get it. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- So cute.
- The little one. - I know.
And so confident for their age.
- Yeah.
["Don't Worry, Be Happy" playing]
* *
- [vocalizing]
* *
* Here's a little song I wrote *
- Oh, I love this song.
- * You might want to sing it note for note *
all: * Don't worry *
* *
* Be happy *
* *
- * In every life, we have some trouble *
* But when you worry, you make it double *
all: * Don't worry *
- * Hey *
* all: * Be happy *
[both vocalizing]
* *
- Don't worry.
- Be happy.
[both vocalizing]
Don't worry. Be happy.
- * Ain't got no cash *
* Ain't got no style *
* Ain't got no girl to make you smile *
all: * So don't worry *
* Be happy *
- * Mm *
* 'Cause when you worry, your face will frown *
* And that will bring everybody down *
all: * Don't worry *
* Be happy *
- * Be happy, be happy now, now, now, now, now *
[both vocalizing]
* *
- Don't worry.
- I love them.
- Be happy.
[both vocalizing]
Don't worry.
Be happy.
[both vocalizing]
* *
Don't worry.
* *
Be happy.
[both vocalizing]
* *
[cheers and applause]
- * Bring me a higher love *
- You've got to be so proud.
- * Love, oh *
* Bring me a higher love *
- They better get four yeses.
- It was worth the trip coming all the way from South Africa.
I mean, the sun just came up.
I mean, we love reggae.
We don't hear it enough, I feel like,
because it puts us in a great mood.
I love the three of you.
That was beautiful.
- Thank you so, so much.
- Howie?
- You are young and talented.
I believe what I just heard--
and it's early in the competition,
but I think there's a good chance
that you're gonna walk out of here
with a million dollars this season.
I really believe that.
- Oh, my gosh.
- I'm so excited you're here.
Season 19!
- Sofía.
- You guys are amazing.
You guys are happy.
You know, we can tell that
you're a family that love each other.
And I really, really think the best thing
you ever did was come to "AGT."
- Thank you so, so much.
[cheers and applause]
- You know, within 10 seconds,
it's like, I know exactly
the kind of music you want to make.
You found your lane.
It was beautifully simple.
Your vocals, by the way, were spot on.
- Thank you so, so much.
- Absolutely amazing.
And when you've got this natural chemistry
because you're a family...
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- So let's savor this moment.
Howie?
- Well, I'm lucky enough to give you your first yes.
- Yeah!
- Heidi.
- Second yes from me.
- Thank you. - Sofía.
- Yes. - Yes!
- I can't give you four yeses,
but I can give you 4,000 yeses, right?
- Oh, wow, thank you so, so much.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- Well done, gang.
[cheers and applause]
- * Bring me love *
* Bring me a higher love *
- Amazing. What do you feel like now?
- I--I'm shaking.
- [laughs]
- We are ready for the next group of auditioners.
- * Bring me a higher love *
- Are you guys ready for your next act?
[cheers and applause]
- OK.
Here we go, guys.
* *
- Are you ready to meet the judges?
[cheers and applause]
- * Bring me a higher love *
* Bring me a higher love *
- Good night, "America's Got Talent"!
- Wow.
- Caballeros.
- Hello.
Welcome.
So tell me the name of the group.
- We are Legión...
- Yes?
- An Argentinian Malambo company.
- Ah.
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
- Is this something you do full-time,
or do you have normal jobs?
- So we have a regular jobs.
We teach. We are in construction.
We are in hardware stores.
So we rehearse all week, 2:00 AM,
before and after our real jobs.
- Good for you. - Yes.
This is what we want to do for a living.
[cheers and applause]
- So you've seen the show before.
You've obviously prepared yourself.
Do you think you're gonna win,
and what would the money mean to you?
- Yes, we think we're going to win this.
- Yes. Wow.
- Yes.
- They've come to win it.
- And with the money, we would love to have our own studio
because all this preparation we've been doing
in Fabian's parents' backyard.
- Oh, my God. [laughter]
OK.
And Fabian, what are your parents' names?
- Chiki and Tito.
- Chiki and-- - Tito.
- And Tito--OK.
So this is for Chiki and Tito.
- Yes.
- OK.
We're rooting for you. Good luck.
- OK. Thank you very much.
- Bravo! - Thank you. Come on!
[cheers and applause]
- Look at those guys.
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
- These guys are on fire!
- Wow.
* *
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
- Oh, no! What?
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Ah!
- Wow!
[cheers and applause]
* *
- [shouting indistinctly]
[cheers and applause]
[shouting indistinctly]
- You can feel the heat!
[rhythmic clapping]
* *
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
* *
- My God.
We needed that.
That was epic.
- Thank you very much.
- Howie?
- Wow. That was very exciting,
very unexpected, very surprising.
What are you thinking?
- The Malambo is--
it's life.
[cheers and applause]
It's everything for us.
And this is a big dream for us--
incredible opportunity.
Thank you so much.
- Heidi?
- Yeah, I don't know anything about the Malambo
or this type of dance, but I was feeling
every bit of it, and I loved it.
It was incredible.
Many dancers have danced on the stage,
but their feet have never been on fire.
- It's still hot.
It's still hot.
- It really, really was a treat.
- Thank you very much, Heidi.
- You know, this is something I genuinely can see in Vegas.
I see this all over the world.
And with the amount of preparation,
and I could see how much this means to you.
What I've loved about the show this year
is that we're seeing acts from all over the world
and, of course, in America we've never seen before.
And it's just the best feeling in the world
when something just works like that,
and it's exciting and new and real.
It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
- Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
Sofía.
- Well, I mean, I guess all the judges are so, like,
fascinated and with you guys because they're--you know,
for them, this is something so different and exciting.
You know I'm South American.
I've seen this dance many times.
[audience booing]
- What?
- For me, you guys have to do something spectacular.
And that was spectacular.
I thought it was amazing.
I had never seen anything like that.
- Thank you.
- And that's exactly why I am going to do this.
[cheers and applause]
[Kodi Lee's "Change"]
- * Change with your sense of dignity *
* No hate, we gotta act differently *
* Why wait *
* Be the positivity *
* All stand up *
* We've had enough *
* Change with your sense of dignity *
* No hate, we gotta act differently *
* Why wait *
* Be the positivity *
* All stand up *
* We've had enough *
* Oh, oh *
- * It makes us incomplete *
* No, we just can't escape it *
- * Ignore toxic manipulation *
* Don't be fooled by everyone *
- Sofía, you faked us all out on that one.
[laughter]
- This is exactly what we're here for.
This is exactly "AGT."
This might change these guys' lives,
and I'd love to be part of it.
- * Change with your sense of dignity *
- Thank you very much, "AGT"!
- * We've got to act differently *
- Absolutely brilliant.
- Yeah.
* *
- Really good dancing, fire, drums, with everything.
- It was amazing.
- Coming up...
- Everybody scream!
[screaming]
- Now we're all gonna get cooked.
- This is not a good sign.
[audience exclaiming]
- I am a registered nurse at San Quentin State Prison.
- I think you're one of the best singers
we've had this season.
- Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
[bird cawing]
[thunder rumbling]
[eerie music]
[cheers and applause]
- Do you think it's cold in here?
Bloody freezing.
[electricity sizzles]
- There's shivers going through my body--chills, like--
- Is that a cauldron? - Yes.
- Are you making sauerkraut again?
- I'd love some.
- Heidi's making sauerkraut.
- Simon!
[cheers and applause]
There you are.
- I'm here.
What's your name?
- My name is Borah Brewington Snaggletooth XIII
from Salem, Massachusetts.
- And why would winning and the money be important?
- I would buy a new broom because the splinters
are a little uncomfortable when you're flying.
- Right. Hang on.
Sofía, don't you have a spare one?
[audience groaning]
- Mine is for me.
[laughter]
- OK.
Do you think you could win this year?
- Yes, I know I can win this year.
- Yeah, yes.
- OK, I don't think witches get the credit they should do.
See, I've always felt that.
- You better stop laughing.
I'm gonna put a curse on you.
- OK, OK, right.
I'm not gonna ask any questions.
Just do what you're gonna do, please.
- Let's see...
[liquid bubbling]
A lock of Simon's hair.
- Oh, no, Simon, that's from your dressing room.
- Oh, no.
- An orange tangerine so that everybody screams!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, and yellow Listerine.
- Ah.
[buzzers blaring]
- Oh, no.
[crowd exclaiming]
[electricity sizzles]
* *
- What the heck is this?
- Yeah, what is she doing right now?
[audience booing]
[buzzer blares]
[audience booing]
[buzzer blares]
[ominous music]
* *
I think you know where this is going.
Howie? - No.
- OK. Heidi? - I didn't love it.
- Sofía?
- Absolutely no.
- Right.
Just to be clear,
I did not press that red buzzer,
so don't take it out on me.
- I got you in my little black heart.
[cackling]
- Great.
Now we're all gonna get cursed.
- Abracadabra, hocus pocus.
Whatever's on that stage is not gonna be a rave.
- Oh. - Ha, ha.
Boom!
[eerie music]
- This is not a good sign.
[thunder crashes]
* *
[creaking]
- OK, here we go.
- Ay, no.
Please, it's not Halloween.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Who are you?
Right.
Where are you from?
[eerie music]
OK.
And do you think you can win?
OK.
Good luck.
["Jingle Bells" playing]
[buzzer blares]
- * Through the snow *
* In a one-horse open sleigh *
* O'er the hills we go *
* Laughing *
[buzzer blares]
* Bells on bobtails ring *
[buzzer blares]
* Making spirits bright *
* What fun it is to laugh and sing *
* A sleighing song tonight *
[buzzer blares]
- Get off the stage!
- Thank you.
Howie, yes or no?
- No.
- Sofía? - No.
- Heidi?
- Nein.
- Did you mean nine noes?
- Nine noes.
[laughter]
He looks like Howie just a little bit.
- You're right.
- Howie after a makeover.
- Yeah. [laughter]
- OK, well, nice to meet you.
I'm sure we'll see each other again
at some point in the future.
- Bye, bye.
- See you.
- Simon, where do you think you're gonna be seeing him
again in the future?
- I just think I will.
[laughter]
- I like everything, and I didn't like it.
- I'm sorry.
[thunder crashes]
- [cackling]
- Wait, who's the witch?
- We have ghouls, monsters, aliens.
- It feels like Halloween in here.
- Yeah.
[eerie music]
* *
[thud]
- Uh-oh.
[cheers and applause]
Look at the microphone!
- [whispering] Hello.
Can you hear me?
My name is Olive.
I'm invisible.
You can't see me, but I can see you.
I'm standing in front of one of the judges.
[buzzer blares]
- What was that?
- Did you see that? - I didn't do it.
- Sofía.
[laughter]
- Sofía, please go onto the stage.
- You're gonna get cut.
Don't blame me.
- [whispering] Sofía.
- Simon...
* *
Please reach inside the box
and choose just one piece of paper.
Don't read it yet.
Hold it in your hand, and she will read your mind.
Sofía, look in the smoke,
and tell Simon what you see.
- I see a house.
A ghost is inside.
The doors keep moving.
The family is afraid.
- Simon, please open the paper you chose.
What does it say?
- It says, the family is afraid
because a ghost is in their house moving the doors.
And it was Olive.
[cheering, gasping]
- What?
- How is that even possible?
- I have to go now.
Please remember me.
[demonic voice] I will remember you.
[buzzers blaring]
- [shrieking]
[cheers and applause]
- What's happening over there?
[eerie music]
- Oh, are you ready?
Yes.
I think you can go now.
OK, you're kind of creeping me out.
- Olive did.
[audience exclaiming]
- Uh-oh.
- Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no.
* *
[thunder rumbling, cackling]
- Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no.
[eerie music]
- Simon loves clowns.
Not.
- I don't like clowns.
- Who are you?
[laughter]
- I am Jelly Boy the Clown.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm scared of clowns.
- Where are you from?
- I was born in Suffern, New York.
Oh, thank you, Sufferners.
OK.
- Is everyone in your family a clown?
- My father and my mother-- they're retired now.
I was born in a very normal family.
- But you sound like a depressed clown.
- I'm not depressed! I'm happy!
- OK, so then tell the story a little bit more happier.
- OK, well, my father was an investment banker.
- Yes! - He worked in New York City.
You know what I mean?
- Did you know that Simon Cowell
doesn't really love clowns?
- Respond well.
Yeah, I understand.
- So you took the risk anyway?
- My parents love--
love "America's Got Talent."
I watched it with my parents, and amazing,
amazing performers started coming out.
And--
- Here you are.
Are you ready to prove Simon Cowell that
there can be, you know, a good clown?
- Well, I'm here to show you guys
clowning in a different light.
- OK, Jelly Boy the Clown.
[cheers and applause]
[crowd chanting] Jelly, Jelly.
- He was funny, huh.
[crowd chanting] Jelly, Jelly, Jelly, Jelly!
[cheers and applause]
[Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire"]
* *
[audience booing]
- * Love is a burning thing *
* And it makes a fiery ring *
* Bound by wild desire *
- No!
[audience exclaiming]
- * I fell into a burning ring of fire *
* I went down, down, down *
* And flames went higher *
* And it burns, burns, burns *
* The ring of fire, the ring of fire *
* The taste of love is sweet *
* When hearts like ours meet *
[audience exclaiming]
* I fell for you like a child *
- [speaking indistinctly] Ahh!
* *
- * I fell into a burning ring of fire *
* I went down, down, down *
* And the flames went higher *
[audience exclaiming]
* And it burns, burns, burns *
* The ring of fire *
[screaming]
* The ring of fire *
* Let it burn *
- Ah!
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Uh-oh.
[dramatic music]
- Oh.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- What's under that, Howie?
- I don't know.
Uh-oh.
[electricity sizzles]
- Oh, that looks dangerous, man.
Do not try this at home.
[electricity sizzles]
[audience exclaiming]
* *
- Ah!
[audience shrieking, cheering]
[electricity sizzles]
[all screaming]
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- You're--you're really not a clown.
- You don't think so?
- That's a good point.
- Yeah.
It's like the whole thing--
it was, like, surprisingly good.
- Oh, well, thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- We normally get this--
honk, honk.
You know what I mean?
That, puts this--clowning.
That was fantastic.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
But seriously, I think that was a great audition.
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah, I strangely liked it too.
But you have to be very careful when
you have knives down your throat,
and you have a slippery floor.
- Yeah, that was wacky. [laughter]
- You're a danger act.
You're a sword swallower.
You do tricks. - Stunts, man.
- Pardon me? - Stunts.
- They're not tricks.
- Tricks are for kids.
[laughter]
- But you were great.
OK.
- We're gonna vote.
Simon?
- I'm actually gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm shocked at myself,
but I'm also gonna give you a yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Very rarely does a clown get four yeses.
- Are you kidding me?
- * I was made for lovin' you, baby *
* You were made for lovin' me *
* And I can't get enough of you, baby *
* Can you give it all to me *
- Yes, yes, yes!
- Thank you.
- Amazing.
- Jelly Boy, what are you gonna do next?
- Well, I'm not gonna slip on watermelon juice.
- It worked. It worked.
I thought it was a clown bit, to be honest with you.
- Hey, I went with it.
You know what I mean? - Yeah, you did.
On "AGT," everyone's talents are always on full display,
but you don't get a chance to see what's happening
on the inside, until now.
Let's take a look at those emotions
with Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2,"
only in theaters June 14th.
- Everyone's got a talent they want to show the world,
and to truly shine,
you need to face what frightens you.
- Nothing but smooth sailing from--
ah, look out!
[gasping]
- Fuel that competitive edge.
- It's Riley's anger.
- Let me at him! Ah!
- And try not to get too in your head.
- That decision's not gonna haunt us
for the rest of our lives at all.
- Because when you step on the stage
and embrace your emotions,
that's the joy of knowing anything's possible.
- * Hard for the money *
- The next group of numbers is going to be 4, 7, 5.
- I work at a suit store at the local mall.
I dress people for a living.
That's why I say, you know,
you look good, you feel good.
You come here often?
- Right now, I'm working a temporary pizza job
as a delivery driver, but my dream is
to make it with pen tapping.
- * She works hard for the money *
- I am currently a dentist, but I also became an aerialist.
- I worked at a grocery store, stocking shelves,
cleaning the meat room.
It wasn't fun.
- I'm the owner of a water softening company--
$4.9 million in sales last year, all referrals.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - Hello.
- What is your name?
- Randy Beams.
I'm 63 years old from Houston, Texas.
- What is that in your hand?
- Nunchucks.
- Why are they called nunchucks?
- Because they "nung" you in the head.
It's like a chuck.
- And what we're gonna see, we've never seen before?
- You ain't gonna never see what I'm gonna do.
- Right. Let's do it.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
* *
[buzzers blaring]
* *
- Randy, I think this is something you do at home
on your own to get fit.
I do.
- Yeah.
- But it's not a million-dollar act, in my opinion.
[laughter]
It's a no for today.
Thank you. - OK.
Thank you.
Nice to meet you, everybody. - Thanks for coming.
- Thank y'all.
- That was not very good at all.
- I don't understand why anyone waits in line all day
to perform that.
- You know, I posted a video not too long ago.
It went viral.
What better way to showcase my talent
than "America's Got Talent"?
[cheers and applause]
How's it going? - Hi.
- I'm Jacob Hoffman.
I'm 35 years old.
I come from Van Buren, Arkansas.
- What is your job?
- I actually just quit my job at FedEx
to pursue comedy full time.
- Oh, wow.
[cheers and applause]
Let's see. - All right.
I'll be right back. - Where are you going?
- What's he doing?
- I wonder what it is.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- [groans]
- Simon Cowell.
- Hello.
- I was gonna send you something sexy in the mail,
but the mailman made me get out of the mailbox.
[laughter]
[buzzer blares]
Sofía Vergara, do you drink soda?
Because you look "soda-licious."
[buzzers blaring]
- I think that means no.
- It's gonna be a no.
- It's a definite no for me.
- No one with a mullet has ever done well on this show.
No.
- Thanks for coming.
- Oh.
We tried.
- Some people should stick with their day job.
[laughter]
- You always got the best prayers.
- That's because I'm your mama.
- Oh, Lord.
[laughter]
- All right, here we go again.
- All right, time to meet the judges.
- * She works hard for the money *
* So you better treat her right *
- Hello.
- Well, hello.
- Hello.
- And what is your name?
- My name is Dee Dee Simon.
- Ooh.
Hello, Dee Dee.
Tell us about you.
- I'm from Oakland, California.
I am a registered nurse at San Quentin State Prison.
[cheers and applause]
And I've been singing for most of my young life.
And I'm just so happy to be here today.
- So you are a nurse at--
- San Quentin State Prison.
- And you've done that for how many years?
- 19. - Wow, wow.
- Have the prisoners ever heard you sing?
- When I first got there, after I sang a song,
a riot broke out.
Then I had to triage everybody.
- What?
[laughter] - Wow.
- So I waited all these years, and then they asked me again.
And I just did it two months ago, and it was peace.
- Do they know--
do they know at work that you're here tonight?
- No, I haven't told anyone at work
that I'm here, just my family.
- And what brought you here this year?
- Destiny.
- Yeah?
- I don't see myself anyplace else
but here right now, Simon.
- And Dee Dee, what is the-- what's the big dream?
- You know, it's always been a door.
I get to this door, and I never get to go through it
because of something.
- Yeah. - So my big dream is
to make that door and walk through it...
- I love that.
- And take care of my family.
- What a great answer.
[cheers and applause]
OK.
I promise you, we're all rooting for you,
so best of luck. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
* And I am telling you *
* I'm not going *
* You're the best man I'll ever know *
* There's no way that I can ever go *
* Darling, there is no way *
* No, no, no, no way I'm living without you *
* I'm not living without you *
* See, there's just no way *
* There's no way *
- Oh, my God.
- * Please baby, don't leave me, baby *
* Now, won't you say *
* Hold me, baby *
* Come on, hold me *
* I know, I know, I know, I know, I know *
* Ooh *
[cheers and applause]
* Stop all the rivers *
* Push, strike, and kill *
* I'm not gonna leave you *
* There's no way I will *
* And I am *
* Tellin' you *
* I'm not going *
* No, no, no, no *
* See, you're the best man I've ever known *
* And there's no way *
* There's no way, yeah *
* No, no, no, no way *
* No, no, no, no way I'm living without you *
* Oh, I don't wanna be free, no *
* Yeah, I'm stayin', stayin', stayin' *
* Love me *
* Love me, love me *
* Love *
[holding note]
* Me *
[vocalizing]
[cheers and applause]
["What the World Needs Now Is Love" playing]
* *
- * What the world needs now *
* Is love, sweet love *
- She sang out of her shoes!
- * It's the only thing *
- OK.
Sofía.
- I thought it was spectacular.
- Thank you.
- You know, it's coming from your soul.
It was a beautiful treat to have you here tonight.
- Thank you.
- Heidi.
- To be honest, I think you're one of the best
singers we've had this season.
- Wow. - Yeah.
- Thank you.
- It was incredible.
It was just building and getting better and better.
Then the shoes came off, and you were
just down on the floor,
and you were just giving it your all.
You can really feel how much you want this spot,
and I feel like you nailed it.
- Thank you.
- Howie.
- You said every time I went to that door, something happened,
and I couldn't go through the door.
And I think that you are out.
You are free. - [laughs]
- Welcome to the world that you deserve to be in.
- Thank you.
- Well, Dee Dee.
- Uh-oh.
- There's nothing more frustrating than when
you've got talent and you just can't be heard.
And I promise you, tomorrow,
things are gonna just be better.
[cheers and applause] They are.
And I think you're gonna inspire a lot of other people.
Would you dedicate this song to anyone?
- To everyone that was told no, keep going,
'cause that one yes can change your life.
[cheers and applause]
- And who are you gonna call if you get through?
- My mama.
- Is she here?
- Yes, she's right there.
[cheers and applause]
Hi, Mommy.
- Hi, Mommy.
- Dee Dee, I mean, seriously,
you picked one of the hardest songs in the world,
and you absolutely nailed it.
I think you did amazing.
- Thank you.
- OK, Howie.
- You know you said one yes can change your life?
I'll give you your first yes.
- Thank you. - Heidi.
- Second yes!
- Sofía. - Three yeses!
- Whoo!
- I think that makes it one, two, three, four yeses.
- Thank you.
- * What the world needs now *
- Thank you so much.
- * Is love, sweet love *
- Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
- Bless her.
- Dee Dee, oh, my God, you were amazing!
- How'd you like my performance?
- Oh, I loved it.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
- * Is love *
* Sweet, sweet love *
* *
[upbeat music]
* *