[cheers and applause]
[Kenny Loggins' "Footloose"]
* *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
[crowd cheering]
I am Terry Crews, your host.
* *
- Good luck, everyone.
- Are you ready to meet your judges?
[cheers and applause]
- Can we get a picture? - Yes. Turn around.
- Hi. How are you? - Howie, you're in the way.
- Oh, I'm sorry. - Picture.
- Howie Mandel!
- * I got this feeling *
* That time's just holding me down *
[all cheering]
- Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Are you alive?
[children laughing]
- Oh. Thank God.
- Next up to the stage, Heidi Klum!
[cheers and applause]
- * Please, Louise *
- Wow, I need your energy.
- * On my knees *
- Where are you from?
- Oh, my goodness.
- Sofía Vergara!
And the one, the only...
- Have fun, everyone. OK?
- Simon Cowell!
- * I'm turning it loose *
* Footloose *
* Kick off your Sunday shoes *
- Are we ready for the first act?
- * Louise *
* Pull me off of my knees *
- It's time to go out there, Hypers Kids.
Let's make it happen.
Kids, head on out there!
- * Everybody cut *
* Everybody cut *
* Everybody cut footloose *
[cheers and applause]
- Hello!
- Tell everyone your name,
where you're from, everything about you.
- My name is Nanya Gerania, AKA, Struggle.
I have nine years old.
I'm so excited to be on "AGT"!
[cheers and applause]
We are from in Uganda.
It was 24 hours to reach America.
- Wow, that's a long trip. - Wow.
Tell us why winning is important.
- Winning means so much to us because, when we win,
we want to buy land and build our own house,
and we want to build our own school.
- Bravo! - Yes.
- Well, you don't want any more questions from me.
You just want to perform, right?
- Yes. - Good. OK.
Let's do it.
That's so sweet.
I mean, adorable. - Adorable.
- Hypers Kids!
[LunchMoney Lewis' "Bills"]
* *
[cheers and applause]
- * I got bills I gotta pay *
* So I'm gon' work, work, work every day *
* I got mouths I gotta feed *
* So I'm gon' make sure everybody eats *
* I got bills *
* All these bills pile up on my desk *
* They looking like a mount *
* Said she gonna leave me if I don't come home
* With fifty thousand *
* *
* Oh, man, oh, man *
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
* *
- * I got *
[beat slows]
* *
- Oh!
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
- * I got bills I gotta pay *
* So I'm gon' work, work, work every day *
* I got mouths I gotta feed *
* So I'm gon' make sure everybody eats *
* I got bills *
* Woke up and I bumped my head *
* Stubbed my toe on the edge of the bed *
* Hopped in the car and the car won't start *
* It's too damn hot, but I still gotta walk *
* Behind an old lady in the grocery line *
* Praying that my card won't get declined *
* *
* Ah, damn, oh, man, oh, man, oh, man *
* *
* Oh, man, oh, man, oh, man, oh, man *
* I got bills *
[cheers and applause]
[Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City's "Good Time"]
- Oh, that was amazing!
- * It's always a good time *
* Whoa *
- An excellent finish.
* *
That felt good?
- Yes, it felt good.
- OK.
Let me go to my friend Howie.
- Wow. That was so energetic, so raw.
And I think this is an amazing viral moment.
- * Cause it's always a good time *
- Heidi.
- It is incredible how many things
you could pile into these two minutes.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- From, like, having a lot of fun,
then all of a sudden, you got very, like, serious.
And then the fun came back. This was the perfect audition.
- * Always a good time *
* Good morning and good night *
- I agree with Heidi.
It was the perfect audition.
It started super fun, and then it got
better and better and better.
America's gonna love you guys.
- * Have to try *
* It's always a good time *
* Whoa *
- Careful now.
- * Whoa *
- What I loved about this, you didn't know
what was gonna happen next.
It was like you crammed everything possible
into that two minutes.
And every person in this audience
was feeling joy.
[cheers and applause]
That, I think, is so important.
Now we have to get to the really, really serious part.
Howie? - Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- You get a big, fat yes from me.
[cheering]
- Sofía?
- I'm not sure.
- What? - What?
[audience booing]
- I am completely sure. Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- OK.
That's one. That's two.
That's three. That is now four yeses.
Congratulations.
[cheers and applause]
- * We don't even have to try *
* It's always a good time. *
- Great job and thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- * We don't even have to try *
* It's always a good time *
* Whoa *
- I wish I could do that.
- You can, but then you'll go to the hospital after.
- Are you ready to come back and keep doing more
and more and more? Do your thing.
I love you guys.
- * It's always a good time *
- Coming up...
[energetic rock music]
- But it was sexy.
- The talent goes...
- Guys, guys, guys, guys.
The track was terrible.
- * Earn respect * - * Na, na, na, na *
- For gold. - You were born to do this.
- A lot could go wrong.
* *
- Oh, no.
[chicken clucking] - Ah!
* *
- * Who has been blown to *
- Ooh.
- So this is the beginning of maybe your forever.
[cheers and applause]
- * Uh-huh, you know me *
* *
- I'm Flewnt.
- And I'm Inkabi, and we're a father-son rap duo.
- When I had Inkabi, I was 16 years old.
Having him young, growing up with him,
it's been incredible.
- I could hear my dad, like, in the living room writing.
He asked me if I wanted to do the song.
So I was like, "Yeah, I would love to do the song.
Of course." Ay, yo, Dad!
When I wrote my first song, I was around seven years old.
Dad was doing the show, then he gave me the mic,
and I just, like, sang it to a little crowd.
- Videos went viral from it, and it was just crazy.
I was making music, but as we all know,
when you start making music, there's no money in it,
and it was really hard.
I did take a little bit of break.
Now the best music I've ever made
is because my son is by my side.
- "America's Got Talent", it's one of
the most important things of our life to just, like,
really get out there and show people what we've got.
- OK, here we go, folks. Here we go.
Grab your seats, please.
- We're back. - Here we go. Ten seconds.
- And we're back. - Aww.
[upbeat pop music]
- But don't worry about it, son.
We've done this plenty of times.
We practiced so much.
- We're ready for the next one.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, wow.
- That's a cool little duo.
- Welcome. - Hello.
Nice to meet you. - Hello.
So who are you?
- My name is Flewnt. - And I'm Inkabi.
- Hang on.
Your name is... - Flewnt.
- How do you spell it?
- Flewnt, so like, you know
when you're fluent in a language.
- Flowing? - Flowing?
- Flewnt. - Nah, Flewnt.
- Like me in English. - All right, OK, sorry.
- Flewnt. - Sorry, gosh.
Flewnt. Yes, and...
- Inkabi.
Yeah, my name is actually a central desert name,
which is from Australia.
I'm a First Nation Australian. And we're...
[cheers and applause]
My name was given to me by my...
[speaks indigenous language] Which is my grandpa.
And yeah, I've had it since I was born, so yeah.
- Wow. And so what brought you here?
- Well, hip-hop.
Like, hip-hop brought us all the way here.
[cheers and applause]
We're rappers, and we do--
we do songs together as father and son.
- Right. - And we bond over music.
- Aww. - That's incredible.
And is this something you do full-time
or do you have, like, a regular job?
- Yeah, yeah.
I work in the detention centers with our young people,
which is mostly First Nations people.
- Wow, OK.
And who makes the decisions on the songs?
- Yeah, we both make them together.
So, like, I might have an idea, and then he might have an idea,
and we just put them together and that makes a song.
- So that's a full collaboration.
- So are you doing an original song or a cover?
- We're doing an original,
something that we wrote together.
- The song's called "We That Good",
and it's about us just being that good.
[laughter]
- That's it. I love that.
Right, no more questions.
Let's hope this goes really well.
I've got a great feeling about you two.
Good luck. - Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah.
[Flewnt and Inkabi's "We That Good"]
* *
- * Welcome, everybody, to the wild, wild west *
- * I hit them with some darkness,
* Leave them all stressed * - * I'm on next *
- * Nah, I'm the one next *
- * Aight, Dad, just chill and we'll *
* Stick to the concept *
* Welcome, everybody in Atlantic time *
* Have a great time while you enjoy the rhymes *
- * Killer bee, bring the vibes *
* And we bring the shot, yeah *
- * You just squat and make sure that you hit a lot *
- * I been steady rocking on this mic for a minute *
* All up in the kitchen, making a few dishes *
- * OK *
- * Competition missing, I don't *
* Really see them stepping out *
* Most MCs don't step to us *
* That's because we running amok *
* Money, we be * - * Running it up *
- * Earn respect * - * Na, na, na, na *
- * Heard the sound * - * Once or twice *
- * Underground * - * Get out of the way *
- * I guess what they really saying is the movement gone *
-* But they ain't no one wants me on or it's game over *
* For anybody with the thought the contest *
* Dad, do the Khalid voice *
- * We the best *
[together] * We the ones to let you know *
* That we the ones to rock your show *
* That we the ones that's gots the flow, like *
* Yeah, yeah, yeah *
- * I mean, wait, Inkabi * - * Yo *
- * They saying an 11-year-old shouldn't be
* Doing what you doing * - * What? *
- * You know what? Just show them, my boy *
- * All right then *
* Well, here's something I'm liking to disprove *
* I'm entrenched, this is me *
* And that's my rhythm *
- Oh! - * Switching the button *
* I was born age 97 *
* It's been 96 years, and I just turned 11 *
- * Somebody call up the reverend *
* This kid's a weapon of mass destruction *
* Bullet with some butterfly wings *
* Where's the Smashing Pumpkins? *
* We crash your function and leave *
* You with tax reduction *
* So when we blowing up *
* Don't call it no gas combustion *
- * Yeah, I do * - * Do it *
- * Check this beat one, two *
* Everyone I know making moves *
* So switch smooth *
* Rhymes like this can't lose * - * Nah *
- * This is the life that I choose *
[together] * We the ones to let you know *
* That we the ones to rock your soul *
* That we the ones that's gots the flow like *
* Yeah, yeah, yeah *
* We that good *
[cheers and applause]
* We that good *
* *
* We that good *
[cheers and applause]
- Bravo!
[Rusted Root's "Send Me On My Way"]
Bravo!
* *
Bravo!
- * On my way *
* I would like to reach out my hand *
- My God.
- You are that good.
- Thanks. - Howie.
- Thank you. - Yeah, they that good.
- And you, you are just a superstar.
- Yay! - Yeah.
It's mesmerizing. You're stars.
- Yeah. - Thank you.
- Heidi.
- Inkabi, I wish I was half as cool as you are, really.
I mean, you're just so cool.
And both of you are just so adorable together.
I mean, it sounded great.
I loved it. - Yeah, thank you.
- I can't believe that you're 11 years old.
- Yeah. - You were born to do this.
- Thank you.
- And you have the coolest dad in the world.
- I know.
- I think you guys are gonna go
really far in this competition. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- I think we have just seen
what I call a moment.
Just the way you perform together,
it was mesmerizing. - Thank you.
- And I think you are gonna be the face
of so many things
because you're so cool.
* *
- * I would like to *
- All right. We got to vote.
Howie? - Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Second yes. - Yes.
- And that is your fourth yes.
[cheers and applause]
* *
- * Send me on my way *
* Send me on my way *
- Of course. Like, now.
- Now. Right? - Absolutely.
- How do you feel right now?
- Oh.
- I mean, he is a natural,
like an absolute, total little star.
* *
- * Give it to me *
[upbeat pop music]
[all cheering]
- * Give it to me *
- They say dress for the job you want,
and we want to go to Vegas.
- To see my name in lights,
like, on the Vegas strip would be--
that'd be crazy. - * I got the *
- That's the Mecca of entertainment, you know?
- That's where we're trying to make it to.
Right, baby? - I'm hoping.
- OK, here we go. - How are you?
Nice to meet you. - [screams]
Oh, my God! - Nice to meet you.
- The next act, ladies and gentlemen,
about to join us.
- Here we go. Ten seconds.
* *
- Five seconds. All right.
Here we go, folks. Here we go.
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome. Nice to meet you.
What's your name, please?
- My name is Florian Kohler. I'm also known as Venom.
I'm 35 years old, originally from France.
But I live in Las Vegas now, and I'm currently
the world champion for trick shots.
[cheers and applause]
- That's saying a lot.
- And this is like a worldwide competition?
- Yeah. Absolutely, yeah.
- OK. I don't think we've ever seen an act like this.
- No, we've never had a trick shot, and I love it.
I watch stuff like this online all the time.
- Yeah. I have seen something, yeah.
But I've never met a world champion.
This is brilliant.
So if you're the world champion,
why did you decide to come on this show?
I'm curious.
- You know, I do shows all over the world,
but I think it was time to do something a little big.
And, you know, it's always been kind of a dream of mine
to get the show in Vegas, and daily wouldn't be a bad thing.
Who knows?
"AGT" can actually make this a real thing.
- I get it. I get it. OK.
Well, look, I'm not gonna ask any more questions.
Good luck. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- This is gonna be amazing. He's the world champion.
- All right, so we're gonna start
with a little warm-up, OK?
I got this ball shaped as an egg.
Just watch. Don't ask me where I found it.
I just got it, OK?
What we're gonna do is we're gonna spin the egg.
The egg is gonna spin so quick,
it's gonna raise on its side and stand up for a little bit.
[dramatic music]
* *
Just like that.
While this is spinning, I'm gonna make
all the stripes in one shot.
[cheers and applause]
- That was cool.
- All right, warm-up is over.
Let's do the real stuff.
I need a volunteer slash victim,
I'm not too sure. I think it's got to be Heidi.
- Me? - Yeah, please come on up here.
- OK.
[Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay"]
- We love Heidi.
- So on the first one,
I want you to go on the table, OK?
[cheers and applause]
* *
- You mean like here? - Yeah, a little more this way.
- Ta-da.
[cheers and applause]
- She's such a model, isn't she?
- I know. - Right?
- All right, so cue ball around your head into the cue.
- * Just one more *
- OK.
- * Oh, won't you stay *
* Just a little bit longer *
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
- OK, so I want you to go on the table like this.
Then strike a pose like this.
- All right. I can do that.
- White ball here, here, boom, and hits into the one.
- I feel like it's too slow.
A lot of talking.
- Just like that.
- Thank you. [buzzer blaring]
[audience booing]
- I think we should bring some of the guys here.
Howie, if you may, please come here.
Terry as well.
All right, so I want both of you guys come here.
- OK. OK.
- How long is this gonna take?
- All right, so open your legs. A little more.
There you go. All right.
- Nothing has been happening.
[buzzer blaring]
- All right. Ready?
Cue ball inside the shoe.
One.
[cheers and applause]
Two.
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
[Pat Benatar's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"]
- * Hit me with your best shot *
- Wow.
- * Why don't you hit me with your best shot *
- He should've done that at the beginning.
- 100%. - Thank you, sir.
- * Hit me with your best shot *
* Fire away *
- That could have gone wrong, Howie.
- It's happened before.
[laughter]
- I appreciate what you were doing.
I know it's super difficult, but there was something
going on with the presentation.
Really did Heidi...
I mean, she looked spectacular, but she distracted us.
We were not looking at your ball.
[laughter]
- I don't disagree.
[laughter]
- I thought it was interesting because also,
I have never seen anything like this before.
Online, do people watch you at all?
- Absolutely, yeah.
I've over a billion views on internet.
- OK, nice.
- I'm one of those--
and probably a lot more than one--
of those billion views.
I watch this online.
I don't know that it plays well onstage,
but I can appreciate it.
- It felt like I was back at school.
You know how teachers talk and I switch off.
[audience booing]
- Yeah, I'm sorry. - It's all right.
- Come on. - Howie, yes or no?
- Listen, you're an amazingly talented guy.
But for "AGT" stage, it's a no.
- What? - Heidi.
- I kind of want to go with the crowd.
What did you guys think? I'll refuse to judge.
[cheers and applause]
- They like it.
- They liked it, and I liked being up there with you.
I'm gonna give you a yes. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- How would you make it interesting
if you were to go forward in two minutes?
- I think with the right choreographer,
a little bit of assistance,
I think we can actually make this right.
- I don't know.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes, yes, yes. - Work.
- Look, you're already a world champion.
You don't need advice from us.
I would think about how you make
that two minutes spectacular.
- Sure, yeah. - However, today it's a no.
So sorry.
- * Knock me down, it's all in vain *
- But that's two noes, so yeah,
you can't get through on that.
- I agree. For me, this is not for "AGT."
- OK. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- * Why don't you hit me with your best shot *
- Aw.
- * Hit me with your best shot *
- I really, truly believe that with the right help
from the show business,
we can make this a really good act.
I don't think they gave me the chance.
- But it's absolutely incredible, man.
What you do is one of a kind.
But I can see why you're the best in the world.
- Appreciate it. - Man, that was awesome.
Thank you so much, Venom.
- We need something more exciting.
- Yeah.
- Coming up...
- I can connect to every device with my mind.
[suspenseful music]
- Oh, my gosh.
[drone buzzing]
* *
- We have the next act on standby.
- Let me know when you're ready.
- My name is Massimo Bertaccini,
and I'm an inventor, writer, and entrepreneur.
I discovered the way to transfer my brainwaves
to any electronical device.
This is an EEG scanner.
When I activate that, I can connect to this circuit
with a computer.
I am here today because I want to show to the world
that with this technology, we can become superior.
I have a competitor, a very strong,
strong competitor, and I don't think
you have a competitor here
who can control the computer with a brain.
- [bleep].
- There is no one who can do what I do in the world.
- All right, here we go.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
What is your name?
- My name is Massimo Bertaccini,
and I am a scientist.
- A scientist?
- Yes. I can connect to every device with my mind.
- Is that why you have this thing on your head?
- Exactly, yeah.
- Wow.
Go ahead.
[suspenseful music]
- Is that a drone?
* *
[drone buzzing]
[buzzer blaring]
[audience booing]
- You don't really believe this, do you?
[audience booing]
[buzzer blaring]
[upbeat pop music]
- * Never try to catch a butterfly *
* *
* If you hold your hands around its wings *
* It'll die *
[audience booing]
- Right.
You know, when I go to certain toy shops in London,
and if I take Eric, my son, shopping,
there's always somebody in there demonstrating drones.
This act was like that.
- This is the biggest stage in the world.
It's a big competition.
- Yeah, exactly.
That was a little bit small.
- * Ciao, ciao, and the winds are getting colder *
- I'm gonna have to say no. - I'm giving you a no.
- Sorry. - Sorry.
- Thank you. - * Au revoir *
* It's been fun, but I have to go *
- The technology is great.
I don't know if it's for "AGT."
- * Adios *
* I'll always remember you, my love *
* *
- Hi.
- What is that?
- My name is Daniel Simu, and this is my partner, Robin.
- Robin? - Robin.
- Let's go, Robin!
- Yeah, Robin! - OK.
And where are you from?
- I'm from the Netherlands. - Oh, wow.
And did you build that robot?
- I built it myself. - What got you into that?
- I performed with humans for most of my life,
but they're flimsy. Sometimes they get injured.
And they go out, they disappear,
or they move to another country.
- But the new partner can't get injured and things?
- Yes.
Well, actually, the last run through I did,
both the arms broke off-- this is no joke--
like, just half an hour ago,
but I think we can pull it through.
- Oh, my gosh. - You think you can win this?
- I think the robot can win this.
[cheers and applause]
- I wish you the best of luck. - Cheers, thanks.
[cheers and applause]
- I don't think that's the best looking robot I've ever seen.
- No.
- * Go *
[Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet"]
* Everybody move your feet *
* And feel united *
* Oh *
- * Everybody move your feet and feel united *
- Yes!
* *
- * We going downtown *
* *
* We going downtown *
[buzzer blaring]
- * Don't, don't, don't, don't stop the beat *
* I can't, can't, can't control my feet *
- * Go *
[cheers and applause]
* Everybody move your feet *
* And feel united *
- Whoa!
- * Oh *
* *
* Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing my song *
* And you, you, you, you can sing along *
* Just put, put, put, put my record on *
* And all of your troubles are dead and gone *
* Don't stop * - * Don't stop *
- * Don't stop the beat, I can't stop *
- * Can't stop * - * Can't stop the beat *
* I won't stop * - * Won't stop *
* Won't stop the beat *
* Go *
* Everybody move your feet *
* And feel united *
- Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
[Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"]
- * Oh, I wanna dance with somebody *
- Robin is a star!
[cheers and applause]
* I wanna feel the heat with somebody *
- Let's go, Robin! - Let's get a pic.
- * Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody *
- Oh, my gosh.
That was incredibly surprising.
I totally disagree with Heidi.
- It was reminding me of myself when I was trying
to put my kid's stroller together.
- I'm glad it was relatable. - Yes.
[laughter]
- I think this is not easy to do all this choreography,
and it was, like, impeccable.
You did a great job, and it was fun, and I loved it.
- Oh, thank you.
- I agree. Yeah.
- This, I thought, was hilarious.
[cheers and applause]
I started to believe that the robot was like a human,
even though it doesn't look like a human.
[laughter]
- Oh, here you go. Yep.
- She's kind of hitting on me there.
* *
I was kind of thinking if we went further,
loads of these robots dancing with you at the same time.
- Is that the dream? - Yes, that's my dream.
- With $1 million, I can make it happen.
- She's falling over.
- You are so interesting, and so unique,
and so surprising. I can't wait to see more.
I'm gonna start with your first yes.
- * Somebody who *
- I love this.
- Sofía. - Yes.
* To hold me *
- I think you are at the beginning stages
of something that could potentially be interesting.
So for me, it's a no.
[audience booing]
- Dude, come on. Heidi!
- I think this is one of the funniest things
I've seen all year.
It's three yeses, you're through.
- * Oh, I wanna dance with somebody *
* I want to feel the heat with somebody *
- I think it was really cool.
- This sort of dance. Fun.
And then technology...
I've never seen anything like that.
- Yeah. - * Somebody who loves me *
- Why can he not leave by itself?
- Why does that bother you?
* *
They're a team.
- Wow, Heidi, you are really difficult to please.
- Ask my husband.
* *
[upbeat pop music]
- What's your talent? - My talent is singing.
* *
- Today could be the start of something new
that could just change my life.
- Imagine, like, in just one moment,
just everything can change. - Yeah.
- Like, everything.
- Everything you've worked for,
like, everything is leading up to this.
- I've put in eight years of this already,
and I want to keep doing it, and I don't want to give up.
- * Anything could be *
- What's your name? - Steph.
- Steph? - Yeah.
- Where are you from? - I'm from Ireland.
It's tough in Ireland to kind of-- to break out
and to be able to take risks.
But I have this one song that I just really, really want
to get to as many people as possible, I think.
You know? - Yeah.
- This is gonna be music.
- No, seriously?
- No, you can tell because there's a piano.
After 15 seasons, I got this down, Simon.
- No, but seriously, really smart.
- * Anything can happen *
* Anything can happen *
* Anything can *
- Good evening. - Hello.
- How are you?
- A little nervous, but also very nervous.
- What is your name?
My name is Stephanie Rainey.
- How old are you?
- I'm 36.
- I'm guessing you're gonna sing for us tonight.
- I am.
- And for how long you've been doing this?
- Oh, since I was probably 18.
- Is this your first time, like,
attempting to be in a competition like "AGT"?
- Yeah, I've had a very kind of
roller-coaster career, I would say.
This song that I'm gonna play for you today
has had quite a big moment in the past,
and we made it in just a tiny room
and put it up one Monday morning,
and it just-- by the end of the day,
it had a million views. - What? Wow.
- And then I signed a deal after the song came out.
I think I probably didn't fully know
who I was back when I signed that deal.
The journey from then until now has been hard.
It's a tough industry, you know?
- Yeah. - You have to be resilient.
And I think sometimes when the downs come,
you have to be willing to pick yourself back up.
- Yeah. - And so here I am.
- The song is called...
- It's called Please Don't Go."
I wrote it about losing my nephew
when I was a teenager. He was about to turn one.
It was the day before his first birthday,
and he passed away. - Oh, sorry.
- And it took me a long time to write a song about it.
Honestly, I was about to give up music.
So I was like, "I want to make something
for me that I believe in."
So this song means more to me
than I can actually, like, even describe.
[applause]
- Good for you for doing that and not giving up.
I do know how difficult the music business is.
There's so many great people who are giving up,
and that's why a platform like this
is still really, really important.
- Absolutely.
- And who do you play with?
- My best friend, Sarah.
She's here with me today, and she's been on
every single step of this journey with me
from the very beginning. - OK.
Well, look, we're rooting for you.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[Stephanie Rainey's "Please Don't Go']
* *
* I hold your hand *
* Till it goes cold *
* I hold my tears until you go *
* With all the life that leaves you bones *
* It sucks the purpose from my own *
* Oh *
* *
* Please don't go *
* *
* I've kept my own side *
* Of the bed *
* *
* Thinking you'll be home again *
* *
* I hold myself so I can sleep *
* *
* My pillow holds the screams I need *
* *
* Oh *
* *
* Please don't go *
* *
* So lay yourself down on my chest *
* *
* Cause I know how to hold you best *
* *
* I'll keep you through these last few breaths *
* *
* And kiss and love you till the end *
* *
* Oh *
* *
* Please don't go *
* *
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
- Bravo!
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo!
- * I hold your hand till it goes cold *
* *
* I hold my tears *
- Stephanie, that was such
a beautiful, heartfelt song.
You can tell what you went through.
It was very simple and perfect.
[cheers and applause]
- Very few acts move people.
And that was one of the most relatable,
emotional moments we've had on season 19,
so thank you so much.
- Oh, yeah.
Your voice sounded amazing on this stage.
It was just a real special moment.
Well done. - Thank you.
- Of all the new songs I've heard this year,
this is the best by a mile.
[cheers and applause]
And even though it's about something really sad,
it's real.
And your voice is beautiful.
A lot of people are gonna resonate
with that song and you.
I absolutely love this.
- Thank you so much.
* I love you more *
- Stephanie, I'm gonna give you your first yes.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm also gonna give you a yes.
- * You've got a *
- Yes.
- * Home inside my soul *
- I'm gonna give you about 4,000 yeses.
- * Oh *
* *
* Please don't go *
* *
- That was what I call a moment.
That song is so beautiful.
Thank you so much for coming over.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- * Please don't go *
- Coming up...
- Howie, I'm gonna have you removed.
- Oh, no. - What?
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. Oh! - Wow.
- Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
[buzzer blaring]
[audience chanting] Simon! Simon! Simon! Simon!
[cheers and applause]
- Take your two minutes and make the most of it.
[cheers and applause]
- All right, let's get to the audio,
get you mic'd up.
- We got ten seconds, thank you.
[upbeat music]
[cheers and applause]
- Good evening.
Welcome. - Twinsies.
- And who are you, please?
- So I'm Derek. - And I'm Alex.
We're twin brothers, and we are DaksDominoes.
- OK, what is this going to be?
- You say dominoes?
- Yeah, dominoes. - Dominoes.
- Those little things?
- Yep, like domino toppling.
Set them up, knock them down. - OK.
And where are you from, please?
- We're from a small town in Iowa called Sioux Center.
- How old are you both? - We're both 23.
- OK, and why did you decide to enter the show, please?
- So we first got into dominoes watching previous acts
in "America's Got Talent." - Oh, cool.
[cheers and applause]
That's what got--
and do you play dominoes all the time?
- Oh yeah, definitely. - OK.
Do you think a domino act could win "AGT"?
- 100%.
A lot of people don't really know
what can be done with dominoes.
- Well, they just fall over.
[laughter]
- We're gonna be setting up thousands of them.
- Oh, OK. - Have you set any records?
- We actually have two world records.
[cheers and applause]
- OK, well, look, you kind of told us
what you're doing, but we still love surprises,
so good luck with this.
[cheers and applause]
- So one thing that actually does need to happen
is that we're gonna need all of you guys just to leave.
- Hang on. Leave? - What?
- Yep. - All of us?
- Right now? - Yep, everyone.
- What? - Yes.
Yes, OK. - Here comes Terry.
What's going on?
- It's going to take them all night to build
what they're going to build. - What?
And we do need everyone to go home
and then come back when it's all set up.
Thank you so much. We'll see you tomorrow.
[cheers and applause]
[quirky music]
- All right.
- I guess I'll be out of here.
I'll let you guys get back to work,
and I'll see you tomorrow. - All right.
Thank you, guys.
Go on out there. I'll see you later.
- So folks onstage, if you're not working,
let's clear, please.
[dramatic music]
- We're gonna be here for about 13, 14 hours.
We're using 10,000 dominoes.
- Hopefully, we can build them all in the amount
of time we have.
* *
Domino building doesn't seem that intense,
but it definitely can be.
* *
While we're building, there's a lot
that can go wrong.
Obviously, if we knock one down,
the whole setup would come down.
Even the wind as people are walking in,
that could pose a risk.
* *
- Well, we've been working here all night.
We're pretty tired.
- An hour? OK.
One hour, Alex. - Holy cow.
- We're twins, so obviously, we bicker with each other
quite a bit, especially when we're building all night.
* *
Alex, what are you doing? - Yeah, one sec.
- No, we don't have time to do that.
- Yeah, I usually boss him around a little bit
with the dominoes.
Are you gonna center the horizontal dominoes?
- No, you don't need to center them.
It literally does nothing.
- Whatever.
- You need to just calm down. It'll be fine.
[indistinct radio chatter]
- Show is starting in 30 minutes.
Let's get ready to open those doors.
- Is that the last connection we have to do?
- I think so.
- Make sure everything's connected.
I just have to be really careful because
if I accidentally set one of these off,
a bunch of lines are gonna go,
and I'm not gonna have time to rebuild it.
[cheers and applause]
- Last one here. - Nice.
- OK, just make sure before you put it in
that it's not a bad domino. OK?
So we just finished, and I'm feeling
pretty excited, but also nervous
because you never know what could happen.
Anything could go wrong.
Having this opportunity to perform
on "America's Got Talent" definitely means a lot to us.
- Both of us work in marketing.
This is like a side hustle for us,
but it would really be a dream come true
to be able to do this full-time.
- We love posting videos online,
and we love seeing other people's reactions
and other people's comments on our videos as well,
but can't really think of any stage bigger than "AGT."
I think this is the biggest thing we could do.
- Come on in, guys. Walk very quietly.
We have a very delicate act today, please.
Thank you.
[tense music]
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Please be advised, we have
a sound sensitive act on stage.
- This is one of the biggest setups we've ever done.
- Our goal here is to win the whole show.
We only got one shot at it.
It could really change our life if this all goes well.
[Henry Mancini's "The Pink Panther Theme"]
- Hi, everybody.
Welcome to our show.
We have a very delicate domino situation here.
Just the slightest vibration could set this thing off, OK?
Do not put your hands together
for Howie Mandel,
Heidi Klum, Sofía Vergara,
and Simon Cowell.
* *
- Don't touch the desk when you go up.
Nice and slow.
* *
- Hello. How are you?
- Pretty good. How are you?
- OK. I don't want to talk.
Oh, shut up.
I don't want to talk too loudly.
How long did it take to set this up?
- We spent all night building this.
- What are the chances it could go wrong?
- Um, a lot could go wrong.
Hopefully when it goes from start to end,
it all works in one try.
- OK, so if one of these little things goes wrong,
this has been a complete waste of time?
- Yeah, pretty much. - Yep.
- Literally everyone in this theater
is rooting for you. Good luck.
[tense music]
- Yeah.
- All right.
- Try not to move. - Shh!
- Howie, I'm gonna have you removed.
* *
[cups clatter]
[audience gasping]
- Oh, no. - Oh!
- Oh, no.
- If one of these little things goes wrong,
your 20 hours has been a complete waste of time.
- Pretty much.
[tense music]
* *
[cups clatter]
[audience gasping]
- Oh, no. - Oh!
- Oh, no.
- What was that? - What was it?
- The cups right there. - Who was it?
* *
- The paper cups toppled over.
It was almost a disaster.
- And you did it?
- You want to pull the cups?
- Shh, shh.
* *
[sparse cheering]
- Are we OK still?
Are we OK still?
- I'm not even gonna put it back.
- Don't put them back. Don't put them back.
It's a sign.
* *
- [sighs] - Howie?
- What? - Here we go.
So the boys are gonna count you in.
- I'm ready. - We're ready.
- Don't mess up. No pressure.
- OK. Audience, join in.
Five, four,
three, two, one.
Go.
[Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now"]
- * Don't stop me * - Oh!
- * Cause I'm having a good time *
* Having a good time * - Here it goes!
* I'm a super star leaping through the sky *
* Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity *
- Where is it? - I don't know.
There. There.
* *
* Burning through the sky, yeah *
* 200 degrees, that's why *
* They call me Mister Fahrenheit *
- Wow.
Whoa! - Whoa.
- * Make a supersonic man out of you *
* Don't stop me * - Wow.
- * Don't stop me, don't stop me *
* Don't stop me, don't stop me *
* Ooh, ooh, ooh *
* Don't stop me now *
* I'm having such a good time *
* I'm having a ball *
* Don't stop me now *
* If you wanna have a good time *
* Just give me a call *
* Don't stop me now *
* Cause I'm having a good time *
* Don't stop me now *
* Yes, I'm having a good time *
* I don't wanna stop at all *
- It's coming this way.
-* Don't stop me *
* Don't stop me, don't stop me *
* Such a good time *
* Don't stop me, don't stop me *
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- * I don't wanna stop at all *
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
[Jessie J's "Domino"]
- * Rock my world into the sunlight *
* Take me down like I'm a domino *
* Every second is a highlight *
* When we touch, don't ever *
- Did you set any kind of record?
Is this close to a record? Is this--
- This one isn't a record,
but we have set records in the past.
- And if you are lucky enough to continue on this show
and come back, is your intention to break a record?
- Yes, we would love to be super ambitious
and to break a record. Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Sofía.
- It's definitely something that shows how difficult it is.
It is something special.
I don't think anyone can do this kind of stuff.
[cheers and applause]
I mean, it was super entertaining.
- Yes. - Thank you.
- Heidi.
- I can't say that I'm super excited about
what I just saw, to be honest with you.
[crowd groaning] - Oh.
- Maybe for young kids, it's like a fun thing
to try and do at home.
- Boo!
- This is a million-dollar act.
Is this something that people would want
to go and see in Las Vegas? I don't know.
That's the question mark I have right now.
- I don't think everything on this show is about Vegas.
It's about seeing things we've never seen before.
- Yes, I agree.
- Exactly.
- And I can even argue that maybe this is
a million-dollar prize. I thought it was brilliant.
- * Take me down like I'm a domino *
- Thank you. - Absolutely.
[cheers and applause]
- OK, we're gonna vote.
* *
Howie, yes or no?
- Yes. - Thank you.
- Thank you, Howie. Thank you.
- Sofía.
- I want to say yes. - Thank you.
Thank you.
- I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
It's a yes.
Heidi.
- I need the group to judge on this one.
That is you guys. Is that a yes or no?
- Yes!
[cheers and applause]
[crowd chanting] Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!
- So you have a yes from me.
- Thank you, Heidi. - Thank you.
- They said yes.
- Thank goodness. - Yeah, you got four yeses.
- * Rock my world into the sunlight *
* Make this dream the best I've ever known *
* *
- This is amazing. - It's incredible.
* *
- You guys deserve all the love.
DaksDominoes. God bless you, man.
Go get some sleep.
- * Like I'm a domino *
- Coming up...
- Whoa!
- I have not seen anything like this.
- You were born to do this.
- Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
I'm gonna do something which I think is gonna help you.
[cheers and applause]
- Auditions for next season are officially open.
- I think America is gonna love you.
- Go to AGTauditions.com.
Send us your performance today.
* *
- Are you guys ready for your next act?
[cheers and applause]
- My name is Maya Neelakantan.
I am ten years old, and I love music.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
- You sure?
- I've once played in front of a small classroom.
There was only 50 people there.
But this is a stage watched by 10 million people.
- Papa, look at that camera.
Look at that camera.
- My biggest dream is to create my own music,
so I'm just gonna go, and I'm gonna play it.
- Hiya, guys.
Hello, everyone.
What do you think?
- Amazing. - OK, here we go.
Grab your seats, please.
[cheers and applause]
[bright music]
- Good evening, beautiful girl.
How are you?
- I'm doing good. - Use the mic.
Put the mic near your mouth. - Oh.
I'm doing great. How are you?
- We're great.
So tell us a little bit about yourself.
- Well, my name is Maya. I'm ten years old.
- Wow. - Ten?
ten years old? - I'm ten, yes.
- A baby.
- Boy, that's crazy.
- So I'm from Chennai, which is in India.
- Wow.
- I love India.
- How long have you been doing this?
- Well, I've been playing guitar
since I was six years old.
- Why did you learn how to play the guitar?
Is it something that comes, you know, in your family?
- Well, my dad, he plays guitar as a hobby.
He's not a musician.
And then he was teaching me how to self-learn
from YouTube tabs and all these things.
- Oh, my God. Good for you.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Do you go some places and play,
or are you just learning? It's just a hobby now?
- Well, this is the first time I'm ever on a stage.
- Oh, wow. - Oh my God.
- Wow. - Oh, wow.
[cheers and applause]
- Are you nervous?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- You don't have to be nervous.
We can't wait to hear you.
Go ahead.
[cheers and applause]
- She's ten years old.
I mean, she's Eric's age.
I mean, that's crazy.
[soft guitar music]
* *
[intense rock music]
* *
- Whoa!
* *
- Wow.
* *
- Oh!
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
[Joan Jett's "I Love Rock N' Roll"]
* *
- That was amazing.
- Maya, are you sure you're ten years old?
- I think so.
- I mean, your energy, your confidence,
a perfect audition. Amazing.
- Thank you so much.
- Howie.
- You said you were watching on YouTube.
Your inspirations, who inspired you?
- One is Adam Jones from Tool.
Also, Gary Holt, who's the guitarist
of Exodus and Slayer.
- Well, I think you just picked yourself up a viral moment.
- Thank you so much.
- * I love rock and roll *
* So put another dime *
- Heidi.
- I think you are absolutely incredible.
Also that you're that gutsy.
Everyone in this room really love what you just did.
You should be very, very proud of yourself.
- Thank you so much.
- Simon.
- I was about your age when I tried to learn the guitar.
It is one of the most difficult instruments
in the world, so I gave up. Actually, no.
Actually, my teacher gave up on me.
- Oh, no.
- You know what I love about this audition?
We just weren't expecting this.
You were so shy, and you're ten.
And then you turned into, like, this rock goddess.
[cheers and applause]
And, you know, that is, I believe, now the beginning
of a career,
which I always say, make noise amongst the noise,
and you just did that.
- Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
- Maya, we're gonna start voting.
I'm gonna give you your first yes.
Simon. - You know it's a yes.
- Heidi.
- Third yes. Howie.
- Four yeses!
- * I love rock and roll *
* So put another dime in the jukebox, baby *
* I love rock and roll *
* So come and take your time and dance with me *
- Maya, you did it.
That was so good.
- For ten years old, that's crazy.
- She is really, really good.
- Yeah.
- Do you think you could have learned something like that?
- No. - No?
- * Come and take your time and dance with me *
[cheers and applause]
- We are ready for the next group
of auditioners to the stage.
Have fun. Good luck.
[upbeat music]
- Numbers 425 and below.
* *
- How are we doing? Good?
Are we ready?
[cheers and applause]
- OK. It's time, CPA.
Get on up.
All right, roll on out there.
- Wow.
- Hello.
We said, wow, wow, wow,
and you haven't even started yet.
Who are you guys?
- We are artistic skating group from Girona, Spain.
- What is the age range?
- From 17 to 29.
- So it's this all roller skating,
dancing, kind of thing? - Yeah.
- Like, we combine tricks and roller skating.
- Do you think you can win?
- We'll try to, yeah.
Like, we are former world champions.
- OK. - Oh, wow.
The stage is yours.
- Thank you. - Good luck.
- Wow.
[Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire"]
* *
- * Hate to give the satisfaction *
* Asking how you're doing now *
* How's the castle built off people *
* You pretend to care about? *
* Just what you wanted *
* Look at you *
* Cool guy, you got it *
* *
* Every girl I ever talked to *
* Told me you were bad, bad news *
* You called them crazy *
* God, I hate the way I called them crazy too *
* You're so convincing *
- Whoa. - Wow.
- * How do you lie without flinching? *
* How do you lie, how do you lie, how do you lie? *
* Oh, what a mesmerizing, paralyzing, *
* tragic little thrill *
* Can't figure out just how you do it *
* And God knows I never will *
* Went for me and not her *
* Cause girls your age know better *
* I've made some real big mistakes *
* But you make the worst *
* The way you sold me for parts *
* As you sunk your teeth into me *
* Oh, bloodsucker *
- Whoa! - * Dream crusher *
* Bleeding me dry like a damn vampire *
* *
* You said it was true love *
* But wouldn't that be hard? *
* You can't love anyone cause that *
* Would mean you had a heart *
* I tried to help you out *
* Now I know that I can't *
* Cause how you think's the kind of thing *
* I'll never understand *
* *
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat pop music]
* *
- You're like the Rockettes.
You like the Rockettes on roller skates.
I thought it was really beautiful.
I have not seen anything like this.
[cheers and applause]
So fun to watch.
Did you like it, Howie?
- Truth is, I've been watching roller skating a lot online.
I don't think that you reached the level
of what I've been seeing in this world.
- Really?
[audience booing]
- I am not looking at this thing like he is.
I thought you guys were doing an amazing job.
It was beautiful.
- I thought the first half was really interesting,
and then it was like a bunch of girls roller skating.
[audience booing]
- Let's vote.
Sofía.
- I'm gonna say yes.
- I'm also going to give you a yes.
- I'm gonna say no. - OK.
[audience booing]
- I'm giving you your second no.
- OK. - Thanks.
- I'm sorry, girls. - It's OK.
- Thank you. Bye.
* *
- Whoa! - Oh!
- Is that a chicken?
- Oh, my God, a chicken.
[cheers and applause]
- What is your name?
- I am Jo, and this is my good friend, Curry.
- Where are you from? - We are coming from Belgium.
- Yeah.
- You brought your chicken from Belgium?
- Yeah.
We could fly together because she's
my emotional supporting pet.
- Aww.
- We've been together for seven years now.
It's like she's the only chicken
that can come in my house.
We sometimes eat together.
We watch "AGT" together.
- Chicken's favorite show.
- We even take a bath.
- You take a bath with your chicken?
- Yes, yes.
- Do you have a wife, too? - I do.
I have a girlfriend.
- And has she ever walked in
on you in the tub with your chicken?
- Well...
[laughter]
- And you have only one chicken?
- I have five chickens at home,
but she's the only one that I have a special connection with.
Curry, she can really sense what I'm feeling,
and she can do mind reading because she's
so sensitive to everything I do.
[cheers and applause]
- All right. Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Let's see what the chicken can do.
- In order for Curry to read your minds,
she likes to come closer.
[cheers and applause]
[mysterious music]
Hi. - Hi.
- Hi.
- Curry is feeling a strong connection to each one of you.
Howie? - Yes.
- She likes you to hold out your hands.
Yes. Whatever happens, don't move.
- Whatever happens, don't move?
Oh!
- It's yours. - He got a egg.
- Now, Curry really wants each one of you
to think about something you're scared about.
Write it down and then pass all the papers to Simon.
And Curry, don't look.
[laughter]
Please give them to Simon and he will mix them up.
- Right. - You got it?
- I've got it. - Thank you.
Simon? - Yes?
- Think about your fear, and then look...
wow. Simon. Simon.
- Yes? - Think less about your fear.
A bit less. - OK.
I'm not thinking of it. I'm not thinking of it.
- I think the chicken's scared of Simon.
- Curry can feel the fear.
- Simon, please. - Yeah?
- Think about your fear-- not strongly--
and then look into her eyes.
[laughter]
[dramatic music]
* *
- OK. - Thank you.
Curry, she cannot talk, so she will show us.
If, Simon, you thought about dark oceans,
a fear for flying, a fear for drowning,
or a fear for giant spiders.
Curry, what is Simon thinking about?
* *
She's pointing to giant spiders.
Was this your fear, Simon?
- Yes. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- It really was.
- Curry got it right.
- Now, Sofía, can you please channel
all the energy of your fear towards your hands
and then pet her gently?
* *
- [laughs] - Beautiful.
- Curry likes you to make it even harder.
You can turn over the papers and mix them up
as much as you like.
* *
She picked on one paper.
What was your fear?
- Dark oceans.
- Dark oceans?
Dark oceans!
- Oh my goodness gracious.
The chicken is smarter than me.
[cheers and applause]
- What?
- Curry does not need to read
any more minds because, Howie...
- What?
- She's been thinking about you all day long.
She knew which fear you would pick
before you even thought about it.
Howie, can you please open up her egg?
- Open an egg?
* *
- There's a word in here. Hang on.
- No. - There is.
[gasps]
- What's it say?
- It says drowning.
- Was this your fear?
- This is my fear. Check my card.
- Yes, thank you.
- Jo! - Yes, thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- Drowning.
- That was pretty good. - That's amazing.
- * You better think *
* Think *
* Think about what you're trying to do to me *
* Think *
- Curry! Curry!
- * Set me free *
- How did he do it?
- That was amazing.
- This chicken needs to be famous.
I loved how the chicken knew everything except mine,
but I loved it.
- She has something special for you in the next round.
- She does? - Yes.
- Sofía.
- I love the chicken.
[laughter]
- I love the chicken, too.
- Simon.
- Well, I like you.
And I think what you did was very original.
I mean, that was magic.
Impossible to do what you just did.
- Yeah.
- Without having magic powers, seriously.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- I agree with what everybody's saying,
and I think young and old alike will like this.
So let's vote. I'll give you your first yes.
- Thank you.
- I say yes to the chicken and you.
- Three yeses. - Thank you.
- Make that four yeses.
- Four yeses.
Thank you so much.
- Yeah!
[Aretha Franklin's "Think]
- Curry's fifth yes!
- * I need you *
* Without each other, there ain't nothing people can do *
* Oh, think *
* Think about it, oh *
* Think about it *
- Coming up...
- Wow!
That was the coolest thing I've seen today.
- Everything you did was amazing.
- You just nailed that.
[cheers and applause]
- Bags are packed and we're ready to go to Los Angeles.
Let's go!
[all cheering]
- Come on, let's go. - Bye!
[upbeat music]
- Glad we're flying.
* *
- Finally, we are here at...
[together] "America's Got Talent"!
[all cheering]
- Let's go! - OK.
Here we go, folks.
- This is it.
- Bring us the next one.
* *
- Hello.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
* *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Hello, everyone. Hello.
- Who are you?
- We are the L6 from the Philippines.
- All the way from the Philippines?
That's really far.
- We are five siblings and our niece.
- Oh, wow. - Oh, wow.
- So what do you do in the Philippines?
- We do have a small business selling gowns and clothes
in the Philippines.
- If you did very well and you won a million dollars,
what would you do with it?
- We will buy a big, big house for the family
because in the Philippines, we rented a small house.
- How many people live in the house?
- We are ten siblings, and my sister has four children.
- All in one house? - Yes.
And our dream is to buy a big house
so that we can be comfortable.
- Yeah.
- What-- what is the dream?
- This is our mother's dream, our late mother's dream.
- Oh.
- And before she passed away,
her dream for us is to perform on "America's Got Talent",
and this is it now.
- You know, we're all rooting for you.
Best of luck.
- Come on. Be good. Be good.
- Yes, please.
[Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"]
* *
- * When I was young *
* I never needed anyone *
* *
[together] * And making love *
* Was just for fun *
* Those days are gone *
* *
- * All by myself *
* *
- OK. - * Don't want to be *
- All right, guys, guys, guys, guys,
guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
[audience booing]
Everyone, I want to say something.
There are a lot of singing groups.
[audience booing]
I'm gonna do something which I think is gonna help you.
Lose the track.
OK? Because in my opinion,
the track was terrible.
And there aren't that many great acapella groups,
and I think you've got the potential
to be a great acapella group.
[cheers and applause]
- They got this. Come on, L6.
- How do they keep the tempo?
That's gonna be hard for them.
- Oh, my God. I'd be so nervous.
[cheers and applause]
- * When I was young *
* I never needed anyone *
[together] * And making love *
* Was just for fun *
* Those days *
* Are gone *
* All by myself *
* Don't want to be *
* All by myself *
* Anymore *
[cheers and applause]
- * All by *
* Myself *
* Don't want to be *
- * All by myself *
- All of them amazing! - * Anymore *
- Wow! What?
[together] * All by myself *
* Don't want to be *
* All by myself *
- * Don't wanna live by myself *
* By myself anymore *
- * All by myself *
* Don't wanna be *
* By myself *
[together] * Don't want to live *
* By myself anymore *
* By myself *
- * Any *
[together] * More *
- Wow!
[cheers and applause]
[Whitney Houston's "I Didn't Know my Own Strength"]
- Good job.
* *
- * Lost touch with my soul *
* I had nowhere to turn *
* I had nowhere to go *
* Lost sight of my dream *
* Thought it would be the end of me *
- Wow.
Simon?
- You can tell instantly, this is a great singing group.
- Amazing.
[cheers and applause]
- How you just took on everything without the track,
you were more unique.
It was more special.
It was more memorable.
And you just absolutely nailed that.
- * I didn't know my own strength *
* And I crashed down *
* And I tumbled *
- I'm so happy for them
- Sofía?
- The boss is always right.
Your voices didn't need all that noise behind you.
I think you guys are great,
and people are gonna love you.
I love you.
They love you.
- We love you.
- Everyone was so important in this song,
how you melded together.
You didn't get startled after Simon raised his hand.
I mean, some people probably would just run off, you know?
And you just took it as a champ.
And, yes, he was right. It sounded amazing.
Well done. - Thank you.
- Yeah, you are great at harmonizing.
And each one of you has much to offer as the next.
As soon as you took the music away,
it was brilliant.
- Yeah. - Wild.
- So we should start by voting.
I'm giving you your first yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Second yes.
- Yes!
- Simon? - What do we think?
[cheers and applause]
It's unanimous. Four yeses.
- Thank you so much!
- * I didn't know my own strength *
* Survived my darkest hour *
* My faith kept me alive *
* Kept me alive *
- They're all crying.
- * I hold my head up high *
* I was not built to break *
- Their mother's here. - Yeah, that's good.
- * I didn't know my own strength *
* *
- They're relieved that it went well.
- I know, right?
- It's so scary when Simon stops them.
It's usually so scary. - Yes.
- How do you feel?
- If our mother is here right now,
I know that she's very, very proud of us.
- Yes.
- Just-- this is spiritual.
- * I got to know my own strength *
- * This is where our dreams begin *
[upbeat pop music]
- When I woke up this morning,
I was about to get up and just, like, run here.
- Just imagine what it's gonna be like
if it all goes really well.
- It honestly feels like a dream.
- * There's a hope *
* There's a spark *
- I still get nervous, actually.
I do have kind of that butterfly thing.
Yeah, so I get a little in my head.
- I just wanted to make sure that I showed up
as my best self.
- I'm incredibly lucky to be here.
- It's "America's Got Talent",
one of the most watched shows in the world.
My dream is to perform around the world.
That would be, like, the top of the top,
if I'm being honest.
- * This is where the time *
- Let's give it up for our last act, everybody.
- One more, guys.
- Here we go.
- * Where it all begins *
- This is what I do. I don't have a plan B.
"AGT" could definitely help me.
It means the world to be here.
- All right. It's time.
Go right on out there. It's OK.
* *
- * This is where our dreams begin *
[cheers and applause]
- Hi. - Hi.
- Who are you?
- My name's Zac. - Hi, Zac.
Where are you from, Zac?
- I'm from Sydney, Australia.
- Oh, good day, mate. Hello.
I love Australia.
- Yeah, it's a beautiful place. - Yeah.
Isn't it amazing when you walk in here?
You were just taking it all in.
- It's incredible. There's a lot of people.
- Have you ever performed in front of so many people before?
- No, definitely not.
- How old are you, Zac?
- I'm 17. - OK.
- Aw, a baby.
- So I see already there is a mat on here.
You will be probably doing some amazing dance performance.
- Yes, that's-- you're right. I am.
- [laughs]
- Who is going to be your first phone call
if it goes well today? - My mom, for sure.
- Yes? - Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
- Zac, I wish you good luck.
- Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
- Lights out.
- Ooh. - How's that?
- Ooh, I'm excited for this. - Whoo!
- Three, two... - What's that?
- That's Zac.
[NF's "Hope"]
- * Hope *
* *
* 30 years, you've been dragging *
* your feet telling me I'm the reason we're stagnant *
* 30 years, you've been claiming you're honest *
* And promising progress * - That's so cool.
- * Well, where's it at? *
* I don't want you to feel like a failure *
* Now it's my turn *
* So without further ado *
* I'd like to introduce my *
- * My album * - * My album *
- * My album *
- * Hope *
* What's my definition of success? *
* Listening to what your heart says *
* Standing up for what you know is *
* Right when everybody else is *
* Tucking their tail between their legs *
* OK *
* What's my definition of success? *
* Creating something no one else can *
* Being brave enough to dream big *
* Grinding when you're told to just quit *
* Quit *
* Giving more when you got nothing left *
* It's a prison that'll take a chance on *
* Something they were told could never happen *
* More profit because they'd rather *
* Do something that they really *
* Love and take the pay cut *
* It's a person that would never *
* Waver or change who they are *
* Just to try and gain some credibility so they can *
* Feel accepted by a stranger *
* It's believing in yourself when no one else does *
* It's amazing what a little bit of faith can do *
* If you don't even believe in you *
* Why would you think or expect anybody *
* Else that's around you to? *
* I done did things that I regret *
* I done said things I can't take back *
* Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had *
* No hope, but I changed that *
* I spent years of my life holding *
* Onto things I never should have kept, full of hatred *
* Years of my life carrying a lot of baggage *
* That I should have walked away from *
* Years of my life wishing I was something different *
* Looking for some validation *
* Years of my life trying to fill the void pretending I *
* Was in, they get it *
* Growing pain's a necessary evil *
* Difficult to go through, yes, but beneficial *
* Some would say having a mental breakdown *
* is a negative thing *
* Which on one hand, I agree with *
* Having kids will make you really take a step *
* Back and look in the mirror *
* At least, for me, that's what it did *
* I wake up every day and pick my son up *
* Hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved *
* Standing by the window questioning if dad *
* Is ever going to show up *
* I forgive you *
* I just don't want him to grow up thinking *
* That he'll never be enough, 30 years of running *
* 30 years of searching, 30 years of hurting *
* 30 years of pain, 30 years of never *
* 30 years of maybe,
* 30 years of later *
* 30 years of fake, 30 years of hollow *
* 30 years of sorrow, 30 years of darkness *
* 30 years of Nate *
* 30 years of baggage, 30 years of sadness *
* 30 years of stagnant, 30 years of change *
* 30 years of anxious, 30 years of suffering *
* 30 years of torment, 30 years of *
* Wait, 30 years of bitter *
* 30 years of lonely *
* 30 years of pushing everyone away *
* You don't have the heart, you don't have the strength *
* You don't have the will, you don't have the faith *
* You'll never be loved, you'll never be saved *
* Might as well give up, not running away *
* You don't have the guts, you're the one afraid *
* I'm the one in charge, I'm taking the *
* No, I'm taking the reigns *
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
["Lean on Me"]
[cheers and applause]
* *
- * Just call on me, brother *
* When you need a hand *
* We all need somebody *
- Yes!
- Oh, my gosh.
Zac, that was so exciting.
- Thank you very much.
- I mean, you came with more friends of yours
from Australia, I'm assuming.
Hi, everyone.
This was a very, very, very, very exciting dance.
Beautiful.
It was also something we haven't seen before.
Really entertaining, very well done.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- We see a lot of dancing.
That's my favorite part of being a judge of "AGT"
is to be able to watch dancers, to watch what humans
can do with their bodies.
The beginning was spectacular,
and the rest was as good as the beginning.
- Thank you very much. Thank you.
- That was for sure the coolest thing I've seen today.
[cheers and applause]
- Apart from what they were doing with their bodies,
it's what they were doing with their brains
because this was such a really well thought-out,
creative, original...
Even though there was a lot of you,
it was almost like it was just one.
I'm guessing this took months and months to prepare.
Right? - Yes, it did.
- Right, and I could see
just after, how much it means to each one
of you individually.
That's the kind of audition we love on this show.
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
- Howie?
- Where did Howie go?
- Howie?
* *
- Yeah, I thought everything you did was amazing.
- Howie. - It was a surprise.
* *
- Where's Howie?
[audience chanting] Howie! Howie! Howie!
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
* *
- * Lean on me *
* When you're not strong *
* I'll be your friend *
* I'll help you carry on *
* Oh, it won't be long *
* Till I'm gonna need *
* Somebody to lean on *
* Lean on me *
* Somebody to lean *
- Where is Zac? Where is Zac?
- There. - There you are.
[cheers and applause]
Congratulations, Zac. - Thank you so much.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
-Brent Street!
[cheers and applause]
You have just won the Golden Buzzer
from Howie Mandel!
- You are going to the live show!
- Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
Come on.
- Bye! - Very good, very good.
* *