[triumphant music]
* *
[cheering]
- This is something I genuinely can see in Vegas.
- This was a very, very, very exciting dance.
- You were perfect to come to "AGT."
- I love you, brother!
- That was one small step for man and a huge step for "AGT."
You're the best quick change artist we have ever seen.
You really are.
- [vocalizing]
- You make something unbelievably impossible
look easy.
- I think you're absolutely incredible.
- You've got a real shot of winning it.
- You are here with us forever.
[bright fanfare]
How're you guys doing?
Today is the last day of auditions.
And then on this Friday,
the Olympics begin on NBC and Peacock.
We have some very special guests in the house.
We have Olympic athletes Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng.
They are headed to Paris
to represent Team USA in beach volleyball.
Going for the gold, y'all.
Sara and Kelly, could you please come up here
and show us how to hit the Golden Buzzer, please?
- Are you ready?
Light it up for us.
[cheering]
- Now, that--best of luck.
- It just so happens that this is the year of the Olympics
and we have more gold on this season
than we have ever had before.
[cheering]
- Oh!
I used to have one of those.
I mean, it didn't look as fancy as this one.
But yeah, I hopped around on one of those when I was young.
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you, thank you.
We're the Xpogo Stunt Team from Colorado.
[cheering]
- You know what? Pogo sticking is really hard.
Could this possibly be an Olympic sport?
- Ooh.
- That's what we're trying to do.
You know, we're trying to bring pogo stick to the mainstream.
Maybe Olympics, pogo high jump.
These pogo sticks right now,
we don't even have a manufacturer.
So we wanna make these pogo sticks accessible,
get kids into it safely, make it the next big extreme sports.
- Wait. So do you make those?
- As a matter of fact, they recently
stopped manufacturing them.
So we're on our last few parts, and we want to save the sport.
- Yes, save it!
- Okay.
Let's see if two minutes can change your lives.
- Sure can, Simon.
Thank you.
[cheering]
- * All I do is win, win, win, no matter what *
* Got money on my mind *
* I can never get enough *
* And every time I step up in the building *
* Everybody hands go up *
* And they stay there *
* And they stay there, and they stay there *
* Up, down, up, down, up, down *
* 'Cause all I do is win, win, win *
* And if you're going in, put your hands in the air *
* Make 'em stay there * - * Luda! *
* Ludacris, going in on the verse *
* 'Cause I never been defeated and I won't stop now *
* Keep your hands up, get 'em in the sky *
* For the homeys that didn't make it *
* And my folks locked down *
* I never went nowhere *
* But they saying Luda's back *
* Blame it on that conjure *
* The hood call it Luda 'gnac *
* Can't never count me out *
- That is risky, ya'll.
- * Got 20 bank accounts *
* Accountants count me in *
* Make millions every year *
* The South's champion *
* 'Cause all I do, all I, all I, all I-- *
- * All I do is win, win, win no matter what *
* Got money on my mind *
* I can never get enough *
* And every time I step up in the building *
* Everybody hands go up *
* And they stay there *
- Whoa!
[cheering]
- That was insane.
- That looks so dangerous.
I'm like, I'm petrified.
- I know, and the helmet is not really, like,
tightly put on, like--
- It looks so difficult. This is amazing, guys.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- I've got a really, really good feeling about this,
and I'll tell you why.
You don't see a lot--
all ages are gonna love it.
And if you win the million dollars,
you can manufacture your own one.
[cheering]
- Yeah, this was epic.
If not on "America's Got Talent,"
where else would you see this kind of thing?
So I loved it.
- We're looking at breakdancing this year on the Olympics.
I don't know why they don't look at something like this.
This is traditionally American.
It is huge.
You were amazing.
I'm gonna open up with your first yes.
[cheering]
- I give you a second yes.
- Yes!
- You have now got four yeses.
- * You're so unbelievable *
[cheering]
[EMF's "Unbelievable"]
* *
* You're unbelievable *
- Whoo!
- You guys! Oh, my God, I was not ready.
- Are you ready for another act, ladies and gentlemen?
Here we go. - Here we go.
[cheering]
- * You're unbelievable *
- You just don't know who's gonna walk on, do you?
- Good evening, guys.
- Good evening, everybody.
Good evening. - Hello.
[cheering]
- Where are you guys from?
- We are from Russia.
[cheering]
- How do you guys know each other?
- It's a long story.
With Achim for example, we met when we were four years old.
We are like brothers.
Now we are 32.
Guys, still we're together about 13 years.
- So you guys do this for a living?
- Yes, but when we was child, we just love do it.
Yes, and now it's our profession.
- We're excited that you guys came tonight.
Let's see.
- Thank you.
[cheering]
- Let's do it.
- * When are you gonna come down? *
* When are you going to land? *
* I should have stayed on the farm *
* I should have listened to my old man *
* You know you can't hold me forever *
* I didn't sign up with you *
* I'm not a present... *
- Look at the guy on the bottom.
- * This girl's too young to be singing *
* Sniffing for tidbits like you *
* On the ground *
* Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah *
* Ah, ah, ah *
* So goodbye, yellow brick road *
* Where the dogs of society howl *
* I've finally decided my future lies *
* Beyond the yellow brick road *
* Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah *
* Ah, ah, ah *
* *
- Oh, my goodness!
- * Ah, ah, ah *
* Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah *
* Ah, ah, ah *
* Ah *
[cheering]
- * Any way you want it *
* That's the way you need it *
* Any way you want it *
[Journey's "Any Way You Want It"]
- I didn't know if they were gonna do it.
- Guys, that was so exciting.
I thought for a moment that something could have happened,
but it was amazing.
- Normally we see guys in spandex or leotards
doing this thing.
So it was beautiful to see this in suits.
Also, you in the middle here, I mean, you have to carry
everybody on top of you.
I mean, it was incredible.
[cheering]
- You were the Beatles. Those are Beatles suits, right?
- Of course, yeah. - Yeah.
And so I love the theme.
And I love the strength.
You were amazing!
[cheering]
- It was so slick.
And normally in an act like this,
there's always somebody who has the easy part.
And on this act, every one of you
had the hard part and the strength
that goes into that and the precision.
It was--I mean, it really, really
was a great audition, this.
- Thank you.
- And we're gonna vote.
I'm gonna give you your first yes.
Heidi?
- Second yes. - Howie.
- Three yeses.
- That is now four yeses.
Congratulations!
- Bravo!
- Oh, we love it.
Thank you.
- That's like training for the Olympics.
It's unbelievable how much talent there is in this country
and around the world.
[cheering]
- Good evening.
Hi, what is your name?
- [speaking Japanese]
- Brock Papers IWAO.
- And where are you from? - From Japan.
- What do you do for a living?
- [speaking Japanese]
- He's an athlete.
He trains in gymnastics.
- All right.
- Oh.
We are on NBC right now, which is the home of the Olympics.
Was he ever in the Olympics?
- [speaking Japanese]
- Good question. - Thank you.
Thank you, Simon.
- It was.
- [speaking Japanese]
- Oh, you got hurt? - [speaking Japanese]
- Yes.
So he said from five years old, he's been training.
However, he got injured, so he's
not able to join this year.
- [speaking Japanese]
- Unfortunately, he's not gonna be able to get
a gold medal in the Olympics.
However, "AGT" is like the Olympics.
- In talent. - So--in talent, absolutely.
[cheering]
He wants to win this.
And that will be his gold medal.
[cheering]
- What is he gonna do?
- I have no idea.
- What is your name?
- Brock Papers IWAO.
- What do you do for a living?
- [speaking Japanese]
- From five years old, he's been training in gymnastics.
However, he got injured.
So he's not able to get a gold medal in the Olympics.
However, "AGT" is like the Olympics.
- In talent. - So--in talent, absolutely.
[cheering]
He wants to win this.
And that will be his gold medal.
[cheering]
- Okay. - Are you ready to see it?
I wanna see it. Let the games begin.
- [speaking Japanese]
[cheering]
- Oh, the pommel horse.
That's a pommel horse.
- What is that, a sock?
- Wait, what?
[cheering]
[dramatic music]
* *
- Japan! IWAO.
Beep! - No!
[laughter]
- [grunting]
[laughter]
* *
[cheering]
[laughter]
[cheering]
- Simon, what did you think?
- Do you remember that movie "Alien"?
- Yes. - The first one?
You remember when the thing comes out of the guy's stomach?
- Yeah. Look at him.
- The act was really funny.
I did get a bit confused, I'm not gonna lie.
- Can we get this poor guy out of there?
- No.
- Yeah.
- I thought it was amazing, super funny, super ambitious.
[laughs]
- I think you all are hilarious.
You had me at the first bam!
I mean, your legs went like--
I mean, it was like, whoa.
There was always something happening.
I love the humor you have in Japan.
I thought it was fantastic.
[cheering]
- I'm actually starting to feel that Japanese humor might
be the funniest in the world.
- I totally agree. - Seriously.
- Japan has the best humor,
the best style, the best technology.
I love Japan.
[cheering]
You're entertaining. You're funny.
I'm gonna start off the voting.
I'm gonna give you your first yes.
Heidi?
- I give you a second yes. - Sofía?
- Three yes. - And Simon?
- Four yeses.
[cheering]
- * One moment in time *
* When I'm racing with destiny *
- I love it.
Japanese people have been so exciting
and so funny and so inventive.
- Yeah.
- IWAO!
IWAO! IWAO!
- He's very emotional.
- [speaking Japanese]
- I want a hug!
- Oh, come here. Yes, yes.
- This is the year of the Olympics.
This should be in the Olympics.
- This year, there's something in the air.
That was as good as I've ever seen.
- Tonight, I'm going to try and break a world record.
- I really felt that you were fighting
for a spot here right now.
- I am fighting for a spot here.
- This is something you are only
- "America's Got Talent" is great
because anyone of any shape of any age
can step on that stage.
- I'm an aerialist.
- How long have you been doing it?
- A long time. About 15 years.
Yeah.
- That's most of how long I've been alive.
- Yeah. Thanks. - Aw.
- * This feels like something new *
- My name is Haley Viloria.
When I was 15 years old, my mother bought us
tickets to a circus show.
And after seeing this aerial performance,
I thought, that's my destiny.
And so it's been years of blood, sweat, and tears
in the circus world.
But it's tough getting noticed and making a career.
"America's Got Talent" offers an amazing opportunity
to show the world I can be number one.
- How excited are you to be here?
- I'm this excited.
[laughs]
[cheering]
- Welcome. - Hello.
- How are you?
- Whoo!
More nervous than I thought.
- I think everyone's nervous who cares.
I wouldn't worry about that.
So your name is? - Haley Viloria.
- And where are you from?
- I'm from Petaluma, California.
[cheering]
- What is your story, Haley?
- So I discovered circus at quite a late age.
I made it my dream to pursue this career.
And I think I'm living proof that if you start at any age
and really put your mind to it and your soul and your heart,
that you can achieve anything.
- So you're in a circus.
- Yes, I'm a full time circus performer and coach.
- Very nice!
- Are you a main act in the circus you're in at the moment?
- I would have to say probably top three to five.
- Okay, so you're pretty high up.
[cheering]
- Nice! - Okay. Haley, good luck.
- Thank you so much.
[cheering]
- * Dare to go *
* Would you turn the room diagonal? *
* Unnatural *
* 'Cause she walks like a saint *
* Floats like an angel *
* Sharp like a knife under the table *
* Can't feel my face *
* I should have stayed home *
* I know what she's doing *
* She's a lethal woman *
* Dare to go *
* Would you turn the room diagonal? *
* Unnatural *
* 'Cause she walks like a saint *
* Floats like an angel *
* Sharp like a knife under the table *
* Can't feel my face *
* I should have stayed home *
* I know what she's doing *
* She's a lethal woman *
[Dove Cameron's "Lethal Woman"]
* *
* She's a lethal woman *
* *
* I didn't ask for this *
* But I'm not mad at it *
- That's amazing!
- * I guess I'm powerless *
* I didn't ask for this *
* I'm not a masochist *
* I guess I'm into it *
* I like a lethal woman *
[cheering]
- The audience is on its feet!
- Thank you, Haley.
Haley, were you self-taught?
- For the most part, yes.
But it took years to get to that level.
- I thought it was beautiful.
I thought it's beautiful how you look.
I saw things that were really dangerous and stopped my heart.
And that's sometimes what I'm looking for
in these kind of arts.
- Thank you so much.
- I really felt that you were fighting
for a spot here right now.
You piled in everything you could, you know?
I mean, it was incredible. - Thank you.
Thank you.
And yes, I am fighting for a spot here.
Everyone is trying their hardest.
- Yeah.
- The speed that you garnered at the end was real fast,
but it didn't make me go wow.
I think you're very good. [booing]
- Hold on.
So with that, can I ask what you believed it was missing?
- What I saw was a very efficient athlete doing
what she's supposed to do.
And you did your job.
But it wasn't for me.
I didn't get three or four wows that are worth $1 million.
- Howie is totally wrong. Howie is totally wrong.
- Okay, we're gonna vote. Heidi?
- It was wow for me.
So you definitely have a yes.
- Thank you.
- You have another yes from me.
- For me, it's a no.
[booing]
- Put her through!
- Haley, what I would say is, don't turn up looking
like you're in a circus.
It's almost like who you are as a person
I think we're more interested in, as well as your act.
However, because technically you were very good,
I'm gonna say yes.
- Thank you.
[cheering]
- That was a good one.
That was a good--that was--
[dramatic music]
- Haley, Haley, Haley, first of all, your athleticism--
- I heard you in the wings.
- I know.
You had to, because you are absolutely incredible.
- Am I grumpy?
- Are you being grumpy?
- I think I'm being honest-- one good trick.
- You're crazy. - No.
- I like this.
[cheering]
- Hello. - Good evening.
Who are you?
- My name is Kelsey Jane.
I'm 33.
I'm from Dallas, Texas, and currently--
[cheering]
And I currently live in Las Vegas.
- Kelsey, it's so nice to have you here tonight.
What are you gonna do?
- I am gonna be performing as an aerialist for you guys.
Thank you.
- Is that why you live in Vegas because that's your job?
- So my day job, I'm actually nervous to tell you
because I know nobody likes to go see them, but--
- Why? - I am a dentist, so--
- What?
I wanted to be a dentist. - Oh, no way.
- I'm jealous.
- One of the main reasons I got into dentistry was
because I was pretty shy, very reserved growing up.
I had very buck teeth.
And so I had orthodontic work done
that gave me a little bit of confidence
because you smile more.
So that's how I got into dentistry.
I wanted to be able to give back to people
the way that my orthodontist gave back to me.
Dental school is extremely expensive.
And so I was trying to figure out,
How am I gonna be able to have the funds for that?
On TV came "Miss America," and I saw that
it's a scholarship program.
So through "Miss America," I was able to gain
quite a bit of scholarship money.
I was able to apply that to my dental school.
Around the exact same time that I was accepted
into dental school, I had dabbled a little bit
into aerial, and I knew that I wanted to do both,
to be honest.
Dentistry, it's a very stable job financially,
but I have another calling that I am super passionate about
and I love.
So I'd love to just pursue aerial,
go for the dream, and hopefully win "America's Got Talent."
- Do your patients know what you do?
- A few of them do, and some of them support me.
And they're really excited for me and--
[cheering]
- I think that's amazing. Good luck tonight.
- Thank you very much.
- I bet she's a great dentist. - [laughs]
- No, I do.
Because she looks kind.
[Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?"]
* *
- * I used to float *
* Now I just fall down *
* I used to know *
* But I'm not sure now *
* What I was made for *
* *
* What was I made for? *
* *
[cheering]
* I was an ideal *
* Looked so alive *
* Turns out I'm not real *
* Just something you paid for *
* *
* What was I made for? *
* *
[cheering]
* I *
* I don't know how I feel *
* But I wanna try *
* *
* I don't know... *
- Oh!
[cheering]
- * But someday, I might *
* *
* Someday, I might *
[cheering]
- * Have you ever thrown *
* A fist full of glitter in the air? *
- How amazing is that?
- Kelsey, that was spectacular acrobat.
You usually dress a little bit more,
you know, shiny, a little bit more over the top.
It was beautiful and refreshing.
And your hair, it was so--everything--
I wish you were my dentist.
- I can be. Call me.
[laughter]
- Howie?
- It was amazing.
But I keep thinking, if you were my dentist,
and I didn't know, and then I turned on
"America's Got Talent," and I go, wait a minute.
Is that my-- that's not my dentist.
[laughter]
You have those in the office,
you should drop into people's mouths.
[laughter]
That's better than the gas.
- I'll try that.
[laughter]
- I love the emotions in your face too.
You were in pain.
And you were, like, oozing in it all.
It was also a beautiful song.
I could have watched you way longer than just two minutes.
It was beautiful.
[cheering]
- I sometimes find these kind of acts
a little bit dull, because--
I'll tell you why.
Most people who do this actually do it every day.
So I'm kind of thinking, well, you did it yesterday,
you did it today, and you get to do it tomorrow.
- This is what you're thinking when you're seeing them?
- No, this is the opposite, because this is
somebody who doesn't do this.
It made it for me so much more interesting.
- It makes it more exciting.
- Just the thought that yesterday you were...
- Drilling. - Torturing people.
And then today you do that.
And it was incredible. - Yes.
- I'm gonna say yes.
- Thank you.
- You get your second yes from me.
- Howie.
- You have your third yes.
- Four yeses.
[cheering]
- [vocalizing]
[P!nk's "Glitter in the Air"]
- That was so good. That was so good.
- Incredible. - I mean, her story would be--
- But she can come down with the driller.
Rrrrrrnnn! - That's what I'm thinking.
- Do I really believe this is gonna win?
[clattering]
[dramatic music]
- What?
- * You are my sunshine *
* My only sunshine *
- Nervous? - Super nervous.
First time on a plane.
[gentle music]
* *
We made it.
Whoo!
Lights, camera, action.
- How're you feeling? - So nervous.
- Good nerves? - Yeah.
Good and bad nerves.
- What's your name?
- Hi, Journeyy. I love your name.
That's a cool name. Do you know my name?
What's my name?
Yes!
- * My only sunshine *
- How old are you?
Who's your favorite judge?
- I heard Heidi, I heard.
- No, Simon.
Am I annoying you?
- Yes.
[laughter]
- Do you know how many people are in the audience?
- No. - Take a guess.
- 300.
- There's like 3,000 people.
- Are you--are you serious?
3,000?
- * Please don't take my sunshine away *
- It's time for you to go out and see the judges.
Come on, fam, you can come with me.
- Wow.
[cheering]
- Welcome.
[cheering]
- Hi! - Hello!
- Hi. - How are you?
- I'm good.
- What's your name, please?
- My name is Journeyy.
- Lovely to meet you, Journeyy.
Tell us all about you.
- I'm nine years old.
I live in New Jersey, Jersey City.
- Yeah. - And--
[cheering]
- Okay.
And who are you here with?
- I'm here with my mom, my dad, and my sister.
- Wow.
Well, I've gotta tell you, over the years with this show,
friends will spot someone online, and they'll say,
you've gotta see this person.
So a very good friend of mine is sitting over there,
and his name is Leroy.
Said a couple of days ago, you've gotta see this video.
And it was you.
Anyway, we sent the video to the production team,
and then we found out that they'd already found you.
[twangy country music]
- I love singing covers.
So last month, I did a cover of "Oceans."
* Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders... *
Whenever my dad was either like checking
the views or something, every time he refreshed the page,
it'd be like a whole bunch more views or comments.
And it was crazy.
I just didn't expect that me recording videos at my house
would lead to me being, like, here right now.
When I grow up, I want to be a pop singer, I hope.
Yeah, I do.
[cheering]
- So what's the song you're gonna sing?
- I will be playing an original.
- Oh. - Wow!
Very good. - And what's it called?
- "Paradise." - Okay.
Would you like some water or anything?
- Yes, please. - Okay, come on.
Let's get you some water.
[cheering]
He's got some water.
Come here a sec.
You like this song?
Yeah? Okay.
Are you feeling good?
- Yeah. - Okay. Let's do it.
Okay.
[cheering]
[soft piano music playing]
* *
- * Am I dreaming or not? *
* Am I in some alternate would somebody, but *
* All I see is purple clouds *
* There's water, but you cannot drown *
* Feels like I'm thinking out loud *
* And the mirrors are broke *
* How can I see with all this purple smoke *
* And the music soft and calm *
* Now that I'm here, it feels wrong *
* Hope that you enjoy this song *
* You roll the dice *
* Now you're on thin ice *
* Oh, here the bugs don't bite *
* Automatic lullabies *
* Purple clouds in the sky *
* Welcome to my paradise *
* There's an aurora sky *
* I feel it in the air every night *
* Birds that don't fly *
* People who can never die *
* Raindrops when you cry *
* Why am I here? *
* I feel a slight emotion of fear *
* I'm fearful, yes, indeed *
* That's pretty much all the things I've seen *
* Paradise *
* You roll the dice *
* Now you're on thin ice *
* Oh, here the bugs don't bite *
* Automatic lullabies *
* Purple clouds in the sky *
* Welcome to my paradise *
[cheering]
- Bravo!
[cheering]
[Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life"]
- * For once in my life I have someone who needs me *
* Someone I've needed so long *
* For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me... *
- But you've just got it, haven't you?
- Yes.
- And I love hearing people write their own material.
It was a glimpse as to who you are.
And I really liked it.
Okay, Heidi.
- I'm very impressed by you, I have to tell you.
Nine years old, your parents must be super proud of you.
I'm proud of you.
I hope you're proud of yourself.
Very well done.
You have a beautiful voice.
- Sofía.
- I think this season, we have so many cool kids.
- You're right. - Super cool kids.
You're one of them. I love your music.
I love you.
You're a superstar already.
I loved it.
- Howie.
- For somebody that age, your age,
to be standing there so confident, you have the voice,
you have the talent--
you know, a long time ago,
I was nine years old for almost a year.
And I think you're amazing.
- You are somebody who has just got a God-given talent,
and it's rare. It really is.
- Absolutely.
- Great things are gonna happen for you, I can feel it.
Thanks, Leroy.
Okay, we're gonna vote. Howie.
- Yes. - Heidi.
- Second yes for me. - Sofía.
- Yes.
- What do you think I'm gonna say?
- Yes?
- You're right. Four yeses.
[cheering]
- * I won't let sorrow hurt me *
* Not like it's hurt me before *
* For once I have something I know won't desert me... *
- There he is. There he is.
Oh, congrats, man.
Oh, wow, wow, Journeyy.
- What a great character. - Indeed.
- Oh, good. - Unbelievable.
- Right now, like, what is going through your head?
- I just feel like, oh, my God.
[line trills]
[both speaking Spanish]
- Okay.
That doesn't excite me.
- What is that?
- It looks like a balancing thing.
- Okay, it's time.
Thank you so much, Alejandro.
[cheering]
- Good evening.
What is your name?
- My name is Alejandro Lesaya.
- Alejandro, where are you from?
- I'm from La Havana, Cuba.
- Do you like it? - I like so much.
- Really? - Yes.
- So tell me, what-- what do you do?
- He's saying that he's gonna do a balancing act.
And he hopes that you guys are gonna like it
and that you guys are gonna be like--
[screaming]
- Uh-oh.
- Do you do this full time?
- [speaking Spanish]
- He's saying that this is what he does.
This is his life.
His performance is his life.
And are you nervous?
- Yeah, so, muy nervioso. [laughs]
- Nervioso, nervioso.
Good luck. - Thank you very much.
[cheering]
- Those are tight pants.
- Oh, there's a girl.
[cheering]
- Wow.
- Here we go.
[dramatic music]
* *
What is happening?
[cheering]
- Uh-oh.
[screaming]
[cheering]
* *
[cheering]
[Coldplay's "Viva La Vida"]
- Bravo!
- That's amazing.
- * I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing *
* Roman cavalry choirs are singing... *
- That was amazing! - Yeah.
- Alejandro!
I wanna say that it was amazing.
It was spectacular.
It was nerve-racking.
And I think you made the right choice by coming to "AGT."
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- It was dangerous and scary and our hearts
were beating out of our chest,
and that's what you want from a performance.
She stood up.
I think the German judge gave you a ten.
- I did give you a ten with this.
I think I said "wow" and "oh" so many times
during your whole two minutes because it was so incredible.
You just kept it coming one amazing move after the next.
It was a show.
[cheering]
- This kind of act is one of the most difficult
and one of the most dangerous.
I think going forward, my advice would be
there has to be a progression.
But you're very, very talented.
- Thank you so much.
- We're gonna vote.
I'm gonna give you your first yes.
Howie.
- I'm gonna give you your second sí!
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Three sí's.
- Thank you.
- That's four yeses.
- Thanks very much.
Thank you. Whoo!
- * Roman cavalry choirs are singing *
* Be my mirror, my sword, and shield... *
- Alejandro!
Yeah, so good!
- That was amazing.
- This year, there's something in the air.
You know, it's like--
- Something in the air the man says.
- Something in the air.
[all cheering]
- What is your talent?
- I have a rat named Simon.
Oh, yeah, and it follows you around.
[laughter]
- We're gonna see a world record?
- Most people wearing underwear on their heads.
- Things on the show you don't see any other place.
- That's incredible!
- My name is Jonathan Burns.
I am 42 years old,
and I am from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
I had a great childhood.
My mom was a dietitian.
And my dad, he sold Twinkies.
So good combo.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is Amish country.
So that's why I came out here to Hollywood.
It's hard to go viral when most people you live around
don't have the internet.
It's so fun to be back here too.
Like, there's--
- There's so many different acts.
- Yeah, I know.
And you don't know who has what talent.
My wife and I met on the playground when we were little.
We started dating in high school.
So we've actually been together for 25 years.
We have two daughters.
They are 8 and 11.
I spend about half the year on the road.
I'm doing all kinds of crazy things
like correcting math homework via text
or teaching violin lessons over FaceTime.
It can be difficult sometimes.
- Are you guys ready for your next act?
- What's the ultimate dream
of winning "America's Got talent"?
To headline my own show in Vegas.
[Fun.'s "Carry On"]
- * If you're lost and alone *
* Or you're sinking like a stone *
* Carry on *
- Hi. Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
And what's your name?
- I'm Jonathan Burns.
- Are you here by yourself?
Do you have people supporting you?
- Well, my wife knows about this,
but actually, my kids don't.
I have two daughters at home, and I haven't told them, so.
- How old are the girls? - 8 and 11.
- Do you wanna say something to them in the camera?
- Surprise. Daddy's on TV.
[laughter]
- Okay, well, surprise them and us at the same time
and go for the million.
[cheering]
- Behold.
[whispers] Magic.
[chiming]
[clattering]
[laughter]
I'm gonna need two people to prove my magical powers.
But I'm gonna need Heidi and Sofía.
Can you join me on stage?
[Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F"]
Excellent.
Heidi, if you can just stand right over here for me,
that'd be fantastic.
We're gonna do a trick that uses, uh,
uh, cheese.
I know what you're thinking-- another cheese trick.
Ugh, right?
All right, Heidi, we have, like, 20 or so slices.
You can hold on to the whole stack for me, just like that.
You're gonna count ten slices into my hand one at a time.
Everyone here will count with you.
Here we go.
all: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10.
- Give Heidi a big round of applause.
Nicely done. Yes.
Take a bow for the people. They love you.
You can hand the rest of the cheese over to Sofía.
She's gonna hold on to those.
Okay, you can just place the cheese on yourself,
a secret location.
- Hide them, Heidi. - I know.
- Thanks for the help. All right, this is--
oh, my. Sofía, same thing.
Ten slices in the hand, one at a time,
everyone will count with you. We're just gonna count ten out.
all: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- Give Sofía a big round of applause as well.
Take a bow. They love you.
I do need something from the audience.
I need a number between 1 and 5.
Someone yell out a number between 1 and 5.
- 2! 2!
- I heard 2! Oh, 7. All right.
Wow, somebody else was home-schooled.
Okay. We're gonna go with 2.
What I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna attempt
to move two slices from Heidi's pile magically,
invisibly through the air and make
them land into Sofía's pile.
And I'm gonna do that with the aid of this magic wand.
[laughter]
[ringing]
[whispers] It's working.
[laughter]
That's one.
[ringing]
The other one's faster. Don't worry, Sofía. All right.
Heidi, take the cheese out of your secret location.
Oh, my.
[laughter]
Oh, my--some of them are turning into fondue.
It's okay.
Count on the hand one at a time.
Let's see how we-- oh, there's more.
Here, count in the hand one at a time.
Let's see how we did. Here we go.
all: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7...
- [whispers] 8.
[cheering]
[laughter]
[chiming]
Sofía, same thing.
Take the cheese out of your secret location.
Oh, you guys used the same one. Here we go.
You got them.
Oh, you gotta count on the hand one at a time.
Let's see how we did. Here we go.
all: 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12.
[cheering]
- He moved the cheese.
[chiming]
[laughter]
Thank you so much. You can have a seat.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Have a seat.
- I didn't expect, like, this at all.
[Deniece Williams' "Let's Hear It for the Boy"]
* *
- First of all, I think that you are a great comedian.
You're a magician.
You've got a great personality.
And it's exciting that we finally found Waldo.
[laughter]
I think your daughters are gonna be very proud of you.
That was amazing.
Sofía, what did you think?
- I mean, you're adorable.
It took--it was a little slow.
- It was great when we were involved.
Yes or yes? - Yeah.
- Yes.
- It got better when we got up there.
So I don't know.
- Well, I love that you brought something new
to "America's Got Talent."
It was very unusual.
I think it's very memorable.
And so, yes, I loved it in the end.
- Simon.
- Can I be honest with you?
I really like you.
However, do I really believe this is gonna win?
I'm going to say no.
[booing]
- Come on.
- You're saying no?
[booing]
Well, I'm giving you a huge yes.
- * Let's hear it for the boy *
- Give you a second yes from me.
- Two yeses.
- So you've got two yeses.
You need three yeses to continue on this journey.
It's all up to Sofía.
- * Maybe he's no Romeo *
- I'm not sure.
audience: [chanting] Sofía! Sofía! Sofía! Sofía!
[chiming]
[laughter]
- Okay, I'm gonna say yes.
- * Let's hear it for the boy *
* Let's give the boy a hand *
* Let's hear it for my baby *
* You know you gotta understand *
* Yeah, yeah, yeah *
- Oh, it's Kenichi.
I can--yeah, I see Kenichi. - There he is right there.
- I know.
What did you call what Kenichi did years--
- Dancer. How many years ago did you win?
- Oh, my gosh.
Because I wanted to say you are with Kenichi in the best hand.
- Are we ready for our next act?
[cheering]
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you.
- What is the name of your group?
- We are Air Footworks.
- Air Footworks? Perfect.
Where are you from?
- We came from Japan. - From Japan. Welcome.
[cheering]
And just while your upper stratosphere was being set up,
I saw a very, very famous person
up there helping you guys.
And that was Kenichi, who won many, many years ago
on "America's Got Talent."
How are you connected with him?
- He is our mentor.
- Where are you, Kenichi?
Come and show your little face for a hot second.
- Over there.
- I recognized you.
- Wow.
- Welcome.
- How are you? - Good.
- You look great, by the way.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- Love you.
- Good luck to you.
We can't wait to see this.
- Thank you so much.
- Let's see this work out. I might try it.
[Skrillex's "Where Are U Now"]
* *
- * I need you the, I need you *
* I need you the, * I need you *
* I need you the m-m-m-m-- *
* I need you the most *
* I gave you the key when the door wasn't open *
* Just admit it *
* See, I gave you faith *
* Turned your doubt into hoping *
- Whoa!
- * Can't deny it *
* Now I'm all alone and my joy's turned to moping *
* Where are you now that I need you? *
[cheering]
* *
* Where are you now that I need you? *
* *
* I gave you attention when nobody else was paying *
* That's for sure *
* And I was on my knees when nobody else was praying *
* Oh, Lord *
* *
[cheering]
* Where are you now that I need you? *
* I need you the, I need you *
* Where are you now that I need you? *
* I need you, I need you *
* I need you--you--you--you *
* I need you the most *
[cheering]
* *
- That's incredible!
* *
- * Where are you now that I need you? *
[cheering]
* I need you the most *
[cheering]
["Footloose"]
* *
- Wow.
- * Now I gotta cut loose, footloose *
* Kick off your Sunday shoes *
* Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees *
- Wow. - My God.
- You guys were definitely not boring.
I absolutely loved it.
You did a little break dancing here in the front,
so you piled in a lot of really cool elements.
It was really, really entertaining.
Well done.
- Thank you.
- You see things on this show that
you don't see any other place.
And people say you've gotta think outside the box.
You guys thought inside the box, used the box.
I absolutely loved it.
[cheering]
- Sofía?
- Everything about the performance was perfect.
You guys look amazing.
The music was perfect, the energy, everything.
[cheering]
- It was so creative and so different
and so difficult, by the way.
So you have a great mentor.
However, even if you've got a great mentor,
you've still gotta be able to do
what your mentor helps you to do.
You did it immaculately.
- Let's vote. Simon?
- Well, obviously, yes.
- Sofía.
- Obviously, yes. - Howie.
- Yes!
- And I'm gonna give you a fourth yes!
Well done!
- * Footloose *
* Come on before we crack *
* Lose your blues *
- There's too many good acts...
- Yeah.
- This year more than ever. - Yeah.
- I'm gonna try stand-up comedy.
- You said try?
- [laughs]
Have you tried it before?
- Have you heard that I'm going to "AGT"?
I'm looking for some advice.
You got any info for me?
[dog barks]
I appreciate that.
Good advice.
I got picked to go on "America's Got Talent."
What you think of that?
Oh.
I've been practicing in front of the judges all week.
Oh, my goodness.
[bright twangy music]
I just got to my room.
Oh, God!
[sucks air] Wish me luck.
[cheering]
- Aw!
She's so cute.
Hello. - Hello. Hello.
- What is your name?
- Corky Miller.
- Where do you live, Corky?
- I live in Tennessee, near Knoxville.
And I'm 63. - All right.
- We love it. We love it. We love it.
- So what do you do in Tennessee?
- I train animals for movies and television.
And I rescue animals.
I have a big farm full of animals.
[cheering]
- I have a dog and a rat named Simon.
[laughter]
- Thank you.
- Do they get to go in your house at all or no?
- Of course! Everything lives in my house.
I sleep with six dogs.
- Wow! - Wow.
All right.
- So what is your talent, Corky?
- I'm gonna try stand-up comedy.
- Oh, she's a comedian. - Stand-up?
- She's a comedian. - You said try?
- [laughs]
- Have you tried it before?
- Yes.
First time I ever did stand-up was
about five years ago
because all my friends kept laughing at me.
And they said I should do stand-up.
And it was a children's theater.
And I knew it would be a great audience
because they're very kind. - All right.
Are we all ready to laugh? - Yes!
- The stage is yours.
- You got this!
- Okay, I should tell you that I have six dogs,
three cats, two sugar gliders,
a serval cat,
a Siberian lynx...
- Whoa!
- 23 trained rats,
two horses, and a donkey.
I'm single.
[laughter]
- Yeah. - That was good.
- Go figure.
- Lately, I've been, you know, doing
some older women things like trying to needlepoint
and stuff like that.
And I'm learning a lot with my friends at the library.
But I have not figured out that internet.
But I did learn a few things, like,
you should never start a Google search
with the first two words "nine inches."
[laughter]
Nope.
That predictive text takes over.
It didn't even know me, and it decided
what I was gonna say next.
And now I have seen things that I cannot unsee.
[laughter]
Oh, yeah, and it follows you around.
All your ads change.
And then, like, the other day on Facebook,
there was this ad for an adult coloring book.
- A what?
- Now, listen, I'm an innocent person,
and I like to color.
- Oh.
- So I clicked on it.
- Oh, no.
[laughter]
- You don't wanna color that.
[laughter]
I almost wasn't single anymore.
[laughter]
[cheering]
[Andrew Gold's "Thank You for Being a Friend"]
* *
- * Thank you for being a friend *
- All right, Corky!
- * Traveled down the road and back again *
- Aw!
Look at her.
- How do you feel right now?
- A little overwhelmed.
- You're very, very likeable, I have to say.
- Oh! - And you made us laugh.
You were very, very funny.
- Thank you.
- What I love about you is your freshness.
I love that you're not that experienced.
You're genuine. You're authentic.
You really are likable.
- I agree.
- And your material is your everyday life.
- [laughs]
- I mean, you were so funny.
I mean, I know you're nervous, but you felt at ease,
and you felt like we know you from somewhere.
You feel like a nice friend that
you would have a great time.
I really liked it.
- * Thank you for being a friend *
- You know what?
You're real.
And that's what makes it so funny.
I thought you were gonna be really sweet...
- [laughs]
- After all the animal stories.
And then you talk about you-know-what.
[laughter]
- I know.
[laughs]
- Corky, I'm gonna kick this voting off with a yes.
- Thank you. - Second yes.
- Three yeses!
- Oh, my God!
- You just got yourself four yeses.
[cheering]
- * Thank you for being a friend *
- Thank you, Corky.
- * Thank you for being a friend *
- Oh, my God.
- Corky!
Oh, you did so good. - Thank you.
- That was amazing. - Oh, my God.
- How do you do-- - I'm gonna freak out.
- I see you freaking out right now.
- I'm freaking.
I feel really loved, like, you know, like I did--
I did it. I made people laugh.
- I bet you she clicked on more than just the coloring photo.
I bet you she clicked on all the other things too.
- Pretty cool experience, huh? - Mm-hmm.
I just wanna do good.
- You're gonna do great.
- And what's your name?
- And my name is Sophie Lannon.
I'm 14 years old, and I come from--
I actually live on a little farm in a little village
called Mayobridge in Ireland.
- We're rooting for you, Sophie.
So good luck.
- * Do you believe in life after love? *
[soft piano music]
* I can feel something inside me saying *
* And I really don't think you're strong enough *
* No *
* *
- Is your dream to make records or go on stage
like Broadway, West End, tell me.
- Probably to make, like, records and stuff.
- I would say the opposite.
I don't think that's what you should be doing.
I think you have that kind of voice and presence
where you would be a very good theatrical singer.
That would be my advice. - Yes.
- Thank you.
- We need to have a moment right now.
- Yeah.
[soft dramatic music]
* *
[cheering]
- Hello. - Hi.
- Welcome. - Thank you.
- And what's your name, please?
- My name is Brooke Bailey.
- And Brooke, where are you from?
- I'm from Granada Hills, so I'm pretty local.
[cheering]
- Local.
Tell us about you.
- So I'm 19 years old.
I currently go to College of the Canyons.
I work--oh, we're--
- And what are you studying for?
- I'm studying music.
- Okay. What else?
- I work at Planet Fitness,
because it's not cheap being a music major.
And my dream is, really, I just wanna sing.
I just wanna be on stage.
I wanna be a performer.
And I don't plan on giving up.
- So does your boss know you're here today?
- Oh, absolutely.
- What did he say, or she say?
- He was like, oh, my gosh, my coworker is famous.
I was like, okay.
He's like, I'm gonna have your music playing at the gym.
I was like, calm down. - Okay.
And Brooke, obviously, the dream is to be a singer.
- Absolutely.
- Have you decided yet whether it's
recording or more Broadway?
- I would love to be a recording artist,
but being up on stage is really where I thrive.
- Okay, I'm not gonna ask you any more questions, Brooke.
We are all rooting for you.
Good luck. - Thank you.
[cheering]
- You got it, babe.
["Ain't No Way" playing]
- * Mm *
* *
* Ain't no way *
* For me to love you *
* If you won't *
* Let me *
* Oh, but how can I *
* How can I *
* How can I give you all of the things I can *
* If you're tying both of my hands? *
* Whoa-oh *
* Stop trying to be *
* Someone you're not *
* Hard, cold, and cruel is a man *
* Who paid too much for what he got *
* And if you need me to love you *
* Say you do *
* Oh, but baby, baby, baby *
* Don't you know that I *
* Need you? *
* Ain't no way *
* For me to love you *
* If you won't *
* Let me *
* *
* If you won't *
* If you won't let me *
* Ain't no way *
[cheering]
[Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "You're All I Need to Get By"]
* *
- Thank you. How did that feel?
- That felt...whoo!
- This means a lot to you, doesn't it?
- Yeah. - Yeah, I could tell.
Okay, Heidi.
- You had me right at the beginning when you went
mm-mm, mm. [laughter]
You really do belong on the stage.
My favorite audition of the day today, by far.
- Wow. Howie.
- I think that you have an amazing instrument.
Your voice is really good. You're a really good singer.
And I think you have a future ahead of you.
I really liked it.
[cheering]
- The way you sing, the feeling that you put into the song,
it's spectacular.
- For you to manage what you're doing with a job
to do something you love is incredible, actually.
What I would say, Brooke, if you go further,
I would definitely have a band behind you
because you're the kind of artist who I think
would be best where you don't have the structure
of a backing track.
And I really like you as a person.
Okay, Howie.
- Yes. - Heidi.
- A definite yes for me.
- Sofía.
- I think you deserve a yes.
- I think you deserve four yeses.
Congratulations! - Thank you.
[cheering]
- * And with love and determination *
- Super cute.
- All right, Brooke.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Say hi to your mom. - That was so good, honey.
That was amazing.
- They are fresh, new, clean underwear.
- You've got tighty whites!
all: [chanting] Simon, wear it!
- Auditions for next season are officially open.
- I think America is gonna love you.
- Go to AGTauditions.com.
Send us your performance today.
- All right, everybody, we are coming down
to last act of the auditions.
You guys have been fantastic.
[cheering]
- Okay, here we go.
- Stand by, everybody. - Here we go.
- Is this the last act? - Sí.
[cheering]
[dramatic music]
* *
- Hi.
What is your name?
- My name is Nick.
I'm from Queensland, Australia.
- Wow! - G'day.
- What do you do for a living in Australia?
- I'm a full-time parent and a part-time author.
But ever since I was a little kid,
I've always wanted to be the best in the world at something.
So tonight, I'm going to try and break a world record.
- Oh, my God. - Whoo!
- So we're gonna see a world record right now?
- We're gonna try very hard.
- This is the season to do it.
- Let's do it. - Break a record.
- Allow me to just go and prepare.
- All right.
- I wonder what it is.
- He didn't have shoes.
I think he's gonna be a contortionist.
- No, he's going to do a world record.
- Of what?
- Maybe he's gonna smell everyone's feet.
- No. - [laughs]
- Wait.
- Where did you come up with these horrible things?
- What is that? - I don't know.
It looks like a flag. I think it's a flag.
Right? Is that a flag?
- I have no idea. - It's a flag.
- A world record with a flag?
[cheering]
- Oh, there's the Guinness guy.
- So the world record that I'm going to be attempting today
is most underpants pulled on in 30 seconds.
[music winds down]
- The existing record is how many?
- The existing record is 23.
So if I hit 24, that's a good sign.
And that's signified by a gold pair of underpants.
So that's what we're hoping.
- So we are going for the gold in the year of the Olympics.
- We're going for gold.
[cheering]
- Here's what I'm looking for.
So they have to be put on one at a time.
No leggings to assist with pulling them on.
And they need to be fully up.
The waistband needs to be at the waist level to count.
- Just out of interest, do you think this act
could win "America's Got Talent" this year?
- Look, I think I've got a serious chance.
[cheering]
- Okay.
- Let's go.
- Well, he's starting there, or he's starting over there?
- No, I think he's straightening.
He's getting it all adjusted.
- He's doing all of them?
- Well, you don't want them bunching up.
You don't wanna chafe.
- He's come from Australia to do this.
- Nick, are you ready? Okay.
- Here we go.
- We'll start on my go.
[cheering]
- For the record.
3, 2, 1, go!
[upbeat music]
- Oh!
There's a little--
- 20 seconds remaining.
- Oh, no! - He's doing it!
He's doing it! He's doing it!
Come on, keep going, man!
- [indistinct]
- Ten seconds.
- 10.
8, 7, 6,
5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
- Oh! - Oh!
- Oh, no!
- And look how you look now.
- We can do this.
We can do this.
How much was that? Like 30? - Put him in.
- Put me in, coach.
- Sorry, Nick, you did not beat the world record.
[audience groans]
But we have a chance
to go for another world record right now.
Correct?
- Correct, yes.
So there is a record for most people
gathered in one place
wearing underwear on their heads.
[laughter]
- Why?
- If everybody in this room did it,
we would end up in the Guinness Book--
- You would be Guinness World Records title holders.
[cheering]
- Would you be down with doing that?
[cheering]
- Okay, guys. Guys.
- I'll put on underwear like never before.
- Everyone, you have a pair of underwear underneath your seat.
If you would like to participate,
please take the underwear, put it on your head.
- Simon, wear it!
[clapping]
Simon, wear it!
- There is a record for most people
gathered in one place wearing underwear on their heads.
- If everybody in this room did it,
we would end up in the Guinness Book--
- You would be Guinness World Records title holders.
[cheering]
- Let's go! Let's go!
[dramatic music]
- These are-- these are new, right?
- They're new underwear.
They are fresh, new, clean underwear.
- Simon, wear it!
[clapping]
Simon, wear it!
[clapping]
[cheering]
- Look at Simon.
- Oh, my God.
Look at Simon.
[laughs] - Okay.
Does everyone have their underwear?
- We have our underwear.
Everybody wearing their underwear?
[cheering]
- Look behind you.
- Looks like a nun convention.
- Now to be clear, if 10% or more of you do not participate,
the entire attempt is unsuccessful.
- Wow.
- So the underwear must remain on your head
for the full minute.
So everybody, everybody, please keep it on your head,
or you will be deducted.
Let's go.
3, 2, 1, start the minute.
- Yes!
We got on our underwear, y'all!
- * Come on, sugar, let me know *
- Let me see you.
Proudly wear your underwear.
I see you.
[clapping, chanting]
[Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"]
* *
- It looks like great participation so far.
- We got great participation.
- We have 30 seconds left.
30 seconds.
- 27 seconds, y'all.
- * He's acting shy, looking for an answer *
* Come on, honey, let's spend the night together *
- 15 seconds left.
15 seconds.
- You got your underwear on? We're gonna set a record!
- Ten seconds left. Ten seconds.
- We got five seconds.
- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
[cheering]
- Yeah! - Bravo!
- Yes!
Whoo!
[5 Seconds of Summer's "She Looks So Perfect"]
* *
- Come on!
Come on!
- All right, Michael,
Guinness World Records adjudicator,
did we break a new world record?
- So the mark to beat was 355,
and there were some deductions in the crowd.
[booing]
- However, today at "America's Got Talent,"
you had...
1,206 people!
It's a new Guinness World Record title.
- Nick Manning! - Congratulations, Nick!
- "AGT" had just set a new world record!
[cheering]
You guys are part of history!
All right, we got it, y'all.
Yes, come on out here.
Wow!
- Congratulations to everybody.
But, you know, it's all about you right now.
- Sofía.
I mean, I understand that a lot of people
are very, very fascinated about those records.
I, for some reason, I don't really care
about seeing them happen.
So I didn't love it.
[booing]
- Simon.
- Well, he failed on the first one,
succeeded on the second one,
but it didn't feel that it was very difficult
to break that record, if I'm being honest with you.
- All right, Heidi.
- I mean, we definitely have not had
an act quite like this before.
But I feel like for all of us to put underwear on our heads
is not a talent. So I'm sorry.
It's a no from me.
- It's a no from me.
- I'm afraid I'm gonna have to say no.
- Four noes. Sorry, but thank you so much.
And thank you for sharing this record.
- * She looked so good just standing there *
- This is how you should wear this.
- My God, what's happened to this show?
- [laughs]
- Always end on a high. Right.
Okay, that really is the last edition of the series.
So we have to say good night.
Travel safe, everyone. Love you. Take care.
Bye-bye.
[dramatic music]
* *
[beeping]
- * We built this city *
* We built this city on rock and roll *
- For the first time ever
in "America's Got Talent" history,
the Golden Buzzer is about to go live.
[cheering]
One more for each judge
to send acts straight to the finals.
- That stage is where dreams come true.
- We weren't expecting that.
- * We built this city *
- I couldn't believe my eyes.
- * We built this city on rock and roll *
- This summer...
- America is gonna love you.
- Anything...
- Spectacular!
- Can happen.
America, are you ready to choose a champion?
[cheering]