[cheers and applause]
- There's something about you that is very special.
- You are the image of what I believe authenticity is.
- I have never, ever seen anything like this in my life.
- Words aren't necessary.
- Hope.
♪ What's my definition of success ♪
[cheering]
♪ Listening to what your heart says ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ Standing up for what you know is ♪
♪ Right while everybody else is ♪
♪ Tucking their tail between their legs ♪
[cheering]
- That was the best!
- [screams]
- What just happened?
- I think America's gonna fall in love with you.
[cheers and applause]
- Absolutely, yes.
- I've always wanted to do this.
- Let's go!
- Whoa!
- If you don't get the audience in about 30 seconds,
you are what we call toast.
[cheers and applause]
- I can't look.
- No!
- It's the best act we've seen this year.
- Yes!
- Before anybody else does this, I'm gonna do this.
[cheers and applause]
[The Spinners' "The Rubberband Man"]
- People have no idea what goes on behind the scenes.
Look at this.
[upbeat music]
[cheers and applause]
- Here we go again.
- Look what I just found here-- the Golden Buzzer.
[laughs] Maybe that's a sign.
[cheers and applause]
- Don't touch those boxes.
- Who made you the boss of me?
- Let's start the show, guys.
Here we go.
[door unlatches]
- Guys, come on.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Hey, y'all ♪
♪ Prepare yourself ♪
♪ For the rubberband man ♪
♪ You've never heard a sound ♪
♪ Like the rubberband man ♪
- ♪ When the rubberband man starts to jam ♪
- Is that you, Simon?
- ♪ Doo, doo, doo ♪
- I can't believe this.
- It's you. - [laughs]
- There you are. Yes! - Yeah, doing nothing.
- Is that me? What--am I an elf?
- I'm so tempted to press something right now.
- No. For what?
- I don't know.
- Yes.
- All right, we gotta meet the judges, guys.
- ♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
♪ Oh, he's the man ♪
♪ The rubberband man ♪
♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
- How are you? - I'm good. How about you?
- Good.
Okay, this is very mysterious, very exciting.
- I'm sure.
- Everyone's whispering.
What's your names, please?
- My name is Steve Price.
- My name is Mark Robbins.
- Hello. Nice to meet you both. Where are you from?
- I'm from Michigan.
- And I'm from Minnesota.
- Okay, this looks huge.
What is it, and why have you done this?
- This is the chain reaction machine.
We're professional chain reaction artists.
- Yeah?
- And this is one of the most ambitious builds
we've ever done.
- How long did it take to build?
- We've been working on this for over a week--
12, 14-hour days, nonstop.
- Wow.
So if you were to win, where do you see this going?
- The dream is to use the money from winning "AGT,"
buy a huge warehouse.
We wanna build machines that are so impressive and so large
that they warrant their own Super Bowl.
- Wow.
- Okay, period.
- And what are the odds of this working?
- I think it's, like, a 50/50 shot.
- Terry Crews has volunteered to actually
be a part of the machine.
And I can walk him out, and we can get to it.
- Okay, I'm not going to ask anything else.
Good luck. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[tense music]
- Big step, Terry.
- What?
[cheers and applause]
- It just takes one thing...
- To go wrong.
- To be placed wrong, and they are screwed.
- Okay, we're gonna pull-- pull him back some.
Yep. Here we go.
- I'd be so nervous to start that off.
- Oh, wow. - Oh, my God.
Poor Terry.
- He looks so serious.
- Seven, six, five, four,
three, two, one, go!
[Galantis' "Peanut Butter Jelly"]
♪ ♪
- Oh! - Oh, my God!
- It's perfect speed. - So good, so far.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, no. It's, like, losing...
- Momentum.
- Oh, no. - Oh, no.
Oh, no. - No!
- Oh, no.
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Okay, now it's catching up.
You see?
- Yes! Yes!
Yes! Yeah!
- ♪ Spread it like ♪
- Here it comes.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Spread it like ♪
- That's so cool.
- Very cool. - Wow.
- Here comes the hot dog.
- ♪ Spread it like ♪
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, no. Oh, no.
- Come on. Come on.
Come on. Go, go, go!
- Oh!
- Whoa!
- [laughing]
- ♪ Spread it like ♪
- There's a little ball.
- Whoa!
- ♪ Visualize it ♪
♪ I'll give you something to do ♪
- Oh, the wheel. The wheel. The wheel.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Sleepless nights at the chateau ♪
- What is it doing?
- ♪ I'll give you something to do ♪
- What happened?
- ♪ Visualize it ♪
♪I'll give you something to do ♪
- ♪ Visualize it ♪
♪ I'll give you something to do ♪
♪ Ace high ♪
♪ I'm going all in ♪
♪ Visualize it ♪
- Oh, with the ladder.
- That's a crab walk.
- ♪ Spread it like peanut butter jelly ♪
♪ Do it like I owe you some money ♪
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Spread it like ♪
[explosion]
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ We built this city ♪
[Starship's "We Built This City"]
♪ We built this city on rock and roll ♪
♪ Built this city ♪
♪ We built this city on rock and roll ♪
- Be careful with Simon.
- Hold on, guys.
- I was holding my breath the whole time.
- That was actually amazing.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Sofía.
- I can tell that that was so much work for you guys.
I mean, I cannot even imagine the preparation
to be able to have all this going,
and so perfectly, so good job.
- Thank you. - Whoo!
- Because I wasn't aware of exactly what was going on,
I would have liked a little bit of commentary
so I could follow along.
[music slows, stops]
- Yeah, well, I think if you're above the age of four,
you could understand it.
- ♪ Someone's always playing ♪
- Did you bring a second one?
I'd like to see one more.
- You know what?
I actually thought it was brilliant.
It was so clever.
I think people are gonna love watching this.
[cheers and applause]
Howie?
- It's a yes for me.
- Mel? - No.
It's a no for me.
I found it boring.
- Sofía.
- Yes.
- ♪ We built this city on rock and roll ♪
- You've got three yeses.
You're through to the next round.
- ♪ We built this city ♪
♪ We built this city on rock and roll ♪
- Oh, man. That was fantastic.
I feel like I can breathe now.
Oh, my goodness. Oh.
- ♪ We built this city ♪
- Howie, get me me.
- Oh, it's gonna be a big day in "America's Got Talent,"
everybody!
- Who's that lady?
- Thank you.
You guys were great. - Thank you.
- I'm glad you appreciate it.
- I gotta go put this in my dressing room.
- Okay. [laughter]
- Right. I'm off.
- Music start!
[cheers and applause]
- This is what "AGT" is all about.
- No!
[dramatic music]
- That's a 10.
That was an 11.
- Hold on a minute.
- Oh, you're so dramatic.
- No, I'm dying.
[cheers and applause]
It was beautiful. It was a surprise.
[cheers and applause]
- Any more questions?
♪ ♪
- The crew is gonna break everything down.
- Okay, come here.
I'm gonna bring you guys to the stage.
You can follow me.
- Congratulations.
- Thanks for being a part of it too.
- Good to meet y'all in here, man.
Thank you.
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, they're coming over here.
Hey. Hi, guys!
all: Hi! - You're incredible.
Where are you from? - South Korea!
- South Korea. I love South Korea.
[uplifting music]
- This is an amazing audience. Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
- It's time. Come here.
- Bye, guys!
- All right, go ahead.
- Whoo! - Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, wow - Whoa.
- Wow!
Whoa!
- Hi there. What are your names?
Well, what's the name of your group, should I say?
Because there's too many. [laughs]
- Come Here.
Like, come here. - Come Here.
And is there a reason why you named
the--your group Come Here?
- There's no reason.
- All right. - [laughs]
- All right.
Where are you guys from?
- South Korea. - Ah.
- Yes!
- How many of you are there in this group?
- 23.
- Oh!
And do you think you can win this?
- Yes. - Okay, the stage is yours.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- [sighs] ♪ I love you ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Days we were young ♪
♪ We took photographs of everything we could see ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ We knew we were impervious ♪
♪ No matter how we'd bleed ♪
♪ We never fought for breath ♪
♪ Priest and prophetess ♪
♪ We were nothing ♪
♪ We would defy ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Invincible skin ♪
♪ It's how we all begin ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Awake, awake ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ This is a dream state ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- Wow!
- ♪ We had to run from it ♪
- Whoa! - Whoa!
- ♪ Invisible skin ♪
♪ It's how we all begin ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Awake, awake ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ This is a dream state ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Out of the dark day ♪
♪ Into the brighter night ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Out of the dark day ♪
♪ Into the brighter night ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Out of the dark day ♪
♪ Into the brighter night ♪
♪ ♪
♪ How do we feel in that photograph ♪
♪ And how do we feel it again ♪
♪ Days we were young ♪
♪ We took photographs of everything we could be ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my God!
- Amazing. - Whoa!
- Oh!
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Amazing.
- Well, well, well.
What would you call that, what you did?
Interpretive dance?
Was it contemporary?
I saw there was lots of ticking in there.
- There's no name, but I always try to mix
all the styles of dance.
- Well, it was fantastic, let me tell you.
- Thank you. - Howie?
- Are you--are you the choreographer?
- Yeah.
- You're amazing.
That was--you know, I'm not the biggest fan
of dance troupes because, usually, they look like
every recital I go to for my grandkids
and my daughters and everything.
You don't.
- Thank you so much.
- Sofía.
- Thank you.
- You filled the whole stage with your energy.
I don't think this season we've got anything--
anything close to what you guys have done.
It was spectacular.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Simon?
- Yeah, you are really, really talented,
and your dancers are amazing.
This is an example of, if you wanna be good,
you really, really gotta put the work in.
And this--how--how many weeks, months do you prepare for this?
- Two weeks. - Two weeks.
- What? - Yeah.
- Wow. Okay.
All right. Well, that's still a long time.
- There goes that theory. - Okay.
- Two long weeks.
- That's how great they are.
- I mean, it was flawless.
- It was amazing, the synchronicity.
- Beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Well, let's vote. - Vote!
- I'm giving you your first yes.
- Yes from me.
Sofía?
- Yes!
- Simon?
- This is your fourth yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you!
- ♪ Hey ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
- Well done, guys.
- ♪ Oh ♪
♪ Hey ♪
- Are you guys happy?
all: Yeah! - Celebrate.
You got it.
Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Now give yourself a big round of applause, everybody!
[soft music]
- Two.
- All right, time to go, brother.
You ready? - Yeah.
- All right. All right. There you go, my man.
[cheers and applause]
- Hi. What's your name?
- I'm Ryan Inzero from Connecticut.
- How old are you? - I am 25 years old.
- What we're about to see, is this how you make a living?
- I actually work in marketing for my family's business.
Yeah.
- Our business minds.
- So coming onto "AGT" would be giving me
the opportunity to break free and perform full time.
- Yes!
- Do you think you have what it takes to win?
- Definitely.
- Okay, blow our minds.
Go. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
["Flight of the Bumblebee"]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah!
- Yes!
[Fitz and the Tantrums' "The Walker"]
- [whistling]
- I don't know what it's called, but it was nuts,
it was ridiculous, and I really liked it.
[laughs]
- I could see you two working together, definitely.
- Shut up. [laughter]
- It was like--I don't know.
It was like something on New Year's Eve
when someone's drunk a bottle of tequila...
- Exactly.
- And is having some mad fight
with themselves or something.
[cheers and applause]
- How do you--how do you rehearse for this?
Do you look at yourself in the mirror?
- That's a job. It's a job.
- What do you mean, it's a job?
- A sign spinner is a job.
When you drive in the streets and somebody is opening up a--
- You cannot even read whatever he's holding.
- ♪ Oh, here we go ♪
- It was fun, but it's a no for me.
- It's a yes from me.
- Sofía?
- No, Ryan.
No.
[laughter]
- It's a no from me. Thank you very much.
- ♪ Oh, here we go ♪
♪ Feel it in my soul ♪
♪ Really need it ♪
♪ Need it so good ♪
- Oh, that was hilarious.
And the music.
[vocalizing]
- When we all met, we became really close friends
right away.
We're all businesswomen, and we all
have full-time daytime careers,
but we also share a passion to perform.
- Are you guys ready for your next act?
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Here we go ♪
♪ Feel it in my soul ♪
- We all are working pretty hard all day,
and then we get together at night,
and we get to just be a totally different person
and really just let our passions shine.
- ♪ Need it, need it ♪
- Hello. - Hello.
- How are you?
- We are fabulous.
- Okay, and tell us the name of the act.
- Our group is Infinite Spin.
- Right.
And where are you from?
- We are from Sacramento.
- Okay.
And what's your day jobs?
- We work in environmental consulting, in lobbying,
and we're all businesswomen.
- I love that.
No more questions.
Good luck.
- Okay, thank you.
We'll be right back.
- Where are they going?
- Oh, hi.
- What's going on?
[cheers and applause]
- I'm confused.
[Blondie's "One Way Or Another"]
- What?
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ One way or another ♪
♪ I'm gonna find ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha ♪
♪ One way or another ♪
♪ I'm gonna win ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha ♪
♪ One way or another ♪
♪ I'm gonna see ya ♪
♪ I wanna meet ya, meet ya, meet ya, meet ya ♪
♪ One day, maybe next week ♪
♪ I'm gonna meet ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna meet ya, I'll meet ya ♪
♪ I will drive past your house ♪
♪ And if the lights are all out ♪
♪ I'll see who's around ♪
♪ One way or another ♪
♪ I'm gonna lose ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna trick ya, trick ya, trick ya, trick ya ♪
♪One way or another ♪
♪ I'm gonna lose ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna give you the slip ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ I'll walk down the mall ♪
♪ Stand over by the wall ♪
♪ Where I can see it all ♪
♪ Find out who you call ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Where I can see it all ♪
♪ Find out who you call ♪
♪ One way or another ♪
♪ Where I can see it all ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Where I can see it all ♪
♪ Find out who you call ♪
♪ One way or another ♪
♪ Where I can see it all ♪
♪ Find out who you call ♪
[cheers and applause]
[Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff"]
♪ ♪
- Okay, whose idea was this?
- I mean, why not?
Why not do the craziest thing
on the biggest stage in the world?
- ♪ Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out
- That--that is--
that's a good answer.
Had you had a few drinks when you--
[laughter]
When you were having this-- - No!
Safety first, Simon.
- Of course.
- We definitely had a few drinks.
- I thought so.
Nothing wrong with that.
Okay, I actually don't know what it was,
but it made me laugh.
- ♪ I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin'
- Right.
I think we should just go straight to a yes or a no.
Mel.
- I wouldn't have minded if the choreography was slick.
We did see somebody just before--
- Sign spinning.
- It was quick, but still gave us some showmanship,
but this was just a bit all over the place.
This is a no from me. Sorry.
[booing]
- Howie?
- As much as that's surprising, and it's fun,
and I'm glad you're part of season 21,
I--for "AGT," it's a no for me.
[booing]
- I think this is what we call work in progress.
We'll see you again sometime in the future, I think.
I would have said yes.
They've said no.
- Oh--oh, come on.
- Thank you.
We really, really appreciate it,
and I'm so proud of these girls.
- Thank you!
- ♪ I want some hot stuff, baby, tonight ♪
♪ Need a little hot stuff ♪
- It's really hot.
My makeup is melting off my face.
- Please. I can't--
[laughter]
- ♪ I need hot stuff ♪
- Yeah.
- Oh, you're so dramatic.
- No, I'm dying.
- ♪ Hot stuff, baby ♪
♪ Gonna need your love tonight ♪
- Okay, here we go, guys. Clear the stage.
- Do I look sexy with my hair blowing in the wind?
- Yes.
- My ear hair?
- My dad's name is Terry by the way.
- Oh, that's cool. - [laughs]
- My name is not Lady Gaga.
No, no, my name is Lady Tada.
- All right, good luck.
- ♪ Chemicals, chemicals ♪
♪ Chemicals ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Chemicals ♪
♪ Won't you throw me in your fire ♪
- What is going on?
- ♪ At best, I'm just a mess ♪
♪ Of chemicals, chemicals ♪
[buzzers]
♪ Chemicals ♪
♪ Won't you throw me in your fire ♪
- ♪ Won't you throw me in your fire ♪
♪ Chemicals ♪
♪ Won't you throw me in your fire ♪
[buzzer]
♪ Chemicals ♪
[cheers and applause]
- I think you're great, but you know how to do a lot of things,
but nothing got to, like, a great, great level.
- A bit more practice.
Come back again.
- Thank you so much, you guys.
[upbeat music]
- Everything that she did was hard.
It's just that it wasn't, like--
- Yeah, she just didn't do anything great.
- [laughs]
- Hey, guys, send us in the next act.
- Hey, gentlemen, how are you?
Hey! - How are you doing?
- What's your name? - Sam Strange.
- Sam?
- Yeah, well, and Richard Young.
- Richard?
- We are Young and Strange.
- Young and Strange.
- Next to the stage.
- We've been performing together for 15, 16 years.
We've taken every gig we've ever been offered.
So we would do children's birthday parties.
We'd do any opportunity to stand on the stage
in front of a group of people.
- Take your seats, please. Here we go.
- There's such a rich legacy on this show of magicians
that have gone on to have their own Vegas show,
like Mat Franco, Shin Lim, Piff the Magic Dragon.
And so the dream for us would be to add our names
to that illustrious list.
- We have the next act here on standby, guys.
Just checking them in.
- This is the biggest day of our careers.
We've been performing together for 15 years,
but it's basically all been leading to this.
- Make it happen.
Yes!
- ♪ Let 'em know ♪
- It's another box. - Come on.
- ♪ Shout it out ♪
- And a ladder.
- All right, come in.
- A box and a ladder.
Hello. How are you? - Good. Thank you.
- Good. Who are you? - I'm Richard Young.
- And I'm Sam Strange. - Okay.
And tell us a bit about you, please.
- We met in our, like, 20s.
We were both close-up magicians,
doing magic together.
And then we decided if we join forces,
we could make the magic even better.
- Okay, and how long have you been together for?
- About 15 or 16 years we've been performing together.
- Wow.
- We've took every gig that is offered to us.
- Yeah.
- But we have a dream, and that is we want a Vegas show.
- I'm trying to imagine now I'm in Vegas,
and I've just paid a lot of money to see you, right?
- Yeah, exactly. - Okay.
- And we're gonna need--we're gonna impress you, hopefully.
And in order to do this, may we join you at the desk?
- Wherever you want.
- With all of that?
With all of those things?
[dramatic music]
- It feels like we just--we're about to get some work done.
- Let's head down here, Young.
Now, if everything goes to plan,
there'll be champagne all round.
But--thank you. Yes.
- You look like an actor.
- I look like who?
- You look like that actor.
- Jonah Hill. - Jonah Hill.
Yes, I get that a lot. Yes.
- That's cool. - And--
- Yeah. - What can I say?
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
So over the last several seasons,
you've had some of the world's greatest close-up magicians
perform for you here at this iconic desk.
There is one big difference, though, between magicians
like Shin Lim and Mat Franco.
Young and Strange are not close-up magicians.
We are grand illusionists.
- You are grand illusionists? both: Yes!
- But on a less-than-grand budget.
- Yes.
- Young, I'm sorry to say, mate,
this is actually a smaller desk than I'd imagined.
- That is gonna be a little bit of a problem.
Now, Simon, we wanna make sure you don't get injured.
This is a little bit dangerous, so we're gonna
have to ask a favor of you.
Would you all mind moving up? - Can you move--
- Would that be okay?
If we can get you to roughly where Sofía is--
- Howie, if you shuffle down. Mel B--
- Everybody head that way. - You want me to move down?
- Yeah, you-- - I could imagine that.
- You have to take care of Simon.
He's a national treasure back home, you see?
- There you go. - Is he?
- No, I'm not. I'm not.
Actually, I am. - Excellent.
- But I have to say, Mel B from the Spice Girls,
he's your favorite Spice Girl.
- Yeah, you are my favorite Spice Girl, yeah.
- And, Simon, you're gonna be closest to the action here.
So if at any point you feel uncomfortable in what's
happening, you can end the performance
immediately by pressing the golden emergency
stop button right here.
- That's what it's for. Okay.
- [laughs]
- Glad you told me.
Remember that.
- We haven't thought this through properly.
That--that--this red thing just does not come off.
- Yeah, don't worry about that, mate.
[buzzer]
[audience groans] Oh.
- You just gave yourself a--
- Well, he was probably gonna press it anyway, wasn't he?
- He was gonna press it anyway, wasn't he?
[laughter]
- Here we go.
[dramatic music]
What's happening?
- He's getting in a box, Mel.
- He's getting in a box.
- Can he fit in the box?
- We're gonna find out.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs] That's funny.
- A world first.
A grand illusion, close up.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
- No! - No!
- Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
- What's happening?
- He's getting in a box, Mel.
- He's getting in a box.
[dramatic music]
- A world first.
A grand illusion, close up.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
[audience exclaiming]
- No! - No!
Oh, my God.
- No, don't do this.
- Stop it.
Stop it.
[music intensifies]
[cheers and applause]
- Stop!
Enough.
- Is that real?
Oh, my God.
- [cackles]
- Oh, come on.
- I don't think I--
- Whoa!
- I can't--I can't look.
- That's nuts.
- Oh! Oh.
- [grunting]
- Don't do that.
- One more.
- Come on.
- Oh!
- There's no way.
- Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- There's no way.
- Whoo!
- Is he gonna come out of there?
♪ ♪
- Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- [laughs]
- Yes!
You're my favorite.
- Champagne all round.
Whoo! Whoo-hoo!
Yes!
Whoo, hoo, hoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Okay.
Sofía. - I loved it.
- Aw.
Sofía, cheers to you.
Cheers to you.
[The Monkees' "I'm A Believer"]
- ♪ I thought love was only true in fairy tales ♪
- Oh, my God.
- I love you more now.
You guys are so funny.
- They're funny. - That was magic, for sure.
- Oh. - That was magic.
For me, it was the perfect audition.
- ♪ Then I saw her face ♪
- I mean, I believe in magic, right?
But that was crazy magic.
- ♪ Of doubt in my mind ♪
♪ I'm in love ♪
- You know, I believe in magic.
I believe in comedy.
And to answer what Simon said right at the beginning,
can I imagine having paid a huge price
to watch you on the Las Vegas strip?
Absolutely, yes.
- ♪ And then I saw her face ♪
- Well, I'm not jumping out my chair like you--
[booing]
- What in the world?
- You should have left him at that end.
- [laughs] Okay. Howie?
- Yes!
- ♪ And then I saw her face ♪
- Mel.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes!
I love you. I love you.
- Sofía.
- I wanna see you again, and I know
it's gonna be even better.
Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Okay, well, you are through to the next round.
- ♪ I'm a believer ♪
♪ I couldn't leave her if I tried ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo!
- Whoo-hoo!
- Oh!
- You didn't love it, Simon? - I loved that.
- You didn't love it?
- I found them a bit annoying. - What?
- I found them a bit annoying. - They were not annoying.
They were fun. - I don't know.
- I was actually contemplating to press the Golden Buzzer.
- What? - I swear to God.
- Was it that good?
- Yeah. Yeah, I'm like, you know what?
You're really getting on my nerves.
[laughs]
- Obviously, you know, Simon, he was always gonna
be the hardest nut to crack.
- He was--he was.
But listen, if you just keep taking it up,
he'll be your biggest fan.
I love you guys, man.
- ♪ I'm a believer ♪
♪ ♪
- Should we do it? - Let's do it.
- Listening to me, and look at what I say.
- [laughs]
- You're gonna be remembered for that.
[dramatic music]
- Oh, my God.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- We love you, Simon!
- Whoo!
- Let's go!
- All righty, here we go.
- Where are you from? - I'm from Houston.
- Houston?
- Yeah, what about you? - Maine.
- Maine? - Maine.
I ain't never met nobody from Maine.
- Central Maine. Nobody--nobody ever does.
- Really? - Nobody ever does.
- There's a couple more acts before you, and then--
- Thank you.
- Now, what would happen if you won this whole show?
- The dream would be to take it to another level.
- Good luck.
- I'm just really nervous.
- All right.
All right.
- Going from singing in my car to singing...
- Are you guys ready for your next act?
- In front of thousands of people.
[cheers and applause]
- Is this how you make a living?
- I'm a one-man band, stilt walker,
comedian, comedy juggler.
- Well, I wish you the best of luck, buddy.
- Well, thank you very much.
[instruments playing]
- Oh, my gosh.
- ♪ I am a Yankee doodle dandy ♪
[buzzer]
♪ A Yankee doodle do or die ♪
[buzzer]
[buzzers]
- Man.
- Okay, that didn't help.
- That sucks. - Yeah. [laughs]
- I always get sad when I see one-man bands.
It's like a guy who loves music but has no friends.
- I don't even know.
I've never sung in front of so many people before.
I gotta figure out a way to-- - Loosen up, bro.
- Yeah, exactly.
- I hit push-ups before I go on stage.
It loosens me up--always.
- Well, no matter what happens, I love you.
- Love you too.
- Good luck.
- I've jumped out of a plane at 18,000 feet...
- This is nothing, bro.
- This is scarier than that. - I feel that.
- You go out there and make it happen, man.
Good times. Do your stuff.
[upbeat music]
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. Hi. - Hi.
- Simon, Mel, Howie. Hi, Sofia
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you.
Thank you for having me.
- What's your name, and where are you from?
- My name is Isaac Atkins.
I'm 23. - Oh, hold on a second.
That voice.
Say that again.
- My name is Isaac Atkins.
- Right.
- I'm 23, and I'm from Lewiston, Maine,
and I'm a sergeant in the U.S. Army.
- Oh, no way. [cheers and applause]
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you for your service. - Thank you.
Thank you for your support.
- So you're out of the army now or are you still in?
- I am not. I am on leave right now.
- Wow.
- I--I--I took a few days off to come here.
- So how long have you been-- have you been in the army for?
- I've been in the army for six years.
- Wow.
[cheers and applause]
- Okay, so tell us, why did you decide
to come on the show this year?
- Well, I sing in my car, basically.
That's my--that's my thing.
I sing in my car, and I started posting
about a year and a half ago.
And, you know, it started making its way around.
You know, my soldiers started seeing it.
And I would come to work, and they'd be like,
oh, Sergeant, I saw your TikTok.
Sergeant, I saw your TikTok last night.
Oh, I saw you sing this song.
I'm like, that's not me.
I don't know who you're talking about.
But--
but, no, I'm really glad that they were actually,
you know, the ones that kind of urged me to come here
and sing and... - Oh, wow.
- Realize my dream.
- That's great.
- So I'm really happy to be here.
- So how long has singing been a passion of yours?
- As long as I can remember.
I grew up singing.
My dad put me onto the-- the oldies, you know,
the Motown, all the greats-- Sam Cooke.
So I grew up, you know, singing in the car with my dad
and my brother, and it was just, you know,
one of those things that-- this is my dream.
- Wow.
Well, I can't wait to hear this, Isaac.
The stage is yours. Good luck.
- Thank you.
- That voice.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out ♪
♪ Baby ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm beggin' ♪
[Maneskin's "Beggin'"]
♪ ♪
♪ Ridin' high when I was king ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ I played it hard and fast ♪
♪ 'Cause I had everything ♪
♪ Walked away ♪
♪ Warned me then ♪
♪ But easy come and easy go ♪
♪ And it would end ♪
♪ Any time I bleed, you let me go ♪
♪ Yeah, any time I feed, you got me, no ♪
♪ Any time I seek, you let me know ♪
♪ But I plant and seed, just let me go ♪
♪ But I'm on my knees and I'm beggin' ♪
♪ I don't wanna lose you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Ra, ta, ta, ta ♪
♪ I'm beggin' ♪
♪ Beggin' you ♪
♪ Put your lovin' hands out, baby ♪
♪ I'm beggin' ♪
♪ Beggin' you ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out, darling ♪
♪ I need you to understand ♪
♪ Tried so hard to be your man ♪
♪ The kind of man that you want in the end ♪
♪ Only then can I begin to live again ♪
♪ Keep walkin' on, keep openin' doors ♪
♪ Keep hopin' for, now the door is yours ♪
♪ Keep also home ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna live in a broken home ♪
♪ Girl, I'm beggin' ♪
♪ I'm beggin' ♪
♪ Beggin' you ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out, darling ♪
♪ I'm beggin' ♪
♪ Beggin' you ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out, baby ♪
♪ And I'm beggin' ♪
♪ I am begging you ♪
♪ Put your loving hands out, darling ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- Thank you. Thank you.
[Shawn Mendes' "Wonder"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I wonder ♪
♪ Wouldn't it be nice ♪
♪ To live inside a world that isn't black and white ♪
- Isaac, let me tell you...
- ♪ And I wonder ♪
- You can sing.
- What a voice.
What a sexy voice you have.
- ♪ Close my eyes ♪
- Hold on a minute.
- ♪ That's on my mind ♪
- Hold on a minute.
Before anybody else does this, I'm gonna do it.
- ♪ What it's like to be loved by you ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I wonder what it's like ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I wonder what it's like to be loved by ♪
♪ I wonder ♪
- I had to.
You were so good. - So good.
- Well done. - Thank you so much.
Oh, my God. Thank you.
- I mean, you've got heart.
And that voice--my God.
Yes!
- ♪ By my side ♪
♪ And tell me that the world will end up all right ♪
- Enjoy. Enjoy this moment.
It's all yours.
- He did so good. - He did really good.
- ♪ I wonder ♪
- It's okay. You can cry.
I'll be crying too.
- ♪ Right before I close my eyes ♪
- Now that's how you give a Golden Buzzer.
You don't wait for anybody.
- ♪ Dreaming that you feel it too ♪
- Well, well, well.
How does that feel?
- Oh, my gosh, it feels amazing.
I was not expecting it.
- Good.
[cheers and applause]
- I think you're brilliant, with so much heart and soul.
We will see you in the live shows.
Go and enjoy.
Go and tell your brothers, your soldiers.
- Thank you. - Go and tell them all.
- Thank you, thank you.
- Hey, Isaac!
Oh! Come here, man.
[grunts]
- Oh, my God.
- What are you feeling?
- I'm shaking. My mouth is dry.
I'm-- - [laughs]
- I wasn't waiting for anybody.
I--I wanted that 100%.
That was mine.
- Well, you got it.
- I know I did.
I'm bloody happy about that.
- Holy crap.
- ♪ To be loved by you ♪
He just had that realness.
He sings all the way up here and all the way down there
[cheers and applause]
He serves the country.
He's just got a couple of days leave.
He's--he's got heart.
He's gonna go very, very far.
You mark my words.
- ♪ I wonder what it's like to be loved by ♪
- My God. - Oh, no.
- Thank you.
- I love you.
- [laughs]
- Oh. Yo, congratulations, bro.
Man--dude, that is so awesome, bro.
Dude, congrats, brother.
No, you deserve that, my boy.
I'm so happy for you, bro.
Feel that. - Thank you.
- Absolutely, bro. - Oh, man.
I need some water. - Come on, man.
Hey, man. Feel all that, bro.
I love you, bro. Good job, bro.
Absolutely. Absolutely.
Heck yeah, man.
Oh, he deserves that.
Super cool.
Okay.
Good juju.
- [laughs]
- [laughs] That was all for me.
No, I'm kidding.
I'm kidding.
- ♪ Wonder what it's like to be loved by you ♪
- Welcome to season 21 of "America's Got Talent."
[Portugal.'s "Feel It Still"]
- How you doing, bro? I'm Cris.
- Nice to meet you, man. I'm Isaac.
- Isaac? - Yeah.
Nice to meet you, brother. - Yes, sir.
What are you gonna be doing? - I'm singing.
- Man, with that voice? - Gonna go a little higher.
- You're like-- like Prince high?
Like, "hee!"
- A little--a little higher. - Ha!
- A little higher than that. - I can't.
[laughter]
- ♪ Ooh, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
♪ I've been feeling it since 1966 now ♪
- You look like that actor. - Jonah Hill.
Yeah, I get that a lot.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Since I was a kid, I've always been a fan of comedy.
And I knew I had this passion in wanting
to be an entertainer, but I always just tried
to work any and everywhere to try to get some funds
while I was chasing this dream.
[buzzer]
- No!
I worked at McDonald's-- got fired.
I worked as a lifeguard-- got fired.
[buzzer]
That makes me nervous.
I was also working at Steve Madden.
I was selling heels, and I did get fired.
[laughs] I should not--this is why I should be on the stage.
And today, I'm on "America's Got Talent."
So hopefully, I get to, like--
[cheers and applause]
Oh, he got a Gold Buzzer.
Nice, yo!
- It was so good.
- Thank you so much. - Well done.
- He was the first person that I met.
We connected.
I feel like that's actually, like, really good juju.
- [laughs]
- ♪ Ooh, I'm a rebel just for kicks now ♪
- I really wanna win the whole thing.
I hope my landlord sees this because he's still waiting
on his rent right now, and I just want him to know
it's coming, all right?
- Come on!
- ♪ Ooh, I'm a rebel just for kicks now ♪
- Uh, uh, toma!
- [laughs] Okay, wait. Let's do that again.
- You want that?
Pow, pow, toma!
- Oh, I love that.
- Yes, sir.
- I'm with you. - Yes, sir. Appreciate you.
- All right, Cris. Go on out there, baby.
[clapping] Let's go!
[cheers and applause]
- Hi. What's your name?
- I'm Cris Sosa.
- Hi, Cris Sosa. - Yes, sir.
- And how old are you?
- I'm 32. - 32.
And where are you from?
- I'm from "umble," Texas.
It's spelled-- it's spelled like humble,
but it's pronounced "umble," just in case...
- Okay. - Y'all see that, okay?
- And what do you do for a living?
- I'm a stand-up comedian. - Oh, good!
- Wow. - Yes, sir.
- Love that.
[cheers and applause]
How long have you been doing stand-up?
- I've been doing stand-up now for 13 years.
- 13 years? - Yes, sir.
- What's the dream?
- Oh, man.
The dream is to be a great entertainer--
the greatest entertainer of all time.
I wanna be up there with the tops, you know what I mean?
Movie stars, shows-- I wanna do it all.
- Manifest. - Yes, sir.
- Go ahead.
[cheers and applause]
- Latinos, what's up?
[cheers and applause]
I'm Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Mexican.
[cheers and applause]
And I can't speak Spanish.
- What? - I know.
I know.
Ay, no.
[laughter]
My parents, they raised me speaking English, okay?
But they just learned English.
- [in Mexican accent] So they're teaching me English...
- [laughs]
- Talking to me like this.
Now I'm a baby talking like that.
[laughter]
[normally] That's messed up, man. Come on.
I skipped the whole Spanish...
[in Mexican accent] And went straight to talking like this.
[laughter]
[normally] And I was raised in Texas.
A lot of country folks in Texas.
And when country folks talk to each other,
they say everything and nothing at the same time,
and they'll have a full-blown conversation.
[in Southern accent] Hey, what going on, chile?
Shoot, I can't call it. Ha-ha!
Hey, I'll tell you one thing, though.
Hey, I'll tell you one thing fo' sho.
Let me tell you something.
Hey, let me tell you something.
I couldn't even tell you.
[laughter]
I couldn't even tell you.
[cheers and applause]
And listen, I know I can't speak Spanish, Sofía.
Perdona me.
- Okay.
- But what I lack in language, I gain in moves, people.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
You better cállate.
- [laughs]
- I get down.
Salsa, merengue, bachata,
taco Tuesday.
I give my pops credit.
He's the one that taught me.
Hey, estupid, come in here.
[laughter]
What's the one thing that can bring everybody together, huh?
Dancing, okay?
I'm gonna teach you, okay, papi?
I'm gonna teach you something, okay?
I'm like, Dad, I don't think I need a tissue.
[laughter]
No.
[speaks Spanish]
I'm gonna learn you, okay?
I'm gonna learn you how to dance, okay?
Listening to me.
Listening to me, and look at what I say.
[laughter, applause]
You're gonna take your hand, okay?
You're gonna take your hand.
You're gonna give yourself a wedgie, okay?
Give yourself a wedgie, okay?
Man, toma, toma, toma.
And you take it out with no hands.
Mira! Wa, ah, ah, ah, sa, sa, sa, sa, ah, hah, hey!
Take it out, papi. Take it out, papi.
Ha, ha, hey, hey, hey, hey!
[cheers and applause]
Y'all wanna know the greatest lesson I learned that day?
Y'all wanna know?
[audience agreeing]
I couldn't even tell you.
[laughter]
Thank y'all so much, man.
My name is Cris Sosa.
Y'all are amazing, man. Thank y'all.
[cheers and applause]
Respect. Wow.
- Yes!
[Micah Palace's "No Sabo"]
♪ ♪
- That was really good. How's that feel, Cris?
- That feels incredible, man.
I'm glad it's over. - What'd you think--
- Hoo!
- [laughs] What'd you think, Simon?
- The most important thing is, you're funny.
- ♪ Hey! ♪
- I seriously think--
- Oh, come on, Simon. Stop it, man.
Yo!
- If you don't get the audience in about 30 seconds,
you are toast.
Every part of that routine was funny.
- [singing in Spanish]
- I had a feeling you were gonna be great,
but I didn't think you were gonna be this great.
You didn't miss one joke.
- ♪ Young Latino sippin' on Titos ♪
- Obviously, I felt related to every single one of your jokes.
I loved it.
You know, I'm so proud that a Latin guy can be so funny.
Very proud of you.
Thank you for coming. - Thank you.
Thank you.
- ♪ No sabo ♪
- Oh, my cheeks are killing me from laughing,
and you gave me that proper belly laugh.
- ♪ No sabo ♪
- You're really good at what you do.
I think you're gonna do really well in this contest.
I'm gonna start you doing well with your first yes.
Mel?
- I am definitely gonna say yes.
I loved it.
- ♪ No sabo ♪
- Claro que sí!
- Yes! I got you.
[cheers and applause]
- I think one of the best contestants we've had today.
- [singing in Spanish]
- So yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, thank you.
- ♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ No sabo ♪
- He was funny.
- He was amazing.
- Man, whoo!
You killed it, man. - Oh, man.
- Wow. - Come on.
- Here we go.
both: Pow, pow, toma!
- ♪ No sabo ♪
- All right. - Hey!
- [speaking Spanish] Terry Crews.
Oh, my gosh. - Look behind you.
- Oh, my gosh.
That is not real.
That is crazy.
- How you doing?
What's your name, sir? - Lorenzo.
Lorenzo. - Lorenzo?
- I'm Betty.
- Betty?
- I have, like, this dream come true of mine.
I loved you in "The White Chick," okay?
And I would love just to sing a little part of the song.
- Yes!
both: ♪ Making my way downtown ♪
♪ Walking fast ♪
♪ Faces pass, and I'm homebound ♪
♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
[laughter]
- All of these people have been performing
for a long time.
It's kind of intimidating.
[Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles"]
- ♪ And I need you ♪
- I have my brother here, so, you know,
that's something that's making me feel better.
- How are you?
- What's your name?
- I'm Betty.
- Betty? - Yes.
- Where are you from? - I'm from Spain.
- Oh, wow. Which part?
- Valencia.
- ♪ If I could fall into the sky ♪
- ♪ Do you think time would pass me by ♪
And I had a handshake with him.
Oh, my God.
- ♪ Tonight ♪
- It's just a dream.
Like, I've always thought of "AGT" like a dream
that would never come true.
Oh, my God.
- Come on, Betty!
- Let's do this thing. Here we go.
- Go out there and make this work.
- Hi.
Oh, my gosh. - Hi there.
- Hi. - Hi.
Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
What's your name?
- I'm Betty. - Betty.
- And I'm 17 years old.
- 17 years old.
- Yes. - How does it feel to be here?
You look quite overwhelmed.
- Yes. - What are you thinking?
- I am so nervous right now.
You know, I've been always watching this show
and dreaming one day I could be here.
And I'm here, so it's actually insane.
It's not real.
[cheers and applause]
Wow.
- Where are you from?
- I know. Spain.
- Where are you from?
- I'm from Spain.
Yes.
- Wow, you traveled all that way.
- This is my first time in America ever.
- Oh!
- Yeah, I came with my brother too.
He's my biggest supporter, so.
[laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- So if you've been watching the show for a long time,
why now?
Why today?
- I just--I think now I'm in this age
where I feel more confident in myself for some reason.
And, you know, I just have this feeling.
- That's very sweet.
Well, Betty, good luck.
The stage is yours.
- Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
[cheers and applause]
[JP Saxe's "If the World Was Ending"]
♪ I was distracted and in traffic ♪
♪ I didn't feel it when the earthquake happened ♪
♪ But it really got me thinkin' ♪
♪ Were you out drinkin' ♪
♪ Were you in the living room, chillin', watchin' television ♪
♪ It's been a year now ♪
♪ Think I've figured out how to let you go ♪
♪ And let communication die out ♪
♪ I know, you know, we know ♪
♪ You weren't down for forever, and it's fine ♪
♪ I know, you know, we know ♪
We weren't meant for each other, and it's fine
♪ ♪
♪ But if the world was ending, you'd come over, right? ♪
♪ You'd come over, and you'd stay the night ♪
♪ Would you love me for the hell of it ♪
♪ All our fears would be irrelevant ♪
♪ If the world was ending, you'd come over, right? ♪
♪ Right ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
♪ But if the world was ending, you'd come over, right? ♪
♪ You'd come over, and you'd stay the night ♪
♪ Would you love me for the hell of it ♪
♪ All our fears would be irrelevant ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
♪ If the world was ending ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You'd come over, right? ♪
Oh, my God.
[cheers and applause]
[Lucy Spraggan's "Why Don't We Start from Here"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Every single wish she made ♪
♪ From shooting stars to birthday cakes ♪
♪ Every lucky charm she'd saved ♪
- Thank you so much.
Thank you.
- ♪ Was for the great escape ♪
- Wow.
- You know, Betty, I don't think it could have gone
any better for you right now.
You have so much potential, but I can see your nervousness.
- Hi. I'm so overwhelmed right now.
[cheers and applause]
- So take all this positive energy in.
- Thank you.
- To me, you have one of those recording voices.
If I was to hear you on the radio,
I would know it was you immediately.
- Yep.
- And that is a standout star quality.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- You have a very unique sound in your voice.
It's kind of like Halsey and Adele all rolled into one,
you know?
- Oh, my God.
- Well done, young lady.
- Thank you so much.
- Sofía?
- Absolutely well done.
Your energy is beautiful.
The song was perfect.
You're a star already.
- Thank you so much.
- ♪ Why don't we start from here ♪
- I love the fact that someone who is 17--
you've flown over.
You're nervous.
And then you kind of gave us, like, a masterclass
of how to sing a song.
- And in Spanish also.
- Seriously, it was... - Yeah.
- Amazing. - Yeah.
- And you're not copying people.
I love the fact you've just got your own thing going.
I think you absolutely nailed that, Betty.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you. - You're so humble.
[cheers and applause]
- Okay, Howie, what do you think?
- Sí! - Gracias! Thank you.
- Sofía?
- Sí.
- Simon?
- 100% yes.
- Yes, yes, yes. Well done, Betty.
- Thank you so much. - Well done.
- Thank you guys.
Thank you so much.
- ♪ Why don't we start from here ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
- She was so sweet.
She's really sweet.
- Wow, the singers are good this year.
- This has been my dream for, like, my whole life.
It's--I can't believe that I'm here.
Oh, my gosh.
And they are real.
Like, the judges-- they are real.
You are real.
- You would recognize that voice if you heard it again.
I like that.
- Beautiful girl.
Beautiful voice.
- This is crazy.
- Yes.
- Like, those things they said to me, like,
they're gonna stay in my heart forever.
That's once in a lifetime.
- Betty, thank you.
Thank you for bringing it. Lorenzo!
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you so much, guys.
Celebrate. - Thank you.
- Four yeses!
Four sís!
[cheers and applause]
- Just so y'all know, this is something
you ain't never seen before.
[laughter]
- Okay, I'm gonna do a head count.
Mally, Clay, Kenzo, M, LaRussell.
[Ollie Gabriel's "Days Like This #2"]
- We are gonna start that show in one minute,
ladies and gentlemen.
- [speaking Spanish, screaming]
Four yesses! Four yesses!
[speaks Spanish] Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- I'm LaRussell from Vallejo, California,
and I'm here with 50 people from the Bay Area.
Yo! - Yo, what's up?
- What's happening? I'm here to interview.
- Hey, what's up, my man? - What's up, brother?
- Come on over here.
What is your name, sir? - LaRussell.
- What are you gonna be doing on the show?
- Man, it's kind of indescribable.
- [laughs]
- One of my most vital memories
of falling in love with music--
I used to wake up, and my mom would be playing
a concert DVD by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
And I was enamored, and I wanted that for myself.
But after high school, I went straight to work at UPS,
and I got to a point where I kind of lost the sense
of possibility in my music.
Like, I just felt like I was doing myself a disservice
by not going after what I wanted.
No one was looking to sign me.
So in lieu of the labels, I really went to the people
who were showing up every day for me--
my community.
I spent the last I had.
Me and my friends-- we ended up building
a live performance platform at home in Vallejo.
- ♪ I turn on the news and I could just cry ♪
- LaRussell is like, everybody's like, big brother.
Like, we're not blood family, but we're family.
- All right, guys, we're going to stage.
Thank you.
- He just wants to showcase all of these
Bay Area kids' talents.
- ♪ I never seen days this like this ♪
♪ No, never seen days like this ♪
♪ No ♪
- Being here is really important because
I got little homies with me--
Bay Area kids who never got these opportunities.
- Hey, Simon.
Oh, my God, it's an honor.
Oh, my God.
- Every time we do something that's impossible,
we show that it's possible.
- All right, brother. Let's make it happen, man.
- ♪ I never seen days like this ♪
♪ No, never seen days like this ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
- Hello!
- Hello.
- Tell us about you and who you're here with.
- I'm LaRussell.
I'm from Vallejo, California.
[cheers and applause]
- The Bay Area.
- And I'm here with my community.
I brought a bunch of Bay Area kids
that look like me and feel like me and sound like me,
and grew up where I grew up to share this experience with me.
- Okay.
And tell us why you came on the show this year.
- I felt like what we was doing at home
and what we've been building is so special and necessary,
not just to music, but the world is in
a tough state right now, and I feel like
every time we get on the stage,
we get to kind of lighten that load.
- Yeah. - True.
- So should we do it?
- Let's do it. - Let's do it.
- Let's do it!
- Yeah, let's do it!
[cheers and applause]
- Yeah!
Man.
- [laughs]
- Oh, look at that.
- Oh, my God.
- Check, check.
"AGT," this is an absolute honor.
Y'all ready to play ball?
- Yee!
- Y'all ready to play ball?
- Yes!
Yes!
♪ I'm from the Bay ♪
♪ I rep it hard ♪
♪ I'm known worldwide, but I blew up from my backyard ♪
♪ I'm from the Bay ♪
♪ That's Northern Cal ♪
♪ They like my songs ♪
♪ They like my smile ♪
♪ They like my style ♪
♪ Hey, let's go ♪
♪ This ain't nothin' you ain't heard before ♪
♪ I put a new twist on a slap from '06 ♪
♪ This ain't nothin' you ain't heard before ♪
♪ I got a little story ♪
♪ It goes something like this ♪
♪ This ain't nothin' you ain't heard before ♪
♪ I put a new twist on a slap from '06 ♪
♪ This ain't nothin' you ain't heard before. ♪
♪ It goes one, two ♪
♪ One, two, three, let's go ♪
♪ It was 2006, I recall ♪
♪ Fresh white tee and it's crisp, I recall ♪
♪ 40 dropped "Tell Me When to Go" that winter ♪
all: ♪ It was all on the floor that winter ♪
- ♪ Then $hort came through ♪
♪ With "Blow the Whistle" for the summer ♪
♪ You wasn't outside back then, what a bummer ♪
♪ Nokia phones, H2 Hummers ♪
♪ Ay, lil mama ♪
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout ♪
♪ He's from the Bay ♪
♪ I rep it ♪
♪ He reps it hard ♪
♪ I'm known worldwide, but I blew up from my backyard ♪
♪ I'm from the Bay ♪
♪ That's Northern Cal ♪
♪ They like my songs ♪
♪ They like my smile ♪
♪ They like my style ♪
♪ Let's go ♪
♪ Oakland ♪
all: ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Frisco ♪
all: ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Simon ♪
all: ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Howie ♪
♪ Let's go ♪
♪ Sofía ♪
all: ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ Mel B. ♪
all: ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ "AGT" ♪
all: ♪ Roll call ♪
- ♪ "AGT" ♪
♪ This ain't no bit ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Bravo!
- ♪ Mama said fulfill the prophecy ♪
♪ Be something greater ♪
♪ Go make a legacy ♪
♪ Manifest destiny ♪
♪ Back in the days we wanted everything ♪
♪ Wanted everything ♪
[Panic! At the Disco's "High Hopes (White Panda Remix)"]
- What is there not to like?
I mean, the energy, the outfits, the song--
I loved it.
Thank you for coming. - Thank you.
- Mel.
- I have to be really honest with you.
It wasn't the best audition.
It wasn't perfect.
But you know what?
You've got real camaraderie.
Is that the right word? - Yes.
- Yeah, you all seem like friends and family,
and you're doing it all for the right reasons.
[cheers and applause]
- I really loved this audition.
Genuinely love it.
What you've done, which is hard,
is to bring all ages together, all with individual talents.
Every one of you pops, but then,
together, you became as one.
That's exactly the kind of act
I was praying would come on the show--genuine leadership.
- ♪ High, high hopes for a living ♪
♪ Didn't know how, but I always had a feeling ♪
- Let's go! - Right. Howie?
- Yes.
- I've gotta say yes.
- ♪ High, high hopes ♪
- I will be your third yes.
[cheers and applause]
- This is your fourth yes.
- ♪ High, high hopes ♪
♪ High, high hopes ♪
- Yes!
- ♪ High, high hopes ♪
♪ Always had high, high hopes ♪
- Let's go!
Yeah, yeah, Rio!
- ♪ Always had high, high hopes ♪
- Something about them I really, really like.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Let's go! - Let's go!
- Yo, let's go!
- What?
- What are y'all gonna do next?
- Get better. - Bigger.
- Yes!
- Something to talk about.
- That's right, baby. That's right. That's right.
- It brings so much, like, joy.
This is--this is joy tears.
- ♪ Had to have high, high hopes for a living ♪
♪ Didn't have a dime, but I always kept believing ♪
all: ♪ We going to the champions ♪
- ♪ Always had high, high hopes ♪
♪ High, high ♪
- Okay, here we go, guys. Clear the stage.
- That was amazing.
- We've had a lot of good acts so far.
- Yes.
- Okay, cool. Thank you.
- Here we go.
[cheers and applause]
- So good. - You ready, sir?
There you go.
Go right up there, brother.
There you are.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
How are you? - I'm all right.
I ain't bad. - Good.
How's everything backstage?
Good? - Backstage is hilarious.
- Yes, I've seen a bit of it.
How did you feel when you woke up this morning?
- Hungry. - Hungry? Okay.
- That's how it usually starts.
But I felt--I felt good.
I felt ready.
- Cool. And where are you from?
- I was born in New York... - Yeah.
- Raised in the South--
Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina.
- Yeah. [cheers and applause]
- So I'm America's baby, you know what I mean?
- Yeah. - [laughs]
- Okay, and why did you decide to come on the show this year?
- It's a great show.
I've--I've seen it for years, and it felt--
felt right to do it this year.
[cheers and applause]
- We love surprises, so I'm not gonna ask you anything else.
Are you ready? - Yeah, I'm ready.
I'm ready. - Okay, we're ready. Good luck.
[cheers and applause]
Come on. Be good.
I've got a good feeling.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm a poet, and this poem is called
"The Riot Wasn't Plan A."
[cheers and applause]
And if you loved anything that much--
if you loved anything that much--that much,
you'd fight too.
You'd fight through who and whatever,
but you choose violence over silence
every time you might die.
But you might live.
You might give the last drop.
You couldn't stop if you loved anything that much.
If you loved anything that much to touch,
your patience would hit differently.
You'd be forced to disagree, compelled to disobey,
compelled, even if afraid.
God bless the day long.
We're struggling.
The night deep with loving and touching.
Now imagine it disappearing into nothing.
[soft piano music]
- ♪ People ♪
♪ Keep on learning, oh ♪
[cheers and applause]
♪ Soldiers ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ They keep on warring ♪
To feel love in your mouth again,
I bet you would turn into a cusser, a disrupter,
a disturber of the peace.
Your peace intact.
Exact precision of blunt instruments.
It will make no difference.
However intuition or intonation might lead, you cry and swing
and cry and swing for the fences.
If you loved anything that much, you'd fight too.
You'd fight back.
No matter how weak they said you were,
no matter how many days in a row you haven't eaten,
ain't been sleeping, barely breathing,
still wanting, still needing, you keep on keeping finding
fresh paint for that picket sign.
You jump the line, regretting you only have
one life to give for your babies and your lover.
Lying to your mother, who's still in denial
about raising a firestarter, a flame phantom,
son of man, not manner.
You laugh on the witness stand.
The only hand you are in belongs to the most high.
Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego-- them your first, second,
and third cousins.
Nat Turner, William Wallace, them your brethren.
- ♪ So glad he let me try it again ♪
♪ My last time on Earth, I lived a whole world of sin ♪
♪ Now I keep on trying ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Till I reach ♪
♪ The highest ground ♪
♪ Hey, Lord ♪
♪ I can't let nobody ♪
♪ The highest ground ♪
♪ Too long, mm ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[cheers and applause]
[Aloe Blacc's "My Way"]
♪ ♪
Thank y'all.
- ♪ I've been sad, I've been lost ♪
♪ I've been down and out and lonely ♪
- Wow.
That was very, very, very, very powerful.
- Thank you.
- ♪ People say I'm blinded by faith ♪
- You delivered inspiration
and vocals and wisdom,
all wrapped up in a beautiful package.
I loved it.
- Sofía.
- Your voice is beautiful.
It feels like, you know, you really meant
what you were saying, and I think that's what
made it so special.
- Thank you.
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- You said, I'm a poet, and you are a poet.
But you know what?
You are so much more than just a poet.
You took poetry and spoken word to a whole other level.
- Thank you.
I get it from my mother.
I get it from my mom.
My mom's a poet.
My grandfather was a poet.
My great-grandmother was a poet.
[cheers and applause]
- A great audition, first of all, is a surprise.
Secondly, you gotta be original.
And importantly, you've gotta be remembered.
And you're gonna be remembered for that.
- Thank you. - That was so good.
That's a 10.
That was an 11.
- ♪ If I crash, I don't care ♪
- Howie. - Yes!
- Mel. - Yes. No-brainer. Yes.
- ♪ You can throw the world in my face ♪
- Three yeses.
- I really like you.
Four yeses.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Gonna do it my way ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Gonna do it my way ♪
- That was great.
- How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling good.
I'm feeling good.
- That--listen, the standing O--
- Standing O is crazy.
I didn't expect a standing O.
- What are you gonna do next?
- I'm gonna use the bathroom because I really--
- [laughs] Thank you, man.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Why did you wanna do "America's Got Talent"?
Growing up, I dreamed of performing on Hollywood stage,
but my parents wanted me to get a normal job,
but I wanted more.
[speaking Japanese]
I came to "AGT" because it's where dreams come true.
- You can stand right over there.
- I've worked so hard for this.
[inspirational music]
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
What's your name?
- My name is Akira.
- Where are you from?
- I'm from Japan.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, thank you!
- Well, thank you for coming all this way.
I don't wanna ask too much, but I'm so curious.
How old are you?
- I'm 51 years old.
- Oh, you look very good.
- Yes.
- What you're about to do for us--
do you do this for a living?
- [speaking Japanese]
- This is my full-time job in Japan.
- Right.
And how long have you been doing this for?
- Ten years. About ten years.
- Ten years? - Yes.
- Do you wanna keep it a surprise,
what you're gonna do for us? - Yes.
- So you make a living out of doing this,
what you're about to show us? - Yes!
- I am just clarifying, Simon.
[laughter]
Are you married?
Do you have kids?
Like, what's your home life like?
- Why are you asking all these questions?
- I'm just nosy.
- You're asking what their home life is like.
It's like, what's the dream or
what would you do with the money,
not what's your home life like?
- Do you drink tea or coffee?
[laughter]
- Fascinating show, this.
Wow.
- Before you start-- is there anything that
you would like to share with us before you start?
[laughter]
- [speaking Japanese]
- I am so honored to be here.
- Wow.
- Good luck. The stage...
- Don't you wanna know his favorite color?
- Is yours. Be quiet.
- All right, thank you. Thank you.
- Good luck. - What's his favorite sandwich?
- It's good to get to know them.
- Honestly, we are so drawn in.
[laughter]
[Pitbull's "Timber"]
- ♪ It's going down ♪
♪ I'm yelling timber ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ I'll be the one you won't forget ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Whoa. Whoa!
[laughter, applause]
- Oh.
Yeah.
- Any more questions?
- This is never show show.
Music, start!
- ♪ It's going down ♪
♪ I'm yelling timber ♪
♪ You better move ♪
♪ You better dance ♪
♪ Let's make a night you won't remember ♪
- Hand off.
- ♪ I'll be the one you won't forget ♪
- ♪ The bigger they are, the harder they fall ♪
♪ This biggity boy's a diggty dog ♪
♪ I have 'em like Miley Cyrus, clothes off ♪
♪ Twerkin' in they bras and thongs, timber ♪
♪ One more shot, another round ♪
♪ End of the night, it's going down ♪
Swing your partner round and round
♪ End of the night, it's going down ♪
♪ One more shot, another round ♪
♪ End of the night, it's going down ♪
- ♪ It's going down ♪
[buzzer]
- ♪ You better move ♪
♪ You better dance ♪
♪ Let's make a night you won't remember ♪
♪ I'll be the one you won't forget ♪
♪ It's going down ♪
♪ I'm yelling timber ♪
♪ You better move ♪
- Balloon.
[speaks Japanese]
- ♪ You won't remember ♪
♪ I'll be the one ♪
♪ You won't forget ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa ♪
- Oh! Oh!
Stay. Stay here. Stay here.
No, no, no, no.
Whoa!
- What is happening?
- [laughs] Stop.
Somebody's got to.
- ♪ Voli ♪
♪ Order me another round, homey ♪
- Me show you Akira.
- ♪ It's about to go down ♪
- [speaks Japanese] Come on!
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
Slowly! Slowly!
More slowly.
Okay, okay, okay.
All right.
Slowly! Slowly!
Danger zone.
Danger zone. Slowly!
Slowly!
Up and down.
Oh, no!
Da, da, da!
Thank you!
[cheers and applause]
Thanks so much!
Whoo!
[Toploader's "Dancing in the Moonlight"]
[speaks Japanese] Thank you.
Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
- ♪ When that moon is big and bright ♪
- You came all the way from Japan to show us that.
- Well, not show us that, actually.
[laughter]
That was the whole point.
- I gave everything.
- ♪ Dancing in the moonlight ♪
- I thought that was beautiful.
- Oh! Thank you!
- You are really, really funny.
I love you.
- Oh!
[squeals]
- I mean, I want to say so bad that I didn't like it,
but I did like it.
- [laughs] Thank you.
- It was very funny and creative and--and surprising.
You don't look like that kind of guy, actually.
- Oh! Oh.
- This is what "AGT" is all about.
- Yes. - I love it.
I'm gonna kick off the vote.
I'm giving you your first yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you!
- I want to say no, but I'm gonna say yes.
- Oh, yes!
- Of course, I'm saying no.
Absolutely not.
[booing]
- Simon?
- 100%...
yes.
- ♪ Dancing in the moonlight ♪
♪ Everybody's feelin' warm and bright ♪
- Thank you!
- ♪ It's such a fine and natural sight ♪
- Thank you!
- [laughs] Hey!
- Thank you. - You--you did it!
- Yes!
- You did it to America naked.
[laughs]
- That made me quite emotional.
Anyway, I just wanna seriously say something,
and I really mean this.
This is my favorite audience.
[cheers and applause]
Stay safe. Lots of love.
Thank you, everyone.
- Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you.
Oh, my God.
All right, we did it. Thank you, Allie.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Got my tea. Got Simon.
Got the boss.
- Bye, everyone.
- Goodnight, everybody.
- What a day. - Yes, sir.
- Whoo!
- Bye.
I might lose him on the motorway.
- [laughs]
- Help!
Help!
[laughter]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪