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[cheering]
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- Whoa!
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- I think what you did
was one of the most
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extraordinary things I've seen
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in all the years I've been
on "America's Got Talent."
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[echoes]
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[Keala Settle's "This is Me"]
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- Absolutely incredible.
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* *
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- Amazing.
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- * I'm not scared to be seen *
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- This is going
to change your life.
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- You will be going all the way
to the live show in Hollywood!
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- This was your moment.
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- Breathtaking.
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- Wow!
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- Absolutely brilliant.
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* *
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- It was world-class.
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- Wow, wow, wow!
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- This is a big deal.
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* This is me *
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[cheers fade]
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- Okay, Simon, today we are
going to count down your top 15
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favorite Golden Buzzer
moments in "AGT" history.
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How do you feel
about this, man?
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- Well--
- The top 15.
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- It was quite hard, actually.
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It was a question of,
obviously acts I loved,
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and also seeing what were
the really, really popular ones.
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So it's kind of
a mixture of both.
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But I think in my opinion,
these are the greatest
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Golden Buzzer moments
throughout the series.
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- Yeah, that's an elite class.
- Yeah, yeah.
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I mean, obviously--yeah,
I didn't include this year's
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because I thought,
actually, it would be unfair.
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- Yeah.
Now, talk to me
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about how
the Golden Buzzer came about.
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- It started in 2015,
and the idea was,
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if you get the Golden Buzzer,
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you get straight
through to the live shows.
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What we didn't realize,
if I'm being honest with you,
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is how big a moment the Golden
Buzzer was going to become.
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I mean, boy,
did it transform the show.
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- Why is the Golden Buzzer
so special?
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- It's that moment which is
totally unique to this show.
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- That's right.
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- It's like being awarded
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the gold medal for auditioning,
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and because these
clips live online,
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it travels all over
the world within seconds.
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So when you've got
a great Golden Buzzer,
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when it airs,
within about five minutes,
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literally hundreds of millions
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of people are
watching this clip.
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That's what happens on one
of these big stories.
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I mean, it's extraordinary.
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Every time that you watch
a Golden Buzzer,
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it makes you feel good.
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And I'm excited now
to watch them all over again.
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- We're getting ready
for a very emotional
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roller coaster ride.
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Are you ready?
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- I'm ready.
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* *
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- Simon, the first act
of your top 15 favorite
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Golden Buzzer moments
left us all stunned.
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- Yeah.
- Now let's remind ourselves
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why WAFFLE Crew deserved
the Golden Buzzer.
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[Panic! At the Disco's
"High Hopes"]
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* *
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Look at your face,
you're just like, what?
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The energy is, like--
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- The minute they walked on,
they got me.
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I just liked them.
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Hello.
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Tell me first of all please,
the name.
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- We are the WAFFLE Crew,
and we're a crew all the way
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from New York City,
the Bronx, New York.
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[cheering]
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- Tell me why, this year, "AGT?"
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What's the dream
and what's the plan?
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We're from a city
where there's no hope,
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there's no influence,
so we want to give
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the young people something
positive to look into, you know?
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- Good for you.
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- Yeah, yeah, that's awesome.
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- What I loved
about this audition
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is how much this meant to them.
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- We're all from different
neighborhoods of New York City.
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Where we grew up
at was really rough.
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We would put ourselves
into the most safe environment,
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which was these dance centers.
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- We started dancing
on the subway full-time.
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- It went from making
a few dollars
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to actually us helping
Mom pay the bills.
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- Yeah.
- To train was like a blessing.
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It literally saved our lives,
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because we don't have
to be back where we live.
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- Everybody's been
telling us like,
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you guys need to go
on "America's Got Talent,"
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you guys need to go on there,
and now we're here.
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- You look ready for this.
I've got a good feeling.
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- Are you guys ready?
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- Yeah!
- I'm ready.
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- Let's do it!
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- Yeah, let's do it.
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[Chaka Khan's "Like Sugar"]
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[cheering]
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* *
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- * It's like sugar, so sweet *
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* Get up on, a-yo feet *
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- My goodness.
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Look at Sofía,
she's like, "Yeah!"
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[both laughs]
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- * Everybody here is dancing,
all I wanna do *
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- Playing him like a guitar.
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- * Baby,
won't you step it to me? *
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* Come on out
and make your move *
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- I don't normally love
dance acts,
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but they were
way more than that.
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They were all
about talent, energy.
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I liked them even more when
I'm watching this back now.
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- * It's like sugar,
it's like sugar *
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* It's like sugar,
it's like sugar *
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- Wow!
- [laughing]
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- How do you put a shoe back on?
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- It's brilliant.
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- * Whoa,
what a state I'm in *
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* Everybody here is dancing *
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* Baby,
won't you step it to me *
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* Come on out
and make your move *
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- Oh!
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[wild cheering]
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- Ah!
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- Look at you.
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- Look at me, I was in.
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- [laughs]
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[dramatic music]
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This was, I think,
my favorite audition so far.
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And I also understand
how important this is to you.
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I was thinking, if we can
now take you from the subway
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to the finals
with a Golden Buzzer,
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that's almost rewarding you
for all the hard work
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and everything
that you stand for.
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I want to give you
a little head start here.
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[wild cheering]
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* *
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This is a magic reaction.
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- Golden Buzzer from Simon!
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You're going straight
to the live show!
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* *
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- My favorite auditions,
my favorite Golden Buzzers,
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when we watch them back,
you go, yeah, you really,
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really, really deserved
the Golden Buzzer.
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Great way to start.
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- We'll be back with more
of your favorite
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Golden Buzzer moments
right after this.
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- Wait and see.
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[exciting music]
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- [clears throat]
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[thick Italian American accent]
How you doin'?
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[all clamoring]
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Come on, guys, come on,
we've got a call time here.
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This is--
this is professional stuff.
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- Number 14, Sal Valentinetti.
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I mean, who didn't
love this guy?
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- He was just brilliant.
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- You got to see this entourage
I got with me today.
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I got three of my aunts...
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- This is mom, right?
- This is my mother.
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Look how gorgeous she is.
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My mother and my two cousins,
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Big Tommy, Tommy Trance.
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They might be a little loud,
they might get a little crazy,
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but hey, they're my family,
ain't you talking about?
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- He's just a great guy.
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I mean, his personality,
his talent.
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And I thought, he is going to be
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a great addition to the show.
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- Okay, let's do it.
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[classic Italian music]
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* *
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[cheering]
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- How are you doing, good?
- What is your name?
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- My name's Sal Valentinetti.
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I'm from Long Island, New York,
and I came here to sing today.
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- Okay, do you have a wife?
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- Well, I'm 20, I'm too young.
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- Oh, you're 20 years old?
- Are you kidding me?
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- Wow,
Do you have a girlfriend?
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- Heidi Klum, how you doin'?
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- [imitating accent]
Hey, how you doin'?
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- How you doin'?
- Hey, how you doin'?
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- [imitating accent]
How you doin'? How you doin'?
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- Yeah, yeah.
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[imitating accent]
How you doin'? Hey.
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- Tell me why you've
entered the show, Sal.
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- I want to make
something of myself,
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I want to bring back, like,
those Dean Martin-style roasts.
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- Yeah.
- I want to have fun.
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[cheering]
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- Well, are you going to be
our entertainment now?
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I'm gonna entertain yous
like you never
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been entertained before.
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- What a spirit this man has.
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- He's like something out of,
like, a TV drama, I mean,
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we just loved him.
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- As a matter of fact,
I didn't come here to try out.
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I came here to win.
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- I like that.
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Sal, good luck.
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- Thank you very much.
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Let's go.
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[Paul Anka's "My Way" playing]
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* *
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* And now *
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* The end is near *
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* And so I face *
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* The final curtain *
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- I wasn't loving it
at this moment,
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I've got to be honest with you.
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I was kind of thinking,
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yeah, I've heard this before.
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You talk the talk, are you
walking the walk right now?
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I wasn't really certain
at this point.
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- * I did it my way *
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- And then he went
into a different gear.
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- * For what is a man *
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* What has he got? *
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* If not himself *
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* Then he has naught *
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* To say the things
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* He truly feels *
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* And not the words *
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* Of one who kneels *
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- Watch that audience shot.
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- They jump up.
- And they were like me,
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they weren't so sure
at the beginning.
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- * Sal took all the blows *
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- Yeah!
- Yeah!
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- And then it was like...
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- * I did it *
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- They loved him.
- Yes
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- * My way *
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[wild cheering]
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* *
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- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
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- Yeah!
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- You know he had it.
- Yeah.
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- You knew he had it.
- Yeah.
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Sal,
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when you want to sing
this kind of music,
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you can't fake it.
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It's either in you or it's not,
and you're an old soul.
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- Yeah.
- Thank you very much.
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- He came on, as kind of like,
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"yeah, I'm Mr. Tough Guy,"
you know,
259
00:11:26,386 --> 00:11:29,122
but actually,
he's a little softy.
260
00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:31,424
- I gotta go up there and hug
you and give you a big smooch.
261
00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:32,559
- Go.
- Come up here.
262
00:11:32,592 --> 00:11:33,727
Should I go down there?
263
00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,930
[cheers continue]
264
00:11:36,963 --> 00:11:38,965
- I do!
265
00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:40,900
- Oh, this is awesome.
266
00:11:40,934 --> 00:11:42,736
- Oh!
- The man!
267
00:11:42,769 --> 00:11:44,371
- He got a little smooch there!
268
00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:45,772
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
269
00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:48,641
- The day is getting
better and better, right?
270
00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:51,611
- Thank you. Mel B,
what are we feeling over here?
271
00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:53,480
- You know what?
- Hang out here.
272
00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:55,281
- I'm feeling sugar and spice
and everything nice,
273
00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,649
how you doin'?
274
00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:58,485
[laughter]
275
00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:00,153
- I just love
the way you talk too,
276
00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:01,321
I just love listening
to you talk.
277
00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:02,455
- She loves the way I talk.
278
00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:04,057
- And then I love
the way you sing too.
279
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,792
So the whole package is good.
- She loves the way I sing.
280
00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,260
- I do.
- He was flirting
281
00:12:07,293 --> 00:12:08,361
with the audience,
282
00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:11,431
flirting with the judges,
the whole thing.
283
00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,266
He had this kind of swagger.
284
00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:16,269
- Oh, yeah,
I think if he had shuffled on
285
00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:18,905
a bit boring
and sung like that,
286
00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:21,141
I don't think he would
have got the Golden Buzzer.
287
00:12:21,174 --> 00:12:23,576
I think it was
a combination of everything.
288
00:12:23,610 --> 00:12:24,811
- Heidi.
289
00:12:28,782 --> 00:12:31,351
- Do you want to know
how I feel about you?
290
00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:34,921
Do you?
- Tell me.
291
00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:36,189
- I'll tell you right now.
292
00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:37,791
[Frankie Valli's
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"]
293
00:12:37,824 --> 00:12:40,226
[wild cheering]
294
00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:43,430
* *
295
00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:46,099
- * I love you, baby *
296
00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:50,403
* Trust in me when I say *
297
00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:52,672
* Oh, pretty baby *
298
00:12:52,706 --> 00:12:54,107
- Thank you.
299
00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,009
- I remember
that audition vividly.
300
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:58,545
It was like, we needed you.
301
00:12:58,578 --> 00:12:59,579
- Yes.
302
00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,881
- Yes, thank God,
you've arrived.
303
00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:03,750
- Today is the first day
of the rest of my life.
304
00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:06,586
[cheering fades]
305
00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:11,458
- Now tell me, do you ever
watch back "AGT" at home?
306
00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:12,525
I mean, talk to me.
307
00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:13,793
- Well, the funny thing is
308
00:13:13,827 --> 00:13:16,496
is that my son, Eric,
he trolls back onto a lot
309
00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:19,299
of these auditions now,
and he loves them.
310
00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:21,668
And sometimes just
for good memories,
311
00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:23,069
yeah, I watch them back.
312
00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:24,637
And I'm glad
that we're doing this
313
00:13:24,671 --> 00:13:26,072
because just to see them,
314
00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:27,407
it's like going
to the movies again.
315
00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,842
In fact, we are in a cinema.
- I know, we're here.
316
00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:32,712
All right.
Up next at number 13 is the guy
317
00:13:32,746 --> 00:13:34,714
who blew us all away...
- Yeah. Yeah.
318
00:13:34,748 --> 00:13:37,083
- Brandon Leake.
319
00:13:37,083 --> 00:13:39,386
- Brandon was a real surprise.
320
00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:42,255
I had never liked poetry
before he came on,
321
00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:45,725
and he completely
changed my mind forever.
322
00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:48,728
[sentimental music]
323
00:13:48,762 --> 00:13:53,166
* *
324
00:13:53,199 --> 00:13:55,535
No audience because of COVID.
325
00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:56,603
- That's right.
326
00:13:59,439 --> 00:14:01,074
- Hi.
- How are you?
327
00:14:01,107 --> 00:14:02,375
What is your name?
328
00:14:02,409 --> 00:14:03,943
- My name is Brandon Leake.
329
00:14:04,044 --> 00:14:05,812
- What do you do for a living?
330
00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:09,049
- For a living, I work
at a high school and a college,
331
00:14:09,049 --> 00:14:12,218
but I also run poetry workshops
with youth in my city.
332
00:14:12,252 --> 00:14:13,720
- Oh, wow.
- Oh, that's wonderful.
333
00:14:13,753 --> 00:14:15,288
- Wow.
- So poetry,
334
00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:17,824
is that what you're going
to be doing tonight?
335
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,826
- Yes, I'm actually the first
spoken word artist
336
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,494
that you guys are ever going
to have hit this stage.
337
00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:23,763
- I don't really
understand poetry,
338
00:14:23,797 --> 00:14:25,331
I'm going
to be honest with you.
339
00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:26,866
- I'm a great intro for you.
340
00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:29,369
- [laughs]
Confident.
341
00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:32,172
- Well, we already love you,
make us love your poem.
342
00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:35,175
- Beautiful. I got you for that.
343
00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:38,745
- The fact that he had
to perform to an empty audience.
344
00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:40,914
- Right, and we had
complete attention
345
00:14:40,947 --> 00:14:42,615
right on him.
- Complete attention, yeah.
346
00:14:43,450 --> 00:14:46,119
- Love is the most vulnerable
thing one will ever have.
347
00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:49,089
And you must learn
to hold on to it loosely,
348
00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:52,092
so when it leaves,
it won't exit so painfully.
349
00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:54,160
On July 14, 1996,
350
00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:56,663
an angel was brought
to this Earth.
351
00:14:56,696 --> 00:14:58,965
Her name,
Danielle Marie Gibson,
352
00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:01,534
but I only know her as Puff.
353
00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:04,137
Her smile is as wide
as the universe,
354
00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:06,139
her eyes,
they glimmer like the stars.
355
00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:07,474
She is my world
356
00:15:07,507 --> 00:15:09,142
and my sister.
357
00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:14,180
But on March 23, 1997,
358
00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:17,250
I've been ground-bound
because she left Earth
359
00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:19,486
to go back home
amongst the stars,
360
00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:21,254
right next to God,
but I was left here
361
00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:22,789
to manufacture wings
362
00:15:22,822 --> 00:15:24,391
out of tears
and broken dreams.
363
00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:27,227
Yet I'm still haunted
by these nightmares 'cause
364
00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:29,129
I have a really creative mind,
365
00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:31,731
and sometimes it designs
these alternate realities
366
00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:33,733
where she is still here,
367
00:15:33,767 --> 00:15:35,602
still alive,
and all the things
368
00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,704
I wish we could have done
are played again
369
00:15:37,737 --> 00:15:41,174
and again and again,
and I'm tired of playing God
370
00:15:41,207 --> 00:15:42,709
'cause I got to come
to terms with the fact
371
00:15:42,742 --> 00:15:44,778
that my sister ain't
never coming back.
372
00:15:47,147 --> 00:15:49,482
And that's the cost of love,
373
00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:51,317
caring for someone so much
374
00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:54,220
that you can't imagine
living life without them,
375
00:15:54,254 --> 00:15:56,456
staring at a grave, like,
376
00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:58,758
how about I trade my six feet
for yours,
377
00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:01,327
but that's not real.
378
00:16:01,361 --> 00:16:04,597
And I know I said earlier
to hold on to love loosely
379
00:16:04,631 --> 00:16:07,267
so when it leaves,
it won't exit so painfully,
380
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:10,236
but if this pain
and these memories
381
00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:12,539
are all that I got left of you,
382
00:16:12,572 --> 00:16:15,408
I won't never regret these scars
383
00:16:15,442 --> 00:16:17,911
from just trying
to hold on to you.
384
00:16:21,081 --> 00:16:23,650
[soft dramatic music]
385
00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:28,655
* *
386
00:16:28,688 --> 00:16:29,656
- Wow.
387
00:16:29,689 --> 00:16:30,890
- It is a "wow."
388
00:16:33,893 --> 00:16:36,062
- I hated poetry beforehand,
389
00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:38,565
so I was kind of dreading
the audition as well.
390
00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:41,067
But I mean, you could see
by all of our faces,
391
00:16:41,067 --> 00:16:42,769
we were just drawn in.
392
00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:45,772
And I thought he was gutsy
just to even audition...
393
00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:46,773
- That's right.
- Bearing in mind
394
00:16:46,806 --> 00:16:48,108
what was going on.
395
00:16:48,141 --> 00:16:51,211
But you know, God only knows
what would have happened
396
00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:52,912
if he'd have done that
in a full room.
397
00:16:52,946 --> 00:16:55,348
It would have
been unbelievable,
398
00:16:55,382 --> 00:16:57,117
but it was still a huge moment.
399
00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,453
- You're tearing up.
400
00:17:00,487 --> 00:17:02,856
- My brother passed away
the same year
401
00:17:02,889 --> 00:17:04,691
that your sister passed away.
402
00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:06,026
- Man.
- Yeah.
403
00:17:06,026 --> 00:17:08,028
I can feel your pain,
I know what this is.
404
00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:09,929
- I think that's another
thing when you look at these
405
00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:13,133
Golden Buzzers,
it all ties into our past...
406
00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:14,467
- Yeah.
- And where we're from.
407
00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:17,370
- What an amazing tribute.
408
00:17:17,404 --> 00:17:20,140
There's something very,
very special about you.
409
00:17:20,173 --> 00:17:21,841
- Thank you.
- Really.
410
00:17:21,875 --> 00:17:24,344
- No music, no nothing.
411
00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:27,047
Just a raw heart beating
in front of us.
412
00:17:27,047 --> 00:17:31,051
We feel your pain.
We feel your love.
413
00:17:31,084 --> 00:17:34,054
And you moved me...
414
00:17:34,087 --> 00:17:35,055
to do this.
415
00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:36,389
[Seinabo Sey's "Burial"]
416
00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:39,759
- * They speak
of a better place *
417
00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:43,063
* They speak of kingdoms *
418
00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:45,665
- [laughing]
I love this.
419
00:17:45,699 --> 00:17:48,601
He did not see that coming.
- No.
420
00:17:48,635 --> 00:17:50,937
No.
- Howie is a master of that.
421
00:17:50,970 --> 00:17:52,205
- Yeah. Yeah.
- You know?
422
00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:54,074
He's a master.
- Yeah. Yeah.
423
00:17:54,107 --> 00:17:57,110
- * Freedom and marching drums *
424
00:17:57,143 --> 00:17:59,879
[all cheering]
425
00:18:01,014 --> 00:18:02,449
- That was a special moment.
426
00:18:02,482 --> 00:18:04,084
It really, really was.
427
00:18:04,117 --> 00:18:06,353
- This is my shot.
428
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:08,788
- The fact that Howie gave
a poet
429
00:18:08,822 --> 00:18:12,325
a Golden Buzzer was
actually quite incredible
430
00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,561
because we've never
done that before.
431
00:18:16,029 --> 00:18:17,030
And he went on to win.
432
00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:18,331
- Oh, and he went on
433
00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:20,367
to win the whole season.
434
00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,936
You are about to put
spoken word on the map
435
00:18:23,036 --> 00:18:26,139
like it's never been
put on the map before.
436
00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:28,274
That's you.
Your life has changed.
437
00:18:28,308 --> 00:18:29,809
And he's world-famous right now.
438
00:18:29,843 --> 00:18:31,177
- He is.
- At this moment.
439
00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:32,812
- Yeah, and rightly so.
- I love it.
440
00:18:32,846 --> 00:18:34,047
- Yeah.
441
00:18:36,082 --> 00:18:37,417
- Coming up...
442
00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:40,220
more of Simon's favorite
Golden Buzzer moments.
443
00:18:40,253 --> 00:18:43,890
- This was the moment
where "AGT" became cool.
444
00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:47,127
- That was the best moment
of my entire life.
445
00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,929
[dramatic music]
446
00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:53,500
* *
447
00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:55,769
- How amazing was this?
448
00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,545
[exciting music]
449
00:19:05,578 --> 00:19:08,615
- At number 12,
you've chosen an act
450
00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,718
that was one of the most
extreme surprises
451
00:19:11,751 --> 00:19:14,521
and really captured
America's attention.
452
00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:17,157
- Yeah.
- Here's Courtney Hadwin.
453
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:20,160
[upbeat music]
454
00:19:20,193 --> 00:19:21,594
* *
455
00:19:21,628 --> 00:19:24,230
[applause]
456
00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:26,566
- Hi, my lovely.
- Hi.
457
00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:29,402
- Welcome to
"America's Got Talent."
458
00:19:29,436 --> 00:19:30,670
How are you?
459
00:19:30,704 --> 00:19:32,605
- Um, a little bit nervous.
460
00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:35,508
- That's okay to be nervous.
That's totally understandable.
461
00:19:35,542 --> 00:19:36,609
What's your name?
462
00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:37,644
- Courtney.
463
00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:38,878
- And how old are you?
464
00:19:38,912 --> 00:19:41,047
- 13.
- 13?
465
00:19:41,081 --> 00:19:43,216
And I'm guessing you're
going to be singing for us.
466
00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:46,052
- Yeah.
- Listen, don't be nervous.
467
00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:48,054
I know this is a big stage
and there are lots
468
00:19:48,054 --> 00:19:50,623
of people here,
but you're here for a reason.
469
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:53,560
So go for it and good luck.
470
00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:55,628
- Thank you.
[cheering]
471
00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:57,097
- She's so shy.
472
00:19:57,130 --> 00:19:58,865
- A little mouse
as she comes out.
473
00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,334
- [laughs]
- I was thinking at this moment,
474
00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:04,371
you're British,
you're really shy,
475
00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:06,272
and what if you're terrible?
- I know.
476
00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:07,774
- Because she could
barely talk to us.
477
00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:10,777
[Black Crowes'
"Hard to Handle" playing]
478
00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,412
* *
479
00:20:12,445 --> 00:20:14,514
And then this happens.
480
00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:17,784
- * Baby, here I am *
481
00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:19,652
* I'm the girl on the scene *
482
00:20:19,686 --> 00:20:20,854
- Oh, my God!
483
00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:22,655
- * And I can
give you what you want *
484
00:20:22,689 --> 00:20:25,258
* But you got
to come home with me *
485
00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:27,527
* And I still got
some good old lovin' *
486
00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,230
* And I got some in store *
487
00:20:30,263 --> 00:20:31,865
* When I get through
throwin' it on you *
488
00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:33,400
- All of a sudden, pow!
489
00:20:33,433 --> 00:20:35,101
- Well, it was like
she was possessed.
490
00:20:35,135 --> 00:20:37,237
- * Boys, they come
a dime by the dozen *
491
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:39,906
* That ain't nothing
but ten cent lovin' *
492
00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:41,808
* Pretty little thing
let me light your candle *
493
00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:44,544
* 'Cause mama I'm so hard
to handle, now I get around *
494
00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:45,879
* *
495
00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:46,913
- Whoo!
496
00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:50,417
- [riffing]
497
00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:52,085
- Whoa!
498
00:20:52,118 --> 00:20:54,054
- * Come home with me, ah! *
499
00:20:54,087 --> 00:20:55,555
- Oh, my--
- Whoa!
500
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:58,625
[wild cheering]
501
00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,128
- Brilliant.
- [laughing]
502
00:21:02,162 --> 00:21:03,663
- Brilliant.
- Wonderful.
503
00:21:03,697 --> 00:21:06,599
[sentimental music]
504
00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:09,169
[cheering continues]
505
00:21:09,202 --> 00:21:15,809
* *
506
00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:18,578
- Bloody hell, Courtney.
507
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,782
You were like this shy little
thing when you first came out,
508
00:21:22,816 --> 00:21:25,852
and then you sing
and you're like a lion.
509
00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:29,622
I mean, genuinely incredible.
510
00:21:29,656 --> 00:21:32,258
Howie, what did you think?
- Oh, my gosh.
511
00:21:32,292 --> 00:21:34,861
You are not from this era.
512
00:21:34,894 --> 00:21:36,096
You're from a whole
different era.
513
00:21:36,096 --> 00:21:37,430
- Yes.
514
00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:40,433
[cheering]
515
00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:43,236
- And I'm a huge
Janis Joplin fan,
516
00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:45,405
and there's a story, if you ever
watch the documentary,
517
00:21:45,438 --> 00:21:48,008
Clive Davis, he goes
to the Monterey Pop Festival,
518
00:21:48,108 --> 00:21:49,843
and he sees this young girl
519
00:21:49,876 --> 00:21:51,845
that nobody has ever
seen before,
520
00:21:51,878 --> 00:21:54,014
that nobody knows.
521
00:21:54,114 --> 00:21:57,283
It was the first time
Janis Joplin got signed.
522
00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,686
And that changed her life,
do you know that story?
523
00:21:59,719 --> 00:22:00,687
- Yeah.
524
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,822
- Howie was obsessed.
525
00:22:02,856 --> 00:22:04,924
- I'm not Clive Davis,
I'm Howie Mandel,
526
00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:07,794
and I can't sign you
to a record deal.
527
00:22:07,827 --> 00:22:10,463
The only thing I can do
for you, young lady,
528
00:22:10,497 --> 00:22:11,931
is give you--
529
00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:14,534
[wild cheering]
530
00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:17,537
[Pink's "Perfect"]
531
00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:21,675
* *
532
00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:22,976
- Look at this!
533
00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,780
- And watch.
Watch, watch, watch.
534
00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:32,118
I mean,
she was literally shaking.
535
00:22:32,152 --> 00:22:36,489
- * You are perfect to me *
536
00:22:41,361 --> 00:22:43,396
- Some of the best
that I've ever seen.
537
00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:45,632
- Everyone in the theater,
literally,
538
00:22:45,665 --> 00:22:47,767
that day was saying, "What?"
539
00:22:47,801 --> 00:22:50,603
- I am gobsmacked.
540
00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:52,339
- What is going on?
541
00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:54,874
- That's my Golden Buzzer.
542
00:22:54,908 --> 00:22:56,376
- I'm so jealous.
543
00:22:56,409 --> 00:22:58,111
- Oh, I think we all wanted
544
00:22:58,144 --> 00:22:59,946
to give this person
a Golden Buzzer.
545
00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:02,615
- And everyone
in America loved this.
546
00:23:02,649 --> 00:23:05,785
- I think the reason
this became so popular was
547
00:23:05,819 --> 00:23:08,455
how shocked and surprised
people were when they saw her.
548
00:23:08,488 --> 00:23:12,792
And she's the second most viral
clip in "AGT"'s history,
549
00:23:12,826 --> 00:23:15,261
I mean, it's extraordinary.
550
00:23:15,295 --> 00:23:18,064
[music fades]
551
00:23:19,132 --> 00:23:22,168
My God, I forgot
how brilliant that was.
552
00:23:22,202 --> 00:23:24,070
- I want to talk about this,
553
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:27,507
the competition
between the judges.
554
00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:28,775
- Oh, you know what it's like.
555
00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:30,643
- I mean, is there ever a fight
556
00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:32,245
over this kind of thing?
557
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:35,782
I mean, you know, does it get
really intense down there?
558
00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:37,917
- Well, it's almost like
we do a poker face,
559
00:23:37,951 --> 00:23:39,819
because when you know
you're going to give someone
560
00:23:39,853 --> 00:23:41,955
a Golden Buzzer,
I'm kind of thinking,
561
00:23:41,988 --> 00:23:43,556
I'm definitely pressing it,
562
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:45,392
and then I'm looking over
to my right and left,
563
00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:47,093
and I can see
the others thinking.
564
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,262
Then I'm looking at you,
so it's like,
565
00:23:49,295 --> 00:23:50,797
I'm not messing around here.
566
00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:53,166
I'm not saying anything,
it's just like, press it.
567
00:23:53,199 --> 00:23:54,734
- Ohh.
- So yeah,
568
00:23:54,768 --> 00:23:56,336
we do get very competitive.
569
00:23:56,369 --> 00:23:59,172
[upbeat music]
570
00:23:59,205 --> 00:24:02,308
- At number 11,
you picked Zurcaroh.
571
00:24:02,342 --> 00:24:05,045
Tell us about your memories
of this amazing group.
572
00:24:05,045 --> 00:24:09,282
- It was, I mean,
on the day again, mind-blowing.
573
00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:10,950
I thought it was going
to be some kind of, like,
574
00:24:11,051 --> 00:24:12,952
gymnastics act or something,
575
00:24:13,053 --> 00:24:14,354
you know,
which we've seen before.
576
00:24:14,387 --> 00:24:16,723
But this was phenomenal.
577
00:24:16,756 --> 00:24:18,725
- Hi.
- And who are you?
578
00:24:18,758 --> 00:24:21,861
- We are Zurcaroh.
- Okay, what do you do?
579
00:24:21,895 --> 00:24:23,663
- We do acrobatic
and gymnastics.
580
00:24:23,697 --> 00:24:25,298
- Right.
- We are not professionals.
581
00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:28,468
We take people,
whatever if they have skills
582
00:24:28,501 --> 00:24:30,570
or not, they are able
to enjoy us.
583
00:24:30,603 --> 00:24:31,705
- Okay.
584
00:24:31,738 --> 00:24:33,606
[cheering]
585
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,442
[inspirational music]
586
00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:40,146
- I started this group because
I want to change people's life.
587
00:24:40,180 --> 00:24:42,515
I want to give them opportunity.
588
00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:46,252
I grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil
in a really poor area,
589
00:24:46,286 --> 00:24:47,854
and the only opportunity
that you have
590
00:24:47,887 --> 00:24:50,156
there is to follow the crime.
591
00:24:50,190 --> 00:24:52,726
This group,
I live my life for them.
592
00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:55,528
I want to work
with the new generation
593
00:24:55,562 --> 00:24:58,198
and give them a future.
594
00:24:58,231 --> 00:25:01,067
"America's Got Talent"
is the biggest platform
595
00:25:01,101 --> 00:25:04,037
in the world,
and through this performance,
596
00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:06,039
our life can change.
597
00:25:10,243 --> 00:25:11,745
- Okay, well, listen,
best of luck, guys.
598
00:25:11,778 --> 00:25:12,846
- Thank you.
599
00:25:12,879 --> 00:25:14,214
- It was one of those sessions
600
00:25:14,247 --> 00:25:15,382
which wasn't going very well.
601
00:25:15,415 --> 00:25:17,484
The audience was
getting restless,
602
00:25:17,517 --> 00:25:21,621
and this enormous group
of people walked out.
603
00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:25,191
We had no idea what
was going to happen next.
604
00:25:25,225 --> 00:25:28,194
[dramatic music playing]
605
00:25:28,228 --> 00:25:35,268
* *
606
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:04,364
- This is incredible.
607
00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:06,032
- I mean, how does
someone think about this?
608
00:26:06,066 --> 00:26:07,033
- Yeah.
609
00:26:07,067 --> 00:26:10,036
[faster tempo music playing]
610
00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:15,108
* *
611
00:26:23,516 --> 00:26:25,652
- I mean, she nearly hit
the top of the theater.
612
00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:28,755
- She almost hit the top.
She almost hit the X's.
613
00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:34,627
* *
614
00:26:40,133 --> 00:26:42,135
[wild cheering]
615
00:26:42,168 --> 00:26:44,971
- It was like a machine.
It just worked.
616
00:26:45,071 --> 00:26:47,207
I've never seen anything
of that scale all my life.
617
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,541
- You're right.
- Ever.
618
00:26:48,575 --> 00:26:54,581
* *
619
00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:14,334
[wild cheering]
620
00:27:17,904 --> 00:27:19,906
I've seen this clip a lot.
621
00:27:19,939 --> 00:27:22,409
Every time I watch it back,
it's like,
622
00:27:22,442 --> 00:27:24,844
this is one of the best
we've ever had,
623
00:27:24,878 --> 00:27:26,046
honestly.
624
00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:28,948
[inspirational music]
625
00:27:29,049 --> 00:27:31,718
- Wow.
626
00:27:31,751 --> 00:27:34,054
- Uh, wow, wow, wow.
627
00:27:34,087 --> 00:27:35,488
Yeah, it was okay.
628
00:27:35,522 --> 00:27:38,058
- What?
- I'm kidding.
629
00:27:38,058 --> 00:27:40,460
There's something
in the air right now.
630
00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,762
I've done this a long time,
and this is,
631
00:27:42,796 --> 00:27:44,597
honestly, one of the most
incredible things
632
00:27:44,631 --> 00:27:46,232
I've ever seen
on any of these shows.
633
00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:48,501
[cheering]
634
00:27:48,535 --> 00:27:50,403
I mean,
it was breathtaking,
635
00:27:50,437 --> 00:27:54,474
and I am absolutely honored
that you came onto our show.
636
00:27:55,675 --> 00:27:57,811
Okay, let's vote. Howie?
637
00:27:57,844 --> 00:27:59,212
- Hold up, hold up, hold up.
638
00:27:59,245 --> 00:28:01,014
- Howie was like, "what?"
639
00:28:01,014 --> 00:28:03,083
- I'm, like,
freaking out right now.
640
00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:05,819
This is so crazy
641
00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:07,287
that you know what I have to do!
642
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:14,094
* *
643
00:28:16,329 --> 00:28:19,632
[wild cheering]
644
00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:26,573
* *
645
00:28:28,508 --> 00:28:31,044
- This guy, Peterson,
he was from Brazil.
646
00:28:31,044 --> 00:28:34,514
He was the one who,
in his brain, saw this.
647
00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:37,150
I mean, I said
to him afterwards,
648
00:28:37,183 --> 00:28:39,619
you are a total, utter genius.
649
00:28:39,652 --> 00:28:40,687
- Yes.
650
00:28:45,592 --> 00:28:47,260
- I am thrilled for all of you.
651
00:28:47,293 --> 00:28:48,728
That's what the Golden Buzzer
is all about.
652
00:28:48,762 --> 00:28:50,130
Well done, guys.
- Thank you.
653
00:28:50,163 --> 00:28:53,767
- Let's go celebrate!
Whoo-hoo!
654
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,836
[music fades out]
655
00:29:03,777 --> 00:29:06,713
[exciting music]
656
00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:09,482
- So Simon,
this next one is another one
657
00:29:09,516 --> 00:29:11,451
of your Golden Buzzers.
658
00:29:11,484 --> 00:29:15,822
At number ten is
the fabulous 11-year-old,
659
00:29:15,855 --> 00:29:18,458
Tyler Butler-Figueroa.
660
00:29:18,491 --> 00:29:21,428
- How amazing was this?
661
00:29:21,461 --> 00:29:24,431
[upbeat music]
662
00:29:24,464 --> 00:29:30,103
* *
663
00:29:30,136 --> 00:29:31,805
- Hi!
664
00:29:31,838 --> 00:29:33,373
- Hi.
- What's your name?
665
00:29:33,406 --> 00:29:34,708
- My name is Tyler.
666
00:29:34,741 --> 00:29:36,209
- How old are you, Tyler?
667
00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:37,377
- I'm 11 years old.
668
00:29:38,511 --> 00:29:41,815
- And what made you get
into playing violin?
669
00:29:41,848 --> 00:29:43,883
- I wanted to start
playing the violin
670
00:29:43,917 --> 00:29:46,319
because I was being
bullied at school.
671
00:29:46,353 --> 00:29:48,355
- Aww.
- Oh, man.
672
00:29:48,388 --> 00:29:50,557
Do you know why you were
being bullied?
673
00:29:50,590 --> 00:29:52,726
- It's because I had cancer.
674
00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:54,060
I almost died.
675
00:29:54,060 --> 00:29:55,862
[crowd awwing]
676
00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,263
- Mm.
677
00:29:57,297 --> 00:30:00,333
This young man, who not only
had to deal with bullies,
678
00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:03,370
but also had to deal
with defeating cancer.
679
00:30:03,403 --> 00:30:04,571
- Yeah.
- What a story.
680
00:30:04,604 --> 00:30:06,373
- I remember what he said,
681
00:30:06,406 --> 00:30:09,542
what I was thinking,
what I was thinking before,
682
00:30:09,576 --> 00:30:12,779
because I was shocked
at what he'd gone through.
683
00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:14,547
[soft dramatic music]
684
00:30:14,581 --> 00:30:16,649
- My name
is Tyler Butler-Figueroa
685
00:30:16,683 --> 00:30:19,352
and I am from North Carolina.
686
00:30:19,386 --> 00:30:22,689
I was diagnosed with cancer
at the age of four and a half.
687
00:30:22,722 --> 00:30:25,725
The doctors treated me
with chemotherapy.
688
00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:28,561
When I lost my hair,
I was really sad
689
00:30:28,595 --> 00:30:31,197
and embarrassed at
the same time to go to school.
690
00:30:31,231 --> 00:30:34,067
They used to make fun
of me and laugh at me
691
00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:37,337
because I was different.
692
00:30:37,370 --> 00:30:39,339
Now, when I play the violin,
693
00:30:39,372 --> 00:30:42,275
it helps me forget
about all the bad stuff.
694
00:30:42,308 --> 00:30:47,113
I just didn't want
to be the kid with cancer.
695
00:30:47,147 --> 00:30:50,483
So now I'm the kid
who plays the violin.
696
00:30:50,517 --> 00:30:52,252
- You got this,
we're rooting for you.
697
00:30:52,285 --> 00:30:55,321
[cheering]
698
00:30:56,423 --> 00:30:59,693
- Every one of us was just
willing him to be good.
699
00:30:59,726 --> 00:31:02,662
It was like, please,
please, please be good.
700
00:31:02,696 --> 00:31:05,665
[Kelly Clarkson's
"Stronger" playing ]
701
00:31:05,699 --> 00:31:07,767
- Oh, yeah!
702
00:31:07,801 --> 00:31:10,403
[clapping]
703
00:31:18,311 --> 00:31:19,279
- And he was more than good.
704
00:31:19,312 --> 00:31:20,447
- He was great.
705
00:31:43,203 --> 00:31:45,972
- * What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger *
706
00:31:46,006 --> 00:31:48,908
* Stand a little taller *
707
00:31:48,942 --> 00:31:50,110
- Yes!
708
00:31:51,444 --> 00:31:54,381
- The audience were going nuts
at this point.
709
00:31:54,414 --> 00:31:56,116
- * Footsteps even lighter *
710
00:31:56,149 --> 00:31:59,853
* Doesn't mean I'm over
'cause you're gone *
711
00:31:59,886 --> 00:32:02,889
* What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger *
712
00:32:02,922 --> 00:32:05,091
- Whoo!
- * Stronger *
713
00:32:05,125 --> 00:32:07,927
* Just me, myself, and I *
714
00:32:07,961 --> 00:32:10,530
* What doesn't kill you
makes you stronger *
715
00:32:10,563 --> 00:32:12,932
* Stand a little taller *
716
00:32:12,966 --> 00:32:17,337
* Doesn't mean I'm lonely
when I'm alone *
717
00:32:17,370 --> 00:32:20,073
* When I'm alone *
718
00:32:27,414 --> 00:32:29,082
[wild cheering]
719
00:32:29,115 --> 00:32:30,150
- Yeah!
720
00:32:32,519 --> 00:32:35,255
[cheering continues]
721
00:32:38,091 --> 00:32:40,694
Aw, he's emotional.
722
00:32:40,727 --> 00:32:43,830
- He's one of those kids who
I genuinely feel has a gift.
723
00:32:43,863 --> 00:32:46,099
- Yes.
- Because he is phenomenal.
724
00:32:46,099 --> 00:32:48,501
Wow, wow, wow.
725
00:32:48,535 --> 00:32:51,771
By the way, before I start,
how are you feeling now?
726
00:32:51,805 --> 00:32:54,407
- I'm feeling really
proud of myself.
727
00:32:54,441 --> 00:32:56,343
- So cute.
728
00:32:56,376 --> 00:32:59,412
[wild cheering]
729
00:33:02,315 --> 00:33:06,186
- And if you don't
mind me asking, Tyler,
730
00:33:06,219 --> 00:33:07,620
how is your health now?
731
00:33:07,654 --> 00:33:10,824
- Well, I've been in remission
for almost four years.
732
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,863
- You know what, you are
an extraordinary young man.
733
00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:18,865
- Thank you.
734
00:33:18,898 --> 00:33:22,802
- And I think you have
such an amazing talent,
735
00:33:22,836 --> 00:33:25,105
such a personality,
and I would like
736
00:33:25,138 --> 00:33:28,842
to say something on your behalf
to the bullies.
737
00:33:28,875 --> 00:33:31,478
[building suspenseful music]
738
00:33:31,511 --> 00:33:33,580
[Andy Grammer's
"Don't Give Up On Me"]
739
00:33:33,613 --> 00:33:35,248
- * I'm not givin' up,
givin' up *
740
00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:37,650
* No, not yet *
741
00:33:37,684 --> 00:33:42,155
* Even when I'm down
on my last breath *
742
00:33:42,188 --> 00:33:44,657
* Even when they say
there's nothin' left *
743
00:33:44,691 --> 00:33:46,693
- Wow.
- I was emotional,
744
00:33:46,726 --> 00:33:48,128
we all were.
745
00:33:48,161 --> 00:33:50,230
- * I'm not givin' up *
746
00:33:50,263 --> 00:33:52,165
* I'm not givin' up, givin' up *
747
00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:54,701
* No, not me *
748
00:33:54,734 --> 00:33:59,105
- I mean, I have a real issue,
particularly now I have a son,
749
00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:02,342
about how many kids we hear
who are bullied.
750
00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:04,277
I mean, it's horrendous.
751
00:34:04,310 --> 00:34:05,445
- It is horrendous.
752
00:34:05,478 --> 00:34:09,049
* *
753
00:34:09,049 --> 00:34:11,718
- How amazing are you?
754
00:34:11,751 --> 00:34:14,387
How amazing is your little boy?
755
00:34:15,822 --> 00:34:18,058
Look at that, look.
- Oh, my God.
756
00:34:20,293 --> 00:34:24,597
- Simon, how do you know when
to press the Golden Buzzer?
757
00:34:24,631 --> 00:34:27,067
And how do you feel
once you've done it?
758
00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:30,070
- I'm not going to lie.
I absolutely love it.
759
00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:32,072
I love the buildup,
760
00:34:32,105 --> 00:34:33,540
I know when I'm going to do it,
761
00:34:33,573 --> 00:34:35,542
I love seeing their reaction.
762
00:34:35,575 --> 00:34:36,743
- Listen.
[crowd chanting "Tyler"]
763
00:34:36,776 --> 00:34:40,246
They are chanting
your name still right now.
764
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:41,748
Do you hear it?
Tyler.
765
00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:46,119
- And then it's even better
when I watch it back,
766
00:34:46,152 --> 00:34:47,454
when they do it all in slo-mo.
767
00:34:47,487 --> 00:34:48,888
It's brilliant.
768
00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:52,258
It--100% it's my favorite
part of the show.
769
00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:55,161
- * Don't give up on me *
770
00:34:58,832 --> 00:35:01,735
[exciting music]
771
00:35:01,768 --> 00:35:05,038
- At number nine,
you've chosen a Golden Buzzer
772
00:35:05,038 --> 00:35:06,606
from our judge cuts round.
773
00:35:06,639 --> 00:35:08,208
- Yeah.
- Reba McEntire was
774
00:35:08,241 --> 00:35:10,143
the guest judge and she felt
775
00:35:10,176 --> 00:35:12,145
this act deserved
her Golden Buzzer.
776
00:35:12,178 --> 00:35:15,448
It's contortionist
and hand balancer,
777
00:35:15,482 --> 00:35:16,616
Sofie Dossi.
778
00:35:16,649 --> 00:35:17,617
- Let's do it.
779
00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:20,553
[epic music]
780
00:35:20,587 --> 00:35:21,855
* *
781
00:35:21,888 --> 00:35:23,957
- My name's Sofie Dossi.
I'm 14 years old.
782
00:35:24,057 --> 00:35:25,625
I'm a self-taught
contortionist.
783
00:35:25,658 --> 00:35:28,061
I sort of have two lives,
784
00:35:28,094 --> 00:35:30,497
a normal teenage girl,
785
00:35:30,530 --> 00:35:34,067
and the other life, contortion
and hand balancing artist.
786
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:37,904
I actually saw it online
of this girl,
787
00:35:37,937 --> 00:35:40,640
and I was like,
whoa, this is so cool.
788
00:35:40,674 --> 00:35:43,143
And after I tried it,
I just fell in love with it.
789
00:35:43,176 --> 00:35:47,247
My dad's very handy. He helps
me make these different props.
790
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,315
- Sofie is the only person
on my list
791
00:35:49,349 --> 00:35:52,385
who got a Golden Buzzer
during the judge cut rounds.
792
00:35:52,419 --> 00:35:54,688
I mean, she was great
on her first audition.
793
00:35:54,721 --> 00:35:57,123
Her second audition was
absolutely phenomenal.
794
00:35:57,157 --> 00:35:59,926
The performance was
just life changing...
795
00:36:00,026 --> 00:36:01,695
- Okay, right.
- Which is why she's on my list.
796
00:36:01,728 --> 00:36:03,029
- Right.
797
00:36:03,063 --> 00:36:05,598
- Tell me again and the audience
why you decided
798
00:36:05,632 --> 00:36:08,101
to audition this year
on "America's Got Talent?"
799
00:36:08,134 --> 00:36:09,636
- It's one of my dreams
to perform
800
00:36:09,669 --> 00:36:11,671
in front of millions of people.
801
00:36:11,705 --> 00:36:12,839
- All right, well, good luck.
802
00:36:12,872 --> 00:36:14,407
- Thank you.
803
00:36:16,643 --> 00:36:18,111
- There she goes.
Go, baby, go, baby.
804
00:36:18,144 --> 00:36:19,813
- Here it is.
She's got this.
805
00:36:19,846 --> 00:36:22,816
[ethereal music playing]
806
00:36:22,849 --> 00:36:24,417
* *
807
00:36:43,536 --> 00:36:44,904
- I mean, my God.
808
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:47,707
- She makes it look so easy,
809
00:36:47,741 --> 00:36:50,076
but this is extremely dangerous.
810
00:36:50,076 --> 00:36:51,678
- Oh, yeah.
811
00:36:51,711 --> 00:36:54,481
- There's no net, no nothing.
812
00:36:54,514 --> 00:36:55,815
- Okay, she's got to get this.
813
00:36:55,849 --> 00:36:57,584
She's got to get this.
- She's got it.
814
00:37:01,588 --> 00:37:02,789
- Look at that.
815
00:37:18,204 --> 00:37:20,507
- As sweet as she is,
you look at her eyes
816
00:37:20,540 --> 00:37:23,043
in that audition,
she's got, like, that steel.
817
00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:27,414
- Oh, my God!
818
00:37:27,447 --> 00:37:32,452
* *
819
00:37:41,394 --> 00:37:42,896
- Watch, watch.
820
00:37:45,398 --> 00:37:48,134
- Oh, my God, with fire, no way!
821
00:37:49,869 --> 00:37:51,204
Ah!
822
00:37:51,237 --> 00:37:52,772
- This was the point
where I went,
823
00:37:52,806 --> 00:37:54,307
this is just ridiculous.
824
00:37:54,341 --> 00:37:55,842
- [laughing]
- I mean, come on.
825
00:38:03,717 --> 00:38:06,152
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
826
00:38:06,186 --> 00:38:07,787
- Unbelievable.
827
00:38:09,656 --> 00:38:11,658
[upbeat music]
828
00:38:11,691 --> 00:38:13,293
[cheering continues]
829
00:38:13,326 --> 00:38:15,228
- That's my girl!
830
00:38:16,696 --> 00:38:19,532
- You're like something out of
"Game of Thrones," aren't you?
831
00:38:19,566 --> 00:38:21,034
- Exactly.
- [laughs]
832
00:38:21,034 --> 00:38:24,537
- Let me tell you, your last
performance was incredible.
833
00:38:24,571 --> 00:38:28,041
This performance, top tier.
I don't know how you do it.
834
00:38:28,041 --> 00:38:29,542
- Thank you so much.
- Brilliant.
835
00:38:29,576 --> 00:38:30,810
- Let me go to Reba.
836
00:38:30,844 --> 00:38:34,147
- I think actions speak
louder than words.
837
00:38:34,180 --> 00:38:37,517
[building suspenseful music]
838
00:38:37,550 --> 00:38:40,487
[wild cheering]
839
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:41,488
* *
840
00:38:41,521 --> 00:38:43,089
- Oh, my God!
841
00:38:43,123 --> 00:38:44,157
[screams]
842
00:38:46,826 --> 00:38:51,631
- I honestly believe this was
a "star is born" moment.
843
00:38:51,664 --> 00:38:53,066
- Yeah.
844
00:38:54,567 --> 00:38:56,770
- We say the Golden Buzzer can
change your life,
845
00:38:56,803 --> 00:38:58,638
I mean, right now
she's sitting there
846
00:38:58,672 --> 00:39:01,608
with 22 million followers
on social media.
847
00:39:01,641 --> 00:39:03,243
That's what this show can
do for you.
848
00:39:03,276 --> 00:39:04,310
- That's right.
849
00:39:04,344 --> 00:39:07,213
- Oh, my God!
The Golden Buzzer!
850
00:39:08,615 --> 00:39:10,283
- Finally, finally,
851
00:39:10,316 --> 00:39:14,621
one of my Golden Buzzers has
made it onto your list.
852
00:39:14,654 --> 00:39:17,223
- You thought I'd left you out,
didn't you?
853
00:39:17,257 --> 00:39:19,726
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Yes, you did.
854
00:39:19,759 --> 00:39:22,729
[epic music]
855
00:39:22,762 --> 00:39:24,798
* *
856
00:39:24,831 --> 00:39:27,867
[cheering]
857
00:39:29,202 --> 00:39:30,403
- Hi.
858
00:39:32,706 --> 00:39:34,040
- Wow.
859
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:35,608
Welcome.
860
00:39:38,078 --> 00:39:39,512
Very nice to meet you.
861
00:39:39,546 --> 00:39:41,047
So who do we have here?
862
00:39:41,047 --> 00:39:44,050
- We are World Taekwondo
Demonstration Team.
863
00:39:44,084 --> 00:39:46,119
- Wow, okay.
864
00:39:46,152 --> 00:39:47,821
Why "America's Got Talent?"
865
00:39:47,854 --> 00:39:52,359
- Actually, we were invited
to perform at the Olympics.
866
00:39:52,392 --> 00:39:54,060
- Really?
- Yes.
867
00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:57,163
Unfortunately, we could not
do it due to COVID.
868
00:39:57,197 --> 00:40:00,567
- So you could say you chose us
over the Olympics?
869
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:01,968
- Yes.
- That's correct.
870
00:40:02,002 --> 00:40:03,870
- I love that. Good luck.
871
00:40:03,903 --> 00:40:06,139
- Thank you, thank you.
- Thank you, thank you.
872
00:40:06,172 --> 00:40:08,008
- What were you thinking?
- You've gotta understand,
873
00:40:08,041 --> 00:40:13,613
I grew up loving martial arts,
loving watching the movies,
874
00:40:13,646 --> 00:40:16,416
and it's like dance
and athleticism all in one.
875
00:40:16,449 --> 00:40:19,753
- And because it was all
about the precision.
876
00:40:19,786 --> 00:40:21,654
This had to be perfect.
877
00:40:21,688 --> 00:40:25,291
[dramatic drums]
878
00:40:25,325 --> 00:40:26,593
- Yah!
879
00:40:26,626 --> 00:40:29,095
[cheers and applause]
880
00:40:29,996 --> 00:40:31,097
- Whoa!
881
00:40:35,301 --> 00:40:36,302
- Ha!
882
00:40:36,336 --> 00:40:37,537
- [grunts]
883
00:40:46,212 --> 00:40:47,180
- Whoa!
- Whoa!
884
00:40:47,213 --> 00:40:48,281
- This is incredible!
885
00:40:48,314 --> 00:40:49,349
[all shout]
886
00:40:53,687 --> 00:40:54,788
- [yells]
887
00:40:54,821 --> 00:40:57,757
- I remember watching you
watching them.
888
00:40:57,791 --> 00:41:00,694
You were like a teenager again.
889
00:41:00,727 --> 00:41:01,795
- [chuckles]
890
00:41:01,828 --> 00:41:03,963
- You are as excited
as they were.
891
00:41:04,064 --> 00:41:06,166
I mean, that's--that's
what's so brilliant about it.
892
00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:07,267
- Yeah!
893
00:41:07,300 --> 00:41:09,269
- [laughs]
894
00:41:09,302 --> 00:41:12,272
[dramatic music]
895
00:41:12,305 --> 00:41:14,941
* *
896
00:41:21,715 --> 00:41:23,316
- Oh!
897
00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,085
Look at this, look at this!
898
00:41:25,085 --> 00:41:26,086
This is incredible!
899
00:41:26,119 --> 00:41:27,153
- Yeah.
900
00:41:28,188 --> 00:41:29,522
- Yah!
901
00:41:35,929 --> 00:41:38,832
- I have never seen anything
like that in my life!
902
00:41:42,135 --> 00:41:43,903
Yo!
Oh, my goodness!
903
00:41:43,937 --> 00:41:46,840
And it was shrapnel
flying everywhere.
904
00:41:46,873 --> 00:41:49,309
Woodchips all over.
905
00:41:50,577 --> 00:41:51,578
Oh!
906
00:41:51,611 --> 00:41:52,612
[laughs incredulously]
907
00:41:52,645 --> 00:41:54,147
- Look.
908
00:41:54,180 --> 00:41:55,949
- Look how high that is!
909
00:41:55,982 --> 00:41:58,852
[heartbeat pounding]
910
00:41:58,885 --> 00:42:01,154
[dramatic slo-mo chord]
911
00:42:01,187 --> 00:42:02,522
- Yeah!
- Whoa!
912
00:42:02,555 --> 00:42:04,057
- [laughs]
913
00:42:05,258 --> 00:42:06,393
- [yells]
914
00:42:06,426 --> 00:42:08,495
[cheers and applause]
915
00:42:08,528 --> 00:42:11,498
[dramatic rock music]
916
00:42:11,531 --> 00:42:18,405
* *
917
00:42:19,739 --> 00:42:23,576
- The energy,
it's absolutely astounding.
918
00:42:23,610 --> 00:42:26,913
- I think what you did
was one of the most
919
00:42:26,946 --> 00:42:30,350
extraordinary things
I've seen in all the years
920
00:42:30,383 --> 00:42:33,086
I've been
on "America's Got Talent."
921
00:42:33,086 --> 00:42:34,254
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
922
00:42:34,287 --> 00:42:35,989
- Thank you.
923
00:42:36,089 --> 00:42:37,891
- Now we have to go vote.
924
00:42:37,924 --> 00:42:39,359
- All right, no, we don't.
925
00:42:39,392 --> 00:42:41,695
- What?
- No, we don't!
926
00:42:41,728 --> 00:42:42,829
- No.
- First of all...
927
00:42:42,862 --> 00:42:44,097
- Uh-oh.
928
00:42:44,130 --> 00:42:47,000
- I have never, ever seen
929
00:42:47,100 --> 00:42:49,903
anything like this in my life.
930
00:42:49,936 --> 00:42:52,372
World Taekwondo,
931
00:42:52,405 --> 00:42:54,274
this is not about fighting.
932
00:42:54,307 --> 00:42:56,376
It's about courage.
933
00:42:56,409 --> 00:42:59,412
It's about confidence
and respect.
934
00:42:59,446 --> 00:43:02,849
And I respect what you guys
did out here today
935
00:43:02,882 --> 00:43:04,951
like no one else.
936
00:43:05,051 --> 00:43:07,487
This deserves all
the recognition in the world.
937
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,090
It was an Olympic event.
938
00:43:10,123 --> 00:43:12,759
And you know,
you were not able
939
00:43:12,792 --> 00:43:16,730
to make it to the Olympics
and get a gold medal,
940
00:43:16,763 --> 00:43:20,433
but I am going to give you
something golden right now!
941
00:43:20,467 --> 00:43:21,668
[both yelling]
942
00:43:23,069 --> 00:43:28,141
- * We are the champions,
my friends *
943
00:43:28,174 --> 00:43:29,843
[wild cheering]
944
00:43:29,876 --> 00:43:33,313
* And we'll keep on fighting *
945
00:43:33,346 --> 00:43:35,181
* Till the end *
946
00:43:38,218 --> 00:43:40,286
- I mean, people don't
react like that, Terry,
947
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:41,554
after they win.
948
00:43:41,588 --> 00:43:43,089
- No, no, they don't.
- I mean, genuinely.
949
00:43:43,089 --> 00:43:44,691
- No, you're right.
950
00:43:44,724 --> 00:43:46,459
- I mean, look at them.
951
00:43:46,493 --> 00:43:48,595
- World Taekwondo!
952
00:43:48,628 --> 00:43:50,096
- That's a great Golden Buzzer.
- You are headed
953
00:43:50,096 --> 00:43:53,199
to the live shows in Hollywood!
954
00:43:53,233 --> 00:43:57,003
- * And we'll keep on
fighting till the end *
955
00:43:57,103 --> 00:43:58,238
- Every time I see it,
956
00:43:58,271 --> 00:43:59,272
I'm right back there.
957
00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:00,306
- Yeah.
958
00:44:00,340 --> 00:44:03,376
[all shouting]
959
00:44:04,511 --> 00:44:09,149
- * Of the world *
960
00:44:12,819 --> 00:44:15,655
[exciting music]
961
00:44:15,689 --> 00:44:20,493
- Up next, your choice
at number seven,
962
00:44:20,527 --> 00:44:22,295
Grace VanderWaal.
963
00:44:22,328 --> 00:44:23,530
- Yeah.
964
00:44:23,563 --> 00:44:26,399
When I joined the show
in 2016,
965
00:44:26,433 --> 00:44:30,170
I prayed we were going
to find a great singer.
966
00:44:30,203 --> 00:44:32,505
And that was the year
we met Grace,
967
00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:34,908
so she had to be on the list.
968
00:44:34,941 --> 00:44:37,911
[upbeat music]
969
00:44:37,944 --> 00:44:39,979
[cheering]
970
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,247
- Hi, young lady.
971
00:44:41,281 --> 00:44:42,515
What is your name?
972
00:44:42,549 --> 00:44:43,516
- Grace.
973
00:44:43,550 --> 00:44:45,151
- Grace, how old are you?
974
00:44:45,185 --> 00:44:46,453
- 12.
975
00:44:46,486 --> 00:44:47,454
- Are you excited to be here?
976
00:44:47,487 --> 00:44:48,588
- It's crazy.
977
00:44:48,621 --> 00:44:50,457
- [chuckling]
978
00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:51,725
- What are you going to sing?
979
00:44:51,758 --> 00:44:52,759
- I'm singing an original.
980
00:44:52,792 --> 00:44:54,427
- Really?
- Yes.
981
00:44:54,461 --> 00:44:56,096
[cheers and applause]
982
00:44:56,096 --> 00:44:57,564
- And what's it about?
983
00:44:57,597 --> 00:44:59,299
- It's about me.
[giggles]
984
00:44:59,332 --> 00:45:01,568
- And you believe
that you can win?
985
00:45:01,601 --> 00:45:04,404
- Well, I mean, miracles
can happen, so possibly.
986
00:45:04,437 --> 00:45:06,673
[cheers and applause]
987
00:45:06,706 --> 00:45:07,874
- Stage is yours.
988
00:45:07,907 --> 00:45:09,242
Good luck.
989
00:45:11,144 --> 00:45:12,645
I remember thinking
at that moment,
990
00:45:12,679 --> 00:45:15,382
I really hope
this is going to work,
991
00:45:15,415 --> 00:45:16,616
but I was nervous.
992
00:45:16,649 --> 00:45:18,752
Is she going to sing
a really boring song?
993
00:45:18,785 --> 00:45:22,222
- Mm-hmm.
- And then this happened.
994
00:45:22,255 --> 00:45:26,059
- * I don't know my name *
995
00:45:28,094 --> 00:45:30,230
* I don't play *
996
00:45:30,263 --> 00:45:32,665
* By the rules to the game *
997
00:45:32,699 --> 00:45:34,601
* So you say *
998
00:45:34,634 --> 00:45:38,605
* I'm just trying *
999
00:45:38,638 --> 00:45:42,742
* Just trying *
1000
00:45:44,177 --> 00:45:47,947
* So I heard you are
my sister's friend *
1001
00:45:47,981 --> 00:45:49,683
* You get along *
1002
00:45:49,716 --> 00:45:50,884
- This is one of the reasons
1003
00:45:50,917 --> 00:45:53,319
why this audition became
such a monster hit.
1004
00:45:53,353 --> 00:45:54,421
- Yes.
1005
00:45:54,454 --> 00:45:55,488
- Because she didn't sing
a cover,
1006
00:45:55,522 --> 00:45:57,424
she did sing her own song,
1007
00:45:57,457 --> 00:45:59,292
and you know,
she's a great songwriter.
1008
00:45:59,325 --> 00:46:00,660
- That's true.
- Brilliant songwriter.
1009
00:46:00,694 --> 00:46:02,495
- * I am lost *
1010
00:46:03,630 --> 00:46:05,265
* Trying to get found *
1011
00:46:05,298 --> 00:46:09,636
* In an ocean of people *
1012
00:46:09,669 --> 00:46:11,237
* Please don't ask me any *
1013
00:46:11,271 --> 00:46:15,041
* That I don't know my name *
1014
00:46:16,042 --> 00:46:20,180
* I don't play by the rules
of the game *
1015
00:46:20,213 --> 00:46:21,881
* So you say *
1016
00:46:21,915 --> 00:46:23,516
* I'm just trying *
1017
00:46:23,550 --> 00:46:25,919
- I would say this was
the moment where "AGT"
1018
00:46:25,952 --> 00:46:27,654
in my opinion became cool...
1019
00:46:27,687 --> 00:46:30,056
- Yeah.
- Because she was so cool.
1020
00:46:30,056 --> 00:46:34,227
- * I now know my name *
1021
00:46:34,260 --> 00:46:38,765
* I don't play by the rules
of the game *
1022
00:46:38,798 --> 00:46:40,467
* So you say *
1023
00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:43,370
* I'm not trying *
1024
00:46:43,403 --> 00:46:47,741
* But I'm trying *
1025
00:46:47,774 --> 00:46:49,075
* To find my way *
1026
00:46:50,477 --> 00:46:51,745
- Ugh.
1027
00:46:51,778 --> 00:46:53,246
- Brilliant.
1028
00:46:53,279 --> 00:46:56,249
[wild cheering]
1029
00:46:56,282 --> 00:46:58,718
[sentimental music]
1030
00:46:58,752 --> 00:47:00,487
I don't think she was
expecting that reaction.
1031
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:02,288
- No, I know, look at her face!
1032
00:47:02,322 --> 00:47:04,124
- Yeah.
- Oh, my God.
1033
00:47:06,626 --> 00:47:10,363
- Your original about people
not knowing your name
1034
00:47:10,397 --> 00:47:13,033
is so right and so wrong,
because I think
1035
00:47:13,066 --> 00:47:16,069
the world is
gonna know your name.
1036
00:47:16,102 --> 00:47:17,804
- Oh, Howie was right
about that.
1037
00:47:17,837 --> 00:47:19,439
- Yeah, he was.
1038
00:47:19,472 --> 00:47:22,642
But what is so sweet about this
clip, when you watch it back,
1039
00:47:22,676 --> 00:47:26,413
is watch her reaction when
she gets the Golden Buzzer.
1040
00:47:26,446 --> 00:47:28,048
She's trying
to hold it together,
1041
00:47:28,081 --> 00:47:30,350
and then it all goes.
1042
00:47:30,383 --> 00:47:32,152
- I think right now,
1043
00:47:32,185 --> 00:47:34,054
they're gonna know your name,
1044
00:47:34,054 --> 00:47:36,356
because you are going right--
1045
00:47:36,389 --> 00:47:38,725
* *
1046
00:47:38,758 --> 00:47:40,093
- Yeah!
[laughing]
1047
00:47:40,126 --> 00:47:45,065
- * All we can do
is keep breathing *
1048
00:47:45,065 --> 00:47:46,633
- What people don't understand
1049
00:47:46,666 --> 00:47:49,369
is that it takes
the courage of an adult,
1050
00:47:49,402 --> 00:47:51,971
and then all of a sudden,
she wins it,
1051
00:47:52,072 --> 00:47:53,640
and she turns
back 12 years old again.
1052
00:47:53,673 --> 00:47:55,108
- Yeah, you're so right.
1053
00:47:55,141 --> 00:47:57,344
[cheers and applause]
1054
00:47:57,377 --> 00:47:59,913
I was really upset...
1055
00:48:00,013 --> 00:48:01,815
- [laughs]
- That I didn't press
1056
00:48:01,848 --> 00:48:03,483
the Golden Buzzer for her,
1057
00:48:03,516 --> 00:48:06,219
because I was thinking,
"Howie, don't press it,
1058
00:48:06,252 --> 00:48:07,587
I want to press it!"
- Press it.
1059
00:48:07,620 --> 00:48:09,823
- And then
Howie got there first.
1060
00:48:09,856 --> 00:48:12,192
So that's why I wasn't
1061
00:48:12,225 --> 00:48:16,096
quite as happy as I should
have been in my reaction.
1062
00:48:16,129 --> 00:48:18,198
Grace, you know what
I predict for you?
1063
00:48:18,231 --> 00:48:21,167
I think you are
the next Taylor Swift.
1064
00:48:21,201 --> 00:48:23,069
- Thank you so much.
1065
00:48:23,103 --> 00:48:24,704
- Wow!
1066
00:48:24,738 --> 00:48:26,706
Howie's Golden Buzzer!
1067
00:48:26,740 --> 00:48:28,074
How's it feel?
1068
00:48:28,108 --> 00:48:29,943
- I feel like this--I'm
kind of just daydreaming,
1069
00:48:30,043 --> 00:48:31,811
and I'm getting ready
to wake up.
1070
00:48:31,845 --> 00:48:33,480
[wild cheering]
1071
00:48:33,513 --> 00:48:35,615
- What was so cool
about this audition is,
1072
00:48:35,648 --> 00:48:39,119
it had this gigantic
impact afterwards.
1073
00:48:39,152 --> 00:48:40,954
It kickstarted her career.
1074
00:48:41,054 --> 00:48:42,455
She's a huge star.
1075
00:48:43,590 --> 00:48:44,858
She's released records,
1076
00:48:44,891 --> 00:48:46,526
she's won a ton of awards,
1077
00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:49,896
and she's even played
the lead role in a Disney movie.
1078
00:48:49,929 --> 00:48:51,431
- Do you think
you've got a star now?
1079
00:48:51,464 --> 00:48:53,667
- I 100% think we've got a star.
- Amazing.
1080
00:48:53,700 --> 00:48:56,302
- Howie is impossible...
- Yeah.
1081
00:48:56,336 --> 00:48:58,238
- When one of his
Golden Buzzers does well.
1082
00:48:58,271 --> 00:49:00,740
- Yeah, he is.
- I mean, literally impossible.
1083
00:49:00,774 --> 00:49:04,010
He was like a Greyhound
up on that stage,
1084
00:49:04,044 --> 00:49:06,446
which makes it
even more irritating.
1085
00:49:06,479 --> 00:49:08,014
- He's like, me, me, me!
Yeah, all right.
1086
00:49:08,014 --> 00:49:09,616
- Yeah, it's like,
no, it's not about you.
1087
00:49:09,649 --> 00:49:11,785
It's actually about Grace,
but oh, no.
1088
00:49:11,818 --> 00:49:13,720
[laughter]
1089
00:49:13,753 --> 00:49:15,088
- Coming up...
1090
00:49:15,121 --> 00:49:16,923
we're getting closer
to Simon's favorite
1091
00:49:17,023 --> 00:49:19,592
Golden Buzzer moment
of all time.
1092
00:49:19,626 --> 00:49:22,128
- I've never seen anything
like this
1093
00:49:22,162 --> 00:49:24,597
in my life.
1094
00:49:24,631 --> 00:49:28,601
This act defines
what "Got Talent" is.
1095
00:49:28,635 --> 00:49:29,869
- Yeah!
1096
00:49:29,903 --> 00:49:32,772
- God, I forgot
how brilliant that was.
1097
00:49:32,806 --> 00:49:35,608
* *
1098
00:49:39,846 --> 00:49:42,682
[exciting music]
1099
00:49:42,716 --> 00:49:46,586
- Then at number six,
we have Light Balance.
1100
00:49:46,619 --> 00:49:49,289
- Light Balance are
a dance group from Ukraine
1101
00:49:49,322 --> 00:49:52,058
who flew in to take a gamble
1102
00:49:52,058 --> 00:49:54,694
on being a success
on "Got Talent."
1103
00:49:54,728 --> 00:49:58,898
And then they did this
unbelievable performance.
1104
00:49:58,932 --> 00:50:00,867
And that's the kind of act
1105
00:50:00,900 --> 00:50:02,602
that makes "Got Talent" special,
1106
00:50:02,635 --> 00:50:04,170
and they had to be on my list.
1107
00:50:04,204 --> 00:50:07,173
[dramatic music]
1108
00:50:07,207 --> 00:50:08,341
* *
1109
00:50:08,375 --> 00:50:10,210
[cheers and applause]
1110
00:50:10,243 --> 00:50:12,078
- Hello.
- Hello!
1111
00:50:12,112 --> 00:50:14,714
Where are you guys from
and what is your name?
1112
00:50:14,748 --> 00:50:17,951
- We are from Ukraine, and we
are Light Balance Dance Group.
1113
00:50:17,984 --> 00:50:20,854
- Okay, good.
Now we want to see your act.
1114
00:50:20,887 --> 00:50:22,489
- Good luck,
I can't wait to see this.
1115
00:50:22,522 --> 00:50:25,191
[cheers and applause]
1116
00:50:25,225 --> 00:50:27,127
- Let's dim those lights.
1117
00:50:29,229 --> 00:50:31,398
- This should be interesting.
1118
00:50:31,431 --> 00:50:33,733
- We had no idea
what was going to happen.
1119
00:50:33,767 --> 00:50:37,604
The lights went off
and then this happens.
1120
00:50:37,637 --> 00:50:40,607
[dramatic music playing]
1121
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:42,342
* *
1122
00:50:42,375 --> 00:50:43,510
We were a bit like, what?
1123
00:50:51,317 --> 00:50:53,620
[Bruno Mars'
"24K Magic" playing]
1124
00:50:53,653 --> 00:50:56,756
- * Put yo' pinky rings up
to the moon *
1125
00:50:56,790 --> 00:50:58,491
[wild cheering]
1126
00:50:58,525 --> 00:51:01,061
* Girls, what y'all trying
to do? *
1127
00:51:02,595 --> 00:51:08,134
* 24 karat magic in the air *
1128
00:51:08,168 --> 00:51:10,570
* Head to toe, so player *
1129
00:51:10,603 --> 00:51:11,638
* Look out *
1130
00:51:13,139 --> 00:51:16,076
- I's a mix
of technology, dance,
1131
00:51:16,109 --> 00:51:17,277
showmanship.
1132
00:51:17,310 --> 00:51:19,212
Unbelievable.
1133
00:51:19,245 --> 00:51:20,313
- Yeah.
1134
00:51:20,347 --> 00:51:23,650
[Deorro's
"Five More Hours" playing]
1135
00:51:23,683 --> 00:51:27,354
- * This right here is
my type of party *
1136
00:51:27,387 --> 00:51:31,291
* Ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh *
1137
00:51:31,324 --> 00:51:35,095
* Five more hours,
we're just getting started *
1138
00:51:35,095 --> 00:51:39,299
* Five more hours,
we're just getting started *
1139
00:51:39,332 --> 00:51:41,134
[wild cheering]
1140
00:51:41,167 --> 00:51:45,638
- I think this act defines
what "Got Talent" is.
1141
00:51:45,672 --> 00:51:50,543
You know, it's stuff you just
can't imagine happening.
1142
00:51:50,577 --> 00:51:51,578
- Yep.
- And yet,
1143
00:51:51,611 --> 00:51:53,880
somebody had the idea to do it.
1144
00:51:56,116 --> 00:51:59,152
[wild cheering]
1145
00:52:09,129 --> 00:52:10,430
- Look at this.
1146
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:16,703
- I thought the act
was incredible.
1147
00:52:16,736 --> 00:52:18,905
It was imaginative,
it was different.
1148
00:52:18,938 --> 00:52:20,974
I've never seen anything
like that before.
1149
00:52:21,074 --> 00:52:22,509
I thought it was incredible.
1150
00:52:22,542 --> 00:52:23,877
Congratulations.
1151
00:52:23,910 --> 00:52:26,546
[cheers and applause]
1152
00:52:26,579 --> 00:52:27,580
- Let's vote.
1153
00:52:27,614 --> 00:52:30,617
- Stop right now!
1154
00:52:32,085 --> 00:52:35,088
I feel you guys so, so much.
1155
00:52:35,088 --> 00:52:36,956
- I think they thought
we weren't gonna like them.
1156
00:52:36,990 --> 00:52:38,391
- Mm.
- They were very nervous.
1157
00:52:38,425 --> 00:52:39,893
And watch what happens.
1158
00:52:39,926 --> 00:52:41,961
- [yells]
1159
00:52:41,995 --> 00:52:43,730
- Watch their faces now.
1160
00:52:43,763 --> 00:52:46,299
[triumphant music]
1161
00:52:46,332 --> 00:52:47,567
- Oh, yes!
- Total, total--
1162
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:49,202
- That's the shot.
- Yeah.
1163
00:52:49,235 --> 00:52:50,937
- They like us,
they really like us.
1164
00:52:50,970 --> 00:52:52,238
- Yeah, look, look.
1165
00:52:52,272 --> 00:52:54,274
I mean, they just
can't believe it.
1166
00:52:55,575 --> 00:52:57,977
I love watching their reactions
1167
00:52:58,011 --> 00:53:00,280
once they've had
the Golden Buzzer.
1168
00:53:00,313 --> 00:53:02,549
And that's why this
is really special for me,
1169
00:53:02,582 --> 00:53:05,318
not just the performance,
but their reaction.
1170
00:53:05,352 --> 00:53:09,456
It sums up the relief
and how much it meant to them.
1171
00:53:09,489 --> 00:53:11,791
* *
1172
00:53:11,825 --> 00:53:13,293
- Whoo!
- How do you feel?
1173
00:53:13,326 --> 00:53:16,062
- No words could
explain my feelings, it's--
1174
00:53:16,062 --> 00:53:17,964
yeah, it's like dreams
come true.
1175
00:53:18,064 --> 00:53:23,870
* *
1176
00:53:23,903 --> 00:53:26,172
- It was one of those auditions
1177
00:53:26,206 --> 00:53:29,075
where somebody's come up
with this idea
1178
00:53:29,075 --> 00:53:31,745
which is totally unique.
1179
00:53:31,778 --> 00:53:34,147
It's actually quite incredible.
1180
00:53:35,982 --> 00:53:38,451
What's so interesting
when I watch these back,
1181
00:53:38,485 --> 00:53:41,154
I can remember every second
1182
00:53:41,187 --> 00:53:43,089
of the day this happened
1183
00:53:43,089 --> 00:53:45,125
on every one
of these Golden Buzzers.
1184
00:53:45,158 --> 00:53:49,129
Sometimes, you know, auditions,
they fade over the years,
1185
00:53:49,162 --> 00:53:50,597
but none of these
Golden Buzzers do.
1186
00:53:50,630 --> 00:53:51,598
- It's so true.
1187
00:53:51,631 --> 00:53:53,166
Up next is one of the most
1188
00:53:53,199 --> 00:53:56,169
incredible auditions
we have ever seen.
1189
00:53:56,202 --> 00:54:00,040
At number five,
it's Mandy Harvey.
1190
00:54:00,073 --> 00:54:01,708
- Another of my Golden Buzzers.
- Yes.
1191
00:54:01,741 --> 00:54:04,711
[upbeat music]
1192
00:54:04,744 --> 00:54:07,347
[cheers and applause]
1193
00:54:13,053 --> 00:54:14,387
- Hello.
1194
00:54:14,421 --> 00:54:15,722
- Hi, how are you?
1195
00:54:15,755 --> 00:54:18,091
- And what's your name?
- Mandy Harvey.
1196
00:54:18,124 --> 00:54:19,693
- And who's this?
1197
00:54:19,726 --> 00:54:21,161
- My interpreter.
1198
00:54:21,194 --> 00:54:23,163
- What's your name?
- Sarah.
1199
00:54:23,196 --> 00:54:24,264
- Nice to meet you, Sarah.
1200
00:54:24,297 --> 00:54:25,331
- Nice to meet you, sir.
- How are you?
1201
00:54:25,365 --> 00:54:26,700
- Hi, Sarah.
- Doing well, thank you.
1202
00:54:26,733 --> 00:54:28,501
Hello.
- Okay, Mandy,
1203
00:54:28,535 --> 00:54:30,203
so I think I've worked this out.
1204
00:54:30,236 --> 00:54:32,272
So you're deaf?
1205
00:54:32,305 --> 00:54:35,542
- Yes, I lost all my hearing
when I was 18 years old.
1206
00:54:35,575 --> 00:54:37,377
[audience awws]
1207
00:54:37,410 --> 00:54:38,912
- Wow.
- Yeah, I've been singing
1208
00:54:38,945 --> 00:54:40,113
since I was four,
1209
00:54:40,146 --> 00:54:42,816
so I left music
after I lost my hearing
1210
00:54:42,849 --> 00:54:47,587
and then figured out
how to get back into singing.
1211
00:54:47,620 --> 00:54:50,156
- So your shoes are off because
you're feeling the vibration?
1212
00:54:50,190 --> 00:54:51,791
Is that how you're
following the music?
1213
00:54:51,825 --> 00:54:55,895
- Yeah, I'm feeling the tempo,
the beat through the floor.
1214
00:54:55,929 --> 00:54:59,499
- I'm listening to this
story thinking, what?
1215
00:54:59,532 --> 00:55:00,834
How is that possible?
1216
00:55:00,867 --> 00:55:03,036
Is she going to be
a good singer?
1217
00:55:03,036 --> 00:55:06,072
- I'm going to sing a song
that I wrote called "Try."
1218
00:55:06,106 --> 00:55:08,108
- Okay, can you tell me
what it's about?
1219
00:55:08,141 --> 00:55:10,777
- After I lost my hearing,
I gave up,
1220
00:55:10,810 --> 00:55:12,779
but I want to do
more with my life
1221
00:55:12,812 --> 00:55:14,514
than just give up, so.
1222
00:55:14,547 --> 00:55:15,515
- Good for you.
1223
00:55:15,548 --> 00:55:17,050
[cheers and applause]
1224
00:55:17,083 --> 00:55:18,118
- Thank you.
1225
00:55:20,286 --> 00:55:22,555
- Aww, I love seeing this.
1226
00:55:22,589 --> 00:55:24,758
[ukulele playing]
1227
00:55:28,962 --> 00:55:32,465
- * I don't feel
the way I used to *
1228
00:55:34,534 --> 00:55:39,506
* The sky is gray much more
than it is blue *
1229
00:55:40,974 --> 00:55:44,444
* But I know one day,
I'll get through *
1230
00:55:46,646 --> 00:55:50,817
* And I'll take my place again *
1231
00:55:50,850 --> 00:55:55,689
* If I would try *
1232
00:55:56,923 --> 00:55:58,958
- I mean, it was one of those,
1233
00:55:58,992 --> 00:56:01,661
"this can't be happening"
moment--I mean, genuinely.
1234
00:56:01,695 --> 00:56:02,662
- Yes.
1235
00:56:02,696 --> 00:56:04,597
- * Oh *
1236
00:56:04,631 --> 00:56:09,235
* There is no one
for me to blame *
1237
00:56:10,670 --> 00:56:17,043
* 'Cause I know the only
thing in my way *
1238
00:56:19,045 --> 00:56:22,615
* Is me *
1239
00:56:22,649 --> 00:56:26,286
* I don't live
the way I want to *
1240
00:56:28,555 --> 00:56:33,326
* That whole picture
never came into view *
1241
00:56:34,561 --> 00:56:39,432
* But I'm tired
of getting used to *
1242
00:56:39,466 --> 00:56:44,204
* The day *
1243
00:56:44,237 --> 00:56:48,975
* So I will try *
1244
00:56:50,110 --> 00:56:55,081
* So I will try *
1245
00:56:56,182 --> 00:56:58,318
* If I would try *
1246
00:56:58,351 --> 00:57:00,020
- It was really special,
wasn't it?
1247
00:57:00,053 --> 00:57:01,087
- Incredible.
1248
00:57:02,055 --> 00:57:06,726
- * If I would try *
1249
00:57:07,861 --> 00:57:11,664
- The reaction was
unbelievable.
1250
00:57:11,698 --> 00:57:14,734
[wild cheering]
1251
00:57:16,603 --> 00:57:19,272
[inspirational music]
1252
00:57:19,305 --> 00:57:20,774
* *
1253
00:57:20,807 --> 00:57:22,108
- This is what
I love about "AGT,"
1254
00:57:22,142 --> 00:57:26,379
because it shows there is
no end to human potential.
1255
00:57:26,413 --> 00:57:28,848
- Yeah,
I've never seen or heard
1256
00:57:28,882 --> 00:57:31,685
anything like this in my life.
1257
00:57:31,718 --> 00:57:35,955
Mandy, I don't think
you're gonna need
1258
00:57:36,056 --> 00:57:37,724
a translator for this.
1259
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:44,631
- * And you can tell everybody *
1260
00:57:44,664 --> 00:57:46,966
* This is your song *
1261
00:57:48,068 --> 00:57:51,738
* It may be quite simple but *
1262
00:57:51,771 --> 00:57:54,774
* Now that it's done *
1263
00:57:54,808 --> 00:57:59,179
* I hope you don't mind,
I hope you don't mind *
1264
00:57:59,212 --> 00:58:01,181
- While she was performing,
did you know
1265
00:58:01,214 --> 00:58:04,017
you were going to give her
this Golden Buzzer?
1266
00:58:04,017 --> 00:58:05,418
- It took me a long time.
1267
00:58:05,452 --> 00:58:07,020
- Mm-hmm.
- Four seconds.
1268
00:58:07,020 --> 00:58:08,355
[laughter]
1269
00:58:08,388 --> 00:58:11,157
It was like, what?
- TV time.
1270
00:58:11,191 --> 00:58:13,660
Four seconds.
- Whoa!
1271
00:58:13,693 --> 00:58:19,165
I mean, it was
an absolute no-brainer.
1272
00:58:19,199 --> 00:58:20,633
Honestly,
1273
00:58:20,667 --> 00:58:25,038
I never think I'm gonna be
surprised or amazed by people.
1274
00:58:25,038 --> 00:58:27,574
And then you turn up.
1275
00:58:27,607 --> 00:58:29,409
- Oh, the joy.
1276
00:58:29,442 --> 00:58:30,710
- Yeah.
- The tears of joy.
1277
00:58:30,744 --> 00:58:32,045
- Yeah.
1278
00:58:32,078 --> 00:58:35,048
[cheers and applause]
1279
00:58:35,081 --> 00:58:40,286
* *
1280
00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:42,288
The fact that she was
a great songwriter,
1281
00:58:42,322 --> 00:58:44,657
the fact that she was
a great singer,
1282
00:58:44,691 --> 00:58:47,861
and she was a fantastic person,
it was just everything.
1283
00:58:47,894 --> 00:58:50,230
This show wouldn't be
the same without her.
1284
00:58:50,263 --> 00:58:53,533
* *
1285
00:58:53,566 --> 00:58:55,068
- What just happened?
1286
00:58:55,068 --> 00:58:59,706
- * How wonderful life is *
- Oh, my God.
1287
00:58:59,739 --> 00:59:02,575
- * Now you're in the world *
1288
00:59:02,609 --> 00:59:04,911
[music fades out]
1289
00:59:08,915 --> 00:59:11,751
[exciting music]
1290
00:59:11,785 --> 00:59:17,023
- Next up, wow, another
one of my Golden Buzzers, man.
1291
00:59:17,023 --> 00:59:19,659
The Detroit Youth Choir.
1292
00:59:19,693 --> 00:59:21,261
- They are the best choir
we've ever had.
1293
00:59:21,294 --> 00:59:22,262
- Ever.
1294
00:59:22,295 --> 00:59:24,497
[Lizzo's "Good as Hell"]
1295
00:59:24,531 --> 00:59:25,765
This is one of those things
1296
00:59:25,799 --> 00:59:29,269
where the tears flow.
1297
00:59:29,302 --> 00:59:31,771
I couldn't stop crying.
1298
00:59:31,805 --> 00:59:34,541
I just remembered
my upbringing,
1299
00:59:34,574 --> 00:59:38,645
and all these kids just
reminded me of myself...
1300
00:59:38,678 --> 00:59:40,113
- Yeah.
- And my past.
1301
00:59:40,146 --> 00:59:41,348
- Yeah.
1302
00:59:41,381 --> 00:59:45,552
This was a great
Golden Buzzer moment.
1303
00:59:45,585 --> 00:59:50,190
* *
1304
00:59:50,223 --> 00:59:54,060
- The Detroit Youth Choir
is a community-based choir.
1305
00:59:54,060 --> 00:59:55,895
We have a lot
of inner city kids.
1306
00:59:55,929 --> 00:59:58,398
Some of them have
bad home situations
1307
00:59:58,431 --> 01:00:00,066
or they can be in the streets.
1308
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,437
We give them something positive
to come and be a part of.
1309
01:00:04,471 --> 01:00:05,638
- And y'all know
I'm from Flint.
1310
01:00:05,672 --> 01:00:07,674
- Oh!
- I was born and raised.
1311
01:00:07,707 --> 01:00:09,275
- You nervous?
- Can you fix my bowtie?
1312
01:00:09,309 --> 01:00:11,077
Yes, I'm nervous,
1313
01:00:11,111 --> 01:00:12,379
but I'm ready for this.
1314
01:00:12,412 --> 01:00:14,314
- Be proud
of what you represent.
1315
01:00:14,347 --> 01:00:15,348
Okay?
- For sure.
1316
01:00:15,382 --> 01:00:16,449
- All right. Give me a hug.
1317
01:00:16,483 --> 01:00:18,018
- Let me tell you, Mr. White,
1318
01:00:18,051 --> 01:00:22,422
people like you are the reason
I am where I am right now.
1319
01:00:22,455 --> 01:00:25,258
And let me tell you,
all it takes is one person
1320
01:00:25,291 --> 01:00:27,727
to believe that you can do it.
1321
01:00:27,761 --> 01:00:29,295
And you have that.
1322
01:00:29,329 --> 01:00:32,399
And that's more than so many
people have on this Earth.
1323
01:00:32,432 --> 01:00:35,435
He's that guy who told them
they could do it.
1324
01:00:35,468 --> 01:00:36,736
- Yeah.
- And they believed him.
1325
01:00:36,770 --> 01:00:37,771
- Yes, right.
1326
01:00:37,804 --> 01:00:39,072
[all cheering]
1327
01:00:39,105 --> 01:00:41,174
- Our mission is to show
1328
01:00:41,207 --> 01:00:44,210
that young people
from Detroit can be somebody.
1329
01:00:44,244 --> 01:00:47,280
[cheers and applause]
1330
01:00:55,288 --> 01:00:56,923
- Look at their faces.
1331
01:00:56,956 --> 01:00:58,425
- Oh, look at this face.
1332
01:00:58,458 --> 01:01:03,363
- Now that is an entrance.
1333
01:01:03,396 --> 01:01:04,764
Welcome.
- Thank you.
1334
01:01:04,798 --> 01:01:06,866
- Tell me
how this choir came up.
1335
01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:08,902
What was the idea
behind it, please?
1336
01:01:08,935 --> 01:01:11,104
- Well, I've been the director
of this wonderful
1337
01:01:11,137 --> 01:01:13,673
youth group
for a little over 21 years.
1338
01:01:13,707 --> 01:01:15,408
- Oh, wow.
- And we're here
1339
01:01:15,442 --> 01:01:16,876
to let the world
know that we have some
1340
01:01:16,910 --> 01:01:19,612
wonderful young people
in the city of Detroit.
1341
01:01:19,646 --> 01:01:21,848
- Yes.
[cheering]
1342
01:01:21,881 --> 01:01:25,085
- I actually love choirs,
so good luck.
1343
01:01:25,118 --> 01:01:26,152
- Let's do it.
1344
01:01:32,092 --> 01:01:35,362
all: * Can we go back? *
1345
01:01:35,395 --> 01:01:38,331
* This is our moment *
1346
01:01:38,365 --> 01:01:40,734
* Tonight is the night *
1347
01:01:40,767 --> 01:01:44,170
* We'll fight till it's over *
1348
01:01:44,204 --> 01:01:46,773
* So we put our hands up *
1349
01:01:46,806 --> 01:01:51,344
* Like the ceiling can't
hold us *
1350
01:01:53,113 --> 01:01:55,849
* Like the ceiling can't *
1351
01:01:55,882 --> 01:01:59,586
* Hold *
1352
01:01:59,619 --> 01:02:01,855
* Us *
1353
01:02:01,888 --> 01:02:03,923
- I was totally
expecting choir music.
1354
01:02:03,957 --> 01:02:04,924
- Yeah, exactly.
1355
01:02:04,958 --> 01:02:07,594
And you know what happens next.
1356
01:02:07,627 --> 01:02:08,728
- * DYC, get 'em, what it is *
1357
01:02:08,762 --> 01:02:10,230
- [screams]
1358
01:02:10,263 --> 01:02:12,165
- * Looking for a better way
to get up outta bed *
1359
01:02:12,198 --> 01:02:13,199
* Instead of getting
on the Internet *
1360
01:02:13,233 --> 01:02:14,701
* And checking who hit, we up *
1361
01:02:14,734 --> 01:02:15,802
all: * Thrift shop,
pimp-strut walkin' *
1362
01:02:15,835 --> 01:02:17,137
- Look at these guys!
1363
01:02:17,170 --> 01:02:18,571
- * Somewhere between
like Rocky *
1364
01:02:18,605 --> 01:02:19,673
- [laughing]
You're in the choir.
1365
01:02:19,706 --> 01:02:20,674
- [laughs]
1366
01:02:20,707 --> 01:02:22,075
I'm the honorary member.
1367
01:02:22,075 --> 01:02:24,444
all: * Moonwalking,
this here is our party *
1368
01:02:24,477 --> 01:02:26,312
- * My posse's been
on Broadway *
1369
01:02:26,346 --> 01:02:27,747
* And we did it our way *
1370
01:02:27,781 --> 01:02:30,517
* Grown music, I shed my skin
and put my bones *
1371
01:02:30,550 --> 01:02:32,419
* Into everything I record *
1372
01:02:32,452 --> 01:02:34,521
* And ye-ye-ye-yet I'm on *
1373
01:02:34,554 --> 01:02:37,791
- * Trust me, on my
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T *
1374
01:02:37,824 --> 01:02:38,992
* We hustlin' *
1375
01:02:39,092 --> 01:02:40,960
* Chasing dreams
since we was 14 *
1376
01:02:40,994 --> 01:02:43,229
* With the four-track bussin' *
1377
01:02:43,263 --> 01:02:44,531
* Halfway cross that city *
1378
01:02:44,564 --> 01:02:47,634
* With the backpack,
fat cat, crushin' *
1379
01:02:47,667 --> 01:02:52,238
- * Can we go back? *
1380
01:02:52,272 --> 01:02:53,573
- Whoo!
1381
01:02:53,606 --> 01:02:55,108
I'm right back there.
- I can see that.
1382
01:02:55,141 --> 01:02:56,109
- I'm right back there.
1383
01:02:56,142 --> 01:02:57,344
[choir harmonizing]
1384
01:02:57,377 --> 01:02:59,746
- * Like the ceiling can't
hold us *
1385
01:02:59,779 --> 01:03:01,381
all: * Like the ceiling
can't hold us *
1386
01:03:01,414 --> 01:03:02,716
* This is our moment *
1387
01:03:02,749 --> 01:03:05,785
[wild cheering]
1388
01:03:09,923 --> 01:03:12,559
[tender music]
1389
01:03:12,592 --> 01:03:15,562
- I was blown away
by how much they wanted this,
1390
01:03:15,595 --> 01:03:16,696
how good they were--
1391
01:03:16,730 --> 01:03:19,065
we were all very
caught up in this moment.
1392
01:03:19,065 --> 01:03:20,066
This was big.
1393
01:03:20,066 --> 01:03:22,102
- Oh, my God.
1394
01:03:22,135 --> 01:03:24,170
- This was your moment.
1395
01:03:24,204 --> 01:03:25,505
- Thank you.
1396
01:03:25,538 --> 01:03:27,807
[cheering continues]
1397
01:03:27,841 --> 01:03:30,276
- The dancing and the singing
and the rapping,
1398
01:03:30,310 --> 01:03:33,413
it's so much more than you
expect from any other choir.
1399
01:03:33,446 --> 01:03:35,281
I love you.
I love you all.
1400
01:03:36,349 --> 01:03:38,418
- You're cool.
1401
01:03:38,451 --> 01:03:41,221
This was not expected.
1402
01:03:41,254 --> 01:03:42,689
You could win this.
1403
01:03:46,092 --> 01:03:47,427
Let's vote.
1404
01:03:47,460 --> 01:03:49,262
Let's start with Howie.
Yes or no?
1405
01:03:49,295 --> 01:03:50,563
- Oh, you know what--
1406
01:03:50,597 --> 01:03:52,632
- Wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.
1407
01:03:52,665 --> 01:03:54,100
Wait.
1408
01:03:55,201 --> 01:03:57,537
I'm so sorry
to interrupt you, Howie.
1409
01:03:57,570 --> 01:03:59,305
[choking up]
But I have to tell you...
1410
01:03:59,339 --> 01:04:01,074
- Aw.
1411
01:04:01,107 --> 01:04:05,879
- Every young man and woman
on this stage represents me
1412
01:04:05,912 --> 01:04:07,514
and where I came from.
1413
01:04:07,547 --> 01:04:09,115
- I've never seen
you like that.
1414
01:04:09,149 --> 01:04:10,517
- I just couldn't
keep my emotions.
1415
01:04:10,550 --> 01:04:12,218
I had to just let it out.
1416
01:04:12,252 --> 01:04:16,056
I remember sitting at my window
in Flint, Michigan,
1417
01:04:16,089 --> 01:04:19,292
dreaming and wanting to make it
1418
01:04:19,325 --> 01:04:22,696
and wanting to be here,
and they're here.
1419
01:04:24,431 --> 01:04:26,533
And they did so well...
1420
01:04:26,566 --> 01:04:28,702
that I have to do this!
1421
01:04:28,735 --> 01:04:30,770
For me, when I push
a Golden Buzzer,
1422
01:04:30,804 --> 01:04:34,541
it's to the point where I say,
"If I don't do this,
1423
01:04:34,574 --> 01:04:36,776
everything's going
to be wrong with the world."
1424
01:04:36,810 --> 01:04:41,781
Let me tell you something,
Mr. White.
1425
01:04:41,815 --> 01:04:47,687
All it takes is one
person to believe
1426
01:04:47,721 --> 01:04:50,957
for them to reach their dreams,
and you are that man, sir!
1427
01:04:50,990 --> 01:04:52,859
[wild cheering]
1428
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,830
- * You say I am loved *
1429
01:04:56,863 --> 01:05:00,100
* When I can't feel a thing *
1430
01:05:00,133 --> 01:05:03,470
* You say I am strong *
1431
01:05:03,503 --> 01:05:04,871
* When I think I am weak *
1432
01:05:04,904 --> 01:05:07,841
- The place went crazy.
I mean, genuinely crazy.
1433
01:05:07,874 --> 01:05:09,042
- Look at this.
1434
01:05:09,042 --> 01:05:13,046
* *
1435
01:05:13,046 --> 01:05:14,514
Oh, I'm getting emotional now.
1436
01:05:14,547 --> 01:05:16,149
I'm telling you,
it's so beautiful.
1437
01:05:16,182 --> 01:05:17,617
- This is absolute magic.
1438
01:05:17,650 --> 01:05:19,252
- Mm.
- Magic.
1439
01:05:19,285 --> 01:05:21,821
[cheering and sobbing]
1440
01:05:23,723 --> 01:05:26,793
- The fact
that these guys actually got
1441
01:05:26,826 --> 01:05:29,162
a million dollars
from the city of Detroit,
1442
01:05:29,195 --> 01:05:31,197
and were awarded
the key to the city,
1443
01:05:31,231 --> 01:05:32,399
is amazing.
1444
01:05:32,432 --> 01:05:34,234
- I know.
That was big.
1445
01:05:34,267 --> 01:05:37,103
This is exactly
why we did this show,
1446
01:05:37,137 --> 01:05:40,473
to remind people
of just how amazing
1447
01:05:40,507 --> 01:05:42,676
these Golden Buzzer moments are.
1448
01:05:42,709 --> 01:05:45,945
They're as good now
as they were then.
1449
01:05:45,979 --> 01:05:49,082
[cheering]
1450
01:05:50,784 --> 01:05:55,689
all: [chanting]
DYC! DYC! DYC!
1451
01:06:03,029 --> 01:06:05,799
[exciting music]
1452
01:06:05,832 --> 01:06:09,235
- Oh, my goodness.
Number three.
1453
01:06:09,269 --> 01:06:11,705
[sighs]
Kodi Lee.
1454
01:06:11,738 --> 01:06:13,073
- Wow.
1455
01:06:13,106 --> 01:06:17,344
Kodi is one of the most
amazing auditions
1456
01:06:17,377 --> 01:06:18,611
I have ever witnessed.
1457
01:06:18,645 --> 01:06:20,747
I will never forget that moment.
- Yeah.
1458
01:06:20,780 --> 01:06:24,050
- I mean, it was incredible.
1459
01:06:24,050 --> 01:06:27,053
[cheering]
1460
01:06:27,053 --> 01:06:28,621
- Welcome to
"America's Got Talent."
1461
01:06:28,655 --> 01:06:30,724
What's your name?
1462
01:06:30,757 --> 01:06:32,692
- I'm Kodi.
1463
01:06:32,726 --> 01:06:34,627
- Hi, Kodi.
- I'm Kodi Lee!
1464
01:06:36,229 --> 01:06:38,465
- Who are you, miss?
Who are you?
1465
01:06:38,498 --> 01:06:40,066
- I'm mom.
- Oh, hi, mom.
1466
01:06:40,066 --> 01:06:41,868
- I'm Tina Lee.
- Hi, Tina, how are you?
1467
01:06:41,901 --> 01:06:43,570
- Hi, Tina.
1468
01:06:44,704 --> 01:06:47,607
- So what are you going
to do here for us today?
1469
01:06:50,610 --> 01:06:54,748
- I'm going to sing a song
for you on the piano.
1470
01:06:54,781 --> 01:06:56,816
- I love it.
1471
01:06:56,850 --> 01:06:59,686
Tina, tell us
a little bit about Kodi.
1472
01:06:59,719 --> 01:07:02,422
- Kodi is blind and autistic.
1473
01:07:02,455 --> 01:07:03,790
- Oh.
- Wow.
1474
01:07:03,823 --> 01:07:06,526
- We found out that he loved
music really early on.
1475
01:07:06,559 --> 01:07:09,763
He listened
and his eyes just went huge,
1476
01:07:09,796 --> 01:07:12,198
and he started singing.
1477
01:07:12,232 --> 01:07:14,534
And that's when I just--
I was in tears,
1478
01:07:14,567 --> 01:07:16,102
'cause that's
when I realized,
1479
01:07:16,136 --> 01:07:17,771
oh, my gosh,
he's an entertainer.
1480
01:07:17,804 --> 01:07:22,042
So it actually has saved
his life, playing music.
1481
01:07:22,042 --> 01:07:24,344
- Wow.
- Wow. That's awesome.
1482
01:07:26,046 --> 01:07:28,481
- You ready?
- I'm ready!
1483
01:07:28,515 --> 01:07:30,383
[cheers and applause]
1484
01:07:30,417 --> 01:07:33,219
- A lot of things were going
through my head at that point.
1485
01:07:33,253 --> 01:07:35,588
I could tell that he was
very distracted.
1486
01:07:35,622 --> 01:07:37,057
There was a lot
of energy in the room,
1487
01:07:37,057 --> 01:07:39,926
and I was nervous that
that was going to affect him,
1488
01:07:39,959 --> 01:07:41,428
or he wasn't going to perform.
1489
01:07:41,461 --> 01:07:42,629
- [whispering]
This is your time, okay?
1490
01:07:42,662 --> 01:07:44,864
There's going to be like,
20 cameras on you.
1491
01:07:44,898 --> 01:07:45,899
Ready?
- Yeah.
1492
01:07:45,932 --> 01:07:47,334
- Go. Boom.
1493
01:07:53,306 --> 01:07:55,075
- It was that pause,
1494
01:07:55,075 --> 01:07:57,310
and all the time, I'm thinking,
1495
01:07:57,344 --> 01:07:58,545
"Please--"
- "I hope he's gonna be okay."
1496
01:07:58,578 --> 01:08:00,480
- Yeah, "Please be good."
1497
01:08:02,549 --> 01:08:05,018
[piano plays deftly]
1498
01:08:05,051 --> 01:08:07,454
And then the first note
on the piano started,
1499
01:08:07,487 --> 01:08:09,689
and I sat back,
and it was like, whoa.
1500
01:08:09,723 --> 01:08:11,291
[Leon Russell's
"A Song For You" plays]
1501
01:08:11,324 --> 01:08:14,227
- * I've been so many places *
1502
01:08:14,260 --> 01:08:18,198
* In my life and time *
1503
01:08:20,133 --> 01:08:24,404
* I've sung a lot of songs *
1504
01:08:24,437 --> 01:08:28,808
* And I've made
some bad rhymes *
1505
01:08:28,842 --> 01:08:33,747
* I've acted out my love
on stages *
1506
01:08:33,780 --> 01:08:36,616
* With ten thousand
people watching *
1507
01:08:36,649 --> 01:08:38,551
* Yeah *
1508
01:08:38,585 --> 01:08:41,788
- When he opened
his mouth to sing,
1509
01:08:41,821 --> 01:08:43,656
We were transfixed.
1510
01:08:43,690 --> 01:08:44,891
- Yeah.
1511
01:08:48,328 --> 01:08:52,899
- * I love you in a place *
1512
01:08:52,932 --> 01:08:56,169
* Where there's no space
or time *
1513
01:08:57,570 --> 01:09:00,006
* I love you for my life *
1514
01:09:00,006 --> 01:09:03,076
- You know, it was like
watching a miracle live.
1515
01:09:03,109 --> 01:09:04,177
- Yeah, it was--
1516
01:09:04,210 --> 01:09:06,713
magic is the only word
I can use.
1517
01:09:06,746 --> 01:09:10,583
- * When my life is over *
1518
01:09:10,617 --> 01:09:15,488
* Remember when
we were together *
1519
01:09:15,522 --> 01:09:19,025
- I've got goose bumps
on my goose bumps right now.
1520
01:09:19,059 --> 01:09:22,896
- * Singing my song *
1521
01:09:24,664 --> 01:09:31,705
* To you *
1522
01:09:36,843 --> 01:09:39,813
[Calum Scott's
"You Are The Reason"]
1523
01:09:39,846 --> 01:09:43,216
- * There goes
my heart beating *
1524
01:09:43,249 --> 01:09:44,217
- Yes!
1525
01:09:44,250 --> 01:09:46,453
- * 'Cause you are the reason *
1526
01:09:46,486 --> 01:09:47,854
- Yes!
1527
01:09:47,887 --> 01:09:50,824
- * I'm losing my sleep *
1528
01:09:50,857 --> 01:09:53,626
- Not a dry eye in the theatre.
1529
01:09:53,660 --> 01:09:55,261
[wild cheering]
1530
01:09:55,295 --> 01:09:56,730
- That's all for you, baby.
1531
01:09:56,763 --> 01:09:57,864
That's all for you.
1532
01:09:57,897 --> 01:09:59,466
- Everyone was in pieces
1533
01:09:59,499 --> 01:10:00,734
afterwards.
- Everyone.
1534
01:10:00,767 --> 01:10:02,268
- Well, first of all,
I will tell you
1535
01:10:02,302 --> 01:10:04,838
that all four judges,
and everybody in this room,
1536
01:10:04,871 --> 01:10:06,239
were up on their feet.
1537
01:10:06,272 --> 01:10:08,875
I will tell you that.
He's got to know that.
1538
01:10:08,908 --> 01:10:11,811
Not only did we feel
the authenticity of what you do,
1539
01:10:11,845 --> 01:10:14,948
but you're a great inspiration
and a great talent,
1540
01:10:14,981 --> 01:10:16,783
and it was amazing.
1541
01:10:16,816 --> 01:10:18,585
- Thank you so much.
1542
01:10:20,220 --> 01:10:23,823
- Listen, what just happened
there was extraordinary.
1543
01:10:23,857 --> 01:10:25,825
I mean, really extraordinary.
1544
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:29,596
I don't know what it's like
to live in Kodi's world.
1545
01:10:29,629 --> 01:10:32,298
All I can tell is,
is that you obviously have
1546
01:10:32,332 --> 01:10:34,300
an amazing relationship,
the two of you.
1547
01:10:34,334 --> 01:10:38,772
And I'm going to remember this
moment for the rest of my life.
1548
01:10:38,805 --> 01:10:40,840
- Thank you.
1549
01:10:40,874 --> 01:10:43,343
- I was really,
really in the moment,
1550
01:10:43,376 --> 01:10:44,511
I've got to be honest with you,
1551
01:10:44,544 --> 01:10:46,746
which is probably
why I didn't get to that
1552
01:10:46,780 --> 01:10:48,581
Golden Buzzer quick enough.
- Right, you were just--yeah.
1553
01:10:48,615 --> 01:10:50,784
- I'm like,
"What just happened?"
1554
01:10:50,817 --> 01:10:55,055
- Tonight,
I'm going to give you...
1555
01:10:55,088 --> 01:10:56,923
something special.
1556
01:10:56,956 --> 01:10:58,692
[drumroll]
1557
01:10:58,725 --> 01:11:02,662
- * Climb every mountain, mm *
1558
01:11:02,696 --> 01:11:05,231
* And swim every ocean *
1559
01:11:05,265 --> 01:11:06,466
[all screaming]
1560
01:11:06,499 --> 01:11:07,834
- Look at you
in the wings there.
1561
01:11:07,867 --> 01:11:11,071
- Yes, yeah, I couldn't
believe what I was seeing.
1562
01:11:11,071 --> 01:11:14,808
- * And fix what I've broken *
1563
01:11:14,841 --> 01:11:19,245
- This was one of the best
moments of my entire life.
1564
01:11:19,279 --> 01:11:23,717
You will be going all the way
to the live shows in Hollywood!
1565
01:11:23,750 --> 01:11:25,585
[wild cheering]
1566
01:11:25,618 --> 01:11:28,088
It was front-page news.
- Yeah, that's true.
1567
01:11:28,121 --> 01:11:31,658
- The whole world was saying,
"What did we just watch?"
1568
01:11:31,691 --> 01:11:32,659
- Yeah.
1569
01:11:32,692 --> 01:11:33,893
Okay, this is Simon.
1570
01:11:33,927 --> 01:11:36,796
- This is Simon.
- I'm so proud of you.
1571
01:11:36,830 --> 01:11:39,265
That was quite amazing.
- Thank you.
1572
01:11:39,299 --> 01:11:40,533
- And Kodi went on to win.
1573
01:11:40,567 --> 01:11:41,901
- Amazing.
1574
01:11:41,935 --> 01:11:44,104
Kodi Lee!
1575
01:11:44,104 --> 01:11:47,273
- Music has literally
changed his life.
1576
01:11:47,307 --> 01:11:51,111
His audition is the most
viral moment in "AGT" history,
1577
01:11:51,111 --> 01:11:53,146
with nearly
half a billion views,
1578
01:11:53,179 --> 01:11:55,782
and now he's starring
in the "America's Got Talent"
1579
01:11:55,815 --> 01:11:57,751
live show in Las Vegas.
1580
01:11:57,784 --> 01:11:59,919
We found a star.
- Yes.
1581
01:11:59,953 --> 01:12:01,788
Coming up...
1582
01:12:01,821 --> 01:12:05,859
Now is the time to see
who you have chosen
1583
01:12:05,892 --> 01:12:09,929
as the number one favorite
Golden Buzzer moment
1584
01:12:09,963 --> 01:12:11,331
of all time.
1585
01:12:11,364 --> 01:12:13,333
You did not disappoint.
- I know.
1586
01:12:19,973 --> 01:12:22,809
[exciting music]
1587
01:12:22,842 --> 01:12:24,577
- As we approach
the finishing line,
1588
01:12:24,611 --> 01:12:25,879
it's getting exciting.
1589
01:12:25,912 --> 01:12:28,114
Was it hard
to narrow it down, Simon?
1590
01:12:28,148 --> 01:12:30,250
- Do you know what?
It was quite difficult,
1591
01:12:30,283 --> 01:12:31,484
because there were
so many choices.
1592
01:12:31,518 --> 01:12:34,754
- Let's check out
who you put at number two.
1593
01:12:34,788 --> 01:12:37,957
I think the whole
of America fell in love
1594
01:12:37,991 --> 01:12:40,326
with this next young girl.
1595
01:12:40,360 --> 01:12:42,395
It's Darci Lynne.
1596
01:12:42,429 --> 01:12:45,398
[upbeat music]
1597
01:12:45,432 --> 01:12:49,102
[cheers and applause]
1598
01:12:49,135 --> 01:12:50,470
- How are you?
1599
01:12:50,503 --> 01:12:52,405
- [giggling] I'm great.
1600
01:12:52,439 --> 01:12:53,973
- [chuckling]
Why are you laughing?
1601
01:12:54,007 --> 01:12:55,408
- I don't know.
[chuckles]
1602
01:12:55,442 --> 01:12:57,844
- She's absolutely adorable.
1603
01:12:57,877 --> 01:12:59,312
- Aww.
- What's your name?
1604
01:12:59,346 --> 01:13:02,248
- My name's Darci Lynne.
- Okay, and Darci, who's that?
1605
01:13:02,282 --> 01:13:04,517
- My name's Petunia.
[audience gasps]
1606
01:13:04,551 --> 01:13:06,052
- It talks.
1607
01:13:06,052 --> 01:13:07,787
- [giggles]
- Is it a bunny?
1608
01:13:07,821 --> 01:13:09,489
- Yes.
- Ah.
1609
01:13:09,522 --> 01:13:10,757
- Is that a real bunny?
1610
01:13:12,125 --> 01:13:13,793
[laughter]
Are we going to find out?
1611
01:13:13,827 --> 01:13:15,929
Okay, well, listen,
Darci, best of luck.
1612
01:13:15,962 --> 01:13:17,731
I really hope you both do well.
- Thank you so much.
1613
01:13:17,764 --> 01:13:19,232
- All right, good luck.
1614
01:13:19,265 --> 01:13:22,302
[cheering]
1615
01:13:24,204 --> 01:13:25,338
- Are you ready?
1616
01:13:25,372 --> 01:13:26,573
- Yeah, I'm ready. Hit it.
1617
01:13:26,606 --> 01:13:27,974
- [laughs]
1618
01:13:28,074 --> 01:13:29,809
- What, you're going to sing?
1619
01:13:29,843 --> 01:13:31,544
- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, boy.
1620
01:13:31,578 --> 01:13:33,079
[George Gershwin's
"Summertime" playing]
1621
01:13:33,113 --> 01:13:39,686
- * Summertime *
1622
01:13:39,719 --> 01:13:44,090
* And the livin' is easy *
1623
01:13:44,090 --> 01:13:45,225
- Wow!
1624
01:13:45,258 --> 01:13:46,459
- That voice.
1625
01:13:46,493 --> 01:13:48,795
- She was 12 years old
when she auditioned.
1626
01:13:48,828 --> 01:13:53,466
- * Fish are jumpin' *
1627
01:13:53,500 --> 01:13:59,472
* And the cotton is high *
1628
01:13:59,506 --> 01:14:01,174
- Wow.
1629
01:14:01,207 --> 01:14:03,810
- * One of these *
1630
01:14:03,843 --> 01:14:06,913
- * Mornings *
1631
01:14:06,946 --> 01:14:08,948
[both laughing]
1632
01:14:09,049 --> 01:14:11,718
- Honestly,
I did think on the day,
1633
01:14:11,751 --> 01:14:13,887
that wasn't her singing,
because I said
1634
01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:17,457
it's impossible to sing
without opening your mouth.
1635
01:14:17,490 --> 01:14:19,693
- No idea how hard that is.
I tried it,
1636
01:14:19,726 --> 01:14:21,294
and It didn't work.
[laughter]
1637
01:14:21,327 --> 01:14:28,368
- * And you'll take to the sky *
1638
01:14:29,536 --> 01:14:35,942
* But till that morning *
1639
01:14:35,975 --> 01:14:39,346
* There ain't nothing
can harm you *
1640
01:14:39,379 --> 01:14:42,549
- Her singing voice alone
is incredible.
1641
01:14:42,582 --> 01:14:44,184
- It's wonderful.
- Yeah!
1642
01:14:44,217 --> 01:14:48,421
- * So hush, little baby *
1643
01:14:48,455 --> 01:14:49,422
- [laughs]
1644
01:14:49,456 --> 01:14:56,496
- * Don't you cry *
1645
01:14:59,265 --> 01:15:01,468
- That's brilliant!
1646
01:15:02,869 --> 01:15:04,170
- [giggles]
1647
01:15:04,204 --> 01:15:07,173
[wild cheering]
1648
01:15:07,207 --> 01:15:10,176
[uplifting piano music]
1649
01:15:10,210 --> 01:15:16,516
* *
1650
01:15:17,650 --> 01:15:21,187
- Aww, she's crying.
1651
01:15:21,221 --> 01:15:22,622
- Look at her.
1652
01:15:22,655 --> 01:15:24,224
- How long have
you been doing this?
1653
01:15:24,257 --> 01:15:25,658
- Two years.
1654
01:15:25,692 --> 01:15:28,061
- No!
- That's all?
1655
01:15:28,094 --> 01:15:31,331
Can I ask you, what made you
start doing this two years ago?
1656
01:15:31,364 --> 01:15:33,199
- Well, I used to be really shy,
1657
01:15:33,233 --> 01:15:38,071
and I asked my mom
for a puppet to help me,
1658
01:15:38,071 --> 01:15:40,640
and she surprised me with one
on my tenth birthday.
1659
01:15:40,674 --> 01:15:43,410
And here I am.
[laughs]
1660
01:15:43,443 --> 01:15:46,479
- She was funny,
she had personality.
1661
01:15:46,513 --> 01:15:49,549
Everything about this
audition was gold.
1662
01:15:49,582 --> 01:15:51,217
I did think at that point,
1663
01:15:51,251 --> 01:15:53,186
we really, really found
ourselves a star here.
1664
01:15:53,219 --> 01:15:55,789
- Yep. Yes.
- That's why this was
1665
01:15:55,822 --> 01:15:58,091
one of my favorite
Golden Buzzer moments.
1666
01:15:58,091 --> 01:16:01,294
- Your puppet, I'm guessing,
is exactly like you,
1667
01:16:01,327 --> 01:16:03,463
very charming and adorable.
1668
01:16:03,496 --> 01:16:06,266
[laughter]
You make my heart melt.
1669
01:16:06,299 --> 01:16:08,034
You are brilliant.
- Thanks!
1670
01:16:08,034 --> 01:16:11,071
- I'm trying to describe
how amazing it was.
1671
01:16:11,104 --> 01:16:12,572
You know what?
1672
01:16:12,605 --> 01:16:13,640
[drumroll]
1673
01:16:13,673 --> 01:16:16,543
- * And if you have a minute *
1674
01:16:16,576 --> 01:16:19,579
* Why don't we go *
1675
01:16:19,612 --> 01:16:25,285
* Talk about it
somewhere only we know *
1676
01:16:25,318 --> 01:16:29,689
* This could be
the end of everything *
1677
01:16:29,723 --> 01:16:33,059
* So why don't we go *
1678
01:16:33,059 --> 01:16:36,062
* Somewhere only we know *
1679
01:16:36,096 --> 01:16:38,865
[wild cheering]
1680
01:16:38,898 --> 01:16:40,266
- Yeah, she's amazing.
1681
01:16:40,300 --> 01:16:42,635
You know, there were
so many talented acts
1682
01:16:42,669 --> 01:16:44,604
that year,
but she went on to win.
1683
01:16:46,306 --> 01:16:47,407
- This is what "AGT" is about.
1684
01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:48,808
When you talk
about making stars,
1685
01:16:48,842 --> 01:16:50,710
she is a megastar.
- Yeah.
1686
01:16:50,744 --> 01:16:53,446
- America just fell in love
with Darci.
1687
01:16:53,480 --> 01:16:55,682
Since her audition, she's
made numerous TV appearances,
1688
01:16:55,715 --> 01:16:58,385
and continues to travel
the country on sell-out tours.
1689
01:16:58,418 --> 01:17:00,653
The whole world knows her now.
- Yeah.
1690
01:17:00,687 --> 01:17:01,921
- And people all love her.
1691
01:17:02,022 --> 01:17:03,623
- Darci!
1692
01:17:03,656 --> 01:17:05,191
- Best day of my life.
1693
01:17:05,225 --> 01:17:09,863
* *
1694
01:17:14,034 --> 01:17:17,103
[exciting music]
1695
01:17:17,137 --> 01:17:19,873
[upbeat music]
1696
01:17:19,906 --> 01:17:26,946
* *
1697
01:17:31,751 --> 01:17:34,654
- So we've made it, Simon.
It has been incredible
1698
01:17:34,688 --> 01:17:38,391
watching back so many special
Golden Buzzer moments.
1699
01:17:38,425 --> 01:17:42,696
But now it's time to see
who you have chosen
1700
01:17:42,729 --> 01:17:46,633
as the number one favorite
Golden Buzzer moment
1701
01:17:46,666 --> 01:17:48,435
of all time.
1702
01:17:48,468 --> 01:17:52,072
And you did not disappoint
with your choice.
1703
01:17:52,072 --> 01:17:53,373
- Yeah.
1704
01:17:53,406 --> 01:17:56,076
There was something
really special,
1705
01:17:56,076 --> 01:17:57,277
you know, about Jane.
1706
01:17:57,310 --> 01:17:58,845
I adored her.
1707
01:17:58,878 --> 01:18:04,250
* *
1708
01:18:04,284 --> 01:18:06,786
[cheering]
1709
01:18:08,088 --> 01:18:09,222
- Hi.
- Hello.
1710
01:18:09,255 --> 01:18:10,623
- Hi, how are you?
- Hello.
1711
01:18:10,657 --> 01:18:12,926
- I'm awesome,
I'm so happy to be here.
1712
01:18:13,026 --> 01:18:14,027
- Well, we're happy you are.
1713
01:18:14,027 --> 01:18:15,662
What's your name?
- My name's Jane.
1714
01:18:15,695 --> 01:18:17,030
When I sing,
I go by Nightbirde.
1715
01:18:17,030 --> 01:18:18,298
- Do you know, it's difficult.
1716
01:18:18,331 --> 01:18:21,034
I actually haven't
been able to watch this
1717
01:18:21,034 --> 01:18:22,836
since she passed.
1718
01:18:22,869 --> 01:18:25,038
- I'm singing an original
song called "It's OK."
1719
01:18:25,038 --> 01:18:26,673
- "It's OK."
- Yeah.
1720
01:18:26,706 --> 01:18:28,875
- What is "It's OK" about?
1721
01:18:28,908 --> 01:18:31,311
- "It's OK" is the story
of the last year of my life.
1722
01:18:31,344 --> 01:18:33,913
- And what do you do
for a living?
1723
01:18:33,947 --> 01:18:35,915
- I have not been working
for quite a few years.
1724
01:18:35,949 --> 01:18:37,617
I've been dealing with cancer.
1725
01:18:37,650 --> 01:18:39,419
- Oh, sorry.
- [chuckles]
1726
01:18:39,452 --> 01:18:40,653
No, it's okay.
- Okay.
1727
01:18:40,687 --> 01:18:41,688
- Yeah, I'm okay.
1728
01:18:41,721 --> 01:18:42,756
- All right.
1729
01:18:44,624 --> 01:18:46,960
- Can I ask you a question?
How are you now?
1730
01:18:47,060 --> 01:18:49,929
- Uh, last time I checked,
I had some cancer
1731
01:18:49,963 --> 01:18:52,966
in my lungs
and my spine and my liver.
1732
01:18:53,066 --> 01:18:54,067
- Wow.
1733
01:18:55,201 --> 01:18:57,837
- You've got a beautiful smile
and a beautiful glow.
1734
01:18:57,871 --> 01:19:00,674
- Thank you.
It's important that everyone
1735
01:19:00,707 --> 01:19:02,008
knows I'm so much more
than the bad things
1736
01:19:02,008 --> 01:19:04,010
that happen to me.
- Yes.
1737
01:19:04,044 --> 01:19:05,378
[cheering]
1738
01:19:05,412 --> 01:19:06,613
- Yes.
1739
01:19:06,646 --> 01:19:08,682
- What was so special
about Jane,
1740
01:19:08,715 --> 01:19:11,751
in my opinion,
was she was always optimistic.
1741
01:19:11,785 --> 01:19:14,754
But of course, she--
she recently passed away,
1742
01:19:14,788 --> 01:19:16,322
which makes this tough.
1743
01:19:16,356 --> 01:19:19,159
But all she ever kept
talking about was her music.
1744
01:19:19,192 --> 01:19:21,928
[piano track playing]
1745
01:19:29,235 --> 01:19:31,338
- * I moved to California *
1746
01:19:31,371 --> 01:19:33,807
* In the summertime *
1747
01:19:37,377 --> 01:19:39,079
* I changed my name thinking *
1748
01:19:39,112 --> 01:19:41,348
* That it would change my mind *
1749
01:19:45,385 --> 01:19:47,487
* I thought that
all my problems *
1750
01:19:47,520 --> 01:19:49,823
* They would stay behind *
1751
01:19:51,057 --> 01:19:53,193
* I was a stick
of dynamite *
1752
01:19:53,226 --> 01:19:57,063
* And it was just
a matter of time, yeah *
1753
01:19:58,965 --> 01:20:03,636
* Oh, dang, oh, my,
now I can't hide *
1754
01:20:03,670 --> 01:20:07,707
* Said I knew myself
but I guess I lied *
1755
01:20:07,741 --> 01:20:11,077
* It's okay, it's okay,
it's okay, it's okay *
1756
01:20:11,111 --> 01:20:13,646
* If you're lost,
we're all a little lost *
1757
01:20:13,680 --> 01:20:15,582
* And it's all right *
1758
01:20:15,615 --> 01:20:19,352
* It's okay, it's okay,
it's okay, it's okay *
1759
01:20:19,386 --> 01:20:21,621
* If you're lost,
we're all a little lost *
1760
01:20:21,654 --> 01:20:23,957
* And it's all right *
1761
01:20:23,990 --> 01:20:26,893
* It's okay, it's okay,
it's okay, it's okay *
1762
01:20:26,926 --> 01:20:29,696
* If you're lost,
we're all a little lost *
1763
01:20:29,729 --> 01:20:31,965
* And it's all right *
1764
01:20:31,998 --> 01:20:35,035
* Oh, oh *
1765
01:20:35,068 --> 01:20:37,037
* It's all right *
1766
01:20:37,070 --> 01:20:39,906
* To be lost sometimes *
1767
01:20:43,977 --> 01:20:46,346
- [breathes shakily]
1768
01:20:46,379 --> 01:20:50,016
[wild cheering]
1769
01:20:50,050 --> 01:20:53,319
- Bravo! Bravo!
1770
01:20:53,353 --> 01:20:56,322
[tender music]
1771
01:20:56,356 --> 01:20:59,559
* *
1772
01:20:59,592 --> 01:21:01,361
- I don't know what to say.
1773
01:21:02,495 --> 01:21:04,898
- Give me two seconds.
- Yes.
1774
01:21:04,931 --> 01:21:06,299
- [sniffling]
1775
01:21:10,303 --> 01:21:13,073
- You know, it's funny,
because singers come on,
1776
01:21:13,106 --> 01:21:15,075
and I--and I think
about authenticity.
1777
01:21:15,075 --> 01:21:17,877
You know, when you feel it,
when it moves you?
1778
01:21:17,911 --> 01:21:19,546
That felt like the most
authentic thing
1779
01:21:19,579 --> 01:21:21,314
I have heard this season.
1780
01:21:22,882 --> 01:21:25,085
- Your voice is stunning.
1781
01:21:25,085 --> 01:21:27,921
- Mm-hmm, it is.
- Absolutely stunning.
1782
01:21:27,954 --> 01:21:30,623
And I totally agree
with what Howie said,
1783
01:21:30,657 --> 01:21:32,926
you know, about authenticity.
1784
01:21:32,959 --> 01:21:36,629
* *
1785
01:21:36,663 --> 01:21:38,398
There was something
about that song,
1786
01:21:38,431 --> 01:21:41,668
after the way you just
almost casually told us
1787
01:21:41,701 --> 01:21:43,670
what you're
going through, and...
1788
01:21:43,703 --> 01:21:45,005
oh, you know.
1789
01:21:45,105 --> 01:21:46,606
[exhales]
1790
01:21:46,639 --> 01:21:50,443
- You can't wait
until life isn't hard anymore
1791
01:21:50,477 --> 01:21:52,812
before you decide to be happy.
1792
01:21:52,846 --> 01:21:55,915
[cheering]
1793
01:21:59,786 --> 01:22:02,655
- The amazing strength
she showed
1794
01:22:02,689 --> 01:22:06,426
in the midst
of incredible adversity.
1795
01:22:06,459 --> 01:22:08,561
It was a lesson for all of us.
1796
01:22:09,696 --> 01:22:11,865
- The last time I saw her,
1797
01:22:11,898 --> 01:22:15,268
she did say what
that moment meant to her.
1798
01:22:15,301 --> 01:22:17,303
All these years,
she'd been trying to get
1799
01:22:17,337 --> 01:22:20,607
recognition as a songwriter,
as a singer.
1800
01:22:20,640 --> 01:22:22,075
I'm not going
to give you a "Yes."
1801
01:22:22,108 --> 01:22:25,378
And in an instant,
everything changed for her.
1802
01:22:25,412 --> 01:22:27,147
I'm going to give
you something else.
1803
01:22:27,180 --> 01:22:29,616
[drumroll]
1804
01:22:29,649 --> 01:22:31,751
[Joy Oladokun's
"Breathe Again"]
1805
01:22:31,785 --> 01:22:34,087
[wild cheering]
1806
01:22:34,087 --> 01:22:39,125
* *
1807
01:22:39,159 --> 01:22:42,896
I promise you,
so many people come up to me
1808
01:22:42,929 --> 01:22:45,832
and talk about what she did.
1809
01:22:48,335 --> 01:22:52,906
Giving people, you know,
hope and perspective,
1810
01:22:52,939 --> 01:22:54,441
and you know,
that lyric of that song.
1811
01:22:54,474 --> 01:22:58,812
And you know,
she typifies, I think,
1812
01:22:58,845 --> 01:23:01,481
what the Golden Buzzer,
like you said, is all about.
1813
01:23:02,782 --> 01:23:06,052
And she knew how sick she was,
1814
01:23:06,052 --> 01:23:08,488
and she couldn't
make the finals.
1815
01:23:08,521 --> 01:23:11,257
But I think,
you know, watching it back,
1816
01:23:11,291 --> 01:23:13,660
it's like--
it makes you feel hopeful
1817
01:23:13,693 --> 01:23:17,731
that her Golden Buzzer
will live on forever.
1818
01:23:17,764 --> 01:23:20,367
Everything about that
was really special.
1819
01:23:21,668 --> 01:23:24,104
Good for you. Good for you.
- Oh, thank you so much.
1820
01:23:27,574 --> 01:23:28,942
- No one else could be--
in my opinion,
1821
01:23:28,975 --> 01:23:31,378
could be number one, you know?
1822
01:23:31,411 --> 01:23:33,413
- That's right.
That's right, I agree.
1823
01:23:33,446 --> 01:23:38,618
I feel like
I'm watching an angel.
1824
01:23:38,651 --> 01:23:41,921
- * Will I ever breathe again *
1825
01:23:41,955 --> 01:23:44,090
- I made it!
1826
01:23:44,090 --> 01:23:46,960
[faint cheering in background]
1827
01:23:49,896 --> 01:23:51,197
[Andra Day's "Rise Up]
1828
01:23:51,231 --> 01:23:54,801
- * You're broken down
and tired *
1829
01:23:54,834 --> 01:23:58,938
* Of living life
on a merry-go-round *
1830
01:23:58,972 --> 01:24:01,207
* And you can't
find the fighter *
1831
01:24:01,241 --> 01:24:03,476
- Simon, thank you, thank you,
1832
01:24:03,510 --> 01:24:06,446
thank you for putting
this together.
1833
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:08,548
- Oh, thank you
for doing it with me, T.
1834
01:24:08,581 --> 01:24:09,649
- My pleasure.
1835
01:24:09,683 --> 01:24:11,117
- It's brought back
so many memories.
1836
01:24:11,151 --> 01:24:14,654
And now I'm going to really,
really think now
1837
01:24:14,688 --> 01:24:16,790
about every Golden Buzzer
I ever give,
1838
01:24:16,823 --> 01:24:18,158
'cause when we do
this show again--
1839
01:24:18,191 --> 01:24:19,292
- No.
- Yeah.
1840
01:24:19,325 --> 01:24:20,293
- That's right.
- It's kind of like,
1841
01:24:20,326 --> 01:24:22,562
God, you know what,
1842
01:24:22,595 --> 01:24:23,830
they really mean something.
1843
01:24:23,863 --> 01:24:25,398
- That's right.
- Yeah.
1844
01:24:25,432 --> 01:24:27,167
- You my homie.
- You know that.
1845
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:28,268
- I love you, brother.
- I do, I love you.
1846
01:24:28,301 --> 01:24:30,070
- You're my brother.
- I really do.