[Donna Summer's "Last Dance"]
- * Ooh, ooh, hoo, ooh *
* *
* Last dance *
* Last chance tonight *
* *
[cheers and applause]
* Let's dance *
* The last dance *
- You just turned the dial to 11.
- * The last dance *
- I would say the best we've ever had.
- * This last dance tonight *
- You're being naughty.
[laughter]
- You touched the heart of every human being
in this building.
- This is just the start for you.
- * I need you *
- That was a big surprise.
- * Beside me to guide me *
* To hold me *
- I just think you're a star.
- * To scold me *
- I am absolutely gobsmacked.
- Genius, absolute genius.
- A very, very hard decision you guys have to make tonight.
- Almost half of the acts are going.
- * Let's dance * - That's a yes.
I'm telling you, yes!
- That's a yes!
- * Let's dance *
- How are we gonna do this? - I have no idea.
- * Tonight *
[cheers and applause]
* Come on, baby *
* Dance that dance *
- Give it up for your "AGT" judges!
[cheers and applause]
* Come on, baby *
- This is the final day of auditions.
Whatever they said you should do,
shouldn't do, ignore.
Be as badly behaved as you want, and have fun.
Thank you for coming.
* *
- Oh, my God, I can't believe I'm here.
[soft music]
- [trilling]
- Okay, here we go. - [vocalizing]
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Hi, welcome to "America's Got Talent."
What's your name?
- Emily Bland.
- And where are you from, Emily?
- Northeast Arkansas.
- And how old are you?
- I'm 29.
- What do you do for a living?
- I work at a hotel. I was front desk clerk.
- Could you tell us who is the worst guest you've ever had?
- Okay, I don't want to throw my mom under the bus,
but, like... [laughter]
Her name is Karen.
- Oh, my goodness. Say no more.
- [laughs] - You're funny.
Are you gonna do comedy for us tonight?
- I'm actually gonna sing. - Oh, you're a singer?
'Cause you're actually very funny.
- I thought you were a comedian.
- I thought she was gonna be a comedian.
- Yes.
Who do you--when you think of singing styles,
like, who do you look up to?
- Garth Brooks.
110%, Garth Brooks.
- I love Garth Brooks.
- Do you think that you have the talent to win this?
- I sure hope so. I'm here.
- Yeah! - I got here.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, I cannot wait to hear you sing.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
* Baby, lock that door and turn the lights down low *
* Play some music that is soft and slow *
- Is that her?
- * Baby, we ain't got no place to go *
* I hope you understand *
* I've been thinking 'bout this all day long *
* Never felt a feeling quite this strong *
* I can't believe how much it turns me on *
* Just to be your man *
[cheers and applause]
- Wait a second. - Is that it?
- How do you think that went?
- I think it went really well.
[laughter]
- No, that's not you!
- Before you all go to judging,
there's one thing I must tell y'all.
[intro to Shania Twain's "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" plays]
- [laughs]
- So how are you guys doing?
* *
- Confused.
- I understand that completely.
Don't be confused, though.
- Was that you singing?
- That was me singing.
- So you're a ventriloquist
and your wife is your puppet?
- Yes, yes, let me just show you real quick.
- No, don't put your hand in.
[laughter] - I'm slightly disappointed,
'cause I thought that was her singing.
[laughter]
- Sofía, what did you think?
- I don't know what to say.
I don't even know how to judge this thing.
[laughter]
* *
- Believe it or not that my wife can do this
to any one of y'all.
- Do it to Simon.
- You are so much better-looking in real life.
- Whoa! Whoa! That's crazy!
- How about me? Do me.
- Okay. - Go ahead.
- I am very confused right now.
[cheers and applause]
- Heidi.
- [speaking German]
- Oh, my God, that looked good.
- I have no clue what I just said.
- This is what's amazing.
It's improvisational lip synching.
She doesn't know what you're gonna say,
yet you're looking at me thinking it's me that's talking
when it's actually Howie over on the side of you,
not the beautiful woman you're looking at.
- * Color my hair, do what I dare *
- It's really good.
I don't know for what, but it's really good.
- Hey, listen, I'm gonna start this thing.
I'm gonna say yes.
I want to see you again.
* *
Heidi, what do you think?
- I'm gonna say yes too.
Let's see where this is gonna go.
* *
- Sofía. - I think
it's an incredible talent
because it's very unique.
So I'm gonna have to say yes too.
- * Oh, yeah *
* The best thing about being a woman *
- I'm really, really confused,
but yours is the only opinion that matters.
[laughter]
So I just want to hear from you.
- You want to hear me?
- No, you're lip-synching!
[laughter]
* *
- Very first time I'm ever gonna vote "question mark."
- Well, all you need is three yeses.
You're moving on!
[cheers and applause]
- * Oh, oh *
- Thank y'all!
* Oh, oh, yeah, yeah *
- How weird are they?
- That's so weird.
- This is "America's Got Talent."
We'll be right back after these messages.
- * Feel like a woman *
- Coming up...
- * My name *
- You really have the pipes, and they sound beautiful.
- Thank you.
- I think you have a chance
to win this competition.
- Oh, no. - Aah!
- [speaking indistinctly] - Oh!
- How did that just happen?
- That was amazing.
- And now the hard part happens.
- More than half the acts have to be cut.
- Are you kidding? - No!
No, I'm not kidding. - It's a yes?
- No. - No.
[cheers and applause]
- Mentalism is of the mind.
It enables a channel to connect with an audience
on a much deeper level.
And if we really focus,
this connection can be powerful.
- All right, here we go, folks.
Okay, here we go.
[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - Hello.
- Welcome.
And what is your name?
- My name's James.
- And what do you do, James?
- So my wife and I are mentalists.
Yeah, she's actually getting ready.
She's with Terry at the moment.
- Okay.
How long have you been together?
- We've been together now five years,
married just over a year.
- How did this act come about?
- Marina and I, we developed a connection very quickly on.
In fact, on our third date, we started
doing this thing where Marina shows the ability
to connect through my eyes. - Wow.
- And today we're gonna be doing
some long-distance mind reading.
[cheers and applause]
- All right. Show us your stuff.
- Okay, well, Marina's actually outside with Terry.
Can we bring her up on the screen, please?
Hey, how you doing?
- Hey, guys. Hi.
- Connection's okay?
- Yes, we can hear you.
- Great.
Judges, can I come and join you?
- Yes. - Please.
[cheers and applause]
- Terry, thank you for joining me
here outside to make sure everything
is aboveboard. - Mm-hmm.
- Sofía, can I borrow your phone, please?
- To--international phone call? No.
[dramatic music]
- James, place the phone facedown onto your palm.
Now gently touch the back.
As you do that, I will try to sense
the remaining battery percentage.
[audience oohing]
* *
I'm getting something.
I'm getting 49% battery at this moment.
- Marina's saying 49%.
Let's have a look.
Can you tell us, what does that say?
- 49.
- Oh! - 49%.
- Oh!
- Wow. - That's amazing.
- Our phones have made connecting with each other
so much easier, but before we had this amazing technology,
reaching our loved ones was not always so easy.
So we often connected through our memories,
and nothing can form a stronger connection
than a powerful shared memory.
- Which is why audience members have been
invited to write down positive personal memories.
If you have a memory, hold it up now.
[cheers and applause]
- Great, there's a lot of you. This is brilliant.
Please start passing your memories
down to this center aisle as quickly as you can,
where a member of the crew will collect them.
* *
And to make sure there is absolutely no chance of Marina
seeing or hearing anything that's about to happen,
can we cut the video and audio feed?
Perfect.
Heidi, you'll be the channel
through which this connection occurs.
Please reach into the bin of audience memories
and remove one at random.
* *
Now open the envelope and take a moment
to read it only to yourself.
* *
[laughter]
* *
You ready? - Yeah.
- Can you stand up, please, and hold the memory
in your hands like this?
And actually, can we have some of the other memories
placed on the desk, please?
Judges, later on, if you'd like to check
that these are all different, you're more than welcome.
But for now, let's bring Marina and Terry's live feed
back online.
Hey, we're back.
- Hey, guys.
- Heidi, please close your eyes.
Now that you have a memory in mind,
I want you to imagine that you're actually there
living the moment.
Notice the surroundings and all of the small details.
The more vivid you can make this memory, the better.
Now, just like on a phone, take a screenshot in your mind
and imagine sending it straight to Marina.
* *
- Okay.
Okay, I'm hearing something.
I'm hearing something. It's water.
And it's waves, maybe.
This must be a beach, and it feels kind of tropical.
Now, you're not alone.
You're with someone quite tall, and...
I think this could be your dad.
But what's unusual is that you're kind of--
you're higher than him.
He's carrying you.
What I'm getting overall
is a very new feeling.
* *
This is your first time
seeing the ocean.
- Heidi, can you tell us,
what is the audience memory you're thinking of?
- Sitting on my dad's shoulder and seeing the ocean
for the first time in Hawaii.
[audience gasps]
- * Tell them all I know now *
* Shout it from the rooftops *
- Wow.
- * On the skyline *
* All we had is gone now *
* Tell them I was happy *
- Heidi, show him. Show him.
- * And my heart is broken *
* All my scars are open *
- And those are all different?
- They're all different.
- Thank you, judges.
[cheers and applause] - * Impossible, impossible *
* Impossible, impossible *
- I swear I picked that up.
- I know. I saw.
- All right, all right, there you go.
- All right, here she comes.
Marina, everyone.
[cheers and applause] - * Impossible *
* Impossible *
* *
- Wow! - Hi.
- Simon, I'll start with you.
- How did that just happen?
- It's all about connection.
- That was unbelievable. - Thank you.
- I mean, this is amazing.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- Sofía.
- What you guys just did is fascinating.
It was mysterious.
That was spectacular.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Heidi, you had a special experience
because you're the one--
- I am absolutely gobsmacked.
I mean, you saw me, I was like,
"I'm not showing anyone what's on here."
She could've not known what I picked.
It's wild. - It really is.
I loved the presentation.
I loved the fact that you did it from outside,
which is one more level to it.
I think you have a great chance.
And I would like to start the voting off.
Definitely yes.
- Thank you.
Thank you. - Thank you.
- * I was happy *
* And my heart is broken *
- Heidi?
- I'm gonna give you a second yes, of course.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Sofía. - Yes.
- Thank you so much. Thank you.
- And Simon?
- You've got four yeses.
- Four yeses! - Thank you so much.
Thank you guys.
[cheers and applause]
- * Impossible *
* Impossible *
- Oh, listen, absolutely fantastic.
- That was amazing.
- This is incredible. - Thank you so much.
- Celebrate. It's beautiful.
Mind to mind.
- * One, two *
* One, two, three *
- Do you have a day job?
- I'm an assistant city attorney.
- I would've never guessed.
- I'm like the Batman, you know?
I have two different costumes.
- Do you sing for a living?
- No, I'm a barista.
- I'm a retail manager.
- I do nails on the side.
- What about you? - I was a chef for 25 years.
- Whoa, so you can cook?
- Oh, yeah. - My kind of dude.
- During the day, I would, like, work retail,
and then my alter ego comes out at night
and I perform around my city.
- Okay, here we go.
- * Got the music in you *
* Don't let go *
[cheers and applause]
- Hi.
- * One dance left *
- Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Hi.
- Tell us who you are.
- Well, my name is Aubrey Burchell.
I'm a 21-year-old singer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Do you earn a living currently singing,
or do you have a different job?
- Your girl works at Target.
- Yes!
[cheers and applause]
I love Target. - On my breaks,
I scurry off to the bathroom
and I sit on the floor, I set up my camera,
and I do some singing to keep myself sane.
- But you really want to be a singer?
- Oh, yeah, more than anything.
I want to sell out arenas all around the world.
I want Grammys.
And, you know, most of all, especially as a recently
diagnosed level-one autistic,
a very large portion of my life, I struggled
and I want to show other young autistics
that are, you know, suffering in silence
that you can follow your passion
and you can not fit in the box
and do what you do and just eat at it.
So...
- Yeah, whoo.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm already crying.
- Thank you for saying that out loud to everyone,
because you're inspiring so many people right now
watching you, and I wish you good luck.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
["Call Out My Name" playing]
* *
* We found each other *
* I helped you out of a broken place *
* You gave me comfort *
* But falling for you was my mistake *
* I put you on top, I put you on top *
* I claimed you so proud and openly *
* And when times were rough, when times were rough *
* I made sure I held you close to me *
* So call out my name *
[cheers and applause]
* Call out my name when I kiss you so gently *
* I want you to stay *
* I want you to stay even though you don't want me *
* I'll be on my *
* Said I didn't feel nothing, baby, but I lied *
- Yes!
- * I almost cut a piece of myself *
* For your life *
* Guess I was just another pit stop *
* For you to waste my time *
* It's just wasted time *
* Call out my name *
- Oh!
- * Call out my name when I kiss you so gently *
* I want you to stay *
* I want you to stay even though you don't want me *
* Girl, why can't you wait *
* Why can't you wait till I fall out of love *
* Just call out my name *
[cheers and applause]
- Wow, wow, wow.
[wild cheering]
- Bravo!
- That's how you do it!
That's how you do it.
[soft music]
* *
- Wow.
I mean, you really have
a fantastic, fantastic voice.
You really have the pipes, and they sound beautiful.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Howie, what do you think?
- Just showing up is a feat in itself,
and I can tell you're nervous,
but you're incredibly brave, and kudos just for being here.
- What did you think, Simon?
- The fact that you made that song your version
was genius, absolute genius.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you. - That was a great song.
Incredible.
[Lady Gaga's "Million Reasons"]
Was every note perfect?
No, it didn't matter because, you know,
I really do believe
that we're just witnessing
somebody's career about to skyrocket, potentially.
- * Hundred million reasons to walk away *
- Thank you.
- * Baby, I just need one good one to stay *
- Sofía.
- Aubrey, you are the perfect package.
You look so cool.
Your voice, the song that you picked,
everything was perfect.
I think we love you already.
I think America is gonna fall in love with you.
I think you have a chance to win this competition.
- * It's hard to even fathom which parts I should believe *
- All right. Let's vote.
Howie.
- Yes.
- * Give me a million reasons *
* Givin' me a million reasons *
- Simon.
- Obviously yes.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Sofía. - Yes!
- And I'm gonna give you a fourth yes!
- * I bow down to pray *
* I try to make the worst seem better *
- Special.
- * Show me the way *
* To cut through all this worn-out leather *
- Thank you.
- * I've got *
- Aw, so good.
- * Reasons to walk away *
- You guys are amazing.
- * But, baby, I just need one good one *
- That was great. - That was special.
- That was great. - Wow.
- Aubrey! Aah!
Give me a hug.
I'm telling you, you are so awesome, you!
- * To stay *
- I did it! Yes!
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
[dramatic music]
[cheers and applause]
* *
- This season, I think we've had better acts
than any past season.
- It's amazing.
- I think the audience is wilder.
We're seeing things that we've never seen before.
- I agree. I tell you something.
We have a real competition this year.
* *
- I think there's a bar set higher
than it's ever been set.
- Yeah, for sure.
- All right, hey, guys, I'm Terry Crews.
What's your name? - I'm Tiago.
Nice to meet you. - Tiago.
All right. - And Jack.
And where are you guys from?
- I'm from the UK. - I'm from Portugal.
- And what's the name of your act?
- We are The Lads.
We met at the age of 12 years old
and realized through competing
that we were like two little rebels
that were running around causing mischief.
- Finally here. - Let's do this.
Bam.
But now it's blossomed into a beautiful friendship.
The type of gymnastics that we do is acrobatic gymnastics.
We try to do things normally that people
haven't really done before.
- We're passionate about what we do.
- We are gonna go on that stage
and we're gonna smash it.
- * It's time to run, it's time to run *
* Tomorrow is another day *
- I think their tops are gonna come off.
- Hello. What are you guys' name?
- I'm Jack. - I'm Tiago.
- What will you be doing for us today?
- We'll be performing an act called hand-to-hand,
and basically I'll be the guy on the bottom.
He'll be the guy on the top.
He does all the handstands. - Oh!
- Hey. - Thanks.
- And why do you like to be the one on the bottom
and he likes to be the one on the top?
[laughter]
- Come on, Heidi.
[cheers and applause]
- He's just stronger. - Ah.
So what is your dream?
- I think the dream would be to do resident show in Vegas,
'cause that's super important for us,
and this is kind of like
the golden ticket to get that, really.
- And what would you do with the million dollars?
- Most importantly, I think we'd give back to our families
'cause our families have supported us a lot
with our journey.
- All right.
- That's right.
- Best of luck to the two of you.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
[mysterious music playing]
* *
[cheers and applause] - Told you.
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Whoa-ho-ho!
[exciting music playing]
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Oh!
* *
- And he's walking!
* *
- Oh!
* *
- He's gonna come over here. - Oh, my God!
- He's gonna walk all the way over here.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
* *
[wild cheering]
[dramatic music]
* *
- You have a really big neck.
[laughter]
And, wow, everything was so smooth
and elegant and incredible.
Wow. - It's this guy.
[cheers and applause]
- Sofía. - I thought it was amazing.
[cheers and applause]
Coming down off the stage was incredible.
Having you guys right here,
I mean, it was perfect.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
- What did you think?
- I think that that takes incredible strength
and there was incredible grace,
and we've seen hand balancers before,
and I've seen them many times,
and the most different thing I saw was leaving the stage
and then getting up these stairs.
- Yeah, that was amazing.
- But that being said, that didn't bowl me over.
It really didn't. I've seen it--
[audience booing]
- I agree with Howie.
- I didn't find it that original.
[booing continues]
- It was good.
- I agree with Howie.
I can understand how difficult it is.
For me, it was a bit slow.
[audience booing]
I wasn't jumping out my chair.
- But how can that be fast?
You can't balance a person on your head fast.
* *
- As I said, I've seen a similar act but a better act,
so I'm gonna have to say no.
[audience booing]
- I thought it was great. I'm gonna say yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, I'm gonna give you a yes.
- Thank you. - It's up to Howie.
You need one more yes to go through.
[audience chanting] Howie. Howie.
Howie. Howie.
- Come on, Howie!
- You know, this is season 17, and we need originality,
and we need it to explode.
And it wasn't explosive for me.
- Listen to the audience!
- It was not a wow.
- You're joking!
- Please.
[audience booing]
Okay, all right, all right, I hear you.
[cheers and applause]
Okay? I heard them.
But I don't care. It's a no.
[audience booing]
* *
- Boo!
- Aah!
- You know what? Look, all I can say to you is,
genuinely, we have seen better acts,
so that's the reason why you didn't get four yeses,
so I'm really sorry.
- Aw! Thank you.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you. Thank you.
- Bye.
- It was great, but it's got to be really exciting.
So it's tough.
- Coming up...
- You are super, super talented.
- What? - Is that--
- Aah!
- There's too much love in this room right now.
We need some noes.
[Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A."]
* *
- What's your name?
- I'm Penny Starr.
- Penny Starr.
I love your outfit. - Thank you.
- * So I put my hands up, they're playing my song *
- And what are you gonna do here on "AGT"?
- Dance. - You are going to dance?
- Yes.
I've been dancing my entire life.
And I hope everybody loves my performance.
- * It's a party in the U.S.A. *
- Well, hello!
- Hi. Hi, everybody.
- And who are you? - Penny Starr.
- And where are you from, Penny Starr?
- Palm Bay, Florida. - Okay.
[cheers and applause]
So tell me about you.
- I'm an American. I love it.
I'm 88 years old. - 88.
- Wow. - Hey!
- Are you single?
- I'm a widow now. - Oh.
- But I had six husbands.
- No!
- Six? - What?
- And they all died.
- They all died?
- They're all dead. - Aw.
- May they rest in peace and peace and peace
and peace and peace and peace.
- Okay, I'm sorry to hear that, by the way.
- Oh, that's all right.
- Are you looking for another one?
- Yes.
But it takes a while to break them in.
[laughter]
- What do you think of Simon? - Simon's all right.
He's come a long way in the last couple years.
- Oh, thank you.
That's good to hear.
[laughter]
- Um...
[laughs] Thrown me here, Penny.
Right, okay, good luck.
[patriotic music playing]
* *
She's not gonna take her clothes off.
- It's coming off.
It's coming off! - Whoa, whoa!
- Aah! Penny!
Oh! [laughs]
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Oh, God!
[fireworks popping]
- Aah!
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
* *
- Bravo, Penny!
Bravo!
* *
Penny, I want to be you when I grow up.
[laughter]
- Penny, if you were to go forward,
I mean, would more clothes come off?
[music winds down]
- Would your clothes come off if you keep going?
- Oh, yes, absolutely.
[laughter] - I want to see more.
- You want to see more? - I do.
- Yeah, me too. - Oh, thank you.
- Congratulations.
- Yeah!
* *
- So unexpected.
It's like, we never know what's coming next.
- We never know.
* *
[cheers and applause]
- Okay.
Welcome.
And who are you?
- My name is Mr. Moo Shakes.
- You're not a bull, are you?
- No, I'm a cow.
[cow moos]
[laughter]
- And why have you entered the show?
What's the big dream?
- My dream is to have my own show in Las Vegas
with some of my farm friends. - Right.
Okay, well, look, two minutes could change your life.
Not sure with you, though. But good luck.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, he's gonna play.
["Baby Got Back" playing] - * She's just so...Black. *
- * I like big butts, and I cannot lie *
* You other brothers can't deny *
* When a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist *
* And a round thing in your face *
* You get sprung * - * Yeah *
- * Fellas * - * Yeah *
- * Has your girlfriend got the butt *
- * Hell yeah * - * Tell her shake it *
- * Shake it * - * Shake that healthy butt *
* Baby got back *
* LA face with an Oakland booty *
* *
* Baby got *
* So your girlfriend rolls a Honda *
* Playing workout tapes by Fonda *
* But a Fonda ain't got a motor *
* In the back of her Honda *
* My anaconda don't want none *
* Unless you got buns, hon *
* You can do side bends or sit-ups *
- Oh, no. Oh, no.
- * So, ladies, if the butt is round *
* And you want a XXX throwdown *
* Dial 1-900-MIX-A-LOT *
* And kick them nasty thoughts *
* Baby got back *
* *
* Baby got back *
- He's amazing!
* *
[whip cracks]
[wild cheering]
- * I'm so excited *
* And I just can't hide it *
* *
- We've never judged a cow who's played the drums before.
So that was unexpected.
- * I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it *
- The first thought that comes to mind
is Vegas, just Vegas.
It's so Vegas.
[laughter]
- I feel like most drummers could do this.
I don't think... - I disagree.
- It's very hard to, you know,
do this type of thing. [audience booing]
I don't think that--
I think a lot of people know how to do this.
[booing continues]
- I was surprised 'cause I was thinking
you were gonna do something else with those buckets.
[laughter]
Yeah.
It was a lot of fun.
- * Let's get excited *
- Okay, Howie, we got to vote.
Yes or no?
- I actually like it.
It's fun. It's funny. The skill was there.
I'm giving you a yes.
- * I'm so excited *
- Thank you, Howie.
- I'm gonna give you a yes.
[cheers and applause]
Heidi?
- I didn't love it enough.
I'm gonna give you a no.
[audience booing]
- I like things which are kind of silly and good,
and my son, Eric, is going to love you.
I know that.
[cheers and applause]
It's a yes.
- Yeah!
There we go!
He's going! - Thank you, Simon! Yeah!
* *
- That's a happy cow.
- It's a happy cow.
- * I'm about to lose control *
* And I think I like it *
[cow moos]
[dramatic music]
- We're witnessing the most incredible season
in "AGT" history.
- Exciting things here tonight, everyone!
- We've never seen so many talented acts.
It's amazing.
- This is the best of the best.
* *
- Two minutes literally can change your life.
- Hey. - What's up, man?
- Terry Crews. How are you?
- Nice to meet you. - What's your name?
- Bay Turner. - What are you here to do?
- I'm here to sing.
Ever since I was five or six years old,
I just never stopped singing.
My parents got divorced when I was a little kid.
Every time my dad would pick me up,
he would play all of these greats for me:
Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross,
music that's brought joy to me when I was sad.
So it was sort of a foundation for me.
And then I went and trained in New York for an opera career,
but opera never really spoke to me as an artist.
While I'm grateful for it, it was not the path
I knew I was supposed to be on.
- Okay, here we go, guys. Clearing stage.
- Are you ready for this?
Do you feel you can win this whole show?
- I know I can.
"America's Got Talent" is everything to me.
Let's go! - Go make it happen, brother!
- It's been a dream of mine since I was a kid.
To make that come into reality would just--
I mean, it would change my life.
[cheers and applause]
* *
This is crazy. - Hello.
- Oh, my goodness. Hi.
- Hello. - What's your name?
- My name is Bay Turner, I'm 25,
and I am from Houston, Texas.
- Perfect. [cheers and applause]
- Yeah, Houston! [laughs]
- And why have you entered the show?
What's the big dream?
- My dream is to sell out the biggest stages,
the biggest arenas around the world,
just make people feel something.
I know it's what I'm here to do.
[cheers and applause]
- Okay. And you're on your own today?
- My mom's in audience.
Hi, Mom. - Over there.
- [laughs]
- Okay, tell me about you.
- Well, I work from home.
I'm a legal assistant.
And, you know, there's a whole bunch of phone calls
that I take every day, and I'm always singing,
so I'll answer the phone and be singing,
and people are like, "What?"
- They think they got a wrong number.
- Yeah, mm-hmm. - Okay.
[laughter] I'm really curious about you.
You know, you have quite a boring job.
[laughter] You want to be a singer.
And that's it.
What am I missing?
- Music has always been a safe place for me,
and especially during COVID and all this craziness,
I was super depressed and super down.
I actually had a surgery.
I found two benign tumors in my chest
and got them taken out.
The surgery was supposed to go super routine,
and the anesthesiologist nicked my vocal cord
and paralyzed my vocal cord. - What?
- No.
- Yeah, so I've spent, you know,
countless hours using voice teachers
to be able to get my voice back to where it's at.
So this is my first thing back out.
I think sometimes when life gets you down,
you just have pull up your bootstraps
and just figure it out, keep going.
So that's what I did.
- Great. - Good for you.
Okay.
Bay, good luck. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
["Biblical" playing]
- * I come up against myself *
* When the demons in my head get loud *
* I don't know how you do it *
* But you turn them down *
* I slip and wonder who I'd be *
* If I never found you and you never found me *
* Well, I don't want to see *
* So won't you give me tonight *
* And the rest of your life *
* I want to have it all with you *
- Oh!
- * I want to have it all with you *
* And when you open your eyes *
* I'll be there by your side *
* I want to have it all with you *
* So won't you give me tonight *
* And the rest of your life *
* I want to have it all with you *
* I want to have *
* It all *
* *
* I want to have it all *
* 'Cause your love is biblical *
* It's biblical *
[wild cheering]
- * The second someone mentioned *
* You were all alone *
* I could feel the trouble *
* Coursing through your veins *
* Now I know *
* It's got a hold *
- That was really good, Bay.
- Thank you.
- You have a really, really beautiful tone.
You got great taste.
Yeah, it cracked a little bit, your vocal.
It doesn't matter, though, things like that.
I think people are gonna like you, Bay.
- I hope so. - Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
Howie.
- That was so powerful,
and your voice has such a range,
those high notes.
Like that one at the end, we don't only hear you singing.
We could feel you singing.
I know how much you like being a legal assistant,
but I think you should try--
I would pursue singing if I was you.
Just a thought. - Yeah, okay. Thank you.
[laughing] Okay.
- Heidi. - Love your voice.
I also love the high notes, how your range goes up and down.
And there's just something about you
that is extra special.
I really loved it. - Thank you so much.
[cheers and applause]
- Sofía.
- You seemed very nervous at the beginning.
- Yes.
- So I'm like, "Oh, my God,
I don't know if he's gonna be able to pull it together."
And then it was like all the nervousness was, like, gone.
[cheers and applause] It was very special.
- Thank you.
* *
- Now the important part.
Howie?
- Yes. [cheers and applause]
- Heidi.
- Definite yes.
- Thank you. - Sofía.
- Yes.
- I'm gonna say that's about
4,500 yeses.
- * I will leave the light on *
- * Look into the distance *
* There's a house upon the hill *
* Guidin' like a lighthouse *
* It's a place where you'll be safe to feel our grace *
* And if you've lost your way *
* If you've lost your way *
- What a nice guy. - He's special.
- * I will leave the light on *
- I'm so proud! I'm so proud of you!
Oh, my God.
- * I will leave the light on *
- I love you too. I'm so proud of you!
- We did it!
- * 'Cause I will leave the light on *
- Give it up for the host of "AGT,"
Terry Crews!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- All right.
Guys, I just want to tell you
this is the last day of auditions.
- I know. - All of the talent backstage,
this is the last chance that they can fight
to headline "AGT" Live in Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel
and win a million dollars!
[cheers and applause]
Unfortunately our homey Howie
is not able to be with us today.
- Thank you.
No, kidding, kidding.
Kidding. [laughter]
Oh, God. Okay.
- But with so many unique talents
showing themselves on this stage,
that's something to be celebrated, Simon?
You've seen it all.
- We've met this year
some of the most incredible people,
the most unique talent, honestly.
And the only thing I'm dreading is,
we only have, I've worked out,
very, very, very few places for the finals.
audience: Aww.
- But there's one other thing I want to say.
I want to say happy birthday for Saturday, Terry.
- Oh!
Oh!
- * Happy birthday to you *
[rousing orchestral music]
- Wow!
* *
[cheers and applause]
Thank you so much!
[laughs]
You guys ready to get this going?
[cheers and applause]
All right, I'm taking this with me.
Love you guys. Let's go.
* *
- I baked it.
- Baloney.
- You want me to show you the recipe?
both: No. - Okay. "No." [laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- Hello.
Welcome to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you. - Tell us who you are.
- We are Waffle.
- Yummy. - Yummy.
- Great name.
- So, Waffle, what do you do?
- We're gonna do double Dutch.
- Okay, but you don't make any money
doing jump roping, do you?
- Actually, no.
Me, I'm actress, and he's performer,
but they're working at office.
- Ah, okay. - Yeah.
- Where do you live?
- We live in Tokyo.
We are from Japan. - Amazing.
- Whoo, Tokyo! Tokyo!
- [speaking Japanese]
- Well, we can't wait to see this.
Thank you so much for flying all the way from Japan
to show this to us. - Yes, thank you.
- Good luck. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- * We can boogie down, down *
* Let's groove tonight *
* Boogie down, down *
* Share the spice of life *
* Boogie down, down *
* Baby, slice it right *
* Boogie down, down *
* We're gonna groove tonight *
- Whoa!
- * Boogie down, down up on *
* Let this groove get you to move *
* It's all right, all right *
* All right *
* Let this groove set in your shoes *
- Let's go!
- * All right, all right *
* Gonna tell you what you can do *
* With my love, all right *
* Just glide like a 747 *
* And lose yourself *
* In the sky *
* Among the clouds in the heavens, gods *
* Let this groove light up your fuse *
* It's all right, all right *
- What?
* All right *
* *
* Let this groove set in your shoes *
* So stand up, all right *
* All right *
* You will find peace of mind *
- Look how fast she goes!
Aah!
- * Come and see, you and me *
* Give a little sign *
* I'll be there after a while *
* If you want my love *
* We can boogie *
* On down *
- Yeah!
[cheers and applause]
[Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland"]
* *
- Oh, wow.
What did you think, Simon?
- I love you.
- Aah! [cheers and applause]
Yeah!
Appreciated!
- I liked everything about it.
I thought it was super cool, very current.
I can tell how difficult it was, and it just got
better and better and better.
I thought it was brilliant, all of you.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
- Thank you so much!
- You guys are so perfect, so in sync.
I love the dancing that you guys were doing.
- Thank you.
- That was amazing.
- And it went so fast, and you kept on
changing it up constantly.
I love the fashion part of it as well,
because you're, like, really cool-looking
while you're doing it.
- I really liked it too.
- Simon, let's go. What is your vote?
- It's a yes. Thank you.
- Two yeses.
- And I am gonna give you a third yes!
[cheers and applause]
- * Boogie wonderland *
* *
- Bravo!
Love you guys.
- * Boogie wonderland *
* Yeah, yeah, yeah *
- Who are you, and where are you from?
- My name is Neguin. I was born in Brazil.
I moved to New York City 15 years ago.
- Viva Brazil! - Yeah!
You can tell by my sexy accent, you know?
I travel the world performing,
break dancing, capoeira, Brazilian jujitsu,
martial arts.
- * Boogie wonderland *
- Is something wrong with your shoes?
- I'm testing off 'cause what you're about to see
is gonna blow your mind.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, I can't wait to see this.
[lively music playing]
* *
[wild cheering]
* *
- Ho-ho-ho!
* *
[cheers and applause] - It was just stunning.
Your legs were more in the air
than they were actually on the floor.
You are crazy. - [laughs]
- I can feel how much you want it,
and you were so good. Simon, what did you think?
- I thought the routine was amazing.
You know what I like about you?
I'm gonna remember you because you
are super, super talented.
So I'm gonna say,
obviously, yes.
- Thank you! [cheers and applause]
- * Boogie wonderland *
* *
- Hello, everybody.
Who are you?
- We are dancers from India.
Our crew name is Unreal Crew.
- How long have you guys been dancing together?
- We've been dancing together since three to four years.
- Do you think you can win?
- Yeah, of course, absolutely,
because we believe in ourselves.
[cheers and applause]
- Okay, go ahead, let's see.
- Okay.
[Aditya Narayan's "Tattad Tattad" playing]
- Ow!
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- [singing in Hindi]
* *
- * The impossible *
* *
[cheers and applause]
[Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland"]
- That was definitely unreal, guys.
You looked great.
I wouldn't change a thing.
It was perfection.
You're spectacular.
- Thank you!
- It's crazy how five guys can make
so many shapes over and over and over and over again.
So you always kept it coming.
It was never boring.
I also loved the comedy too.
I loved it.
- What was incredible about this was the timing.
It was unbelievable.
I've never seen an act like this.
We're looking for something original.
It's brilliant. - Thank you so much, sir.
- Three yeses.
[cheers and applause]
- Million dollars!
Whoo!
- I'll tell you something.
We have a real competition this year.
- Yes.
[Sister Sledge's "Lost in Music"]
- * We're lost in music *
[all vocalizing]
- Music is therapy.
- * Caught in a trap *
- I love music.
[all trilling]
- * No turning back *
- Singing is my way of expressing everything.
- * We're lost in music *
- When you're performing,
you're making the people on the floor happy.
You're making them forget about their problems.
- [vocalizing]
- * We're lost in music *
* *
[singers vocalizing]
- Music takes people on a beautiful ride,
and it could take you on this crazy journey.
[dramatic piano music playing]
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
[cheers and applause]
[Sister Sledge's "Lost in Music"]
- * We're lost in music *
- My favorite part was just looking at you.
- Yeah.
- The way you were, like, feeling what you were doing,
that's what was so special about your performance.
I thought it was spectacular.
- You have three yeses, which means you are through
to the next round.
[cheers and applause]
- * We're lost in music *
* *
[cheers and applause]
- * We're lost in music *
- Hello, welcome. - Hello.
- What's your name?
- My name is Camille K, I'm 16 years old,
and I'm from Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
- I'm gonna guess you're a singer.
- Yes, I am.
- Why did you decide "America's Got Talent"
could be your route to, I guess, stardom?
- I've seen so many other amazingly talented artists
come on this show and have their dreams come true,
so I hope it's the same case for me.
- Okay.
How many years you been singing for?
- Ever since I could talk.
- Since you could talk, okay. - Yeah.
- And what made you different
from all the thousands of other people
trying to get noticed at the moment?
- Because I want to spread joy and love through my music
and tell my story.
- Okay.
Good luck.
- Thank you very much.
[cheers and applause]
["Let's Fall in Love for the Night" playing]
* *
* Let's fall in love for the night *
* And forget in the morning *
* Play me a song that you like *
* You can bet I'll know every line *
* Screw that noise * - Okay, thank you.
[audience murmuring]
Okay, Camille, do you write your own material?
- Yes, I do. - Okay.
I mean, that was okay.
You have a nice voice.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, my only issue is, you need to do something
more stand-out, so I'm curious to hear
what your songwriting is like.
- Absolutely.
I'll sing an original. - Okay.
This one is called "Still in Love."
- And what's it about?
- It's about suffering from a heartbreak
but you're still in love with that said person.
- Oh.
Was this recent?
- I've actually never really experienced it.
- Oh. [laughter]
Nor have I. - [laughs]
[laughter]
Okay. - Sweet.
- [sighs] Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[soft guitar music playing]
* Thoughts of you won't leave my mind *
* All these memories *
* I just seem to find *
* All I want is to go back in time *
* To when you were *
* Only mine *
[cheers and applause]
* I want to feel safe, I want you back *
* *
* What if I said I'm falling fast *
* Back in love with you *
- Yeah! [cheers and applause]
* *
- * Oh, these nights without *
* Have love made you so blue *
* If you could love me for just one night *
* Tell me that it's all right *
* I am still in love *
* With you *
- Yes!
Yes, yes, yes!
Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- * I can hold my breath *
- Thank you, Camille.
The word "beautiful" comes to mind.
- * Be your number one *
- Absolutely amazing.
I mean, you just have that gift,
and you're gorgeous on top of your gorgeous voice.
I mean, you have the whole package.
- Thank you so much.
- I thought that your voice was much more than beautiful.
I thought it was spectacular.
I couldn't have liked it more.
- Thank you.
- Camille, we really like you.
I think, you know, as with all artists,
it's about finding the song that defines you, you know?
And going forward, if you go forward,
that is the key.
- Thank you. - All right.
We're gonna vote. Heidi?
- I love you. I give you a big, fat yes!
- * I can do it *
- Of course yes!
- * I'll get through it *
- You got three yeses.
- Thank you so much.
Oh, my God. Thank you.
* And I'm dangling upside down *
- Very good!
Bye!
Well done!
* *
- I thought she was amazing.
- I know, incredible. - That was incredible.
- Feels amazing getting three yeses.
I'm so happy. I just can't believe it.
- You rocked it.
Congratulations. - Thank you so much.
- You got it. Thank you.
- Stage is set for the next act.
- What is this?
- This is slightly worrisome.
It's not pole dancing, I don't think.
- The Nerveless Nocks.
You're back. How you doing?
- Good. We're so happy to see you again.
- Oh, my goodness. - It's great to see you.
- You guys, I mean, were so amazing on "Extreme."
- Our signature act is the 80-foot towering sway poles.
- Wow.
- That is insane.
- Can you do the same kind of things inside?
- Yeah, we'll be at the apex of the ceiling.
- I've seen this act. I'm not gonna spoil it.
It is unbelievable.
[cheers and applause]
[rock music]
* *
- Hello. Nice to see you again.
- Hello. Great to see everybody.
- Give me your first names again, please.
- Angelina Nock.
- Angelina and...
- Michelangelo. - Okay.
And this is father and daughter.
Why don't you tell everyone your story?
- Well, our family has been performing since 1840.
I'm eighth generation.
- Amazing.
- We actually got our family name
from the queen of England.
She told my grandfather that the sway poles,
your act is "simply nerveless."
So now our name is the Nerveless Nocks.
- That's our stage name.
[cheers and applause]
- And tell everyone what your dream is.
- My dream is to continuing this family tradition of ours
as long as possible.
- And we met a few months ago on "AGT Extreme."
- There is no net. There is no air bag.
- That is insane. - That's insane.
That's crazy. - This is incredible!
- We will see you in the final.
- Thank you.
We were so excited.
It was a dream come true.
And we did so well. We were so grateful.
And then I got sick. audience: Aww.
- So they weren't able to compete in the finals.
- But we're back!
[laughs]
- Welcome back!
[cheers and applause]
- Are you gonna do the same thing,
or are you gonna do something different?
- Since "Extreme," Angelina's been performing
in our backyard new stunts.
We don't use any safety devices.
We practice a lot.
So I hope you enjoy what she's learned.
- Let's do it. Good luck.
- Thank you, Simon.
- Yeah, good luck!
[cheers and applause]
That is high.
This is scary.
- I'm scared. She looks nervous.
[tense music playing]
* *
[audience gasping]
* *
[people shrieking]
* *
- Aah!
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Oh, no! - Aah!
* *
- Is this guy gonna catch her?
Are these guys gonna catch her? - I don't know.
* *
- Aah!
* *
- He almost hit the light.
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
She's putting on a blindfold.
- No, no, no.
[audience gasps]
* *
- Oh!
- Oh, they're hanging upside down!
[audience gasps]
- Aah! - Oh, they're slipping down!
- Oh, my God, no, no, no.
- They look tangled. - She's stuck?
- Uh-oh.
- Yeah, she's stuck by her foot.
* *
- Whoo!
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- What is she doing now?
* *
- Aah!
Aah!
* *
[wild cheering]
- The Nerveless Nocks!
[Andy Grammer's "Don't Give Up On Me"]
* I will fight *
* *
* I will fight for you *
* *
* I always do until my heart *
* Is black and blue *
* *
* And I will stay *
* *
* I will stay with you *
- "Nerveless" is the best description.
* *
- Okay, wow.
Heidi? - I mean, my hands are wet.
My heart is beating. I'm slightly seasick.
I mean, this was going back and forth,
and thinking about the two of you, I am exhausted.
You guys are fantastic. - Thank you so much.
- And you leave us wanting more.
I want to see what else you come up with.
- Sofía.
- That was intense.
[cheers and applause]
What were those guys on the side doing?
Were they gonna be able to catch you?
No?
- Probably not.
- I think that was spectacular.
And I think everybody was going crazy.
- * 'Cause I'm not giving up *
* I'm not giving up *
- I think what is amazing about you two
is that you look so normal and you're not.
You're just not.
I think what you did just then was unbelievable.
Strangely, this was for me more intense because it so close.
You know, I could see something going on up there
because you were kind of, like, signaling to each other.
What was going on up there?
- As the act went on, I could see
Angelina was getting physically tired and emotional.
So I was worried about her.
I told her to take it easy, remember the training,
and she will be good.
We're just human beings in the end,
so we have to be careful too.
* *
To us, this is the greatest stage on Earth.
This is it, right here.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, we're gonna vote.
Let's start with Heidi. - It's a yes.
- Thank you. - Sofía.
- Yes, of course.
- And now you have the three yeses.
You're through to the next round, congratulations.
[cheers and applause]
- * 'Cause I'm not giving up *
- Fantastic! - Amazing.
- * No, not yet *
* Even when I'm down on my last breath *
* *
* Even when they say there's nothing left *
* So don't give up on me *
- Howie is, like, missing out.
- 100%. - Whoo! All right!
We made it, Angelina!
- We did it. - Yeah!
Come on!
- Hey, everybody!
That is the end of our auditions
for "America's Got Talent" season 17!
- * I can't stop the *
- This season, the judges said yes
to 138 acts.
- Yes. - Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
- You have...4,000 yeses.
- * I can't stop the feeling *
- I wanted to go for my dream.
- I love you!
- You are a star already in the making.
- That was sensational!
- I think this could be a life-changing moment for you.
- Now they must choose less than half
to go through to the live shows.
- We have our six Golden Buzzers.
We know they're going through.
- * When I'm getting you close *
- The live shows, normally we have 36 acts.
This year, it's gonna be 55. - Ooh!
- I absolutely cannot believe the talent this year.
Even 55 is gonna be tough.
- Our judges must now face their toughest decision yet.
- There are so many great contenders
all deserving to be the million-dollar winner.
- How are we gonna do this?
- Honestly, I have no idea.
- * Come on * - * Ooh, ooh *
[The O'Jays' "Love Train"]
- Whoo!
* *
- * People all over the world *
- We have come all the way out here
to this beautiful oasis in Malibu,
which is Simon's house, for deliberation.
Yo!
Hi, baby, you know it.
- * Love train *
- All right, guys, here we are.
Simon, Heidi, Howie, how are you guys doing today?
- We're good. - Great.
- And Sofía, she's not able to be here,
but she is sending her notes.
- Notes? - Yeah.
Look, they're right here. Want to check them out?
- Do you want to have a little look?
- Here you go. It's really heavy.
- Oh, my God.
Look how she BeDazzled it.
- Look at that.
- I mean...
- So we've got to take 138 yeses.
- Wow, that was a lot of yeses.
- You guys have to pare that down to 55 acts.
- How are we gonna do this?
- Now, let's take a look at the six Golden Buzzers
to remind ourselves who already has a place in the live shows.
This may help with your choices moving forward.
- You mind if I start?
Because I got to talk about my man Avery Dixon.
He had the most amazing story. - Yes.
- I was getting bullied in elementary school.
And it was relentless.
- I love Avery.
You know, he reminds me of me.
We've all been bullied before.
- That's when I started actually learning how to play.
- Good for you.
[rollicking saxophone music playing]
* *
- Do it, Avery!
- And I knew that I had to be his champion.
I knew there was a connection between both of us.
* *
Oh.
All those bullies are gonna have to watch
you succeed, my friend!
[uplifting music]
[cheers and applause]
You tell every bully that you have a big brother
named Terry Crews!
[cheers and applause]
[line rings]
Hey, Ma. Hey, fam.
What's up, y'all?
I'm so proud of you, man.
I love you, brother.
Your talent is incredible.
- Thank you. - I got your back.
All right, family. I love you!
Congratulations!
[cheers and applause]
- I'm so happy that you shined your light on that guy.
- You changed this guy's life, not only his career.
- 21 years old.
- I think the Golden Buzzers more this year
are resonating more than any other year.
I think it's like a gold medal.
- It really is. - No, I really--
that's how I look at them now. - Oh.
- My name is Sara.
- Where are you from, Sara?
- I'm from Poland.
- Are you? - [laughs]
- Certain artists, they do walk out
with what I call a glow.
- * Hope someday I'll make it *
* Out of here *
- 13 years old, dreamt about doing this,
flown halfway around the world, it's big.
She's gonna be a big star, this girl.
- * Whoa *
* Hope someday I'll make it *
* Out of here *
- This is amazing. A star is born.
- Yeah. - * Welcome home *
[cheers and applause]
- Wow. - Wow.
- I can remember when I came to America for the first time.
Now, that was 20-odd years ago,
and that was a moment I'll never forget.
And I want to make this a moment for you
to remember forever.
[uplifting music]
[cheers and applause]
Hello, everyone. all: Hello!
- My God, you are incredible.
- Aah, I'm so excited. [laughs]
- Your voice, your talent, your star quality.
- Oh, my God!
- I'm so happy for you, Sara. Congratulations.
- Thank you so much, Simon. Love you.
- Take care, everyone. all: Bye.
- Bye-bye.
She's retweeted it twice.
- Wow. - Billie?
- Yeah. - Billie Eilish?
- Yeah.
There are so many great people this year.
- * Amazing grace *
- Oh, Madison. - Oh, my God.
My Golden Buzzer was truly such a surprise to me.
I had no idea.
- Now, we put her up there.
- So did you know? - I knew.
- But we didn't know.
- But you guys didn't know.
And she had been coming to the show for years.
- Amazing.
Why don't you go and sit up on the stage?
- And Simon put the pressure on her
and said, "Go up on the stage.
And you don't need a track and you don't need anything."
And she just took it to the next level.
- * How precious did *
* That grace *
* Appear *
* That saved a *
- This is the moment when I just got blown away.
- * Like me *
- Whoo!
- [holding note]
[cheers and applause]
- She brought the audience to their feet.
And I just went "Oh, my God, this is magical."
From the audience seats right to the live show.
You ready?
* *
[cheers and applause]
* *
- Maddie. - Hi, Mr. Howie.
- Just call me Howie.
- [laughs] Hi, Howie.
- The voice coming out of that little girl
that I'm looking at right now,
I cannot wait to see what you're gonna do next.
- I'm insanely excited, and I can't wait
for whatever's gonna come next.
- "AGT" Live!
- Yes.
- I can't wait to see you.
I miss you. - Miss you too.
- I'll see you there. - Thank you so much, Howie.
Nice to see you.
- I know. I know. - [laughs]
- Maddie could win this whole thing.
I think Maddie could win this whole thing.
- Ooh, that I loved too.
I loved them.
- We're the Mayyas.
- Where are you from?
- Lebanon. - From Lebanon.
- Lebanon. - That's Sofía's Golden Buzzer.
- Being a dancer a female Arab
is not fully supported yet.
- From the moment I saw them, I knew they were special.
- Us being here is our only chance to prove to the world
what Arab women can do.
[suspenseful music playing]
The art we can create, the fights we fight.
- Dancing, it's such an important part
of their culture, of who they are.
- They're eyes! They're eyes!
- To be able to showcase it like that in "AGT" was amazing.
- Oh!
* *
- Oh, my God!
- Look at this.
Can you imagine what they'll do in the lives?
- They're very talented.
- Wow! - Wow!
- I would be so honored to empower you even more.
I want to be part of this.
[dramatic music]
* *
For a group of beautiful girls from a country
where they have struggles of being, you know, women
and doing this kind of performances,
so it was great to be able to give them
the Golden Buzzer.
I want to be part of this!
[cheers and applause]
Hi, Mayyas, how are you?
- Hi, Sofía.
We're great.
- The whole world has seen how amazing you are,
and I am so proud of your performance
because it was so beautiful, mesmerizing.
[cheers and applause]
So happy to be part of your journey on "AGT."
I love you all. I'm so proud!
all: Love you! - Bye!
My God, that was so amazing.
- There are so many talented acts that could win this year.
- The stakes have been raised.
- Yeah.
- Coming up...
- Even 55 is gonna be tough.
- Almost half the acts are going home tonight.
- It's a yes. both: No.
- Me too. - I'm telling you, yes.
- It's a yes. - Let's agree to disagree.
- Let the public decide.
[gentle music]
- I miss Sofía. - I know.
- Did anybody say that when I wasn't there?
- No! Are you kidding?
[laughter]
- Look, there's my Golden Buzzer.
Aw. - Aw.
- Hi. - My name is Lily Meola.
The song I'm gonna do today is an original song that I wrote.
- I kind of promised myself, like, okay, this season,
I'm not going to pick a singer,
but then with her, it was different.
[sighs] Already I'm all choked up.
When she talked about, like, her mom...
- My life flipped upside down,
and my mom was diagnosed with cancer.
- Is she okay?
- No, she passed away.
- I'm sorry, Lily.
- * Darling, don't quit your daydream *
* It's your life that you're making *
- She pulled on all of my strings.
- * If it doesn't scare the hell out of you *
- And I fell in love with her.
- * If it makes you nervous *
* It's probably worth it *
- You know what it is? It's emotion.
That's what this is.
- * When you could be living your daydream *
[cheers and applause]
- I don't know what to say. I'm, like, speechless.
Just everything about you, you just light up.
I see a light around you,
and I really, really like you, so I'm gonna do this.
I'm gonna push this Golden Buzzer for you.
It's you!
Yeah! [cheers and applause]
[uplifting music]
Hello, hello, Lily!
Oh, what's up? There.
You really-- you took my breath away.
And I even was crying when you were singing.
- Thank you so much.
I was in shock.
- Enjoy this moment, and I can't wait
to see you at the live shows.
- Thank you. You too. - Mwah!
- Mwah, mwah, mwah!
- I think you're gonna knock it out of the park.
- Thank you.
- I know you're a little jealous.
We're gonna battle it out.
- Our name is Chapel Hart.
- Oh, I love these ladies. - Yes.
- We've been trying to break into Nashville
for the last couple years, but it's been kind of hard
when I think country music doesn't always look like us.
- Tell me where you see yourselves in five years' time
if you do well on this show.
- World domination. - World domination.
- Somebody get out your seat tonight.
- The crowd's on their feet.
Chapel Hart took the house down.
- * I took my keys and threw them at his door *
- I love people with big personalities.
They were just so fun.
- * Give me all I need *
- Great energy. - Yeah.
- * Could ask for any more *
* Oh, Jolene *
- The group Golden Buzzer is, you know,
a very special Golden Buzzer.
And they were great.
They deserved it.
- Five, four, three, two, one!
[dramatic music]
* *
Three, two, one!
[cheers and applause]
- Hi, Chapel Hart, congratulations.
- Getting the group Golden Buzzer,
that doesn't happen very often.
[cheers and applause]
- You ladies were amazing.
- We love the message. We love the performance.
- We hope you're ready for the world
to know who Chapel Hart is.
[cheers and applause]
- A huge congratulations
to getting through to the live shows.
- See you soon, ladies.
- We love you. - Bye.
- Mwah! [cheers and applause]
- Chapel Hart, you are going straight to the live shows!
- This is anybody's win this year.
There are so many great contenders
all deserving to be the million-dollar winner.
- I am so thankful that we have our six Golden Buzzers,
but there are still very, very hard decisions
you guys have to make tonight.
- We said yes to 138 acts.
We've never said yes to so many people.
So that says it all.
- Even 55 is gonna be tough.
We're gonna lose a ton of great people.
- Right.
- There's only 55 spots,
so almost half of the acts are going home.
I don't know, but Terry better be watching for my acts.
- A very, very hard decision you guys have to make tonight.
The stakes have been raised. - Yeah.
I hate this part.
I could see the 55 in my mind.
It is nowhere near what the others are thinking.
Trust me, there'll be a lot of arguments.
- So tell me, yes or no?
* *
- I would put her through.
- I think she was great.
I don't know that there's more.
- We're battling it out right now.
I'm bringing out the gun-inis, and I'm ready.
Are you kidding? - No.
No, I'm not kidding. - It's a yes.
both: No.
- Aubrey Burchell, the girl from Target.
- She is one of my favorites.
- There are people you just don't want to lose.
But you got to find that perfect mix.
Do you like him? - That one, I agree on.
- Listen, I'm representing Sofía.
I remember she loved him.
He was an amazing dancer. - Yeah.
- That's a yes. That's a yes.
- Yes.
- There's too much love in this room right now.
We need some noes.
These are people's lives.
These are their hopes. These are their dreams.
And it's in our hand.
Yes. - It's a yes for me too.
- I'm telling you, yes. - It's a yes.
- Can we agree on a no?
- Where's the guy with the PowerPoint?
- I like him.
- Oh, he was--there he is. - I like him!
- That's a yes.
- This one can go. This one.
- I can't see this again. I had nightmares.
- You cannot see it again? - I couldn't.
- Whoa!
- This one, I thought was quite stunning too.
- Yeah, he was the sword swallower.
- This has to be in front of that one.
- Let's agree to disagree. That's a yes.
- It's a definite yes.
- Does everybody agree?
- Yeah.
* *
- Okay, guys. We have 54 yeses.
We need one more.
We have finally come to the last choice.
- There's four people we keep going backwards
and forwards, backwards and forwards.
Let me suggest something.
We don't decide.
Let the public decide.
Like a wild card
but a voting wild card.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- And then that's our 55th spot.
- Yes.
- Okay, guys, we have done it.
We have our choices to go
to the live shows next week.
- Ow! - Wow.
- I'm so excited.
It's been a great year, and now the hard part happens,
the live shows.
- It's up to America now. - Yeah.
- It's gonna be really competitive, as it should be.
It's the best of the best.
- The judges have picked four acts
to compete for the final live shows spot,
but the final decision is up to America.
The wild cards are Ben Waites...
- It was special. It was different.
- Debbii Dawson...
- You really do have a star quality.
- Auzzy Blood...
- It was mesmerizing.
I think it's incredible, what you do.
- Whoo!
- And Jordan Conley.
- You are super, super talented.
- Go to @AGT on all social media platforms
or NBC.com to rewatch the four performances.
You can vote up to ten times per method
for your favorite contestants.
You have until Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time
to vote for America's wild card.
Vote now.