SHANE: If there's ever a place for seeing something
that we haven't seen before, that's the perfect spot right there
on the AGT stage.
KATE: Every act has to absolutely nail their performance to stand out.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Two minutes to change your life.
ALESHA: What would winning $100,000 mean to you guys?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Oh! Oh! Oh!
# Her loving is so powerful Huh!
# Simply irresistible... #
You're crazy. Thank you.
Oh!
SHANE: Well, mate, you've raised the bar.
KATE: I have never seen anything like that before.
It was brilliant. DAVID: Fantastic!
Whoo! Bruce, the mind-reading goose.
RICKI-LEE: Yeah! DAVID: But I'm sorry, it's a no.
No, I'm joking!
# Simply irresistible... #
ALESHA: It's moments like this why I just love this show.
# Simply irresistible... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
('WALKING ON SUNSHINE' BY KATRINA AND THE WAVES PLAYS)
What?
I wish I could just bottle up all of that passion.
(HOWLS)
# I'm walking on sunshine... # MAN: Get it.
(RICKI-LEE CHEERS)
ALESHA: This is absolutely outstanding.
Whoo!
Go. Go. Go. Go, go, go.
That was really, really beautiful.
Guess what. You're up my alley. Thank you.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS GASP)
You made us feel alive. This is really difficult.
I was mesmerised.
You have talent.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I had a dream that some day
# I would just fly, fly away
# And I always knew I couldn't stay... #
Let's go do this.
# So I had a dream that I'd just fly away, away
# Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh... #
Alright, guys. Let's show Australia who's got real talent.
Come on, girls. Australia ain't ready.
# Because I had a dream that some day I would just fly, fly away... #
Australia's Got Talent auditions, please.
# And I always knew I couldn't stay... #
ALESHA: Should we go and find some more talent?
PRODUCER: Stand by, Ricki.
CROWD MEMBERS: (CHANT) AGT! AGT!
Go, Ricki.
('FLY AWAY' BY TONES & I PLAYS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Alright. Are you ready to see some talent?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) # Oh-oh, I'll fly away... #
SHANE: Have a good one, guys.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I'm sweating now.
I bet you are. (LAUGHS)
OK. Are you ready?
(TRANSLATES INTO JAPANESE) They're ready for you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hello. OK.
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
We meet again. Yes.
ALESHA: Oooh, hello.
Because you were on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
Yes.
And you got through to the semifinals, didn't you?
ALESHA: Yes. Thank you.
Hi. Yes.
INTERPRETER: Yes. Yes, I did. Yes.
For people who don't know you, tell us where you've come from.
I'm from Japan.
OK.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So, why Australia's Got Talent?
(SPEAKS JAPANESE)
No need to translate. I understood that.
(EXCLAIMS)
Please. What did he say? What did he say?
He said "I have a huge chance here in Australia
"and I came here to meet David and Alesha again."
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I don't want to spoil it for people.
So, Mr Uekusa, all I'm gonna say is
the stage is yours.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (SPEAKS JAPANESE)
Do you remember him? Yes, I do remember him.
I do remember the contestants, Alesha.
(LAUGHTER) I do remember them.
Check, check, check.
I think once he starts, I might go, "Oh, yeah."
You will definitely remember.
You will definitely remember what he's gonna do.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SHANE: Oh! Very good.
(EXCLAIMS)
(LAUGHTER) I remember.
I remember. I remember.
(ALESHA AND SHANE LAUGH)
# I should be so lucky Lucky, lucky, lucky
# I should be so lucky in love... # KATE: Is it worth remembering?
I don't know if it'll be your cup of tea. I don't know.
I don't know. I don't know.
# I should be so lucky in love... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That's great.
# I should be so lucky... # (SHANE LAUGHS)
# Lucky, lucky, lucky
# I should be so lucky in love... # (RICKI-LEE LAUGHS)
# I should be so lucky Lucky, lucky, lucky
# I should be so lucky in love... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(POP!) (LAUGHTER)
(SHANE LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
(RICKI-LEE SQUEALS)
('I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY' BY KYLIE MINOGUE CONTINUES)
(LAUGHTER)
(SQUEALS)
ALESHA: This is the bit I remember.
(SHANE LAUGHS)
(LAUGHTER)
This is brilliant.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no. (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
('I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY' BY KYLIE MINOGUE CONTINUES)
# Lucky, lucky, lucky... #
# I should be so lucky in love... #
SHANE: This is the best day of my life.
(ALESHA AND SHANE LAUGH)
(LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (SHANE LAUGHS)
RICKI-LEE: If you can see what I can see...
Dinosaur. OK.
(LAUGHTER)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(LAUGHTER)
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CLAP RHYTHMICALLY)
(LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
# I should be so lucky Lucky, lucky, lucky
# I should be so lucky in love
# I should be so lucky... # (SHANE LAUGHS) Oh...
DAVID: OK. OK.
(ALESHA LAUGHS) Everyone else can go home.
We have found the winner of Australia's Got Talent!
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you, Mr Uekusa.
That was incredibly moving. OK.
Are you OK there? OK.
(LAUGHTER) You made us very happy.
What did you guys think? Kate, did you like that?
(LAUGHS) Alesha... Sorry.
Alesha looked at me.
She said, "I don't know if he's gonna be up your alley."
(LAUGHTER)
Well, guess what. You're up my alley.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Very happy. OK.
SHANE: Alright. Are you crying?
I'm crying.
Halfway through your act, I turned to Alesha and said,
"This is the best day of my life."
(LAUGHTER) Thank you. You too. OK.
The best thing was turning round
and seeing how much the audience were loving you.
Like, they were in hysterics, so thank you so much.
Thank you. Very happy. OK.
(APPLAUSE)
Right. Well, I'm saying yes.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you!
Yes! Happy. Very happy.
Yes, yes, yes. Thank you.
Yes from me. Ah...
Well, Mr Uekusa, you've made me so happy.
It's four yeses. Well done. Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SHANE: Ricki-Lee, here he comes.
RICKI-LEE: Hello. Hi.
SHANE: Here he comes, Ricki. (LAUGHTER)
He's coming your way, Ricki. He's coming. He's coming.
(LAUGHTER) He's all yours.
Oh, high-five. Come on.
Come on. High-five. Let's go.
Whoo... Yeah? (STRAINS)
(CHEERS)
WOMAN: So, who do you think has the most talent?
(HOWLS)
You know what, it's always kept me awake at night.
RICKI-LEE: He looks like a sperm! (LAUGHS)
GIRL: If I can inspire someone who also has autism...
Oh, my god!
SHANE: Is this a bit of a party trick
or have you done this in front of a crowd before?
(IMITATES SPEEDING CAR ENGINE) (LAUGHTER)
# You want to see loco? #
MEN: We are the Pinoy Hiphop.
That kind of stuff could have you, well, take out the $100,000.
Inspiring young ones, that's the real prize.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
MAN: I'm going to do something so incredibly intense,
something that I've never done before.
KATE: This is super dangerous.
Oh! SHANE: Oh!
If something falls, it'll pull his tongue out.
MAN: Three, two, one...
(SCREAMING)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
My name is Danny Zzzz and I'm an escape artist.
Danny Zzzz is a character that I play.
I'm really just a man, a father, a friend
but when I step onto stage as that character, I feel confident
and I'm well prepared for what I'm doing.
My family would very much like for me
to have a very safe 9:00-to-5:00 job.
I've had nine operations. I've broken countless bones.
In the last 70 days, I've broke both my feet.
I promise you that everything that we do is very, very real
and very, very extreme.
I'm going to do something so incredibly intense,
something that I've never done before.
I'm hoping it's gonna give me the opportunity
to move forward in the competition.
RICKI-LEE: This is super dangerous.
Danny's just trying to get in the zone and get focused and get ready.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hi, everybody. SHANE: Hey, mate.
Welcome. What's your name? Where are you from?
My name is Danny Zzzz.
I'm from St Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
And I couldn't be more proud to be in front of this audience.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Mate, tell us, why AGT? Why Australia's Got Talent?
I'm a proud father of five
and during COVID, we all experienced so many things.
During that period of time, I lost my 22-year-old boy.
We packed up his belongings and put it in storage
and a few weeks later, the storage facility burnt down
and my son was erased.
(SOLEMN MUSIC)
One of the highlights in all of my shows was entertaining with my son,
having my son in my show, family-friendly show always,
and having his hand in mine during my performances
was without a doubt a highlight.
I believe if I can get through this and I can be strong
and people can understand a father's love,
I think that performing in his memory
is the highest level of honour I can offer
and I can make the world remember my beautiful boy.
I'm dedicating my performance, of course, to my son Mason.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RICKI-LEE: Wow.
SHANE: Danny, thank you so much for sharing that story.
We are so sorry for your loss.
Here's your chance to do something in his honour, in his memory.
Good luck. We're all on your side here.
Thank you so much. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I really came here to do something extreme.
I thought that I would put everything on the line for you today
and because of that, I'm going to do an escape
that certainly will involve this fridge.
And I'm hoping Kate will come up and join me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You look nervous. You don't have to be nervous.
I am nervous.
So, what I'm going to do is, I'm actually going to be shackled
and my hands are gonna go inside of this box
where I can't see the locks.
I'm going to attempt to pick the locks blindly
while I'm attached to this fridge.
I'll have one minute to escape before the fridge, which has a rope,
which will be on fire.
At one minute, it will release
and it will certainly change my day if I'm not out.
Oooh. It sounds very simple. It does sound very simple.
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) So if you'd like to give me a hand.
Sure. Alright.
I'm gonna get you to lock me in to the best of your ability,
nice and tight.
(CLICK!) There we go.
It's kind of freaking me out that he's never performed this act before.
Close it up and lock me in.
This is where you come in.
Billy's gonna hand you a shark hook
that I need you to put into my mouth.
What do you mean? Hold onto it.
Point it down and reach it forward. I'll do the rest.
(SCREAMING) Oh!
SHANE: Oh!
(SCREAMING)
You can let it go. Oh...
RICKI-LEE: OK, so, Kate has handcuffed him.
He has his hands locked in a box, a hook attached to his tongue.
Oh, that's gross. Yeah. Let's go.
And if he doesn't get himself unlocked in time,
the fridge is gonna fall and pull the hook that's attached to his tongue.
Do I get out?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
ELECTRONIC MALE VOICE: 60 seconds remaining.
ALESHA: So he's not in pain right now.
SHANE: No, but if that thing falls, it'll pull his tongue out.
He's gotta get himself untied to get that hook out of his mouth
before that fridge... Before that burns.
..falls and pulls the hook through his tongue.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
30 seconds remaining.
20 seconds remaining.
Ten... Nine seconds. Hurry up.
Nine... Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up.
Come on. Seven, six...
RICKI-LEE: Five seconds. Come on! Five... Four... Three...
Two... One...
Oh!
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS EXCLAIM)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Are you OK?
DANNY: Oh...
That was a little too close for me.
It was incredible drama up there.
(EXHALES)
And you're shaking. I mean, it's stunning entertainment.
Thank you so much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I want it to be known, I did not pierce that hole.
(LAUGHTER)
But, yeah, it was. It was incredibly entertaining.
And I don't even know how you did that
after you spoke to us so emotionally about your beautiful Mason.
Thank you. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ALESHA: It was a spectacular piece of entertainment.
I'm intrigued to know where this act goes if we are to put you through.
Never seen anything like it. Thank you.
Congratulations.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SHANE: Danny, you came here to do two things.
One was to entertain us. You did that. You did that wonderfully.
And the other thing was to have your son be remembered, Mason.
We will remember Mason.
And I can assure you, we will remember this act,
so well done, mate.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Should we go to a vote?
I'd love to kick it off with your first yes.
Congratulations, mate. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's a yes from me. It's a yes from me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Four yeses for you and your son. Well done.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
('MY GENERATION' BY THE WHO PLAYS)
There's so many lights and so many costumes.
(CHILD LAUGHS) # People try to put us down... #
# Talking about my generation... #
WOMAN: Go, go, go, go, go. Go, go, go, go.
# Just because we get around # Talking about my generation... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Welcome to Australia's Got Talent. What's your name?
I'm Mitch. Now, what brings you here today?
Car noises. Car noises.
Is this a bit of a party trick
or have you done this in front of a crowd before?
I've done this in front of, like, probably 30 people,
so this is a bit different. (LAUGHTER)
DAVID: Just checking, you make these car noises with your mouth, yeah?
Yeah. Oh, OK. Thank you.
(LAUGHTER)
SHANE: Well, Mitch, we can't wait to hear your cars, mate.
Start your engines. Away you go.
We've got a V8 burnout.
(IMITATES V8 BURNOUT)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, nice.
He's actually great.
I want to impress Shane
because I know he has a passion for cars as well.
He's probably easiest to impress by them.
Next one, we've got an F1 car.
(IMITATES F-1 CAR ENGINE)
Oh, yeah! Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I also like distracting the old ladies in the supermarket
when I zoom past.
So, next, we've got Mum going to Coles.
(IMITATES PUTTERING ENGINE)
Mum going to Kmart when the sales are on.
(IMITATES SPEEDING ENGINE)
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Yeah, you know, in Britain, children come onto the show
and they dance the ballet, they sing opera, they recite poetry.
In Australia, it's very different. (LAUGHTER)
It was really entertaining.
You're doing something that no-one else is doing
and you're doing it absolutely brilliantly.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (SHANE IMITATES HORN TOOTING)
It's four yeses. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Yeah! RICKI-LEE: Yeah!
SHANE: Go, you good thing!
Hi. I'm Makan Wang.
I'm ten years old and I'm here to make science popular.
Today, I'll be singing the periodic table
while solving the Rubik's Cube at the same time.
# There's hydrogen and helium and lithium, beryllium
# Boron, carbon and pure diamond
# Nitrogen is purple-coloured
# Oxygen is number-rated Fluorine makes the old toothpaste
# Neon, sodium, magnesium Aluminium, silicon
# Actinium, thorium, protactinium
# You may need... # He did it!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm really, really, really excited about AGT.
# The end. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my goggles have gone foggy.
(LAUGHTER) Wow.
It's like rapping in the form of science, isn't it?
SHANE: Yeah. It was, like, brilliant.
What did you think, David?
I feel like you're gonna inspire a lot of kids to get into science
because you're making it fun.
Also, you've sort of inspired me.
I kind of think you'd be a great character
in a children's book, actually.
Oh!
Makan Wang, you have four yeses! Well done!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RICKI-LEE: They're ready for you. Good luck. Have fun.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hi. Hi.
(LAUGHS) What's your name?
My name's Macy Hope.
But on stage, I go by Magic Macy.
Magic Macy. Yep.
I think I read that on a poster up there.
Do you have a few friends in the audience?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Yeah, I do.
How old are you, Magic Macy? I'm 15.
How are you feeling today? I'm kind of nervous. (LAUGHS)
Yeah, I think we're getting that vibe.
Have you performed in front of this many people before?
No.
GIRL: You got this!
ALESHA: Yeah! (LAUGHS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) She's got her support crew.
How are you feeling? Oh, I'm so excited. (LAUGHS)
Yeah, just take a big breath before you go out there.
Mmm.
I got into performing when I was four years old,
when I started doing drama classes,
'cause I was really shy and I wouldn't talk to anyone,
so my parents shoved me into drama classes so I'd be more confident.
I can now speak to people without crying,
so...improvement. (LAUGHS)
I got diagnosed with autism last year
and I didn't tell many people at first
'cause I didn't want people to look at me and think,
"She can't do this, she can't do that."
But I'm going on Australia's Got Talent. (LAUGHS)
If my friends don't cheer for me, I'm ditching them.
Of course they're cheering for you. I'm making them disappear.
You'll know where they are. You'll hear 'em.
If I can inspire someone who also has autism
and has the idea in their head of
"I can't do anything because of this,"
I just want to give them... like, show them, "Well, you can.
"There's nothing stopping you. You're just like anyone else."
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
KATE: Well, this is a very big moment for you.
It's OK to be nervous.
So why don't you give us a thumbs up when you're ready?
Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
OK.
So, like most teenagers, I am permanently attached to my phone.
(LAUGHTER)
Unfortunately, I'm currently banned off all technology at the moment.
You don't need to know why. (LAUGHTER)
But it basically means I need to borrow a phone
from one of the judges for my act today!
So, who's gonna trust a 15-year-old with their phone?
Alesha, thank you so much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Don't, whatever you do, go through the search history.
(LAUGHTER)
OK.
So, what if I could unlock your phone
without you telling me the password?
Well, that would be genius. OK. Now, look into my eyes.
I'm gonna try and reach into your mind and find it.
You're trying so hard not to picture your password.
(LAUGHTER) OK. I got it.
(LAUGHS)
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS EXCLAIM)
Oh, right. Wow.
(APPLAUSE) OK.
OK. So, now for everyone's favourite thing, audience participation!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) SHANE: Yeah!
She was, like, a nervous wreck... Yeah.
..just before.
OK. So, if you had a birthday last year, please stand up.
(LAUGHTER)
If you were born on an even day of the month,
can you hold your hands out like this
as if you're holding your birthday present?
And if you were born on an odd day of the month,
hold your hands together as if you're making a birthday wish.
OK. Now, everyone, just hold that pose.
I'm gonna take a photo and tell my mum I got a standing ovation.
(LAUGHTER)
OK.
You can also down now if you like.
DAVID: Oh! (LAUGHTER)
So, now, Shane, I have yellow- and red-coloured silks.
Can you please name one for me? Yellow.
Yellow? OK.
So, then, you can have the yellow one.
You can get out your phone and try and copy what I do.
So that leaves me with the red one.
Not now, sweetheart. Really busy. Gotta call you back. Bye.
(LAUGHTER)
Can everyone watch this?
SHANE: Oh...
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Nice try.
You can have your phone back. Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much. Oh, so good.
Look at her face!
OK.
And, David, we don't want to leave you out,
so as you can see, I have eight balloons here.
Can you please name one balloon?
Like, name a number from one to eight for me?
Seven. Seven?
Yep.
OK.
So, now, most people, they go with something easier, like three.
(LAUGHTER) Seven.
(LAUGHTER)
OK, so you didn't pick one, you didn't pick two.
You sure you don't want to pick three?
I'm sure.
You didn't pick four or five or six.
You picked seven? Yes.
OK.
Alright, now, everyone, don't blink.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(POP!)
Wow!
RICKI-LEE: Oh, my god!
How do you feel now? Still nervous.
(LAUGHTER) Yeah, OK.
You were fantastic. Thank you.
You really were. It was highly entertaining. So much fun.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I think you should be really, really proud of yourself.
You are charming. You're adorable, actually.
And you were born to do it
and you kept it really fresh and modern
and what was there not to love?
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
The nervous energy, so often it makes an audience nervous,
but for some reason, that's not the case with you and I don't know why.
You have kind of an innocence and a charm
that actually made it all enjoyable,
so, for that, I think it's mission accomplished for you.
Well done. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Well, I was just thinking that,
you know, so many of the famous magicians in the world
are men, aren't they? Yeah.
I mean, just traditionally, it's been a male thing,
so we need a new superstar female magician
and if you carry on like that, that may well be you, Magic Macy.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So let's vote.
It's a pleasure to give you your first yes!
Thank you so much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Oh, I'm saying yes.
Thank you.
SHANE: It's a yes from me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And it's a yes from me. Well done. Thank you.
('OOO LA LA' BY ROBBIE NEVILL PLAYS)
Thank you.
I'm so proud of you.
ALESHA: She actually got nice pictures as well of us.
Did she? Yeah, look.
MAN: Juggling is a bit silly.
It takes a lot of hard work to look this ridiculous.
I'm Gaku from Japan.
SHANE: Juggling drummer.
I'd like to impress David Walliams.
I hope he likes juggling.
I've always hated juggling.
Whoo!
I bet you're wondering why this blackboard's here, by the way.
Yeah.
I'm gonna ask you to give me a random word.
I'll go with 'antidisestablishmentarianism'.
ALESHA: No, you can't!
Shane!
(LAUGHS)
MAN: So this is a tribute to my mother and father
and the amazing love they had for each other.
MAN: Back in our country, we always train on the streets.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Whoo!
One of my favourite moments on Australia's Got Talent.
RICKI-LEE: That was amazing!
My name is Kurt. I'm 40 years old.
And I'm Yulia. I'm 34 years old.
We are professional bubble-ologists.
All the way from Adelaide, Australia.
We combine bubbles and theatre.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Guaranteed, no-one else in the world is doing an act like ours.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
ALESHA: Hello.
If we won $100,000, I'd buy her a ring.
YULIA: Yes. And get engaged.
Yes. And if we don't... She gets nothing.
(LAUGHS)
RICKI-LEE: Her body is bangin'!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (DYNAMIC MUSIC PLAYS)
How bizarre.
How many times a week do you go to the gym?
Six.
SHANE: I'm seven nights a week at Jim.
And, Jim, if you're watching, get the beers on, I'm coming home.
(LAUGHTER)
It was very bizarre but in a beautifully brilliant way.
I really enjoyed it. YULIA: Yes!
DAVID: Porno bubble people, you have four yeses.
Well done. Yay!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Bye. See you again.
MAN: We came from nothing.
Hip-hop dance changed our life.
If you have the right people with you, there's no impossible.
My name is Kent. My name is Mike.
My name is Ian.
ALL: And we are the Pinoy Hiphop.
# The bigger the boom, the bigger the bang... #
This crew is a real family.
# The bigger the boom, the bigger the bang... #
Originally, we're from the Philippines.
We've been together for almost 22 years.
# Hit it, hit it... #
If we didn't do dancing, most of the boys probably lives in the streets.
Most of them might be in jail.
Back in our country, we always train on the streets
and there would be street children that would sit there, watch us,
kids that would do some bad things like steal and stuff
and they'll call us, like, idols.
So what we will do, ask them, "Do you really want to be like us?
"You have to drop everything.
"If you're willing to do that, we can take you in,"
give them clothes, feed them, guiding them.
Winning a competition prize is just a bonus.
Inspiring young ones... Inspiring the kids...
..that's the real prize.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RICKI-LEE: Good luck. MAN: Let's go. Let's go. Whoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
So you brought your fan club with you today?
MAN: (LAUGHS) I guess so. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow!
Right. What's the name of this group, crew?
MAN: We are Pinoy Hiphop.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Pinoy.
Pinoy Hiphop, yeah. Pinoy Hiphop.
Where's the name come from?
'Pinoy' is a slang for Filipinos.
Fantastic. So I presume you're gonna dance today?
Yes, we are.
And this is the biggest stage you've performed on?
MEN: Yes. This is the biggest stage.
Yeah? (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Apart from winning Australia's Got Talent,
what's the ultimate goal for you guys?
We want to inspire young kids to use dance as their outlet
if they have troubles.
Use it and dance will change their lives.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I can feel the energy. All we can say is the best of luck.
We hope that this is an amazing moment for you guys.
We can feel how much it means to you. Go for it.
MEN: Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Ha!
# Pinoy Hiphop... # (LAUGHS)
MAN: You want to see loco?
(HIP-HOP SONG PLAYS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(CHEERING)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(HIP-HOP SONG PLAYS)
RICKI-LEE: Eh!
(HIP-HOP SONG CONTINUES)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# I'm a gangster... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Whoo!
# Open up the trunk Open up the trunk... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Here comes the bad side... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) (HIP-HOP SONG CONTINUES)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# Let's go! #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(HIP-HOP SONG CONTINUES)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
MAN: You want to see loco?
(HIP-HOP SONG ENDS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That was amazing.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You know what, I wish I could just bottle up all of that passion
I can feel pouring out of you guys.
Like, it's so inspiring, honestly.
You were an incredible force of energy, there's power in numbers.
Some things are hard to explain,
but you just know how it makes you feel and you made us feel alive.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SHANE: Man, what a performance. I could watch you do that all day.
That kind of stuff could have you, well, take out the $100,000, so...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you so much.
MAN: Thank you so much.
You make me feel so uncool, I have to say.
(LAUGHTER) But you were just awesome.
And I think what I'm realising, doing AGT,
is that everyone comes to the stage
and they talk about what their performance has done for their life.
And I guess it's just the arts in general -
it just feels as though we kind of need it.
So, thank you. Thanks so much. Thank you so much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) We all need to do it.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: It's wonderful to meet some fellow hip-hop dancers.
Um... (LAUGHTER)
It was, you know, one of my favourite moments on Australia's Got Talent
by far, actually.
I loved it. Thank you so much.
MAN: Thank you.
Yeah. Incredible, guys. Well, look, we still need to vote.
Shane? Oh, easy. It's a yes from me.
MEN: Thank you.
DAVID: Yo, yo, yo, it's a yo from me!
Eh-hey! Thank you so much.
KATE: It's a yes from me. Thank you.
And it's a yes, yes, yes from me! Thank you so much.
MAN: Thank you so much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) RICKI-LEE: Yeah!
Whoa!
(DANCERS CHEER) That was so good!
(DANCERS CHEER)
Hi, my name is Jamie and this is my dog Avery
and he's here to show off his talent today.
Hi, my name is David and this is my little mate Nipper.
Hi, I'm Anne. I'm 57.
I've got two gorgeous animals
and I just really wanted to showcase their very special talents.
ALESHA: What dog have you got, Kate? A cocker spaniel.
I've got golden cocker spaniels. Yeah.
She's so naughty, though. Oh, my goodness.
Is she?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Ah!
Have you been on a stage with Avery before?
Not in front of a crowd this big. (LAUGHS) OK.
Good luck, Avery.
(GENTLE GUITAR MELODY PLAYS) (HOWLS)
(BUZZ!)
Oh, no, you can't buzz Avery!
Did that go to plan? JAMIE: Not quite.
He looks like a pop star and he sounds like a pop star.
SHANE: Yeah. Thank you.
He's great. (APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Sorry it wasn't four yeses, Avery,
but someone here on the panel just hates animals.
It's alright. Thank you, guys.
(APPLAUSE)
Hi, everybody. This is my mate Nipper.
(CHIRPS)
And why do you call him Nipper?
When I first met him, he grabbed me by the nipple.
(LAUGHTER)
Did you enjoy it?
Well, let's just say it didn't hurt.
(LAUGHTER)
(HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS THEME PLAYS)
Come on.
Are you there? Come on.
Have you started, David? Is it starting?
(LAUGHTER)
It's weird 'cause parrots normally love basketball.
(LAUGHTER) Good boy!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Good boy. SHANE: There you go!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Are you ready, buddy? Get it!
Get it!
Come on, do it. You got it? (GASPS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) RICKI-LEE: Yeah!
I love your patience and relationship with Nipper.
I'm not sure where the act can go from here.
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Oh! That's OK.
The little trolley was so cute. But you didn't want the...
(CHIRPS) (IMITATES BIRD SINGING)
Oooh, could there be a dog here?
I have a feeling.
DAVID: Hello. Hello, everyone.
What's your name? My name is Fiona.
I'm from Sydney.
We do have a unique act for you today.
We have a talented dog-pig duo.
Oh, pig. Did she say pig? I'm your compere. Yes. A pig.
They belong to Anne. She's the owner and trainer.
And what's your relationship to all this, then?
I'm also a trainer that works with Anne.
OK. But Anne is here backstage? She is.
Right. She's ready to go.
Can you wave?
Yes. Good girl.
I've always had an interest in animal training
but probably in the last ten years, I've really got into it
as pretty much a full-time job.
I've never been more excited in my whole entire life.
(LAUGHS) What is happening here?
So we got Madam Coco the pig and Mr Banjo, he's a labrador.
Coco has, yeah, quite the personality.
She thinks she's the best at everything.
And then Banjo really is - and don't tell him I said this -
but the naughtiest dog I have ever had. (LAUGHS)
But I wouldn't change him for the world.
Hi, Banjo, with your big bowtie.
For today's performance,
we've actually only had four weeks to train
and I do feel a little bit nervous about going out and performing
in front of the judges.
I'll be definitely going home and having a champagne when I get home.
(LAUGHS) Win or lose. (LAUGHS)
DAVID: So, tell us what's gonna happen.
FIONA: A little dog versus pig.
If you've ever wondered, we'll see who has the most talent.
Well, you know what, it's always kept me awake at night,
thinking about that. The age-old question, right?
(APPLAUSE) I think my money's on Coco.
Can we meet the dog and the pig? Absolutely.
Let me introduce our contestants tonight.
We have the cheeky Mr Banjo, who's coming out with Jackie.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
And he's going to roll out the red carpet as a gentleman for his rival
and his competitor, Madam Coco.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Aw! (LAUGHS)
Let's see what you've got, Banjo.
Oh, Banjo!
OK, Coco, it's time to show us your hoop-jumping skills.
Coco, go. Go, Coco.
Or not. (LAUGHTER)
Let's see how they go with a face-off race down the tunnels.
Who do you think will be fastest?
Does this pig stand a chance?
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE)
Banjo by a whisker.
(BUZZ!)
She is keen to redeem herself...
with a little go at the soccer.
DAVID: Hang on, you can't do it FOR the pig.
Let's see the pig do it. No, she can't go...
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) Coco's attitude is my favourite.
(BUZZ!)
So who do you think has the most talent?
(BUZZ!) RICKI-LEE: What?
DAVID: Come on, Kate. Do the decent thing.
RICKI-LEE: We get four red buzzers, they have to stop their audition.
DAVID: Quickly. Quickly. Quickly.
(BUZZ!) AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Oh!
Oh, dear. Does the pig ever win?
I was wondering if the pig had ever done this before.
Yeah.
This might be the worst animal act I've ever seen on Got Talent.
(LAUGHTER)
SHANE: It's just a tiny no from me, but they all count as noes.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Shocking.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I just... I want to see how hard it is just to...
I thought something was going to happen.
I just want to... I kind of feel like the audience got cheated a bit.
WOMAN: Coco, come on. (LAUGHS) Come on.
(LAUGHTER) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm just gonna...
I just want you to know,
if the act worked, it was gonna be this exciting.
Oh...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Let's have a race through the tunnels.
Let's have a... Hold on, hold on.
Let's have a race through the tunnels.
I'm glad you chose that one because the pig went through that one.
Let's start at this end. SHANE: Alright.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS CLAP RHYTHMICALLY)
DAVID: OK?
SHANE: I don't know if I'll fit.
(LAUGHS)
DAVID: Right. Ready? SHANE: Yeah.
Three, two, one.
(APPLAUSE)
Go, Shane! Yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh...
Shane!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(LAUGHS)
SHANE: Oh... (LAUGHS)
RICKI-LEE: He looks like a sperm! (LAUGHS)
I've got a question.
Boys, boys, which one of you is the pig
and which one of you is the bitch?
(LAUGHTER)
MAN: I dedicate this show to my mum and dad.
They had an incredible, incredible love which lasted their whole life.
DAVID: What's your name? My name's John.
I've gotta be careful not to cry because it will ruin the act.
WOMAN: I'm auditioning for Australia's got talent
because I want to get out of my comfort zone.
SHANE: What are you gonna sing? Well, that's the thing.
I don't really know yet.
(MEN SING)
(GIRLS SING)
My name is Darren Percival. I'm 50 years old.
(CLICKS FINGERS)
I'm here today with what I think is going to be
the biggest choir that AGT has seen.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the judges react
when they first see the size of this choir.
(PEOPLE SING)
# One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Good luck, Darren.
Hello. DAVID: Hello.
How are you? I'm very well, thanks. How are you?
What's your name? My name is Darren Percival.
Darren Percival. And how old are you, Darren?
I turned 50 earlier this year.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) We're both 50.
Happy birthday.
So, what is it you're gonna do for us tonight?
I'm here with a very large choir.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Well, we can't see one. Where are they?
They're behind you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
OK.
Do these guys know they're gonna be a choir?
No. No.
(LAUGHS)
So you're gonna turn this, let's be honest, rabble...
(LAUGHTER) ..into a choir for us tonight?
Yes. Are you up for that?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Are we in choir too? Of course.
OK. Everyone in the room's in the choir.
Yeah, everyone. RICKI-LEE: I'm in!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) And Ricki-Lee.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
OK. One, two, three.
(HUMS BASS LINE TO 'STAND BY ME')
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS HUM ALONG)
DARREN: Singing together in a group, there's really nothing like it.
There's unity in community,
so when you sing together and when you're in a choir,
that's one of the things that you really get a sense of.
Keep singing that.
You know, that you're a part of something.
People over here.
I can't imagine a world without music.
# Oh-oh-oh... #
Sing it out!
I think once people start harmonising with other people,
that's when they really get to see the healing benefits of singing.
(AUDIENCE HUMS MELODY)
# When the night... # Yes!
# Has come... # (AUDIENCE MEMBERS HUM MELODY)
People start looking around and thinking, "Hey, we're doing this."
It's a big group of people singing together.
And for the first time. It's exhilarating.
Come on, audience.
# Oh, darling, darling # Stand by me
# Oh, stand by me
# Oh, stand Stand by me
# Stand by me
# Whenever you're in trouble Won't you stand by me?
# Why don't you stand by me? # (AUDIENCE MEMBERS CLAP ALONG)
# Stand by me Stand by me
# Oh, stand by me Whenever you're in trouble... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Whoo-hoo!
You know what, Darren,
you really brought a lovely energy to AGT today.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It's a yes from me.
SHANE: I'd like to be second on this list of yeses.
You've got two yeses.
No from me for David.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS GROAN AND LAUGH)
It's a yes for you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# You have four yeses! #
Oh!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my goodness!
RICKI-LEE: You did it! That was amazing!
They sang. They sang. They sang.
# Stand by me
# Oooh, stand by me Stand by me. #
I'm going to ask to move. Mmm?
I'm going to ask to move.
Hi, I'm... I'm a Grace?
Oh, my goodness.
Yeah, sorry, it's like the nervous jitters. (LAUGHS)
I'm Grace.
I'm a 19-year-old student from Melbourne
and I'm here to sing today.
I'm auditioning for Australia's Got Talent
because I want to get out of my comfort zone.
I've been hiding behind my phone in my bedroom
filming these little clips of music and writing songs for so long
and I'm ready to take that next step
and do it on stage for the first time.
Today, I'm gonna be singing an original song...
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) RICKI-LEE: Good luck.
..that I haven't written yet.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, my goodness.
SHANE: Hello. Welcome to Australia's Got Talent.
What's your name? I'm Grace Frost and...
You're Grace? Yes.
Grace. Welcome, Grace. Hi.
What are you here to do?
Well, I'm here to sing for you today.
Oh, fantastic. Yeah.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Fingers crossed it goes good.
What are you gonna sing?
Well, that's the thing. I don't really know yet.
You didn't think to prepare it before you got here?
(LAUGHS) The thing is, I'm a songwriter.
So I was wondering if you four beautiful people here in front of me
might be able to help me write a song.
I'd love to.
(LAUGHS) (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I bet you're wondering why this blackboard's here, by the way.
Yeah.
I'm gonna ask you to give me a random word,
any word of your choosing and I'm gonna write it up on chalkboard here
and then I'm gonna duck off stage for a little bit and come back
and hopefully have a song that includes all of those five words
and perform for you.
DAVID: And you're gonna come back this series, yeah?
I'm gonna come back tonight. This series?
Here. Yes. Wow.
Hopefully. Hopefully.
OK. Let's do it.
I'll grab my chalk. OK.
What word would you like to contribute?
Any word? Any word.
What would you like to contribute to my song?
'Orangutan'.
(LAUGHTER) Is it like that?
'Tang'? 'Tan'.
'Tan'. Oooh.
Can I pick the word 'love'? AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Aw!
I'm gonna say 'sanitiser'.
(LAUGHTER)
SHANE: I'll go with 'antidisestablishmentarianism'.
No, you can't!
RICKI-LEE: Shane!
(LAUGHTER)
Can I say 'motorcycle'? Yeah.
DAVID: Can we give you a bonus word? Of course. Can you, please?
Because there's a word that famously nothing rhymes with.
SHANE: It's 'orange', isn't it? Oh, no.
DAVID: And that's the word 'orange'. Yeah.
So can we have the word 'orange' in there as well?
Of course.
OK, so I've got 'orangutan', 'love',
'sanitiser', 'motorcycle' and 'orange'.
And I'm gonna nick off backstage now and I will return,
hopefully, fingers crossed,
with a song that includes all of these words,
so thank you so much... Good luck.
..for your contribution.
Hopefully I'll see you soon. It's a great idea.
Bye. See you next year.
(LAUGHTER)
I've gotta go. I've gotta go write this song.
RICKI-LEE: Yep. SHANE: And we never saw her again.
(LAUGHTER)
Up there. Just up those stairs.
The first three flights. Yep.
More talent.
(SHANE LAUGHS)
What's your name? Ian Gant.
Where are you from?
I'm from Adelaide, where a lot of talent has been sprinkled.
Fabulous. Right.
And you are part of those sprinkles? I've caught those sprinkles.
Gotcha.
# Well, I don't mean a thing All you've got to do is ring... #
Oh, I'm warm.
Oh, that was just the intro?
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Right.
# What do these melodies... #
(LAUGHTER) Oh...
I did it!
Well, you've had a lovely day out, haven't you?
You had a lovely day out. Yeah.
Well, I mean, what would you do next?
I mean, do it for four seconds? I mean, what would happen?
I don't understand.
But I'm sorry, it's a no today. Oh, good.
RICKI-LEE: How do you feel that went?
What? It was terrible.
DAVID: He's probably been doing that for about 50 years.
(LAUGHS)
('LIKE IT LIKE THAT' BY GUY SEBASTIAN PLAYS)
(BUZZ!)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) What?
What is wrong with you?
We're near the end.
Can I come out dancing with you? Sorry, no.
OK.
# Twist, twist The galaxy twist
# There's nothing... #
(BUZZ!)
(SONG ENDS) (APPLAUSE)
DAVID: I'm sorry, it's four noes.
At least the people in the costumes didn't have to show their faces.
Got any more crisps?
(LAUGHTER)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Hello, everyone. SHANE: Welcome back.
Thank you.
You've got our words and you've presumably put them into a song.
Hopefully.
So, before I begin, though, I just thought I should call an adjudicator
to make sure that I've definitely included
all of these words in this song,
so, Ricki-Lee, will you come join me on stage?
RICKI-LEE: I sure can. Alright!
SHANE: Yeah! RICKI-LEE: OK.
Alright. Shane, should I just take it away?
OK.
(STRUMS MIDTEMPO MELODY)
# See you when I'm catching my breath
# Your words just so stuck in my head
# Remember orange leaves in the wind... #
She said 'orange leaves'.
# So hold me like you did way back then
# I know you're swinging through your emotions like crazy
# How orangutans swing through the trees... #
'Orangutan'. RICKI-LEE: 'Orange' and...
# And I know you think it's so hard to trust me
# But trust this, I love you more than I've ever loved me
# See you when I'm catching my breath
# Your motorcycle paths where we went... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# At a cafe and you're here walking in
# So different to when we first met
# When masks and sanitiser kept us home
# And the only love I've known just left and broke
# And I see you when you're standing there all alone
# Wish I told you what I should've so long ago
# I see you when I'm catching my breath. #
There we go.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
I'm, like... I'm tearing up now. Oh...
It ended up being a really, really beautiful song, didn't it?
SHANE: It was just so much fun and well played
because we were all just waiting for our word to come out.
Yeah.
And it's very clever of you to do this.
I'm really appreciative that you got involved
and were willing to be part of it.
You are just so very sweet
and I found myself thinking you are way more talented
than this kind of act.
Well done. We loved it.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
DAVID: Yeah, it's a great trick, very original
and you turned out with a lovely, lovely song.
Just such a beautiful singer. Oh, thank you.
And you play so beautifully. And you can write songs.
I just sort of think, if you were to win,
I want you to come out with a song of your own
that's gonna really connect with all of us...
That's the dream. ..on an emotional level.
That's the dream.
Well, I'm sure you can do that
'cause if you can do that in half an hour...
Thank you.
..you can certainly, certainly do that.
But based on today, I thought it was fantastic.
So we're gonna vote. Thank you so much.
And let me kick this off with a yes! Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You are just lovely, Grace. It's a yes from me.
Thank you, Kate. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you.
It's a yes from me. Thanks, Alesha.
SHANE: You just got four yeses. Oh, my goodness!
(LAUGHS) Thank you so much!
Thank you so, so much.
Yeah!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
She's only 19. She's a bubba.
You got all emotional. I did.
Under the leg, under the leg.
MAN: Juggling is a bit silly.
It takes a lot of hard work to look this ridiculous.
I'd like to impress David Walliams. I hope he likes juggling.
I've always hated juggling.
I've always thought it was totally pointless
and I've never understood why anyone did it.
I don't know.
Some people love juggling, some people are like...
I'm Gaku from Japan.
I came to Australia to follow my dream.
I wanted to be a busker.
I love busking so much because so many people cheering me.
(PLAYS DRUMBEAT) Juggling drummer.
(BUZZ!)
Out of time or is that me? So out of time.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
We always say we're looking for something we've never seen before
and I've never seen someone juggling and drumming at the same time.
There may be a reason for that.
(LAUGHTER)
Drumming out of time's really hard to do, which you did at the start.
I really like your bowtie, but it's a no from me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
He was so sweet. DAVID: Yeah.
RICKI-LEE: Good luck.
My name is Jasper Fleur
and I'm a 17-year-old juggler from Penguin, Tasmania.
I want to show Australia that juggling is cool.
And what are you gonna be doing for us today?
I'm going to be doing some juggling. DAVID: Oh.
Lovely. Glad you asked.
(JUDGES LAUGH)
('GANJA' BY OOYY PLAYS)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm hoping that the judges will like my act, especially David.
That'll be the ultimate.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RICKI-LEE: Yay!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Well, I've got a confession to make, Jasper.
You know, my expectations were not high but I thought that was amazing.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I'm being honest, only because I don't like juggling.
I just always thought, "Oh, here we go.
"Here's one ball, here's two, three." But that was wonderful. Wonderful.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Jasper, it couldn't have gone any better. You have four yeses!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RICKI-LEE: Good luck! Thank you!
G'day, guys. Hello.
DAVID: Hello. Hello.
Welcome to Australia's Got Talent. Thank you. Thank you very much.
What's your name? My name's Michael.
What is it you're gonna do? I'm gonna juggle.
And I'm a kids' entertainer. So, how is it doing kids' parties?
Great. It's spoiled me for adults.
Like, I do adult parties and there's no cake afterwards,
there's no lollies... (LAUGHTER)
It's very disappointing.
So, my day job is I'm a kids' entertainer
at the Royal Darwin Hospital.
I get dressed up as a superhero and I do juggling, silly magic tricks,
whatever I need to do to make the kids laugh.
When I see a smile on their face, it makes my day.
I'm pretty excited to go and perform in front of the judges.
I would really like to impress David.
I'm a big fan of 'Little Britain'.
Yeah, I really hope he likes it.
Well, Michael, we're all rooting for you, so the stage is yours, sir.
Thank you very much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Here we go. Whoo!
Look at this.
When you're a juggler, people always have the same questions.
They're always, like, "Oh, you're a juggler.
"Do you juggle knives? Do you juggle chainsaws?
"What's the hardest things you do as a juggler?"
And I'm, like, "Mmm, support my family."
(LAUGHTER)
I taught myself to juggle in high school.
I got a book from the library
called 'Teach Yourself To Juggle... And Other Ways To Lose Friends'.
(LAUGHTER)
And then I bought a set of juggling balls for ten bucks
and after juggling for the last, mmm, 15 years,
I can honestly say I've almost paid that off...
(LAUGHTER) ..pretty well, you guys.
In case you're wondering, I make about what a teacher makes.
Now, you could take that two ways.
You could either be, like,
"Oooh, Michael's doing alright for himself"
or you could be, like, "Oooh, we need to pay teachers more."
(LAUGHTER)
Both is correct.
It is a weird thing to be good at, juggling, right?
Like, juggling, it won't make you rich or famous.
Like, who's the most successful juggler you know?
It's me, right?
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
It is a weird thing to be good at, right?
People have weird reactions.
Like, when you get good at, you know, something else,
like, I don't know, playing piano, people are, like, "How?"
You know, "How did you learn to play the piano?"
"How did you learn to speak Chinese?"
You know, you get good at juggling and people are, like, "Why?"
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
"What is the point of this?"
(LAUGHTER) Right?
I mean, I understand.
I've never used juggling in, like, an emergency situation.
(LAUGHTER)
You know, I've never been on a plane,
one of the engines cuts out... (IMITATES FAILING ENGINE)
Somebody's, like, "Quick, do something!"
I'm, like, "Whoo!"
(LAUGHTER) "Whoo! Whoo!"
He's, like, "What are you doing? We're all gonna die!"
I'm, like, "Yeah, but not from boredom."
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
After every show I do,
there's always someone who comes up to me afterwards and goes,
"Oooh, you can juggle three balls. Can you juggle four balls?"
And I'm, like, "Yes."
He's, like, "Can you juggle five balls?"
I'm, like, "Yes."
He's, like, "Can you juggle six balls?"
I'm, like, "No." He's, like, "Oh!"
(LAUGHTER) "Oh!"
When I meet that guy, I'm, like, "Do you have a wife?"
He's, like, "Yes." I'm, like, "Do you have two wives?"
He's, like, "No." I'm, like, "Ugh!"
(LAUGHTER)
So, tonight for you, ladies and gentlemen, I will juggle five balls.
(AUDIENCE MEMBERS GASP)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(DRUM ROLL)
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
That's it from me! Thank you so much!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Cheers, guys.
Whoo! Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you!
Whoo!
Oh, Michael...
My heart sunk when you said you were a juggler.
(LAUGHTER)
But how wrong I was
because that's one of the most brilliantly entertaining things
I've ever seen on Australia's Got Talent.
Fantastic! Oh, thank you!
Thank you so much. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Very funny.
You worked so hard on that routine, timing everything to perfection.
You didn't have one nice thing to say about juggling.
(LAUGHTER)
But did you see, you had the whole room eating out of your hand.
I just thought it was brilliant and you were brilliant
and it is most certainly one of the best acts I have seen so far.
Thank you. Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
This might actually be one of the best things I've ever seen
on Got Talent. (LAUGHS)
And I absolutely fell in love with it. And you.
This is absolutely outstanding. Thank you.
Honestly, I'm so impressed. Thank you so much. Thank you.
RICKI-LEE: Yeah!
SHANE: It was fantastic, mate. You are a pro.
Like, you're here on this stage
for a thing called Australia's Got Talent.
You have talent.
Thank you for bringing that to our stage.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you so much.
Thanks for having me. Cheers.
DAVID: But I'm sorry. It's a no.
No, I'm joking! (LAUGHTER)
I'm joking. It is, of course, a big fat yes!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
RICKI-LEE: Of course it is! Whoo-hoo!
And it's an easy, easy yes from me.
Oh, awesome.
I want to see more. It's a yes.
Yay!
I can't juggle five balls but I can give you four yeses!
Yeah!
Whoo!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you.
RICKI-LEE: Good job, Michael. Thank you. Oh, thank you.
Oh, my god! That was amazing!
DAVID: Talking and juggling and timing it so well as well
to make sure that, you know,
you're always hitting the right word on the right ball...
Yeah. ..oh, amazing.
MAN: Ever since I was a kid, I made art
and I was always very encouraged by my folks.
It's like a bit of a love story, actually.
Oh, beautiful. Yeah, dedicated to my mum and dad.
My father died about six years ago.
Mum's actually living with me. She's got Alzheimer's.
My show's a tribute to them.
Wow. I've never seen anything like that.
Everything's really quick. Yeah.
So I like my art to be something which forces people to slow down.
My name's John Thiering. I am 59 years old.
I live in Coffs Harbour and I'm a visual storyteller.
For living, I am an art teacher
and I work with kids with special needs in a high school.
I raised four kids.
My three oldest kids, I raised as a single father, actually.
Ever since I was a kid, I made art.
I drew pictures and I was always very encouraged by my folks,
so that's the tribute tonight.
My show's a tribute to them.
It's like a bit of a love story, actually.
Oh, beautiful. Yeah, dedicated to me mum and dad.
My father died about six years ago.
Mum's actually living with me. She's got Alzheimer's.
They had an incredible, incredible love which lasted their whole life.
I used to ring Dad up sometimes and say, "Hi, Dad. How you going?"
He'd say, "I'm fantastic, son.
"I woke up this morning
"and there beside me on the pillow was an angel."
Getting a little bit emotional thinking about it, actually.
Oooh. Got it. Alright.
Get out there and enjoy it, alright? Thank you.
I've gotta be careful not to cry because it'll ruin the act.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
DAVID: Hello. Hello. How you going?
Welcome.
Thank you for welcoming me.
Great to be here. Hi, everyone. Great to be here.
How are you? Good, thank you. Very good.
What's your name? My name's John.
How old are you, John? 59 years old.
So, John, do you have a day job?
I work in a high school
teaching children with special needs, actually.
Good for you. I'm an art teacher.
So, what inspired your performance today?
I dedicate this show to my mum and dad.
Dad died about six years ago
and Mum, who is 89 years old and has got Alzheimer's and...
So, this is a dedication or a tribute to my mother and father
and the amazing love they had for each other.
OK, John. Take it away.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
(GENTLE GUITAR MELODY PLAYS)
# When the rain is blowing in your face
# And the whole world is on your case
# I could offer you a warm embrace
# To make you feel my love
# When evening shadows and the stars appear
# And there is no-one there to dry your tears
# I could hold you for a million years
# To make you feel my love
# I know you haven't made your mind up yet
# But I will never do you wrong
# I've known it from the moment that we met
# No doubt in my mind where you belong
# I'd go hungry I'd go black and blue
# I'd go crawling down the avenue
# Oh, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
# To make you feel my love... #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
# The storms are raging on the rolling sea
# And on the highway of regret
# The winds of change are blowing wild and free
# You ain't seen nothing like me yet
# I could make you happy Make your dreams come true... #
(APPLAUSE) SHANE: You can see their faces.
# Nothing that I wouldn't do
# Go to the ends of the Earth for you
# To make you feel my love
# To make you feel my love. #
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Wow. I've never seen anything like that.
So beautiful.
Thank you very much.
DAVID: Well done, John.
That was really, really beautiful. Thanks.
So, I mean, the name of that is sand painting, right, isn't it?
Yes. Sand painting.
I prefer to call it sand art
because painting suggests that it's glued down like paint,
whereas the thing about this which is beautiful is that it's ephemeral,
it's always changing and it's not stuck.
It was really beautiful. Really emotional.
Thank you very much.
I couldn't think of a better tribute than that to your mum and dad.
Thanks a lot.
And I do hope your mum gets to enjoy it.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Oh, John, that was just so lovely.
I was mesmerised. We were glued.
I mean, the sand may not have been but we were absolutely glued.
Thank you for sharing that talent. Thanks very much.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I think by getting to know you and hearing your story, you know,
when we were watching, it was just so touching
and I was thinking about your parents.
I've never even met them, but yet there I am,
looking at that piece of art and thinking about what you said,
you know, that dedication to their love
and I just thought it was so special.
There's something very likeable and winning about you, John.
Thank you.
And we've just met but I feel like we've had this connection with you,
which is wonderful and that's what it's all about.
That's what art does. Exactly.
And the thing for me is that, you know, art is about feeling...
Yes. Exactly.
That's what I want my art to be about.
Well, I felt it.
And I wanted to connect with as many people as possible.
If it's doing that, then I've succeeded, you know.
You have succeeded. Thanks very much.
Thank you. Shane?
SHANE: John, none of us left our seat
but I feel like I've been on a journey with you.
The fact that, I mean, you know where the painting's gonna end up
but we didn't know until the end and that magical moment
and I heard sighs all around me...
Well, mate, your mum's memory may be fading
but we will all remember her now.
Alright. Thank you very much, Shane.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) OK. DAVID: OK.
So, the moment of truth, John,
because now we have to vote.
Yes.
It is a great pleasure to give you a yes.
Thank you.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
I want to see more from you, John. It's a yes from me.
Thanks, Kate. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
Love is in the detail. It's a yes from me.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
SHANE: We all want to spend more time with you, John.
It's a yes from me as well. You've got four yeses.
Thank you very much. Thanks a lot. RICKI-LEE: Four yeses! Yes, John!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
It was amazing because he had the story as well as the talent.
It was incredible, wasn't it? Exactly.
It just was a perfect marriage.
RICKI-LEE: I was tearing up. Oh, thanks, darling.
That was beautiful. Thank you so much. That was amazing to watch.