America's Got Talent (2006–…): Season 13, Episode 19 - Live Semifinals 1 - full transcript

Simon: As you're

walking out onto that stage,
think three minutes and it will

Simon: Astonishingly good.
Where you been?

Heidi: How good are you?
Simon: I loved it.

Mel: You killed it!
Heidi: Yes!

Tyra: Are you ready?
Heidi: Go straight to the

semifinals!

Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.

Simon: This is one of the
best live performances I have

ever seen on an "America's got
talent"!

Announcer: Live from
Hollywood, it's "America's got



talent."
the semifinals.

Here's your host, Tyra banks.
[ Cheers and applause ]

Tyra: What's up everybody,
this is "agt" and this is the

first semifinals!
Yeah, the competition just got

tougher.
And everybody's got to raise

their game again, because the
prize tonight is a place in the

finals.
That means that there is more

pressure, more nerves, more
everything.

11 acts are going to be taking
this stage tonight, baby, but

only five of them will survive.
But there are four people

already guaranteed a place at
the finals.

Give it up for your "agt"
judges, Howie mandel, Mel b,

Heidi Klum, Simon Cowell.
Now following the American

dreams can be pretty tough
sometimes as the parents of Mel



b's parents will tell you.
She is Amanda mena.

Amanda --

I know you gonna do very
great tonight.

I hope so.
[ Cheers and applause ]

♪♪ It might seem crazy
what I'm 'bout to say ♪♪

♪♪ sunshine she's here
she can take a break ♪♪

♪♪ hot air balloon I can go to
space ♪♪

♪♪ with the air like I don't care
baby by the way ♪♪

♪♪ huh, because I'm happy ♪♪
♪♪ clap along if you feel

like a room
without a roof ♪♪

♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪
♪♪ clap along if you feel

like happiness is
the truth ♪♪

♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪
♪♪ clap along if you know

what happiness is to you ♪♪
♪♪ clap along if you feel

like that's what you wanna do ♪♪
♪♪ here come bad news

talking this and that ♪♪
♪♪ yeah ♪♪

♪♪ well, give me all you got
and don't hold it back ♪♪

♪♪ yeah ♪♪
♪♪ clap along ♪♪

♪♪ well, I should probably
warn you I'll be

just fine ♪♪
♪♪ clap along ♪♪

♪♪ no offense to you
don't waste your time ♪♪

♪♪ here's why ♪♪
♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪

♪♪ clap along if you feel
like a room

without a roof ♪♪
♪♪ because I'm happy

clap along ♪♪
♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪

♪♪ clap along if you feel
like a room

without a roof ♪♪
♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪

♪♪ clap along if you feel
like happiness is

the truth ♪♪
♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪

♪♪ clap along if you know
what happiness is

to you ♪♪
♪♪ clap along if you feel

like that's what
you wanna do ♪♪

♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪
♪♪ clap along clap clap along ♪♪

♪♪ because I'm happy ♪♪
Tyra: All right.

Come over here, baby girl.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Mel b, who's your baby girl?
Mel: Amanda, I just adore

you.
You are my golden uz buzzer you

made it to the semifinals.
Well done well done well done.

You are here in the house.
Now I'm not going to, you

know -- it was a very brave
choice but I love you and you

killed it and I want everyone to
vote for my golden buzzer.

Well done.
Tyra: Heidi.

Heidi: You just seem so
sophisticated for your age.

What I mean by that, I mean,
your voice, your presence on the

stage, the confidence that you
have.

I love what you did to the song.
To me this was your best

performance yet.
It really was.

Well done Amanda.
Tyra: Simon?

Simon: What you want to do in
life is you want to become a pop

star, right?
So it's not bad to say, going

forward, you've made it so far
to the semifinals on "America's

got talent" that is a massive
achievement, trust me.

And with you, I think this
performance this time was better

than your first time.
You had more confidence, I like

you, you're a really sweet
person.

And I think people are going to
get behind you.

Well done.
Thank you.

Tyra: Howie?
Howie: I think more

importantly when we look at the
package before how you had the

tough start and it made you
tougher, that's what brought you

to the level you're able to
perform to now.

You have to be proud of
yourself.

Less than half of the people are
going through.

Great start of the night, good
luck young lady.

Tyra: So many young kids that
are watching rights now are

bullied at school, what do you
want to tell them?

You're special.
Don't listen to what anything

else says about you.
You can do anything if you just

believe in yourself and have
your family behind you.

You guys can get through it.
It does get better.

Tyra: It does.
Yes.

Voting starts now.
You can call, you can get online

or use the "agt" app, and
remember, you can also vote

using your xfinity x1 voice
remote.

Voting will be open until
7:00 am eastern tomorrow

morning.
Announcer: Coming up --

Heidi: Oh, yes.
Simon: I get that.

I get what you've done.
You're a really special guy.

They smoke a pack a day they
Tyra: Oh, the online chatter

about tonight's show is already
off the charts.

Everybody has an opinion about
everything.

Which judges do you agree with
the most and what do you think

about this dress that I have on?
[Applause].

Tyra: Follow us on Twitter or
Instagram.

They like it I on the one hand
if you do.

The judges give a lot of
advice.

Here's a dance crew that
listened and made changes.

Let's see if those changes
worked.

Frs here's junior new system.

When we put our heels on,
everything changes, our

attitudes, it makes us feel
fierce.

We feel so powerful, and we
transform into junior new

systems.
It's like we become divas.

And doing stunts and dancing
with heels --

the last performance on the
first live show almost wasn't

enough.
That first half without the

heels is not as exciting.
And then being in the second

phase, it's hard for us because
we failed, like it's the end.

Junior new system.
We were very, very happy.

We were all crying.
Because we are one step closer

to our dream.
Now for the semifinals we want

to step up our game.
We will do stunts in heels that

we've never done before.
We are rehearsing eight hours a

day.
We're going to embrace what

makes us unique.
And we will keep on fighting.

We never thought we'd have an
opportunity like this.

So we are risking everything to
be in the finals.

Because this could change our
lives forever.

[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪♪

♪♪ you have your boots on ♪♪
♪♪ you better work work ♪♪ ♪♪

♪♪ you're gonna work work ♪♪
♪♪ I'll tell you how to

graduate ♪♪
♪♪ in the lot toe we dipping ♪♪

♪♪ it's dripping on wood ♪♪
♪♪ and the Internet could go ♪♪

♪♪ to be good to you you need a
bad girl to blow your mind ♪♪

♪♪ bang bang into the room ♪♪
♪♪ you know you want it ♪♪

♪♪ bang bang all over you ♪♪
♪♪ wait a minute let me take you

there ♪♪
♪♪ wait a minute ♪♪

♪♪ we'll make you lose control ♪♪
♪♪ we'll make you lose control ♪♪

♪♪ what about you makes me lose
control ♪♪

♪♪ you make me lose control ♪♪ ♪♪♪♪
♪♪ kick somebody by the way ♪♪

♪♪ throwing on a face like ♪♪
♪♪ kick somebody ♪♪

♪♪
♪♪ hypnotic, robotic ♪♪

♪♪ work it work it ♪♪
♪♪ work work work it ♪♪♪♪

♪♪♪♪
♪♪♪♪

♪♪ work work work it ♪♪
Tyra: Oh my goodness.

Oh my goodness!
Mel b?

Mel b?
What?

What?
Everybody say what.

Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh.

Mel?
Mel: This has to be by far,

100% your best performance ever!
Thank you!

Tyra: Simon.
Simon: I'm with Mel.

That's what we call a semifinal
performance.

Tyra: Heidi?
Heidi: I mean, please someone

call the bomb squad because this
was explosive!

I got to tell you guys
something.

You guys are absolutely insane
and you create so many wild

moments, so many times I sit
here and go wow.

Mel: I can't breathe.
Heidi: I go that hurts, you

flipping back wards, landing on
your head without hands.

I've never seen this before.
Simon: Amazing.

Tyra: Howie?
Howie: How exciting is it

when you see what listening to
me does for you?

I said start with the heels, you
started with the heels even

before we saw you it was
spectacular.

I know what I'm talking about.
I am fantastic!

Tyra: And every woman at home
can relate that when those heels

start hurting you take them off
and you throw them.

How are you feeling right now?
We're not nervous anymore,

but we are excited!
Tyra: Good luck, good luck.

The finals are in two weeks!
If you want these guys to be

fighting to win, you gotta vote!
Get online at nbc. Com or use the

official "America's got talent"
app.

You can download that from the
app store or Google play.

All right.
Now still to come, we have got a

mind-blowing magician, very
sexy.

And backstage, a singing duo is
ready to face the toughest

challenge of their lives.
They are up next!

Tyra: All right, listen up.
Because tomorrow night's result

show is going to be hard-core
intense.

We're going to reveal the five
acts your votes put through to

the finals but six will be going
home.

It's going to be tough, it's
going to be brutal.

It's going to be some must see
TV and it all starts at 8/7

central tomorrow.
All right.

Here's a couple who are having
the time of their lives right

now, and they want to remember
every second of it.

It's us the duo.
Two kids from far away.

I never would have known I'd
look into your eyes one day.

I still get lost inside your
eyes, from the day we met, they

get me every time.
Soon it won't be us.

It'll be us three.
I hope I'll see you when she

looks at me.
♪♪ and since we said I do ♪♪

♪♪ your eyes still carry me
away ♪♪

♪♪ when I look down at my baby
girl I hope her eyes are still

the same ♪♪
♪♪ we hope she has her mama's

smile ♪♪
♪♪ how she's beautiful like you ♪♪

♪♪ 'cause if she's anything like
her mama I'll fall in love with

her just like I did with you ♪♪
♪♪ from the first day we were on

that stage she was always there
every step of the way ♪♪

♪♪ now you've got your dreams to
raise a baby girl ♪♪

♪♪ to sing to ♪♪

♪♪ Mom said don't worry that I'll
figure it out ♪♪

♪♪ easier said than done ♪♪
♪♪ maybe I'll just run away ♪♪

♪♪ 'cause if I did ♪♪
♪♪ and if I leave ♪♪

♪♪ who am I kidding it don't
matter where I go ♪♪

♪♪ I'm still broke ♪♪
♪♪ I'm still broke ♪♪

♪♪ pieces of paper rule my life
somehow ♪♪

♪♪ save some for later ♪♪
♪♪ boy I need it now ♪♪

♪♪ easier said than save ♪♪
♪♪ now I got nothing to my name ♪♪

♪♪ 'cause if I did these bills
might get paid ♪♪

♪♪ and if I leave this town
what's left we'll find out ♪♪

♪♪ who am I kidding, it don't
matter where I go ♪♪

♪♪ money rules the world but I'm
still broke ♪♪

♪♪ I'm still broke ♪♪
♪♪ oh ♪♪

♪♪ I'm still broke ♪♪
♪♪ oh ♪♪

♪♪ I'm still broke ♪♪
♪♪ Howie's got bills to pay and

Mel b's got bills to pay and
Heidi's got bills to pay and

Simon's got bills to pay ♪♪
♪♪ we all got bills to pay ♪♪

♪♪ if I leave these bills won't
go ♪♪

♪♪ if I leave those collectors
will find out ♪♪

♪♪ who am I kidding, we've got
love worth more than gold ♪♪

♪♪ money rules the world ♪♪
♪♪ money rules the world ♪♪

♪♪ money rules the world but
we've still got us ♪♪

Tyra: All right.
Come on down here mama and papa.

Simon?
Simon: Yes, we all have bills

to pay, that's true.
Guys, you are probably the

nicest, sweetest people we've
ever had on any of these shows.

There's nothing to dislike about
you.

I guess you never argue?
Everything -- it was like an egg

commercial I watched where
everyone was happy eating eggs,

whatever.
However, I didn't love the song

tonight, though, guys.
I'm going to be honest with you.

I think it was more of a
background noise compared to

what you did before.
I hope America get behind you so

you can come back into the
finals and show us what you're

capable of because you are great
people.

Thank you.
Tyra: Heidi?

Heidi: You know I love you
guys, and you do sing so

beautifully together.
But I agree with Simon, it was

also not one of my favorite
songs but let's see what America

thinks.
Tyra: Howie?

Howie: You're stuck with the
dynamics before you you had the

dancers and they went crazy, and
you have to rise to that, and I

don't know if singing a song
about paying bills rises to that

occasion.
But we love you.

I spoke to you about originals,
it was a nice originals.

Tyra: What about can you pay
my bills?

Can you pay my bills?
Maybe baby we can chill.

Howie: Tyra, you're moving to
the next round.

Mel: You guys have your own
unique sound.

I want to turn on the radio and
go that's them.

Because you are original.
I hope America votes for you.

Tyra: They're loving you, not
liking the song.

Howie gave the biggest hint sing
something that exists.

Mel: I like the song.
They have the sound.

Simon: You said that.
Tyra: Are you going to listen

to Mel b?
Or Simon, Howie and Heidi?

Who are regoing to listen to?
All of them.

Tyra: Good luck tonight.
A spot in the finals is at stake

here!
Only five can go through, so get

voting.
You can vote up to ten times for

each act with each of the voting
methods.

Still to come, an act that
Tyra: All right.

So there's over 70 members and
nobody in the world knows them

better than their director.
They're voices of hope

children's choir.
I don't have children, but

this choir has my entire heart.
I love them, I know them.

Through the years I've watched
these children grow.

I hope what they struggle with.
Go.

Can you do it.
I know where their strengths

lie.
You can do it.

I see them reach for their
goals.

Yes.
I see them for who they are.

You can hold that.
There's a lot of personality

in our choir.
And I get to watch them just

shine.
They're young and they are so

open hearted.
It's their expression and their

connection that they're really
connecting with people all

across America.
We never imagined we'd make

it to the semifinals but here we
are.

The further we go there's more
of a fight in the kids to stay.

Simon: That was the best
you've done so far.

If we won, it would just be
amazing.

♪♪ Something has changed
within me

something is not the same ♪♪
♪♪ I'm through with

playing by the rules of
someone else's game ♪♪

♪♪ too late for
second-guessing ♪♪

♪♪ too late to
go back to sleep ♪♪

♪♪ it's time to trust
my instincts

close my eyes and leap ♪♪
♪♪ it's time to try

defying gravity ♪♪
♪♪ I think I'll try

defying gravity ♪♪
♪♪ kiss me goodbye

I'm defying gravity ♪♪
♪♪ and you won't

bring me down ♪♪
♪♪ so if you can't find me ♪♪

♪♪ just look to the sky
♪♪♪♪

Everyone deserves a chance to
fly ♪♪

♪♪ at least I'm flying solo ♪♪
♪♪ at least I'm flying free ♪♪

♪♪ take a message for me.
♪♪ I think I'll try defying

gravity ♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]

Tyra: All right.
Well, well, well.

Heidi?
Heidi?

Howie?
Howie: You know, it's -- in

this time that we live in now we
look for these moments that are

so uplifting and aspirational.
That's what the sound and the

look and who you people are, you
just make us feel good, and I

think this room will agree with
me and America will agree with

me.
Thank you.

Tyra: The room is so loud.
I called Heidi's name and I

thought you were speaking.
Heidi: No.

I thought it was wicked,
literally.

I'm not a comedian but I had to.
You put so much joy on the

stage.
You're my happy place.

I think you're everyone's happy
place.

Well done.
Tyra: Mel be?

Mel: I have to say at the
beginning of the song I thought

the timing was off.
I'm just giving constructive

criticism.
You do bring joy and make me

feel warm and fuzzy.
Stop it!

I liked it.
The timing.

The room was so loud so we
had a hard time at the very

beginning.
But they're such pros they got

right on it right away.
Tyra: Simon?

Simon: It doesn't matter.
None of this matters.

What matters is who you are,
what we just heard.

This is exactly the kind of act
I love seeing do well on

"America's got talent"
genuinely.

Actually, you are so far my
favorite act of the night.

America, please vote so they can
get into the final.

I've loved every performance
from you.

I love you.
These guys are amazing.

Tyra: So a room being too
loud is high class problems.

There's screaming and yelling,
you're singing and can't hear

yourself.
That's the best to have is a

live audience that appreciates
what you're doing.

We love you so much thank you.
Tyra: Good luck.

Good luck.
Do you want to see the kids in

the finals?
Then you have to vote.

If you wanna use the official
"America's got talent" app,

go for it.
Download it from the app store

or Google play.
Coming up we have the funniest

new comedian, yep it's Samuel
come

comroe, yes, he sounds like
that.

And after
Tyra: Up next is an

incredible close-up magician,
but his life-story could have

been so different.
Here's shin lim.

I love magic so much.
Having my own show, that has

always been my dream.
It's something that a few years

ago I never thought it was
possible.

I was working on an illusion
with a blade and it slipped, and

completely severed two of my
thumb tendons.

I tried to move my thumb, but
then I couldn't.

That's when I knew I was in big
trouble.

The doctors told me that I won't
be able to hold a deck of cards

again.
I knew I couldn't let that

happen.
You know, I realized how much

magic meant to me and how
passionate I was about magic and

that I would not let anything
get in the way of me performing.

Over the months of physical
therapy, I would try to push my

thumb to move a millimeter.
I didn't think about any of the

pain, I just went right through
it.

Having come so close to losing
my magic forever, it means even

more to me now that I get to
share it here.

"America's got talent" has got
me closer to my dream than I

ever could have imagined.
But now I realize that my future

isn't in my hands anymore.
It's in America's.

Ladies.
Heidi: Hello.

Hello.
That's for later.

Heidi?
Heidi: Yes?

Take one of these cards.
All right.

Show it to them.
I'll have the card.

Can you open the marker?
Write your name right over

there.
That's your name?

Heidi: Yes.

Watch the marker.

[ Cheers and applause ]
That's your card, right?

Oh, yeah, nothing up my sleeve.
I'll roll them up.

[ Cheers and applause ]
Heidi, that's your card?

Now it's your turn.
Tyra: My turn?

Yeah.
Take one of these cards and show

it to the camera.
I'll have the card.

Go ahead and open the marker.
Write your name down there.

Show it to the camera.
Very good.

Tyra: I'm nervous.

Tyra: Where'd they go?
Where'd they go?

Tyra: What just happened?

Tyra: What?
Heidi: No!

Tyra: What?
Heidi: No!

Tyra: What?

Heidi: No!

Tyra: What!

Tyra: What the heck!
What the heck!

What the heck!
Okay.

Mind's blown.
Simon, you look like they saw a

ghost.
Simon: For anyone that says

they don't believe in magic,
hello.

That wasn't a trick because you
girls were sitting there with

him, we were watching things go
from your bum to your mouth.

I mean, it was actually
incredible.

I tell you why you were better
this time around.

Is that your whole presentation
was better.

From your intro, the music was
better, dramatic, eerie.

What you do yourself is
sensational.

You look like a star.
Thank you.

Tyra: Howie.
Howie: You need to be in the

finals.
The whole time you're up there

it's like how does he do it with
the cards, with the marker.

How does he do that with his
hair?

We don't know.
Tyra: Howie, I want you to do

it how he does it.
Howie: How can I?

I can't.
I know he has a look and

everything.
You are truly amazing.

You are on top of your game.
You tube can't be wrong.

I've been watching you on you
tube.

You are the most amazing close
up magician I've seen.

You have to be in the finals.
Tyra: Do you see the sexy

thing we see.
Mel: This hair thing, I don't

know if it was sexy but very
mysterious.

You had me at the word go.
I was trying to figure it out,

are my eyes seeing what I'm
seeing?

Yes, I witnessed true, classy,
mysterious magic and I loved it.

Thank you so much.
Tyra: Heidi?

Heidi: First of all I want to
thank you for picking me so I

can see it super upclose.
It was absolutely insane.

I really feel you will be like a
household name like David

Copperfield or Houdini.
Shin lim I can see it.

Thank you.
Tyra: So they're not only

reacting to your magic.
They're reacting to your stage

presence.
And Heidi put your name in the

same sentence as Houdini, how
does that feel?

I can't even words db I can't
even speak right now.

Thank you.
I would never have imagined my

name amongst those great ma
magicians

magicians.
Tyra: You'll be the next sexy

one.
Ok, people, get busy!

You can vote online at nbc. Com,
you can use the official

"America's got talent" app, and
you can vote using your xfinity

x1 voice remote.
However you do it, I don't care,

just get those votes in!
Announcer: Coming up.

Heidi: Only 15 years old.
I'm so proud of you!

Howie: The ingenuity is off
the

okay, here is a singer who
is loving every minute of her

musical journey.
She's Heidi's golden buzzer.

It's Makayla Phillips.
It's amazing to know the

dream you had since you were a
baby is coming true.

I always would sing in my room
and my parents would be like, go

to bed.
Why are you still singing?

Ever since I first auditioned
for "America's got talent" it's

been a roller coaster for sure.
I got the golden buzzer and I

was like, very cool.
We're very proud of you,

baby.
My mom has been here for me

through thick and thin.
She was there my first time and

she was there when I needed the
save.

Makayla Phillips.
Just because you're golden

buzzer doesn't mean anything.
You have to work just as hard as

everyone else.
And I'm more than ready to do

that.
Makayla Phillips!

In my next performance I want
people to connect to the song

I'm singing just as much as I
connect to it.

It's okay to be down in the
dumps for a little bit and

reflect on things that happened
and look back on it.

Where I want to go in the future
is to hopefully win this show.

That would be pretty cool.
I want to make my family proud

and I want to look at them and
be like, I did it.

And then be like, you saw.

♪♪ I stare at my reflection in
the mirror ♪♪

♪♪ "why am I doing this to
myself?" ♪♪

♪♪ losing my mind on a tiny
error ♪♪

♪♪ I nearly left the real me on
the shelf ♪♪

♪♪ no, no, no, no, no ♪♪
♪♪ don't lose who you are in the

blur of the star ♪♪
♪♪ singing is deceiving dreaming

is believing it's okay not to be
okay ♪♪

♪♪ sometimes it's hard to follow
your heart ♪♪

♪♪ but tears don't mean you're
losing ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪ just be true to who you
are ♪♪

♪♪ just go and leave me alone ♪♪
♪♪ real talk, real life good

love, goodnight ♪♪
♪♪ with a smile that's my home ♪♪

♪♪ don't lose who you are in the
blur of the stars ♪♪

♪♪ seeing is deceiving dreaming
is believing it's okay not to be

okay ♪♪
♪♪ sometimes it's hard to follow

your heart ♪♪
♪♪ but tears don't mean you're

losing ♪♪
♪♪ everybody's bruising ♪♪

♪♪ just be true to who you are ♪♪
♪♪ tears

don't mean you're losing
everybody's bruising ♪♪

♪♪ just be true to who you are ♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]

Tyra: Whoa.
Beautiful.

Beautiful.
Heidi, this is your baby girl.

What are you thinking, Heidi?
Heidi: I believe in you so

much.
I remember when I saw you for

the very first time and I said
you have the total package.

You do have the total package,
you have the pizazz,

personality, you have the looks,
the most beautiful voice.

You just need one more thing,
and that is America's votes.

America, please vote for my
golden buzzer.

She's so amazing she deserves to
be here.

Good luck.

Tyra: Simon.
Simon: You got guts.

You came back where you were a
week or so ago.

The song was a really smart
choice.

It's one of those songs people
really do connect to and I can

tell you relate to that song.
If I have some criticism, it was

overproduced toward the end
where we lost your vocal a

little bit there.
This is a tricky one.

This is a tough, tough
semifinals tonight.

But out of all the performances
I've heard from you, this is the

best one yet.
Tyra: Howie.

Howie: I agree with what
everyone is saying, this is your

best performance yet.
You're an amazing singer.

I have to say you're on
"America's got talent," there's

so much more than just singing.
If you're going to be a singer

you have to blow the roof off
the place.

Heidi: She just did!
Howie: I don't think she did.

I think she did an amazing job.
I don't think she blew the roof

off.
But it's not up to me.

It's up to America.
Heidi: Boo, Howie.

Tyra: Howie, give her some
constructive criticism.

Do you mean her voice or stage
presence?

Howie: I mean everything.
It's hard for singer on

"America's got talent."
Tyra: Mel b.

Mel: I understand what you're
saying but I disagree 100%.

She just killed it.
Yes, it was a little

overproduced but your voice just
shined brightly.

Like the star that you are.
Howie: Compared to everything

you saw?
Tyra: Good luck to you.

If you want Makayla to be in
finals, you have to vote.

Use each voting method.
Don't just vote once and go to

bed, these acts are relying on
you.

Up next, front pictures are
coming up, and super funny

comedian Samuel j. Comroe
getting ready for his shot at

the finals.
You know you don't want to miss

that.

Tyra: In the semifinals, the
judges get to bring back one act

that did not make it through,
but which they think deserves a

second shot.
So here is their wild card act,

front pictures.
After our last performance,

we were sent home.
Front picture.

We were disappointed because
we really want to continue to go

to the finals.
When we found out that we are

invited back as a wild card, it
was like, wow.

And now I'd like to say
something from my heart.

Space was my inspiration.
My fascination about space

started in childhood.
When I was a little kid, I had a

telescope at home and I could
look at the stars just right

from my window.
I dreamed to be an astronaut.

It was time of space race and
astronauts, they were heroes.

Even now when I look up at the
sky, I still have this feeling

that impossible is possible.
Tonight I want to create the

feeling of stepping out to
space.

Now, as a wild card, I feel a
huge responsibility to show

something that nobody else did
before.

I want America to feel the same
sense of wonder that I felt as a

child.
What could be more marvelous?

[ Buzzer ]

This is Houston.
We are coming.

[ Cheers and applause ]
Tyra: Got Mel outn her feet.

Mel is on her feet.
Howie?

Howie: Me?
Mel: That's your name.

Howie: It is my name.
I have to say what what you do

technically is amazing.
And I don't know how it's done.

Nobody is experiencing what I'm
experiencing sitting here

watching it beside Mel because
it's a whole new -- what is that

she says?
Mel: I got it right.

It was a jelly fish.
Howie: It was.

And she goes why are there jelly
fish in space?

I go I don't know.
Mel: Because it was under

water now.
Howie: I don't know if people

at home, had the narration.
There's no closed captioning for

Mel b.
Mel: I got it, how did you

not get it.
Howie: I'm just confused.

But it was beautiful.
Tyra: Why did you do the x?

Simon: I didn't realize
whether we were in space or

underwater.
So I'm finding it really

confusing.
Then I hated the music.

Then it reminds me of these
things I put on me when I'm in

dentist.
You look up and put this mask on

you.
Tyra: It's a real art, where

it's like weird stuff happening,
you know.

Mel b?
Mel: I thought it was kind of

breathtaking in a way because my
chair was like buzzing and I

felt as though I was right there
with you.

I thought it was very clever and
very, very interesting.

Howie: She didn't understand
a thing.

Mel: I did!
I loved it.

Heidi: I liked it, too,
because you guys create like

this magical world for us, and I
do really appreciate that.

I don't think people realize how
much work you have to do prior

to on being here today and doing
the graphics and then do the

choreography to --
Howie: There are no fish in

space.
Mel: You don't know that.

Tyra: All right.
The judges are confused.

I hope you are not confused.
To help you out, I'm going to

give you a quick heads up.
If you're calling, voting is

toll free from landlines, but we
always say it and some of you

still get it wrong.
The numbers start with

866 numbers, not 800 numbers, so
please dial carefully, because

if you don't, you might be
ordering a pizza by mistake with

jelly fish on it.
Coming up we have duo transcend

Tyra: This next couple pushes
themselves to the limits of

danger, but they do it for the
best reason ever.

Here's duo transcend.
We live in salt lake city

with our son Jax.
Jax is 2 years old and he

loves watching us perform and
practice.

Do you want to go down the
slide?

Done be scared.
When we went into the first

round, it felt like the most
important moment of our lives.

We wanted to prove to America
but even bigger we wanted to

prove to ourselves that we could
do it.

Simon: Incredible.
You put it all out there.

As parents it's still
important for us to show Jax

that if something is scary you
push yourself to overcome that

fear.
That's what has given us that

drive is having him in our
lives.

Getting to the finals and
getting that show, would give us

that stability of being in
Vegas, having our child and not

being on the road.
Tonight we're trying something

completely different than what
we've done before.

We could play it safe, but we
know we have to make it to the

finals.
We're going to step out of the

comfort zone and push our own
limits.

This means everything to us.
We're doing this for the future

of our family.

♪♪ Oh I, I just died
in your arms tonight ♪♪

♪♪ it must have been
something you said ♪♪

♪♪ I'm lost and found ♪♪
♪♪ no give and no take ♪♪

♪♪

♪♪ I just died
in your arms tonight ♪♪

♪♪ oh oh oh ♪♪
♪♪ I I just died in your arms

tonight ♪♪ ♪♪ I stood and watched
the world ♪♪

♪♪ oh I, I just died
in your arms ♪♪

♪♪ I just died in your arms
tonight ♪♪ ♪♪ I stood and watched

the world ♪♪
♪♪ I stood and watched the world

♪♪
♪♪ I just died in your arms

tonight ♪♪
♪♪ it must have been something

you said ♪♪
Tyra: You guys make me so

uncomfortable.
All the judges are on their

feet, the audience are on their
feet.

Simon, how are you feeling right
now, Simon?

Simon: I thank you for nearly
giving me a heartattack twice.

How many ways are you trying to
find to murder your wife?

Drop her, then do the roller
skates with fire, and who knows

what else.
When we ask people to step up

their game for the semifinal,
that's what you call a step up.

Thank you.
Simon: It was sen stational.

I get what this means to you as
well.

Let's not forget, you are
people.

This is not just an act.
This is going to mean something

to you going forward.
America has to please vote this

act through.
It was the best act of the

night.
Thank you.

Tyra: Howie?
Howie: It's just wow.

You really delivered everything
you need to deliver.

America needs to deliver the
votes.

You know what I was just
thinking.

I saw in the package your
beautiful 2-year-old, is there

not a message in there for him,
you know, I know kids want to

grow up and be like their
parents.

He's going to light fires in the
living room, wear skates with no

helmet, light curtains on fires.
This should be a teaching

moment.
Simon: You're right.

Don't try this at home.
Tyra: Do not try it at home.

Mel b.
Mel: I think I lost my voice.

I was screaming and yelling, is
he going to drop her?

It got longer.
It was from start to end nail

biting.
This is your best performance to

date!
Absolutely flawless!

Thank you.
Tyra: Heidi?

Heidi: I love you guys and
I'm always so happy when it's

over, though, because I don't
want anything happening to you

guys.
You started with the most

dangerous thing.
Mel: Tell me about it!

Heidi: The drop and catch you
started with that.

And the lightning speed.
It was so much faster than

before.
And the roller skates.

It was insane.
Tyra: 11 acts are fighting it

out, you guys.
Which five do you want to see in

the finals?
'Cause yes, it's all up to you!

You can vote up to ten times for
each act, with each of the

voting methods.
So please, save your favorite

acts!
Announcer: Coming up --

Heidi: Your voice speaks
truth.

We just need more men like you.
Simon: This is one of the

best performances I have ever
seen on an

Tyra: Now, a comedian's work
is never done.

Even when performing they are
always thinking.

Here is Samuel j. Comroe.
Yo you got a little fame

because of "agt."
It's going to be a big crowd

tonight because they all here to
see you, Sam.

Big crowd tonight.
All right.

Not as famous as you thought.
My name is Samuel j. Comroe, I

have tourette's syndrome.
That's right, Sam, they're

feeling you, look at them smile.
My roommate came home from work

I was like yo, our neighborhood
died.

Reel them in.
This guy is not feeling it.

He wants me to bring the heat.
It's coming.

He's like did you kill it?
I was like, no.

Got him, now we cooking baby,
keep going.

I keep my own --
whoa, what is this?

This dude is going to order food
in the middle of your set?

I get offended in public when
someone is being rude.

Wait are the wings there
already?

Is this magical food?
On top of that he's not going to

use ranch or blue cheese?
I'm Samuel j. Comroe.

Thank you so much.
That was great practice for

the semifinals, dolby theatre,
millions of people watching,

millions of people eating
chicken wings with ranch.

Go get them tiger.
♪♪♪♪

What up.
People kep asking me how I'm

the only one out of seven kids
to have tourette's.

I'm like, I don't know.
But I have a theory that we were

born in a very particular order.
It's my oldest sister and then

two years later, my next sister.
Two years later, my brother.

Two years later, my sister.
Five years later, me.

Two years later, my sister.
Two years later, my sister.

Yo, you left me inside too long.
I overcooked.

I feel like I'm performing for
two different crowds right now.

This is deaf jam, this is
church, you guys need to pick it

up.
Everyone here is like we love

comedy.
You guys are like, we gonna pray

for him.
Gonna pray the tourette's right

out of him.
A lady tried to do that, after a

show, she said I can pray your
tourette's away.

I said please don't touch me.
She said I can do it, prayer

works.
I said, no it doesn't.

She said yes, it does, why did
you say something like that?

I said, because 15 seconds ago I
prayed for you to walk away.

And then she walked away and I
was like oh, damn, prayer works.

It just takes a minute.
That's why I can't go outside,

bad things happen.
I was at a party recently,

primarily black party, cops came
through, they opened the door,

they saw me and got worried.
Probably because I look like an

h&m mannequin.
They came right to me, are you

okay?
I was like yeah, these are my

friends.
He said are you sure you're

okay?
Yeah, they're my friends blink

twice if you're in danger.
My friend in the back was like

run, he's got tourette's, he's
going to blink we're all going

to jail.
I'm Samuel j. Comroe.

Thank you.
Tyra: Why are you so funny?

He's so funny.
Howie.

Howie: I'm so happy.
You brought it.

You deserve to be here.
I bumped into you last night, I

actually saw him on the street
and I said you need to make it

to the finals.
We need to have a economic in

the finals.
I think you delivered the

performance tonight that will
get you there.

I think America has to get on
board.

You are funny.
That's all you need to do.

Thank you.
Tyra: Mel b?

Mel: I have to say I needed a
good belly laugh.

This is my favorite performance
of the night.

I've got to give it to you.
I was laughing, laughing,

laughing.
You're whitty, your timing, just

everything about you.
I just love you.

Thank you so much.
Tyra: Heidi?

Heidi: You enjoy I like you
as a person, but I think the

jokes were better.
Mel was laughing so loud, I want

to laugh so loud at the jokes,
too, I'm still struggling with

that.
You have so many fans and

America loves you and I hope
they prove me wrong.

Thank you.
Heidi: I wish that for you.

I appreciate you.
Tyra: Simon.

Simon: I think it's the
hardest thing to do to come out

following a production we had
before with the fire roller

skates.
You come out, 3,000 people and

you have to nail it and you did
nail it.

It's not just the fact that
you're funny.

I think people like me like you.
There's something about you.

I think you need this break.
That's what the show is designed

for.
And I think we're going to see

you in in the finals.
I just got a hunch.

Tyra: So many people have
come up to me and asked me where

is he from?
That accent is the coolest thing

in the world what are your
people at home thinking right

now.
I don't know where the accent

comes from.
Nobody else at home sounds like

me I was just blessed with swag.
Tyra: If you want all this

swag in the finals you have to
vote for him.

You can vote online at nbc. Com
and you can vote using your

xfinity x1 voice remote.
It is your show.

It will be your winner.
In a couple of minutes, it's

Michael ketterer.
One song for a place in the

finals.
The

Tyra: Now this man right here
knows him some talent.

Imagine auditioning for Simon
and getting a yes.

Well, auditions for next season
are going to be kicking off

soon.
So go agtauditions. Com to submit

a video online and to fine out
everything you need to know.

Ok, here's Simon's golden
buzzer.

He's a soulful singer when he
performance but away from the

stage could not be any more
different.

He's Michael ketterer.
Hey, buddy.

My entire career I've been a
nurse.

How have you been?
He's still on the kidney

transplant list.
I started on the medical

unit.
Every day you have the smile

on your face.
But the medical issues I've had

to help my children overcome
opened my eyes to the needs to

these kids.
That's what gave me the passion

to get involved in pediatric
mental health as well.

And you start to realize I'm not
the only one that feels this

way.
It might be shocking to know

that a 5-year-old would attempt
suicide.

Or that a 10-year-old would have
such a bad eating disorder --

let's talk about how that
makes you feel when you open up

to your friends.
It feels like a brick is

taken off my chest.
A brick coming off your

chest.
I've seen what can happen

when you show them there is
nothing that's impossible.

♪♪ You took that weight off my
chest ♪♪

I want to do the same thing
on "America's got talent," I

want to find that human
connection.

Even if it's just one person.
♪♪ thank you for being my

friend ♪♪
changing one person's outcome

can change the entire world.
♪♪ everybody needs

inspiration ♪♪
♪♪ everybody needs a song

a beautiful melody ♪♪
♪♪ when the nights are long and

there's no guarantee ♪♪
♪♪ that this life is easy

when my world is falling apart ♪♪
♪♪ when there's no light to

break up the dark ♪♪
♪♪ that's when I I I look at

you ♪♪
♪♪ when the waves

are flooding the shore ♪♪
♪♪ and I can't

find my way home anymore ♪♪
♪♪ that's when I, I I look at

you ♪♪
♪♪ you appear just like a dream

to me ♪♪
♪♪ just like kaleidoscope colors

that cover me ♪♪
♪♪ all I need, every breath that

I breathe ♪♪
♪♪ don't you know you're

beautiful ♪♪
♪♪ when the waves are flooding

the shore ♪♪
♪♪ and I can't find my way home

anymore ♪♪
♪♪ that's when I, I I i-look at

you ♪♪
♪♪ I look at you ♪♪

Tyra: Everybody's on their
feet.

Everybody's on their feet.
Simon?

This is your man.
Simon: This is my man.

Michael, look you are -- just
when I think you can't be any

nicer I then see what you do at
work as well.

You're an extraordinary human
being Michael, I have to tell

you.
I'm going to send a shout out to

somebody right now and that
person is garth Brooks.

If you're watching the show,
please write Michael a song for

the final if he makes it into
the final --

oh my god!
Simon: I feel like you two

having a connection.
I want to see you in the final

with a killer song to make your
dreams come true, Michael.

I want it to happen.
Simon, thank you.

Simon: You deserve it.
I'm shaking right now.

Tyra: You just put garth
Brooks on blast.

Mel b?
Mel: I didn't know you were

going to come to me right there.
Tyra: Are you crying?

Mel: No.
You touch me.

You sing to me, relate to me.
I love what you do on the mental

health.
I want you to go through because

I have to hear that voice again.
It's just so real and honest.

Tyra: Beautiful, Mel.
Heidi?

Heidi: You really are a
special person and I feel also

that every time we've seen you,
you've become better and better.

I feel like you're more free,
you feel more at home on the

stage.
Yes.

Heidi: Your wife and kids and
everyone around you must be so

proud of you.
Thank you.

Tyra: Howie.
Howie: They say 99% of

success is showing up.
I'm not talking about showing up

on the stage, I'm talking about
showing up in life.

You deserve every hope and dream
you have.

You're a good human being, a
great talent and America

deserves to be watching you and
listening to you far beyond this

show.
Thank you.

Tyra: I was watching you from
the back and as you were singing

your eyes were tearing up.
What was going on in your head?

We have had to face a lot of
hard things.

We bring these children into our
home, but my wife and I we're a

team and there's nothing that
the two of us, if we set to it

we can accomplish it.
That's why I look at you, she's

my strength and my rock.
Tyra: There she is right

there.
We see you.

All right.
Good luck, Michael.

Okay.
I'm going to say it again.

Every vote counts.
Voting will stay open until

7:00 am eastern tomorrow
morning, so go get busy!

My golden buzzer is coming up.
I'm so fan girling.

They're going to attempt one of
the most daring routines they

have ever p
Tyra: You love this show.

You know what the prize is.
$1 million and the winner gets

to headline a show in Las Vegas.
Which is so unbelievably cool.

And even better, you can see
that show.

It's going to be at Paris las
Vegas from November 2nd through

the 4th.
So go to nbc. Com/agt live for

tickets and information.
"Agt" gives people from all

walks of life a shot at stardom
and this act really does come

from every act of life.
It's my golden buzzer, zurcaroh.

I think our group is special
because they're not

professionals.
They wake up 6:00 in the

morning, they have to go to
school or to their day jobs.

We have engineers, doctors,
school principal.

And then after, when they
finish, they do something

completely different than what
they do during the day.

They sacrifice their time to
make something beautiful.

Most of them, when they start
training with me, they're not

able to do anything like this.
But everybody in the group work

so hard.
And they love it.

They do the impossible.
We are not professionals.

And now they dance.
I cannot express how proud I am

to see them like this.
Yeah, sorry.

There is why I would like to
make it to the final, because of

them.
Because I love them.

Because they deserve it.

♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I'm gonna do what I can ♪♪

♪♪♪♪

♪♪♪♪
Tyra: Oh my goodness.

Oh my goodness.
Mel b?

Mel b?
Mel: Oh, my god.

Tyra: You look very
concerned.

Mel: It was -- I mean -- on
the show I go from crying to

laughing to screaming, to
yelling and then just being

completely wowed and stunned.
That was incredible guys.

I felt like I was in the theatre
watching your own production.

Brilliant.
Brilliant.

Brilliant.
Tyra: Heidi?

Heidi: It was an epic, grand
spectacle.

It was unbelievable.
Every one of you is truly

amazing.
So good.

Tyra: Simon?
Simon: Is your first name

Peterson?
Peterson.

Simon: From now on we're
going to call you the greatest

showman, because that's what you
are.

Thank you.
Simon: Actually, what you

just did, how you've done in
this in a short period of time,

a week ago to put it together on
live television.

I never dreamt in my wildest
dreams years ago when this show

first started that we would find
talent like this and we have.

You made all of our dreams come
true.

It was sensational.
Tyra: Huh, Simon.

Simon: They're both great
showman but I'm going to give it

to you.
Tyra: Howie?

Howie: This is an amazing
season, an amazing night.

The first semifinal.
They say there's a saying in

show business where you want to
save the best for last.

I think we just did.
You were the best act tonight.

I don't think any other act we
saw tonight could follow this.

This was a show stopper.
The show stops now.

The voting begins.
It was speck lack tar.

Mel: I like what you did
there.

Howie: What did I do?
I'm just so amazed by what do

you good luck.
Tyra: I'm so proud of my

golden buzzer.
So the acts have done all they

can.
Five will go into the finals,

six are going to be very sad,
they are going to go home.

You are in control.
Voting will stay open until

7:00 am eastern tomorrow
morning.

In 24 hours, you are going to
find out who the first finalists

are.

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