America's Got Talent (2006–…): Season 15, Episode 15 - Live Show 3 - full transcript
Live from Universal Studios Hollywood, 11 performers compete for America's vote and a $1 million prize as judging is turned over to the viewing audience.
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I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I AM
NOT YOUR MOTHER.
GUYS, THAT'S SO GOOD, I WANT
TO SAY YOU ARE THE BEST WE HAVE
EVER HAD
THAT WAS AMAZING.
YOU'RE ALREADY A STAR.
[ SCREAMING
FABULOUS, SPECTACULAR
YOU'RE THE BEST OF THE NIGHT,
I LOVE YOU
I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY, MAN,
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
WILL NOT BE STOPPED
IT SHOWS HOW GREAT THE HUMAN
SPIRIT IS.
THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
GET TO THIS MOMENT
NOW IT'S ALL ON THE LINE
WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO
DO, WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN TRYING
TO SHOW, YOU MUST SHOW IT NOW.
YOU DO NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE.
Announcer: LIVE FROM
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD IT'S
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT!
HERE'S YOUR HOST, TERRY CREWS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: WELCOME, AMERICA
IT'S OUR THIRD QUARTER‐FINAL AND
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON
THIS FAMOUS STUDIO AGAIN
TONIGHT.
LOOK AT ALL THESE FACES.
YES, I SEE YOU, I SEE YOU,
ORANGE SHIRT, YELLOW SHIRT,
BLACK SHIRT, I SEE YOU, FAMILY
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GREATEST
STARS IN HISTORY HAVE WALKED
THIS UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LOT LIKE
BETTE DAVIS, ROBERT REDFORD,
JENNIFER LOPEZ
MERYL STREEP, BRAD PITT AND
WILL SMITH AND ME
SO NOW THE QUESTION IS ‐‐ WHICH
OF OUR AGT STARS COULD BE
JOINING THAT LIST OF LEGENDS
AS USUAL, TONIGHT ONLY FIVE ACTS
WILL MAKE IT TO THE
SEMI‐FINALS ‐‐ AND THAT'S ALL
DOWN TO YOU AT HOME.
NOW, THERE'S SOME BIG NEWS DOWN
AT THE JUDGES' DESK.
SIMON IS STILL RECOVERING AT
HOME AND WE SEND HIM MORE AGT
LOVE, BUT THAT MEANS MOVING
FORWARD, OUR OTHER THREE JUDGES
WILL BE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING
WITHOUT SIMON.
SO RIGHT NOW, LET'S HEAR IT FOR
OUR "AGT" JUDGES
HEIDI KLUM, HOWIE MANDEL,
AN SOFIA VERGARA.
HOWIE, YOU MOVED, MAN.
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW
POSITION HERE?
Howie: TO BE HONEST, WE
REALIZE SIMON IS IRREPLACEABLE
BUT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO PARTAKE
OF THE MOST GORGEOUS MAN
SANDWICH IN HISTORY?
ALL KIDDING ASIDE, SIMON, I KNOW
HE WATCHES THE SHOW, WE LOVE
YOU, OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU,
BUDDY, COME BACK REALLY FAST
WE MISS YOU
LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.
THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY
HERE WE GO
11 ACTS ARE COMING UP.
REMEMBER, ONLY FIVE CAN SURVIVE,
SO YOU GOTTA VOTE.
WE'RE GOING RIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FOR OUR FIRST ACT, TO
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
YOU KNOW, DANCE IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT CAN GRAB YOU YOUNG
AND TAKE OVER YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
WELL, THIS BUNCH OF KIDS IS
ALREADY FEELING THE FULL FORCE
OF THAT PASSION!
IT'S DANCE TOWN FAMILY.
HI, GUYS. >> ARE YOU READY
HI, EVERYBODY
WE'RE A GROUP OF 49 DANCERS
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
AND TOGETHER WE ARE ‐‐
DANCE TOWN FAMILY
I JOINED DANCE TOWN FAMILY
WHEN I WAS 3 YEARS OLD
8 YEARS OLD
12 YEARS OLD.
DANCE TOWN FAMILY IS A PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN COME, YOU CAN BE
LOVED NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
NOBODY JUDGES YOU.
AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAVE
THIS AMAZING GROUP
WE ALL AS A FAMILY WORK SUPER
HARD WE ARE ALWAYS REHEARSING
NONSTOP.
IN FACT, I THINK MY FEET ARE
DANCING RIGHT NOW.
I'VE DREAMT OF DANCING.
MY DREAM IS TO BE A
PROFESSIONAL DANCER.
A PROFESSIONAL DANCE OF HER.
MY DREAM.
MY DREAM.
OUR DREAM IS TO BECOME ‐‐
PROFESSIONAL DANCERS.
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM
MY DREAM HAS ALREADY COME
TRUE, BASICALLY IT'S TO BE ON
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
YOU GUYS DESERVE TO GO AHEAD
TO THE LIVE SHOW
IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL REAL
THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE THE
BIGGEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE
WE HOPE THAT AMERICA SEES OUR
DIFFERENT CULTURES AND HOW WE
ALL COME TOGETHER TO SHOW OUR
LOVE FOR DANCE
I WANT THIS MORE THAN EVER.
WE ALL MAY BE DIFFERENT
BUT WE HAVE ONE GOAL.
TO WIN "AGT."
AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAME HERE
TO DO.
ARE YOU READY I WAS BORN READY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
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Terry: DANCE TOWN FAMILY!
SOFIA, YOU'RE ON YOUR FEET
OH, MY GOD, THAT WAS LIKE
PERFECTION
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING
I MEAN, SUCH A BIG GROUP
I LOVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FOOTWORK,
IT'S SO PRECISE, THE
CHOREOGRAPHY IS AMAZING.
I LOVE HOW YOU GUYS CAN
INTEGRATE SUCH DIFFERENT AGES
BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE YOUNG
KIDS AND THERE'S OLDER ONES.
IT'S AMAZING
I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB
WITH THAT SONG, IN THAT SETTING
THAT YOU WERE.
THAT WAS, LIKE, RIGHT ON
[ APPLAUSE ] >> Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: NOT ONLY THAT, I
THOUGHT YOU WERE REALLY IN THE
MOMENT
WITH THE MASKS, IT'S GOT TO BE
TOUGH TO GET A BREATH.
TO ME IT WAS COVID MEETS CONGA
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
BUT IT WAS AMAZING
AND YOU GUYS WERE ALL ‐‐ WHAT A
GREAT WAY TO START A SHOW.
Heidi: I KNOW WHAT IT WAS
Howie: THANK YOU.
THEY LOVE MY JUDGING
Heidi: IT WAS SO ON FIRE, IT
WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
IT SHOWS YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE SO
MUCH PASSION AND YOU LIVE FOR
YOUR DREAM, NOTHING CAN STOP YOU
GUYS EVEN WITH THE MASKS.
AND IN OUR PANDEMIC, YOU GUYS
WERE SO AWESOME.
I FEEL LIKE YOU DANCED YOUR WAY
IN
Terry: DANCE TOWN FAMILY,
THIS QUESTION IS FOR RUBY, HOW
DID YOU GUYS KEEP SUCH A LARGE
GROUP TOGETHER DURING LOCKDOWN
[ INAUDIBLE ]
Terry: HEY, RUBY, OKAY, THEY
DID IT
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, DANCE TOWN
FAMILY AND HERE WE GO
VOTING IS OPEN NOW AND STAYS
OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A. M. EASTERN
OFFICIAL AGT APP
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT FROM THE
APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY
COME ON, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU.
Announcer: COMING UP.
Howie: IT'S THRILLING AND
GRACEFUL YOU HAVE IT ALL.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS
Sofia: IT WAS FANTASTIC
HEIDI AND I WERE GETTING
GOOSEBUMPS
Terry: YOU KNOW, THE JUDGES
OFTEN ADVISE SINGERS NOT TO DO
AN ORIGINAL SONG AT THE
AUDITIONS.
BUT THIS GUY WANTED TO TELL HIS
PAINFUL STORY, AND HE NAILED IT!
AGT IS HIS SECOND CHANCE TO LIVE
HIS DREAM.
HERE'S NOLAN NEAL.
I GROUP UP IN EAST TENNESSEE,
IN THE COUNTRY, WITH MY DAD.
MY DAD STRUGGLED WITH DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL.
LIVING OUT THERE IN A LITTLE
HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
I WAS LONELY, KIND OF LOST
MUSIC WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
WAS EASY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE I
TRIED, I COULDN'T CATCH THE
BASEBALL RIGHT, I COULDN'T GET
THE BASKETBALL, I BROKE BOTH
FINGERS.
BUT I REMEMBER PICKING UP MY
FATHER'S GUITAR AND I WOULD PLAY
IT I WOULD HEAR THOSE MAGIC
MELODIES TELL ME THAT I WASN'T
ALONE.
AND IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE JUST
FOR A MOMENT, I WOULD BE ALL
RIGHT.
AND I STARTED DRINKING JUST LIKE
MY DAD I JUST WOULD BLOW ANY
OPPORTUNITY I HAD.
AND ONCE I WOKE UP FROM THAT
AFTER 24 YEARS, OH, MY GOD
THE DAMAGE I HAD DONE TO
EVERYONE IN MY LIFE.
NOW I'M ABOUT TO BE 15 MONTHS
OVER Simon: I THINK YOU'RE VERY
INSPIRATIONAL, NOLAN
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
DRIVING AND DRIVING UNTIL YOU
GET TO THE EDGE OF THE WORK.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE MUSIC, YOU CAN
GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH
IT
OUT WHERE THE WORLD SLOWS DOWN
AND TIME STANDS STILL.
YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF WHERE YOU
END UP IN YOUR LIFE.
IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LONG
ROAD I WANT TO BE HAPPY
THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC.
WALKING OUT ON THAT STAGE
TONIGHT, I CAN FEEL IT
IT'S RIGHT THERE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
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♪ LET ME HEAR OUR FAVORITE SONG
SONG ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE ♪
♪ SEND ME A BUTTERFLY ♪
♪ AND THEY SAY HAVE SOME FAITH ♪
♪ RIGHT NOW I JUST NEED A SIGN ♪
♪ A SIGN, A SIGN ♪
♪ SEND ME A BUTTERFLY, LET IT B
THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES ♪
♪ SHOW ME A FALLING STAR, THE
SECOND I'M WONDERING WHERE YOU
ARE ♪
♪ LET ME HEAR OUR FAVORITE
SONG ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE ♪
♪ SEND ME A BUTTERFLY ♪
♪ MMM, SEND ME A BUTTERFLY ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: NOLAN NEAL
WHAT'S UP, MAN?
Terry: INCREDIBLE
THANK YOU, MY BROTHER
Terry: HEIDI. Heidi: NOLAN.
HI, NOLAN.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S AN
ORIGINAL SONG, YES >> YES
Heidi: IT TELLS YOUR STORY
AND I HEAR SO MUCH EMOTIONS IN
YOUR VOICE WHEN YOU SING, I HEAR
A LOT OF THE SADNESS BUT I HEAR
HOPE TOO AND A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL
THINGS IN YOUR VOICE
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SPOT ON
THANK YOU SO MUCH
IT MEANS A LOT COMING FROM YOU
THANK YOU.
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: I THOUGHT THIS WAS
BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME I
HEARD YOU.
YOUR STORIES ARE ALWAYS SO
HEARTBREAKING BUT AT THE SAME
TIME IT'S SO UPLIFTING
I THINK YOU'RE SO BRAVE TO COME
HERE WITH AN ORIGINAL SONG AND
TO THIS STAGE.
I LOVE IT. >> THANK YOU
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW
JUDGES HERE.
AS SIMON SAID IN THE CLIP
BEFORE, YOU ARE INSPIRATIONAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE
INCLUDING YOURSELF AND TELL US
THE STORY OF THEIR JOURNEY AND
THEIR STRUGGLES AND PEOPLE HAVE
HURDLES TO GO OVER
BUT I THINK AT THIS TIME IN THE
WORLD, WHILE THE SHOW IS ON
TONIGHT, WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING
AND ALL LOOKING FOR THAT
BUTTERFLY. WE RELATE.
AND YOU HAVE THAT FEELING IN
YOUR VOICE THAT WE'RE ALL ‐‐ WE
ALL WANT TO BE HOPEFUL, AND YOU
GIVE THE WORLD HOPE.
I LOVED IT
SO FAR MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE
TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU
Terry: NOLAN, YOUR STORY IS
SO INSPIRATIONAL
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
THOSE WHO MAY BE GOING THROUGH
TOUGH TIMES? >> OH, MAN
YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON ME
OKAY
I'VE WAITED MY ENTIRE LIFE TO
COME HERE FOR THIS MOMENT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, I REMEMBER NOT
TOO LONG AGO BEING IN MY MAMA'S
BASEMENT, DOPESICK, UNWELL
I KNEW THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF
HOPE I KEPT LIVING AND KEPT
SURVIVING.
IF YOU CAN JUST HOLD ON FOR A
SECOND, THE SUN WILL SHINE
AGAIN.
IT'S ONE OF MY LEARYRICSLYRICS
MAYBE THAT'S A CHEESY PLUG
JUST HOLD ON IT GETS BETTER
YOU DON'T KNOW THE DAMAGE IT
DOES FAMILIES IF YOU GO AWAY TOO
SOON THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
Terry: THAT IS AMAZING,
THAT'S THE BEST ADVICE
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, NOLAN
IF YOU LOVE NOLAN, VOTE FOR HIM.
XFINITY CUSTOMERS, YOU CAN VOTE
USING YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
JUST SAY, "VOTE FOR AGT"
EVERYBODY CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES FOR EACH ACT WITH EACH
VOTING METHOD.
COMING UP, YOU ARE GONNA BE
LAUGHING YOUR PANTS OFF WITH
TONIGHT'S COMEDIAN, AND LATER, A
SENSATIONAL MUSICIAN TAKES
DRUMMING WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN
BEFORE
STAY RIGHT THERE
Terry: WHEN THIS COMEDIAN
TOLD HIS MOM WHAT HE WANTED TO
DO, ALL HE HEARD WAS THE ANGRY
BANGING OF POTS AND PANS
MAYBE TONIGHT, HE'LL HEAR THE
LAUGHING AND CLAPPING.
HE'S USAMA SIDDIQUEE
WHEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED, I
MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE NEW
YORK, GO HOME AND QUARANTINE
WITH MY PARENTS AT MY CHILDHOOD
HOME, PLANO, TEXAS
SEEING MY MOM EVERY DAY, I
HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN YEARS
GET UP.
BUT BY DAY THREE, I'M LIKE,
I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CHANCES
WITH COVID
IT'S A CRAZY EXPERIENCE, "AGT"
CHANGED MY LIFE.
CHANGED YOUR LIFE
YOU STILL LIVE HERE.
YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED YOUR LIFE
WHEN YOU COULD HAVE BECOME A
DOCTOR
THAT WAS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS
NOW, MOM
LOOK AT ME, "I DON'T CARE
ABOUT MY PARENTS." WHO IS THIS
HELLO?
QUARANTINING WITH MY PARENTS
HAS ITS PROS, BUT MOSTLY CONS.
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING, GIRL, BUT IF THINGS
OPEN BACK UP, WE CAN GET A
LITTLE CRAZY
YOU HAVEN'T CLEANED YET
MOM, I'M ON A DATE RIGHT NOW.
DATE?
WHAT'S HER NAME? >> THIS IS BIG
IS SHE A DOCTOR
MY PARENTS AREN'T HERE RIGHT
NOW BUT MY MOM CALLS ME NINE
TIMES A DAY.
THEY UNDERSTAND HOW BIG THIS IS.
YOU NEED PEOPLE IN YOUR CORNER
AND WHO BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE
WHO RAISED YOU
OH, HE'S FAMOUS NOW AND YOU
THINK YOU CAN COME IN HERE AND
RUIN HIS LIFE? NOT ON MY WATCH.
LOVE YOU, MOM [ APPLAUSE ]
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GOOD TO SEE YOU, JUDGES
LONG TIME NO SEE
I WANT TO REMIND YOU MY NAME IS
STILL USAMA AND I STILL GET INTO
SITUATIONS WITH THE NAME
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS AT
JFK AIRPORT AND A FRIEND I HAD
NO
SEEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS SEES
ME AND SCREAMS MY NAME
HE WAS LIKE ‐‐ HE'S JUST LIKE,
"OH MY GOD ITS OSAMAAA!"
IS THERE A WORSE THING YOU CAN
SCREAM IN AN AIRPORT
THEN HE MAKES IT WORSE
HE'S LIKE "OH MY GOD I THOUGHT
YOU WERE DEAD! DUDE! I HAVEN'T
SEEN YOU SINCE SEPTEMBER! BRO!
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING!"
SO, I'M FREAKING OUT
EVERY TSA OFFICER IS LOOKING AT
ME WITH THAT FACE THAT SAYS
GUANTANAMO BAY.
RIGHT? SO I AM LIKE, "OK, LET ME
DEFUSE THE SITUATION, LET ME
SHOW MY FRIEND THAT I RECOGNIZE
HIM" SO I GIVE MY FRIEND ONE OF
THESE:(GESTURES A THUMBS UP) BUT
THIS LOOKS LESS LIKE AN "I KNOW
YOU" AND MORE LIKE "THE PLAN IS
A GO."
HE WAS LIKE, USAMA
I WAS LIKE, COMMENCE OPERATION
I GET THROUGH THE GATE, BUT NOW
I'M LATE, SO I'M RUNNING IN THE
AIRPORT, BUT I'M RUNNING WITH A
MASSIVE JACKET AND A HUGE
BACKPACK
DO Y'ALL REALIZE HOW BAD A BROWN
DUDE LOOKS RUNNING IN AN AIRPORT
WITH A HUGE BACKPACK
I LOOKED LIKE A SUICIDE BOMBER
WHO OVERSLEPT.
LIKE, FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AND
ALSO LAST DAY ON THE JOB
BUT I GOT TO MIAMI WITH MY
FRIENDS,
WE WERE GOING TO GO CLUBBING,
BUT MY FRIENDS HATE CLUB MUSIC
IN GENERAL
THEY ARE LIKE, "CLUB MUSIC SUCKS
BRO.
AND CLUB MUSIC DOES KINDA SUCK,
BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE THE MOST FUN
MUSIC OF ALL TIME.
CLUB MUSIC IS SO FUN THAT THE
DEEJAY CAN SAY ANYTHING HE WANTS
IN THE BEAT.
AS LONG AS HE ADDS A BEAT DROP,
IT MAKES IT ALL OKAY
THEY BE LIKE, "WOMEN SHOULDN'T
VOTE." WHAT
"GET BACK TO THE KITCHEN, GIRL."
WHAT
CLUB BEATS ARE TOO FUN
WHEN THAT BEAT DROPS, SO DOES
FEMINISM YOU'RE SKEPTICAL
I'LL PROVE IT RIGHT NOW.
HEIDI, IF I CALLED YOU A TRAMP,
YOU WOULD BE LIKE, "HOW DARE
YOU!
BUT IF I WAS LIKE ‐‐ [BEAT BOX]
TRAMP. [BEAT BOX]
TRAMP. [BEAT BOX]
TRAMP.
YOU WOULD BE LIKE, "WELL I DO
GET LOOSE ON OCCASION.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
STUFF LIKE THAT. [ APPLAUSE ]
Terry: USAMA SIDDIQUEE.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HOWIE, YOU KNOW COMEDY
Howie: YEAH, AND I KNOW THAT
THIS IS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH
I THINK THAT THIS IS IN THE BEST
CASE SCENARIO, IT IS TOUGH
AND I THINK THAT YOU STARTED OFF
FANTASTIC.
AND I LOVE YOUR ENERGY AND I
LOVE YOUR COMMITMENT
I WAS JUST SITTING BESIDE THESE
TWO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY
WERE GIVING YOU THE RIGHT
RESPONSE OR THE RESPONSE YOU
WERE EXPECTING
YOU TURNED TO ME, WHAT DID YOU
SAY, HEIDI
Heidi: I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS,
I DON'T KNOW, BEING CALLED A
TRAMP PROBABLY WAS MY LEAST
UNCOMFORTABLE PART OF THE WHOLE
THING. BUT THAT'S JUST ME
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT ‐‐
Howie: SHE'S THE ONLY WOMAN
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE CALLED A
TRAMP.
Terry: SOFIA, HOW DID YOU FEEL
Sofia: I WAS LAUGHING AND
THEN I THOUGHT, SHOULD I FEEL
GUILTY THAT I'M LAUGHING
YOU TOOK A VERY RISKY THEME FOR
THIS PERFORMANCE
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW,
AN AMAZING PRESENCE.
I MEAN, I RECOMMEND FOR YOU TO
BE IN A SITCOM
YOU SHOULD TRY BEING AN ACTOR,
YOU HAVE THAT ENERGY THAT I FEEL
LIKE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
YOUR MATERIAL, IT WAS KIND OF
RUDE
Terry: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
USAMA, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT
IF YOU WANT TO VOT
FOR USAMA, YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE
OK, AFTER THE BREAK IT'S
SIMON'S GOLDEN BUZZER!
THESE DANCERS FROM THE STREETS
OF THE BRONX ARE GONNA BE
TEARING IT UP OUT ON THE LOT
WILL THEY MAKE SIMON PROUD
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
Terry: UP NOW IS A DANCE CREW
THAT COMES FROM SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST STREETS IN AMERICA.
AT THE AUDITIONS, SIMON SAID
THEY ARE EVERYTHING HE'S BEEN
WAITING FOR ON THIS SHOW, AND HE
REACHED STRAIGHT FOR THE
GOLDEN BUZZER.
THEY'RE CALLED "WE ARE FAMILY
FOR LIFE ENTERTAINMENT."
YOU KNOW THEM AS THE
W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW.
GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY
WAS TOUGH, GANG VIOLENCE, STREET
VIOLENCE, POVERTY.
THERE'S NOT MUCH HELP.
WALKING INTO "AGT" OUR FIRST
TIME, WE WERE NERVOUS BUT MORE
READY THAN ANYTHING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
HEAD START
WHEN WE GOT THE GOLDEN BUZZER
FROM SIMON COWELL, THAT MEANT
THE WORLD TO US.
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ABOUT TO
REWRITE HISTORY, MAKING A CHANGE
IN OUR COMMUNITY
LET'S HOPE 2020 IS YOUR YEAR.
AND THEN IT ALL CAME CRASHING
DOWN
WE LOST THREE GOOD FRIENDS
AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER, LIKE,
WHO'S NEXT, YOU KNOW
IS IT ME NEXT?
THEN NEW YORK CITY WAS HIT HARD
WE HAD THE MOST CASES OF
COVID‐19
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
WHOLE GLOBAL SHUTDOWN, OUR
COUNTRY DIVIDED.
WE JUST FELT LIKE DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION WAS ALL AROUND US.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT IT
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE
THIS
ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO CHANGE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION THAT COMES AFTER US
WE'RE ALL FROM BRONX, NEW YORK
THERE'S A REASON WE'RE HERE
PEOPLE FROM THE BRONX DON'T
MAKE STAGES LIKE THIS.
WITHOUT US DOING THIS, IT
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
WE HAVE TO GO UP THERE AND
MAKE EVERYBODY BACK HOME PROUD
ME AND MY BROTHERS ARE HERE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOT ONLY
FOR OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES, OUR
CULTURE, OUR HISTORY
WE'RE READY TO SHOW THE WORLD
WHAT W.A.F.F.L.E. IS ALL ABOUT
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Terry: W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW,
AMAZING!
BUT WHAT DO THE JUDGES THINK
WE'LL FIND OUT IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
AND ALSO COMING UP, A YOUNG
SINGER FROM HALFWAY AROUND THE
WORL
SINGS FOR THE SEMI‐FINALS, AND A
MENTALIST IS GONNA TRY AND LEAVE
YOU STUNNED.
FIND OUT IF HE DOES, AFTER THE
BREAK.
Terry: RIGHT HERE IS THE
W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW WHO KILLED IT
OUT ON
THE LOT BEFORE THE BREAK, BUT
LET'S HEAR FROM THE JUDGES.
HEIDI?
Heidi: I MEAN, TO ME IT FELT
LIKE AN OLD HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL,
BUT JUST DONE MODERN
IT IS SO COOL HOW YOU GUYS USED
ALL THE SPACE HERE AT UNIVERSAL
LOT, THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
I LOVED THE TRICKS, ALL THE
FLIPS AND EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA YOU
PUT ON TOP, EVEN LIKE THE TIKTOK
SUPER SLO‐MO THAT EVERYONE IS
DOING RIGHT NOW, IT WAS REALLY
ON POINT
I LOVED IT >> Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: YOU WERE IN YOUR ELEMENT.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE THE COOLEST
THING I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG
TIME THE WAY YOU WERE PERFECT, I
FORGOT THAT IT WAS NOT NEW YORK
FOR REAL, THAT IT WAS THE FAKE
NEW YORK HERE AT UNIVERSAL
IT WAS AMAZING
YOU GUYS DESERVE THIS AND MORE
I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY VOTES FOR
YOU TONIGHT.
I WISH I COULD VOTE FOR YOU.
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO
WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT, I'M JUST
GOING TO SAY ONE MORE TIME, I
MISS SIMON, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
YOU ARE GOLDEN BUZZER WORTHY, AT
THE TOP OF YOUR GAME
NOT ONLY YOUR MOVES AND ENERGY
BUT YOUR PASSION
WATCHING THAT PACKAGE AT THE
END, WHAT THIS MEANS YOU TO, HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS, AND HOW YOU'RE
STRIVING THROUGH EVERYTHING
THAT'S UP AGAINST YOU, YOUR
CITY, AND JUST YOUR LIFE
YOU ARE A SHINING LIGHT.
AND YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE ACT
OF THE NIGHT
YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE FOR THIS
GROUP. SIMON HAD IT RIGHT
Terry: W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW, THE
MAN WHO GAVE YOU THE GOLDEN
BUZZER IS NOT HERE TONIGHT
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE
SIMON COWELL
WE WANT TO THANK SIMON FOR
EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR US SO
FAR.
GET WELL SOON, SPEEDY RECOVERY,
AND READ THE MANUAL BEFORE
GETTING ON A SCOOTER, PLEASE,
PLEASE
Terry: YES. W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, GUYS.
LISTEN, YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES FOR EACH ACT WITH EVERY
VOTING METHOD.
THAT'S A LOT OF VOTES, SO GET TO
IT AND MAKE SURE YOUR FAVORITES
STAY IN THE COMPETITION.
OK, LET'S KEEP IT MOVING
NOW OF COURSE, LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN
A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY AND FOR
THIS YOUNG SINGER FROM
AUSTRALIA, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE THE END OF HER AGT DREAM.
BUT NOT SO FAST.
HERE'S ANNIE JONES' STORY.
WELCOME TO ANNIE'S ROOM
WE ARE CURRENTLY ON LOCKDOWN
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, WHAT DO
YOU DO FOR LOCKDOWN?
I'M DOING ONE THING.
IT'S PRETTY BORING
IT WAS INSANE, BUT WHEN WE GOT
BACK TO AUSTRALIA, WE WENT INTO
LOCKDOWN DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
I STARTED A SHOW CALLED ANNIE'S
WORLD.
WHAT DO YOU DO DURING THIS
QUARANTINE
YOU CAN DO MANY THINGS
LEARNING HOW TO COOK
WITH MY MOM, DAD, AND SISTER
AND I'VE BEEN SPENDING QUALITY
TIME WITH MY DOG
IT LOOKS LIKE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO COME BACK TO AMERICA TO
PERFORM LIVE
I WAS REALLY UPSET
AMAZINGLY, THINGS STARTED TO
OPEN UP AND I GOT A SPECIAL
LETTER
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO COME TO
THE LIVE SHOWS
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD
OH, MY GOD, I'M GOING TO
AMERICA!
WE KNOW YOU'RE A BIG FAN SO I'M
PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME MAGICAL
TRANSPORTATION TO BRING YOU TO
THE SET.
THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE.
IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD.
OH, MY GOD
I FELT LIKE I WAS DREAMING
THERE IS NOT A NUMBER TO
DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I LIKE HARRY
POTTER
I GET A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
DURING THE PERFORMANCE AND
HOPEFULLY GET INTO THE NEXT
ROUND.
OH, MY GOD, THIS IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING. I'M SO EXCITED
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪♪
♪ I ONLY ASK YOU TO SHOW ME A
REAL GOOD TIME ♪
♪ NEVER ASKED FOR THE RAINFALL ♪
♪ SHOW ME IT DOESN'T MEAN A
THING AT ALL ♪
♪ IT'S COMING DOWN ♪
♪ I LIKE MISSER ERMISERY
♪ IT'S COMING DOWN, RAIN ♪
♪ I'M READY ♪
♪ LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE NO
ONE'S INNOCENT ♪
♪ OH, BUT AT LEAST WE TRY ♪
♪ GOTTA LIVE MY TRUTH, NOT KEEP
IT BOTTLED IN ♪
♪ SO I DON'T LOSE MY MIND ♪
♪ COME ON ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT ON MY SKIN, LET
IT WASH AWAY MY SINS ♪
♪ LET IT WASH AWAY ♪
♪
♪ I'D RATHER BE DRY BUT AT LEAS
I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ RAIN ON ME ♪
♪ I'D RATHER BE DRY BUT AT LEAS
I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ SO I DON'T LOSE MY MIND ♪
♪ RAIN ON ME, RAIN, RAIN ♪
♪ I'D RATHER BE DRY BUT AT LEAS
I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ RAIN ON ME ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: ANNIE JONES.
THAT WAS AMAZING >> THANK YOU
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: FIRST OF ALL, I'M SO
EXCITED FOR YOU THAT YOU WERE
ABLE TO COME FROM AUSTRALIA ALL
THE WAY TO AMERICA
SO WELCOME TO AMERICA.
THANK YOU
Heidi: PROBABLY NOT AN EASY
SONG
SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR TRYING THAT
SONG IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT I THINK LADY GA GA, ARIANA
GRANDE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF
YOU.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.
WELL DONE TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: WERE YOU NERVOUS NOW
THAT YOU WERE SINGING?
A LITTLE BIT.
Sofia: IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT
FROM OVER HERE
YOU FEEL AND LOOK SO
COMFORTABLE, LIKE YOU'RE HAVING
THE BEST TIME. I LOVE IT.
I LOVE THAT YOU PICKED THIS SONG
AND I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT
THANK YOU >> Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: FIRST OF ALL, YOUR
TALK SHOW LOOKS GREAT AND IF YOU
BOOK ME, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON
YOUR SHOW.
DEFINITELY.
Howie: YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR BUT
I THINK YOUR LAST PERFORMANCE
WAS BETTER, YOUR CHOREOGRAPHY
WAS MORE THEATER >> THANK YOU
Terry: ANNIE, YOU'RE SO SONG,
WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU WANTED TO
BE ON "AGT"?
I SAID, THIS SHOW IS REALLY
COOL, I GUESS I SHOULD GIVE IT A
GO
THAT JUST STARTED IT, I GUESS.
Terry: WELL, YOU ARE HERE
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, ANNIE
OK, DO YOU WANT TO SEE ANNIE IN
THE SEMI‐FINALS? THEN VOTE.
YOU CAN ALSO VOTE USING YOUR
XFINITY VOICE REMOTE
HOWEVER YOU DO IT, VOTE, VOICE
REMOTE ‐‐ VOTE AND VOTE AGAIN.
YOU HAVE THE POWER, SO PLEASE
USE IT
COMING UP, A UNIQUE DRUMMER WITH
A VERY PERSONAL STORY.
HE'S PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE
TO STAY IN THE COMPETITION, WHEN
WE COME BACK
Terry: NOW, A WISE MAN ONCE
SAID MUSIC IN THE SOUL WILL BE
HEARD BY THE UNIVERSE.
THAT WAS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN
FOR THIS NEXT PERFORMER.
IT GOES TO THE CORE OF WHO HE IS
AND WHAT SHAPES HIS DREAM.
HE IS MALIK DOPE
I WAS BORN WITH MUSIC BUPUMPE
INTO MY FACE
AS A KID I WOULD PLAY WITH
ANYTHING I COULD FIND.
MY DAD WOULD ENCOURAGE ME AND
START JAMMING WITH ME, DANCING
OR PLAYING ALONG WITH ME
I DEFINITELY LOOKED UP TO MY
DAD. HE ALWAYS HAD THAT NATURAL
RHYTHM, HE GAVE IT TO ME AS WELL
WHEN I WAS A TEEN, MY DAD WAS IN
A VERY CRITICAL, CRITICAL CAR
ACCIDENT
AT THE TIME THE DOCTORS DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO
SURVIVE OR NOT
MY DAD HAS NEVER FULLY
RECOVERED.
AND NOW TODAY WE FOUND THE NEWS
THAT FROM THE ACCIDENT IN THE
PAST, HE'S NOW SUFFERING
COMPLICATIONS WHICH IS LEAVING
HIM PUSHING OUT HIS LAST DAYS.
ANY DAY NOW, HE COULD BE GONE.
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, MUSIC
HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER, LITERALLY,
MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY,
SPIRITUALLY, EVERYTHING.
EVEN IN THE DARKEST OF TIMES,
MUSIC IS THE THING THAT BRINGS
ME THE LIGHT
WHEN I'M DRUMMING, IT'S LIKE THE
WHOLE WORLD JUST STOPS
THIS COULD BE THE LAST MOMENT
THAT MY FATHER ACTUALLY GETS TO
SEE ME PERFORM
ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE HIM
PROUD WHILE I'M ON "AGT.
BEFORE HE GOES, I WANT HIM TO
SEE HIS SON PURSUING HIS DREAM
SUPER HARD
SO DAD, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
RIGHT NOW, I LOVE YOU, I'M
TURNING UP FOR YOU, AND I'M
GOING TO BRING THAT FIRE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: MALIK DOPE IN FRONT OF
THE CLASSIC MONSTER MURAL HERE
AT UNIVERSAL
THE JUDGES' VERDICTS ARE NEXT,
RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK
Announcer: COMING UP.
THE MORE PAINFUL IT LOOKS,
THE HAPPIER YOU WILL GET >> WOW
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE
Terry: WELCOME BACK
MALIK DOPE HAD HIS SHOT AT THE
SEMI‐FINALS BEFORE THE BREAK
LET'S GET TO THE JUDGES, SEE IF
THEY THINK HE'S DONE ENOUGH.
SOFIA?
Sofia: I MEAN, WHO SAID THAT
DRUMS CAN'T BE THE MAIN EVENT?
WHO?
BECAUSE THAT WAS SPECTACULAR
I THINK YOU ‐‐ I MEAN, THIS IS
BETTER THAN WHAT I SAW THE FIRST
TIME
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ‐‐ I HOPE
THEY VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE I WANT
TO SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE THIS
SOMEWHERE ELSE
I THINK IT'S SPECTACULAR
I'M EXCITED, I CAN'T EVEN TALK
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: YOU KNOW, I KEEP
SAYING THIS THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, AND THIS MAKES IT SO
HARD, BUT NOW YOU'RE MY FAVORITE
ACT OF THE NIGHT
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
BEYOND THAT, BEYOND THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE FACT THAT ‐‐ I'M A
FATHER OF A SON ALSO AND YOU'RE
A SON, YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF
PASSION AND WANT TO DO GOOD FOR
THEIR FATHER, MEANT SO MUCH AND
MADE IT EVEN MORE EMOTIONAL.
YOU'RE NOT A GUY WHO JUST DOES
MUSIC, YOU BECOME THE MUSIC.
YOU'RE DANCING, THE BODY MOVES,
THE SHOWMANSHIP.
YOU ARE THE MUSIC.
THAT WAS SPECTACULAR
AND TONIGHT HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE
NIGHT OF THESE QUARTER‐FINALS SO
FAR, AMERICA HAS TOUGH TIME.
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: TO ME IT FELT LIKE IT
WAS LIKE A MUSICAL OBSTACLE
COURSE, JUMPING AND LOOPING AND
DOING THE SLO‐MO WITH THE STICKS
IN THE MIDDLE, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE
THERE WAS NOT ONE MOMENT WHERE
WE EVER HAD THE CHANCE TO EVEN
GET BORED.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL
I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM TOO
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Terry: MALIK, WHAT WOULD YOU
DO IF YOU WIN "AGT"?
IF I WIN "AGT," WELL, FOR
ONE, I MAKE MY FAMILY PROUD.
I MAKE WHERE I'M FROM PROUD.
I MAKE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT HAS
A DREAM AND A VISION PROUD
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE GOAL, TO
INSPIRE.
AND NUMBER TWO, I GET TO HELP MY
FAMILY, I GET TO HELP PEOPLE
THAT SUPPORTED ME.
SO THAT JUST PUTS ME IN A THE
RIGHT POSITION TO REALLY GO
FORWARD AND GO UP TO THE SKY
Terry: THAT'S IT, MALIK, OH,
MY GOODNESS, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MALIK IN THE
HE CAN ONLY MAKE IT THROUGH IF
YOU VOTE
NOW, AT THE AUDITIONS, SIMON
CALLED THIS NEXT ACT A DEMON
HE'S A MENTALIST AND TONIGHT,
HE'S GOING TO UNLEASH HIS
POWERS LIVE IN FRONT OF THE
WHOLE COUNTRY.
HE IS MAX MAJOR.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS MY VIEW
FOR ALL MY YEARS OF COLLEGE.
I WAS WORKING AS A BARTENDER
WHILE I PURSUED A DEGREE IN
BUSINESS
AS A BARTENDER, YOU'RE A FLY ON
THE WALL, ALMOST INVISIBLE
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HUMAN
NATURE
WHAT WE SEE AFFECTS HOW WE
THINK.
IF WE CAN BECOME SKILLED IN
CONTROLLING HOW PEOPLE SEE
THINGS, THEN WE CAN START TO
PLAY WITH THEIR MIND
IT'S ALL JUST A MATTER OF
PERCEPTION
OUR THOUGHTS ARE A COMBINATION
OF OUR OWN IDEAS AND THE CHOICES
THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT US TO
MAKE
AFTER ALL, THE REASON THAT
ADVERTISING WORKS IS BECAUSE
EVERYONE THINKS IT DOESN'T WORK
ON THEM.
AFTER COLLEGE, I QUIT BARTENDING
AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN MY SKILLS
OF READING PEOPLE INTO A
PROFESSION
EVER SINCE TAKING THAT LEAP,
I'VE BEEN TOTALLY FOCUSED ON
HAVING MY OWN SHOW IN LAS VEGAS
AND I CAN FINALLY FEEL THE
PIECES COMING TOGETHER
PERFORMING IS MY DREAM AND
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" IS THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOING TO GET
ME THERE
TONIGHT AS I PERFORM IN THE LIVE
ROUND, I NEED TO BE TOTALLY IN
TUNE WITH THE JUDGES
I'M SWINGING FOR THE FENCES WITH
THIS ACT AND I HOPE I CAN PULL
IT OFF
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT I MAKE MY
DREAMS COME TRUE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, JUDGES
IT'S SO GREAT TO FINALLY CONNECT
WITH YOU IN PERSON
NICE TO SEE YOU >> THANK YOU
TONIGHT NOT ONLY AM I GO TO SHOW
YOU SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE, BUT AT
THE END, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
HOW I DID IT
WE ARE JOINED THIS EVENING BY
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. GOOD EVENING
HELLO.
SO GLAD YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE
SHOW THIS WAY.
NOW, SINCE YOU CAN'T BE HERE
WITH US IN PERSON,
I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET INSIDE
YOUR MIND THROUGH THE SCREEN
EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A PAD OF
PAPER AND A MARKER
CAN YOU HOLD UP A CLEAN SHEET SO
I CAN SEE YOU'RE READY TO BEGIN.
GOOD
YOU CAN HOLD THAT COMFORTABLY IN
YOUR LAP FOR NOW
IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO ASK
EACH OF YOU TO DRAW A PICTURE,
BUT BEFORE YOU DO I WANT YOU TO
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FOCUS ON
YOUR IMAGE SEE IT IN YOUR MIND.
NOW OPEN YOUR EYES AND DRAW THE
IMAGE YOU'VE BEEN THINKING OF.
DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE SEE IT AND
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, HOLD IT TO
YOU.
HOWIE, IN ADDITION TO CONNECTING
WITH OUR VIRTUAL
AUDIENCE I'D LIKE TO TRY AND
CONNECT WITH YOU
ARE YOU UP FOR IT?
Howie: I'M READY.
I'M GOING TO SET MY WATCH TO
SPECIFIC TIME THAT ONLY I KNOW,
AND LEAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
HOWIE, I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR
EYES
SEE A CLOCK FACE IN YOUR MIND.
IMAGINE THE HANDS SPINNING AND
WHEN I SNAP MY FINGERS, THE
HANDS STOP
WHAT TIME IS ON THE CLOCK?
TELL US ALL.
Howie: 4:00 >> 4:00.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU SAW IN
YOUR MIND?
Howie: I DID.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIME I SET
ON THE WATCH IT'S EXACTLY 4:00.
Howie: THAT'S AMAZING
[ APPLAUSE ]
NOW THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME
WAVE LENGTH, LET'S TAKE IT A
STEP FURTHER
INSIDE OF THIS ENVELOPE IS MY
INTENTION FOR THIS EVENING, A
TARGET SO TO SPEAK
SOMETHING I HOPE T
TRANSMIT TO YOU.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
IMAGINE YOURSELF ON AN EMPTY
STREET
YOU LOOK UP AT A BILLBOARD AND
SEE AN IMAGE ON THAT BILLBOARD
OPEN YOUR EYES
HOWIE,
YES OR NO, DO YOU HAVE AN IMAGE
IN MIND? >> Howie: I DO
DRAW THE IMAGE YOU'VE HAD IN
YOUR HEAD AND HOLD IT TO YOUR
HEART.
THERE'S NO WAY ANYONE ELSE CAN
KNOW NOT EVEN YOU
THE QUESTION IS,
HOW MUCH CAN BE COMMUNICATED
WITHOUT EVER SAYING A WORD
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO FIND OUT TONIGHT.
AS HOWIE PUTS HIS FINISHING
TOUCHES ON HIS DRAWING
YOU CAN HOLD THAT TOWARDS YOU.
HOWIE BEFORE THE SHOW BEGAN I
MADE A DRAWING OF MY OWN AND
SEALED IT INSIDE THIS NFL,
SOMETHING I INTENDED TO SEND
YOU.
HOWIE, DOES YOUR DRAWING LOOK
ANYTHING LIKE THIS
Howie: YOU'VE GOT TO BE
KIDDING US
WHAT DID YOU DRAW, SHOW US.
RIGHT ON THE MONEY
Sofia: COME ON!
Howie: WOW. Sofia: THAT'S CRAZY
AT THE BEGINNING OF MY ACT, I
PROMISED THAT I WOULD SHOW YOU
HOW THIS COULD BE POSSIBLE
YOU SEE IT BEGAN BEFORE I EVER
WALKED ON STAGE ‐‐ BEFORE YOU
EVER PICKED UP A PEN AND PAPER
IN THE OPENING VIDEO I ATTEMPTED
TO PLANT A SEED INSIDE YOUR
MIND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES THAT WERE
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
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[ APPLAUSE ]
WAIT, WAIT.
YOU SEE, HIGHWAYOWIE, YOU'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONE WHO WATCHED THIS.
AND YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO
DREW A PICTURE
SEEING THIS WILL HAVE HAD AN
EFFECT ON ALL OF YOU
EVERYONE, FOR THE FIRST TIME ‐‐
TURN YOUR DRAWING AROUND NOW
HOLD IT UP NICE AND CLOSE TO THE
CAMERA JUDGES LOOK AROUND YOU
IT'S EVERYONE.
EVEN IN THIS VIRTUAL WORLD WE
ARE ALL CONNECTED.
I'M MAX MAJOR, THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: MAX MAJOR!
THEY'RE STANDING
HOWIE, IS HE IN YOUR MIND?
Howie: THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE
I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S REAL, AND
IT'S EVEN BEYOND THAT, I HAD NO
IDEA, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE
YOU WERE ON OUR SHOW LAST TIME
WHO KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
COME OUT BAREFOOTED?
AND I'M NOT WEARING SOCKS.
WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING
AND NOW YOU JUST MADE IT REALLY
HARD FOR AMERICA, WHO ONLY CAN
PUT FIVE THROUGH, AND SO FAR
TONIGHT YOU ARE WORTHY OF GOING
THROUGH, ALONG WITH MORE THAN
ANOTHER FOUR
SO YOU'RE AMAZING, MAN, YOU
DESERVE A CAREER, IF NOT IN
MAGIC, IN ADVERTISING, BECAUSE
YOU COULD MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: I THOUGHT IT WAS
REALLY COOL, I ALSO LOVED THAT
YOU WERE TELLING US A LITTLE BIT
HOW IT WAS DONE, I WAS THINKING
I SHOULD LEAVE SOME NOTES AROUND
THE HOUSE, SOME CHORES FOR MY
KIDS, MY HUSBAND
THAT WAS VERY COOL >> THANK YOU
Heidi: GOOD LUCK. Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: THAT WAS AMAZING
I FELT THAT IT WAS SO CREATIVE
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO ADAPT
AND YOU HAD TO INCLUDE US.
THAT WAS FUN THAT WAS GREAT
I DON'T TRUST HIM THAT MUCH BUT
I TRUST YOU.
Howie: WHAT ABOUT THEM?
Sofia: HE'S GOOD.
Howie: AND I'M NOT TRUSTWORTHY.
Terry: MAX, YOU PROBABLY KNOW
WHAT QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK
YOU ALREADY. >> ASK IT ANYWAY
Terry: I WILL
YOU AUDITIONED ONLINE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO ACTUALLY BE
HERE NOW LIVE?
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
I WAS IN MY LIVING ROOM ON A
LAPTOP WHEN I FIRST MET YOU GUYS
AND I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
THOUGHT I WOULD ABOUT IT TWO
MORE ROUNDS AND FINALLY BE ON
THE MAIN STAGE
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
Heidi: GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THE
FLESH.
Sofia: WHY DO YOU HAVE NO SHOES?
SO I FEEL CONNECTED
Terry: MAX, YOU ARE THE BEST,
BROTHER, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT
THERE IS NO WAY FOR MAX TO MAKE
THE SEMI‐FINALS UNLESS YOU VOTE
FOR HIM.
VOTING IS ALREADY OPEN AND IT'LL
STAY OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A. M.
EASTERN TOMORROW
YOU CAN VOTE WITH THE OFFICIAL
"AGT" APP.
AFTER THE BREAK, AN AMAZING
SINGER WILL BE PERFORMING FROM
AUSTRALIA.
AND THRE
CONTORTIONISTS ARE GONNA MAKE
YOUR EYES WATER.
TRUST ME, I SAW THE REHEARSAL.
STAY RIGHT THERE
Terry: HEIDI, WHO IS YOUR
FAVORITE OF THE NIGHT SO FAR
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ACT OF THE
NIGHT SO FAR
Heidi: THAT'S SO HARD
I LOVED THE DANCERS AT THE VERY
BEGINNING.
BUT MY GOLDEN BUZZER IS COMING
UP
Terry: TOMORROW NIGHT, WE
MOVE A STEP CLOSER TO THE
AGT DREAM.
TONIGHT'S RESULTS WILL BE IN AND
FIVE ACTS WILL GO ON TO THE
SEMI‐FINALS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT AN INCREDIBLE
MAGICIAN TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S
MIND OFF THE PRESSURE.
THE SENSATIONAL JON DERENBOS
WILL BE HERE
YOU REMEMBER HIM FROM 2016 WHEN
HE BLEW AMERICA AWAY EVERY WEEK.
IT ALL STARTS TOMORROW AT
8:00/7:00 CENTRAL. BE HERE.
OKAY, THIS NEXT ACT TAKES BEING
A CONTORTIONIST TO THE NEXT
LEVEL.
ACTUALLY, NOT TO THE NEXT LEVEL,
THIS GOES WAY BEYOND THAT!
AND THIS ACT ISN'T ONE
CONTORTIONIST, THERE'S THREE OF
THEM
HERE'S BONE‐BREAKERS
WHERE WE COME FROM, A DREAM
IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
IN REALITY
WE'RE 6,665 MILES AWAY FROM
HOLLYWOOD, THE CITY OF GUINEA IN
AFRICA, ONE OF THE POOREST
CITIES IN AFRICA
OVER 12 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN
OUR CITY
AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM LIVE IN
POVERTY.
THERE ARE NO STARS THAT LINE
OUR SIDEWALKS.
PEOPLE TOLD US THAT PERFORMING
IS NOT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.
TO FIND A JOB IS A DREAM
PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE IS
A DREAM.
TO GO TO SCHOOL IS A DREAM.
BEING ON "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" WAS THE IMPOSSIBLE
DREAM.
AND NOW THE DREAM HAS COME TRUE.
AMAZING
WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING GREAT
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
WE FOUND WE HAD A UNIQUE
TALENT AND PEOPLE LAUGHED AT US.
THAT TALENT HAS BROUGHT US TO
AMERICA, THE BIGGEST STAGE IN
THE WORLD.
NOW WE TRULY FEEL THAT WE CAN
WORK HARD AND GIVE A BETTER LIFE
TO OUR FAMILIES BACK HOME.
TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO
FULFILL OUR DREAMS AND CHANGE
OUR LIFE FOREVER
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: BONE‐BREAKERS!
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HEIDI, WOW >> Heidi: WOW.
I MEAN, WOW.
YOU GUYS HAVE SOME STRANGE
MOVES.
HONESTLY, BONE‐BREAKERS, I DON'T
THINK THERE'S ONE BONE IN YOUR
BODY, I THINK IT'S ALL LIKE
RUBBER
IT WAS INSANE, CORKSCREW AND ALL
THESE WEIRD MOVES YOU DID, IT
WAS QUITE INTERESTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Heidi: I LOVED IT
VERY GOOD. >> Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: I'M GOING TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU
YOU GUYS ARE NOW MY FAVORITE ACT
OF THE NIGHT
NO, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M SEEING
SUCH ORIGINALITY
IT WAS PAINFUL TO WATCH, THINGS
SHOULDN'T BE GOING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
FRIENDS DON'T FOLD OTHER
FRIENDS.
IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO
MAKE A WISH, AND THE WISH WAS, I
HOPE THIS DOESN'T BREAK MY
BONES. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT
AMERICA, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE A DECISION
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: IT'S KIND OF
EXHAUSTING FOR ME TO WATCH YOU
GUYS
AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO SEE
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE.
IT'S FANTASTIC, WHAT YOU GUYS DO
IT'S SO CHOREOGRAPHED, I LIKE
WITH THE FACES THAT YOU'RE
DOING.
I LOVE THAT IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE
ENJOYING IT, ACTUALLY.
Howie: THEY WOULD BEND OVER
BACKWARDS TO WIN THIS THING.
Terry: BONE‐BREAKERS, HOW CAN
YOU TAKE THIS ACT TO THE NEXT
LEVEL WITHOUT HURTING YOURSELF
IT'S A LOT OF PRACTICE, A LOT
OF PRACTICE.
AND TRUST ME, YOU ALL STILL
HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.
Terry: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, GUYS.
OKAY, DO YOU THINK BONE‐BREAKERS
SHOULD BE IN THE SEMIFINALS?
THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND
VOTE!
YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN TIMES FOR
EACH ACT WITH ALL OF THE VOTING
METHODS.
GO ON, MAKE THESE GUYS REAL
HAPPY! >> Announcer: COMING UP.
YOU HAVE AN AMAZING VOICE
I WISH I COULD SEE YOUR FACE
BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE VERY
HANDSOME
YOU BLEW THE ROOF OFF
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY OUT OF
THIS WORLD
Terry: OUR NEXT ACT IS BACK
HOME IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, WHERE
HE'S A SINGER WHO'S SPENT A LOT
OF HIS LIFE HIDING FROM PEOPLE
AND FROM THE WORLD.
WELL, NOW HE'S CHANGING THAT AND
HE'S STEPPING RIGHT INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT. HE'S SHELDON RILEY
GROWING UP, FITTING IN WAS
NEVER AN OPTION FOR ME
I'M FROM A FAMILY OF PUBLIC
HOUSING, SO WE WERE ALWAYS
MOVING AROUND.
I WENT TO SO MANY SCHOOLS AS A
KID.
NOT HAVING A BEST FRIEND OR EVEN
JUST A FRIEND BECAME NORMAL.
I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS
EXPERIENCED BULLYING
FOR ME, IT WAS TOUGH
PHYSICAL STUFF, AND VERBAL
STUFF.
BEING A KID, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
FEELINGS OF WHO AM I AND WHAT AM
I GOING TO BECOME.
I WAS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION OF HOW CAN I HIDE EVEN
MORE
I NEVER WANTED TO BE ME BECAUSE
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING
SO I JUST DECIDED TO HIDE MYSELF
AWAY
BUT IT'S SO PAINFUL AND LONELY
TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD.
I CAME ON THE "AGT" BECAUSE I
CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
EITHER I COME OUT OR I DON'T
KNOW IF I CAN LIVE THIS LIFE
ANYMORE.
Simon: PEOPLE KIND OF
SECOND‐GUESS WHAT WE LIKE OR
DON'T LIKE
IT'S ORIGINALITY RATHER THAN
PREDICTABILITY
IT'S WELL DESERVED
THANK YOU SO MUCH
IT MADE ME REALIZE THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T
ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT FITTING IN
AND IT'S OKAY TO BE EXACTLY WHO
YOU ARE.
I WAS THAT 10‐YEAR‐OLD BOY WHO
READ FASHION MAGAZINES IN THE
DARK AND COVERED HIS BRUISES
WITH HIS MOM'S MAKEUP.
NOW I WEAR MAKEUP TO EXPRESS
MYSELF
MY MUSIC AND MY FASHION ARE AN
EXTENSION OF MYSELF.
TO REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT IS ME.
"AGT" COULD DEFINITELY CHANGE MY
LIFE BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS.
IT'S GIVEN ME SO MUCH
CONFIDENCE, JUST BEING MYSELF.
I DO FEEL LIKE I'VE HIDDEN MY
WHOLE LIFE AND NOW IS THE TIME
TO STOP HIDING
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ YOUR LOVING IS ALL I THINK
ABOUT ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ IT'S MORE THAN I DARE TO THIN
ABOUT ♪
♪ LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ CAUSE YOUR LOVING IS ALL I
THINK ABOUT ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ BUT IT'S MORE THAN I DARE TO
THINK ABOUT ♪
♪ EVERY NIGHT, EVERY DAY ♪
♪ JUST TO BE THERE IN YOUR
ARMS ♪
♪ WON'T YOU STAY ♪
♪ WON'T YOU STAY ♪
♪ FOREVER AND EVER ♪
♪ AND EVER AND EVER ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: SHELDON RILEY.
SOFIA.
Sofia: I MEAN, THIS IS VERY
EMOTIONAL.
THE WAY THAT YOU PERFORMED
AND I THINK IT'S SO UNIQUE, THIS
THING THAT YOU HAVE CREATED, THE
COSTUMES AND EVERYTHING, THE
MAGIC, THE MYSTERY, TO HIDE
YOURSELF, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC
WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED.
I LOVE IT, I LOVE THE SONG
AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND THAT THEY VOTE FOR YOU
BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHERE
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS IN
THIS COMPETITION I CAN'T WAIT
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: I AGREE WITH YOU
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH WHAT
SOFIA SAID
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ALL
ARE TRYING TO FIND A PATH WHERE
WE CAN FIT IN AND WE WANT TO BE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
I THINK WITH YOUR STYLE AND
TALENT AND FASHION, YOU'RE NOT
LIKE ANYONE ELSE, YOU'RE
ORIGINAL
THAT GIVES US ALL POWER.
IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT
AMERICA VOTES FOR YOU, YOU NEVER
REALLY REVEAL WHO YOU TRULY ARE.
THIS IS ANY ONE OF US.
YOU'RE A LEADER, YOU REALLY ARE.
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: WELL, I'M JUST REALLY
HAPPY THAT YOU FINALLY FOUND
YOURSELF
AND THAT YOU'RE CONFIDENT.
I THINK YOU'RE REALLY COOL
I ALSO LOVE THE MYSTERY OF IT
ALL.
YOU ARE QUITE BEAUTIFUL BEHIND
THAT, I HAVE TO SAY, THE
GLIMPSES WE SEE HERE AND THERE
MY FAVORITE IS WHEN YOU BELT IT
OUT AT THE END, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A POWERFUL VOICE AND YOU CAN GO
THERE. I LOVED IT
IT WAS VERY UNIQUE [ APPLAUSE ]
Terry: NOW, SHELDON
WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL AS A
PERFORMER?
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ON THE
STAGE AND TO MEET YOU, HEIDI
KLUM, OH, MY GOSH, MY HEART IS
RACING
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU QUICKLY.
AS A LITTLE BOY I USED TO SNEAK
AROUND AND WATCH YOU IN MY
LAUNDRY ROOM AND WATCH FASHION
I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR GIVING SOMEONE LIKE
ME FROM THE LGBT COMMUNITY A
VOICE TO EXPRESS MY FASHION AND
UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT SO AVAILABLE
FOR ALL OF US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT MY GOAL, AGAIN, HEIDI, I
LIVE BY WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT
YOU SAID WAS, IN FASHION AND IN
EVERYTHING, ONE DAY YOU'RE IN
AND THE NEXT DAY YOU CAN BE OUT.
I WANT TO LIVE BY THAT BECAUSE
UNTIL MY TIME'S UP, I'M GOING TO
LIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE
AUTHENTICALLY AND ORIGINALLY AND
NOT PREDICTABLE.
SOFIA, I MIGHT BE HIDDEN RIGHT
NOW BUT I'M NOT HIDING
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL
PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND THE WHOLE
WORLD.
Terry: THANK YOU, SHELDON,
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
COME ON, YOU'VE SEEN SOME GREAT
ACTS TONIGHT, AND NOW YOU GET TO
DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO INTO THE
SEMIFINALS WITH YOUR VOTES
AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE USING
YOUR X FUNNY I AT THIS VOICE
REMOTE
COMING UP, WE'VE GOT A
SENSATIONAL AERIALIST.
HE'S HAD TO FIGHT HARD TO DO
WHAT HE LOVES, AND TONIGHT HE'S
PUSHING HIS SKILLS TO THE LIMI
Terry: WE HAVE ALL COME OUT
TO UNIVERSAL PLAZA FOR THIS NEXT
ACT.
HEY, SOFIA >> Heidi: HI, TERRY.
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: HERE COMES THE JUDGE
THIS GUY'S YOUNG KIDS HAD
NEVER SEEN WHAT HE DOES UNTIL
THE AUDITION
THEN HIS YOUNG SON WAS JUMPING
FOR JOY WHEN HE SAW HIS DAD
PERFORM.
HE IS A MAN WHO HAS HAD TO FIGHT
HARD TO DO WHAT HE LOVES
HE IS ALAN SILVA
FROM ALL THE BULLIES, STONES
BEING THROWN AT ME AS A KID,
JUST BECAUSE I LOOK DIFFERENT.
BUT WHEN I'M FLYING THROUGH THE
AIR, I HAVE FREEDOM.
I FEEL INVINCIBLE.
FOR ONE MOMENT IN MY LIFE, I AM
UP ABOVE
AERIALISTS ARE BEAUTIFUL
BUT UNDERNEATH ALL OF THAT
BEAUTY THERE IS THE SENSE OF
DANGER
ONE DAY I WAS PERFORMING, DOING
THIS FINAL MOVE, AND I FELL.
NEXT THING I KNOW, I WAKE UP IN
THE HOSPITAL
THE DOCTOR SAID YOU BROKE YOUR
NECK
AND I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE
TO PERFORM AGAIN
IT WAS THE WORST TIME IN MY LIFE
BECAUSE I FELT THAT I LOST IT
ALL.
IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO RECOVER
IT WAS HARD PHYSICALLY
IT WAS HARD MENTALLY
AND I WAS AFRAID TO GET BACK IN
THE SILK
BUT WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, YOU
CAN LET IT HOLD YOU BACK OR YOU
CAN CONQUER YOUR FEAR.
SO FOR THIS PERFORMANCE I AM
GOING TO DO THE MOVE THAT BROKE
MY NECK. I KNOW THIS IS CRAZY
BUT MY ENTIRE LIFE, I HAVE
OVERCOME CHALLENGES.
SO TONIGHT, I CAN'T LET FEAR
STOP ME.
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Howie: WHAT'S GOING ON?
IT'S NOT OVER?
Sofia: I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE
MUSIC IS ODDLY DANGEROUS
♪♪
Howie: LOOK AT THAT
Heidi: WHAT ARE THOSE SPEARS?
Howie: OH, MY GOSH, THOSE ARE
SPIKES
THIS IS CRAZY.
Heidi: HE'S DOING IT OVER THE
SPIKES
Sofia: I DON'T WANT TO SEE.
Howie: NO ARE YOU KIDDING ME
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: ALAN SILVA
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE.
WE WILL GET EVERYBODY BACK
INSIDE
WE'LL GET REACTION FROM THE
JUDGES
AND COMING UP, WE WILL HEAR FROM
THE SINGER THAT MADE HEIDI HIT
THE GOLDEN BUZZER.
DO NOT MOVE!
Terry: DID YOU SEE ALAN SILVA
BEFORE THE BREAK
IT WAS AWESOME
LET'S SEE IF THE JUDGES AGREE.
HEIDI.
Heidi: I MEAN, I HAVE SO MUCH
FUN WATCHING YOU HAVE SO MUCH
FUN.
YOU JUST RADIATE JOY WHEN YOU
FLY THROUGH THE AIR, UPUNTIL
THAT MOMENT WHEN THE SPIKES ALL
OF A SUDDEN CAME UNDER THE STAGE
AND YOU DID THE DEATHDROP RIGHT
THERE AND THEN
I'M SO HAPPY THIS TIME NOTHING
HAPPENED
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: IT WAS BREATHTAKING,
IT WAS EXCITING, IT WAS
NERVEWRACKING.
SHE SAW IN YOU A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR
FACE
I DID SEE A LOT OF THE NERVOUS
AT THE END, I WAS LIKE, OH, NO,
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
AND ALSO I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN FOR YOU IN THIS
COMPETITION.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO PERFORM FOR US IF THE
PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SOFIA H.
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: WHAT THE PEOPLE AT
HOME DON'T KNOW, YOU ALMOST
DIDN'T DO IT
I DON'T KNOW IF THE STAGE WAS
WET AND SLIPPERY, NUMBER ONE
NUMBER TWO, THERE WAS TOO MUCH
WIND, USUALLY YOU DO IT INSIDE
AND NUMBER THREE, THE LAST TIME
YOU DID IT, YOU BROKE YOUR NECK.
TAKING AT LEAST THREE INTO
CONSIDERATION, IT'S YOUR VOTE,
AMERICA.
GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU, HOWIE.
Terry: GOOD LUCK, ALAN.
INCREDIBLE
ALAN'S DREAM RIGHT NOW IS TO
MAKE THE SEMI‐FINALS, AND YOU
CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF YOU WANT TO VOTE WITH THE
OFFICIAL "AGT" APP, DOWNLOAD IT
ON THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY.
AND RIGHT NOW, HERE'S OUR LAST
ACT TONIGHT.
SHE'S A SINGER, AND SHE'S
HEIDI'S GOLDEN BUZZER.
HEIDI, WHAT DID YOU SEE THAT
MADE YOU REACH FOR THE BUTTON?
Heidi: YOU KNOW, THE GOLDEN
BUZZER IS ONLY FOR SOMEONE YOU
BELIEVE IS REALLY, REALLY
SPECIAL.
FOR ME THAT'S CRISTINA RAE
Terry: OKAY
HERE IS CRISTINA RAE
CRISTINA, THEY'LL BE READY
FOR YOU ONSTAGE IN 30 SECONDS.
I LOVE YOU.
I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND
SING MY HEART OUT FOR US
I'M GOING TO SING FOR ME AND I'M
GOING TO SING FOR ME
OKAY, MOM >> GIVE ME A KISS.
I'M A SINGLE MOM AND THIS WILL
CHANGE MY LIFE BY PUTTING US IN
A HOME
I WANT HIM TO HAVE HIS OWN ROOM.
I WANT US TO LIVE IN OUR OWN
HOME, NOT A HOUSE.
GETTING THE GOLDEN BUZZER WAS
AMAZING.
HAVING JEREMIAH WITH ME, OUR
LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED.
I GOT THE GOLDEN BUZZER!
WHEN I'M WITH MY SON JEREMIAH,
HE COMPLETELY CHANGES EVERYTHING
BEFORE I WAS A MOM, I HAD NO
ONE.
MY FAMILY WASN'T A SUPPORTER OF
MY PREGNANCY OR MY DREAMS.
AND I FELT ALONE
I WANTED TO GIVE UP AT TIMES,
HONESTLY, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE
YOU'RE NOT JUST BATTLING
SOMEBODY TELLING YOU YOU'RE
WRONG FOR BELIEVING IN YOURSELF,
BUT YOU'RE ALSO BATTLING WHETHER
YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
WITH JEREMIAH, I WANTED TO FIGHT
HARDER TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR
US NOW, BEING HERE, IT SHOWS
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE
ISN'T THAT RIGHT IS THAT RIGHT?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪♪
♪♪
♪ WELL, I HEARD THERE WAS A
SECRET CHORD THAT DAVID PLAYED
AND IT PLEASED THE LORD ♪
♪ BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN RECALL
CARE FOR MUSIC, DO YOU ♪
♪ WELL, IT GOES LIKE THIS ♪
♪ THE FOURTH, THE FIFTH, THE
MINOR FALL AND THE MAJOR LIFT ♪
♪ THE BAFFLED KING COMPOSING
HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
MUBE MAYBE THERE'S A GOD ABOVE
BUT ALL I'VE EVER LEARNED FROM
LOVE ♪
♪ WAS HOW TO SHOOT SOMEBODY WHO
OUTDREW YA ♪
♪ AND IT'S NOT A CRY THAT YOU
HEAR AT NIGHT ♪
♪ IT'S NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S SEEN
THE LIGHT ♪
♪ IT'S A COLD AND IT'S A BROKEN
HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: CRISTINA RAE
HEIDI, YOUR GOLDEN BUZZER.
Heidi: YES.
CRISTINA RAE, I MEAN, YOU SANG
THIS FLAWLESSLY, FLAWLESSLY.
IT WAS SO PERFECT.
IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR
I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE NOT DONE
A BETTER JOB
I MEAN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MUCH I HAVE YOUR BACK.
I HOPE AMERICA HAS YOUR BACK
TONIGHT.
I HOPE AMERICA IS GOING TO VOTE
FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO WIN SO BADLY
THANK YOU
TENCHT >> Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: THAT WAS GORGEOUS.
WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU, YOU SOUND
TO ME LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY A
RECORDING ARTIST, IT'S SO GREAT.
AND THIS SONG, I FELT LIKE I'VE
HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE, BUT THEN
YOU MADE IT SO YOURS, SO UNIQUE.
IT'S SPECTACULAR
I WISH YOU A LOT OF LUCK
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: IF THERE'S ONE WORD TO
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU JUST DID, IT
WAS FLAWLESS
AND I THINK THAT YOU AGREE WITH
ME, YOU'RE SAYING YES.
BUT THAT INSTRUMENT, YOU DID IT
WITH SUCH EASE, AND THAT RANGE
OF NOTES
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO
END WHAT I BELIEVE SO FAR IS THE
MOST SPECTACULAR EVENING THAT
WE'VE HAD ON SEASON 15
AND YOU ARE DESERVING OF THE
GOLDEN BUZZER.
AMERICA, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO DO IT, BUT I'M GLAD
IT'S YOU AND NOT US.
GOOD LUCK, YOUNG LADY. THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
Terry: GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
CRISTINA RAE
OKAY, YOU'VE SEEN 11 ACTS.
YOU GOTTA PICK FIVE TO GO
THROUGH.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES FOR EACH ACT WITH EACH
VOTING METHOD AND VOTING WILL
STAY OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A. M.
EASTERN TOMORROW
TOMORROW NIGHT, IT'S THE
RESULTS!
ONLY FIVE ACTS WILL KEEP THE
DREAM ALIVE.
AND JON DERENBOS WILL BE HERE TO
BLOW YOUR MINDS.
IT ALL KICKS OFF AT
8:00/7:00 CENTRAL.
I'M TERRY CREWS.
GOOD NIGHT, AMERICA!
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I AM
NOT YOUR MOTHER.
GUYS, THAT'S SO GOOD, I WANT
TO SAY YOU ARE THE BEST WE HAVE
EVER HAD
THAT WAS AMAZING.
YOU'RE ALREADY A STAR.
[ SCREAMING
FABULOUS, SPECTACULAR
YOU'RE THE BEST OF THE NIGHT,
I LOVE YOU
I'VE JUST GOT TO SAY, MAN,
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
WILL NOT BE STOPPED
IT SHOWS HOW GREAT THE HUMAN
SPIRIT IS.
THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO
GET TO THIS MOMENT
NOW IT'S ALL ON THE LINE
WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO
DO, WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN TRYING
TO SHOW, YOU MUST SHOW IT NOW.
YOU DO NOT GET ANOTHER CHANCE.
Announcer: LIVE FROM
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD IT'S
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT!
HERE'S YOUR HOST, TERRY CREWS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: WELCOME, AMERICA
IT'S OUR THIRD QUARTER‐FINAL AND
THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE ON
THIS FAMOUS STUDIO AGAIN
TONIGHT.
LOOK AT ALL THESE FACES.
YES, I SEE YOU, I SEE YOU,
ORANGE SHIRT, YELLOW SHIRT,
BLACK SHIRT, I SEE YOU, FAMILY
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GREATEST
STARS IN HISTORY HAVE WALKED
THIS UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LOT LIKE
BETTE DAVIS, ROBERT REDFORD,
JENNIFER LOPEZ
MERYL STREEP, BRAD PITT AND
WILL SMITH AND ME
SO NOW THE QUESTION IS ‐‐ WHICH
OF OUR AGT STARS COULD BE
JOINING THAT LIST OF LEGENDS
AS USUAL, TONIGHT ONLY FIVE ACTS
WILL MAKE IT TO THE
SEMI‐FINALS ‐‐ AND THAT'S ALL
DOWN TO YOU AT HOME.
NOW, THERE'S SOME BIG NEWS DOWN
AT THE JUDGES' DESK.
SIMON IS STILL RECOVERING AT
HOME AND WE SEND HIM MORE AGT
LOVE, BUT THAT MEANS MOVING
FORWARD, OUR OTHER THREE JUDGES
WILL BE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING
WITHOUT SIMON.
SO RIGHT NOW, LET'S HEAR IT FOR
OUR "AGT" JUDGES
HEIDI KLUM, HOWIE MANDEL,
AN SOFIA VERGARA.
HOWIE, YOU MOVED, MAN.
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW
POSITION HERE?
Howie: TO BE HONEST, WE
REALIZE SIMON IS IRREPLACEABLE
BUT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO PARTAKE
OF THE MOST GORGEOUS MAN
SANDWICH IN HISTORY?
ALL KIDDING ASIDE, SIMON, I KNOW
HE WATCHES THE SHOW, WE LOVE
YOU, OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU,
BUDDY, COME BACK REALLY FAST
WE MISS YOU
LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.
THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY
HERE WE GO
11 ACTS ARE COMING UP.
REMEMBER, ONLY FIVE CAN SURVIVE,
SO YOU GOTTA VOTE.
WE'RE GOING RIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FOR OUR FIRST ACT, TO
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
YOU KNOW, DANCE IS ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT CAN GRAB YOU YOUNG
AND TAKE OVER YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
WELL, THIS BUNCH OF KIDS IS
ALREADY FEELING THE FULL FORCE
OF THAT PASSION!
IT'S DANCE TOWN FAMILY.
HI, GUYS. >> ARE YOU READY
HI, EVERYBODY
WE'RE A GROUP OF 49 DANCERS
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
AND TOGETHER WE ARE ‐‐
DANCE TOWN FAMILY
I JOINED DANCE TOWN FAMILY
WHEN I WAS 3 YEARS OLD
8 YEARS OLD
12 YEARS OLD.
DANCE TOWN FAMILY IS A PLACE
WHERE YOU CAN COME, YOU CAN BE
LOVED NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
NOBODY JUDGES YOU.
AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I HAVE
THIS AMAZING GROUP
WE ALL AS A FAMILY WORK SUPER
HARD WE ARE ALWAYS REHEARSING
NONSTOP.
IN FACT, I THINK MY FEET ARE
DANCING RIGHT NOW.
I'VE DREAMT OF DANCING.
MY DREAM IS TO BE A
PROFESSIONAL DANCER.
A PROFESSIONAL DANCE OF HER.
MY DREAM.
MY DREAM.
OUR DREAM IS TO BECOME ‐‐
PROFESSIONAL DANCERS.
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM
MY DREAM HAS ALREADY COME
TRUE, BASICALLY IT'S TO BE ON
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
YOU GUYS DESERVE TO GO AHEAD
TO THE LIVE SHOW
IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL REAL
THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE THE
BIGGEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE
WE HOPE THAT AMERICA SEES OUR
DIFFERENT CULTURES AND HOW WE
ALL COME TOGETHER TO SHOW OUR
LOVE FOR DANCE
I WANT THIS MORE THAN EVER.
WE ALL MAY BE DIFFERENT
BUT WE HAVE ONE GOAL.
TO WIN "AGT."
AND THAT'S WHAT WE CAME HERE
TO DO.
ARE YOU READY I WAS BORN READY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: DANCE TOWN FAMILY!
SOFIA, YOU'RE ON YOUR FEET
OH, MY GOD, THAT WAS LIKE
PERFECTION
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING
I MEAN, SUCH A BIG GROUP
I LOVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FOOTWORK,
IT'S SO PRECISE, THE
CHOREOGRAPHY IS AMAZING.
I LOVE HOW YOU GUYS CAN
INTEGRATE SUCH DIFFERENT AGES
BECAUSE THERE'S LITTLE YOUNG
KIDS AND THERE'S OLDER ONES.
IT'S AMAZING
I THINK YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB
WITH THAT SONG, IN THAT SETTING
THAT YOU WERE.
THAT WAS, LIKE, RIGHT ON
[ APPLAUSE ] >> Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: NOT ONLY THAT, I
THOUGHT YOU WERE REALLY IN THE
MOMENT
WITH THE MASKS, IT'S GOT TO BE
TOUGH TO GET A BREATH.
TO ME IT WAS COVID MEETS CONGA
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
BUT IT WAS AMAZING
AND YOU GUYS WERE ALL ‐‐ WHAT A
GREAT WAY TO START A SHOW.
Heidi: I KNOW WHAT IT WAS
Howie: THANK YOU.
THEY LOVE MY JUDGING
Heidi: IT WAS SO ON FIRE, IT
WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
IT SHOWS YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE SO
MUCH PASSION AND YOU LIVE FOR
YOUR DREAM, NOTHING CAN STOP YOU
GUYS EVEN WITH THE MASKS.
AND IN OUR PANDEMIC, YOU GUYS
WERE SO AWESOME.
I FEEL LIKE YOU DANCED YOUR WAY
IN
Terry: DANCE TOWN FAMILY,
THIS QUESTION IS FOR RUBY, HOW
DID YOU GUYS KEEP SUCH A LARGE
GROUP TOGETHER DURING LOCKDOWN
[ INAUDIBLE ]
Terry: HEY, RUBY, OKAY, THEY
DID IT
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, DANCE TOWN
FAMILY AND HERE WE GO
VOTING IS OPEN NOW AND STAYS
OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A. M. EASTERN
OFFICIAL AGT APP
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT FROM THE
APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY
COME ON, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU.
Announcer: COMING UP.
Howie: IT'S THRILLING AND
GRACEFUL YOU HAVE IT ALL.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS
Sofia: IT WAS FANTASTIC
HEIDI AND I WERE GETTING
GOOSEBUMPS
Terry: YOU KNOW, THE JUDGES
OFTEN ADVISE SINGERS NOT TO DO
AN ORIGINAL SONG AT THE
AUDITIONS.
BUT THIS GUY WANTED TO TELL HIS
PAINFUL STORY, AND HE NAILED IT!
AGT IS HIS SECOND CHANCE TO LIVE
HIS DREAM.
HERE'S NOLAN NEAL.
I GROUP UP IN EAST TENNESSEE,
IN THE COUNTRY, WITH MY DAD.
MY DAD STRUGGLED WITH DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL.
LIVING OUT THERE IN A LITTLE
HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
I WAS LONELY, KIND OF LOST
MUSIC WAS THE FIRST THING THAT
WAS EASY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE I
TRIED, I COULDN'T CATCH THE
BASEBALL RIGHT, I COULDN'T GET
THE BASKETBALL, I BROKE BOTH
FINGERS.
BUT I REMEMBER PICKING UP MY
FATHER'S GUITAR AND I WOULD PLAY
IT I WOULD HEAR THOSE MAGIC
MELODIES TELL ME THAT I WASN'T
ALONE.
AND IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE JUST
FOR A MOMENT, I WOULD BE ALL
RIGHT.
AND I STARTED DRINKING JUST LIKE
MY DAD I JUST WOULD BLOW ANY
OPPORTUNITY I HAD.
AND ONCE I WOKE UP FROM THAT
AFTER 24 YEARS, OH, MY GOD
THE DAMAGE I HAD DONE TO
EVERYONE IN MY LIFE.
NOW I'M ABOUT TO BE 15 MONTHS
OVER Simon: I THINK YOU'RE VERY
INSPIRATIONAL, NOLAN
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
DRIVING AND DRIVING UNTIL YOU
GET TO THE EDGE OF THE WORK.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE MUSIC, YOU CAN
GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH
IT
OUT WHERE THE WORLD SLOWS DOWN
AND TIME STANDS STILL.
YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF WHERE YOU
END UP IN YOUR LIFE.
IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LONG
ROAD I WANT TO BE HAPPY
THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC.
WALKING OUT ON THAT STAGE
TONIGHT, I CAN FEEL IT
IT'S RIGHT THERE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪♪
♪♪
♪ LET ME HEAR OUR FAVORITE SONG
SONG ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE ♪
♪ SEND ME A BUTTERFLY ♪
♪ AND THEY SAY HAVE SOME FAITH ♪
♪ RIGHT NOW I JUST NEED A SIGN ♪
♪ A SIGN, A SIGN ♪
♪ SEND ME A BUTTERFLY, LET IT B
THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES ♪
♪ SHOW ME A FALLING STAR, THE
SECOND I'M WONDERING WHERE YOU
ARE ♪
♪ LET ME HEAR OUR FAVORITE
SONG ♪
♪ IF YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE ON THE
OTHER SIDE ♪
♪ SEND ME A BUTTERFLY ♪
♪ MMM, SEND ME A BUTTERFLY ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: NOLAN NEAL
WHAT'S UP, MAN?
Terry: INCREDIBLE
THANK YOU, MY BROTHER
Terry: HEIDI. Heidi: NOLAN.
HI, NOLAN.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S AN
ORIGINAL SONG, YES >> YES
Heidi: IT TELLS YOUR STORY
AND I HEAR SO MUCH EMOTIONS IN
YOUR VOICE WHEN YOU SING, I HEAR
A LOT OF THE SADNESS BUT I HEAR
HOPE TOO AND A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL
THINGS IN YOUR VOICE
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SPOT ON
THANK YOU SO MUCH
IT MEANS A LOT COMING FROM YOU
THANK YOU.
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: I THOUGHT THIS WAS
BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME I
HEARD YOU.
YOUR STORIES ARE ALWAYS SO
HEARTBREAKING BUT AT THE SAME
TIME IT'S SO UPLIFTING
I THINK YOU'RE SO BRAVE TO COME
HERE WITH AN ORIGINAL SONG AND
TO THIS STAGE.
I LOVE IT. >> THANK YOU
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: I AGREE WITH MY FELLOW
JUDGES HERE.
AS SIMON SAID IN THE CLIP
BEFORE, YOU ARE INSPIRATIONAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE
INCLUDING YOURSELF AND TELL US
THE STORY OF THEIR JOURNEY AND
THEIR STRUGGLES AND PEOPLE HAVE
HURDLES TO GO OVER
BUT I THINK AT THIS TIME IN THE
WORLD, WHILE THE SHOW IS ON
TONIGHT, WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING
AND ALL LOOKING FOR THAT
BUTTERFLY. WE RELATE.
AND YOU HAVE THAT FEELING IN
YOUR VOICE THAT WE'RE ALL ‐‐ WE
ALL WANT TO BE HOPEFUL, AND YOU
GIVE THE WORLD HOPE.
I LOVED IT
SO FAR MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE
TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU
Terry: NOLAN, YOUR STORY IS
SO INSPIRATIONAL
WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
THOSE WHO MAY BE GOING THROUGH
TOUGH TIMES? >> OH, MAN
YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON ME
OKAY
I'VE WAITED MY ENTIRE LIFE TO
COME HERE FOR THIS MOMENT.
ALL I CAN SAY IS, I REMEMBER NOT
TOO LONG AGO BEING IN MY MAMA'S
BASEMENT, DOPESICK, UNWELL
I KNEW THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF
HOPE I KEPT LIVING AND KEPT
SURVIVING.
IF YOU CAN JUST HOLD ON FOR A
SECOND, THE SUN WILL SHINE
AGAIN.
IT'S ONE OF MY LEARYRICSLYRICS
MAYBE THAT'S A CHEESY PLUG
JUST HOLD ON IT GETS BETTER
YOU DON'T KNOW THE DAMAGE IT
DOES FAMILIES IF YOU GO AWAY TOO
SOON THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
Terry: THAT IS AMAZING,
THAT'S THE BEST ADVICE
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, NOLAN
IF YOU LOVE NOLAN, VOTE FOR HIM.
XFINITY CUSTOMERS, YOU CAN VOTE
USING YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
JUST SAY, "VOTE FOR AGT"
EVERYBODY CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES FOR EACH ACT WITH EACH
VOTING METHOD.
COMING UP, YOU ARE GONNA BE
LAUGHING YOUR PANTS OFF WITH
TONIGHT'S COMEDIAN, AND LATER, A
SENSATIONAL MUSICIAN TAKES
DRUMMING WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN
BEFORE
STAY RIGHT THERE
Terry: WHEN THIS COMEDIAN
TOLD HIS MOM WHAT HE WANTED TO
DO, ALL HE HEARD WAS THE ANGRY
BANGING OF POTS AND PANS
MAYBE TONIGHT, HE'LL HEAR THE
LAUGHING AND CLAPPING.
HE'S USAMA SIDDIQUEE
WHEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED, I
MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE NEW
YORK, GO HOME AND QUARANTINE
WITH MY PARENTS AT MY CHILDHOOD
HOME, PLANO, TEXAS
SEEING MY MOM EVERY DAY, I
HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN YEARS
GET UP.
BUT BY DAY THREE, I'M LIKE,
I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CHANCES
WITH COVID
IT'S A CRAZY EXPERIENCE, "AGT"
CHANGED MY LIFE.
CHANGED YOUR LIFE
YOU STILL LIVE HERE.
YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED YOUR LIFE
WHEN YOU COULD HAVE BECOME A
DOCTOR
THAT WAS SIX OR SEVEN YEARS
NOW, MOM
LOOK AT ME, "I DON'T CARE
ABOUT MY PARENTS." WHO IS THIS
HELLO?
QUARANTINING WITH MY PARENTS
HAS ITS PROS, BUT MOSTLY CONS.
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING, GIRL, BUT IF THINGS
OPEN BACK UP, WE CAN GET A
LITTLE CRAZY
YOU HAVEN'T CLEANED YET
MOM, I'M ON A DATE RIGHT NOW.
DATE?
WHAT'S HER NAME? >> THIS IS BIG
IS SHE A DOCTOR
MY PARENTS AREN'T HERE RIGHT
NOW BUT MY MOM CALLS ME NINE
TIMES A DAY.
THEY UNDERSTAND HOW BIG THIS IS.
YOU NEED PEOPLE IN YOUR CORNER
AND WHO BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE
WHO RAISED YOU
OH, HE'S FAMOUS NOW AND YOU
THINK YOU CAN COME IN HERE AND
RUIN HIS LIFE? NOT ON MY WATCH.
LOVE YOU, MOM [ APPLAUSE ]
♪♪
GOOD TO SEE YOU, JUDGES
LONG TIME NO SEE
I WANT TO REMIND YOU MY NAME IS
STILL USAMA AND I STILL GET INTO
SITUATIONS WITH THE NAME
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS AT
JFK AIRPORT AND A FRIEND I HAD
NO
SEEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS SEES
ME AND SCREAMS MY NAME
HE WAS LIKE ‐‐ HE'S JUST LIKE,
"OH MY GOD ITS OSAMAAA!"
IS THERE A WORSE THING YOU CAN
SCREAM IN AN AIRPORT
THEN HE MAKES IT WORSE
HE'S LIKE "OH MY GOD I THOUGHT
YOU WERE DEAD! DUDE! I HAVEN'T
SEEN YOU SINCE SEPTEMBER! BRO!
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING!"
SO, I'M FREAKING OUT
EVERY TSA OFFICER IS LOOKING AT
ME WITH THAT FACE THAT SAYS
GUANTANAMO BAY.
RIGHT? SO I AM LIKE, "OK, LET ME
DEFUSE THE SITUATION, LET ME
SHOW MY FRIEND THAT I RECOGNIZE
HIM" SO I GIVE MY FRIEND ONE OF
THESE:(GESTURES A THUMBS UP) BUT
THIS LOOKS LESS LIKE AN "I KNOW
YOU" AND MORE LIKE "THE PLAN IS
A GO."
HE WAS LIKE, USAMA
I WAS LIKE, COMMENCE OPERATION
I GET THROUGH THE GATE, BUT NOW
I'M LATE, SO I'M RUNNING IN THE
AIRPORT, BUT I'M RUNNING WITH A
MASSIVE JACKET AND A HUGE
BACKPACK
DO Y'ALL REALIZE HOW BAD A BROWN
DUDE LOOKS RUNNING IN AN AIRPORT
WITH A HUGE BACKPACK
I LOOKED LIKE A SUICIDE BOMBER
WHO OVERSLEPT.
LIKE, FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AND
ALSO LAST DAY ON THE JOB
BUT I GOT TO MIAMI WITH MY
FRIENDS,
WE WERE GOING TO GO CLUBBING,
BUT MY FRIENDS HATE CLUB MUSIC
IN GENERAL
THEY ARE LIKE, "CLUB MUSIC SUCKS
BRO.
AND CLUB MUSIC DOES KINDA SUCK,
BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE THE MOST FUN
MUSIC OF ALL TIME.
CLUB MUSIC IS SO FUN THAT THE
DEEJAY CAN SAY ANYTHING HE WANTS
IN THE BEAT.
AS LONG AS HE ADDS A BEAT DROP,
IT MAKES IT ALL OKAY
THEY BE LIKE, "WOMEN SHOULDN'T
VOTE." WHAT
"GET BACK TO THE KITCHEN, GIRL."
WHAT
CLUB BEATS ARE TOO FUN
WHEN THAT BEAT DROPS, SO DOES
FEMINISM YOU'RE SKEPTICAL
I'LL PROVE IT RIGHT NOW.
HEIDI, IF I CALLED YOU A TRAMP,
YOU WOULD BE LIKE, "HOW DARE
YOU!
BUT IF I WAS LIKE ‐‐ [BEAT BOX]
TRAMP. [BEAT BOX]
TRAMP. [BEAT BOX]
TRAMP.
YOU WOULD BE LIKE, "WELL I DO
GET LOOSE ON OCCASION.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH
STUFF LIKE THAT. [ APPLAUSE ]
Terry: USAMA SIDDIQUEE.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HOWIE, YOU KNOW COMEDY
Howie: YEAH, AND I KNOW THAT
THIS IS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH
I THINK THAT THIS IS IN THE BEST
CASE SCENARIO, IT IS TOUGH
AND I THINK THAT YOU STARTED OFF
FANTASTIC.
AND I LOVE YOUR ENERGY AND I
LOVE YOUR COMMITMENT
I WAS JUST SITTING BESIDE THESE
TWO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY
WERE GIVING YOU THE RIGHT
RESPONSE OR THE RESPONSE YOU
WERE EXPECTING
YOU TURNED TO ME, WHAT DID YOU
SAY, HEIDI
Heidi: I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS,
I DON'T KNOW, BEING CALLED A
TRAMP PROBABLY WAS MY LEAST
UNCOMFORTABLE PART OF THE WHOLE
THING. BUT THAT'S JUST ME
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT ‐‐
Howie: SHE'S THE ONLY WOMAN
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE CALLED A
TRAMP.
Terry: SOFIA, HOW DID YOU FEEL
Sofia: I WAS LAUGHING AND
THEN I THOUGHT, SHOULD I FEEL
GUILTY THAT I'M LAUGHING
YOU TOOK A VERY RISKY THEME FOR
THIS PERFORMANCE
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW,
AN AMAZING PRESENCE.
I MEAN, I RECOMMEND FOR YOU TO
BE IN A SITCOM
YOU SHOULD TRY BEING AN ACTOR,
YOU HAVE THAT ENERGY THAT I FEEL
LIKE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
YOUR MATERIAL, IT WAS KIND OF
RUDE
Terry: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
USAMA, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT
IF YOU WANT TO VOT
FOR USAMA, YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE
OK, AFTER THE BREAK IT'S
SIMON'S GOLDEN BUZZER!
THESE DANCERS FROM THE STREETS
OF THE BRONX ARE GONNA BE
TEARING IT UP OUT ON THE LOT
WILL THEY MAKE SIMON PROUD
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
Terry: UP NOW IS A DANCE CREW
THAT COMES FROM SOME OF THE
TOUGHEST STREETS IN AMERICA.
AT THE AUDITIONS, SIMON SAID
THEY ARE EVERYTHING HE'S BEEN
WAITING FOR ON THIS SHOW, AND HE
REACHED STRAIGHT FOR THE
GOLDEN BUZZER.
THEY'RE CALLED "WE ARE FAMILY
FOR LIFE ENTERTAINMENT."
YOU KNOW THEM AS THE
W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW.
GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY
WAS TOUGH, GANG VIOLENCE, STREET
VIOLENCE, POVERTY.
THERE'S NOT MUCH HELP.
WALKING INTO "AGT" OUR FIRST
TIME, WE WERE NERVOUS BUT MORE
READY THAN ANYTHING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
HEAD START
WHEN WE GOT THE GOLDEN BUZZER
FROM SIMON COWELL, THAT MEANT
THE WORLD TO US.
IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ABOUT TO
REWRITE HISTORY, MAKING A CHANGE
IN OUR COMMUNITY
LET'S HOPE 2020 IS YOUR YEAR.
AND THEN IT ALL CAME CRASHING
DOWN
WE LOST THREE GOOD FRIENDS
AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER, LIKE,
WHO'S NEXT, YOU KNOW
IS IT ME NEXT?
THEN NEW YORK CITY WAS HIT HARD
WE HAD THE MOST CASES OF
COVID‐19
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
WHOLE GLOBAL SHUTDOWN, OUR
COUNTRY DIVIDED.
WE JUST FELT LIKE DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION WAS ALL AROUND US.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO
ABOUT IT
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE
THIS
ALL WE CAN DO IS TRY TO CHANGE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION THAT COMES AFTER US
WE'RE ALL FROM BRONX, NEW YORK
THERE'S A REASON WE'RE HERE
PEOPLE FROM THE BRONX DON'T
MAKE STAGES LIKE THIS.
WITHOUT US DOING THIS, IT
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
WE HAVE TO GO UP THERE AND
MAKE EVERYBODY BACK HOME PROUD
ME AND MY BROTHERS ARE HERE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NOT ONLY
FOR OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES, OUR
CULTURE, OUR HISTORY
WE'RE READY TO SHOW THE WORLD
WHAT W.A.F.F.L.E. IS ALL ABOUT
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW,
AMAZING!
BUT WHAT DO THE JUDGES THINK
WE'LL FIND OUT IN A COUPLE OF
MINUTES.
AND ALSO COMING UP, A YOUNG
SINGER FROM HALFWAY AROUND THE
WORL
SINGS FOR THE SEMI‐FINALS, AND A
MENTALIST IS GONNA TRY AND LEAVE
YOU STUNNED.
FIND OUT IF HE DOES, AFTER THE
BREAK.
Terry: RIGHT HERE IS THE
W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW WHO KILLED IT
OUT ON
THE LOT BEFORE THE BREAK, BUT
LET'S HEAR FROM THE JUDGES.
HEIDI?
Heidi: I MEAN, TO ME IT FELT
LIKE AN OLD HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL,
BUT JUST DONE MODERN
IT IS SO COOL HOW YOU GUYS USED
ALL THE SPACE HERE AT UNIVERSAL
LOT, THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
I LOVED THE TRICKS, ALL THE
FLIPS AND EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA YOU
PUT ON TOP, EVEN LIKE THE TIKTOK
SUPER SLO‐MO THAT EVERYONE IS
DOING RIGHT NOW, IT WAS REALLY
ON POINT
I LOVED IT >> Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: YOU WERE IN YOUR ELEMENT.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE THE COOLEST
THING I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG
TIME THE WAY YOU WERE PERFECT, I
FORGOT THAT IT WAS NOT NEW YORK
FOR REAL, THAT IT WAS THE FAKE
NEW YORK HERE AT UNIVERSAL
IT WAS AMAZING
YOU GUYS DESERVE THIS AND MORE
I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY VOTES FOR
YOU TONIGHT.
I WISH I COULD VOTE FOR YOU.
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO
WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT, I'M JUST
GOING TO SAY ONE MORE TIME, I
MISS SIMON, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
YOU ARE GOLDEN BUZZER WORTHY, AT
THE TOP OF YOUR GAME
NOT ONLY YOUR MOVES AND ENERGY
BUT YOUR PASSION
WATCHING THAT PACKAGE AT THE
END, WHAT THIS MEANS YOU TO, HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS, AND HOW YOU'RE
STRIVING THROUGH EVERYTHING
THAT'S UP AGAINST YOU, YOUR
CITY, AND JUST YOUR LIFE
YOU ARE A SHINING LIGHT.
AND YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE ACT
OF THE NIGHT
YOU'VE GOT TO VOTE FOR THIS
GROUP. SIMON HAD IT RIGHT
Terry: W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW, THE
MAN WHO GAVE YOU THE GOLDEN
BUZZER IS NOT HERE TONIGHT
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE
SIMON COWELL
WE WANT TO THANK SIMON FOR
EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR US SO
FAR.
GET WELL SOON, SPEEDY RECOVERY,
AND READ THE MANUAL BEFORE
GETTING ON A SCOOTER, PLEASE,
PLEASE
Terry: YES. W.A.F.F.L.E. CREW.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, GUYS.
LISTEN, YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES FOR EACH ACT WITH EVERY
VOTING METHOD.
THAT'S A LOT OF VOTES, SO GET TO
IT AND MAKE SURE YOUR FAVORITES
STAY IN THE COMPETITION.
OK, LET'S KEEP IT MOVING
NOW OF COURSE, LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN
A PROBLEM FOR EVERYBODY AND FOR
THIS YOUNG SINGER FROM
AUSTRALIA, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE THE END OF HER AGT DREAM.
BUT NOT SO FAST.
HERE'S ANNIE JONES' STORY.
WELCOME TO ANNIE'S ROOM
WE ARE CURRENTLY ON LOCKDOWN
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, WHAT DO
YOU DO FOR LOCKDOWN?
I'M DOING ONE THING.
IT'S PRETTY BORING
IT WAS INSANE, BUT WHEN WE GOT
BACK TO AUSTRALIA, WE WENT INTO
LOCKDOWN DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
I STARTED A SHOW CALLED ANNIE'S
WORLD.
WHAT DO YOU DO DURING THIS
QUARANTINE
YOU CAN DO MANY THINGS
LEARNING HOW TO COOK
WITH MY MOM, DAD, AND SISTER
AND I'VE BEEN SPENDING QUALITY
TIME WITH MY DOG
IT LOOKS LIKE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO COME BACK TO AMERICA TO
PERFORM LIVE
I WAS REALLY UPSET
AMAZINGLY, THINGS STARTED TO
OPEN UP AND I GOT A SPECIAL
LETTER
WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU
THAT YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO COME TO
THE LIVE SHOWS
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD
OH, MY GOD, I'M GOING TO
AMERICA!
WE KNOW YOU'RE A BIG FAN SO I'M
PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME MAGICAL
TRANSPORTATION TO BRING YOU TO
THE SET.
THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE.
IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD.
OH, MY GOD
I FELT LIKE I WAS DREAMING
THERE IS NOT A NUMBER TO
DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I LIKE HARRY
POTTER
I GET A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC
DURING THE PERFORMANCE AND
HOPEFULLY GET INTO THE NEXT
ROUND.
OH, MY GOD, THIS IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING. I'M SO EXCITED
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪♪
♪ I ONLY ASK YOU TO SHOW ME A
REAL GOOD TIME ♪
♪ NEVER ASKED FOR THE RAINFALL ♪
♪ SHOW ME IT DOESN'T MEAN A
THING AT ALL ♪
♪ IT'S COMING DOWN ♪
♪ I LIKE MISSER ERMISERY
♪ IT'S COMING DOWN, RAIN ♪
♪ I'M READY ♪
♪ LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE NO
ONE'S INNOCENT ♪
♪ OH, BUT AT LEAST WE TRY ♪
♪ GOTTA LIVE MY TRUTH, NOT KEEP
IT BOTTLED IN ♪
♪ SO I DON'T LOSE MY MIND ♪
♪ COME ON ♪
♪ I CAN FEEL IT ON MY SKIN, LET
IT WASH AWAY MY SINS ♪
♪ LET IT WASH AWAY ♪
♪
♪ I'D RATHER BE DRY BUT AT LEAS
I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ RAIN ON ME ♪
♪ I'D RATHER BE DRY BUT AT LEAS
I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ SO I DON'T LOSE MY MIND ♪
♪ RAIN ON ME, RAIN, RAIN ♪
♪ I'D RATHER BE DRY BUT AT LEAS
I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ RAIN ON ME ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: ANNIE JONES.
THAT WAS AMAZING >> THANK YOU
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: FIRST OF ALL, I'M SO
EXCITED FOR YOU THAT YOU WERE
ABLE TO COME FROM AUSTRALIA ALL
THE WAY TO AMERICA
SO WELCOME TO AMERICA.
THANK YOU
Heidi: PROBABLY NOT AN EASY
SONG
SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR TRYING THAT
SONG IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT I THINK LADY GA GA, ARIANA
GRANDE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF
YOU.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.
WELL DONE TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: WERE YOU NERVOUS NOW
THAT YOU WERE SINGING?
A LITTLE BIT.
Sofia: IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT
FROM OVER HERE
YOU FEEL AND LOOK SO
COMFORTABLE, LIKE YOU'RE HAVING
THE BEST TIME. I LOVE IT.
I LOVE THAT YOU PICKED THIS SONG
AND I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT
THANK YOU >> Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: FIRST OF ALL, YOUR
TALK SHOW LOOKS GREAT AND IF YOU
BOOK ME, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON
YOUR SHOW.
DEFINITELY.
Howie: YOU'RE A SUPERSTAR BUT
I THINK YOUR LAST PERFORMANCE
WAS BETTER, YOUR CHOREOGRAPHY
WAS MORE THEATER >> THANK YOU
Terry: ANNIE, YOU'RE SO SONG,
WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU WANTED TO
BE ON "AGT"?
I SAID, THIS SHOW IS REALLY
COOL, I GUESS I SHOULD GIVE IT A
GO
THAT JUST STARTED IT, I GUESS.
Terry: WELL, YOU ARE HERE
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, ANNIE
OK, DO YOU WANT TO SEE ANNIE IN
THE SEMI‐FINALS? THEN VOTE.
YOU CAN ALSO VOTE USING YOUR
XFINITY VOICE REMOTE
HOWEVER YOU DO IT, VOTE, VOICE
REMOTE ‐‐ VOTE AND VOTE AGAIN.
YOU HAVE THE POWER, SO PLEASE
USE IT
COMING UP, A UNIQUE DRUMMER WITH
A VERY PERSONAL STORY.
HE'S PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE
TO STAY IN THE COMPETITION, WHEN
WE COME BACK
Terry: NOW, A WISE MAN ONCE
SAID MUSIC IN THE SOUL WILL BE
HEARD BY THE UNIVERSE.
THAT WAS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN
FOR THIS NEXT PERFORMER.
IT GOES TO THE CORE OF WHO HE IS
AND WHAT SHAPES HIS DREAM.
HE IS MALIK DOPE
I WAS BORN WITH MUSIC BUPUMPE
INTO MY FACE
AS A KID I WOULD PLAY WITH
ANYTHING I COULD FIND.
MY DAD WOULD ENCOURAGE ME AND
START JAMMING WITH ME, DANCING
OR PLAYING ALONG WITH ME
I DEFINITELY LOOKED UP TO MY
DAD. HE ALWAYS HAD THAT NATURAL
RHYTHM, HE GAVE IT TO ME AS WELL
WHEN I WAS A TEEN, MY DAD WAS IN
A VERY CRITICAL, CRITICAL CAR
ACCIDENT
AT THE TIME THE DOCTORS DIDN'T
EVEN KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO
SURVIVE OR NOT
MY DAD HAS NEVER FULLY
RECOVERED.
AND NOW TODAY WE FOUND THE NEWS
THAT FROM THE ACCIDENT IN THE
PAST, HE'S NOW SUFFERING
COMPLICATIONS WHICH IS LEAVING
HIM PUSHING OUT HIS LAST DAYS.
ANY DAY NOW, HE COULD BE GONE.
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, MUSIC
HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER, LITERALLY,
MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY,
SPIRITUALLY, EVERYTHING.
EVEN IN THE DARKEST OF TIMES,
MUSIC IS THE THING THAT BRINGS
ME THE LIGHT
WHEN I'M DRUMMING, IT'S LIKE THE
WHOLE WORLD JUST STOPS
THIS COULD BE THE LAST MOMENT
THAT MY FATHER ACTUALLY GETS TO
SEE ME PERFORM
ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE HIM
PROUD WHILE I'M ON "AGT.
BEFORE HE GOES, I WANT HIM TO
SEE HIS SON PURSUING HIS DREAM
SUPER HARD
SO DAD, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS
RIGHT NOW, I LOVE YOU, I'M
TURNING UP FOR YOU, AND I'M
GOING TO BRING THAT FIRE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: MALIK DOPE IN FRONT OF
THE CLASSIC MONSTER MURAL HERE
AT UNIVERSAL
THE JUDGES' VERDICTS ARE NEXT,
RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK
Announcer: COMING UP.
THE MORE PAINFUL IT LOOKS,
THE HAPPIER YOU WILL GET >> WOW
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE
Terry: WELCOME BACK
MALIK DOPE HAD HIS SHOT AT THE
SEMI‐FINALS BEFORE THE BREAK
LET'S GET TO THE JUDGES, SEE IF
THEY THINK HE'S DONE ENOUGH.
SOFIA?
Sofia: I MEAN, WHO SAID THAT
DRUMS CAN'T BE THE MAIN EVENT?
WHO?
BECAUSE THAT WAS SPECTACULAR
I THINK YOU ‐‐ I MEAN, THIS IS
BETTER THAN WHAT I SAW THE FIRST
TIME
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE ‐‐ I HOPE
THEY VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE I WANT
TO SEE HOW YOU CAN TAKE THIS
SOMEWHERE ELSE
I THINK IT'S SPECTACULAR
I'M EXCITED, I CAN'T EVEN TALK
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: YOU KNOW, I KEEP
SAYING THIS THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, AND THIS MAKES IT SO
HARD, BUT NOW YOU'RE MY FAVORITE
ACT OF THE NIGHT
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
BEYOND THAT, BEYOND THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE FACT THAT ‐‐ I'M A
FATHER OF A SON ALSO AND YOU'RE
A SON, YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF
PASSION AND WANT TO DO GOOD FOR
THEIR FATHER, MEANT SO MUCH AND
MADE IT EVEN MORE EMOTIONAL.
YOU'RE NOT A GUY WHO JUST DOES
MUSIC, YOU BECOME THE MUSIC.
YOU'RE DANCING, THE BODY MOVES,
THE SHOWMANSHIP.
YOU ARE THE MUSIC.
THAT WAS SPECTACULAR
AND TONIGHT HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE
NIGHT OF THESE QUARTER‐FINALS SO
FAR, AMERICA HAS TOUGH TIME.
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: TO ME IT FELT LIKE IT
WAS LIKE A MUSICAL OBSTACLE
COURSE, JUMPING AND LOOPING AND
DOING THE SLO‐MO WITH THE STICKS
IN THE MIDDLE, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE
THERE WAS NOT ONE MOMENT WHERE
WE EVER HAD THE CHANCE TO EVEN
GET BORED.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL
I LOVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM TOO
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Terry: MALIK, WHAT WOULD YOU
DO IF YOU WIN "AGT"?
IF I WIN "AGT," WELL, FOR
ONE, I MAKE MY FAMILY PROUD.
I MAKE WHERE I'M FROM PROUD.
I MAKE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT HAS
A DREAM AND A VISION PROUD
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE GOAL, TO
INSPIRE.
AND NUMBER TWO, I GET TO HELP MY
FAMILY, I GET TO HELP PEOPLE
THAT SUPPORTED ME.
SO THAT JUST PUTS ME IN A THE
RIGHT POSITION TO REALLY GO
FORWARD AND GO UP TO THE SKY
Terry: THAT'S IT, MALIK, OH,
MY GOODNESS, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MALIK IN THE
HE CAN ONLY MAKE IT THROUGH IF
YOU VOTE
NOW, AT THE AUDITIONS, SIMON
CALLED THIS NEXT ACT A DEMON
HE'S A MENTALIST AND TONIGHT,
HE'S GOING TO UNLEASH HIS
POWERS LIVE IN FRONT OF THE
WHOLE COUNTRY.
HE IS MAX MAJOR.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS MY VIEW
FOR ALL MY YEARS OF COLLEGE.
I WAS WORKING AS A BARTENDER
WHILE I PURSUED A DEGREE IN
BUSINESS
AS A BARTENDER, YOU'RE A FLY ON
THE WALL, ALMOST INVISIBLE
I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HUMAN
NATURE
WHAT WE SEE AFFECTS HOW WE
THINK.
IF WE CAN BECOME SKILLED IN
CONTROLLING HOW PEOPLE SEE
THINGS, THEN WE CAN START TO
PLAY WITH THEIR MIND
IT'S ALL JUST A MATTER OF
PERCEPTION
OUR THOUGHTS ARE A COMBINATION
OF OUR OWN IDEAS AND THE CHOICES
THAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT US TO
MAKE
AFTER ALL, THE REASON THAT
ADVERTISING WORKS IS BECAUSE
EVERYONE THINKS IT DOESN'T WORK
ON THEM.
AFTER COLLEGE, I QUIT BARTENDING
AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN MY SKILLS
OF READING PEOPLE INTO A
PROFESSION
EVER SINCE TAKING THAT LEAP,
I'VE BEEN TOTALLY FOCUSED ON
HAVING MY OWN SHOW IN LAS VEGAS
AND I CAN FINALLY FEEL THE
PIECES COMING TOGETHER
PERFORMING IS MY DREAM AND
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" IS THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOING TO GET
ME THERE
TONIGHT AS I PERFORM IN THE LIVE
ROUND, I NEED TO BE TOTALLY IN
TUNE WITH THE JUDGES
I'M SWINGING FOR THE FENCES WITH
THIS ACT AND I HOPE I CAN PULL
IT OFF
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT I MAKE MY
DREAMS COME TRUE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, JUDGES
IT'S SO GREAT TO FINALLY CONNECT
WITH YOU IN PERSON
NICE TO SEE YOU >> THANK YOU
TONIGHT NOT ONLY AM I GO TO SHOW
YOU SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE, BUT AT
THE END, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
HOW I DID IT
WE ARE JOINED THIS EVENING BY
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. GOOD EVENING
HELLO.
SO GLAD YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE
SHOW THIS WAY.
NOW, SINCE YOU CAN'T BE HERE
WITH US IN PERSON,
I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET INSIDE
YOUR MIND THROUGH THE SCREEN
EACH OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A PAD OF
PAPER AND A MARKER
CAN YOU HOLD UP A CLEAN SHEET SO
I CAN SEE YOU'RE READY TO BEGIN.
GOOD
YOU CAN HOLD THAT COMFORTABLY IN
YOUR LAP FOR NOW
IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO ASK
EACH OF YOU TO DRAW A PICTURE,
BUT BEFORE YOU DO I WANT YOU TO
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FOCUS ON
YOUR IMAGE SEE IT IN YOUR MIND.
NOW OPEN YOUR EYES AND DRAW THE
IMAGE YOU'VE BEEN THINKING OF.
DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE SEE IT AND
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, HOLD IT TO
YOU.
HOWIE, IN ADDITION TO CONNECTING
WITH OUR VIRTUAL
AUDIENCE I'D LIKE TO TRY AND
CONNECT WITH YOU
ARE YOU UP FOR IT?
Howie: I'M READY.
I'M GOING TO SET MY WATCH TO
SPECIFIC TIME THAT ONLY I KNOW,
AND LEAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
HOWIE, I WANT YOU TO CLOSE YOUR
EYES
SEE A CLOCK FACE IN YOUR MIND.
IMAGINE THE HANDS SPINNING AND
WHEN I SNAP MY FINGERS, THE
HANDS STOP
WHAT TIME IS ON THE CLOCK?
TELL US ALL.
Howie: 4:00 >> 4:00.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU SAW IN
YOUR MIND?
Howie: I DID.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIME I SET
ON THE WATCH IT'S EXACTLY 4:00.
Howie: THAT'S AMAZING
[ APPLAUSE ]
NOW THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME
WAVE LENGTH, LET'S TAKE IT A
STEP FURTHER
INSIDE OF THIS ENVELOPE IS MY
INTENTION FOR THIS EVENING, A
TARGET SO TO SPEAK
SOMETHING I HOPE T
TRANSMIT TO YOU.
CLOSE YOUR EYES.
IMAGINE YOURSELF ON AN EMPTY
STREET
YOU LOOK UP AT A BILLBOARD AND
SEE AN IMAGE ON THAT BILLBOARD
OPEN YOUR EYES
HOWIE,
YES OR NO, DO YOU HAVE AN IMAGE
IN MIND? >> Howie: I DO
DRAW THE IMAGE YOU'VE HAD IN
YOUR HEAD AND HOLD IT TO YOUR
HEART.
THERE'S NO WAY ANYONE ELSE CAN
KNOW NOT EVEN YOU
THE QUESTION IS,
HOW MUCH CAN BE COMMUNICATED
WITHOUT EVER SAYING A WORD
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO FIND OUT TONIGHT.
AS HOWIE PUTS HIS FINISHING
TOUCHES ON HIS DRAWING
YOU CAN HOLD THAT TOWARDS YOU.
HOWIE BEFORE THE SHOW BEGAN I
MADE A DRAWING OF MY OWN AND
SEALED IT INSIDE THIS NFL,
SOMETHING I INTENDED TO SEND
YOU.
HOWIE, DOES YOUR DRAWING LOOK
ANYTHING LIKE THIS
Howie: YOU'VE GOT TO BE
KIDDING US
WHAT DID YOU DRAW, SHOW US.
RIGHT ON THE MONEY
Sofia: COME ON!
Howie: WOW. Sofia: THAT'S CRAZY
AT THE BEGINNING OF MY ACT, I
PROMISED THAT I WOULD SHOW YOU
HOW THIS COULD BE POSSIBLE
YOU SEE IT BEGAN BEFORE I EVER
WALKED ON STAGE ‐‐ BEFORE YOU
EVER PICKED UP A PEN AND PAPER
IN THE OPENING VIDEO I ATTEMPTED
TO PLANT A SEED INSIDE YOUR
MIND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES THAT WERE
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
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[ APPLAUSE ]
WAIT, WAIT.
YOU SEE, HIGHWAYOWIE, YOU'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONE WHO WATCHED THIS.
AND YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO
DREW A PICTURE
SEEING THIS WILL HAVE HAD AN
EFFECT ON ALL OF YOU
EVERYONE, FOR THE FIRST TIME ‐‐
TURN YOUR DRAWING AROUND NOW
HOLD IT UP NICE AND CLOSE TO THE
CAMERA JUDGES LOOK AROUND YOU
IT'S EVERYONE.
EVEN IN THIS VIRTUAL WORLD WE
ARE ALL CONNECTED.
I'M MAX MAJOR, THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: MAX MAJOR!
THEY'RE STANDING
HOWIE, IS HE IN YOUR MIND?
Howie: THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE
I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S REAL, AND
IT'S EVEN BEYOND THAT, I HAD NO
IDEA, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE
YOU WERE ON OUR SHOW LAST TIME
WHO KNEW THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
COME OUT BAREFOOTED?
AND I'M NOT WEARING SOCKS.
WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE
I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING
AND NOW YOU JUST MADE IT REALLY
HARD FOR AMERICA, WHO ONLY CAN
PUT FIVE THROUGH, AND SO FAR
TONIGHT YOU ARE WORTHY OF GOING
THROUGH, ALONG WITH MORE THAN
ANOTHER FOUR
SO YOU'RE AMAZING, MAN, YOU
DESERVE A CAREER, IF NOT IN
MAGIC, IN ADVERTISING, BECAUSE
YOU COULD MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: I THOUGHT IT WAS
REALLY COOL, I ALSO LOVED THAT
YOU WERE TELLING US A LITTLE BIT
HOW IT WAS DONE, I WAS THINKING
I SHOULD LEAVE SOME NOTES AROUND
THE HOUSE, SOME CHORES FOR MY
KIDS, MY HUSBAND
THAT WAS VERY COOL >> THANK YOU
Heidi: GOOD LUCK. Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: THAT WAS AMAZING
I FELT THAT IT WAS SO CREATIVE
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO ADAPT
AND YOU HAD TO INCLUDE US.
THAT WAS FUN THAT WAS GREAT
I DON'T TRUST HIM THAT MUCH BUT
I TRUST YOU.
Howie: WHAT ABOUT THEM?
Sofia: HE'S GOOD.
Howie: AND I'M NOT TRUSTWORTHY.
Terry: MAX, YOU PROBABLY KNOW
WHAT QUESTION I'M GOING TO ASK
YOU ALREADY. >> ASK IT ANYWAY
Terry: I WILL
YOU AUDITIONED ONLINE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO ACTUALLY BE
HERE NOW LIVE?
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
I WAS IN MY LIVING ROOM ON A
LAPTOP WHEN I FIRST MET YOU GUYS
AND I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
THOUGHT I WOULD ABOUT IT TWO
MORE ROUNDS AND FINALLY BE ON
THE MAIN STAGE
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
Heidi: GOOD TO SEE YOU IN THE
FLESH.
Sofia: WHY DO YOU HAVE NO SHOES?
SO I FEEL CONNECTED
Terry: MAX, YOU ARE THE BEST,
BROTHER, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT
THERE IS NO WAY FOR MAX TO MAKE
THE SEMI‐FINALS UNLESS YOU VOTE
FOR HIM.
VOTING IS ALREADY OPEN AND IT'LL
STAY OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A. M.
EASTERN TOMORROW
YOU CAN VOTE WITH THE OFFICIAL
"AGT" APP.
AFTER THE BREAK, AN AMAZING
SINGER WILL BE PERFORMING FROM
AUSTRALIA.
AND THRE
CONTORTIONISTS ARE GONNA MAKE
YOUR EYES WATER.
TRUST ME, I SAW THE REHEARSAL.
STAY RIGHT THERE
Terry: HEIDI, WHO IS YOUR
FAVORITE OF THE NIGHT SO FAR
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ACT OF THE
NIGHT SO FAR
Heidi: THAT'S SO HARD
I LOVED THE DANCERS AT THE VERY
BEGINNING.
BUT MY GOLDEN BUZZER IS COMING
UP
Terry: TOMORROW NIGHT, WE
MOVE A STEP CLOSER TO THE
AGT DREAM.
TONIGHT'S RESULTS WILL BE IN AND
FIVE ACTS WILL GO ON TO THE
SEMI‐FINALS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT AN INCREDIBLE
MAGICIAN TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S
MIND OFF THE PRESSURE.
THE SENSATIONAL JON DERENBOS
WILL BE HERE
YOU REMEMBER HIM FROM 2016 WHEN
HE BLEW AMERICA AWAY EVERY WEEK.
IT ALL STARTS TOMORROW AT
8:00/7:00 CENTRAL. BE HERE.
OKAY, THIS NEXT ACT TAKES BEING
A CONTORTIONIST TO THE NEXT
LEVEL.
ACTUALLY, NOT TO THE NEXT LEVEL,
THIS GOES WAY BEYOND THAT!
AND THIS ACT ISN'T ONE
CONTORTIONIST, THERE'S THREE OF
THEM
HERE'S BONE‐BREAKERS
WHERE WE COME FROM, A DREAM
IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS
IN REALITY
WE'RE 6,665 MILES AWAY FROM
HOLLYWOOD, THE CITY OF GUINEA IN
AFRICA, ONE OF THE POOREST
CITIES IN AFRICA
OVER 12 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN
OUR CITY
AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM LIVE IN
POVERTY.
THERE ARE NO STARS THAT LINE
OUR SIDEWALKS.
PEOPLE TOLD US THAT PERFORMING
IS NOT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.
TO FIND A JOB IS A DREAM
PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE IS
A DREAM.
TO GO TO SCHOOL IS A DREAM.
BEING ON "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" WAS THE IMPOSSIBLE
DREAM.
AND NOW THE DREAM HAS COME TRUE.
AMAZING
WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING GREAT
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN
WE FOUND WE HAD A UNIQUE
TALENT AND PEOPLE LAUGHED AT US.
THAT TALENT HAS BROUGHT US TO
AMERICA, THE BIGGEST STAGE IN
THE WORLD.
NOW WE TRULY FEEL THAT WE CAN
WORK HARD AND GIVE A BETTER LIFE
TO OUR FAMILIES BACK HOME.
TONIGHT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO
FULFILL OUR DREAMS AND CHANGE
OUR LIFE FOREVER
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: BONE‐BREAKERS!
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HEIDI, WOW >> Heidi: WOW.
I MEAN, WOW.
YOU GUYS HAVE SOME STRANGE
MOVES.
HONESTLY, BONE‐BREAKERS, I DON'T
THINK THERE'S ONE BONE IN YOUR
BODY, I THINK IT'S ALL LIKE
RUBBER
IT WAS INSANE, CORKSCREW AND ALL
THESE WEIRD MOVES YOU DID, IT
WAS QUITE INTERESTING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Heidi: I LOVED IT
VERY GOOD. >> Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: I'M GOING TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU
YOU GUYS ARE NOW MY FAVORITE ACT
OF THE NIGHT
NO, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M SEEING
SUCH ORIGINALITY
IT WAS PAINFUL TO WATCH, THINGS
SHOULDN'T BE GOING IN THAT
DIRECTION.
FRIENDS DON'T FOLD OTHER
FRIENDS.
IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO
MAKE A WISH, AND THE WISH WAS, I
HOPE THIS DOESN'T BREAK MY
BONES. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT
AMERICA, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE A DECISION
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: IT'S KIND OF
EXHAUSTING FOR ME TO WATCH YOU
GUYS
AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO SEE
AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE.
IT'S FANTASTIC, WHAT YOU GUYS DO
IT'S SO CHOREOGRAPHED, I LIKE
WITH THE FACES THAT YOU'RE
DOING.
I LOVE THAT IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE
ENJOYING IT, ACTUALLY.
Howie: THEY WOULD BEND OVER
BACKWARDS TO WIN THIS THING.
Terry: BONE‐BREAKERS, HOW CAN
YOU TAKE THIS ACT TO THE NEXT
LEVEL WITHOUT HURTING YOURSELF
IT'S A LOT OF PRACTICE, A LOT
OF PRACTICE.
AND TRUST ME, YOU ALL STILL
HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.
Terry: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, GUYS.
OKAY, DO YOU THINK BONE‐BREAKERS
SHOULD BE IN THE SEMIFINALS?
THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND
VOTE!
YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN TIMES FOR
EACH ACT WITH ALL OF THE VOTING
METHODS.
GO ON, MAKE THESE GUYS REAL
HAPPY! >> Announcer: COMING UP.
YOU HAVE AN AMAZING VOICE
I WISH I COULD SEE YOUR FACE
BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE VERY
HANDSOME
YOU BLEW THE ROOF OFF
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY OUT OF
THIS WORLD
Terry: OUR NEXT ACT IS BACK
HOME IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, WHERE
HE'S A SINGER WHO'S SPENT A LOT
OF HIS LIFE HIDING FROM PEOPLE
AND FROM THE WORLD.
WELL, NOW HE'S CHANGING THAT AND
HE'S STEPPING RIGHT INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT. HE'S SHELDON RILEY
GROWING UP, FITTING IN WAS
NEVER AN OPTION FOR ME
I'M FROM A FAMILY OF PUBLIC
HOUSING, SO WE WERE ALWAYS
MOVING AROUND.
I WENT TO SO MANY SCHOOLS AS A
KID.
NOT HAVING A BEST FRIEND OR EVEN
JUST A FRIEND BECAME NORMAL.
I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS
EXPERIENCED BULLYING
FOR ME, IT WAS TOUGH
PHYSICAL STUFF, AND VERBAL
STUFF.
BEING A KID, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
FEELINGS OF WHO AM I AND WHAT AM
I GOING TO BECOME.
I WAS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION OF HOW CAN I HIDE EVEN
MORE
I NEVER WANTED TO BE ME BECAUSE
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING
SO I JUST DECIDED TO HIDE MYSELF
AWAY
BUT IT'S SO PAINFUL AND LONELY
TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD.
I CAME ON THE "AGT" BECAUSE I
CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
EITHER I COME OUT OR I DON'T
KNOW IF I CAN LIVE THIS LIFE
ANYMORE.
Simon: PEOPLE KIND OF
SECOND‐GUESS WHAT WE LIKE OR
DON'T LIKE
IT'S ORIGINALITY RATHER THAN
PREDICTABILITY
IT'S WELL DESERVED
THANK YOU SO MUCH
IT MADE ME REALIZE THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T
ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT FITTING IN
AND IT'S OKAY TO BE EXACTLY WHO
YOU ARE.
I WAS THAT 10‐YEAR‐OLD BOY WHO
READ FASHION MAGAZINES IN THE
DARK AND COVERED HIS BRUISES
WITH HIS MOM'S MAKEUP.
NOW I WEAR MAKEUP TO EXPRESS
MYSELF
MY MUSIC AND MY FASHION ARE AN
EXTENSION OF MYSELF.
TO REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT IS ME.
"AGT" COULD DEFINITELY CHANGE MY
LIFE BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS.
IT'S GIVEN ME SO MUCH
CONFIDENCE, JUST BEING MYSELF.
I DO FEEL LIKE I'VE HIDDEN MY
WHOLE LIFE AND NOW IS THE TIME
TO STOP HIDING
[ APPLAUSE ]
♪♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ YOUR LOVING IS ALL I THINK
ABOUT ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ IT'S MORE THAN I DARE TO THIN
ABOUT ♪
♪ LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA ♪
♪ LA LA LA LA LA ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ CAUSE YOUR LOVING IS ALL I
THINK ABOUT ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪
♪ BUT IT'S MORE THAN I DARE TO
THINK ABOUT ♪
♪ EVERY NIGHT, EVERY DAY ♪
♪ JUST TO BE THERE IN YOUR
ARMS ♪
♪ WON'T YOU STAY ♪
♪ WON'T YOU STAY ♪
♪ FOREVER AND EVER ♪
♪ AND EVER AND EVER ♪
♪ I JUST CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF M
HEAD ♪♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: SHELDON RILEY.
SOFIA.
Sofia: I MEAN, THIS IS VERY
EMOTIONAL.
THE WAY THAT YOU PERFORMED
AND I THINK IT'S SO UNIQUE, THIS
THING THAT YOU HAVE CREATED, THE
COSTUMES AND EVERYTHING, THE
MAGIC, THE MYSTERY, TO HIDE
YOURSELF, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC
WHAT YOU HAVE CREATED.
I LOVE IT, I LOVE THE SONG
AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE
DOING AND THAT THEY VOTE FOR YOU
BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHERE
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS IN
THIS COMPETITION I CAN'T WAIT
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: I AGREE WITH YOU
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH WHAT
SOFIA SAID
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ALL
ARE TRYING TO FIND A PATH WHERE
WE CAN FIT IN AND WE WANT TO BE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
I THINK WITH YOUR STYLE AND
TALENT AND FASHION, YOU'RE NOT
LIKE ANYONE ELSE, YOU'RE
ORIGINAL
THAT GIVES US ALL POWER.
IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT
AMERICA VOTES FOR YOU, YOU NEVER
REALLY REVEAL WHO YOU TRULY ARE.
THIS IS ANY ONE OF US.
YOU'RE A LEADER, YOU REALLY ARE.
Terry: HEIDI.
Heidi: WELL, I'M JUST REALLY
HAPPY THAT YOU FINALLY FOUND
YOURSELF
AND THAT YOU'RE CONFIDENT.
I THINK YOU'RE REALLY COOL
I ALSO LOVE THE MYSTERY OF IT
ALL.
YOU ARE QUITE BEAUTIFUL BEHIND
THAT, I HAVE TO SAY, THE
GLIMPSES WE SEE HERE AND THERE
MY FAVORITE IS WHEN YOU BELT IT
OUT AT THE END, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
A POWERFUL VOICE AND YOU CAN GO
THERE. I LOVED IT
IT WAS VERY UNIQUE [ APPLAUSE ]
Terry: NOW, SHELDON
WHAT IS YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL AS A
PERFORMER?
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ON THE
STAGE AND TO MEET YOU, HEIDI
KLUM, OH, MY GOSH, MY HEART IS
RACING
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU QUICKLY.
AS A LITTLE BOY I USED TO SNEAK
AROUND AND WATCH YOU IN MY
LAUNDRY ROOM AND WATCH FASHION
I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR GIVING SOMEONE LIKE
ME FROM THE LGBT COMMUNITY A
VOICE TO EXPRESS MY FASHION AND
UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT SO AVAILABLE
FOR ALL OF US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT MY GOAL, AGAIN, HEIDI, I
LIVE BY WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT
YOU SAID WAS, IN FASHION AND IN
EVERYTHING, ONE DAY YOU'RE IN
AND THE NEXT DAY YOU CAN BE OUT.
I WANT TO LIVE BY THAT BECAUSE
UNTIL MY TIME'S UP, I'M GOING TO
LIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE
AUTHENTICALLY AND ORIGINALLY AND
NOT PREDICTABLE.
SOFIA, I MIGHT BE HIDDEN RIGHT
NOW BUT I'M NOT HIDING
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TELL
PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND THE WHOLE
WORLD.
Terry: THANK YOU, SHELDON,
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
COME ON, YOU'VE SEEN SOME GREAT
ACTS TONIGHT, AND NOW YOU GET TO
DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO INTO THE
SEMIFINALS WITH YOUR VOTES
AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE USING
YOUR X FUNNY I AT THIS VOICE
REMOTE
COMING UP, WE'VE GOT A
SENSATIONAL AERIALIST.
HE'S HAD TO FIGHT HARD TO DO
WHAT HE LOVES, AND TONIGHT HE'S
PUSHING HIS SKILLS TO THE LIMI
Terry: WE HAVE ALL COME OUT
TO UNIVERSAL PLAZA FOR THIS NEXT
ACT.
HEY, SOFIA >> Heidi: HI, TERRY.
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: HERE COMES THE JUDGE
THIS GUY'S YOUNG KIDS HAD
NEVER SEEN WHAT HE DOES UNTIL
THE AUDITION
THEN HIS YOUNG SON WAS JUMPING
FOR JOY WHEN HE SAW HIS DAD
PERFORM.
HE IS A MAN WHO HAS HAD TO FIGHT
HARD TO DO WHAT HE LOVES
HE IS ALAN SILVA
FROM ALL THE BULLIES, STONES
BEING THROWN AT ME AS A KID,
JUST BECAUSE I LOOK DIFFERENT.
BUT WHEN I'M FLYING THROUGH THE
AIR, I HAVE FREEDOM.
I FEEL INVINCIBLE.
FOR ONE MOMENT IN MY LIFE, I AM
UP ABOVE
AERIALISTS ARE BEAUTIFUL
BUT UNDERNEATH ALL OF THAT
BEAUTY THERE IS THE SENSE OF
DANGER
ONE DAY I WAS PERFORMING, DOING
THIS FINAL MOVE, AND I FELL.
NEXT THING I KNOW, I WAKE UP IN
THE HOSPITAL
THE DOCTOR SAID YOU BROKE YOUR
NECK
AND I'M NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE
TO PERFORM AGAIN
IT WAS THE WORST TIME IN MY LIFE
BECAUSE I FELT THAT I LOST IT
ALL.
IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO RECOVER
IT WAS HARD PHYSICALLY
IT WAS HARD MENTALLY
AND I WAS AFRAID TO GET BACK IN
THE SILK
BUT WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, YOU
CAN LET IT HOLD YOU BACK OR YOU
CAN CONQUER YOUR FEAR.
SO FOR THIS PERFORMANCE I AM
GOING TO DO THE MOVE THAT BROKE
MY NECK. I KNOW THIS IS CRAZY
BUT MY ENTIRE LIFE, I HAVE
OVERCOME CHALLENGES.
SO TONIGHT, I CAN'T LET FEAR
STOP ME.
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Howie: WHAT'S GOING ON?
IT'S NOT OVER?
Sofia: I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE
MUSIC IS ODDLY DANGEROUS
♪♪
Howie: LOOK AT THAT
Heidi: WHAT ARE THOSE SPEARS?
Howie: OH, MY GOSH, THOSE ARE
SPIKES
THIS IS CRAZY.
Heidi: HE'S DOING IT OVER THE
SPIKES
Sofia: I DON'T WANT TO SEE.
Howie: NO ARE YOU KIDDING ME
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: ALAN SILVA
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE.
WE WILL GET EVERYBODY BACK
INSIDE
WE'LL GET REACTION FROM THE
JUDGES
AND COMING UP, WE WILL HEAR FROM
THE SINGER THAT MADE HEIDI HIT
THE GOLDEN BUZZER.
DO NOT MOVE!
Terry: DID YOU SEE ALAN SILVA
BEFORE THE BREAK
IT WAS AWESOME
LET'S SEE IF THE JUDGES AGREE.
HEIDI.
Heidi: I MEAN, I HAVE SO MUCH
FUN WATCHING YOU HAVE SO MUCH
FUN.
YOU JUST RADIATE JOY WHEN YOU
FLY THROUGH THE AIR, UPUNTIL
THAT MOMENT WHEN THE SPIKES ALL
OF A SUDDEN CAME UNDER THE STAGE
AND YOU DID THE DEATHDROP RIGHT
THERE AND THEN
I'M SO HAPPY THIS TIME NOTHING
HAPPENED
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU
Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: IT WAS BREATHTAKING,
IT WAS EXCITING, IT WAS
NERVEWRACKING.
SHE SAW IN YOU A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR
FACE
I DID SEE A LOT OF THE NERVOUS
AT THE END, I WAS LIKE, OH, NO,
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?
AND ALSO I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN FOR YOU IN THIS
COMPETITION.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO PERFORM FOR US IF THE
PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SOFIA H.
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: WHAT THE PEOPLE AT
HOME DON'T KNOW, YOU ALMOST
DIDN'T DO IT
I DON'T KNOW IF THE STAGE WAS
WET AND SLIPPERY, NUMBER ONE
NUMBER TWO, THERE WAS TOO MUCH
WIND, USUALLY YOU DO IT INSIDE
AND NUMBER THREE, THE LAST TIME
YOU DID IT, YOU BROKE YOUR NECK.
TAKING AT LEAST THREE INTO
CONSIDERATION, IT'S YOUR VOTE,
AMERICA.
GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU, HOWIE.
Terry: GOOD LUCK, ALAN.
INCREDIBLE
ALAN'S DREAM RIGHT NOW IS TO
MAKE THE SEMI‐FINALS, AND YOU
CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF YOU WANT TO VOTE WITH THE
OFFICIAL "AGT" APP, DOWNLOAD IT
ON THE APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY.
AND RIGHT NOW, HERE'S OUR LAST
ACT TONIGHT.
SHE'S A SINGER, AND SHE'S
HEIDI'S GOLDEN BUZZER.
HEIDI, WHAT DID YOU SEE THAT
MADE YOU REACH FOR THE BUTTON?
Heidi: YOU KNOW, THE GOLDEN
BUZZER IS ONLY FOR SOMEONE YOU
BELIEVE IS REALLY, REALLY
SPECIAL.
FOR ME THAT'S CRISTINA RAE
Terry: OKAY
HERE IS CRISTINA RAE
CRISTINA, THEY'LL BE READY
FOR YOU ONSTAGE IN 30 SECONDS.
I LOVE YOU.
I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND
SING MY HEART OUT FOR US
I'M GOING TO SING FOR ME AND I'M
GOING TO SING FOR ME
OKAY, MOM >> GIVE ME A KISS.
I'M A SINGLE MOM AND THIS WILL
CHANGE MY LIFE BY PUTTING US IN
A HOME
I WANT HIM TO HAVE HIS OWN ROOM.
I WANT US TO LIVE IN OUR OWN
HOME, NOT A HOUSE.
GETTING THE GOLDEN BUZZER WAS
AMAZING.
HAVING JEREMIAH WITH ME, OUR
LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED.
I GOT THE GOLDEN BUZZER!
WHEN I'M WITH MY SON JEREMIAH,
HE COMPLETELY CHANGES EVERYTHING
BEFORE I WAS A MOM, I HAD NO
ONE.
MY FAMILY WASN'T A SUPPORTER OF
MY PREGNANCY OR MY DREAMS.
AND I FELT ALONE
I WANTED TO GIVE UP AT TIMES,
HONESTLY, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE
YOU'RE NOT JUST BATTLING
SOMEBODY TELLING YOU YOU'RE
WRONG FOR BELIEVING IN YOURSELF,
BUT YOU'RE ALSO BATTLING WHETHER
YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
WITH JEREMIAH, I WANTED TO FIGHT
HARDER TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR
US NOW, BEING HERE, IT SHOWS
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE
ISN'T THAT RIGHT IS THAT RIGHT?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪♪
♪♪
♪ WELL, I HEARD THERE WAS A
SECRET CHORD THAT DAVID PLAYED
AND IT PLEASED THE LORD ♪
♪ BUT YOU DIDN'T EVEN RECALL
CARE FOR MUSIC, DO YOU ♪
♪ WELL, IT GOES LIKE THIS ♪
♪ THE FOURTH, THE FIFTH, THE
MINOR FALL AND THE MAJOR LIFT ♪
♪ THE BAFFLED KING COMPOSING
HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
MUBE MAYBE THERE'S A GOD ABOVE
BUT ALL I'VE EVER LEARNED FROM
LOVE ♪
♪ WAS HOW TO SHOOT SOMEBODY WHO
OUTDREW YA ♪
♪ AND IT'S NOT A CRY THAT YOU
HEAR AT NIGHT ♪
♪ IT'S NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S SEEN
THE LIGHT ♪
♪ IT'S A COLD AND IT'S A BROKEN
HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
Terry: CRISTINA RAE
HEIDI, YOUR GOLDEN BUZZER.
Heidi: YES.
CRISTINA RAE, I MEAN, YOU SANG
THIS FLAWLESSLY, FLAWLESSLY.
IT WAS SO PERFECT.
IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR
I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE NOT DONE
A BETTER JOB
I MEAN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW
MUCH I HAVE YOUR BACK.
I HOPE AMERICA HAS YOUR BACK
TONIGHT.
I HOPE AMERICA IS GOING TO VOTE
FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO WIN SO BADLY
THANK YOU
TENCHT >> Terry: SOFIA.
Sofia: THAT WAS GORGEOUS.
WHEN I LISTEN TO YOU, YOU SOUND
TO ME LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY A
RECORDING ARTIST, IT'S SO GREAT.
AND THIS SONG, I FELT LIKE I'VE
HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE, BUT THEN
YOU MADE IT SO YOURS, SO UNIQUE.
IT'S SPECTACULAR
I WISH YOU A LOT OF LUCK
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Terry: HOWIE.
Howie: IF THERE'S ONE WORD TO
DESCRIBE WHAT YOU JUST DID, IT
WAS FLAWLESS
AND I THINK THAT YOU AGREE WITH
ME, YOU'RE SAYING YES.
BUT THAT INSTRUMENT, YOU DID IT
WITH SUCH EASE, AND THAT RANGE
OF NOTES
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO
END WHAT I BELIEVE SO FAR IS THE
MOST SPECTACULAR EVENING THAT
WE'VE HAD ON SEASON 15
AND YOU ARE DESERVING OF THE
GOLDEN BUZZER.
AMERICA, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE
GOING TO DO IT, BUT I'M GLAD
IT'S YOU AND NOT US.
GOOD LUCK, YOUNG LADY. THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
Terry: GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
CRISTINA RAE
OKAY, YOU'VE SEEN 11 ACTS.
YOU GOTTA PICK FIVE TO GO
THROUGH.
REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES FOR EACH ACT WITH EACH
VOTING METHOD AND VOTING WILL
STAY OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A. M.
EASTERN TOMORROW
TOMORROW NIGHT, IT'S THE
RESULTS!
ONLY FIVE ACTS WILL KEEP THE
DREAM ALIVE.
AND JON DERENBOS WILL BE HERE TO
BLOW YOUR MINDS.
IT ALL KICKS OFF AT
8:00/7:00 CENTRAL.
I'M TERRY CREWS.
GOOD NIGHT, AMERICA!