America's Got Talent (2006–…): Season 15, Episode 23 - Live Finals - full transcript
THIS MEANS MORE THAN ANY
OTHER PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS IT
THE PEOPLE NOW WHO MAKE THE
TOP TEN, WHETHER IT'S VEGAS,
WHETHER IT'S A RECORDING
CONTRACT, THIS IS THE MOMENT
THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
SURVIVAL, TO BE THE BEST OF
THE BEST OF THE BEST
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO
SHOW US WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO THEY NEED TO STEP IT UP AS
MUCH AS THEY CAN
YOU HAVE TO SHAKE OFF ALL THE
NERVES AND MAKE YOURSELF INTO A
SUPERHERO ON THAT STABLE.GE
YOU ONLY HAVE THAT ONE SHOT TO
DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND DO IT
NOW.
I REALLY WANT TO WIN AND I
WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN DO TO
MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE
IT WILL CHANGE MY KIDS' LIFE
FOREVER.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE IT MY
- ALL.
WE'RE AT WHERE WE NEVER
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE.
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ALL
OF US.
I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON
- NOTHING.
I'M HERE TO WIN.
WOW
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU ARE THE ONE TO BEAT
LIVE, FROM
HOLLYWOOD, IT'S "AMERICA'S GOT
THE FINALS!"
HERE'S YOUR HOST, TERRY CREWS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
- THESE TEN ACTS HAVE
- COME FROM ALL OVER AMERICA AND
AROUND THE WORLD
AND TONIGHT, THEY ARE FACING
- THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THE
- SEASON
THEY ARE THIS CLOSE TO WINNING
IT ALL... A WHOLE NEW LIFE AND A
SENSATIONAL NEW FUTURE
JUST ONE LAST PERFORMANCE STANDS
BETWEEN THEM AND ALL THEIR
DREAMS COMING TRUE
YOU KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE
THE WINNER WILL WALK AWAY WITH A
HEADLINE SHOW IN LAS VEGAS AND
$1 MILLION
THAT IS THE BEST PRIZE IN SHOW
BUSINESS
AND YOUR VOTES WILL DECIDE THE
- WINNER
- OF COURSE, ALL OF THE TOP TEN
ARE IN THE FINALS BECAUSE OUR
JUDGES SPOTTED THEIR TALENT
RIGHT FROM THE WORD GO
PLEASE WELCOME HEIDI KLUM,
HOWIE MANDEL AND SOFIA VERGARA
OKAY, HERE WE GO
IT'S TEN ACTS, ONE PERFORMANCE
EACH, FOR $1 MILLION
FIRST UP IS SOFIA'S GOLDEN
BUZZER
THIS 11-YEAR-OLD'S PASSION FOR
MUSIC AND SINGING TRULY RUNS IN
THE BLOOD.
NOW SHE'S PERFORMING TO WIN.
HERE'S ROBERTA BATTAGLIA
[ SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SEEING HER ON "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT," I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER
BECAUSE SHE'S FOLLOWING HER
DREAMS, HER BIG DREAMS
MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN
ROBERTA'S LIFE
I REMEMBER I WAS SINGING AT AN
ITALIAN RESTAURANT WHEN SHE WAS
JUST 3 YEARS OLD
SHE GRABBED MY MICROPHONE AND
WHEN SHE STARTED TO SING, SHE
WAS SO HAPPY
WE STARTED TO DO GIGS TOGETHER
SHE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW
I'M JUST IN THE BACKGROUND
SHE HAS A NATURAL TALENT
BUT ALSO SHE WORKS HARD AND SHE
IS VERY DETERMINED
SHE'S STILL A KID BUT SHE'S AN
OLD SOUL
AND NOW MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE
FINALS
I'M SO HAPPY
FOR ME AND FOR MY WIFE, IT'S
INDESCRIBABLE.
WE LOVE HER TOO MUCH
YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE
SINGING RIGHT NOW IF IT WASN'T
FOR MY DAD BRINGING ME
EVERYWHERE ALONG WITH HIM.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY BIG
INSPIRATION FOR ME
HE'S AMAZING
I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO
EXPLAIN.
ROBERTA IS THE BEST THING TO
HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.
HER COURAGE AND STRENGTH
I AM SO PROUD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
BEAUTIFUL, SHE GOES UNNOTICED,
PRAISES AN IMAGE, SHE PRAYS TO
THAT'S SHINING, DEEPER THAN THE
SO SHE TRIES TO COVER UP HER
WAITING FOR YOU IN THE DARK
SHUKS YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU'RE
THING, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE
WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
THING, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE
ITS HEART NUKES NO SCARS TO YOUR
BEAUTIFUL, WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
THING, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE
WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
ROBERTA BATTAGLIA!
SOFIA, YOUR GOLDEN BUZZER.
ROBERTA, I MEAN, THE FIRST
TIME I SAW YOU ONSTAGE, YOU
SURPRISED ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
TO BE A 10-YEAR-OLD, NOW YOU'RE
11 YEARS OLD, AND WHAT A BIG,
BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE
BUT YOU KEEP SURPRISING ME EVERY
TIME YOU'RE ONSTAGE MORE AND
- MORE
- I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE IN
AMERICA LOVE YOU AND VOTE FOR
YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
AND YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL
PLACE IN MY HEART.
YOUR PERFECT
THANK YOU
HEIDI.
YOU WERE BORN TO SING,
YOU KNOW THAT, WE JUST SAW THAT.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT YOUR WHOLE
- ENTIRE LIFE.
- THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR
YOU.
I SEE YOU SINGING IN YOUR 20s,
YOUR 30s, 40s, 50s, GOING ON
FOREVER.
- YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AT
- 11 YEARS OLD
GOOD LUCK TO YOU
THANK YOU
HOWIE.
WATCHING THAT PACKAGE
AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE YOU CAME
ON, YOU TALKING TO YOUR FATHER
AND SEEING THE PRIDE AND THE
LOVE, I FEEL THAT PRIDE, BECAUSE
YOU'RE JUST SUCH A... YOU'RE
BABY ON OUR SHOW, AND WE WATCHED
- YOU JUST BLOSSOM FOR THE WORLD
- TO SEE
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
YOU ARE THE ONE TO BEAT TONIGHT.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN AUDIENCE
FAVORITE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
AND CANADA
ISN'T THE SONG FROM CANADA TOO
SHE'S CANADIAN
YES, ALESSIA CARA, I LOVE
YOU, ALESSIA
ROBERTA, YOU'RE ONE
STEP AWAY FROM WINNING "AGT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, I'M SO
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE'S VOTES,
FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT
- THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMERICA AND
- ALL AROUND THE WORLD
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, - ROBERTA.
SO THIS IS FOR THE TITLE
WHO DO YOU WANT TO WIN
VOTING IS OPEN NOW AND WILL BE
OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A.M. EASTERN
TOMORROW
THE "AGT" APP.
YOU HAVE UP TO TEN VOTES FOR
EACH ACT WITH EACH VOTING
METHOD
THIS IS THE BIGGEST VOTE OF THE
SEASON, SO GET TO IT
COMING UP NEXT, AN ACT THAT HAS
COME ALL THE WAY FROM INDIA FOR
THESE FINALS
THEY'RE HERE, AND THEY'RE ABOUT
- TO PERFORM ON THIS LIVE SHOW
- STAGE FOR TH
- VERY FIRST TIME.
- IT'S BAD SALSA, RIGHT AFTER THIS
BREAK.
YOU CAN GET EVEN
CLOSER TO THE ACTION OF THESE
- "AGT" FINALS BY FOLLOWING US ON
- TWITTER, INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK
@AGT
TAP INTO THE TENSION, THE
- ADRENALINE AND THE EXCITEMENT
- AND CONNECT WITH YOUR FAVORITE
FINALISTS.
IT'S THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF THEIR
LIVES, AND YOU CAN JOIN THEM ON
THIS WILD RIDE
OKAY, HERE'S A DANCE DUO WHO
HAVE TRAVELED HALFWAY ROUND THE
WORLD FOR THESE FINALS
IT'S BAD SALSA
WE KNEW THIS WOULD BE THE
GREATEST JOURNEY OF OUR LIFE
WE HAVE WORKED HARD
AND SOMETIMES IT HAS BEEN LIKE
CLIMBING THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN.
LAST WEEK...
BAD SALSA OUT OF INDIA.
...WE WERE VERY, VERY
- NERVOUS.
- WE PRAYED AND PRAYED THAT WE
COULD MAKE IT TO THE FINALS.
BAD SALSA
WE BURST OUT CRYING
I NEVER CRIED LIKE THAT IN MY
WHOLE LIFE
BUT I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT WE
MADE IT THROUGH.
I COULD NEVER IMAGINE AS A
- LITTLE GIRL ON A FARM THAT ONE
- DAY I WOULD BE IN THE FINALS OF
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
OUR FAMILIES, WE WANT TO GIVE
THEM A BIGGER LIFE
BEING ON "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
WILL NOT ONLY CHANGE OUR LIVES
BUT ALSO THEIRS.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE
LIKE THIS.
OUR COUNTRY IS SO PROUD OF US.
I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE IN
THE FINALE
I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU ON
THE FINALS
IT TRULY MOVES US
AND WE DON'T WANT TO LET THEM
DOWN
BEING IN THE FINALS IS LIKE A
DREAM COME TRUE.
THE PERFORMANCE WE ARE GOING TO
DO WILL BE THE BEST ACT OF OUR
- LIVES.
- AND WE ARE PUTTING EVERYTHING ON
THE LINE FOR THIS.
IT'S ALL IN AMERICA'S HANDS.
LET OUR DREAMS BECOME REALITY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
BAD SALSA!
HEIDI.
ON YOUR FEET, WOW!
BAD SALSA, I JUST LOVE
YOU GUYS SO MUCH
YOU REALLY HAVE CHANGED THE
GAME
YOU BROUGHT SO MUCH MORE
CREATIVITY TO THIS TYPE OF DANCE
LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
- IT'S REALLY NEW, WHAT YOU GUYS
- DO
- I'M SO THANKFUL YOU CAME FROM
- INDIA FOR THIS PERFORMANCE
IT'S SO AMAZING TO SEE YOU GUYS
IN THE FLESH
I WOULD FLY TO LAS VEGAS TO SEE
YOU, I WOULD FLY TO INDIA TO SEE
- YOU.
- GOOD LUCK.
HOWIE.
I AGREE.
I HOPE THE PEOPLE AT HOME...
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU EVERY
WEEK AND I THINK YOU'RE THE BEST
DANCERS I'VE SEEN THIS SEASON.
SEEING YOU IN PERSON IS SO
DYNAMIC AND SO SCARY, THE
- ABILITY TO SPIN AS LONG AS YOU
- WERE SPINNING AND THEN JUMP ON
HIS SHOULDERS AND NOT BE DIZZY
AND BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT,
THAT WAS AMAZING
YOU CHECKED EVERY BOX.
TO FLY 22 HOURS AND HAVE THE
ROOM SEEM LIKE YOU'RE STILL AT
HOME SEEMS LIKE A WASTE.
BUT I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
SOFIA.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, I
CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS SHOW
AT HOME WITH MY FAMILY AND SEE
THEIR FACES WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU
DID TONIGHT.
YOU TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL
YOUR ACT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
ACTS, NOT ONLY OF THIS
COMPETITION, IT'S ONE OF THE
FAVORITE ACTS I HAVE SEEN IN MY
LIFE
THANK YOU - WOW.
PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU
GUYS GOT HERE SUNDAY MORNING
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
IT'S BEEN AMAZING, LIKE WE'VE
ALWAYS DREAMED TO COME OVER HERE
AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF YOU
PEOPLE, AND YOU LOVELY JUDGES.
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED AND WE ARE
SO PROUD THAT WE ARE HERE.
AND BELIEVE ME, FOR US, IT'S NOT
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, IT'S THE
WORLD'S GOT TALENT
WE'RE SO PROUD THAT WE'RE
STANDING HERE REPRESENTING
INDIA.
THANK YOU,
- THANK YOU, THANK YOU
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
- DO YOU WANT THESE GUYS TO WIN?
- THEN YOU GOTTA VOTE.
- XFINITY CUSTOMERS, YOU CAN VOTE
- USING YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
JUST SAY, "VOTE FOR 'AGT'"
IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT
COMING UP.
YOU WERE SINGING LIKE A ROCK
- STAR
THIS PERFORMANCE WAS A HUGE
STEP UP.
WHAT YOU MAKE US FEEL IS
INCREDIBLE
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYONE DO
IT HAS BEEN AN
ASTONISHING SEASON ON "AGT,"
FROM AUDITIONS TO LOCKDOWN TO
VIRTUAL JUDGE CUTS
AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S ONLY
THREE JUDGES HERE RIGHT NOW
INSTEAD OF FOUR.
MAN, WE MISS SIMON
FOR THE ACTS, IT'S BEEN MONTHS
OF AUDITIONS, JUDGE CUTS AND
LIVE SHOWS
- HERE'S THE STORY OF THIS
- INCREDIBLE "AGT" SEASON FROM WAY
BACK AT THE VERY BEGINNING
WE HAD THE BEST YEAR EVER
IT IS THE MOST AMAZING
FEELING TO BE BACK ON THE SET.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M HERE
I FEEL SO LUCKY.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST STAGE IN
- THE WORLD.
THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR IS
GOING TO BE INTENSE.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PLEASE
WE ARE BAD SALSA.
CRISTINA RAE.
BRANDON LEAKE
KENADI DODDS.
HIT IT, BABY.
HI, DAD
WHOA, WHOA!
THIS SHOW BETTER BE FUNNY
NO, NO, I DON'T WANT TO
PULL IT
I CAN'T
YOU WERE THE WRONG CHOICE
GIVE A KISS TO MAMA
THIS YEAR WE ARE MEETING THE
MOST AMAZING PEOPLE.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
YOU BLEW THE ROOF OFF
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE
THIS IS AN AUDITION I WILL
NEVER FORGET FOR THE WHOLE OF MY
LIFE
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
WHAT THEY DID TODAY HAS MOVED
ME
TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW.
WHO IS GOING TO BOO YOU AFTER
THIS
YOU MOVE ME TO THIS
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
HEAD START
HI.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
IT'S A PAJAMA PARTY
THIS GUY IS NUTS.
I WAS IMAGINING THIS AUDITION
WITH 3 OR 4,000 PEOPLE BEHIND ME
AND I KNOW THEY WOULD BE ON
THEIR FEET RIGHT NOW
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
WOW
ISN'T THIS CREDIBLE
THAT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH
I THINK IT'S AMAZING.
WE JUST COULDN'T MAKE UP OUR
- MINDS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO
PERFORM AGAIN.
IS THAT WORTHY OF MOVING ON
I HATE TO TELL YOU, YOU WILL
NOT BE JOINING US ON THE LIVE
SHOWS.
IT'S BEEN HARD, BUT YOU GUYS
DESERVE TO GO TO THE LIVE SHOWS.
[ SCREAMING
READ MY LIPS, WE'RE GOING
- LIVE
WE ARE PSYCHED TO HAVE KELLY
CLARKSON
SIMON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.
BELLO WAS IN AN ACCIDENT
I HAD TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE
NEW SOLO ACT
AMERICA HAS GOT SOME TALENT
HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
- THE NIGHT.
SEMIFINALS, ROUND ONE
WHOO!
YOU GAVE AMERICA WHAT THEY
NEED
YOU'VE PAVED A PATH FOR YOURSELF
TO THE FINALS.
SOUNDS SO GOOD.
THE FIRST ACT GOING INTO THE
FINALS IS... BROKEN ROOTS!
BRANDON LEAKE!
ALAN SILVA
DANELLE I CAN'T TULESHOVA!
CHRIS TINA RAE
BAD SALSA!
BELLO SISTERS!
KENADI DODDS
ARCHIE WILLIAMS IS ON HIS WAY TO
THE FINALS
IT IS GOING TO BE EPIC
SOFIA, THIS WAS YOUR
FIRST EXPERIENCE ON "AGT."
CAN YOU SUM UP THE SEASON?
I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY
- ANYTHING
- I JUST SAW IT IN THAT VIDEO, IT
WAS LIKE AMAZING
IT WAS PERFECTION.
- IT WAS MORE THAN I EVER
- IMAGINED
IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE ALL
THIS TALENT, FOR ME FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO BE PART OF THIS,
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC AND
SIMON'S ACCIDENT AND EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO
SOUND HORRIBLE BUT I WOULDN'T
CHANGE A THING
MAYBE ONE THING.
OKAY, MAYBE ONE THING.
I'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME,
BECAUSE OF AND YOU THEM AND
BECAUSE AMERICA LOVES THIS SHOW
- SO MUCH.
- WE LOVE YOU, SOFIA
- AFTER THE BREAK, W
- GET BACK TO THE FIGHT FOR THE
- TITLE.
- NEXT UP IS AN AMAZING YOUNG
SINGER FROM NORTH LOGAN, UTAH.
IT'S KENADI DODDS.
AND WE'RE HEADING OVER TO
GERMANY FOR A SENSATIONAL
ATHLETIC, BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.
IT'S THE BELLO SISTERS
STAY RIGHT THERE
THIS SEASON'S
WINNER WILL WALK AWAY WITH $1
MILLION AND A CONTRACT AT LUXOR
VEGAS RESORT
MORE INFORMATION
- NOW, OUR NEX
- FINALIST IS FROM A SMALL TOWN IN
UTAH
SHE'S ONLY 15, BUT MUSIC IS
ALREADY AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HER
LIFE
SHE IS KENADI DODDS.
MUSIC IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE.
IT'S THE WAY THAT I EXPRESS
- MYSELF
- AND MUSIC IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT
BRINGS MY FAMILY TOGETHER.
THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE
WHAT I'M DOING, BUT IT DOESN'T
MATTER WITH MUSIC BECAUSE THEY
CAN HEAR ME AND THEY CAN FEEL
ME
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE HELP US
- WITH
- IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO
TOGETHER, JUST US.
WHEN I SING, I FEEL LIKE I'M
TRYING TO TAKE MY FAMILY ON A
JOURNEY WITH ME IN MY
IMAGINATION.
YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE MUSIC.
YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART.
YOU CAN FEEL IT INSIDE YOUR
- BODY - IT CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY.
IT CAN MAKE YOU SAD.
IT CAN PAINT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PICTURES
FLOATING COLORS.
MUSIC IS MAGIC
GOING INTO THE FINALS, KENADI
- DODDS!
AND NOW MUSIC HAS BROUGHT ME
ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALS.
BEING A SMALL TOWN GIRL FROM
- UTAH, IT'S SOMETHING I NEVER
- WOULD HAVE THOUGHT COULD BE
POSSIBLE
BUT I'M HERE
CRAZY.
TONIGHT IS THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF
MY LIFE AND I AM READY TO LIVE
IT OUT THERE ON THE STAGE.
FAITH TO KEEP BELIEVING THERE
SADNESS, THE PAIN AND THE HATE,
THE STRUGGLE, THIS MADNESS, WILL
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
KENADI DODDS
SOFIA.
KENADI,
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE A SMALL TOWN GIRL WITH
BIG DREAMS AND HERE YOU ARE WITH
YOUR SHINY DRESS AND YOUR
BALLOBOOTS
AND I LOVE WHAT YOU DID BEFORE,
THE PERFORMANCES AT THE PIANO,
BUT TO SEE YOU STANDING WITH
YOUR GUITAR IS SO MUCH MORE
- ENERGETIC.
- CONGRATULATIONS, YOU STEPPED IT
UP A LOT TONIGHT
THANK YOU
HEIDI.
I SEE A BEAUTIFUL
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR YOU, I SEE A
COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD.
I SOMETIMES THINK OF YOU AS LIKE
A YOUNG TAYLOR SWIFT WHEN SHE
- STARTED WRITING HER OWN SONGS
- WITH HER GUITAR.
I THINK YOU'RE JUST AS AMAZING
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
VOTE, GUYS, VOTE
HOWIE.
TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL
NIGHT, ONLY ONE ACT OUT OF
- EVERYONE IS GOING TO WIN THE
- MILLION DOLLARS.
SO YOU HAVE TO STEP IT UP AND DO
BIGGER
I QUESTIONED SOME OF YOUR
CHOICES BEFORE, ORIGINAL MUSIC
UNTIL TONIGHT.
UNTIL YOU... YOU KNOW, YOU SAID
WHEN SHE STOOD UP WITH THE
GUITAR, FOR ME IT'S WHEN YOU
THREW THE GUITAR ASIDE AND
BELTED IT OUT, YOU ROSE TO THE
- OCCASION
- THAT'S YOUR FORTE, DON'T HIDE
BEHIND PIANOS OR GUITARS
YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE, YOUNG
LADY, YOU'RE WORTH IT YOURSELF
KENADI, FROM NORTH
LOGAN, UTAH TO THE WORLD'S
BIGGEST STAGE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TO SAY TO SOMEONE IN A SMALL
TOWN WITH BIG DREAMS
DON'T EVER GIVE UP AND ALWAYS
GO FOR YOUR DREAMS BECAUSE YOUR
- DREAMS CAN MAKE THE WORLD A
- BETTER PLACE
- I AGREE, I AGREE
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
- KENADI
- DO YOU WANT KENADI TO WIN?
THEN YOU GOTTA VOTE.
GET ONLINE, USE THE APP, HOWEVER
YOU DO IT, GO PICK A WINNER.
THIS IS FOR THE TITLE.
- COMING UP...
FOR THE FIRST TIME I CAN
HONESTLY SAY I LOVE YOU.
THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A
- PERFORMANCE.
MY HEART IS LIKE POUNDING OUT
OF MY CHEST.
YOU'RE THE ONE TO BEAT.
UP NOW IS ANOTHER
GOLDEN BUZZER,
- AND THIS IS HOWIE'S.
- ALL OF OUR ACTS TAKE A BIG RISK
WHEN THEY STEP UP TO COME ON
"AGT."
- BUT THIS POET TOOK THE SHOW
- WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE
HE IS BRANDON LEAKE.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME
MY NAME IS BRANDON LEAKE.
KNOWING THAT I WAS THE FIRST
POET TO BE ON "AGT" SCARED THE
LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME
AND YOU MOVED ME TO DO THIS
GETTING THE GOLDEN BUZZER WAS
A DREAM COME TRUE.
I NEVER EXPECTED THAT RESPONSE
I'M JUST DOING MY PASSION.
A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO BRANDON
LEAKE.
I'M FROM GUYANA
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
IT'S LIKE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
VERSION I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED
FOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A POEM
I WROTE FOR BRANDON.
BOUNCING THE WORLD ON HIS
- PEN.
YOU ARE THE FIRST AND THE
GOLDEN ONE BUT YOU WON'T BE THE
LAST BECAUSE YOU'RE MOLDING
SOME
OH, MAN
BECAUSE YOU'RE ON "AGT," ONE
DAY THAT WILL BE ME.
WHATEVER MOUNTAINS YOU'VE
- CLIMBED BE THE REASON THAT
- AMERICA'S NOT ONLY GOT TALENT
BUT HAS GOT HEART.
SHINING BRIGHT.
EVERYBODY IS SAYING WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT YOU SHOULD
BE DOING
BECAUSE WE ALL FEEL THE SAME
- THINGS
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE
VOICELESS.
YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE IS TO
- INSPIRE.
YOU PAVED THE WAY FOR KIDS
LIKE ME TO WALK THE ROUTE THAT
YOU'VE BEGUN
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE
WORLD JUST HOW POWERFUL WORDS
CAN BE
"AGT" GAVE ME A CHANCE TO
SHOW MY DAUGHTER HER DREAMS CAN
BE AS BIG AS SHE WANTS THEM TO
- BE AND THOSE DREAMS DO COME
- TRUE
WE LOVE YOU AND WE'RE
CHEERING FOR YOU
WE LOVE YOU, DADDY.
OH, MAN
WE LOVE YOU
YES, JESUS LOVES ME, YES
JESUS LOVES ME
YES, JESUS LOVES ME FOR THE
BIBLE TELLS ME SO.
I LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER SING THE
SONG TO YOU EVERY NIGHT AND THE
CRAZIEST PART IS YOU AIN'T GONNA
REMEMBER ANY OF THIS
ALL THESE MOMENTS WE SHARE WILL
SIMPLY SLIP INTO THE FORGOTTEN
PACE OF THE PAST
BUT FOR YOU, ONLY FOR YOU,
BECAUSE I WILL NEVER FORGET.
NEVER FORGET ALL THE THINGS THAT
YOU MADE ME FEEL HOW I WAS
ALREADY IN LOVE WITH YOU BEFORE
I COULD EVER HOLD YOU, AS YOUR
MOTHER CRADLED YOU INTO
EXISTENCE, I PRAYED FOR YOU.
THE BEST WAY I KNEW HOW, BY
PRAYING FOR ME
PRAYING MY INADEQUACY SIES DON'T
AFFECT YOU
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I NEVER WANT
YOU TO BE FORCED TO PLUCK
PAINFUL MEMORIES OF ME OUT OF
YOUR PSYCHE SO WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK ON THESE DAYS, YOU REMEMBER
HOW SWEET THE SMELL IS
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY YOU
CAME INTO THIS WORLD, THE HELL
YOU CAUSED YOUR MOTHER
TECHNICALLY IT WAS MY FAULT YOU
WERE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
BUT THAT'S A BIOLOGY LESSON FOR
ANOTHER DAY.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW YOUR
PRESENCE COMPELLED TIME TO STAND
STILL BECAUSE I KNEW IN THAT
MOMENT NOTHING ELSE MATTERED,
HOW WITH YOU IN MY GRASP I
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT TO WEAR
YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE, YOU
AND I STARING EYE TO EYE, ALL
COULD SEE THE LOVE WE SHARED AND
THE SAFETY YOU FELT.
I WONDERED COULD YOU SEE THE
FEAR THAT LAY BEHINDMINE, THE
WAY DADDY'S LIFE WAS FOREVER
CHANGED BY THE GIFT OF YOUR
PRESENCE
BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED
THE PICTURE IT DREW OUT ALL MY
SELFISHNESS, ILLUSTRATED HOW FAR
I HAVE TO GO
BUT THERE'S NO MORE TIME LEFT
FOR FEAR
ONLY TIME LEFT TO BUILD, MORE
MEMORIES, LONGER LEGACIES.
AALIYAH AND YOU, I WILL PLANT
THE BEST IN ME, MY LOVE, MY
PASSION, IT ALL LIES IN YOU.
WHAT YOU HAVE YET TO REALIZE IS
SO MANY NIGHTS AS A CHILD I
WOULD PRAY FOR THE EARTH IN
HOPES THAT I COULD CHANGE IT
AND BABY GIRL, YOU HAVE BECOME
MY WORLD AND I KNOW THAT IF I
CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE
BETTER, THEN GOD MUST BE REAL
DUE TO THAT ANSWERED PRAYER.
SO AALIYAH, MY BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTER, BE YOU
AND WHATEVER THAT ENTAILS, LET
PASSION BE YOUR MOTIVE, AND I
WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER
ON THE SCENE, BECAUSE BOO-BOO,
THIS LIFE WILL KNOCK YOU ON YOUR
BEHIND MORE TIMES THAN YOU CAN
COUNT.
BUT YOU MUST STAND UP QUEEN,
WEAR YOUR CROWN QUEEN, BECAUSE
YOU'RE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN YOU
- THINK.
- ALL THOSE NIGHTS IN WHICH THESE
LIPS PRESS PRAYERS THROUGH THEM
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR NOW AND
SOON TO COME BOO-BOO, YOU GOT
HEAVEN STANDING BEHIND YOU SO
WHO IN HELL CAN STAND AGAINST
YOU?
AALIYAH, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU A
CHILDHOOD OF SPLENDID
RECOLLECTIONS AND DADDY'S BEST
PROTECTION, A PRAYER
DEAR GOD, I KNOW THAT YOU CARE
FOR MY DAUGHTER BEFORE SHE WAS
EVER IN HER MOTHER'S WOMB AND I
JUST PRAY THAT YOUR LARGEST OF
BLESSINGS WAIT IN HER STOREHOUSE
OF DESTINY BECAUSE I KNOW AIN'T
NONE OF US PERFECT BUT MY
DAUGHTER, SHE'S WORTH IT
AMEN
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
- OH, WOW!
- MAN, THAT WAS POWERFUL
- WE'LL GET HOWIE'S REACTION AND
- HEAR FROM THE OTHER JUDGES IN
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES
THEN, WE HAVE TWO GUYS WHO ONLY
FORMED THEIR ACT LAST YEAR
THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE CHARISMA
- TOGETHER
- BUT CAN IT TAKE THEM ALL THE WAY
TO THE TITLE
IT'S BROKEN ROOTS, AFTER THE
BREAK.
BEFORE THE BREAK,
HOWIE'S GOLDEN BUZZER,
BRANDON LEAKE, GOT HIS SHOT AT
- WINNING THE WHOLE COMPETITION.
- HOW DID HE DO?
LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO THE
JUDGES
HOWIE.
AGAIN, YOU LEAVE ME
- SPEECHLESS, YOU REALLY DO.
- I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING
- LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY
- ON THIS SHOW
NUMBER ONE, I'VE NEVER REALLY
EXPERIENCED POETRY
YOU MOVE PEOPLE, YOU MUFT WORLDO
WORLD, YOU MOVE US
YOU TOOK US ON A JOURNEY
WE MET YOU AND FOUND OUT YOU HAD
- A TERRIBLE LOSS AT THE BEGINNING
- OF YOUR LIFE AND HOW YOU DEALT
- WITH THAT.
- WE FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO
BE A BLACK MAN TODAY AND THROUGH
THE EYES OF YOUR MOTHER.
AND THEN WE FOUND OUT NOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE A FATHER
YOU TAKE US ON THESE JOURNEYS.
OR HOW TO DEAL WITH A SINGLE
PARENT
YOU'RE AMAZING
I KNOW IN 2017 YOU TRIED OUT FOR
THE SHOW
WE SAID NO
I'M GLAD WE SAID NOW BECAUSE NOW
YOU ARE BETTER AND MORE
IMPORTANT THAN YOU WILL EVER BE.
I LOVE YOU, BUDDY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SOFIA.
LIKE HOWIE SAID, THIS
- IS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I
- HAVE LOVED IT.
I HAVE GONE FROM THE BEGINNING
TO THE END, ENJOYING EVERY TIME
THAT YOU ARE HERE ON THIS STAGE.
IT'S SO MEANINGFUL
I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PERFORMANCES THAT YOU
- HAVE DONE, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY
- HOPEFUL.
IT WAS TO YOUR BABY.
AND I LIKE THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME YOU WERE OUTSIDE OF THE
STAGE, YOU WERE LIKE IN THAT
FEELING... WHY ARE YOU LOOKING
AT ME LIKE THAT?
WE'RE OUT OF TIME
OH, SORRY.
YOU'RE GREAT
HEIDI.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT
YOU ARE TO YOUR DAUGHTER AND TO
- ALL OF US.
- I TRULY BELIEVE YOU DESERVE A
SHOW IN LAS VEGAS AND WE AS
PEOPLE DESERVE MORE ARTISTS LIKE
YOU THAT SPEAK THE TRUTH,
ARTISTS THAT ARE HUMBLE, BECAUSE
- THAT REALLY HITS HOME AND THAT
- IS POWER
- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
- HERE
THANK YOU SO MUCH
BRANDON, YOU'RE
- AWESOME, I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS,
- SO I GET YOU, MAN.
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, - BRANDON.
LISTEN, IF YOU WANT BRANDON TO
WIN, YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR HIM.
IF YOU WANT TO USE THE OFFICIAL
"AGT" APP, DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE
APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY
OKAY, LET'S KEEP IT GOING.
WHAT AN AMAZING JOURNEY THIS ACT
HAS BEEN ON.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY MET LAST
YEAR, THEIR LOVE OF SINGING GOES
WAY BACK
HERE'S BROKEN ROOTS.
DUDE, THIS IS MY FIRST
GUITAR, BRO.
I STILL HAVE IT.
DUDE, THAT DON'T EVEN LOOK
LIKE YOU, MAN.
I ATE A PIECE OF CAKE BEFORE
THAT PICTURE
YOU HAD A COUPLE OF CAKES
BEFORE THAT PICTURE.
THAT'S MY MOM, BRO.
THAT'S MY MOM, BRO.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU
STARTED MUSIC?
I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR WHEN
I WAS 9.
THE MOMENT I HEARD THAT STRING,
- DUDE, I WAS HOOKED
WHEN DID YOU HAVE THE MOMENT
OF, LIKE, THIS IS MY DREAM, I
CAN ACTUALLY PINPOINT IT
I WAS IN EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
I WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
I PERFORMED "SKIP TO MY LOU" AT
A RECITAL.
- I GOT DONE AND THEY ALL STOOD UP
- AND WERE CLAPPING.
I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AWESOME,
THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO.
DUDE, YOUR RECITAL WAS BIGGER
THAN ANY CONCERT I EVER PLAYED
IN MY LIFE
YEAH, MAN, I REMEMBER MY DAD,
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO, I'LL
ALWAYS BE PROUD OF YOU
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, HE
GOES, I WANT YOU TO PROMISE ME
- THAT YOU'LL NEVER LET GO OF
- MUSIC, THAT YOU'LL NEVER LET IT
OUT OF YOUR HEART.
IT'S CRAZY WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK, HOW IMPACTFUL THOSE LITTLE
MOMENTS ARE, SITTING AT THE
PIANO WITH MY MOM I ACTUALLY
HATED IT AND, 000 NOW I LOOK BACK
- THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY
- ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S AWESOME THAT WE BOTH GET TO
SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY, LEAVING
OUR FOOTPRINT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
THAT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY
LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES
DUDE, WHERE DID YOU GET
- THESE?
CAN YOU NOT FEEL EVERY
EMOTION?
THOSE PICTURES, I'M GOING TO
KEEP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
WE'RE BLESSED TO BE HERE.
I AGREE, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY, MAN
IF I HAD TO HAND-PICK
SOMEBODY ON THIS JOURNEY WITH
ME, I WOULD GO BACK AND PICK YOU
AGAIN.
AWW THANKS, MAN
LOVE YOU, BROTHER
LOVE YOU TOO.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
DROWNING, I WOULD NOT LEND A
HAND
FRIEND, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
DID, I SAW IT WITH MY OWN TWO
WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, IT'S ALL BEEN
MOMENT FOR ALL MY LIFE, OH, LORD
REMEMBER, DON'T WORRY, HOW CAN I
EVER FORGET THE HURT DOESN'T
MOMENT FOR ALL MY LIFE, OH, LORD
AIR TONIGHT, OH, LORD, OH,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
- THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT
- WAS THAT ENOUGH TO WIN THE
- TITLE?
- WE'LL HEAR FROM THE JUDGES RIGHT
AFTER THE BREAK.
COMING UP.
IT DOESN'T LOOK HUMAN
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
LOOK AT THAT!
SPECTACULAR
YOU'RE SHINING LIKE A STAR
ALREADY.
OKAY, BEFORE THE
BREAK, BROKEN ROOTS GOT THEIR
SHOT AT WINNING THE WHOLE
COMPETITION.
LET'S GO TO THE JUDGES
SOFIA.
I MEAN, GUYS, THIS
MUST HAVE BEEN... WHAT AN
AMAZING RIDE FOR YOU
I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY
I LOVE IT, THE SONG THAT YOU
PICKED THIS TIME, THIS
- PERFORMANCE.
- EVERY TIME THAT I SEE YOU, I
LIKE YOU MORE.
I REALLY HOPE THAT AMERICA LOVES
YOU TONIGHT, THAT THEY VOTE, AND
THAT TOMORROW MAYBE YOU GET A
GOOD SURPRISE.
THANK YOU
HEIDI, WHAT DID YOU
THINK?
I THINK YOU GUYS HAD
TO IN A WAY FIGHT A LITTLE
HARDER TO GET HERE TO THE
FINALE
US, THE JUDGES, SENT YOU HOME AT
ONE POINT.
YOU REALLY SHOWED US WRONG
I LOVE YOU GUYS, AND GOOD LUCK,
VOTE, AMERICA.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS TOO, THANK
YOU.
HOWIE, WHAT'S UP
WHAT'S UP?
WE'RE DOING THE FINALE AND I'M
GOING TO BE JUDGING BROKEN ROOTS
RIGHT NOW BUT THANKS FOR ASKING.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE SONG THAT
YOU'VE SUNG IN THE COMPETITION
- NOW THAT WE'RE WATCHING, AND
- WE'RE ONLY A QUARTER OF THE WAY
THROUGH THE SHOW, THE SINGERS
TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE HARDEST
JOB, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
SINGERS ON TONIGHT AND YOU'RE
- GOING TO CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT
- SO I CAN ONLY WISH YOU THE BEST
OF LUCK AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE
DON'T HAVE TO VOTE
GOOD LUCK, AMERICA
BROKEN ROOTS, AMERICAN
HAS SHOWN YOU SO MUCH LOVE
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO
AMERICA AS YOU CONVINCE THEM TO
VOTE FOR YOU ONE MORE TIME
WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
- SO MUCH.
- WITHOUT YOU GUYS, WE WOULDN'T BE
- HERE
WE OWE OUR ENTIRE JOURNEY TO
EVERYONE WHO PICKS UP THEIR
PHONE AND VOTES FOR US
WE HOPE WE MAKE YOU PROUD.
WE LOVE YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU
- WE'RE NOT DONE YET, THEY'RE MORE
- TO COME.
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, - GUYS
THERE IS $1 MILLION AT STAKE
HERE
IF YOU WANT IT TO GO TO
BROKEN ROOTS, VOTE FOR THEM.
OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE "AGT"
APP.
LET'S KEEP IT GOING.
AND WE'RE HEADING OVER TO
GERMANY NOW.
FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF
OUR FINALISTS, BUT FOR THIS ACT,
- THE FAMILY BOND CONTINUES RIGHT
- ONTO THE STAGE
IT'S THE BELLO SISTERS
WE ARE BEST FRIENDS
WE'RE TOGETHER 24/7.
WE TRAIN TOGETHER.
- WE GO SHOPPING TOGETHER.
- WE'RE TOGETHER TOO MUCH.
THIS IS JUST A DREAM COMING
TRUE, THE GIRLS BEING IN THE
FINAL.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING SO SPECIAL
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER AND
PROUDER.
SELENE IS DEFINITELY THE
FUNNY ONE IN OUR FAMILY BUT
SHE'S ALSO THE RISK TAKER.
SHE PUSHES OUR ACT TO ANOTHER
LEVEL.
WE HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE
JOLENE IS THE LITTLE ONE OF
- THE GROUP.
SHE GETS THE MOST NERVOUS.
BUT SHE'S ALSO OUR TOP
SO SHE'S THE ONE THAT NEEDS THE
MOST STRENGTH.
LAUREN IS VERY STRICT
BUT THAT'S VERY GOOD BECAUSE WE
ALSO NEED A PERSON THAT KEEPS US
ON THE RIGHT ROAD.
WHEN THE THREE OF US ARE
TOGETHER, WE'RE UNSTOPPABLE.
IT IS SURPRISING TO TELL PEOPLE
THAT WE GO FROM INNOCENT GIRLS
TO BEING THESE STRONG WOMEN
ONSTAGE.
WE KNEW SINCE WE WERE SMALL
THAT WE WANTED TO BE AN
ACROBATIC TRIO
PHYSICALLY IT IS VERY, VERY
- HARD
- BUT WE ALWAYS KEPT BELIEVING IN
OUR DREAM.
SO IF WE CAN INSPIRE GIRLS TO
KEEP BEING THEMSELVES AND DOING
WHAT THEY LOVE, THAT'S THE
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
WE'RE IN THE FINAL OF "AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT."
FOR US, IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD
TO WIN
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL
PERSON PERFORMING WITH US
BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE THE
PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME.
I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND PROUD.
WINNERS OR NOT, YOU ARE OUR
WINNERS.
THE BELLO SISTERS OVER
IN GERMANY WITH A SPECIAL
APPEARANCE BY THEIR DAD.
JOLENE IS ONLY 14, IT'S 3:00
A.M. IN GERMANY ANDGERMAN LAW
DOESN'T ALLOW MINORS TO STAY UP
THAT LATE.
I NEED THAT FOR MY OWN KIDS.
HEIDI.
I LOVE YOU GIRLS, I
SEE THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR,
YOUR DAD IS SHOOTING... THIS IS
CRAZY.
I THINK YOU'RE INCREDIBLE.
TRUE ATHLETES, SO BEAUTIFUL TO
WATCH.
I KEPT LOOKING OVER AT HOWIE AND
HE'S LITERALLY DROOLING.
I WASN'T DROOLING.
- I WAS DROOLING FOR - SURE
YOU'RE FROM MY PART OF
THE WOODS, FROM COLOGNE, THAT'S
WHERE I'M FROM TOO
HOWIE, WERE YOU
DROOLING
I THINK THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL, I THINK THEY'RE
WONDERFUL.
THIS WAS THE SLOWEST OF THEIR
PERFORMANCES AND A LITTLE SHAKY
FOR ME
HOW DO YOU SEE SHAKSHA
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS SHAKING
I WAS WATCHING THEM.
SOPHIE
YOU GUYS WERE
STUNNING, IT WASN'T SHAKY, HE'S
SHAKY.
I HOPE PEOPLE KEEP VOTING FOR
YOU BECAUSE I THINK THOSE THREE
BEAUTIFUL, STRONG WOMEN DESERVE
A PLACE... DON'T POINT AT ME
OKAY, BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK HOWIE WAS
- SH - SHAKY.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
LADIES
- USE THE "AGT" APP.
- YOU HAVE A LOT OF VOTES, UP TO
- TEN FOR EACH ACT WITH EACH
- VOTING METHOD.
SO USE THEM WISELY
XFINITY CUSTOMERS, VOTE USING
YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
COMING UP, AN EXTRAORDINARY
SINGER WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY
STORY.
HE'S HAD TO BATTLE NOT ONLY IN
THIS COMPETITION BUT IN THIS
- LIFE TOO
- ARCHIE WILLIAMS GETS HIS SHOT AT
WINNING HIS DREAM AFTER THE
THIS IS THE "AGT"
FINALS, AND IT'S HARD TO PUT
INTO WORDS THE EXPERIENCE OF
THIS CONTESTANT.
HE'S FIGHTING TO GET HIS LIFE
BACK AFTER JUST ABOUT THE
BIGGEST SETBACK ANY PERSON COULD
SUFFER
AND BY DOING SO, HE'S INSPIRING
OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD, TOO
EVERY WEEK, HE PROVES THAT THE
HUMAN SPIRIT WILL NOT BE
CRUSHED.
HE IS ARCHIE WILLIAMS.
DEAR ARCHIE
MY NAME IS RONNY LONG AND I AM
WRITING FROM NORTH CAROLINA
WHERE I SERVED OVER 44 YEARS FOR
A CRIME I DID NOT COMMIT
YOUR VOICE AND YOUR STORY HAS
TOUCHED AND INSPIRED SO MANY
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ME.
I NEVER GAVE UP FIGHTING
AND JUST LAST MONTH I WAS
FINALLY RELEASED FROM PRISON
BUT MY FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ISN'T
OVER
THERE ARE MANY OTHERS LIKE US.
DEAR ARCHIE.
YOU HAVE NOT ONLY TOUCHED MY
- SPIRIT BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
- HOPE
AND BOY, DID I NEED THIS TODAY
I HAVE A SON THAT'S THIS
HE'S 26.
JUST SENT TO PRISON FOR 15
YEARS.
13 YEARS
I WOULD NOT LOSE FAITH THAT HE
WILL BE FREE ONE GLORIOUS DAY.
KNOWING THAT I GAVE PEOPLE
HOPE
THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING
IN MY LIFE
IT BRINGS ME TO TEARS, REALLY.
DEAR ARCHIE
DEAR MR. WILLIAMS
YOUR STRENGTH...
GIVE ME HOPE.
THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN THE
BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO
ME
I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED
MAKING IT THIS FAR
I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING MY
DREAM.
BEING HERE IN THIS MOMENT, IT
ACTUALLY MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE GONE
THROUGH, I REALLY FEEL THAT IT
WAS FATE THAT LED ME THIS WAY.
TONIGHT I'M IN THE FINALS AND
I'M HERE TO WIN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARISE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARISE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO BE
THANK YOU
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
ARCHIE WILLIAMS!
HOWIE.
ARCHIE, ONLY ONE ACT
IS GOING TO WIN TONIGHT, BUT I
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY A
WINNER
YOU KNOW, YOU WON YOUR FREEDOM,
YOU WON JUSTICE, YOU WON A DREAM
OF COMING FROM A TINY CELL TO
THE BIGGEST STAGE ON EARTH
THE SONGS YOU PICK ARE ALL SONGS
I KNOW BUT WHEN I HEAR YOU CLEAR
THEM, THE MEANING IS SO MUCH
CLEARER AND MORE POINTED TO YOU.
I LOVE WHAT YOU DO
I LOVE THAT THE WORLD GOT A
CHANCE TO MEET YOU
AND YOU LOOK GOOD IN THAT SUIT
THANK YOU
SOFIA.
IT WAS MOVING, IT WAS
BEAUTIFUL.
YOU MADE THIS SONG YOUR SONG
I DEFINITELY THINK THIS WAS YOUR
- BEST PERFORMANCE
- AND YOUR SUITS KEEP GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER.
THANK YOU
HEIDI.
ARCHIE, I DEFINITELY
HAVE A SPECIAL SPOT IN MY HEART.
WHEN I HEAR YOU SING THIS TOO, I
HEAR IT DIFFERENTLY THAN I'VE
HEARD IT BEFORE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE BEATLES WROTE
IT FOR YOU
YOU'RE FLYING, OR YOU'RE NOT
FLYING, YOU'RE SOARING
THANK YOU
ARCHIE, CONSIDERING
- ALL YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH, CAN YOU
- TELL AMERICA WHAT'S NEXT FOR
ARCHIE WILLIAMS?
GOING OUT, TRYING TO SAVE THE
WORLD WITH MY MINISTRY
AWESOME.
- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ARCHIE,
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
- DO YOU WANT TO COMPLETE ARCHIE'S
- DREAM FOR HIM?
THEN VOTE FOR HIM TONIGHT.
GET ONLINE
USE THE APP.
VOTING STAYS OPEN UNTIL
7:00 A.M. EASTERN TOMORROW
GO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
COMING UP, A YOUNG SINGER WHO'S
TRAVELED HALF WAY AROUND THE
WORLD TO TRY AND WIN HER DREAM
IT'S DANELIYA TULESHOVA.
AND LATER, SINGLE MOM
CRISTINA RAE GETS HER CHANCE TO
CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
TOMORROW NIGHT IN OUR
FINALE, WE WILL FIND OUT WHO'S
GOING TO WIN IT ALL.
IT IS GOING TO BE AN
UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.
THE TOP TEN WILL BE JOINED BY
SOME TRUE GLOBAL SUPERSTARS IN
SPECTACULAR DUETS AND MASHUPS.
WE'VE GOT BLAKE SHELTON,
AVA MAX, MARVIN WINANS,
ONE REPUBLIC, BISHOP BRIGGS,
LESLIE ODOM JR., JP SAXE AND
JULIA MICHAELS
OH, AND USHER!
FOR REAL
IT ALL STARTS AT 9:00,
8:00 CENTRAL
AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, WE
- HAVE A COUNTDOWN SHOW BUILDING
- UP TO THE FINALE
- AND THAT STARTS ONE HOUR
- EARLIER, AT 8:00, 7:00 CENTRAL
ALL IN ALL, IT IS GOING TO BE
ONE INCREDIBLE "AGT" NIGHT
- NOW, AS YOU'VE SEEN, "AGT" IS
- TRULY A GLOBAL COMPETITION
- AND THIS YOUNG SINGER HAS COME
- THOUSANDS OF MILES TO TRY AND
WIN HER DREAM RIGHT HERE IN
HOLLYWOOD.
SHE IS DANELIYA TULESHOVA.
MY JOURNEY ON "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" HAS TAKEN ME SO FAR.
I'M JUST A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM
BIG DREAMS
I'VE FLOWN THOUSANDS AND
- THOUSANDS OF MILES TO BE HERE.
- I'M SO, SO HAPPY
IS THIS A DREAM?
I LOVE AMERICA SO MUCH
WHEN I GOT TO HOLLYWOOD, I FELT
LIKE A STAR.
BUT I WAS SO, SO SCARED BECAUSE
EVERYONE IS SO TALENTED AND I
WAS SCARED I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH
BUT WHEN I'M PERFORMING, IT'S
THE MOST ELECTRIFYING FEELING IN
THE WORLD.
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN MY BODY.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M ALIVE.
I FEEL ELECTRIC.
WAITING ON THE STAGE ON THE
RESULTS NIGHT TO FIND OUT IF I
WAS GOING TO THE FINALS, I WAS
SO NERVOUS
MY HEART WAS BEATING IN MY
CHEST.
DANELIYA TULESHOVA!
BEING HERE, IT MAKES ME FEEL
LIKE A MOVIE STAR, I LOVE IT
AND NOW I'M ONE STEP AWAY FROM
MAYBE BEING CROWNED A WINNER ON
"AGT".."
I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT
I WILL WORK SO HARD BECAUSE
WINNING "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER
IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF ONE DAY
MY NAME WAS UP IN LIGHTS
LIGHT, I WORE ENVY AND I HATED
I WANTED, I WAITED, I GOT IT
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
DANELIYA TULESHOVA
SOFIA.
- DANELIYA, YOU'RE - AMAZING.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE DON'T HAVE
TO KEEP... YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE
NOT AMERICA RIGHT NOW AND THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE.
- YOU ESPECIALLY ARE FLAWLESS,
- EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE YOU'RE
BETTER AND BETTER.
YOU'RE SO COMFORTABLE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HEIDI.
YES, YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY A CLASS ACT
YOU HOLD YOUR OWN.
YOU HIT EVERY NOTE
THIS WAS PERFECTION.
I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK TODAY
YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD, IT WAS
REALLY GOOD.
HOWIE.
LIKE MY FELLOW JUDGES,
YOU SAID COMFORTABLE AND YOU
SAID PERFECTION.
OUT OF ALL THE SINGERS, YOU'RE A
BABY BUT YOU SEEM LIKE THE MOST
COMFORTABLE AND THAT YOU NEED TO
BE HERE.
I SAID TONIGHT IT'S GOING TO
BE... THE SINGERS HAVE IT THE
TOUGHEST, BECAUSE YOU'RE UP
AGAINST SOME GREAT SINGERS
YOU GUYS ARE COMPETING, AND AS
YOU SAID, AMERICA, I'M SO
THRILLED NOT TO BE YOU TONIGHT
I WAS HOLDING ON TO MY SEAT.
DANELIYA, YOU'VE COME
FROM THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY AND
NOW YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO YOUR
DREAM RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
- HOW DO YOU FEEL?
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE
A CHANCE TO BE ON THE STAGE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT BEING IN THE
FINALS OF "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
WOULD NEVER BE POSSIBLE FOR ME
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK
AMERICA FOR THE VOTES AND FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE
I'M REALLY HAPPY
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH
- DANELIYA, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
- LISTEN, IF YOU WANT DANELIYA TO
- BE THE CHAMPION, YOU HAVE TO
VOTE
XFINITY CUSTOMERS, USE YOUR
XFINITY VOICE REMOTE
HOWEVER YOU DO IT, YOU GOTTA DO
IT
COMING UP, A SENSATIONAL
AERIALIST WHO'S BEEN FEARLESS ON
STAGE AND IN LIFE.
HE'S RISKED HIMSELF WEEK IN,
WEEK OUT, AND NOW HE'S JUST ONE
PERFORMANCE AWAY FROM WINNING
EVERYTHING HE'S EVER WANTED.
IT'S ALAN SILVA, NEXT.
THIS TIME TOMORROW
NIGHT, WE WILL BE ON THE VERGE
OF ANNOUNCING THIS SEASON'S
WINNER
NOW, IMAGINE YOURSELF ONE YEAR
FROM NOW, HEARING YOUR NAME READ
OUT AS THE CHAMPION.
IT COULD HAPPEN.
- AUDITIONS FOR NEXT SEASON ARE
- GETTING UP AND RUNNING SOON.
- YOU CAN SEND US A VIDEO OF YOUR
- TALENT OR DO A VIRTUAL AUDITION
FROM HOME.
CHANGING YOUR WORLD.
OKAY, THIS NEXT FINALIST ALWAYS
BELIEVED SOME THINGS IN LIFE
WEREN'T MEANT FOR HIM.
BUT THEN, LIFE FOUND A WAY OF
MAKING HIS DREAMS COME TRUE.
HE IS ALAN SILVA
MY ENTIRE LIFE I FELT
- REJECTED BY SOCIETY BECAUSE OF
- MY SIZE.
IT WAS HARD.
SO GROWING UP, I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD GET MARRIED, BECAUSE MOST
PEOPLE DREAM OF MEETING THAT
TALL, HANDSOME GUY, THEIR PRINCE
CHARMING
I KNOW I'M NOT THAT.
SO I GAVE UP ON LOVE
I WAS OKAY BEING ALONE FOREVER
WHEN I MET MY WIFE BETHANY,
EVERYTHING CHANGED
BETHANY WAS WORKING IN THE
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ENDED UP GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER
I STARTED TO LIKE HER MORE AND
- MORE
- BUT I WAS AFRAID THAT SHE WOULD
NEVER BE ABLE TO LOVE ME THE WAY
I WAS.
ONE DAY, SHE SAID I LOVE YOU
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFE THAN I
HAD ENVISIONED
YEARS LATER, HERE WE ARE, SHE IS
A LIGHT IN MY LIFE
I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT MY
WIFE, SHE IS MY BIGGEST
SUPPORTER.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE MY LIFE
WITHOUT MY FAMILY.
BEING HERE ON "AGT" MEANS I'M
AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.
THEY'RE ALL GOOD BACK HOME
I MISS THEM SO MUCH.
ALAN?
SURPRISE
HI
SUCH A SURPRISE
- I HAD NO IDEA.
- BEING AT THE FINALS, I CANNOT
BELIEVE IT
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE AND I
COULD NEVER DO THIS ALONE.
I HOPE I'M MAKING YOU GUYS
- PROUD.
YOU ARE
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
SENSATIONAL!
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE CAN'T
- GET ANY BETTER, HE DOES.
- WE ARE GONNA HEAR FROM THE
- JUDGES RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK
- AND THEN, IT'S THE LAST ACT OF
THE FINALS
SHE'S HEIDI'S GOLDEN BUZZER, AND
- IT'S HER SHOT AT WINNING A WHOLE
- NEW LIFE FOR HERSELF AND HER
SON.
CAN SHE STEP IT UP ONE MORE TIME
AND WIN IT ALL
IT'S CRISTINA RAE, WHEN WE COME
BACK
BEFORE THE BREAK, ALAN
SILVA SWOOPED AND SOARED AND PUT
HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO WIN THE
- TITLE.
- WAS IT ENOUGH?
LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE JUDGES
HEIDI.
I MEAN, PEOPLE REALLY
UNDERESTIMATED YOU
- PEOPLE BULLIED YOU BECAUSE OF
- YOUR SIZE.
AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING RIGHT
NOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE SO TALENTED,
YOU HAVE THE MOST GORGEOUS WIFE,
THE MOST GORGEOUS FAMILY, OKAY,
AND YOU'RE ONE STEP AWAY FROM
- POSSIBLY WINNING THAT MILLION
- DOLLARS.
I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK, I LOVE YOU
AND I LOVE YOU BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, HEIDI.
SOFIA.
IT GETS BETTER AND
BETTER, ALAN
IT WAS SO ARTISTIC, THE WATER,
THE FIRE
- YOU LOOK AMAZING UP THERE AND
- DOWN HERE TOO, YOU LOOK GREAT.
- I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOUR WIFE IS
- HERE
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST
TOMORROW
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY HARD
COMPETITION GOING ON
THANK YOU, SOFIA.
HOWIE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
THINK, AND WE USUALLY GET TO
TALK BEFORE WE SEE AN ACT, THAT
SEEMED LIKE THE MOST DANGEROUS
ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HANG ON
FOR YOUR DEAR LIFE AND IT WAS
- SOAKING WET.
- THAT SEEMED MORE DANGEROUS BUT
IT ALSO LOOKED MORE DANGEROUS.
SO... AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY
UPPING YOUR GAME
I THINK YOU SOARED TO THE
- HEIGHTS.
- I LOVE YOUR STORY AND YOUR
- FAMILY AND THE SURPRISE, I KNOW
- WHAT IT'S LIKE, I'M HERE DOING
THIS AND I'M AWAY FROM MY WIFE
IS SHE...
- SHE'S NOT HERE
- ALAN, YOU RISK YOUR LIFE EVERY
TIME YOU DO YOUR ACT
HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING ONE STEP
AWAY FROM WINNING "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT"?
FOR ME IT REALLY FEELS LIKE A
DREAM COME TRUE.
AND TO BE ON THE GREATEST STAGE
IN THE WORLD, WITH ALL THESE
AMAZING PEOPLE, TO GET THIS FAR,
I JUST WANT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE
AND HELP PEOPLE REALIZE THAT
THEY WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS NO
MATTER HOW THEY LOOK, NO MATTER
WHAT THEY GO THROUGH
I HOPE I CAN INSPIRE PEOPLE.
I AGREE, ALAN, GOOD
- LUCK TONIGHT
- IF YOU WANT ALAN TO WIN, THERE'S
JUST ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO...
VOTE
OFFICIAL "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
APP.
OKAY
WE ARE DOWN TO THE LAST ACT OF
THESE FINALS
SHE'S HEIDI'S GOLDEN BUZZER AND,
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SPEND A
- LIFETIME SEARCHING FOR WHAT
- MAKES THEM HAPPY
- BUT THIS SINGER HAS ALREADY
- FOUND IT
SHE IS CRISTINA RAE.
FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR MY HOME.
AND THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, I
HAVE FOUND ONE
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY HOME IS WHERE
THE HEART IS
AND BY BEING HERE AT "AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT," EVERY DAY I RECEIVE
MORE LOVE, STABILITY, AND PEACE.
AND MY BABY IS AT HOME
I BELIEVE THAT I AM SHOWING
JEREMIAH THAT EVERYTHING THAT
YOUR HEART DESIRES, DESIRES YOU
AS WELL.
I FELT LIKE WHEN I GOT TOHE
GOLDEN BUZZER, HEIDI KLUM FOUGHT
FOR ME IN THAT MOMENT AND I'LL
NEVER FORGET THAT.
I'VE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH
MY BOY IS BIGGER THAN ALL THE
BAD I'VE GONE THROUGH.
AND NOW, I AM IN THE FINALS ON
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE
STRUGGLES
STRUGGLES.
WHEW, THEY'VE LED ME HERE.
I LOVE YOU, MOMMY
THANK YOU, BABY
BRIGHT, I WANT TO SAVE THAT
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
CRISTINA RAE OUT ON
THE UNIVERSAL LOT.
COME ON OUT HERE, CRISTINA
HEIDI, YOUR GOLDEN BUZZER.
MY GOLDEN BUZZER
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU.
CRISTINA RAE, WE SAVED
THE BEST FOR LAST.
I DO LOVE EVERYONE AND EVERYONE
- IS AMAZING BUT YOU ARE THE MOST
- AMAZING.
YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A LIGHT THAT
CANNOT BE DIMMED
YOU SPARKLE, YOU SHINE
WHAT WAS THAT?
WHAT WAS THAT?
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
I WISH NOTHING MORE THAN FOR YOU
TO GET A MILLION DOLLARS
TOMORROW
OH, MY GOD, FINGERS, TOES
- CROSSED.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SOFIA.
WE HAVE SEEN YOU
BECOME A STAR, EVERY WEEK, MORE
AND MORE
DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT YOU LOOK
SO AMAZING IN THIS OUTFIT?
- DID YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT YOU
- COULD LOOK LIKE THAT
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I DIDN'T.
- THOSE NOTES, WHAT A - SONG
- IT WAS PERFECTION.
- I WISH THE BEST FOR YOU
- TOMORROW THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
HOWIE.
I'LL JUST SAY, YOU
SANG ABOUT YOUR KINGDOM, THIS IS
- YOUR KINGDOM
- TONIGHT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
YOU ARE THE QUEEN, YOU ARE THE
ONE TO BEAT.
- THAT'S MY PREDICTION
- WATCH TOMORROW
YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE BETTER.
WHOO, THANK YOU
CRISTINA, WHAT WOULD
IT MEAN TO WIN "AGT"
IT MEANS MY HOME, MY SON'S
FUTURE, IT MEANS BEING FREE,
JUST KNOWING MORE OF MYSELF.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
CRISTINA
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY HERE HAS
DONE ALL THEY CAN.
- THE CLOCK IS TICKING, PEOPLE
- THIS TIME TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE
- A WINNER
- AND WE'VE GOT USHER,
BLAKE SHELTON, AVA MAX AND A
BUNCH OF OTHER STARS JOINING US.
OTHER PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS IT
THE PEOPLE NOW WHO MAKE THE
TOP TEN, WHETHER IT'S VEGAS,
WHETHER IT'S A RECORDING
CONTRACT, THIS IS THE MOMENT
THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
SURVIVAL, TO BE THE BEST OF
THE BEST OF THE BEST
IT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE TO
SHOW US WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO THEY NEED TO STEP IT UP AS
MUCH AS THEY CAN
YOU HAVE TO SHAKE OFF ALL THE
NERVES AND MAKE YOURSELF INTO A
SUPERHERO ON THAT STABLE.GE
YOU ONLY HAVE THAT ONE SHOT TO
DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND DO IT
NOW.
I REALLY WANT TO WIN AND I
WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN DO TO
MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE
IT WILL CHANGE MY KIDS' LIFE
FOREVER.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE IT MY
- ALL.
WE'RE AT WHERE WE NEVER
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE.
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ALL
OF US.
I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON
- NOTHING.
I'M HERE TO WIN.
WOW
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
YOU ARE THE ONE TO BEAT
LIVE, FROM
HOLLYWOOD, IT'S "AMERICA'S GOT
THE FINALS!"
HERE'S YOUR HOST, TERRY CREWS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
- THESE TEN ACTS HAVE
- COME FROM ALL OVER AMERICA AND
AROUND THE WORLD
AND TONIGHT, THEY ARE FACING
- THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THE
- SEASON
THEY ARE THIS CLOSE TO WINNING
IT ALL... A WHOLE NEW LIFE AND A
SENSATIONAL NEW FUTURE
JUST ONE LAST PERFORMANCE STANDS
BETWEEN THEM AND ALL THEIR
DREAMS COMING TRUE
YOU KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE
THE WINNER WILL WALK AWAY WITH A
HEADLINE SHOW IN LAS VEGAS AND
$1 MILLION
THAT IS THE BEST PRIZE IN SHOW
BUSINESS
AND YOUR VOTES WILL DECIDE THE
- WINNER
- OF COURSE, ALL OF THE TOP TEN
ARE IN THE FINALS BECAUSE OUR
JUDGES SPOTTED THEIR TALENT
RIGHT FROM THE WORD GO
PLEASE WELCOME HEIDI KLUM,
HOWIE MANDEL AND SOFIA VERGARA
OKAY, HERE WE GO
IT'S TEN ACTS, ONE PERFORMANCE
EACH, FOR $1 MILLION
FIRST UP IS SOFIA'S GOLDEN
BUZZER
THIS 11-YEAR-OLD'S PASSION FOR
MUSIC AND SINGING TRULY RUNS IN
THE BLOOD.
NOW SHE'S PERFORMING TO WIN.
HERE'S ROBERTA BATTAGLIA
[ SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SEEING HER ON "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT," I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER
BECAUSE SHE'S FOLLOWING HER
DREAMS, HER BIG DREAMS
MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN
ROBERTA'S LIFE
I REMEMBER I WAS SINGING AT AN
ITALIAN RESTAURANT WHEN SHE WAS
JUST 3 YEARS OLD
SHE GRABBED MY MICROPHONE AND
WHEN SHE STARTED TO SING, SHE
WAS SO HAPPY
WE STARTED TO DO GIGS TOGETHER
SHE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW
I'M JUST IN THE BACKGROUND
SHE HAS A NATURAL TALENT
BUT ALSO SHE WORKS HARD AND SHE
IS VERY DETERMINED
SHE'S STILL A KID BUT SHE'S AN
OLD SOUL
AND NOW MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE
FINALS
I'M SO HAPPY
FOR ME AND FOR MY WIFE, IT'S
INDESCRIBABLE.
WE LOVE HER TOO MUCH
YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE
SINGING RIGHT NOW IF IT WASN'T
FOR MY DAD BRINGING ME
EVERYWHERE ALONG WITH HIM.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY BIG
INSPIRATION FOR ME
HE'S AMAZING
I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO
EXPLAIN.
ROBERTA IS THE BEST THING TO
HAPPEN IN MY LIFE.
HER COURAGE AND STRENGTH
I AM SO PROUD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
BEAUTIFUL, SHE GOES UNNOTICED,
PRAISES AN IMAGE, SHE PRAYS TO
THAT'S SHINING, DEEPER THAN THE
SO SHE TRIES TO COVER UP HER
WAITING FOR YOU IN THE DARK
SHUKS YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU'RE
THING, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE
WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
THING, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE
ITS HEART NUKES NO SCARS TO YOUR
BEAUTIFUL, WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
THING, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE
WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
WE'RE STARS AND WE'RE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
ROBERTA BATTAGLIA!
SOFIA, YOUR GOLDEN BUZZER.
ROBERTA, I MEAN, THE FIRST
TIME I SAW YOU ONSTAGE, YOU
SURPRISED ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
TO BE A 10-YEAR-OLD, NOW YOU'RE
11 YEARS OLD, AND WHAT A BIG,
BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE
BUT YOU KEEP SURPRISING ME EVERY
TIME YOU'RE ONSTAGE MORE AND
- MORE
- I REALLY HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE IN
AMERICA LOVE YOU AND VOTE FOR
YOU BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
AND YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIAL
PLACE IN MY HEART.
YOUR PERFECT
THANK YOU
HEIDI.
YOU WERE BORN TO SING,
YOU KNOW THAT, WE JUST SAW THAT.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT YOUR WHOLE
- ENTIRE LIFE.
- THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR
YOU.
I SEE YOU SINGING IN YOUR 20s,
YOUR 30s, 40s, 50s, GOING ON
FOREVER.
- YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AT
- 11 YEARS OLD
GOOD LUCK TO YOU
THANK YOU
HOWIE.
WATCHING THAT PACKAGE
AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE YOU CAME
ON, YOU TALKING TO YOUR FATHER
AND SEEING THE PRIDE AND THE
LOVE, I FEEL THAT PRIDE, BECAUSE
YOU'RE JUST SUCH A... YOU'RE
BABY ON OUR SHOW, AND WE WATCHED
- YOU JUST BLOSSOM FOR THE WORLD
- TO SEE
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
YOU ARE THE ONE TO BEAT TONIGHT.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT.
YOU HAVE BEEN AN AUDIENCE
FAVORITE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
AND CANADA
ISN'T THE SONG FROM CANADA TOO
SHE'S CANADIAN
YES, ALESSIA CARA, I LOVE
YOU, ALESSIA
ROBERTA, YOU'RE ONE
STEP AWAY FROM WINNING "AGT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, I'M SO
GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE'S VOTES,
FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT
- THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMERICA AND
- ALL AROUND THE WORLD
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, - ROBERTA.
SO THIS IS FOR THE TITLE
WHO DO YOU WANT TO WIN
VOTING IS OPEN NOW AND WILL BE
OPEN UNTIL 7:00 A.M. EASTERN
TOMORROW
THE "AGT" APP.
YOU HAVE UP TO TEN VOTES FOR
EACH ACT WITH EACH VOTING
METHOD
THIS IS THE BIGGEST VOTE OF THE
SEASON, SO GET TO IT
COMING UP NEXT, AN ACT THAT HAS
COME ALL THE WAY FROM INDIA FOR
THESE FINALS
THEY'RE HERE, AND THEY'RE ABOUT
- TO PERFORM ON THIS LIVE SHOW
- STAGE FOR TH
- VERY FIRST TIME.
- IT'S BAD SALSA, RIGHT AFTER THIS
BREAK.
YOU CAN GET EVEN
CLOSER TO THE ACTION OF THESE
- "AGT" FINALS BY FOLLOWING US ON
- TWITTER, INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK
@AGT
TAP INTO THE TENSION, THE
- ADRENALINE AND THE EXCITEMENT
- AND CONNECT WITH YOUR FAVORITE
FINALISTS.
IT'S THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF THEIR
LIVES, AND YOU CAN JOIN THEM ON
THIS WILD RIDE
OKAY, HERE'S A DANCE DUO WHO
HAVE TRAVELED HALFWAY ROUND THE
WORLD FOR THESE FINALS
IT'S BAD SALSA
WE KNEW THIS WOULD BE THE
GREATEST JOURNEY OF OUR LIFE
WE HAVE WORKED HARD
AND SOMETIMES IT HAS BEEN LIKE
CLIMBING THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN.
LAST WEEK...
BAD SALSA OUT OF INDIA.
...WE WERE VERY, VERY
- NERVOUS.
- WE PRAYED AND PRAYED THAT WE
COULD MAKE IT TO THE FINALS.
BAD SALSA
WE BURST OUT CRYING
I NEVER CRIED LIKE THAT IN MY
WHOLE LIFE
BUT I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT WE
MADE IT THROUGH.
I COULD NEVER IMAGINE AS A
- LITTLE GIRL ON A FARM THAT ONE
- DAY I WOULD BE IN THE FINALS OF
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
OUR FAMILIES, WE WANT TO GIVE
THEM A BIGGER LIFE
BEING ON "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
WILL NOT ONLY CHANGE OUR LIVES
BUT ALSO THEIRS.
NOT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE
LIKE THIS.
OUR COUNTRY IS SO PROUD OF US.
I'M SO GLAD YOU GUYS ARE IN
THE FINALE
I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU ON
THE FINALS
IT TRULY MOVES US
AND WE DON'T WANT TO LET THEM
DOWN
BEING IN THE FINALS IS LIKE A
DREAM COME TRUE.
THE PERFORMANCE WE ARE GOING TO
DO WILL BE THE BEST ACT OF OUR
- LIVES.
- AND WE ARE PUTTING EVERYTHING ON
THE LINE FOR THIS.
IT'S ALL IN AMERICA'S HANDS.
LET OUR DREAMS BECOME REALITY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
BAD SALSA!
HEIDI.
ON YOUR FEET, WOW!
BAD SALSA, I JUST LOVE
YOU GUYS SO MUCH
YOU REALLY HAVE CHANGED THE
GAME
YOU BROUGHT SO MUCH MORE
CREATIVITY TO THIS TYPE OF DANCE
LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE
- IT'S REALLY NEW, WHAT YOU GUYS
- DO
- I'M SO THANKFUL YOU CAME FROM
- INDIA FOR THIS PERFORMANCE
IT'S SO AMAZING TO SEE YOU GUYS
IN THE FLESH
I WOULD FLY TO LAS VEGAS TO SEE
YOU, I WOULD FLY TO INDIA TO SEE
- YOU.
- GOOD LUCK.
HOWIE.
I AGREE.
I HOPE THE PEOPLE AT HOME...
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU EVERY
WEEK AND I THINK YOU'RE THE BEST
DANCERS I'VE SEEN THIS SEASON.
SEEING YOU IN PERSON IS SO
DYNAMIC AND SO SCARY, THE
- ABILITY TO SPIN AS LONG AS YOU
- WERE SPINNING AND THEN JUMP ON
HIS SHOULDERS AND NOT BE DIZZY
AND BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT,
THAT WAS AMAZING
YOU CHECKED EVERY BOX.
TO FLY 22 HOURS AND HAVE THE
ROOM SEEM LIKE YOU'RE STILL AT
HOME SEEMS LIKE A WASTE.
BUT I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
SOFIA.
I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, I
CANNOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS SHOW
AT HOME WITH MY FAMILY AND SEE
THEIR FACES WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOU
DID TONIGHT.
YOU TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL
YOUR ACT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
ACTS, NOT ONLY OF THIS
COMPETITION, IT'S ONE OF THE
FAVORITE ACTS I HAVE SEEN IN MY
LIFE
THANK YOU - WOW.
PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU
GUYS GOT HERE SUNDAY MORNING
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
IT'S BEEN AMAZING, LIKE WE'VE
ALWAYS DREAMED TO COME OVER HERE
AND PERFORM IN FRONT OF YOU
PEOPLE, AND YOU LOVELY JUDGES.
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED AND WE ARE
SO PROUD THAT WE ARE HERE.
AND BELIEVE ME, FOR US, IT'S NOT
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, IT'S THE
WORLD'S GOT TALENT
WE'RE SO PROUD THAT WE'RE
STANDING HERE REPRESENTING
INDIA.
THANK YOU,
- THANK YOU, THANK YOU
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
- DO YOU WANT THESE GUYS TO WIN?
- THEN YOU GOTTA VOTE.
- XFINITY CUSTOMERS, YOU CAN VOTE
- USING YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
JUST SAY, "VOTE FOR 'AGT'"
IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT
COMING UP.
YOU WERE SINGING LIKE A ROCK
- STAR
THIS PERFORMANCE WAS A HUGE
STEP UP.
WHAT YOU MAKE US FEEL IS
INCREDIBLE
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYONE DO
IT HAS BEEN AN
ASTONISHING SEASON ON "AGT,"
FROM AUDITIONS TO LOCKDOWN TO
VIRTUAL JUDGE CUTS
AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S ONLY
THREE JUDGES HERE RIGHT NOW
INSTEAD OF FOUR.
MAN, WE MISS SIMON
FOR THE ACTS, IT'S BEEN MONTHS
OF AUDITIONS, JUDGE CUTS AND
LIVE SHOWS
- HERE'S THE STORY OF THIS
- INCREDIBLE "AGT" SEASON FROM WAY
BACK AT THE VERY BEGINNING
WE HAD THE BEST YEAR EVER
IT IS THE MOST AMAZING
FEELING TO BE BACK ON THE SET.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M HERE
I FEEL SO LUCKY.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST STAGE IN
- THE WORLD.
THE COMPETITION THIS YEAR IS
GOING TO BE INTENSE.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME, PLEASE
WE ARE BAD SALSA.
CRISTINA RAE.
BRANDON LEAKE
KENADI DODDS.
HIT IT, BABY.
HI, DAD
WHOA, WHOA!
THIS SHOW BETTER BE FUNNY
NO, NO, I DON'T WANT TO
PULL IT
I CAN'T
YOU WERE THE WRONG CHOICE
GIVE A KISS TO MAMA
THIS YEAR WE ARE MEETING THE
MOST AMAZING PEOPLE.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
YOU BLEW THE ROOF OFF
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE
THIS IS AN AUDITION I WILL
NEVER FORGET FOR THE WHOLE OF MY
LIFE
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.
WHAT THEY DID TODAY HAS MOVED
ME
TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW.
WHO IS GOING TO BOO YOU AFTER
THIS
YOU MOVE ME TO THIS
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
HEAD START
HI.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
IT'S A PAJAMA PARTY
THIS GUY IS NUTS.
I WAS IMAGINING THIS AUDITION
WITH 3 OR 4,000 PEOPLE BEHIND ME
AND I KNOW THEY WOULD BE ON
THEIR FEET RIGHT NOW
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
WOW
ISN'T THIS CREDIBLE
THAT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH
I THINK IT'S AMAZING.
WE JUST COULDN'T MAKE UP OUR
- MINDS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO
PERFORM AGAIN.
IS THAT WORTHY OF MOVING ON
I HATE TO TELL YOU, YOU WILL
NOT BE JOINING US ON THE LIVE
SHOWS.
IT'S BEEN HARD, BUT YOU GUYS
DESERVE TO GO TO THE LIVE SHOWS.
[ SCREAMING
READ MY LIPS, WE'RE GOING
- LIVE
WE ARE PSYCHED TO HAVE KELLY
CLARKSON
SIMON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.
BELLO WAS IN AN ACCIDENT
I HAD TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE
NEW SOLO ACT
AMERICA HAS GOT SOME TALENT
HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
- THE NIGHT.
SEMIFINALS, ROUND ONE
WHOO!
YOU GAVE AMERICA WHAT THEY
NEED
YOU'VE PAVED A PATH FOR YOURSELF
TO THE FINALS.
SOUNDS SO GOOD.
THE FIRST ACT GOING INTO THE
FINALS IS... BROKEN ROOTS!
BRANDON LEAKE!
ALAN SILVA
DANELLE I CAN'T TULESHOVA!
CHRIS TINA RAE
BAD SALSA!
BELLO SISTERS!
KENADI DODDS
ARCHIE WILLIAMS IS ON HIS WAY TO
THE FINALS
IT IS GOING TO BE EPIC
SOFIA, THIS WAS YOUR
FIRST EXPERIENCE ON "AGT."
CAN YOU SUM UP THE SEASON?
I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY
- ANYTHING
- I JUST SAW IT IN THAT VIDEO, IT
WAS LIKE AMAZING
IT WAS PERFECTION.
- IT WAS MORE THAN I EVER
- IMAGINED
IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE ALL
THIS TALENT, FOR ME FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO BE PART OF THIS,
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC AND
SIMON'S ACCIDENT AND EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO
SOUND HORRIBLE BUT I WOULDN'T
CHANGE A THING
MAYBE ONE THING.
OKAY, MAYBE ONE THING.
I'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME,
BECAUSE OF AND YOU THEM AND
BECAUSE AMERICA LOVES THIS SHOW
- SO MUCH.
- WE LOVE YOU, SOFIA
- AFTER THE BREAK, W
- GET BACK TO THE FIGHT FOR THE
- TITLE.
- NEXT UP IS AN AMAZING YOUNG
SINGER FROM NORTH LOGAN, UTAH.
IT'S KENADI DODDS.
AND WE'RE HEADING OVER TO
GERMANY FOR A SENSATIONAL
ATHLETIC, BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.
IT'S THE BELLO SISTERS
STAY RIGHT THERE
THIS SEASON'S
WINNER WILL WALK AWAY WITH $1
MILLION AND A CONTRACT AT LUXOR
VEGAS RESORT
MORE INFORMATION
- NOW, OUR NEX
- FINALIST IS FROM A SMALL TOWN IN
UTAH
SHE'S ONLY 15, BUT MUSIC IS
ALREADY AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HER
LIFE
SHE IS KENADI DODDS.
MUSIC IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE.
IT'S THE WAY THAT I EXPRESS
- MYSELF
- AND MUSIC IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT
BRINGS MY FAMILY TOGETHER.
THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE
WHAT I'M DOING, BUT IT DOESN'T
MATTER WITH MUSIC BECAUSE THEY
CAN HEAR ME AND THEY CAN FEEL
ME
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE HELP US
- WITH
- IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO
TOGETHER, JUST US.
WHEN I SING, I FEEL LIKE I'M
TRYING TO TAKE MY FAMILY ON A
JOURNEY WITH ME IN MY
IMAGINATION.
YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE MUSIC.
YOU CAN FEEL IT IN YOUR HEART.
YOU CAN FEEL IT INSIDE YOUR
- BODY - IT CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY.
IT CAN MAKE YOU SAD.
IT CAN PAINT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PICTURES
FLOATING COLORS.
MUSIC IS MAGIC
GOING INTO THE FINALS, KENADI
- DODDS!
AND NOW MUSIC HAS BROUGHT ME
ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALS.
BEING A SMALL TOWN GIRL FROM
- UTAH, IT'S SOMETHING I NEVER
- WOULD HAVE THOUGHT COULD BE
POSSIBLE
BUT I'M HERE
CRAZY.
TONIGHT IS THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF
MY LIFE AND I AM READY TO LIVE
IT OUT THERE ON THE STAGE.
FAITH TO KEEP BELIEVING THERE
SADNESS, THE PAIN AND THE HATE,
THE STRUGGLE, THIS MADNESS, WILL
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
KENADI DODDS
SOFIA.
KENADI,
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU'RE A SMALL TOWN GIRL WITH
BIG DREAMS AND HERE YOU ARE WITH
YOUR SHINY DRESS AND YOUR
BALLOBOOTS
AND I LOVE WHAT YOU DID BEFORE,
THE PERFORMANCES AT THE PIANO,
BUT TO SEE YOU STANDING WITH
YOUR GUITAR IS SO MUCH MORE
- ENERGETIC.
- CONGRATULATIONS, YOU STEPPED IT
UP A LOT TONIGHT
THANK YOU
HEIDI.
I SEE A BEAUTIFUL
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR YOU, I SEE A
COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD.
I SOMETIMES THINK OF YOU AS LIKE
A YOUNG TAYLOR SWIFT WHEN SHE
- STARTED WRITING HER OWN SONGS
- WITH HER GUITAR.
I THINK YOU'RE JUST AS AMAZING
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
VOTE, GUYS, VOTE
HOWIE.
TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL
NIGHT, ONLY ONE ACT OUT OF
- EVERYONE IS GOING TO WIN THE
- MILLION DOLLARS.
SO YOU HAVE TO STEP IT UP AND DO
BIGGER
I QUESTIONED SOME OF YOUR
CHOICES BEFORE, ORIGINAL MUSIC
UNTIL TONIGHT.
UNTIL YOU... YOU KNOW, YOU SAID
WHEN SHE STOOD UP WITH THE
GUITAR, FOR ME IT'S WHEN YOU
THREW THE GUITAR ASIDE AND
BELTED IT OUT, YOU ROSE TO THE
- OCCASION
- THAT'S YOUR FORTE, DON'T HIDE
BEHIND PIANOS OR GUITARS
YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE, YOUNG
LADY, YOU'RE WORTH IT YOURSELF
KENADI, FROM NORTH
LOGAN, UTAH TO THE WORLD'S
BIGGEST STAGE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE
TO SAY TO SOMEONE IN A SMALL
TOWN WITH BIG DREAMS
DON'T EVER GIVE UP AND ALWAYS
GO FOR YOUR DREAMS BECAUSE YOUR
- DREAMS CAN MAKE THE WORLD A
- BETTER PLACE
- I AGREE, I AGREE
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
- KENADI
- DO YOU WANT KENADI TO WIN?
THEN YOU GOTTA VOTE.
GET ONLINE, USE THE APP, HOWEVER
YOU DO IT, GO PICK A WINNER.
THIS IS FOR THE TITLE.
- COMING UP...
FOR THE FIRST TIME I CAN
HONESTLY SAY I LOVE YOU.
THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A
- PERFORMANCE.
MY HEART IS LIKE POUNDING OUT
OF MY CHEST.
YOU'RE THE ONE TO BEAT.
UP NOW IS ANOTHER
GOLDEN BUZZER,
- AND THIS IS HOWIE'S.
- ALL OF OUR ACTS TAKE A BIG RISK
WHEN THEY STEP UP TO COME ON
"AGT."
- BUT THIS POET TOOK THE SHOW
- WHERE IT'S NEVER BEEN BEFORE
HE IS BRANDON LEAKE.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME
MY NAME IS BRANDON LEAKE.
KNOWING THAT I WAS THE FIRST
POET TO BE ON "AGT" SCARED THE
LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME
AND YOU MOVED ME TO DO THIS
GETTING THE GOLDEN BUZZER WAS
A DREAM COME TRUE.
I NEVER EXPECTED THAT RESPONSE
I'M JUST DOING MY PASSION.
A HUGE SHOUTOUT TO BRANDON
LEAKE.
I'M FROM GUYANA
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
IT'S LIKE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
VERSION I COULD HAVE EVER ASKED
FOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A POEM
I WROTE FOR BRANDON.
BOUNCING THE WORLD ON HIS
- PEN.
YOU ARE THE FIRST AND THE
GOLDEN ONE BUT YOU WON'T BE THE
LAST BECAUSE YOU'RE MOLDING
SOME
OH, MAN
BECAUSE YOU'RE ON "AGT," ONE
DAY THAT WILL BE ME.
WHATEVER MOUNTAINS YOU'VE
- CLIMBED BE THE REASON THAT
- AMERICA'S NOT ONLY GOT TALENT
BUT HAS GOT HEART.
SHINING BRIGHT.
EVERYBODY IS SAYING WHAT
YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT YOU SHOULD
BE DOING
BECAUSE WE ALL FEEL THE SAME
- THINGS
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE
VOICELESS.
YOUR WEAPON OF CHOICE IS TO
- INSPIRE.
YOU PAVED THE WAY FOR KIDS
LIKE ME TO WALK THE ROUTE THAT
YOU'VE BEGUN
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE
WORLD JUST HOW POWERFUL WORDS
CAN BE
"AGT" GAVE ME A CHANCE TO
SHOW MY DAUGHTER HER DREAMS CAN
BE AS BIG AS SHE WANTS THEM TO
- BE AND THOSE DREAMS DO COME
- TRUE
WE LOVE YOU AND WE'RE
CHEERING FOR YOU
WE LOVE YOU, DADDY.
OH, MAN
WE LOVE YOU
YES, JESUS LOVES ME, YES
JESUS LOVES ME
YES, JESUS LOVES ME FOR THE
BIBLE TELLS ME SO.
I LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER SING THE
SONG TO YOU EVERY NIGHT AND THE
CRAZIEST PART IS YOU AIN'T GONNA
REMEMBER ANY OF THIS
ALL THESE MOMENTS WE SHARE WILL
SIMPLY SLIP INTO THE FORGOTTEN
PACE OF THE PAST
BUT FOR YOU, ONLY FOR YOU,
BECAUSE I WILL NEVER FORGET.
NEVER FORGET ALL THE THINGS THAT
YOU MADE ME FEEL HOW I WAS
ALREADY IN LOVE WITH YOU BEFORE
I COULD EVER HOLD YOU, AS YOUR
MOTHER CRADLED YOU INTO
EXISTENCE, I PRAYED FOR YOU.
THE BEST WAY I KNEW HOW, BY
PRAYING FOR ME
PRAYING MY INADEQUACY SIES DON'T
AFFECT YOU
WHAT I'M SAYING IS I NEVER WANT
YOU TO BE FORCED TO PLUCK
PAINFUL MEMORIES OF ME OUT OF
YOUR PSYCHE SO WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK ON THESE DAYS, YOU REMEMBER
HOW SWEET THE SMELL IS
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY YOU
CAME INTO THIS WORLD, THE HELL
YOU CAUSED YOUR MOTHER
TECHNICALLY IT WAS MY FAULT YOU
WERE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
BUT THAT'S A BIOLOGY LESSON FOR
ANOTHER DAY.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW YOUR
PRESENCE COMPELLED TIME TO STAND
STILL BECAUSE I KNEW IN THAT
MOMENT NOTHING ELSE MATTERED,
HOW WITH YOU IN MY GRASP I
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT TO WEAR
YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE, YOU
AND I STARING EYE TO EYE, ALL
COULD SEE THE LOVE WE SHARED AND
THE SAFETY YOU FELT.
I WONDERED COULD YOU SEE THE
FEAR THAT LAY BEHINDMINE, THE
WAY DADDY'S LIFE WAS FOREVER
CHANGED BY THE GIFT OF YOUR
PRESENCE
BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED
THE PICTURE IT DREW OUT ALL MY
SELFISHNESS, ILLUSTRATED HOW FAR
I HAVE TO GO
BUT THERE'S NO MORE TIME LEFT
FOR FEAR
ONLY TIME LEFT TO BUILD, MORE
MEMORIES, LONGER LEGACIES.
AALIYAH AND YOU, I WILL PLANT
THE BEST IN ME, MY LOVE, MY
PASSION, IT ALL LIES IN YOU.
WHAT YOU HAVE YET TO REALIZE IS
SO MANY NIGHTS AS A CHILD I
WOULD PRAY FOR THE EARTH IN
HOPES THAT I COULD CHANGE IT
AND BABY GIRL, YOU HAVE BECOME
MY WORLD AND I KNOW THAT IF I
CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE
BETTER, THEN GOD MUST BE REAL
DUE TO THAT ANSWERED PRAYER.
SO AALIYAH, MY BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTER, BE YOU
AND WHATEVER THAT ENTAILS, LET
PASSION BE YOUR MOTIVE, AND I
WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER
ON THE SCENE, BECAUSE BOO-BOO,
THIS LIFE WILL KNOCK YOU ON YOUR
BEHIND MORE TIMES THAN YOU CAN
COUNT.
BUT YOU MUST STAND UP QUEEN,
WEAR YOUR CROWN QUEEN, BECAUSE
YOU'RE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN YOU
- THINK.
- ALL THOSE NIGHTS IN WHICH THESE
LIPS PRESS PRAYERS THROUGH THEM
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR NOW AND
SOON TO COME BOO-BOO, YOU GOT
HEAVEN STANDING BEHIND YOU SO
WHO IN HELL CAN STAND AGAINST
YOU?
AALIYAH, I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU A
CHILDHOOD OF SPLENDID
RECOLLECTIONS AND DADDY'S BEST
PROTECTION, A PRAYER
DEAR GOD, I KNOW THAT YOU CARE
FOR MY DAUGHTER BEFORE SHE WAS
EVER IN HER MOTHER'S WOMB AND I
JUST PRAY THAT YOUR LARGEST OF
BLESSINGS WAIT IN HER STOREHOUSE
OF DESTINY BECAUSE I KNOW AIN'T
NONE OF US PERFECT BUT MY
DAUGHTER, SHE'S WORTH IT
AMEN
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
- OH, WOW!
- MAN, THAT WAS POWERFUL
- WE'LL GET HOWIE'S REACTION AND
- HEAR FROM THE OTHER JUDGES IN
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES
THEN, WE HAVE TWO GUYS WHO ONLY
FORMED THEIR ACT LAST YEAR
THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE CHARISMA
- TOGETHER
- BUT CAN IT TAKE THEM ALL THE WAY
TO THE TITLE
IT'S BROKEN ROOTS, AFTER THE
BREAK.
BEFORE THE BREAK,
HOWIE'S GOLDEN BUZZER,
BRANDON LEAKE, GOT HIS SHOT AT
- WINNING THE WHOLE COMPETITION.
- HOW DID HE DO?
LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO THE
JUDGES
HOWIE.
AGAIN, YOU LEAVE ME
- SPEECHLESS, YOU REALLY DO.
- I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING
- LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY
- ON THIS SHOW
NUMBER ONE, I'VE NEVER REALLY
EXPERIENCED POETRY
YOU MOVE PEOPLE, YOU MUFT WORLDO
WORLD, YOU MOVE US
YOU TOOK US ON A JOURNEY
WE MET YOU AND FOUND OUT YOU HAD
- A TERRIBLE LOSS AT THE BEGINNING
- OF YOUR LIFE AND HOW YOU DEALT
- WITH THAT.
- WE FOUND OUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO
BE A BLACK MAN TODAY AND THROUGH
THE EYES OF YOUR MOTHER.
AND THEN WE FOUND OUT NOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE A FATHER
YOU TAKE US ON THESE JOURNEYS.
OR HOW TO DEAL WITH A SINGLE
PARENT
YOU'RE AMAZING
I KNOW IN 2017 YOU TRIED OUT FOR
THE SHOW
WE SAID NO
I'M GLAD WE SAID NOW BECAUSE NOW
YOU ARE BETTER AND MORE
IMPORTANT THAN YOU WILL EVER BE.
I LOVE YOU, BUDDY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SOFIA.
LIKE HOWIE SAID, THIS
- IS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I
- HAVE LOVED IT.
I HAVE GONE FROM THE BEGINNING
TO THE END, ENJOYING EVERY TIME
THAT YOU ARE HERE ON THIS STAGE.
IT'S SO MEANINGFUL
I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PERFORMANCES THAT YOU
- HAVE DONE, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY
- HOPEFUL.
IT WAS TO YOUR BABY.
AND I LIKE THAT FOR THE FIRST
TIME YOU WERE OUTSIDE OF THE
STAGE, YOU WERE LIKE IN THAT
FEELING... WHY ARE YOU LOOKING
AT ME LIKE THAT?
WE'RE OUT OF TIME
OH, SORRY.
YOU'RE GREAT
HEIDI.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT
YOU ARE TO YOUR DAUGHTER AND TO
- ALL OF US.
- I TRULY BELIEVE YOU DESERVE A
SHOW IN LAS VEGAS AND WE AS
PEOPLE DESERVE MORE ARTISTS LIKE
YOU THAT SPEAK THE TRUTH,
ARTISTS THAT ARE HUMBLE, BECAUSE
- THAT REALLY HITS HOME AND THAT
- IS POWER
- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
- HERE
THANK YOU SO MUCH
BRANDON, YOU'RE
- AWESOME, I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS,
- SO I GET YOU, MAN.
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, - BRANDON.
LISTEN, IF YOU WANT BRANDON TO
WIN, YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR HIM.
IF YOU WANT TO USE THE OFFICIAL
"AGT" APP, DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE
APP STORE OR GOOGLE PLAY
OKAY, LET'S KEEP IT GOING.
WHAT AN AMAZING JOURNEY THIS ACT
HAS BEEN ON.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY MET LAST
YEAR, THEIR LOVE OF SINGING GOES
WAY BACK
HERE'S BROKEN ROOTS.
DUDE, THIS IS MY FIRST
GUITAR, BRO.
I STILL HAVE IT.
DUDE, THAT DON'T EVEN LOOK
LIKE YOU, MAN.
I ATE A PIECE OF CAKE BEFORE
THAT PICTURE
YOU HAD A COUPLE OF CAKES
BEFORE THAT PICTURE.
THAT'S MY MOM, BRO.
THAT'S MY MOM, BRO.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU
STARTED MUSIC?
I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR WHEN
I WAS 9.
THE MOMENT I HEARD THAT STRING,
- DUDE, I WAS HOOKED
WHEN DID YOU HAVE THE MOMENT
OF, LIKE, THIS IS MY DREAM, I
CAN ACTUALLY PINPOINT IT
I WAS IN EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
I WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
I PERFORMED "SKIP TO MY LOU" AT
A RECITAL.
- I GOT DONE AND THEY ALL STOOD UP
- AND WERE CLAPPING.
I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AWESOME,
THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO.
DUDE, YOUR RECITAL WAS BIGGER
THAN ANY CONCERT I EVER PLAYED
IN MY LIFE
YEAH, MAN, I REMEMBER MY DAD,
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO, I'LL
ALWAYS BE PROUD OF YOU
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, HE
GOES, I WANT YOU TO PROMISE ME
- THAT YOU'LL NEVER LET GO OF
- MUSIC, THAT YOU'LL NEVER LET IT
OUT OF YOUR HEART.
IT'S CRAZY WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK, HOW IMPACTFUL THOSE LITTLE
MOMENTS ARE, SITTING AT THE
PIANO WITH MY MOM I ACTUALLY
HATED IT AND, 000 NOW I LOOK BACK
- THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY
- ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S AWESOME THAT WE BOTH GET TO
SHARE THIS OPPORTUNITY, LEAVING
OUR FOOTPRINT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING
THAT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY
LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES
DUDE, WHERE DID YOU GET
- THESE?
CAN YOU NOT FEEL EVERY
EMOTION?
THOSE PICTURES, I'M GOING TO
KEEP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
WE'RE BLESSED TO BE HERE.
I AGREE, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY, MAN
IF I HAD TO HAND-PICK
SOMEBODY ON THIS JOURNEY WITH
ME, I WOULD GO BACK AND PICK YOU
AGAIN.
AWW THANKS, MAN
LOVE YOU, BROTHER
LOVE YOU TOO.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
DROWNING, I WOULD NOT LEND A
HAND
FRIEND, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
DID, I SAW IT WITH MY OWN TWO
WHERE YOU'VE BEEN, IT'S ALL BEEN
MOMENT FOR ALL MY LIFE, OH, LORD
REMEMBER, DON'T WORRY, HOW CAN I
EVER FORGET THE HURT DOESN'T
MOMENT FOR ALL MY LIFE, OH, LORD
AIR TONIGHT, OH, LORD, OH,
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
- THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT
- WAS THAT ENOUGH TO WIN THE
- TITLE?
- WE'LL HEAR FROM THE JUDGES RIGHT
AFTER THE BREAK.
COMING UP.
IT DOESN'T LOOK HUMAN
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
LOOK AT THAT!
SPECTACULAR
YOU'RE SHINING LIKE A STAR
ALREADY.
OKAY, BEFORE THE
BREAK, BROKEN ROOTS GOT THEIR
SHOT AT WINNING THE WHOLE
COMPETITION.
LET'S GO TO THE JUDGES
SOFIA.
I MEAN, GUYS, THIS
MUST HAVE BEEN... WHAT AN
AMAZING RIDE FOR YOU
I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY
I LOVE IT, THE SONG THAT YOU
PICKED THIS TIME, THIS
- PERFORMANCE.
- EVERY TIME THAT I SEE YOU, I
LIKE YOU MORE.
I REALLY HOPE THAT AMERICA LOVES
YOU TONIGHT, THAT THEY VOTE, AND
THAT TOMORROW MAYBE YOU GET A
GOOD SURPRISE.
THANK YOU
HEIDI, WHAT DID YOU
THINK?
I THINK YOU GUYS HAD
TO IN A WAY FIGHT A LITTLE
HARDER TO GET HERE TO THE
FINALE
US, THE JUDGES, SENT YOU HOME AT
ONE POINT.
YOU REALLY SHOWED US WRONG
I LOVE YOU GUYS, AND GOOD LUCK,
VOTE, AMERICA.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS TOO, THANK
YOU.
HOWIE, WHAT'S UP
WHAT'S UP?
WE'RE DOING THE FINALE AND I'M
GOING TO BE JUDGING BROKEN ROOTS
RIGHT NOW BUT THANKS FOR ASKING.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE SONG THAT
YOU'VE SUNG IN THE COMPETITION
- NOW THAT WE'RE WATCHING, AND
- WE'RE ONLY A QUARTER OF THE WAY
THROUGH THE SHOW, THE SINGERS
TONIGHT, YOU HAVE THE HARDEST
JOB, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
SINGERS ON TONIGHT AND YOU'RE
- GOING TO CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT
- SO I CAN ONLY WISH YOU THE BEST
OF LUCK AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE
DON'T HAVE TO VOTE
GOOD LUCK, AMERICA
BROKEN ROOTS, AMERICAN
HAS SHOWN YOU SO MUCH LOVE
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO
AMERICA AS YOU CONVINCE THEM TO
VOTE FOR YOU ONE MORE TIME
WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
- SO MUCH.
- WITHOUT YOU GUYS, WE WOULDN'T BE
- HERE
WE OWE OUR ENTIRE JOURNEY TO
EVERYONE WHO PICKS UP THEIR
PHONE AND VOTES FOR US
WE HOPE WE MAKE YOU PROUD.
WE LOVE YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU
- WE'RE NOT DONE YET, THEY'RE MORE
- TO COME.
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT, - GUYS
THERE IS $1 MILLION AT STAKE
HERE
IF YOU WANT IT TO GO TO
BROKEN ROOTS, VOTE FOR THEM.
OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE "AGT"
APP.
LET'S KEEP IT GOING.
AND WE'RE HEADING OVER TO
GERMANY NOW.
FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF
OUR FINALISTS, BUT FOR THIS ACT,
- THE FAMILY BOND CONTINUES RIGHT
- ONTO THE STAGE
IT'S THE BELLO SISTERS
WE ARE BEST FRIENDS
WE'RE TOGETHER 24/7.
WE TRAIN TOGETHER.
- WE GO SHOPPING TOGETHER.
- WE'RE TOGETHER TOO MUCH.
THIS IS JUST A DREAM COMING
TRUE, THE GIRLS BEING IN THE
FINAL.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING SO SPECIAL
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER AND
PROUDER.
SELENE IS DEFINITELY THE
FUNNY ONE IN OUR FAMILY BUT
SHE'S ALSO THE RISK TAKER.
SHE PUSHES OUR ACT TO ANOTHER
LEVEL.
WE HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE
JOLENE IS THE LITTLE ONE OF
- THE GROUP.
SHE GETS THE MOST NERVOUS.
BUT SHE'S ALSO OUR TOP
SO SHE'S THE ONE THAT NEEDS THE
MOST STRENGTH.
LAUREN IS VERY STRICT
BUT THAT'S VERY GOOD BECAUSE WE
ALSO NEED A PERSON THAT KEEPS US
ON THE RIGHT ROAD.
WHEN THE THREE OF US ARE
TOGETHER, WE'RE UNSTOPPABLE.
IT IS SURPRISING TO TELL PEOPLE
THAT WE GO FROM INNOCENT GIRLS
TO BEING THESE STRONG WOMEN
ONSTAGE.
WE KNEW SINCE WE WERE SMALL
THAT WE WANTED TO BE AN
ACROBATIC TRIO
PHYSICALLY IT IS VERY, VERY
- HARD
- BUT WE ALWAYS KEPT BELIEVING IN
OUR DREAM.
SO IF WE CAN INSPIRE GIRLS TO
KEEP BEING THEMSELVES AND DOING
WHAT THEY LOVE, THAT'S THE
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT
WE'RE IN THE FINAL OF "AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT."
FOR US, IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD
TO WIN
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL
PERSON PERFORMING WITH US
BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE THE
PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME.
I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND PROUD.
WINNERS OR NOT, YOU ARE OUR
WINNERS.
THE BELLO SISTERS OVER
IN GERMANY WITH A SPECIAL
APPEARANCE BY THEIR DAD.
JOLENE IS ONLY 14, IT'S 3:00
A.M. IN GERMANY ANDGERMAN LAW
DOESN'T ALLOW MINORS TO STAY UP
THAT LATE.
I NEED THAT FOR MY OWN KIDS.
HEIDI.
I LOVE YOU GIRLS, I
SEE THIS IS A FAMILY AFFAIR,
YOUR DAD IS SHOOTING... THIS IS
CRAZY.
I THINK YOU'RE INCREDIBLE.
TRUE ATHLETES, SO BEAUTIFUL TO
WATCH.
I KEPT LOOKING OVER AT HOWIE AND
HE'S LITERALLY DROOLING.
I WASN'T DROOLING.
- I WAS DROOLING FOR - SURE
YOU'RE FROM MY PART OF
THE WOODS, FROM COLOGNE, THAT'S
WHERE I'M FROM TOO
HOWIE, WERE YOU
DROOLING
I THINK THEY'RE
BEAUTIFUL, I THINK THEY'RE
WONDERFUL.
THIS WAS THE SLOWEST OF THEIR
PERFORMANCES AND A LITTLE SHAKY
FOR ME
HOW DO YOU SEE SHAKSHA
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS SHAKING
I WAS WATCHING THEM.
SOPHIE
YOU GUYS WERE
STUNNING, IT WASN'T SHAKY, HE'S
SHAKY.
I HOPE PEOPLE KEEP VOTING FOR
YOU BECAUSE I THINK THOSE THREE
BEAUTIFUL, STRONG WOMEN DESERVE
A PLACE... DON'T POINT AT ME
OKAY, BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK HOWIE WAS
- SH - SHAKY.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
LADIES
- USE THE "AGT" APP.
- YOU HAVE A LOT OF VOTES, UP TO
- TEN FOR EACH ACT WITH EACH
- VOTING METHOD.
SO USE THEM WISELY
XFINITY CUSTOMERS, VOTE USING
YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
COMING UP, AN EXTRAORDINARY
SINGER WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY
STORY.
HE'S HAD TO BATTLE NOT ONLY IN
THIS COMPETITION BUT IN THIS
- LIFE TOO
- ARCHIE WILLIAMS GETS HIS SHOT AT
WINNING HIS DREAM AFTER THE
THIS IS THE "AGT"
FINALS, AND IT'S HARD TO PUT
INTO WORDS THE EXPERIENCE OF
THIS CONTESTANT.
HE'S FIGHTING TO GET HIS LIFE
BACK AFTER JUST ABOUT THE
BIGGEST SETBACK ANY PERSON COULD
SUFFER
AND BY DOING SO, HE'S INSPIRING
OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD, TOO
EVERY WEEK, HE PROVES THAT THE
HUMAN SPIRIT WILL NOT BE
CRUSHED.
HE IS ARCHIE WILLIAMS.
DEAR ARCHIE
MY NAME IS RONNY LONG AND I AM
WRITING FROM NORTH CAROLINA
WHERE I SERVED OVER 44 YEARS FOR
A CRIME I DID NOT COMMIT
YOUR VOICE AND YOUR STORY HAS
TOUCHED AND INSPIRED SO MANY
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ME.
I NEVER GAVE UP FIGHTING
AND JUST LAST MONTH I WAS
FINALLY RELEASED FROM PRISON
BUT MY FIGHT FOR JUSTICE ISN'T
OVER
THERE ARE MANY OTHERS LIKE US.
DEAR ARCHIE.
YOU HAVE NOT ONLY TOUCHED MY
- SPIRIT BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
- HOPE
AND BOY, DID I NEED THIS TODAY
I HAVE A SON THAT'S THIS
HE'S 26.
JUST SENT TO PRISON FOR 15
YEARS.
13 YEARS
I WOULD NOT LOSE FAITH THAT HE
WILL BE FREE ONE GLORIOUS DAY.
KNOWING THAT I GAVE PEOPLE
HOPE
THAT IS THE MOST AMAZING THING
IN MY LIFE
IT BRINGS ME TO TEARS, REALLY.
DEAR ARCHIE
DEAR MR. WILLIAMS
YOUR STRENGTH...
GIVE ME HOPE.
THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN THE
BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO
ME
I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED
MAKING IT THIS FAR
I REALLY FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING MY
DREAM.
BEING HERE IN THIS MOMENT, IT
ACTUALLY MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE GONE
THROUGH, I REALLY FEEL THAT IT
WAS FATE THAT LED ME THIS WAY.
TONIGHT I'M IN THE FINALS AND
I'M HERE TO WIN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARISE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARISE
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO BE
THANK YOU
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
ARCHIE WILLIAMS!
HOWIE.
ARCHIE, ONLY ONE ACT
IS GOING TO WIN TONIGHT, BUT I
FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY A
WINNER
YOU KNOW, YOU WON YOUR FREEDOM,
YOU WON JUSTICE, YOU WON A DREAM
OF COMING FROM A TINY CELL TO
THE BIGGEST STAGE ON EARTH
THE SONGS YOU PICK ARE ALL SONGS
I KNOW BUT WHEN I HEAR YOU CLEAR
THEM, THE MEANING IS SO MUCH
CLEARER AND MORE POINTED TO YOU.
I LOVE WHAT YOU DO
I LOVE THAT THE WORLD GOT A
CHANCE TO MEET YOU
AND YOU LOOK GOOD IN THAT SUIT
THANK YOU
SOFIA.
IT WAS MOVING, IT WAS
BEAUTIFUL.
YOU MADE THIS SONG YOUR SONG
I DEFINITELY THINK THIS WAS YOUR
- BEST PERFORMANCE
- AND YOUR SUITS KEEP GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER.
THANK YOU
HEIDI.
ARCHIE, I DEFINITELY
HAVE A SPECIAL SPOT IN MY HEART.
WHEN I HEAR YOU SING THIS TOO, I
HEAR IT DIFFERENTLY THAN I'VE
HEARD IT BEFORE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE BEATLES WROTE
IT FOR YOU
YOU'RE FLYING, OR YOU'RE NOT
FLYING, YOU'RE SOARING
THANK YOU
ARCHIE, CONSIDERING
- ALL YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH, CAN YOU
- TELL AMERICA WHAT'S NEXT FOR
ARCHIE WILLIAMS?
GOING OUT, TRYING TO SAVE THE
WORLD WITH MY MINISTRY
AWESOME.
- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ARCHIE,
- GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
- DO YOU WANT TO COMPLETE ARCHIE'S
- DREAM FOR HIM?
THEN VOTE FOR HIM TONIGHT.
GET ONLINE
USE THE APP.
VOTING STAYS OPEN UNTIL
7:00 A.M. EASTERN TOMORROW
GO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
COMING UP, A YOUNG SINGER WHO'S
TRAVELED HALF WAY AROUND THE
WORLD TO TRY AND WIN HER DREAM
IT'S DANELIYA TULESHOVA.
AND LATER, SINGLE MOM
CRISTINA RAE GETS HER CHANCE TO
CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
TOMORROW NIGHT IN OUR
FINALE, WE WILL FIND OUT WHO'S
GOING TO WIN IT ALL.
IT IS GOING TO BE AN
UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.
THE TOP TEN WILL BE JOINED BY
SOME TRUE GLOBAL SUPERSTARS IN
SPECTACULAR DUETS AND MASHUPS.
WE'VE GOT BLAKE SHELTON,
AVA MAX, MARVIN WINANS,
ONE REPUBLIC, BISHOP BRIGGS,
LESLIE ODOM JR., JP SAXE AND
JULIA MICHAELS
OH, AND USHER!
FOR REAL
IT ALL STARTS AT 9:00,
8:00 CENTRAL
AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, WE
- HAVE A COUNTDOWN SHOW BUILDING
- UP TO THE FINALE
- AND THAT STARTS ONE HOUR
- EARLIER, AT 8:00, 7:00 CENTRAL
ALL IN ALL, IT IS GOING TO BE
ONE INCREDIBLE "AGT" NIGHT
- NOW, AS YOU'VE SEEN, "AGT" IS
- TRULY A GLOBAL COMPETITION
- AND THIS YOUNG SINGER HAS COME
- THOUSANDS OF MILES TO TRY AND
WIN HER DREAM RIGHT HERE IN
HOLLYWOOD.
SHE IS DANELIYA TULESHOVA.
MY JOURNEY ON "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT" HAS TAKEN ME SO FAR.
I'M JUST A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM
BIG DREAMS
I'VE FLOWN THOUSANDS AND
- THOUSANDS OF MILES TO BE HERE.
- I'M SO, SO HAPPY
IS THIS A DREAM?
I LOVE AMERICA SO MUCH
WHEN I GOT TO HOLLYWOOD, I FELT
LIKE A STAR.
BUT I WAS SO, SO SCARED BECAUSE
EVERYONE IS SO TALENTED AND I
WAS SCARED I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH
BUT WHEN I'M PERFORMING, IT'S
THE MOST ELECTRIFYING FEELING IN
THE WORLD.
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN MY BODY.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M ALIVE.
I FEEL ELECTRIC.
WAITING ON THE STAGE ON THE
RESULTS NIGHT TO FIND OUT IF I
WAS GOING TO THE FINALS, I WAS
SO NERVOUS
MY HEART WAS BEATING IN MY
CHEST.
DANELIYA TULESHOVA!
BEING HERE, IT MAKES ME FEEL
LIKE A MOVIE STAR, I LOVE IT
AND NOW I'M ONE STEP AWAY FROM
MAYBE BEING CROWNED A WINNER ON
"AGT".."
I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT
I WILL WORK SO HARD BECAUSE
WINNING "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE FOREVER
IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF ONE DAY
MY NAME WAS UP IN LIGHTS
LIGHT, I WORE ENVY AND I HATED
I WANTED, I WAITED, I GOT IT
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
DANELIYA TULESHOVA
SOFIA.
- DANELIYA, YOU'RE - AMAZING.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE DON'T HAVE
TO KEEP... YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE
NOT AMERICA RIGHT NOW AND THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO DECIDE.
- YOU ESPECIALLY ARE FLAWLESS,
- EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE YOU'RE
BETTER AND BETTER.
YOU'RE SO COMFORTABLE.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HEIDI.
YES, YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY A CLASS ACT
YOU HOLD YOUR OWN.
YOU HIT EVERY NOTE
THIS WAS PERFECTION.
I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK TODAY
YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD, IT WAS
REALLY GOOD.
HOWIE.
LIKE MY FELLOW JUDGES,
YOU SAID COMFORTABLE AND YOU
SAID PERFECTION.
OUT OF ALL THE SINGERS, YOU'RE A
BABY BUT YOU SEEM LIKE THE MOST
COMFORTABLE AND THAT YOU NEED TO
BE HERE.
I SAID TONIGHT IT'S GOING TO
BE... THE SINGERS HAVE IT THE
TOUGHEST, BECAUSE YOU'RE UP
AGAINST SOME GREAT SINGERS
YOU GUYS ARE COMPETING, AND AS
YOU SAID, AMERICA, I'M SO
THRILLED NOT TO BE YOU TONIGHT
I WAS HOLDING ON TO MY SEAT.
DANELIYA, YOU'VE COME
FROM THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY AND
NOW YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO YOUR
DREAM RIGHT HERE IN AMERICA.
- HOW DO YOU FEEL?
I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE
A CHANCE TO BE ON THE STAGE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT BEING IN THE
FINALS OF "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
WOULD NEVER BE POSSIBLE FOR ME
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK
AMERICA FOR THE VOTES AND FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE
I'M REALLY HAPPY
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH
- DANELIYA, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
- LISTEN, IF YOU WANT DANELIYA TO
- BE THE CHAMPION, YOU HAVE TO
VOTE
XFINITY CUSTOMERS, USE YOUR
XFINITY VOICE REMOTE
HOWEVER YOU DO IT, YOU GOTTA DO
IT
COMING UP, A SENSATIONAL
AERIALIST WHO'S BEEN FEARLESS ON
STAGE AND IN LIFE.
HE'S RISKED HIMSELF WEEK IN,
WEEK OUT, AND NOW HE'S JUST ONE
PERFORMANCE AWAY FROM WINNING
EVERYTHING HE'S EVER WANTED.
IT'S ALAN SILVA, NEXT.
THIS TIME TOMORROW
NIGHT, WE WILL BE ON THE VERGE
OF ANNOUNCING THIS SEASON'S
WINNER
NOW, IMAGINE YOURSELF ONE YEAR
FROM NOW, HEARING YOUR NAME READ
OUT AS THE CHAMPION.
IT COULD HAPPEN.
- AUDITIONS FOR NEXT SEASON ARE
- GETTING UP AND RUNNING SOON.
- YOU CAN SEND US A VIDEO OF YOUR
- TALENT OR DO A VIRTUAL AUDITION
FROM HOME.
CHANGING YOUR WORLD.
OKAY, THIS NEXT FINALIST ALWAYS
BELIEVED SOME THINGS IN LIFE
WEREN'T MEANT FOR HIM.
BUT THEN, LIFE FOUND A WAY OF
MAKING HIS DREAMS COME TRUE.
HE IS ALAN SILVA
MY ENTIRE LIFE I FELT
- REJECTED BY SOCIETY BECAUSE OF
- MY SIZE.
IT WAS HARD.
SO GROWING UP, I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD GET MARRIED, BECAUSE MOST
PEOPLE DREAM OF MEETING THAT
TALL, HANDSOME GUY, THEIR PRINCE
CHARMING
I KNOW I'M NOT THAT.
SO I GAVE UP ON LOVE
I WAS OKAY BEING ALONE FOREVER
WHEN I MET MY WIFE BETHANY,
EVERYTHING CHANGED
BETHANY WAS WORKING IN THE
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ENDED UP GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER
I STARTED TO LIKE HER MORE AND
- MORE
- BUT I WAS AFRAID THAT SHE WOULD
NEVER BE ABLE TO LOVE ME THE WAY
I WAS.
ONE DAY, SHE SAID I LOVE YOU
IT WAS A DIFFERENT LIFE THAN I
HAD ENVISIONED
YEARS LATER, HERE WE ARE, SHE IS
A LIGHT IN MY LIFE
I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT MY
WIFE, SHE IS MY BIGGEST
SUPPORTER.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE MY LIFE
WITHOUT MY FAMILY.
BEING HERE ON "AGT" MEANS I'M
AWAY FROM MY FAMILY.
THEY'RE ALL GOOD BACK HOME
I MISS THEM SO MUCH.
ALAN?
SURPRISE
HI
SUCH A SURPRISE
- I HAD NO IDEA.
- BEING AT THE FINALS, I CANNOT
BELIEVE IT
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE AND I
COULD NEVER DO THIS ALONE.
I HOPE I'M MAKING YOU GUYS
- PROUD.
YOU ARE
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
SENSATIONAL!
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE CAN'T
- GET ANY BETTER, HE DOES.
- WE ARE GONNA HEAR FROM THE
- JUDGES RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK
- AND THEN, IT'S THE LAST ACT OF
THE FINALS
SHE'S HEIDI'S GOLDEN BUZZER, AND
- IT'S HER SHOT AT WINNING A WHOLE
- NEW LIFE FOR HERSELF AND HER
SON.
CAN SHE STEP IT UP ONE MORE TIME
AND WIN IT ALL
IT'S CRISTINA RAE, WHEN WE COME
BACK
BEFORE THE BREAK, ALAN
SILVA SWOOPED AND SOARED AND PUT
HIS LIFE ON THE LINE TO WIN THE
- TITLE.
- WAS IT ENOUGH?
LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE JUDGES
HEIDI.
I MEAN, PEOPLE REALLY
UNDERESTIMATED YOU
- PEOPLE BULLIED YOU BECAUSE OF
- YOUR SIZE.
AND I REALLY DO HOPE THAT ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING RIGHT
NOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE SO TALENTED,
YOU HAVE THE MOST GORGEOUS WIFE,
THE MOST GORGEOUS FAMILY, OKAY,
AND YOU'RE ONE STEP AWAY FROM
- POSSIBLY WINNING THAT MILLION
- DOLLARS.
I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK, I LOVE YOU
AND I LOVE YOU BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, HEIDI.
SOFIA.
IT GETS BETTER AND
BETTER, ALAN
IT WAS SO ARTISTIC, THE WATER,
THE FIRE
- YOU LOOK AMAZING UP THERE AND
- DOWN HERE TOO, YOU LOOK GREAT.
- I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOUR WIFE IS
- HERE
AND I WISH YOU THE BEST
TOMORROW
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY HARD
COMPETITION GOING ON
THANK YOU, SOFIA.
HOWIE.
FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
THINK, AND WE USUALLY GET TO
TALK BEFORE WE SEE AN ACT, THAT
SEEMED LIKE THE MOST DANGEROUS
ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HANG ON
FOR YOUR DEAR LIFE AND IT WAS
- SOAKING WET.
- THAT SEEMED MORE DANGEROUS BUT
IT ALSO LOOKED MORE DANGEROUS.
SO... AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY
UPPING YOUR GAME
I THINK YOU SOARED TO THE
- HEIGHTS.
- I LOVE YOUR STORY AND YOUR
- FAMILY AND THE SURPRISE, I KNOW
- WHAT IT'S LIKE, I'M HERE DOING
THIS AND I'M AWAY FROM MY WIFE
IS SHE...
- SHE'S NOT HERE
- ALAN, YOU RISK YOUR LIFE EVERY
TIME YOU DO YOUR ACT
HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING ONE STEP
AWAY FROM WINNING "AMERICA'S GOT
TALENT"?
FOR ME IT REALLY FEELS LIKE A
DREAM COME TRUE.
AND TO BE ON THE GREATEST STAGE
IN THE WORLD, WITH ALL THESE
AMAZING PEOPLE, TO GET THIS FAR,
I JUST WANT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE
AND HELP PEOPLE REALIZE THAT
THEY WERE BORN FOR GREATNESS NO
MATTER HOW THEY LOOK, NO MATTER
WHAT THEY GO THROUGH
I HOPE I CAN INSPIRE PEOPLE.
I AGREE, ALAN, GOOD
- LUCK TONIGHT
- IF YOU WANT ALAN TO WIN, THERE'S
JUST ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO...
VOTE
OFFICIAL "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT"
APP.
OKAY
WE ARE DOWN TO THE LAST ACT OF
THESE FINALS
SHE'S HEIDI'S GOLDEN BUZZER AND,
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SPEND A
- LIFETIME SEARCHING FOR WHAT
- MAKES THEM HAPPY
- BUT THIS SINGER HAS ALREADY
- FOUND IT
SHE IS CRISTINA RAE.
FOR A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN
LOOKING FOR MY HOME.
AND THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE, I
HAVE FOUND ONE
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY HOME IS WHERE
THE HEART IS
AND BY BEING HERE AT "AMERICA'S
GOT TALENT," EVERY DAY I RECEIVE
MORE LOVE, STABILITY, AND PEACE.
AND MY BABY IS AT HOME
I BELIEVE THAT I AM SHOWING
JEREMIAH THAT EVERYTHING THAT
YOUR HEART DESIRES, DESIRES YOU
AS WELL.
I FELT LIKE WHEN I GOT TOHE
GOLDEN BUZZER, HEIDI KLUM FOUGHT
FOR ME IN THAT MOMENT AND I'LL
NEVER FORGET THAT.
I'VE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH
MY BOY IS BIGGER THAN ALL THE
BAD I'VE GONE THROUGH.
AND NOW, I AM IN THE FINALS ON
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
ALL THE HARD WORK, ALL THE
STRUGGLES
STRUGGLES.
WHEW, THEY'VE LED ME HERE.
I LOVE YOU, MOMMY
THANK YOU, BABY
BRIGHT, I WANT TO SAVE THAT
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
CRISTINA RAE OUT ON
THE UNIVERSAL LOT.
COME ON OUT HERE, CRISTINA
HEIDI, YOUR GOLDEN BUZZER.
MY GOLDEN BUZZER
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU.
CRISTINA RAE, WE SAVED
THE BEST FOR LAST.
I DO LOVE EVERYONE AND EVERYONE
- IS AMAZING BUT YOU ARE THE MOST
- AMAZING.
YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A LIGHT THAT
CANNOT BE DIMMED
YOU SPARKLE, YOU SHINE
WHAT WAS THAT?
WHAT WAS THAT?
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
I WISH NOTHING MORE THAN FOR YOU
TO GET A MILLION DOLLARS
TOMORROW
OH, MY GOD, FINGERS, TOES
- CROSSED.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SOFIA.
WE HAVE SEEN YOU
BECOME A STAR, EVERY WEEK, MORE
AND MORE
DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT YOU LOOK
SO AMAZING IN THIS OUTFIT?
- DID YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT YOU
- COULD LOOK LIKE THAT
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I DIDN'T.
- THOSE NOTES, WHAT A - SONG
- IT WAS PERFECTION.
- I WISH THE BEST FOR YOU
- TOMORROW THANK YOU
THANK YOU.
HOWIE.
I'LL JUST SAY, YOU
SANG ABOUT YOUR KINGDOM, THIS IS
- YOUR KINGDOM
- TONIGHT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
YOU ARE THE QUEEN, YOU ARE THE
ONE TO BEAT.
- THAT'S MY PREDICTION
- WATCH TOMORROW
YOU COULDN'T HAVE DONE BETTER.
WHOO, THANK YOU
CRISTINA, WHAT WOULD
IT MEAN TO WIN "AGT"
IT MEANS MY HOME, MY SON'S
FUTURE, IT MEANS BEING FREE,
JUST KNOWING MORE OF MYSELF.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT,
CRISTINA
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY HERE HAS
DONE ALL THEY CAN.
- THE CLOCK IS TICKING, PEOPLE
- THIS TIME TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE
- A WINNER
- AND WE'VE GOT USHER,
BLAKE SHELTON, AVA MAX AND A
BUNCH OF OTHER STARS JOINING US.