America's Got Talent (2006–…): Season 17, Episode 8 - Auditions 7 - full transcript
- 4,000 yeses.
- Yeah!
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- Spectacular.
- I love you!
- ♪ Break it down ♪
- Avery Dixon!
Maddie!
Sara!
Ryan!
Lindsey!
You are going straight
to the live show!
- Stop.
Hammer time.
♪ Music hits me so hard ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ Makes me say ♪
- Oh, my God.
- ♪ Thank you for blessin' me ♪
- No, no, no!
- ♪ And two hype feet ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ And this is a beat,
uh, you can't touch ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ I told you, homeboy,
break it down ♪
- This was amazing.
- Wow.
- Perfection.
- Trust me, I needed you today.
Three, two, one.
- Stop, Hammer time.
- Welcome to "America's
Got Talent" season 17!
Howie is not here today.
- Oh, no.
- But listen,
we wish him the best,
and we hope he gets well soon
and is right back in that chair.
All right, let's get it going!
Here we go, y'all!
- ♪ You can't touch this ♪
- Next act on standby.
- ♪ You defy the impossible ♪
- Here we go, folks.
Here we go.
- ♪ You are more than ready ♪
- Welcome
to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you.
- ♪ Yeah, not just a fighter ♪
- I'm the best me
I could possibly be.
- ♪ Amazing creator ♪
- What's the big dream?
- To change people's lives.
- ♪ In who I am
and what I got inside ♪
- You, me, and a dream.
- ♪ Dream, see ♪
- You gotta keep believing
in yourself.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna take what we've
been doing in our hometown
and show it to everybody else.
- What are you gonna
do on "AGT"?
- We're going to show
you guys something special.
You guys have never seen
this thing here.
- We're striking the floor.
- Everybody want
to be on this stage,
"America's Got Talent."
- That's good luck.
Good luck.
- We are acrobat group.
We grew up together.
I trust them with all my heart.
- All right, now,
is she part of the act?
- She's...
- She will be.
- Oh, she will be?
- She will be soon.
- One day.
- Oh, this is so good.
- ♪ Oh ♪
♪ Make it your own ♪
♪ The power ♪
- Wow!
- ♪ Dream, see, write,
live your story ♪
- Hello.
- ♪ Dream big
and live your story ♪
- So much excitement!
- That was quite the walk on.
- Yeah.
- Or run, I should say,
actually.
Now, can we have
your name, please?
- The name of the group
is Amoukanama.
We're from West Africa, Guinea.
- Okay.
Nice to meet you all.
Okay, so tell me why you've
come on the show this year.
- So, the first,
we came from West Africa.
Living life there is,
like, very difficult to live,
and it's very, very difficult
to have something to eat.
Like, for us to be here,
for one day,
we can help our family
because they're suffering,
and we can have good life too.
- Okay, and what's your name?
- My name is Mamady.
- Okay.
- Mamady!
- Yeah, yeah!
- You know, the prize
is a million dollars.
There's a residency in Vegas.
Can I ask what is
kind of the dream here?
- Do you mean if we win?
- Yeah.
- Like, it's big dream for us
first to be here,
and it's gonna be big dream
for us if we win this.
We want to build a school
because we don't have
space to train.
We just went straight
to train by ourself.
We don't have any teacher here.
- Amazing.
- You see.
- All right, yeah!
- I don't want to ask
too many questions
because I love being surprised,
so just do it, please.
- All right, let's do this.
- Okay.
- Just give us second.
We back.
- I wonder,
what are they gonna do?
- Danger them is, while
some call them Major Lazer.
- ♪ Stand up
like a soldier, baby ♪
♪ Yeah, I know
you're built like that ♪
♪ Gun it like a holster, baby ♪
♪ Show dem say
you're wicked like that ♪
♪ We live
where the war is raging ♪
♪ Chasing our crazy dreams ♪
♪ Hoping that the bridge
won't cave in ♪
♪ Tonight
we let it all go free ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Mash it up,
hot step in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting and make me
rock, rock, rock, rock ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Mash it up,
hot step in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting and make me
light it up ♪
- Oh!
- Oh, look at that!
- ♪ Light it up ♪
♪ Light it up,
light it up, light it up ♪
- Oh, what is happening?
Oh!
- Ahh!
- ♪ We will rise up
like giants stand tall ♪
♪ Mountains will move
and towers will fall ♪
♪ Oh, change is gonna come ♪
- Wow, wow, wow,
wow, wow, wow, wow.
- Visually, visually, having
you guys in these outfits,
hopping around, was, like, wow.
I loved it,
and when there were three
on top of each other, falling,
I mean, it looked crazy insane.
I loved it.
- That was spectacular.
It was super fun.
There was also a little bit
of suspense.
I'm so happy that you got
together to come to "AGT"
because this is the place
perfect for you guys.
People are gonna go crazy
with you.
- We have one issue, which is,
we've seen so many
incredible acts.
This is gonna be a nightmare
deciding who's gonna be
in the final.
Having said that,
you've really given yourselves
a shot in my opinion.
It was an amazing audition.
Really amazing.
I'm gonna remember this
for a long time.
Now we have to vote.
Heidi?
- It's a yes from me.
- Yeah!
- Sofía.
- Spectacular, yes.
- That's two.
I'm gonna work out,
based on the people here,
you got about 3,000 yeses.
- ♪ Change is gonna come ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Change is gonna come ♪
- Thank you!
- Thank you, thank you so much.
- Wow.
- The fact that they trained
in the streets.
- They have to be
in the lifeboat.
- They don't need
another trainer.
- Bye!
- That's amazing.
- Dream come true now!
- I love you guys!
All right!
Thank you so much!
- ♪ Change is gonna come ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ Change is gonna come ♪
- You really have the pipes,
and it sounds beautiful.
- I think this is your moment.
- We are just witnessing
somebody's career
about to skyrocket.
- Making his triumphant return,
Howie Mandel!
- You can never get enough me.
- Oh, my God!
- No, no, no!
- This is really special.
- Vegas is the most incredible
place in the world.
- All of the biggest names
go to Vegas.
- My biggest dream is
to have a Vegas residency.
- You compete to headline
the "AGT" Las Vegas Live
at Luxor Hotel!
- It is the biggest prize
in the world.
There's a lot at stake.
- If we get to perform
at the Luxor Hotel,
that is beyond iconic.
Oh, my God, they're like,
I'm so loud right now.
- Performing at the Luxor Hotel
would be life-changing.
- That's where you go to see
the greatest entertainers
in the world.
- I bet you want
to get the next seat
on that Strip in Las Vegas.
- "America's Got Talent"
Las Vegas Live is...
- Epic!
- Whoo!
- It would be incredible
to have my own spot
at the Luxor, you know.
This could completely
change my life.
- Hello.
- Hello, how are you?
- So what's your name?
- Sam Cieri.
My name is Sam Cieri.
I put music out
as Nicotine Dolls.
- Where are you from?
- I live in New Jersey.
- Tell me why you've come
on the show, Sam, please.
- I came here because I've been
making music my entire life.
And like a month ago
was the first month
that I ever
actually paid my bills
or anything with making music,
and that's really cool, and...
Thank you.
- Good.
- Thank you.
- It's hard.
And did you have a normal job
before you were making music?
- Before this job,
I cleaned houses
and I painted houses.
- Yep.
- And I wasn't very good
at the second one.
I'm fantastic
at cleaning houses.
But the second one...
If you're watching,
I'm sorry that I did
that to your house.
- Okay.
What's the big dream?
- The dream is to be a musician,
and that's my job,
and that's what I do every day,
and it self-sustains.
Like, I'm gonna be creative,
and that's gonna be my job,
you know?
- Okay.
The good news is you're here.
- I'm happy to be here.
Thank you guys.
- And this is hopefully
gonna be your moment.
- Thank you, thank you.
- I love the fact
he's in a band,
but it's only him.
He's the star.
- ♪ Talk to me ♪
♪ She wants to know
what's stuffed inside ♪
♪ That's tearing me ♪
♪ I've been through the pieces
on the floor, you see ♪
♪ I don't have an answer
for you now ♪
♪ Stick around,
I'll find a reason ♪
♪ Tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Tell me what makes ♪
♪ Tell me what makes you sad ♪
- Amazing!
- ♪ Tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Oh, tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ I wouldn't break your heart,
if I was you ♪
♪ I'd fall apart next
to this beating, bruising art ♪
♪ On a wall in a room
no one wants to walk in ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ You leave me hanging
and hoping ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ You said tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Tell me what makes you sad ♪
- Whoo!
- I love it!
- ♪ I really need somebody
to call my own ♪
♪ I wanna be
somebody to someone ♪
♪ Someone to you ♪
- Wow. Heidi.
- I mean, if Rod Stewart
and John Mayer had a baby...
- Those are my parents.
- It's like, what?
I mean, special,
very, very special voice.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- It was so different and sexy.
And you know what, I think
this is your moment, Sam.
- Thank you.
Thank you very much.
- You know what's great, Sam,
is that it was really authentic.
You were very honest
with us, as well.
We got to know
you really quickly.
And it was like
you swallowed a great singer
because, you know,
the way you talk,
it's like
there's somebody else in you.
- Totally.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- Okay,
I know how this is gonna go,
but we gotta do it... Heidi.
- I mean, you're really special.
Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes.
- Thank you.
- Sofía.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
- You guy three yeses.
You're through
to the next round.
- Thank you guys.
Thank you guys so much.
- ♪ I wanna be somebody
to someone ♪
♪ Someone to you ♪
- What was that?
That was adorable.
- That's a big moment.
- That was brilliant.
Thank you so much, Sam.
- Thank you for everything.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- ♪ Someone to you ♪
- Wa-wa-wa-wah!
- Heidi, your weird noises
are just annoying.
- Okay.
This is gonna be interesting.
- It looks like an accident.
- What is your name?
- I'm the Traffic Cone
Saxophone Man.
And my real name
is Wenzl McGowen.
- Where are you from?
- New York.
- Oh, and what is stuck
in your saxophone?
- I actually put this is in
to create more bass.
- Okay, let's see
what you have for us.
Oh, Lord.
- Oh!
- Wenzl, Simon hated it.
- I didn't hate it.
- Okay, so then what is that?
- That is I didn't
like it very much.
- Boo!
- But it did sound good,
especially
these really low ones.
Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-buh!
It was very cool.
So I'm gonna give Wenzl a yes.
- And I'm
gonna give you a yes too.
You hated it, really?
- I never said hate.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you?
- We're good.
- Now, what's the name
of the group?
- We are MayTree.
- Okay.
And where are you from?
- We are from South Korea.
- Welcome.
- Yeah!
- Tell me, what do you do?
What is the act?
- We're going
to sing a cappella.
- Who's idea was it
to form the group?
- Well, I created this group
because I was
in another group before,
which I created,
but I was kicked out.
- They told me...
- Hang on.
You got what?
Say that again.
- They told me
I was a bad singer.
- So you were in a group,
got thrown out for
being a bad singer,
and then you've now created...
- MayTree.
- You created MayTree.
- This completes my revenge.
- Love that.
- Yes, because I'm here.
- This is brilliant.
I love this story.
Okay, good luck.
- Yep.
- That's hilarious.
- Look, is that an instrument,
that iPad?
No, what is she doing?
It's a TV.
Hmm.
What on earth is happening?
- We're gonna find out, Heidi.
- ♪ Ah ♪
- ♪ "The Simpsons" ♪
- Ahh!
- Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey!
- ♪ Making your way
in the world today ♪
♪ Takes everything you've got ♪
♪ Taking a break
from all your worries ♪
♪ Sure would help a lot ♪
♪ Wouldn't you like
to get away? ♪
♪ Sometimes you want to go ♪
♪ Where everybody
knows your name ♪
♪ And they're always
glad you came ♪
- ♪ You wanna be
where you can see ♪
♪ Our troubles
are all the same ♪
♪ You wanna be where ♪
♪ Everybody
knows your name ♪
- ♪ If I could I would ♪
♪ I'd put your picture
in a dictionary ♪
♪ And they'd see your face
if ever they tried ♪
♪ To spell extraordinary ♪
- That was brilliant.
- Brilliant.
- Brilliant.
We really,
really weren't expecting that.
At all.
Heidi.
- I loved it.
You harmonized
beautifully together.
And what I do like about all
of you is that we have not
had an act like you before,
so it was very cool.
- Sofía.
- I really thought
they were coming
to sing something very serious
because look how
they're dressed.
I thought it was something
super creative and clever.
- We love being surprised.
And actually, I think
this is a great audition.
People are gonna remember this.
And you've done something
very clever.
Congrats.
- ♪ You're in Chicago,
Oklahoma, California ♪
- Now we're going to vote.
Heidi?
- It's a yes from me.
- Yes from me.
- ♪ You're every fighter ♪
♪ That doesn't know
how to back down ♪
- You got three yeses.
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
- ♪ You hold on no matter what ♪
♪ You show the world
the face of brave ♪
- Revenge!
- ♪ You never ever
give up, you ♪
- Did you recognize your song?
- Yeah, it was exactly like
the "Modern Family" song.
- I'm a little jealous.
- One, two, three, four.
- Coming up...
- I was going to use Howie
for this trick.
But now, Simon, if you could.
- Ahh!
- We here, y'all.
- We are here.
- This is a big deal.
- You guys have worked
incredibly hard,
and I'm very proud
of all of you.
Y'all got this.
- Are you guys ready to go out
and meet the judges?
- That's what we're here for.
- All right, go on out there.
- Hi, everyone.
What is the name of your group?
- We're Ballet After Dark.
- Okay.
- We're trauma survivors
and dancers
that use performance to reclaim
relationships with their bodies
and lives using the healing
power of dance.
- Yeah.
- This is your idea,
putting this group together?
- Yes, I founded
this organization.
I needed a home.
I needed a community
to heal with.
And if you build it,
they'll come.
- Aww.
- Good for you.
And good luck to all of you.
- Thank you.
- ♪ You brought the flames,
and you put me through hell ♪
♪ I had to learn how
to fight for myself ♪
♪ And we both know
all the truth I could tell ♪
♪ I'll just say
this is I wish you farewell ♪
♪ I hope you're
somewhere prayin' ♪
♪ Prayin' ♪
♪ I hope your soul is changin' ♪
♪ Changin' ♪
- Wow.
One of my favorite things
is ballet,
so I really enjoy it.
- Thank you.
- We meet the most incredible
people on this show,
who luckily trust the show
to share their message with,
which you've done today
in a very, very,
very powerful way.
- Thank you.
- I can see how proud everyone
is dancing on that stage.
It was joyful.
I was entertained.
I love you.
All of you.
- Oh, wow.
- I would love
to give you your first yes.
- Thank you.
- Sofía.
- Yes.
- Three yeses.
- ♪ I hope you're
somewhere prayin' ♪
♪ Prayin' ♪
- Thank you.
- ♪ Changin' ♪
♪ Changin' ♪
- What is that?
- I don't know.
- ♪ Prayin' ♪
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Tell us your name,
where you're from.
- My name is Svitlana Rohozhyna.
I am 26 years old.
I am an aerial performer from
the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.
- Wow, wow.
- I know that all of our hearts
and our love are with Ukraine.
- Thank you.
I really appreciate that.
- Where do you live right now?
- I currently living
in Las Vegas,
and following my American dream.
And I was very lucky,
and I managed to bring
my mom and sister,
and we're here
in United States last week.
- Aw.
- My dad,
he's serving in the front line.
So tonight's performance,
I would love to dedicate to him.
- We're all rooting for you.
We can't wait to see
what you're about to do.
- Thank you.
- Good luck.
- She is literally shaking.
- ♪ You are not hidden ♪
♪ There's never been a moment
you were forgotten ♪
♪ You are not hopeless ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ Though you
have been broken ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ Your innocence stolen ♪
♪ I hear you whisper ♪
♪ Underneath your breath ♪
♪ I will send out an army ♪
♪ To find you ♪
♪ In the middle
of the darkest night ♪
- Look how strong she is.
- ♪ It's true,
I will rescue you ♪
♪ I will send out an army ♪
♪ To find you in the middle
of the darkest night ♪
♪ It's true, I will rescue you ♪
♪ I will never stop marching ♪
♪ To reach you in the middle
of the hardest fight ♪
♪ It's true, I will rescue you ♪
♪ Oh, I will rescue you ♪
- Oh, wow!
- She's unbelievable.
- ♪ Excuse me for a while ♪
♪ While I'm wide-eyed and I'm
so damn caught in the middle ♪
- Thank you.
- Well, one thing
I know for sure,
your family is super proud.
Your country is super proud.
What you've just done
is beautiful.
You are beautiful.
You're so strong.
You're so elegant.
You're also very sexy.
And you're doing this
with heels on.
You are incredible.
- It was spectacular, stunning.
- Thank you very much.
- You didn't miss a beat.
It was perfection.
- Thank you.
- Simon.
- I think obviously,
with, you know,
what your family
have gone through recently,
that additional pressure,
with an act like this,
it was actually
quite incredible to watch.
The level of perfection,
it was absolutely stunning.
And you have, honest,
genuine star quality.
I'd love to start.
You got your first yes.
- Thank you.
- Sofía.
- Of course, yes.
- Thank you so much.
- And I'm gonna give you
your third yes!
- ♪ Yeah and man
seem so strong ♪
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.
- ♪ Man never been so wrong ♪
♪ And man seem so strong ♪
- ♪ Deep down you're caught
in the middle ♪
- Folks, are you ready
for "America's Got Talent"?
- ♪ Make you a believer ♪
- Are you guys ready
for another act?
- Ready, kind of.
- ♪ Ooh, make you
a believer, you ♪
- First of all, I must give you
the biggest compliment of all.
That is awesome.
- Thank you.
- I see you're holding a whip.
Where are you from, sir?
- I'm from Boston.
- From Boston.
And how long have you
been doing your act?
- About 25 years.
Being here on "AGT" today,
it's a chance for me
to reach more people
than I have ever reached
in my entire life.
- Hello.
- I'm really scared.
- Go out there
and make it happen.
Thank you.
- ♪ Believer,
I'll make you a believer ♪
♪ Don't let the world leave
her, believer ♪
♪ Have some faith,
I'll make you a believer ♪
- Hello, hello,
you look very elegant.
- Well, you know,
I try to accentuate
the form a little bit.
- You're like the handsome guy
in, you know,
"Beauty and the Beast."
- Yeah, he looks like a prince
in that movie.
- Yes.
- What is your name?
- My name is Jack the Whipper.
- Oh.
Well.
And how old are you?
- I'm 33.
- Where are you from?
- I live in Boston.
- So what is your act?
- So we're gonna do
some whip cracking.
- Yes!
- And we're gonna try
and not let the nerves
take advantage of us,
and we're gonna try
and have a good time.
- That's right.
- Jack, who
taught you how to do this?
- I grew up in the circus.
My dad taught me.
- So this is your day job?
- I am a news anchor
for Boston's NPR news station.
- Oh, do they know that
you're here with your whip?
- Yes, they're very well aware
of what's happening.
- Jack, go ahead.
- Thank you.
So I've been cracking whips
since I was
about seven years old.
And over the last 25, 26 years,
I've learned all the different
whip cracks you can do.
The front crack.
The back crack.
The over-the-head crack.
The side crack.
The flip crack.
Even the super fast crack.
- Whoo!
- Ahh!
- Whoa!
- What I think a lot
of people don't understand
is just how accurate
a whip can be.
And you can do that
all over the place.
You can do that in front.
You can do that just behind
the back, no-look.
But the very important thing
about that trick
is you gotta pop the hip.
- Oh no!
- Whoa!
He took the tip
off of that sucker.
- Now, hold on a second.
We did not get
that entire target,
so we're gonna do this.
We're gonna shorten
this target just a tad.
We're gonna put it on top
of the head like so.
- Ooh!
- And we're gonna go
just like so.
- Ahh!
- Oh!
- Now, I have
one more trick for you.
I was going...
- No!
- I was going... I was going
to use Howie for this trick.
But Howie's not here,
so we're gonna do it on myself.
- Use Simon!
Use Simon!
No, Simon scares me.
- No, no, but he just buzzed!
Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon!
- I'm serious.
Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon!
- Look how he strolls up there.
He's like, doo-doo-doo-doo.
- You're gonna be fine.
- That was clear.
- Simon, I'm gonna
take this target,
and we are gonna put that right
in between your knees.
- Oh!
- It was Sofía
who pushed the buzzer.
- No, it wasn't.
- Yes, it was.
- That is not true.
- Now you're just worried...
- Yes, she did.
- Because he has the whip.
- It's on camera.
- And if you would, Simon,
can you get into a little bit
of a squat position for me?
Perfect.
A little bit closer together.
No, no, no,
closer... knees closer together.
Perfect.
Now, Simon.
- Can we make this quick?
- Yes.
- I want my phone.
I want to take a picture.
- I'm not gonna make you hold
a squat position for long.
- Oh!
- Do not move.
- Oh, thank you.
Yeah!
- Ahh!
- ♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪
- Let's hear it for Simon!
- Yes!
- ♪ Set the night alight ♪
- Yes!
- Oh, my God,
that was the best thing
I've seen in a long time.
- I am gonna take my X away,
actually.
- Yeah, take it away.
- Yeah!
- I mean, seeing Simon
in the sitting down position
with the stick... I mean,
you have to be very precise,
otherwise a lot
of things can go wrong.
- Tell me.
- I mean, you were amazing.
I loved it.
I was laughing.
- So why don't we vote
for him already?
What did you think, Simon?
Yes, I think he's great.
- Okay, good.
Heidi.
- Yes!
- Yes, three yeses.
- ♪ In the stars tonight,
so watch me ♪
- That could have gone wrong.
- Oh, tell me.
- If you would have hit Simon...
- I saw my career flash
before my eyes, Terry.
- Yes!
- You are gonna die
when you see yourself.
- ♪ Light it up
like dynamite, whoa-oh-oh ♪
- Look at all these people.
Like, I remember the first time
when I did this.
All these people, like,
they all stare at you.
I was like...
- Why?
- It's scary.
- What is the name of your act?
Sing Harlem!
- Oh, I love Harlem!
So who started this?
- Myself and my daughter,
Knoelle.
- And what is your name, ma'am?
- My name is Vy, Vy Higginson.
Sometimes they call me Momma.
All right.
- We wanted to make sure
that we pass the music on
from generation to generation,
so the music never dies.
- All right, I want you guys
to go out there
and show them what Harlem
is all about!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my God!
- Hi!
- Okay.
- Hi, everyone.
- Hello.
You're crying already.
- Yeah.
- Who are you, please?
- We are Sing Harlem,
and we're from Harlem, USA.
- Great, a choir?
- We're a choir.
- Are you well-known
where you live?
- Yes, and we sing
all over our community
and all over the five boroughs
of New York,
whenever we get a chance.
- Okay, what makes you different
from a traditional choir?
I'm curious.
- This group,
I've trained them
since the ages of 11.
- Wow.
- And they've all grown up.
And now they range
from 12 to 20.
So we know each other
in and out,
and we love each other so much.
- I love that.
- Yeah!
- So you're like the boss.
- Yes, I direct the choir.
- And what's your name?
- My name is Knoelle.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- So you look very excited,
all of you.
Yes!
- We're so excited.
- Okay, let's do it.
- ♪ I like rap music ♪
♪ Wear hip-hop clothes ♪
♪ It doesn't mean
that I'm out selling dope ♪
♪ No, no, no ♪
♪ Oh my, forgive me
for having straight hair ♪
♪ It doesn't mean there's
another blood in my heir ♪
♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind ♪
♪ Ooh, da-da, da-da, da-da,
ooh, da-da, da-da, da-da ♪
- ♪ Why, oh,
why must it be that way? ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ I said,
before you can read me ♪
♪ You got to learn
how to see me ♪
- ♪ You gotta learn
how to see me, yeah ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind ♪
- Yeah!
- Knoelle, are you kind of
up for doing something
a little bit unprepared?
- Yes.
- Because I'm slightly on
the fence with you right now.
- I'll tell you why.
Because for me,
that felt less like a choir
and more like I'm watching,
like, a musical,
which might be a good thing.
So I'm kind of curious
whether you can do an audition
as a choir
with your second song, please.
- Okay, thank you.
- You got this!
- This second song has a track.
- Can we do it
without the track?
- Yes.
- Okay.
- "Amazing Grace."
Yes, sections.
- Go ahead.
Go ahead, Moses.
Start without the music.
Thank you.
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
♪ How sweet the sound ♪
♪ That saved a wretch ♪
♪ Like me ♪
- One, two, ready.
♪ Amazing grace,
how sweet the sound ♪
♪ That saved a soul like me ♪
♪ I once was lost ♪
- Whoo!
♪ But now I'm found ♪
♪ Was blind but now I see ♪
♪ So amazing, so amazing ♪
- ♪ God's grace is amazing ♪
- ♪ So amazing, so amazing ♪
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- ♪ God's grace is amazing ♪
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- ♪ God's grace is amazing ♪
♪ God's grace
has brought me this far ♪
♪ God's grace ♪
♪ God's grace
has brought me this far ♪
♪ God's amazing grace ♪
- ♪ I believe in miracles ♪
♪ 'Cause it's a miracle
I'm here ♪
- What's your name?
- Moses Matos.
- How old are you, Moses?
- I am 14 years old.
- You're a little star.
Good for you.
Good for you.
Okay, let's start with Heidi.
- I really like you guys.
I mean, what is not to like?
Especially you.
You have such an amazing energy.
You harmonize
beautiful together.
I love the dance.
And it's also not easy
to do what Simon,
you know,
just asked you guys to do.
You just went for it.
You sounded great.
- Thank you.
- So kudos to you!
- There was too much going on
at the beginning,
so it was
a little bit distracting.
But you guys had it
all to shine.
- Thank you.
- And you have her supporting
you guys, obviously.
So that was very beautiful
to watch.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- I think... you want
my honest opinion?
We've got to find
that sweet spot
between what you want to do,
which is different,
which I applaud you for,
but at the same time
don't take the songs
so far apart that
we can't recognize them.
- Yeah.
- How do you think it went,
Knoelle?
- I felt that we
really worked hard on this,
and that we can continue
to work hard
spreading the music
with joy to the world.
So that's what we want to do.
We just love to sing.
- Okay, we're gonna vote.
Heidi.
- It's a yes from me.
- Yes, yes.
- That's one.
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- You got one yes.
You got two yes.
And now you've got three yeses.
Congratulations.
- ♪ Something like flying ♪
♪ Hard to describe it ♪
♪ My God,
I'm breathing underwater ♪
- Now she's calmed down.
- Yeah.
- Oh, you did it!
You did it!
- Ahh!
- I think it's because
she wants it for them so bad,
so she had such nervous energy.
- Yeah.
- They have talent.
- And now she's gonna
be cool like a cucumber.
- Listen, it's extremely,
extremely hard
to do what you guys did today.
- Yeah!
- Whoo!
- Not everybody can do it!
You did it!
- Ahh!
- ♪ Like flying ♪
♪ Hard to describe it ♪
♪ My God,
I'm breathing underwater ♪
- Thank you.
- So far, we've had a lot
of feel-good moments
this season.
- The timing is unbelievable.
- This is your moment.
- And there are still more
inspiring moments to come.
- Howie Mandel!
We missed you!
- You are the perfect package.
- That was the British
equivalent of the ballet.
- Wow.
- We don't have
anyone like this.
Hey!
All right!
Making his triumphant return,
Howie Mandel!
- ♪ Hey, reunited
and it feels so good ♪
♪ Reunited
'cause we understood ♪
♪ There's one perfect fit,
and, sugar, this one is it ♪
♪ We both are so excited
'cause we're reunited ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
- Very emotional right now.
- So emotional.
- We missed you!
- By the way, Howie, I have had
days of misery without you.
- That is so sweet.
- Are you feeling better, Howie?
- I'm feeling 1,000% better.
- You look amazing.
- I am so thrilled to be here.
- We love you.
- I love you too.
- All right, let's get
this show on the road!
- All kidding aside,
I can't tell you
how much I missed you.
- Oh, you've no idea.
- I love you guys.
- We love you too.
- All right, guys, the judges
are ready for on the stage.
- Is there any judge
that you're
looking forward to seeing?
- Howie, of course.
- He's just really nice.
- It's the shiny head.
I want to see
my reflection in it.
- ♪ There's one perfect fit ♪
♪ And, sugar, this one is it ♪
♪ We both are so excited
'cause we're reunited ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
- Is that me?
- I think yes!
- Oh, my God.
I've already
given a Golden Buzzer.
- Hi, everyone.
- Who is your favorite judge?
- Can you guess?
- Oh, my gosh.
You can never get enough me.
- Here you go.
- Who are you guys,
and where are you from?
- We're from Bay City, Michigan.
- Yes.
- And we're John Glenn
High School Dance Team.
- Okay, and why Howie Mandel?
It is Howdie Mandel.
- It's dance.
I think it makes sense.
- Why?
- Oh, yeah.
Now it makes sense.
- Why him?
- We know he's not very fond
of dance teams,
so we're hoping we can
change his mind a little.
- Ah!
- I love you already.
- Will you also tell me
the age range?
- 14 to 19.
- 14 to 19, okay.
I wish you all good luck.
- Thank you, thank you.
- This is so weird.
This is so weird.
- ♪ Mr. Worldwide
to infinity ♪
♪ You know the roof on fire ♪
♪ We gon' boogie-oogie-oogie,
jiggle, wiggle, and dance ♪
♪ Like the roof on fire ♪
♪ We gon' drink drinks and
take shots until we fall out ♪
♪ Like the roof on fire ♪
♪ Now, baby,
give a booty naked ♪
♪ Take off all your clothes
and light the roof on fire ♪
♪ Tell her, tell her, baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, I'm on fire ♪
♪ I tell her, baby, baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
- Ahh!
♪ Ooh, fireball ♪
♪ It feels good to see
the world getting loose ♪
♪ Mr. Worldwide,
feels good to see ♪
♪ The world getting loose,
let's ride ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Sak Noel ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Phenom ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
White Shadow ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I'm two plus two,
I'm fo' sho ♪
♪ You down, I'm down,
baby, let's go ♪
♪ You stop, you drop,
baby, then roll ♪
♪ You twerk, you pop,
booty so swole ♪
- This is amazing!
- ♪ So live life,
don't let it live you ♪
- ♪ I got a pocket full ♪
♪ Of hundred dollar bills ♪
♪ Ooh, up to something ♪
- Look at me.
I'm amazing.
- You are amazing!
- ♪ All right ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, I don't know
about you, but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Sak Noel ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Phenom ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
White Shadow ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
- It's perfect!
- I was great.
That was amazing.
That was amazing.
Oh, my God.
I've spent many hours
in a fun house alone dancing
and looking
at all of my reflections.
And this... and I have fun...
Listen, it's fun.
It's funny.
The skill was there.
I can't get enough of me.
This was amazing.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Simon.
- I would be really curious
to see where this could go
in the next round.
- Simon, were you upset
that they were
not trying to be you?
- That could always happen
if you go forward, right?
- Yeah, we got something
planned for the next round.
- You know, step up
as you go forward.
And that, I think,
could be a step up.
- Uh-huh.
- Sofía.
- Well, I loved the music.
I love your energy.
I had a lot of fun watching it.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- So I'm gonna start it
with your first yes.
Sofía.
- I'm gonna say yes.
- Yes!
- Thank you.
- Simon.
- Thank you.
- I'm gonna say yes.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- And I'm gonna tell you,
you have four yeses!
Let's dance!
- They got it!
They got it!
Get up here, Howie!
Go up there.
- Hit the music!
- Music, please.
- Let's dance!
- Howie!
- ♪ Mr. Worldwide
to infinity ♪
♪ You know the roof on fire ♪
♪ We gon' boogie-oogie-oogie,
jiggle, wiggle, and dance ♪
♪ Like the roof on fire ♪
♪ Tell her, tell her baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, baby,
I'm on fire ♪
I tell her baby, baby, baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, I'm on fireball ♪
- It's me and everyone else.
- Howie, come back!
♪ Ooh, fireball ♪
- Let's keep it moving.
One minute, one minute.
- All right, here we go, gang.
- ♪ La la la la la la ♪
- You guys are gonna stand up
and go audition.
- Keep up the pace.
Keep up the pace.
- Clear the way.
Hot points coming through.
- This is the opportunity.
So once you get in,
show them your thing.
- Aim for the sky.
Just be you.
Forget the rest.
- Do you think you have
what it takes to win?
- Yes.
- Definitely.
- Do me a favor.
Don't look at me
while I'm standing
with Terry because I'm
probably gonna be
an absolute blubbering mess.
- Make sure the buzzers are
turned back up again,
Jason, please.
- Here we go.
Turn up the buzzers, please.
- Dad.
- Terry, thanks, bro.
- You can stand with me...
- All right, great.
- Back off to the side.
- Thank you.
- And we'll make it happen.
Go right out on there.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you, come on.
- Hello.
Good evening.
What is your name?
- Um...
My name's Amanda.
- Hi, Amanda.
And how old are you, Amanda?
- Um...
Uh...
I'm 19 years old.
- Where are you from?
- I'm from Connecticut.
- Okay, and what are you
gonna be doing for us tonight?
- As you could probably tell,
I have a bit of a...
Speech impediment.
And it was definitely something
that caused me to...
To shy away and to hide.
But I found that I...
That I don't stutter...
When I sing.
- Oh, wow.
Is it going
to be a song we know?
Is it an original?
- I will be singing a song
that I wrote.
And it's just about some
hard times.
And if I could go back and...
Change those things, I wouldn't
because they made me me.
- Wow.
Well, I cannot wait to hear.
Good luck.
I hope she's good.
- Come on.
- Uh-oh.
- It's okay.
- ♪ I still remember that kid
afraid to open the door ♪
♪ And now she's grown ♪
♪ And she doesn't keep
that fear anymore ♪
♪ It was kept in a box,
and then locked ♪
♪ She held the key ♪
♪ But now the box is locked ♪
♪ And the key is nowhere
to be seen ♪
- Oh, my gosh.
- ♪ But what if I ♪
♪ Could go back in time ♪
♪ And change the way ♪
♪ I felt about my life? ♪
♪ Oh, but then would I ♪
♪ Still have inside ♪
♪ Everything ♪
♪ That brought me
back to life? ♪
♪ I still remember that kid
wanting to be more ♪
♪ But now she knows
that she's worth more ♪
♪ Than what she's been told ♪
♪ She tried her best to be best
and just forget the rest ♪
♪ But the rest is her best,
and it's what you get ♪
♪ So just let go ♪
♪ But what if I could
go back in time ♪
♪ And change the way
I felt about my life? ♪
♪ Oh, but then would
I still have inside ♪
♪ Everything
that brought me to life? ♪
- Oh, my God!
That's incredible!
- I see you're really emotional.
What are you thinking?
- It's just crazy.
I couldn't...
There were times when I was
a kid where I was like...
"I can never do
anything like this.
Like, I'm not good enough."
- You are good enough!
- Yes!
- Good enough doesn't explain
what we just heard.
It's not only good, it's great.
And look how you're moving
this audience.
And I believe you're
moving millions of people
right now at home.
I just want to say thank you.
What did you think, Heidi?
- You have a really,
really beautiful voice.
I love your voice.
There's a fire inside of you,
and I want to see more of it.
- I loved it.
I thought it was so authentic.
Thank you for having the guts
to follow your heart.
- Thank you.
- Amazing, Amanda.
I mean, come on.
I mean, look, it's... I mean,
you spoke to us very honestly
about the issues
you have with your speech.
And it's terrifying auditioning
when you don't have
an issue like that.
And then you were amazing.
I mean, your voice is so pure,
so beautiful.
And also,
you're a good songwriter.
And I think you're
an incredible person.
I'm so happy you came here.
- That's Simon.
That's Simon Cowell.
- Oh, my God.
- I would love to give you
your first yes.
- ♪ Every single wish she made ♪
♪ From shooting stars
to birthday cakes ♪
- Sofía.
- Of course, yes.
- It's a definite yes.
- Tonight, you eloquently spoke
to all of us,
and that's why you are
going away with four yeses.
- ♪ Why don't
we start from here? ♪
- Bravo!
- ♪ Why don't we start
from here? ♪
- Whoo!
- ♪ Ooh ♪
- Hi.
- ♪ She caught a falling leaf
and held it in her palms ♪
♪ And waited
for the sun to shine ♪
- We do meet amazing people
on this show, don't we?
- Yeah.
- You are now out there
for the world.
Thank you.
Thank you, Amanda.
- Coming up...
- Tell me why you've decided
to come on the American show.
- "Britain's Got Talent"
would only let us dance around
with ice in our pants.
We create sports
with a bit of a twist.
- Do not try this at home!
- "AGT," yes, let's go!
- ♪ When I wake up,
well, I know I'm gonna be ♪
- Right this way
to your audition.
- ♪ The man who wakes up
next to you ♪
- ♪ But I would walk 500 miles ♪
- It's pretty exciting.
U.S. is so different
to New Zealand.
- I'm from Brazil.
- You're from Brazil?
- Yeah.
- Did you fly out here for this?
- Yep.
- ♪ Who's coming home with you ♪
♪ But I would walk 500 miles ♪
- Oh no, what is going on?
- ♪ 500 more just
to be the man ♪
♪ 5,000 miles to fall ♪
♪ At your door, da-da-da-da ♪
♪ Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da ♪
- It's clever but pointless.
- Thank you.
That's four nos.
- ♪ Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da ♪
- California fresh.
Of course you're from LA, right?
- No.
- Where are you from?
- From London, in England.
- What's the name of your act?
- We're called
the Lazy Generation.
- The Lazy Generation.
What does that mean?
- It means that we... our kind
of approach to life is,
like, we don't want
to do normal stuff.
- And what's your day jobs?
- We work over at the airport.
But we'd love
to do this full-time.
- Let's wrestle, Sofía.
- I'm ready to see some sports.
I'm ready to see some stunts.
- Yeah.
- I'm ready to see
some sandals flying.
- Whoo!
- Come on, baby, let's go!
- ♪ And I would walk 500 more ♪
- Oh, my word.
- ♪ Be the man who walked
1,000 miles to fall down ♪
- Well, you've made the effort,
haven't you?
How are you?
- Very well, thank you.
- Good, who are you, please?
- We're called
The Lazy Generation,
and we're a group of athletes.
We create sports
with a bit of a twist.
We're from London, in England.
- I was just about to say.
You're British!
So you've flown in
from London to do this.
- Yeah.
- How was the flight?
- Long.
- Yeah, it is.
And tell me why you've decided
to come on the American show.
- Truthfully,
because "Britain's Got Talent"
would only let us dance around
with ice in our pants.
Okay, so you didn't want
to do that.
- No.
- So that's why
you came to America.
- Exactly.
- Got it.
- It's more classy here?
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Understood.
Okay, right.
So I'm not gonna ask you
any more questions.
Good luck.
- Warm up first.
- Covering themselves.
- Are you boys ready?
Is everyone else ready?
- Shimmy, shimmy up,
shimmy up, boys.
Ahh!
- Oh!
- Oh.
What the...
- And for the next event!
Some say, it's the most wild,
the most crazy, the most insane,
a pillow fight.
- To spice things up
a little bit,
hot pepper spray.
- Ahh!
- Ahh!
- Ahh!
- Ahh!
- And tacks.
One, two, three.
- Do not try this home!
- Those are little tacks.
Whoa.
- What is that?
- Mate!
- They have thumbtacks
in their feet.
- Oh, my God!
- Yes.
- Do you need help?
- Ay, Dios.
- Oh, my God,
they're stuck right in... look,
it's right in his knee.
- Ah!
- Howie.
- This is the English version
of "Jackass."
- Yeah.
- You know?
And I'm a big fan of "Jackass."
- Heidi.
- It was such a hot mess
that it was kind of good
at the same time.
Like, it was so bad
that it was good.
- I didn't know
what was going on.
- But you were laughing,
were you not?
- No, I was not!
I knew that it was a mess
and that
they were hurting themselves.
- That was the British
equivalent of the ballet.
It was different.
There is an audience...
Trust me...
Who like this kind of thing,
and I am one of them.
And look, they've come
a long way to entertain you.
Anyway, we're going to vote.
Let's start with Howie.
- I love it, so I'm giving you
your first yes.
- Heidi.
- It was entertaining,
and I want to know
if this can get even worse,
so I'm gonna give you
your second yes.
Why not?
- Sofía.
- You all seem very nice
and handsome,
but I already made my decision.
- I think sometimes
you've gotta listen
to the audience.
- I think that's unanimous.
That is three yeses.
Thank you very much.
- ♪ I would walk 500 miles ♪
♪ And I would walk 500 more ♪
♪ Just to be the man
who walked 1,000 miles ♪
- That was brilliant.
- ♪ Fall down at your door ♪
- You're going
to the next round!
- Coming up...
- We don't have
anyone like this.
- Are you ready to keep
the show going?
Can you feel that "America's
Got Talent" energy right now?
Season 17, y'all!
- Terry, I have a gift
for Heidi.
- Oh, you do?
- Yeah, here, look.
- Okay.
- I just,
it's one of these things,
so you don't have
to do that anymore.
- Fabulous.
- Hi, Heidi.
- Oh, my God!
That's what you look like!
- Am I clear?
- I love it.
- You're welcome.
- Well, let's
keep it going, y'all!
Let's do this!
- Ready for the stage?
- We are ready to go.
Really?
- How are we gonna see
this thing?
- ♪ I can tell you
all about it ♪
- Welcome.
- Hi.
- Who are you?
- My name is Professor Murat.
- Professor,
what are you doing tonight?
- I am doing a flea circus.
- Okay, so I think
we're ready for this.
I can't wait.
- Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
It's the Flea Circus Show.
- Oh, my God, here they are.
- Where?
- You see them?
- Yes!
- Focus your attention now
to the high dive.
As Max climbs the ladder.
He's putting on
his bathing cap now.
Max, are you ready?
- Come on, you can do it!
- Here we go.
Count of three, one!
- One!
- Two!
- Two!
- Three!
- Three!
- And he made it.
Oh!
- I think one of them got loose.
- It's a no.
Nice to meet you, thank you.
- Yeah.
- They can't see anything
is the problem.
- No one liked that.
Don't lie.
- Oh.
- What?
- Yeah!
- Ah, oh, my God!
You have nice legs.
- Thank you.
- It looked like you guys were
more fighting than dancing.
- Yeah.
- I'm saying no
to the three of you.
Thank you.
- My God.
- ♪ Shining star
for you to see ♪
♪ What your life can truly be ♪
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Aww.
- Hello.
What's your name?
- My name is Yu Ho-Jin,
and I'm from South Korea.
- So you live in Korea now?
- Yeah, I came from Seoul.
- Wow.
- Oh, wow.
- How old are you?
- I'm 29 years old.
- What made you come here?
Like,
why "America's Got Talent"?
- Well, I have been to Army
for the last two years.
And then I was thinking
what I really want
to do in the future,
and I want the world know me
and remember my name.
- Aww.
- Wow.
- Good answer.
- I love that.
Now, I'm just guessing,
because I see
you have something behind you,
is magic your thing?
- Yeah.
- How long have you been
doing magic?
- I started magic
since when I was eight.
- Are you parents
supportive of that?
- Ooh, actually...
- That's a no.
- Yeah.
- My daddy didn't like
I do magic.
- Aww.
- I was doing magic
secretly in bathroom.
- Do they know you're here
tonight doing this?
- Yeah, so my daddy,
after five years,
he found out my passion
of magic,
and he asked me,
"Hey, if I accept you do magic,
can you be the best?"
And I said, "Yeah."
- Wow, wow.
- So that's why I'm here.
- Well, welcome to our bathroom.
- Thank you so much.
- Good luck.
- So cute.
- ♪ You've got the words
to change a nation ♪
♪ But you're
biting your tongue ♪
♪ You've spent a lifetime
stuck in silence ♪
♪ Afraid you'll
say something wrong ♪
♪ If no one ever hears it ♪
♪ How we gonna learn
your song? ♪
♪ So come on, come on ♪
♪ I wanna sing ♪
♪ I wanna shout ♪
♪ I wanna scream
till the words dry out ♪
♪ So put it
in all of the papers ♪
♪ I'm not afraid ♪
♪ They can read all about it ♪
♪ Read all about it ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Yeah, we're all wonderful ♪
♪ Wonderful people ♪
♪ So when did we all
get so fearful? ♪
- Whoo!
That's amazing, right?
- Beautiful.
- Beautiful.
- ♪ Just take a chance ♪
♪ Come help me sing this ♪
♪ I wanna sing ♪
♪ I wanna shout ♪
♪ I wanna scream
till the words dry out ♪
♪ So put it in all
of the papers ♪
♪ I'm not afraid ♪
♪ They can read all about it ♪
♪ Read all about it ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- Wow.
- Bravo, bravo!
- ♪ Been following signs
on the road ♪
♪ Pretendin'
to know where to go ♪
♪ Now were bending
and breaking the mold ♪
♪ Searching for hope ♪
- This was one of the most
original, beautiful...
- Beautiful.
- Graceful...
- Yeah.
- Magical acts
I have ever seen in my life.
- Thank you.
- I thought it was mesmerizing.
I loved it.
- Thank you so much.
- Normally, you know,
when you have a magician,
they go, like, razzle, dazzle,
and pah, here it is.
And yours was very calm.
I loved it.
- Thank you.
- Am I missing something?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- What do you mean yes?
- I agree, I agree.
- You know what, Yu,
I love the fact
that you have come over
all this way to be on our show.
I mean, honestly, that, for me,
is a massive big deal.
However, I genuinely
thought an ostrich
was gonna appear at the end,
or something...
Something huge.
And it didn't.
And I'm really upset,
because I'm probably looking
really stupid right now,
aren't I?
- Yes.
- For me, the real magic
is people's imagination.
- Exactly.
- Okay, look,
I don't mind being stupid.
I've got to go with what I saw,
and I'm gonna say no.
- Oh, come on.
- What?
- Sofía.
- Yes, of course, yes.
- Thank you.
- For me, it's gonna be a yes.
- Thank you.
- I will make
your third yes appear.
- Thank you very much.
- ♪ Best is yet to come ♪
♪ Best is yet to come ♪
- Did anyone agree with me?
- No.
- Well, look, it could
have been a big bird.
- ♪ Best is yet to come ♪
- You can tighten them
a little in the back.
- So, what of me is showing?
Just, like, here up?
- And... sorry,
what was the question?
Slim Shady!
- Well, how are you?
- Well.
- Good, how are you?
- Good.
- Welcome.
Where are you from?
Mississippi.
- And you're a group?
- Yes.
Our name is Chapel Hart.
- Okay.
And what does that mean?
- We grew up in a small
community called Harts Chapel.
It's the name... it's named
after our family
'cause there's way
too many of us.
- Okay, so how do you
know each other?
- So Danica and I are sisters,
and Trea is our first cousin.
- And 'cause I used to love
American girl bands, you know,
from around about the '90s.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yes, the best era!
- You want to bring that back?
- Yes!
I hope so.
And tell me where you see
yourselves in five years' time
if you do well on this show.
- World domination.
- World domination.
I like that.
Okay.
Who is the biggest diva?
- Danica.
- Okay.
- There is no question.
- No hesitation on that one.
- She's the most dramatic.
- Yeah.
- Oh, yeah, well, you've gotta
have a diva in a group.
You have to.
So tell me what you're gonna
sing and why you chose it.
- So we're gonna sing...
It's an original song.
It's called "You Can
Have Him, Jolene."
And we've always been
country music fans,
and Dolly is
by far our favorite.
- Dolly for President!
- Dolly for President, y'all.
- Yes.
- We were so inspired
by the song "Jolene,"
and we just love the storyline.
And we figured, though,
from 1973 to 2022,
we could not still be
fighting over the same man.
- Uh-uh.
- Absolutely not.
- So we decided to tell her,
"You can just have
him, Jolene."
- I like that.
- I love that.
Okay, well look,
two, three minutes
literally can change
your lives on this show.
Let's see what's gonna happen.
- I like them already.
- ♪ Well, since the last song ♪
♪ I've had time
to think it over ♪
♪ A lot of tears,
a lot of beer, a lot of wine ♪
- ♪ I spent
so much time believing ♪
♪ That that midnight
phone'd stop ringing ♪
♪ But he'd leave the room
and answer every time ♪
♪ Well, it didn't seem so easy ♪
♪ With that broken glass
in pieces ♪
♪ You holding me
and saying you were wrong ♪
♪ Well, I'm tired
of second chances ♪
♪ These sad, sad circumstances ♪
♪ He's your problem,
good luck keeping him home ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene,
you can have him ♪
♪ 'Cause he don't mean
much to me ♪
- ♪ Well, I've cried so much
two rivers turned to seas ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene, when you
think that he's in love ♪
♪ He'll surely leave ♪
- ♪ Like he did me ♪
♪ Well, you can
have him, Jolene ♪
- Somebody get
out your seat tonight!
- Crowd's on their feet!
- ♪ And those wedding bells
stop ringing ♪
♪ I took my keys
and threw them at his door ♪
♪ 'Cause I found a man
who loves me ♪
♪ And who'll give me
all I need ♪
♪ What woman could ask
for any more? ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene,
you can have him ♪
♪ 'Cause he don't mean
much to me ♪
- ♪ Well, I've cried so much
two rivers turned to seas ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene,
when you think ♪
♪ That he's in love,
he'll surely leave ♪
- ♪ Like he did me ♪
♪ You can have him,
Jolene ♪
♪ You can have him ♪
- ♪ Jolene ♪
Yeah!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my God.
Golden Buzzer, Golden Buzzer!
- The energy in here is amazing.
- Trust me, I needed you today.
I mean, that was fantastic.
- Amazing.
- I love you.
And I loved the choreography
going on around you.
I mean, it was just brilliant.
Let me ask you a question.
Have you been trying
to get a record deal,
or a big break, or...
I mean, tell me.
- We've been trying
to break into Nashville
for the last couple years,
but it's been kind of hard,
when I think country music
doesn't always look like us.
And so...
- You know what we've gotta
do sometimes?
You've just got
to break down that door.
And you may have
just broken down the door
with that performance, trust me.
Howie, I was looking
at your face.
You were loving it.
- First of all, I believe
you broke down the door.
I loved the song.
I love the energy.
I love the look.
You say country music
doesn't look like you.
That is your win because you
are going to be the original.
- Heidi.
- Your joy is infectious.
And everything
that you're giving, like,
it's received over here.
And I loved it.
- Sofía.
- Everything was perfect.
The song, the energy.
You guys look like you've been
doing this for a long time,
and I'm so proud of you guys.
- ♪ Here I am,
I'm reaching out ♪
- You know what?
Trust me, if I hadn't used
my Golden Buzzer,
I would give you
a Golden Buzzer.
- Me too.
- You can give it a try,
if you want.
Golden Buzzer, Golden Buzzer!
- I have an idea.
Do you like them?
- Huh?
- Do you like them?
- I like them, yes.
- I think
they're totally unique.
We haven't seen a girl group
like this in a long time.
- We don't have
anyone like this.
- I like them.
- This is really special.
- I like them.
- Really special.
- Okay, all right.
Let's do it.
- Five, four, three, two, one.
- ♪ Here I am, here I am ♪
♪ Here I am ♪
- Chapel Hart, you have
just received
a group Golden Buzzer!
You are going straight
to the live show!
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- ♪ Oh, here I am ♪
- Thank you so much.
Oh, my God.
- Loved that.
My God, we needed you.
- ♪ Oh, here I am ♪
- Thank you.
- I love you.
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- You guys are amazing.
- ♪ Here I am, here I am ♪
- One more time for Chapel Hart!
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- Follow your dream.
- Yes!
- It doesn't matter
how crazy they are,
how outlandish it is.
If they say that's not
a real job,
you just show them that it is.
- There are little girls
in Poplarville, Mississippi...
- Yes, yes.
- Who think
that this isn't possible.
- Yes.
- But we're doing it, you know?
Ahh!
- Yes, oh, my God!
Oh!
Gold Buzzer,
Gold Buzzer, Gold Buzzer.
- Yeah!
- ♪ Yeah ♪
- Spectacular.
- I love you!
- ♪ Break it down ♪
- Avery Dixon!
Maddie!
Sara!
Ryan!
Lindsey!
You are going straight
to the live show!
- Stop.
Hammer time.
♪ Music hits me so hard ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ Makes me say ♪
- Oh, my God.
- ♪ Thank you for blessin' me ♪
- No, no, no!
- ♪ And two hype feet ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ And this is a beat,
uh, you can't touch ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ I told you, homeboy,
break it down ♪
- This was amazing.
- Wow.
- Perfection.
- Trust me, I needed you today.
Three, two, one.
- Stop, Hammer time.
- Welcome to "America's
Got Talent" season 17!
Howie is not here today.
- Oh, no.
- But listen,
we wish him the best,
and we hope he gets well soon
and is right back in that chair.
All right, let's get it going!
Here we go, y'all!
- ♪ You can't touch this ♪
- Next act on standby.
- ♪ You defy the impossible ♪
- Here we go, folks.
Here we go.
- ♪ You are more than ready ♪
- Welcome
to "America's Got Talent."
- Thank you.
- ♪ Yeah, not just a fighter ♪
- I'm the best me
I could possibly be.
- ♪ Amazing creator ♪
- What's the big dream?
- To change people's lives.
- ♪ In who I am
and what I got inside ♪
- You, me, and a dream.
- ♪ Dream, see ♪
- You gotta keep believing
in yourself.
- Yeah.
- We're gonna take what we've
been doing in our hometown
and show it to everybody else.
- What are you gonna
do on "AGT"?
- We're going to show
you guys something special.
You guys have never seen
this thing here.
- We're striking the floor.
- Everybody want
to be on this stage,
"America's Got Talent."
- That's good luck.
Good luck.
- We are acrobat group.
We grew up together.
I trust them with all my heart.
- All right, now,
is she part of the act?
- She's...
- She will be.
- Oh, she will be?
- She will be soon.
- One day.
- Oh, this is so good.
- ♪ Oh ♪
♪ Make it your own ♪
♪ The power ♪
- Wow!
- ♪ Dream, see, write,
live your story ♪
- Hello.
- ♪ Dream big
and live your story ♪
- So much excitement!
- That was quite the walk on.
- Yeah.
- Or run, I should say,
actually.
Now, can we have
your name, please?
- The name of the group
is Amoukanama.
We're from West Africa, Guinea.
- Okay.
Nice to meet you all.
Okay, so tell me why you've
come on the show this year.
- So, the first,
we came from West Africa.
Living life there is,
like, very difficult to live,
and it's very, very difficult
to have something to eat.
Like, for us to be here,
for one day,
we can help our family
because they're suffering,
and we can have good life too.
- Okay, and what's your name?
- My name is Mamady.
- Okay.
- Mamady!
- Yeah, yeah!
- You know, the prize
is a million dollars.
There's a residency in Vegas.
Can I ask what is
kind of the dream here?
- Do you mean if we win?
- Yeah.
- Like, it's big dream for us
first to be here,
and it's gonna be big dream
for us if we win this.
We want to build a school
because we don't have
space to train.
We just went straight
to train by ourself.
We don't have any teacher here.
- Amazing.
- You see.
- All right, yeah!
- I don't want to ask
too many questions
because I love being surprised,
so just do it, please.
- All right, let's do this.
- Okay.
- Just give us second.
We back.
- I wonder,
what are they gonna do?
- Danger them is, while
some call them Major Lazer.
- ♪ Stand up
like a soldier, baby ♪
♪ Yeah, I know
you're built like that ♪
♪ Gun it like a holster, baby ♪
♪ Show dem say
you're wicked like that ♪
♪ We live
where the war is raging ♪
♪ Chasing our crazy dreams ♪
♪ Hoping that the bridge
won't cave in ♪
♪ Tonight
we let it all go free ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Mash it up,
hot step in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting and make me
rock, rock, rock, rock ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting ♪
♪ And make me rock in a dance ♪
♪ Mash it up,
hot step in a dance ♪
♪ Gimme the ting and make me
light it up ♪
- Oh!
- Oh, look at that!
- ♪ Light it up ♪
♪ Light it up,
light it up, light it up ♪
- Oh, what is happening?
Oh!
- Ahh!
- ♪ We will rise up
like giants stand tall ♪
♪ Mountains will move
and towers will fall ♪
♪ Oh, change is gonna come ♪
- Wow, wow, wow,
wow, wow, wow, wow.
- Visually, visually, having
you guys in these outfits,
hopping around, was, like, wow.
I loved it,
and when there were three
on top of each other, falling,
I mean, it looked crazy insane.
I loved it.
- That was spectacular.
It was super fun.
There was also a little bit
of suspense.
I'm so happy that you got
together to come to "AGT"
because this is the place
perfect for you guys.
People are gonna go crazy
with you.
- We have one issue, which is,
we've seen so many
incredible acts.
This is gonna be a nightmare
deciding who's gonna be
in the final.
Having said that,
you've really given yourselves
a shot in my opinion.
It was an amazing audition.
Really amazing.
I'm gonna remember this
for a long time.
Now we have to vote.
Heidi?
- It's a yes from me.
- Yeah!
- Sofía.
- Spectacular, yes.
- That's two.
I'm gonna work out,
based on the people here,
you got about 3,000 yeses.
- ♪ Change is gonna come ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Change is gonna come ♪
- Thank you!
- Thank you, thank you so much.
- Wow.
- The fact that they trained
in the streets.
- They have to be
in the lifeboat.
- They don't need
another trainer.
- Bye!
- That's amazing.
- Dream come true now!
- I love you guys!
All right!
Thank you so much!
- ♪ Change is gonna come ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ Change is gonna come ♪
- You really have the pipes,
and it sounds beautiful.
- I think this is your moment.
- We are just witnessing
somebody's career
about to skyrocket.
- Making his triumphant return,
Howie Mandel!
- You can never get enough me.
- Oh, my God!
- No, no, no!
- This is really special.
- Vegas is the most incredible
place in the world.
- All of the biggest names
go to Vegas.
- My biggest dream is
to have a Vegas residency.
- You compete to headline
the "AGT" Las Vegas Live
at Luxor Hotel!
- It is the biggest prize
in the world.
There's a lot at stake.
- If we get to perform
at the Luxor Hotel,
that is beyond iconic.
Oh, my God, they're like,
I'm so loud right now.
- Performing at the Luxor Hotel
would be life-changing.
- That's where you go to see
the greatest entertainers
in the world.
- I bet you want
to get the next seat
on that Strip in Las Vegas.
- "America's Got Talent"
Las Vegas Live is...
- Epic!
- Whoo!
- It would be incredible
to have my own spot
at the Luxor, you know.
This could completely
change my life.
- Hello.
- Hello, how are you?
- So what's your name?
- Sam Cieri.
My name is Sam Cieri.
I put music out
as Nicotine Dolls.
- Where are you from?
- I live in New Jersey.
- Tell me why you've come
on the show, Sam, please.
- I came here because I've been
making music my entire life.
And like a month ago
was the first month
that I ever
actually paid my bills
or anything with making music,
and that's really cool, and...
Thank you.
- Good.
- Thank you.
- It's hard.
And did you have a normal job
before you were making music?
- Before this job,
I cleaned houses
and I painted houses.
- Yep.
- And I wasn't very good
at the second one.
I'm fantastic
at cleaning houses.
But the second one...
If you're watching,
I'm sorry that I did
that to your house.
- Okay.
What's the big dream?
- The dream is to be a musician,
and that's my job,
and that's what I do every day,
and it self-sustains.
Like, I'm gonna be creative,
and that's gonna be my job,
you know?
- Okay.
The good news is you're here.
- I'm happy to be here.
Thank you guys.
- And this is hopefully
gonna be your moment.
- Thank you, thank you.
- I love the fact
he's in a band,
but it's only him.
He's the star.
- ♪ Talk to me ♪
♪ She wants to know
what's stuffed inside ♪
♪ That's tearing me ♪
♪ I've been through the pieces
on the floor, you see ♪
♪ I don't have an answer
for you now ♪
♪ Stick around,
I'll find a reason ♪
♪ Tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Tell me what makes ♪
♪ Tell me what makes you sad ♪
- Amazing!
- ♪ Tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Oh, tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ I wouldn't break your heart,
if I was you ♪
♪ I'd fall apart next
to this beating, bruising art ♪
♪ On a wall in a room
no one wants to walk in ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ You leave me hanging
and hoping ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ You said tell me what makes,
tell me what makes you sad ♪
♪ Tell me what makes you sad ♪
- Whoo!
- I love it!
- ♪ I really need somebody
to call my own ♪
♪ I wanna be
somebody to someone ♪
♪ Someone to you ♪
- Wow. Heidi.
- I mean, if Rod Stewart
and John Mayer had a baby...
- Those are my parents.
- It's like, what?
I mean, special,
very, very special voice.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- It was so different and sexy.
And you know what, I think
this is your moment, Sam.
- Thank you.
Thank you very much.
- You know what's great, Sam,
is that it was really authentic.
You were very honest
with us, as well.
We got to know
you really quickly.
And it was like
you swallowed a great singer
because, you know,
the way you talk,
it's like
there's somebody else in you.
- Totally.
- Thank you very much.
Thank you.
- Okay,
I know how this is gonna go,
but we gotta do it... Heidi.
- I mean, you're really special.
Yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes.
- Thank you.
- Sofía.
- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
- You guy three yeses.
You're through
to the next round.
- Thank you guys.
Thank you guys so much.
- ♪ I wanna be somebody
to someone ♪
♪ Someone to you ♪
- What was that?
That was adorable.
- That's a big moment.
- That was brilliant.
Thank you so much, Sam.
- Thank you for everything.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- ♪ Someone to you ♪
- Wa-wa-wa-wah!
- Heidi, your weird noises
are just annoying.
- Okay.
This is gonna be interesting.
- It looks like an accident.
- What is your name?
- I'm the Traffic Cone
Saxophone Man.
And my real name
is Wenzl McGowen.
- Where are you from?
- New York.
- Oh, and what is stuck
in your saxophone?
- I actually put this is in
to create more bass.
- Okay, let's see
what you have for us.
Oh, Lord.
- Oh!
- Wenzl, Simon hated it.
- I didn't hate it.
- Okay, so then what is that?
- That is I didn't
like it very much.
- Boo!
- But it did sound good,
especially
these really low ones.
Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-buh!
It was very cool.
So I'm gonna give Wenzl a yes.
- And I'm
gonna give you a yes too.
You hated it, really?
- I never said hate.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you?
- We're good.
- Now, what's the name
of the group?
- We are MayTree.
- Okay.
And where are you from?
- We are from South Korea.
- Welcome.
- Yeah!
- Tell me, what do you do?
What is the act?
- We're going
to sing a cappella.
- Who's idea was it
to form the group?
- Well, I created this group
because I was
in another group before,
which I created,
but I was kicked out.
- They told me...
- Hang on.
You got what?
Say that again.
- They told me
I was a bad singer.
- So you were in a group,
got thrown out for
being a bad singer,
and then you've now created...
- MayTree.
- You created MayTree.
- This completes my revenge.
- Love that.
- Yes, because I'm here.
- This is brilliant.
I love this story.
Okay, good luck.
- Yep.
- That's hilarious.
- Look, is that an instrument,
that iPad?
No, what is she doing?
It's a TV.
Hmm.
What on earth is happening?
- We're gonna find out, Heidi.
- ♪ Ah ♪
- ♪ "The Simpsons" ♪
- Ahh!
- Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey!
Hey!
- ♪ Making your way
in the world today ♪
♪ Takes everything you've got ♪
♪ Taking a break
from all your worries ♪
♪ Sure would help a lot ♪
♪ Wouldn't you like
to get away? ♪
♪ Sometimes you want to go ♪
♪ Where everybody
knows your name ♪
♪ And they're always
glad you came ♪
- ♪ You wanna be
where you can see ♪
♪ Our troubles
are all the same ♪
♪ You wanna be where ♪
♪ Everybody
knows your name ♪
- ♪ If I could I would ♪
♪ I'd put your picture
in a dictionary ♪
♪ And they'd see your face
if ever they tried ♪
♪ To spell extraordinary ♪
- That was brilliant.
- Brilliant.
- Brilliant.
We really,
really weren't expecting that.
At all.
Heidi.
- I loved it.
You harmonized
beautifully together.
And what I do like about all
of you is that we have not
had an act like you before,
so it was very cool.
- Sofía.
- I really thought
they were coming
to sing something very serious
because look how
they're dressed.
I thought it was something
super creative and clever.
- We love being surprised.
And actually, I think
this is a great audition.
People are gonna remember this.
And you've done something
very clever.
Congrats.
- ♪ You're in Chicago,
Oklahoma, California ♪
- Now we're going to vote.
Heidi?
- It's a yes from me.
- Yes from me.
- ♪ You're every fighter ♪
♪ That doesn't know
how to back down ♪
- You got three yeses.
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
- ♪ You hold on no matter what ♪
♪ You show the world
the face of brave ♪
- Revenge!
- ♪ You never ever
give up, you ♪
- Did you recognize your song?
- Yeah, it was exactly like
the "Modern Family" song.
- I'm a little jealous.
- One, two, three, four.
- Coming up...
- I was going to use Howie
for this trick.
But now, Simon, if you could.
- Ahh!
- We here, y'all.
- We are here.
- This is a big deal.
- You guys have worked
incredibly hard,
and I'm very proud
of all of you.
Y'all got this.
- Are you guys ready to go out
and meet the judges?
- That's what we're here for.
- All right, go on out there.
- Hi, everyone.
What is the name of your group?
- We're Ballet After Dark.
- Okay.
- We're trauma survivors
and dancers
that use performance to reclaim
relationships with their bodies
and lives using the healing
power of dance.
- Yeah.
- This is your idea,
putting this group together?
- Yes, I founded
this organization.
I needed a home.
I needed a community
to heal with.
And if you build it,
they'll come.
- Aww.
- Good for you.
And good luck to all of you.
- Thank you.
- ♪ You brought the flames,
and you put me through hell ♪
♪ I had to learn how
to fight for myself ♪
♪ And we both know
all the truth I could tell ♪
♪ I'll just say
this is I wish you farewell ♪
♪ I hope you're
somewhere prayin' ♪
♪ Prayin' ♪
♪ I hope your soul is changin' ♪
♪ Changin' ♪
- Wow.
One of my favorite things
is ballet,
so I really enjoy it.
- Thank you.
- We meet the most incredible
people on this show,
who luckily trust the show
to share their message with,
which you've done today
in a very, very,
very powerful way.
- Thank you.
- I can see how proud everyone
is dancing on that stage.
It was joyful.
I was entertained.
I love you.
All of you.
- Oh, wow.
- I would love
to give you your first yes.
- Thank you.
- Sofía.
- Yes.
- Three yeses.
- ♪ I hope you're
somewhere prayin' ♪
♪ Prayin' ♪
- Thank you.
- ♪ Changin' ♪
♪ Changin' ♪
- What is that?
- I don't know.
- ♪ Prayin' ♪
- Hello.
- Hi.
- Tell us your name,
where you're from.
- My name is Svitlana Rohozhyna.
I am 26 years old.
I am an aerial performer from
the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.
- Wow, wow.
- I know that all of our hearts
and our love are with Ukraine.
- Thank you.
I really appreciate that.
- Where do you live right now?
- I currently living
in Las Vegas,
and following my American dream.
And I was very lucky,
and I managed to bring
my mom and sister,
and we're here
in United States last week.
- Aw.
- My dad,
he's serving in the front line.
So tonight's performance,
I would love to dedicate to him.
- We're all rooting for you.
We can't wait to see
what you're about to do.
- Thank you.
- Good luck.
- She is literally shaking.
- ♪ You are not hidden ♪
♪ There's never been a moment
you were forgotten ♪
♪ You are not hopeless ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ Though you
have been broken ♪
- Ahh!
- ♪ Your innocence stolen ♪
♪ I hear you whisper ♪
♪ Underneath your breath ♪
♪ I will send out an army ♪
♪ To find you ♪
♪ In the middle
of the darkest night ♪
- Look how strong she is.
- ♪ It's true,
I will rescue you ♪
♪ I will send out an army ♪
♪ To find you in the middle
of the darkest night ♪
♪ It's true, I will rescue you ♪
♪ I will never stop marching ♪
♪ To reach you in the middle
of the hardest fight ♪
♪ It's true, I will rescue you ♪
♪ Oh, I will rescue you ♪
- Oh, wow!
- She's unbelievable.
- ♪ Excuse me for a while ♪
♪ While I'm wide-eyed and I'm
so damn caught in the middle ♪
- Thank you.
- Well, one thing
I know for sure,
your family is super proud.
Your country is super proud.
What you've just done
is beautiful.
You are beautiful.
You're so strong.
You're so elegant.
You're also very sexy.
And you're doing this
with heels on.
You are incredible.
- It was spectacular, stunning.
- Thank you very much.
- You didn't miss a beat.
It was perfection.
- Thank you.
- Simon.
- I think obviously,
with, you know,
what your family
have gone through recently,
that additional pressure,
with an act like this,
it was actually
quite incredible to watch.
The level of perfection,
it was absolutely stunning.
And you have, honest,
genuine star quality.
I'd love to start.
You got your first yes.
- Thank you.
- Sofía.
- Of course, yes.
- Thank you so much.
- And I'm gonna give you
your third yes!
- ♪ Yeah and man
seem so strong ♪
- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.
- ♪ Man never been so wrong ♪
♪ And man seem so strong ♪
- ♪ Deep down you're caught
in the middle ♪
- Folks, are you ready
for "America's Got Talent"?
- ♪ Make you a believer ♪
- Are you guys ready
for another act?
- Ready, kind of.
- ♪ Ooh, make you
a believer, you ♪
- First of all, I must give you
the biggest compliment of all.
That is awesome.
- Thank you.
- I see you're holding a whip.
Where are you from, sir?
- I'm from Boston.
- From Boston.
And how long have you
been doing your act?
- About 25 years.
Being here on "AGT" today,
it's a chance for me
to reach more people
than I have ever reached
in my entire life.
- Hello.
- I'm really scared.
- Go out there
and make it happen.
Thank you.
- ♪ Believer,
I'll make you a believer ♪
♪ Don't let the world leave
her, believer ♪
♪ Have some faith,
I'll make you a believer ♪
- Hello, hello,
you look very elegant.
- Well, you know,
I try to accentuate
the form a little bit.
- You're like the handsome guy
in, you know,
"Beauty and the Beast."
- Yeah, he looks like a prince
in that movie.
- Yes.
- What is your name?
- My name is Jack the Whipper.
- Oh.
Well.
And how old are you?
- I'm 33.
- Where are you from?
- I live in Boston.
- So what is your act?
- So we're gonna do
some whip cracking.
- Yes!
- And we're gonna try
and not let the nerves
take advantage of us,
and we're gonna try
and have a good time.
- That's right.
- Jack, who
taught you how to do this?
- I grew up in the circus.
My dad taught me.
- So this is your day job?
- I am a news anchor
for Boston's NPR news station.
- Oh, do they know that
you're here with your whip?
- Yes, they're very well aware
of what's happening.
- Jack, go ahead.
- Thank you.
So I've been cracking whips
since I was
about seven years old.
And over the last 25, 26 years,
I've learned all the different
whip cracks you can do.
The front crack.
The back crack.
The over-the-head crack.
The side crack.
The flip crack.
Even the super fast crack.
- Whoo!
- Ahh!
- Whoa!
- What I think a lot
of people don't understand
is just how accurate
a whip can be.
And you can do that
all over the place.
You can do that in front.
You can do that just behind
the back, no-look.
But the very important thing
about that trick
is you gotta pop the hip.
- Oh no!
- Whoa!
He took the tip
off of that sucker.
- Now, hold on a second.
We did not get
that entire target,
so we're gonna do this.
We're gonna shorten
this target just a tad.
We're gonna put it on top
of the head like so.
- Ooh!
- And we're gonna go
just like so.
- Ahh!
- Oh!
- Now, I have
one more trick for you.
I was going...
- No!
- I was going... I was going
to use Howie for this trick.
But Howie's not here,
so we're gonna do it on myself.
- Use Simon!
Use Simon!
No, Simon scares me.
- No, no, but he just buzzed!
Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon!
- I'm serious.
Simon, Simon, Simon, Simon!
- Look how he strolls up there.
He's like, doo-doo-doo-doo.
- You're gonna be fine.
- That was clear.
- Simon, I'm gonna
take this target,
and we are gonna put that right
in between your knees.
- Oh!
- It was Sofía
who pushed the buzzer.
- No, it wasn't.
- Yes, it was.
- That is not true.
- Now you're just worried...
- Yes, she did.
- Because he has the whip.
- It's on camera.
- And if you would, Simon,
can you get into a little bit
of a squat position for me?
Perfect.
A little bit closer together.
No, no, no,
closer... knees closer together.
Perfect.
Now, Simon.
- Can we make this quick?
- Yes.
- I want my phone.
I want to take a picture.
- I'm not gonna make you hold
a squat position for long.
- Oh!
- Do not move.
- Oh, thank you.
Yeah!
- Ahh!
- ♪ 'Cause I, I,
I'm in the stars tonight ♪
- Let's hear it for Simon!
- Yes!
- ♪ Set the night alight ♪
- Yes!
- Oh, my God,
that was the best thing
I've seen in a long time.
- I am gonna take my X away,
actually.
- Yeah, take it away.
- Yeah!
- I mean, seeing Simon
in the sitting down position
with the stick... I mean,
you have to be very precise,
otherwise a lot
of things can go wrong.
- Tell me.
- I mean, you were amazing.
I loved it.
I was laughing.
- So why don't we vote
for him already?
What did you think, Simon?
Yes, I think he's great.
- Okay, good.
Heidi.
- Yes!
- Yes, three yeses.
- ♪ In the stars tonight,
so watch me ♪
- That could have gone wrong.
- Oh, tell me.
- If you would have hit Simon...
- I saw my career flash
before my eyes, Terry.
- Yes!
- You are gonna die
when you see yourself.
- ♪ Light it up
like dynamite, whoa-oh-oh ♪
- Look at all these people.
Like, I remember the first time
when I did this.
All these people, like,
they all stare at you.
I was like...
- Why?
- It's scary.
- What is the name of your act?
Sing Harlem!
- Oh, I love Harlem!
So who started this?
- Myself and my daughter,
Knoelle.
- And what is your name, ma'am?
- My name is Vy, Vy Higginson.
Sometimes they call me Momma.
All right.
- We wanted to make sure
that we pass the music on
from generation to generation,
so the music never dies.
- All right, I want you guys
to go out there
and show them what Harlem
is all about!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my God!
- Hi!
- Okay.
- Hi, everyone.
- Hello.
You're crying already.
- Yeah.
- Who are you, please?
- We are Sing Harlem,
and we're from Harlem, USA.
- Great, a choir?
- We're a choir.
- Are you well-known
where you live?
- Yes, and we sing
all over our community
and all over the five boroughs
of New York,
whenever we get a chance.
- Okay, what makes you different
from a traditional choir?
I'm curious.
- This group,
I've trained them
since the ages of 11.
- Wow.
- And they've all grown up.
And now they range
from 12 to 20.
So we know each other
in and out,
and we love each other so much.
- I love that.
- Yeah!
- So you're like the boss.
- Yes, I direct the choir.
- And what's your name?
- My name is Knoelle.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- So you look very excited,
all of you.
Yes!
- We're so excited.
- Okay, let's do it.
- ♪ I like rap music ♪
♪ Wear hip-hop clothes ♪
♪ It doesn't mean
that I'm out selling dope ♪
♪ No, no, no ♪
♪ Oh my, forgive me
for having straight hair ♪
♪ It doesn't mean there's
another blood in my heir ♪
♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind ♪
♪ Ooh, da-da, da-da, da-da,
ooh, da-da, da-da, da-da ♪
- ♪ Why, oh,
why must it be that way? ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪
- ♪ I said,
before you can read me ♪
♪ You got to learn
how to see me ♪
- ♪ You gotta learn
how to see me, yeah ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind,
and the rest will follow ♪
♪ Be color-blind,
don't be so shallow ♪
♪ Free your mind ♪
- Yeah!
- Knoelle, are you kind of
up for doing something
a little bit unprepared?
- Yes.
- Because I'm slightly on
the fence with you right now.
- I'll tell you why.
Because for me,
that felt less like a choir
and more like I'm watching,
like, a musical,
which might be a good thing.
So I'm kind of curious
whether you can do an audition
as a choir
with your second song, please.
- Okay, thank you.
- You got this!
- This second song has a track.
- Can we do it
without the track?
- Yes.
- Okay.
- "Amazing Grace."
Yes, sections.
- Go ahead.
Go ahead, Moses.
Start without the music.
Thank you.
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
♪ How sweet the sound ♪
♪ That saved a wretch ♪
♪ Like me ♪
- One, two, ready.
♪ Amazing grace,
how sweet the sound ♪
♪ That saved a soul like me ♪
♪ I once was lost ♪
- Whoo!
♪ But now I'm found ♪
♪ Was blind but now I see ♪
♪ So amazing, so amazing ♪
- ♪ God's grace is amazing ♪
- ♪ So amazing, so amazing ♪
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- ♪ God's grace is amazing ♪
- ♪ Amazing grace ♪
- ♪ God's grace is amazing ♪
♪ God's grace
has brought me this far ♪
♪ God's grace ♪
♪ God's grace
has brought me this far ♪
♪ God's amazing grace ♪
- ♪ I believe in miracles ♪
♪ 'Cause it's a miracle
I'm here ♪
- What's your name?
- Moses Matos.
- How old are you, Moses?
- I am 14 years old.
- You're a little star.
Good for you.
Good for you.
Okay, let's start with Heidi.
- I really like you guys.
I mean, what is not to like?
Especially you.
You have such an amazing energy.
You harmonize
beautiful together.
I love the dance.
And it's also not easy
to do what Simon,
you know,
just asked you guys to do.
You just went for it.
You sounded great.
- Thank you.
- So kudos to you!
- There was too much going on
at the beginning,
so it was
a little bit distracting.
But you guys had it
all to shine.
- Thank you.
- And you have her supporting
you guys, obviously.
So that was very beautiful
to watch.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- I think... you want
my honest opinion?
We've got to find
that sweet spot
between what you want to do,
which is different,
which I applaud you for,
but at the same time
don't take the songs
so far apart that
we can't recognize them.
- Yeah.
- How do you think it went,
Knoelle?
- I felt that we
really worked hard on this,
and that we can continue
to work hard
spreading the music
with joy to the world.
So that's what we want to do.
We just love to sing.
- Okay, we're gonna vote.
Heidi.
- It's a yes from me.
- Yes, yes.
- That's one.
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- You got one yes.
You got two yes.
And now you've got three yeses.
Congratulations.
- ♪ Something like flying ♪
♪ Hard to describe it ♪
♪ My God,
I'm breathing underwater ♪
- Now she's calmed down.
- Yeah.
- Oh, you did it!
You did it!
- Ahh!
- I think it's because
she wants it for them so bad,
so she had such nervous energy.
- Yeah.
- They have talent.
- And now she's gonna
be cool like a cucumber.
- Listen, it's extremely,
extremely hard
to do what you guys did today.
- Yeah!
- Whoo!
- Not everybody can do it!
You did it!
- Ahh!
- ♪ Like flying ♪
♪ Hard to describe it ♪
♪ My God,
I'm breathing underwater ♪
- Thank you.
- So far, we've had a lot
of feel-good moments
this season.
- The timing is unbelievable.
- This is your moment.
- And there are still more
inspiring moments to come.
- Howie Mandel!
We missed you!
- You are the perfect package.
- That was the British
equivalent of the ballet.
- Wow.
- We don't have
anyone like this.
Hey!
All right!
Making his triumphant return,
Howie Mandel!
- ♪ Hey, reunited
and it feels so good ♪
♪ Reunited
'cause we understood ♪
♪ There's one perfect fit,
and, sugar, this one is it ♪
♪ We both are so excited
'cause we're reunited ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
- Very emotional right now.
- So emotional.
- We missed you!
- By the way, Howie, I have had
days of misery without you.
- That is so sweet.
- Are you feeling better, Howie?
- I'm feeling 1,000% better.
- You look amazing.
- I am so thrilled to be here.
- We love you.
- I love you too.
- All right, let's get
this show on the road!
- All kidding aside,
I can't tell you
how much I missed you.
- Oh, you've no idea.
- I love you guys.
- We love you too.
- All right, guys, the judges
are ready for on the stage.
- Is there any judge
that you're
looking forward to seeing?
- Howie, of course.
- He's just really nice.
- It's the shiny head.
I want to see
my reflection in it.
- ♪ There's one perfect fit ♪
♪ And, sugar, this one is it ♪
♪ We both are so excited
'cause we're reunited ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
- Is that me?
- I think yes!
- Oh, my God.
I've already
given a Golden Buzzer.
- Hi, everyone.
- Who is your favorite judge?
- Can you guess?
- Oh, my gosh.
You can never get enough me.
- Here you go.
- Who are you guys,
and where are you from?
- We're from Bay City, Michigan.
- Yes.
- And we're John Glenn
High School Dance Team.
- Okay, and why Howie Mandel?
It is Howdie Mandel.
- It's dance.
I think it makes sense.
- Why?
- Oh, yeah.
Now it makes sense.
- Why him?
- We know he's not very fond
of dance teams,
so we're hoping we can
change his mind a little.
- Ah!
- I love you already.
- Will you also tell me
the age range?
- 14 to 19.
- 14 to 19, okay.
I wish you all good luck.
- Thank you, thank you.
- This is so weird.
This is so weird.
- ♪ Mr. Worldwide
to infinity ♪
♪ You know the roof on fire ♪
♪ We gon' boogie-oogie-oogie,
jiggle, wiggle, and dance ♪
♪ Like the roof on fire ♪
♪ We gon' drink drinks and
take shots until we fall out ♪
♪ Like the roof on fire ♪
♪ Now, baby,
give a booty naked ♪
♪ Take off all your clothes
and light the roof on fire ♪
♪ Tell her, tell her, baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, I'm on fire ♪
♪ I tell her, baby, baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
- Ahh!
♪ Ooh, fireball ♪
♪ It feels good to see
the world getting loose ♪
♪ Mr. Worldwide,
feels good to see ♪
♪ The world getting loose,
let's ride ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Sak Noel ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Phenom ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
White Shadow ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I'm two plus two,
I'm fo' sho ♪
♪ You down, I'm down,
baby, let's go ♪
♪ You stop, you drop,
baby, then roll ♪
♪ You twerk, you pop,
booty so swole ♪
- This is amazing!
- ♪ So live life,
don't let it live you ♪
- ♪ I got a pocket full ♪
♪ Of hundred dollar bills ♪
♪ Ooh, up to something ♪
- Look at me.
I'm amazing.
- You are amazing!
- ♪ All right ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, I don't know
about you, but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Sak Noel ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
Phenom ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
White Shadow ♪
♪ I don't know about you,
but I feel good ♪
- It's perfect!
- I was great.
That was amazing.
That was amazing.
Oh, my God.
I've spent many hours
in a fun house alone dancing
and looking
at all of my reflections.
And this... and I have fun...
Listen, it's fun.
It's funny.
The skill was there.
I can't get enough of me.
This was amazing.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Simon.
- I would be really curious
to see where this could go
in the next round.
- Simon, were you upset
that they were
not trying to be you?
- That could always happen
if you go forward, right?
- Yeah, we got something
planned for the next round.
- You know, step up
as you go forward.
And that, I think,
could be a step up.
- Uh-huh.
- Sofía.
- Well, I loved the music.
I love your energy.
I had a lot of fun watching it.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- So I'm gonna start it
with your first yes.
Sofía.
- I'm gonna say yes.
- Yes!
- Thank you.
- Simon.
- Thank you.
- I'm gonna say yes.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- And I'm gonna tell you,
you have four yeses!
Let's dance!
- They got it!
They got it!
Get up here, Howie!
Go up there.
- Hit the music!
- Music, please.
- Let's dance!
- Howie!
- ♪ Mr. Worldwide
to infinity ♪
♪ You know the roof on fire ♪
♪ We gon' boogie-oogie-oogie,
jiggle, wiggle, and dance ♪
♪ Like the roof on fire ♪
♪ Tell her, tell her baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, baby,
I'm on fire ♪
I tell her baby, baby, baby,
baby, baby, baby, baby ♪
♪ Baby, baby, I'm on fireball ♪
- It's me and everyone else.
- Howie, come back!
♪ Ooh, fireball ♪
- Let's keep it moving.
One minute, one minute.
- All right, here we go, gang.
- ♪ La la la la la la ♪
- You guys are gonna stand up
and go audition.
- Keep up the pace.
Keep up the pace.
- Clear the way.
Hot points coming through.
- This is the opportunity.
So once you get in,
show them your thing.
- Aim for the sky.
Just be you.
Forget the rest.
- Do you think you have
what it takes to win?
- Yes.
- Definitely.
- Do me a favor.
Don't look at me
while I'm standing
with Terry because I'm
probably gonna be
an absolute blubbering mess.
- Make sure the buzzers are
turned back up again,
Jason, please.
- Here we go.
Turn up the buzzers, please.
- Dad.
- Terry, thanks, bro.
- You can stand with me...
- All right, great.
- Back off to the side.
- Thank you.
- And we'll make it happen.
Go right out on there.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you, come on.
- Hello.
Good evening.
What is your name?
- Um...
My name's Amanda.
- Hi, Amanda.
And how old are you, Amanda?
- Um...
Uh...
I'm 19 years old.
- Where are you from?
- I'm from Connecticut.
- Okay, and what are you
gonna be doing for us tonight?
- As you could probably tell,
I have a bit of a...
Speech impediment.
And it was definitely something
that caused me to...
To shy away and to hide.
But I found that I...
That I don't stutter...
When I sing.
- Oh, wow.
Is it going
to be a song we know?
Is it an original?
- I will be singing a song
that I wrote.
And it's just about some
hard times.
And if I could go back and...
Change those things, I wouldn't
because they made me me.
- Wow.
Well, I cannot wait to hear.
Good luck.
I hope she's good.
- Come on.
- Uh-oh.
- It's okay.
- ♪ I still remember that kid
afraid to open the door ♪
♪ And now she's grown ♪
♪ And she doesn't keep
that fear anymore ♪
♪ It was kept in a box,
and then locked ♪
♪ She held the key ♪
♪ But now the box is locked ♪
♪ And the key is nowhere
to be seen ♪
- Oh, my gosh.
- ♪ But what if I ♪
♪ Could go back in time ♪
♪ And change the way ♪
♪ I felt about my life? ♪
♪ Oh, but then would I ♪
♪ Still have inside ♪
♪ Everything ♪
♪ That brought me
back to life? ♪
♪ I still remember that kid
wanting to be more ♪
♪ But now she knows
that she's worth more ♪
♪ Than what she's been told ♪
♪ She tried her best to be best
and just forget the rest ♪
♪ But the rest is her best,
and it's what you get ♪
♪ So just let go ♪
♪ But what if I could
go back in time ♪
♪ And change the way
I felt about my life? ♪
♪ Oh, but then would
I still have inside ♪
♪ Everything
that brought me to life? ♪
- Oh, my God!
That's incredible!
- I see you're really emotional.
What are you thinking?
- It's just crazy.
I couldn't...
There were times when I was
a kid where I was like...
"I can never do
anything like this.
Like, I'm not good enough."
- You are good enough!
- Yes!
- Good enough doesn't explain
what we just heard.
It's not only good, it's great.
And look how you're moving
this audience.
And I believe you're
moving millions of people
right now at home.
I just want to say thank you.
What did you think, Heidi?
- You have a really,
really beautiful voice.
I love your voice.
There's a fire inside of you,
and I want to see more of it.
- I loved it.
I thought it was so authentic.
Thank you for having the guts
to follow your heart.
- Thank you.
- Amazing, Amanda.
I mean, come on.
I mean, look, it's... I mean,
you spoke to us very honestly
about the issues
you have with your speech.
And it's terrifying auditioning
when you don't have
an issue like that.
And then you were amazing.
I mean, your voice is so pure,
so beautiful.
And also,
you're a good songwriter.
And I think you're
an incredible person.
I'm so happy you came here.
- That's Simon.
That's Simon Cowell.
- Oh, my God.
- I would love to give you
your first yes.
- ♪ Every single wish she made ♪
♪ From shooting stars
to birthday cakes ♪
- Sofía.
- Of course, yes.
- It's a definite yes.
- Tonight, you eloquently spoke
to all of us,
and that's why you are
going away with four yeses.
- ♪ Why don't
we start from here? ♪
- Bravo!
- ♪ Why don't we start
from here? ♪
- Whoo!
- ♪ Ooh ♪
- Hi.
- ♪ She caught a falling leaf
and held it in her palms ♪
♪ And waited
for the sun to shine ♪
- We do meet amazing people
on this show, don't we?
- Yeah.
- You are now out there
for the world.
Thank you.
Thank you, Amanda.
- Coming up...
- Tell me why you've decided
to come on the American show.
- "Britain's Got Talent"
would only let us dance around
with ice in our pants.
We create sports
with a bit of a twist.
- Do not try this at home!
- "AGT," yes, let's go!
- ♪ When I wake up,
well, I know I'm gonna be ♪
- Right this way
to your audition.
- ♪ The man who wakes up
next to you ♪
- ♪ But I would walk 500 miles ♪
- It's pretty exciting.
U.S. is so different
to New Zealand.
- I'm from Brazil.
- You're from Brazil?
- Yeah.
- Did you fly out here for this?
- Yep.
- ♪ Who's coming home with you ♪
♪ But I would walk 500 miles ♪
- Oh no, what is going on?
- ♪ 500 more just
to be the man ♪
♪ 5,000 miles to fall ♪
♪ At your door, da-da-da-da ♪
♪ Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da ♪
- It's clever but pointless.
- Thank you.
That's four nos.
- ♪ Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da ♪
- California fresh.
Of course you're from LA, right?
- No.
- Where are you from?
- From London, in England.
- What's the name of your act?
- We're called
the Lazy Generation.
- The Lazy Generation.
What does that mean?
- It means that we... our kind
of approach to life is,
like, we don't want
to do normal stuff.
- And what's your day jobs?
- We work over at the airport.
But we'd love
to do this full-time.
- Let's wrestle, Sofía.
- I'm ready to see some sports.
I'm ready to see some stunts.
- Yeah.
- I'm ready to see
some sandals flying.
- Whoo!
- Come on, baby, let's go!
- ♪ And I would walk 500 more ♪
- Oh, my word.
- ♪ Be the man who walked
1,000 miles to fall down ♪
- Well, you've made the effort,
haven't you?
How are you?
- Very well, thank you.
- Good, who are you, please?
- We're called
The Lazy Generation,
and we're a group of athletes.
We create sports
with a bit of a twist.
We're from London, in England.
- I was just about to say.
You're British!
So you've flown in
from London to do this.
- Yeah.
- How was the flight?
- Long.
- Yeah, it is.
And tell me why you've decided
to come on the American show.
- Truthfully,
because "Britain's Got Talent"
would only let us dance around
with ice in our pants.
Okay, so you didn't want
to do that.
- No.
- So that's why
you came to America.
- Exactly.
- Got it.
- It's more classy here?
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Understood.
Okay, right.
So I'm not gonna ask you
any more questions.
Good luck.
- Warm up first.
- Covering themselves.
- Are you boys ready?
Is everyone else ready?
- Shimmy, shimmy up,
shimmy up, boys.
Ahh!
- Oh!
- Oh.
What the...
- And for the next event!
Some say, it's the most wild,
the most crazy, the most insane,
a pillow fight.
- To spice things up
a little bit,
hot pepper spray.
- Ahh!
- Ahh!
- Ahh!
- Ahh!
- And tacks.
One, two, three.
- Do not try this home!
- Those are little tacks.
Whoa.
- What is that?
- Mate!
- They have thumbtacks
in their feet.
- Oh, my God!
- Yes.
- Do you need help?
- Ay, Dios.
- Oh, my God,
they're stuck right in... look,
it's right in his knee.
- Ah!
- Howie.
- This is the English version
of "Jackass."
- Yeah.
- You know?
And I'm a big fan of "Jackass."
- Heidi.
- It was such a hot mess
that it was kind of good
at the same time.
Like, it was so bad
that it was good.
- I didn't know
what was going on.
- But you were laughing,
were you not?
- No, I was not!
I knew that it was a mess
and that
they were hurting themselves.
- That was the British
equivalent of the ballet.
It was different.
There is an audience...
Trust me...
Who like this kind of thing,
and I am one of them.
And look, they've come
a long way to entertain you.
Anyway, we're going to vote.
Let's start with Howie.
- I love it, so I'm giving you
your first yes.
- Heidi.
- It was entertaining,
and I want to know
if this can get even worse,
so I'm gonna give you
your second yes.
Why not?
- Sofía.
- You all seem very nice
and handsome,
but I already made my decision.
- I think sometimes
you've gotta listen
to the audience.
- I think that's unanimous.
That is three yeses.
Thank you very much.
- ♪ I would walk 500 miles ♪
♪ And I would walk 500 more ♪
♪ Just to be the man
who walked 1,000 miles ♪
- That was brilliant.
- ♪ Fall down at your door ♪
- You're going
to the next round!
- Coming up...
- We don't have
anyone like this.
- Are you ready to keep
the show going?
Can you feel that "America's
Got Talent" energy right now?
Season 17, y'all!
- Terry, I have a gift
for Heidi.
- Oh, you do?
- Yeah, here, look.
- Okay.
- I just,
it's one of these things,
so you don't have
to do that anymore.
- Fabulous.
- Hi, Heidi.
- Oh, my God!
That's what you look like!
- Am I clear?
- I love it.
- You're welcome.
- Well, let's
keep it going, y'all!
Let's do this!
- Ready for the stage?
- We are ready to go.
Really?
- How are we gonna see
this thing?
- ♪ I can tell you
all about it ♪
- Welcome.
- Hi.
- Who are you?
- My name is Professor Murat.
- Professor,
what are you doing tonight?
- I am doing a flea circus.
- Okay, so I think
we're ready for this.
I can't wait.
- Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
It's the Flea Circus Show.
- Oh, my God, here they are.
- Where?
- You see them?
- Yes!
- Focus your attention now
to the high dive.
As Max climbs the ladder.
He's putting on
his bathing cap now.
Max, are you ready?
- Come on, you can do it!
- Here we go.
Count of three, one!
- One!
- Two!
- Two!
- Three!
- Three!
- And he made it.
Oh!
- I think one of them got loose.
- It's a no.
Nice to meet you, thank you.
- Yeah.
- They can't see anything
is the problem.
- No one liked that.
Don't lie.
- Oh.
- What?
- Yeah!
- Ah, oh, my God!
You have nice legs.
- Thank you.
- It looked like you guys were
more fighting than dancing.
- Yeah.
- I'm saying no
to the three of you.
Thank you.
- My God.
- ♪ Shining star
for you to see ♪
♪ What your life can truly be ♪
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Aww.
- Hello.
What's your name?
- My name is Yu Ho-Jin,
and I'm from South Korea.
- So you live in Korea now?
- Yeah, I came from Seoul.
- Wow.
- Oh, wow.
- How old are you?
- I'm 29 years old.
- What made you come here?
Like,
why "America's Got Talent"?
- Well, I have been to Army
for the last two years.
And then I was thinking
what I really want
to do in the future,
and I want the world know me
and remember my name.
- Aww.
- Wow.
- Good answer.
- I love that.
Now, I'm just guessing,
because I see
you have something behind you,
is magic your thing?
- Yeah.
- How long have you been
doing magic?
- I started magic
since when I was eight.
- Are you parents
supportive of that?
- Ooh, actually...
- That's a no.
- Yeah.
- My daddy didn't like
I do magic.
- Aww.
- I was doing magic
secretly in bathroom.
- Do they know you're here
tonight doing this?
- Yeah, so my daddy,
after five years,
he found out my passion
of magic,
and he asked me,
"Hey, if I accept you do magic,
can you be the best?"
And I said, "Yeah."
- Wow, wow.
- So that's why I'm here.
- Well, welcome to our bathroom.
- Thank you so much.
- Good luck.
- So cute.
- ♪ You've got the words
to change a nation ♪
♪ But you're
biting your tongue ♪
♪ You've spent a lifetime
stuck in silence ♪
♪ Afraid you'll
say something wrong ♪
♪ If no one ever hears it ♪
♪ How we gonna learn
your song? ♪
♪ So come on, come on ♪
♪ I wanna sing ♪
♪ I wanna shout ♪
♪ I wanna scream
till the words dry out ♪
♪ So put it
in all of the papers ♪
♪ I'm not afraid ♪
♪ They can read all about it ♪
♪ Read all about it ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Yeah, we're all wonderful ♪
♪ Wonderful people ♪
♪ So when did we all
get so fearful? ♪
- Whoo!
That's amazing, right?
- Beautiful.
- Beautiful.
- ♪ Just take a chance ♪
♪ Come help me sing this ♪
♪ I wanna sing ♪
♪ I wanna shout ♪
♪ I wanna scream
till the words dry out ♪
♪ So put it in all
of the papers ♪
♪ I'm not afraid ♪
♪ They can read all about it ♪
♪ Read all about it ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- Wow.
- Bravo, bravo!
- ♪ Been following signs
on the road ♪
♪ Pretendin'
to know where to go ♪
♪ Now were bending
and breaking the mold ♪
♪ Searching for hope ♪
- This was one of the most
original, beautiful...
- Beautiful.
- Graceful...
- Yeah.
- Magical acts
I have ever seen in my life.
- Thank you.
- I thought it was mesmerizing.
I loved it.
- Thank you so much.
- Normally, you know,
when you have a magician,
they go, like, razzle, dazzle,
and pah, here it is.
And yours was very calm.
I loved it.
- Thank you.
- Am I missing something?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- What do you mean yes?
- I agree, I agree.
- You know what, Yu,
I love the fact
that you have come over
all this way to be on our show.
I mean, honestly, that, for me,
is a massive big deal.
However, I genuinely
thought an ostrich
was gonna appear at the end,
or something...
Something huge.
And it didn't.
And I'm really upset,
because I'm probably looking
really stupid right now,
aren't I?
- Yes.
- For me, the real magic
is people's imagination.
- Exactly.
- Okay, look,
I don't mind being stupid.
I've got to go with what I saw,
and I'm gonna say no.
- Oh, come on.
- What?
- Sofía.
- Yes, of course, yes.
- Thank you.
- For me, it's gonna be a yes.
- Thank you.
- I will make
your third yes appear.
- Thank you very much.
- ♪ Best is yet to come ♪
♪ Best is yet to come ♪
- Did anyone agree with me?
- No.
- Well, look, it could
have been a big bird.
- ♪ Best is yet to come ♪
- You can tighten them
a little in the back.
- So, what of me is showing?
Just, like, here up?
- And... sorry,
what was the question?
Slim Shady!
- Well, how are you?
- Well.
- Good, how are you?
- Good.
- Welcome.
Where are you from?
Mississippi.
- And you're a group?
- Yes.
Our name is Chapel Hart.
- Okay.
And what does that mean?
- We grew up in a small
community called Harts Chapel.
It's the name... it's named
after our family
'cause there's way
too many of us.
- Okay, so how do you
know each other?
- So Danica and I are sisters,
and Trea is our first cousin.
- And 'cause I used to love
American girl bands, you know,
from around about the '90s.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yes, the best era!
- You want to bring that back?
- Yes!
I hope so.
And tell me where you see
yourselves in five years' time
if you do well on this show.
- World domination.
- World domination.
I like that.
Okay.
Who is the biggest diva?
- Danica.
- Okay.
- There is no question.
- No hesitation on that one.
- She's the most dramatic.
- Yeah.
- Oh, yeah, well, you've gotta
have a diva in a group.
You have to.
So tell me what you're gonna
sing and why you chose it.
- So we're gonna sing...
It's an original song.
It's called "You Can
Have Him, Jolene."
And we've always been
country music fans,
and Dolly is
by far our favorite.
- Dolly for President!
- Dolly for President, y'all.
- Yes.
- We were so inspired
by the song "Jolene,"
and we just love the storyline.
And we figured, though,
from 1973 to 2022,
we could not still be
fighting over the same man.
- Uh-uh.
- Absolutely not.
- So we decided to tell her,
"You can just have
him, Jolene."
- I like that.
- I love that.
Okay, well look,
two, three minutes
literally can change
your lives on this show.
Let's see what's gonna happen.
- I like them already.
- ♪ Well, since the last song ♪
♪ I've had time
to think it over ♪
♪ A lot of tears,
a lot of beer, a lot of wine ♪
- ♪ I spent
so much time believing ♪
♪ That that midnight
phone'd stop ringing ♪
♪ But he'd leave the room
and answer every time ♪
♪ Well, it didn't seem so easy ♪
♪ With that broken glass
in pieces ♪
♪ You holding me
and saying you were wrong ♪
♪ Well, I'm tired
of second chances ♪
♪ These sad, sad circumstances ♪
♪ He's your problem,
good luck keeping him home ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene,
you can have him ♪
♪ 'Cause he don't mean
much to me ♪
- ♪ Well, I've cried so much
two rivers turned to seas ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene, when you
think that he's in love ♪
♪ He'll surely leave ♪
- ♪ Like he did me ♪
♪ Well, you can
have him, Jolene ♪
- Somebody get
out your seat tonight!
- Crowd's on their feet!
- ♪ And those wedding bells
stop ringing ♪
♪ I took my keys
and threw them at his door ♪
♪ 'Cause I found a man
who loves me ♪
♪ And who'll give me
all I need ♪
♪ What woman could ask
for any more? ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene,
you can have him ♪
♪ 'Cause he don't mean
much to me ♪
- ♪ Well, I've cried so much
two rivers turned to seas ♪
♪ Oh, Jolene,
when you think ♪
♪ That he's in love,
he'll surely leave ♪
- ♪ Like he did me ♪
♪ You can have him,
Jolene ♪
♪ You can have him ♪
- ♪ Jolene ♪
Yeah!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my God.
Golden Buzzer, Golden Buzzer!
- The energy in here is amazing.
- Trust me, I needed you today.
I mean, that was fantastic.
- Amazing.
- I love you.
And I loved the choreography
going on around you.
I mean, it was just brilliant.
Let me ask you a question.
Have you been trying
to get a record deal,
or a big break, or...
I mean, tell me.
- We've been trying
to break into Nashville
for the last couple years,
but it's been kind of hard,
when I think country music
doesn't always look like us.
And so...
- You know what we've gotta
do sometimes?
You've just got
to break down that door.
And you may have
just broken down the door
with that performance, trust me.
Howie, I was looking
at your face.
You were loving it.
- First of all, I believe
you broke down the door.
I loved the song.
I love the energy.
I love the look.
You say country music
doesn't look like you.
That is your win because you
are going to be the original.
- Heidi.
- Your joy is infectious.
And everything
that you're giving, like,
it's received over here.
And I loved it.
- Sofía.
- Everything was perfect.
The song, the energy.
You guys look like you've been
doing this for a long time,
and I'm so proud of you guys.
- ♪ Here I am,
I'm reaching out ♪
- You know what?
Trust me, if I hadn't used
my Golden Buzzer,
I would give you
a Golden Buzzer.
- Me too.
- You can give it a try,
if you want.
Golden Buzzer, Golden Buzzer!
- I have an idea.
Do you like them?
- Huh?
- Do you like them?
- I like them, yes.
- I think
they're totally unique.
We haven't seen a girl group
like this in a long time.
- We don't have
anyone like this.
- I like them.
- This is really special.
- I like them.
- Really special.
- Okay, all right.
Let's do it.
- Five, four, three, two, one.
- ♪ Here I am, here I am ♪
♪ Here I am ♪
- Chapel Hart, you have
just received
a group Golden Buzzer!
You are going straight
to the live show!
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- ♪ Oh, here I am ♪
- Thank you so much.
Oh, my God.
- Loved that.
My God, we needed you.
- ♪ Oh, here I am ♪
- Thank you.
- I love you.
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- You guys are amazing.
- ♪ Here I am, here I am ♪
- One more time for Chapel Hart!
- ♪ Here I am ♪
- Follow your dream.
- Yes!
- It doesn't matter
how crazy they are,
how outlandish it is.
If they say that's not
a real job,
you just show them that it is.
- There are little girls
in Poplarville, Mississippi...
- Yes, yes.
- Who think
that this isn't possible.
- Yes.
- But we're doing it, you know?
Ahh!
- Yes, oh, my God!
Oh!
Gold Buzzer,
Gold Buzzer, Gold Buzzer.