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[car horns honking]

- One, two, three!

[Wilson Pickett's "Land of 1,000 Dances"]

* One, two, three *

- I think the show this year...

Hello, everyone.

Is the best for a long time.

- Oh!

- Good luck.

The variety of acts...

Hello.

The genuine talent...

- No, you look good.

- Literally is explosive.

I can feel it. Even Sofía felt it.

all: Three, two, one! - Don't breathe.

- Don't put your head down. [all exclaiming]

- OK. I'm done.

- OK. Here we go, guys. Clearing stage.

- * Na-na-na na-na-na *

- Nice to see you. Oh, look at you guys.

You all look great. How y'all doing?

- Where are y'all from?

- Detroit! Oh! You know I'm from Flint?

- What? - Born and raised, boy.

Good to see you guys. - That's cool, man.

Old Terry Crews, man.

[upbeat funky music]

- Three minutes.

- How are you? Hello.

- We're ready for Terry. - Here we go.

- How are you? Nice to meet you.

How are you? - Back off, Sofía.

[laughter] - Just for a little while.

- * Na-na-na-na *

* Come on, y'all, let's say it one more time *

* Na na-na-na-na *

- You look amazing. Look at you.

- Thank you. - I like the whole look.

all: Thank you.

- OK. Let's go.

- * Come on, y'all, let's say it one more time *

* Na na-na-na-na

- Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome your host, Terry Crews!

* *

- * Long, tall Sally *

* *

- Are you ready to meet your judges?

Ready to get this started?

Let's go, y'all!

* *

- Get in your chair.

- Oh, my God.

- Oh!

- Yeah, boy.

- And you from Detroit. - Yeah.

- So what does it mean for you guys

to be here on "AGT" right now?

- OK. Here we go, guys. Clear the stage.

- The Funkateers first formed in 1980.

- We did a lot of theaters, outside summer concerts.

So we kind of just put it to the side for a moment.

[upbeat music]

- I was in sales for 30 years.

- I'm in financial services.

- I did maintenance maybe 20 years.

- Right now, I'm a contractor with Homeland Security.

- Let's hear it, ladies and gentlemen.

That's when we came up with this idea.

Let's give "America's Got Talent" a shot.

- Grab your seats, please. Here we go.

- All right. It's time, baby. Come on.

Funkateers, let's get it.

Come on in here. Let's do it.

The beat, on three. One, two, three.

all: The beat!

- Ah!

Go out there and make it happen, guys.

- All right, here we go.

* *

- Here we go.

- Hello again.

all: Hello.

- We had a little chat backstage,

got to know each other.

So tell us all about you, the name of the group.

We want to hear everything.

- Simon, we are the Funkateers. - OK.

We've been together for 45 years.

Yes, yes.

- 45 years? - Yes.

- 45 years.

- It started--

we got together to win our high school talent show.

all: Aw.

- So of course, to get all the girls' attention.

- Yeah!

- And we won the talent show.

- You won? - We won.

- OK. Is this what you do full-time?

- The last time we performed was 1989 at my wedding.

- Aw.

- And my beautiful bride is out there somewhere.

- Wow.

- There she is. - [laughs]

- Well, this is exciting. And do you think you can win?

- We know we can win. - Oh, OK.

- Well, we're dying to see you, so best of luck.

- Amen. Thank you.

- They're such nice people. I met them.

They're really, really nice people.

- Oh, Jesus. - Here we go, here we go.

- Come on. - Yes.

[Rick James' "Give It To Me Baby" playing]

[energetic funky music]

* *

- Oh!

- Look what they're doing!

* *

- * When I came home last night *

* *

* You wouldn't make love to me *

* I said I just wanna love you *

* I just want to love you, baby *

* Guess that's why I'm so elated *

* Come on, girl, give it to me, baby *

* Give it to me, baby *

* *

* Give it to me, baby *

- Oh!

- * I betcha *

* I'll make you holler you had enough *

* Give it to me *

* Give me that stuff, that funk, that sweet *

* That funky stuff *

* Give it to me, give me get stuff *

* That funk, that sweet, that funky stuff *

* Give it to me, give it to me *

* Give it to me, give it to me, give me that stuff *

* That sweet, funky stuff *

* Yo... *

* Ho, ow! *

* *

* *

- * Give it to me, give it to me *

* Give it to me, give it to me, give me that stuff *

* That sweet, funky stuff *

* Yo... *

* Ho! Ow! *

- Oh, my God! - [laughs]

- That's it.

I'm going to call Simon right now.

- Bravo!

[soft dramatic music]

* *

- Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

Sofía?

- I mean, I love it when we start the day with a--

with an act that it's perfect.

- Thank you, thank you.

- You guys are what "AGT" is all about.

I mean, you guys look great, you have a beautiful story,

and you actually did what you were supposed to do.

I loved it.

- Thank you, thank you.

* *

- I got to tell you something.

As good as they were,

and they probably were this good in high school,

it's better that you did it now at this age.

It makes it even better.

- Thank you, thank you.

* *

- OK.

I think, uh--

[Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"]

- No! No!

- Hey.

- * No river wide enough *

- Listen.

- * To keep me from you *

- You are my Golden Buzzer.

I've got you!

- [low-pitched] No! - * To keep me from you *

* Ain't no mountain high enough *

* Nothing can keep me *

- Sorry.

- These are my people!

- [vocalizing]

- I was going to do it. - You were going to?

- Yes.

- [vocalizing]

* *

- And hang on a second.

Hang on a second.

I was going to say this.

There are--

sometimes people say, what is the perfect audition?

And it's like, well, it's something surprising,

and it just makes you feel amazing.

- [laughs]

- I'm not making this up.

I was literally about to do that.

And then in the corner of my eye, I saw you.

I hated you and loved you at the same time.

- I had to. I had to, Simon.

Listen. It was too amazing.

First of all, it shows that age ain't nothing but a number.

- But a number!

* *

- Right?

- I love you guys.

One more time for the Funkateers.

- * Ain't no mountain high enough *

* Nothing can keep me, keep me from you *

- I swear I was going to do it.

I really was.

- We appreciate you, man. Thank you so much.

- This is honestly one of my favorite ever.

- Thanks. - Ever.

- Sorry, Simon. I had to do it.

Man, oh, hey!

[people chanting indistinctly]

* *

- * Ain't no mountain high enough *

* Ain't no valley low enough *

* Ain't no river wide enough *

* Can keep me from you, babe *

* Ain't no mountain high enough *

[cheers and applause]

- I think everyone's gone nuts.

- Meow, meow, meow.

Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.

[dramatic music]

- Come on, baby!

I love you!

- [bleep].

- Three, two, one.

- Wait, wait, wait.

- I'm guessing you are a couple.

- No. We was a couple.

- What? - But why?

- She's asking because she's single now too.

- This is when I love my job.

- One more time,

give it up for the Funkateer dancers.

- * Took the long way down *

- * Only felt like the other day *

- Appreciate it.

Hi. Come here.

- Oh! [laughs] - Nice to see you.

- How are you? - How you been?

- You OK? Good, thank you.

- My Golden Buzzer. - Oh.

- [laughs] - Ooh.

- He came up behind me and stole my Golden Buzzer.

- * Keep on moving *

* Don't slow down now *

* Don't look back *

* And onto something new *

- Let's go. - OK, gang. We're walking.

* *

- Three, two, one.

* *

- * Onto something new *

* *

- * Onto something new *

- Hi. What's your name?

- My name is Chase Varnes.

- And how old are you, Chase?

- I'm 13 years old. - 13 years old. Wow.

Who you here with?

- My mom and my dad, and got family and friends in the back.

[chuckles]

- Wow.

- Whoa. - OK.

- Tell me a little bit about yourself.

- Um, well, I'm 13 years old. I live on a farm.

- Are you involved in the farming?

- Not much. No.

- OK.

- Yeah, so I've been drumming since I was four.

- Yeah?

- And recently, about two years ago,

I taught myself how to play guitar.

- Oh, wow. - Fantastic.

- OK.

- I love the fact he taught himself.

- And what is the dream?

- [sighs] OK.

The dream is to play on a world stage and make people happy.

- Wow. - Wow.

- Wow.

- Are you nervous?

- Yeah, for sure.

- Good luck, young man.

- Thank you. I appreciate it.

- You got this, Chase!

- That's good. Thank you.

- He looks like a pop star. - Yeah.

- Look at him. - Mm-hmm.

- Yeah!

[mellow pop music playing]

* *

- * I wish I could say *

* I love you *

* *

* I wish I could say it *

* Face to face *

* *

* And just because I didn't meet you *

* *

- That's great.

- * Doesn't mean I don't miss you *

* Oh *

- Sorry.

OK, OK.

I hate to do this.

Um, I didn't love the song.

[audience booing]

However, I like you.

Have you got another song?

- I do. - OK.

- You got this.

[upbeat guitar playing]

* *

- * It hit like a train *

* Ran out of words *

* I've got nothing to say *

* Everything hurts *

* And love leads to pain *

* But memories serve our sweetest refrain *

[vocalizing]

* And the waves came tumbling down *

* *

* I'm so afraid *

* I need you now *

* So tell me how *

* My life goes on *

* Now when you're gone *

* I suppose I sink like a stone *

* If you leave me now *

* Oh, the storms will roll *

* As they come and go *

* Then life goes on *

* *

* Life goes on *

- Wow.

[Will Linley's "Cinematic"]

* *

- * Saw you looking at me * - Wow.

You know, you remind me of a young Justin Bieber.

- * Sitting on the concrete *

- Wow, yes.

- Sofía.

- I mean, I know it's nerve-wracking

to be on this stage, but I thought that it was better,

the second song.

Simon always knows how to stop it and make it better.

I think the girls are going to go crazy with it.

- * What if it's midnight driving *

- Thank you so much.

- I mean, Chase, you're 13, right?

- Yes. - You were great.

You're a diamond in the rough. You have so much potential.

But I can see your nervousness.

You're not quite there yet for me.

[audience booing]

- * And you read my hand *

* Doing that just to pull me in, yeah *

- Let me start voting.

It's a yes.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, I'm going to give you your second yes.

- Thank you. Thank you so much.

- All you need is three.

- * I wanna watch how it happens *

- I think give yourself another year,

then come back when you're more confident.

- Oh, Mel!

- I have to say no. I'm sorry.

[audience booing]

- Simon, what do you think?

* *

- * One last word *

* Telling me this could hurt *

* Maybe we *

- Sometimes we have people on your age,

and I'm kind of like, OK.

I'll be sort of nicer because you're young.

* *

You, I actually do believe that you have something.

- Thanks.

- I can tell how much you love music,

so you've got everything going for you, right?

And the audience loved you.

- Thank you.

Thank you, thanks.

* *

- Which is why you're going to get three yeses.

- Three yeses. - Thank you so much.

Thank you, guys.

- * What if it's heart rates rising *

- Thank you.

- * These things never happen to me *

* What if it's hypnotizing *

* What if we just can't hide it *

* Watch how it happens *

- * I wanna watch how it happens *

- Audience, are we ready for our next act?

- Oh, let's go!

- Ooh.

- * I look around and Sin City's cold and empty *

- * When you're gone *

- Who are you, please?

- My name's Calen Chan.

- What is the ultimate dream?

- To become the world's best parkour athlete.

- Good luck.

[cheers and applause]

* *

- Cactus!

* *

- On this show, you have, like, a few seconds

to grab everybody's attention.

There was no danger for me, and I found it quite boring.

- "America's Got Talent" is super tough.

It's, like, kind of mind-blowing to be here,

but I think I bring something different to the table.

- Music and rap was the soundtrack of my life,

kind of took me out of the projects

and gave me inspiration that one day,

I can get out of here

and I can change my environment.

My mom always said, it's not where you come from.

It's where you're going to.

So I always kind of kept that in my mind.

- All right, here we go again.

[cheers and applause]

* *

- Hi.

What's your name, and where are you from?

- My name is Moshow,

born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland,

and I'm a rapper.

I'm here at "America's Got Talent"

to show my music to the world.

- OK.

You know, if you win it, you get a million dollars.

You're here to win, right?

- Yeah.

[cheers and applause]

- Is there anything that we should know

about you before you start?

- Yes.

I consider myself the ultimate cat dad.

- Cat dad? - Yeah.

- So as in you have lots of cats?

- Yeah. I have five cats.

- Wow. - Wow.

The stage is yours.

- OK. - Good luck.

- All right.

Any cat people in the house tonight?

This is for us. [cheers and applause]

All right.

- I'm a dog guy.

- Let's hit it.

What up, "AGT"?

Happy 20th anniversary.

This is the cat anthem.

This is a sing-along. Y'all ready?

Let's go.

* It goes, meow, meow, meow, meow *

[buzzer blares]

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Come on *

all: * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- * OK, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Come on *

all: * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- * Yeah, check it *

* Look, look *

* Your kitty ain't cool like this *

* If you don't like cats, gonna make us hiss, unh *

* Meow, now you're speaking my language *

* We some wild cats *

* No, you cannot tame this *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Come on *

all: * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- * Yeah *

* Cat people, look *

* Looking for my cats *

* I ain't seen them in a minute *

* They probably took a nap *

* 'Cause the cat treats finished *

* Look, I'm on the grind *

* Cats all be mine *

* Cat people, stand up *

* Our time, we shine *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Cat people *

all: * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- * Yeah *

* Yeah, come on *

* It goes, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Come on *

all: * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- * Yeah *

* Meow, meow *

Appreciate you.

[cheers and applause]

- Wow.

- Actually, I'm going to be singing

this song for the whole day and night today.

* It's like, meow, meow *

- Oh, my God.

Clearly, I am the only sane one on this table.

I have cats and I have rottweilers.

I'm an animal lover, but I didn't like the song.

- OK. [audience booing]

- The truth is, it was not terrible.

- OK. - But for season 20,

you got to be better than not terrible to go on.

- OK.

[audience booing] - Boo, bad Howie.

- Come on!

- OK, well, look, we're going to vote.

Sofía?

- I'm going to say yes. I liked it.

[cheers and applause]

- I'm going to say no.

I'm so sorry.

[audience booing] Keep doing what you're doing.

I'm going to say no.

- Thank you.

[audience chanting indistinctly]

[cheers and applause]

- I'm going to say no because I don't think

it was worthy of going on. [audience booing]

- Boo, Howie!

- Thank you very much.

Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

- Big mistake.

- * Meow * both: * Meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow * - Oh, meow!

all: * Meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- You're all bonkers.

What are you thinking?

- Cat people around the world,

they know what I'm talking about.

And I want to say thank you for being

an inspiration for all of us.

- Thank you for being here. - Absolutely.

- All right.

Are you ready for another round?

Here we go.

[cheers and applause]

- There you go.

- Of course.

- * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

[cheers and applause]

- There you go. - Of course.

- More cats.

- * Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

* Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow *

- Surprise dancers? Surprise dancers?

- I'm very excited for this act.

- I'm not even going to look.

[performers meowing] - OK.

- Is this some kind of joke?

- And who are you?

- Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!

- Oh, again. - Whoo!

[cheers and applause]

- Do you have a name?

- Meow, meow, meow.

- No name. No name. OK.

- Is that all they say? - All right.

Are you hungry?

- Meow, meow, meow!

- Yes. - Whoo!

- OK.

I think everyone's gone nuts, and I'm happy.

All right, well, look, just do whatever you want.

- Yes. - And have fun.

- Meow, meow, meow, meow.

Meow, meow.

- [laughs] I love this.

[upbeat music]

* *

- [singing in Spanish]

* *

[cheers and applause]

[dramatic music]

* *

- You guys put on an amazing show,

and you're amazing dancers, and it's--

the whole look is great.

I loved it.

[cheers and applause]

- The outfits are funny,

the music was cute, and you guys are

really, really good dancers.

- Who is that? Is that--

- It's the choreographer.

- Hi!

[cheers and applause]

Hi!

- That's mommy cat.

- I am boss cat.

Yeah. - We love boss cat.

- OK.

Another boss cat. Mel?

- You all can really dance.

- Oh, my God.

Thank you.

But... - There can't be a but to this.

* *

- You're so annoying though.

The whole thing was annoying.

[audience booing]

- Meow. - You know what?

- Meow, meow. - Oh, my God.

The song's annoying.

The way that you dressed as cats...

- No, it's not. - Is not my thing.

[audience booing]

- I am actually shocked.

I thought that was genius.

One of my favorite dance acts this year.

It's brilliant.

[cheers and applause]

Let's vote.

Howie?

- Oh, definitely me-yes.

- Yes!

- Absolutely, yes.

- It's a definite no for me.

I'm so sorry.

- One no, two yeses.

You haven't got three yeses.

You've got 4,000 yeses.

- * I got the eye of the tiger *

* A fighter *

* Dancing through the fire *

- Thank you!

Thank you so much.

- * And you're gonna hear me roar *

* Louder, louder than a lion *

- Oh, God.

- * 'Cause I am a champion *

- Oh, my goodness. Oh!

Hey!

Yeah, Loco Pop!

- That was brilliant. I mean, seriously.

What is your problem?

- It's just too much.

It's really annoying.

- It would be boring without the catsuits.

- Are you ready to come back?

all: Yes!

- Are you ready to prove Mel B wrong?

all: Yes!

- Oh. - Wait.

- What is that?

- She's putting it on her hair.

- I hate that.

- What if it pulls the hair out?

* *

- [screams] - [screams]

- Sam.

- Moving my eyes across-- - Yeah.

- OK.

- Are you serious that you didn't like that?

- I didn't.

It got on my last nerve.

- I think you're losing your mind.

- You're losing your-- it's not me.

It's you, actually.

[upbeat music]

- I'm going to find the cats.

- Don't you dare.

The most annoying thing.

It was like that-- you know,

you put your fingers down a chalkboard.

- [laughs nervously]

- Meow, meow. Meow.

Seriously, one of my favorite dance acts the entire year.

[laughter, cheering]

I'll get you milk.

Thank you. - Thank you.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- I'm losing my mind.

* *

- Hello. Are you next?

And you guys a team? - We are.

- Oh, wow. What's your name?

- Tobias. And?

- I'm not going to ruin the surprise,

but I wanted to ask you,

how difficult is what you're about to do on stage?

- Butterflies are real.

I'm always nervous, but I use it as energy.

- Here we go.

Five seconds. - OK.

Are you guys ready to go meet the judges?

- No.

- No, no, no, no. Yes, yes. Say yes.

* *

- Good evening.

Who are you?

- I'm Vanessa.

- I'm Tobias.

- And we are Duo Soma.

- Where are you guys from?

- We're from Argentina.

- I'm guessing you are a couple.

- No, we are not a couple.

But we are-- we perform together.

- And what is the dream, to be in Vegas?

- Performing on stage, the biggest stage of the world,

like this.

So this is a dream come true.

[cheers and applause]

- I mean, he looks like he's ready.

Is this going to be dangerous?

- This is going to be dangerous, yes.

- Oh, no. Is it?

- I mean, I can't wait.

Please, go ahead.

[cheers and applause]

- Oh.

- Those poles, it's a balancing thing.

- Yeah.

[haunting pop music]

["California Dreamin'"]

* *

- * All the leaves are brown *

* And the sky is gray *

* I've been for a walk *

* On a winter's day *

- Whoa!

- Oh, God.

- * I'd be safe and warm *

- Wow.

- * If I was in LA *

- Ooh.

- * California dreaming *

* On such a winter's day *

- God. - Ah!

- * All the leaves are brown *

* And the sky is gray, yeah *

[upbeat music]

* I'd be safe and warm *

* If I was in LA, yeah *

* California dreaming *

* On such a winter's day *

* I stopped into a church *

* I passed along the way *

* California dreaming *

* On such a winter's day *

- What is that?

- She's putting it on her hair!

- By her hair. - Oh, no.

- * And the sky is gray *

- I hate that. I hate that.

- What if it pulls the hair out?

- * On a winter's day *

* If I didn't tell her *

* I had to leave today *

* Hey *

* California dreaming *

- What?

That's crazy!

- * California dreaming *

* On such a winter's day *

* On such a winter's day *

* On such a winter's day *

* Hey *

[cheers and applause]

[Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"]

* *

- * You know the bed feels warmer *

- Do not try this at home.

- Whoo!

- * You know I dream in color *

- That was amazing. I have to tell you the truth.

The hair thing, I hate when that happens.

But I kind of like--

- How often does that happen to you?

[laughter]

- But that was amazing.

I really loved it.

- * What doesn't kill you makes you stronger *

- When I see a duo, I'm amazed by the trust

you have to have for each other.

How long have you two been working together?

- We've been working together, like, eight years.

And this-- - And you're not a couple?

- We--we was a couple.

- What? - Go on.

- We break up, but--

- How long ago you break up?

- [chuckles] Well--

- She's asking because she's single now too.

[laughter]

- That doesn't have to do with anything.

- We broke up five years ago,

but we are just doing this,

and this is our dream, so we can't stop.

- * What doesn't kill you makes you stronger *

* Stand a little taller *

- What's amazing about this act,

it's very dangerous, it's incredibly difficult,

and you've got amazing showmanship,

both of you, as well.

- Thank you.

- You see, maybe we're on a different show,

but I didn't think you had enough showmanship,

because what you did was really,

actually quite frightening.

[audience booing]

- Are you kidding me?

- It was scary.

I just wanted more drama

and more synchronicity between you both.

- But didn't you see her?

- Yeah, that bit was scary.

That was the thing that made me go, wow.

But apart from that--

- OK. - OK.

- We have to vote now.

I'm going to give you your first yes because

you guys deserve to be on "AGT."

- Thank you.

- I also--how--show me how you're doing that?

I also agree, you should be on "AGT".

- Mel?

- I've seen better, and I think you can do better.

So it's a no from me.

[audience booing]

- Wait, no! - Howie?

- So you have two yeses, one no.

You need three yeses.

- Come on, Howie.

- And you got it. Three yeses.

- Three yeses!

- * What doesn't kill you makes you stronger *

* Stand a little taller *

* Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone *

- I feel better.

- They're brutal out there, man.

They're brutal.

[audience booing]

- They don't like you.

- They don't like you.

- [chuckles]

- Mel B is a tough judge.

- Yeah.

* *

- Here we go, folks. Here we go.

[cheers and applause]

- [bleep].

[cheers and applause]

- [speaks Japanese]

- [bleep].

- [speaks Japanese]

- Oh, wow.

- I'm so happy you're back.

- Tell us what your name is and why you decided to come back.

- My name is Wes-P. [speaking Japanese]

"AGT," 20th anniversary.

[speaking Japanese]

- This is the 20th anniversary of "AGT."

- Yeah.

- As soon as I heard that, Mel B, you're coming back,

I signed up for this show.

[cheers and applause]

- For you. For you.

- Mel, you were very rude and buzzed him.

- Yeah, twice.

- Do you feel it's like your year this year?

- Yes!

- Well, we are rooting for you.

Good luck.

- Let's go. - [speaks Japanese]

- I love him.

- You hated him?

- Yeah.

[LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It"]

- OK!

[upbeat pop music]

- * Girl, look at that body *

- This is dryer!

Three, two, one. [speaks Japanese]

[dryer whirring]

Yeah.

- OK.

Music, start.

- * I'm sexy and I know it *

- He's going through every loop.

[buzzer blares]

[audience booing]

- Come on.

* *

- Wow!

- Yeah! Yeah!

[cheers and applause]

- He did it.

- * I'm sexy and I know it *

- OK, next up.

* *

Music, start.

- [laughs] - OK.

[speaks Japanese]

- * Check it out *

- One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Yeah!

Whoo!

- * I'm sexy and I know it *

- OK.

Next, music start!

[blower whirring]

- [speaks Japanese]

[cheers and applause]

Oh, yeah!

OK.

Last performance! Last performance!

Last performance! OK!

- One more thing.

- Sorry, OK.

Yeah, ooh. Yo!

I wasn't expecting that. - Uh-oh.

[dramatic music]

* *

- Please come up, Mel B!

* *

[audience chanting] Mel B! Mel B!

- Please come up.

[audience chanting] Mel B! Mel B!

- Please come up.

[audience chanting] Mel B! Mel B! Mel B!

Mel B! Mel B!

[cheers and applause]

- I love you!

[laughs]

Mel, easy, grab it.

- Pull it.

- OK.

[laughter]

- Mel, three, two, one.

- Wait! Wait!

Wait!

- Come on.

- This is insanity.

* *

- Three,

two,

one.

[record scratches]

- [screams]

[cheers and applause]

- Yeah!

- Mel, come back.

Mel, come back.

Mel B!

- * I feel good *

[James Brown's "I Got You (I feel Good)"]

* I knew that I would *

* I feel good *

* I knew that I would *

- * So good *

- That's a star.

- * I got you *

- Thank you. Thank you very much.

- * So good *

- Um, I don't get why you don't like him, Mel.

- Are you kidding me?

- You know, that was the most ultimate welcome back

I've ever seen in my life.

We look for entertainment, and I think you delivered.

I loved it.

- Sofía, you enjoyed that, didn't you?

- I usually enjoy these kind of acts,

but it felt like a lot of unnecessary talents.

[audience booing]

- However, I think that he has room to grow.

[laughter]

Well, look, let's vote. - Yes.

- Yes, yes, yes,

yes, yes, yes, yes.

Mel? - [whines]

[audience chanting] Mel B! Mel B! Mel B! Mel B!

- * You know that I can do no wrong *

- Yes.

[audience chanting] Mel B! Mel B! Mel B!

- * Your love can't do me no harm *

[tense music]

- No, no, no,

no, no, no, no.

- Please.

- It's a good thing you only need three yeses.

- * When I hold you *

- Sofía?

- Well, I think you're super fun,

so I want to say yes...

- * And when I hold you *

- But I can't. I'm going to have to say no.

- What? - Sofía!

- No. - [sighs]

- There's only one no, not like, 700 nos that she said

- [laughs]

- I'm sorry. I love you.

I'm so sorry.

- Wes, oh.

Wes. - OK.

- Listen. - Thank you.

- All right, hey, listen, I think you're a legend.

You are amazing. You are "AGT" royalty.

- Welcome back. - I thought that was funny.

What did you see?

- Everything.

- Well, you're a judge.

You should see everything.

- * I feel good *

[eerie music]

- I don't know. What's going on?

* *

- I am the Mastermind.

- Whoa!

Oh, what is that?

Hi!

- * Ooh, la, la, honey, here we go *

- Five, six, seven, eight.

- * Na na-na na-na *

- We're a little bit nervous still.

Luca arrived new to the group 'cause one of the main members

is ill, but we're going to manage.

- * So, baby, build a rocket ship and put me on it *

- OK, here we go, guys. Clearing stage.

Thank you.

- Mel, we're seeing things we've never seen before.

- Yeah, well, it's not that impressive.

- One, two, three, four.

One--stop.

There's, like, one trick,

we want to juggle 19 clubs between four people,

which is the most amount of clubs ever juggled on stage.

Five, six, seven, stop. Ah!

Right now, it's a 50/50.

We've got a bit more time to rehearse, but--

- Hopefully, it's going to be fine on stage.

[Kaci Brown's "Rocket Ship"]

- OK, go on out there, guys.

- * So, baby, build a rocket ship and put me on it *

* Ooh *

[cheers and applause]

- Hello. - Hello.

- Hello.

- What is your name?

- We are Jonglissimo.

- And where are you from?

- We are from Austria and Germany.

- Oh, wow. - Nice.

- Austria and Germany?

How long have you been doing what you're doing?

- So some of us are working more than 15 years now.

- And I just learned four days ago that I was

going to be on "America's Got Talent."

- No!

[cheers and applause]

- Why did you just find out four days ago?

- It's very spontaneous, but one of the group members

got ill, so I had to replace him.

- Oh, no. - Oh, yes.

[laughter]

- Yes.

- I mean, oh no for the other one.

- Oh, yeah.

- Were you sort of secretly happy that he got ill?

- I'm sorry, Daniel.

[laughter]

- But not that sorry.

- How good could it be when one of you

is just four days into it?

Do you think you can win $1 million?

- Yes, we can. - Of course.

- Oh, yeah.

- Good luck. Go.

[soaring chamber music]

* *

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Didn't work.

What happened?

- Hold, please. We've got a tech problem.

- Oh, no. That's not good.

[laughs]

- [bleep].

- That was it?

- I thought that was good.

That, for me, was long enough. - Shut up.

- I hate juggling.

- All right. Here we go, folks.

Here we go. - Reset, all right!

- It's on.

* *

There we go.

- That was nice.

[music intensifies]

* *

[dramatic rock music]

- That's good. - It's fun.

[spirited chamber music]

* *

- Wow.

Wow.

- Yes!

Yes!

[cheers and applause]

- That's good.

[cheers and applause]

- Wow!

Bravo!

[Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"]

Bravo!

- Wow.

- * Looking in your eyes *

* I see a paradise *

- Wow.

I got to tell you right now, that one sick guy

is going to be so angry.

[laughter]

Mel, what'd you think?

- I've been waiting all bloody day for this!

I could have watched that forever and ever.

- Thank you so much.

- Sofía? - It was, like, exciting.

It was beautiful.

You guys are perfect.

I didn't notice any missed anything.

I mean, you look like you have worked with them forever.

- Yeah. - Good job.

- Thank you. I'll take the compliment.

- Good job. Amazing.

- Simon?

- As soon as I saw those things,

my heart sunk,

but this was really smart and unique and different,

and you, coming in at the last second,

you did really good. - Yeah.

- That was crazy.

That's what I'm saying.

- I'm going to start the voting.

I'll give you your first yes. Mel?

- A definite yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

- Sofía?

- Three yeses.

- Simon?

- Four yeses.

- * And we can build this dream together *

-Jonglissimo!

- * Standing strong forever *

* Nothing's going to stop us now *

- That was very well-rehearsed.

Well done, guys.

- Come on over here. - Yeah!

Whoo!

- Jonglissimo!

- Beautiful. - I've got to talk to you.

- I have never seen anything like this.

- You want to count them? - Can I see this?

One, two, three, four, five, six--

19.

- The most clubs ever juggled on stage by four people.

- Unbelievable. And not one drop.

- Not one drop. - Not one.

That is amazing.

- Guys, are you kidding me?

Look at this.

There's a camera crew over there.

We have a gymnast.

We have a magician.

We have a singer in that corner.

And I am just a fish out of water.

- * H-O-T-T-O *

- Hey, they rough out there, guy.

- Yeah. - They rough out there.

I'm just letting you know, they rough out there.

- * H-O-T-T-O-G-O *

- I'm a late bloomer, you know?

I've said my whole life that I want this,

and somehow, I'm here.

And so I am here

to prove to myself that it's time.

- Act components coming through, guys.

- For me, this is it,

and I want it more than anything.

What's up? What's up?

- What's up? Is my microphone on?

I don't think it's on.

- Hello.

- Is my microphone--is it on?

- How are you? - Oh, it's on.

- OK. OK.

- And what's your name?

- My name is Mama Duke.

- OK, Mama Duke.

- Mama Duke, where are you from?

- I'm from Austin, Texas. - OK.

And tell me a bit about you, Mama.

- I'm a singer-songwriter, but I'm doing rap today.

- OK, is this what you do full-time,

or do you have another job?

- I have a lot of jobs. - You do?

- Yes. - Give me a few.

- What's cool about being a musician

is that everything is temporary.

And so I've worked as a barista.

I have been a photographer.

And now, I work at the YMCA,

and I get to play Uno with kids.

- OK. - Oh, I love that.

- But, obviously, your dream is to be in music.

OK, hard to get a break at the moment.

Right? - This is it, Simon.

- Yeah, this is why we do this, honestly,

because it's hard.

So is this something you've written yourself?

- Yes. - And what's it called?

- "Feel So Good," 'cause this feels so good.

- OK.

- Let's go.

- OK. Right.

We are ready for this.

Are you ready for this? - I'm ready for this.

- OK, let's do it.

[cheers and applause]

[groovy electronic beat]

* *

- * Ooh, feels so good to be you *

I'ma get it.

* 'Cause I went out last night *

I'ma get it.

* Ooh, feels so good to be you *

* 'Cause I met someone who wants my love *

* Look, ooh, sheesh,

* Feels so good to be you *

* So here's a sign if you wanted the truth *

* I got 'em acting a fool *

* Look, look, Simon over there like *

* Hmm, what you come in to do? *

* New school but a old cat *

* Mix that new school juice with the throwbacks *

* Plus I got that sauce, you know that *

* Man, it's going down like four flats *

* So dip, slide, or get in the right *

* Or step aside I got something to do *

* Something to prove, feels good to be me *

* Feels so good to be you *

* To the monitor, see they're itching to do *

* Let's go, ooh, feels so good to be you *

* 'Cause I met someone who wants my loving *

* 'Cause I've been a vibe *

* Got three strikes, I've been penalized *

* But I can change the whole world if you sympathize *

* Then I can understand girls but could get a guy *

* And it took a long time, but I did a lot *

* Always staying me is what I've been about *

* Hollywood dreams, but from Riverside *

* See, I manifest it all and then live it out *

* Hip-hop won't fail me *

* After this, ain't nothing you can tell me *

* It's getting spooky, scary *

* Man, I need this, y'all, help me *

* Raise them high, you feel me? *

* They need to see that love, you feel me? *

* Rap perfusion, no confusion *

* I'm tryna' do my thing, yo, Mel B *

- Oh.

- * Ooh, feels so good to be you *

* 'Cause I went out last night *

* *

* Ooh, feels so good to be you *

I see you.

* 'Cause I met someone who wants my loving tonight *

- Yeah!

[cheers and applause]

- * Let's keep it real *

[bright music]

- Simon.

I need this.

- Hey.

Mel, it felt so good to be you.

How did you feel?

- My God, that's already a hit.

[cheers and applause]

Let me tell you that right now.

Your confidence, your swagger, I just love you.

I love you. - Nah.

- Sofía?

- I mean, I just wanted to dance and enjoy you.

It was amazing.

Your voice is spectacular.

I'm so glad that you're here tonight.

- [mouthing words]

* *

- You've got a great personality,

you're a great writer,

and you're also very smart because, you know,

sometimes, people come on here

with just terrible backing tracks,

but you came prepped.

[cheers and applause]

I like that. - Mwah, mwah.

- Really good.

We haven't heard anyone like you this year,

and I like you. Well done.

[cheers and applause]

OK. Howie?

- Yes. - Mel?

- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. - Sofía?

- Yes.

- It feels good to be me to say four yeses.

[cheers and applause]

* *

- You're playing me.

- How are you feeling?

Oh, my God, that was awesome.

Did that just happen?

Did that just happen?

- I know, look, look, look. - What?

I know. [laughs]

- * Ooh, it's so good to be you *

That's a really bloody good song.

- Are you ready to meet your next contestant?

- Yes. - All right, let's go.

[upbeat music]

* *

[cheers and applause]

- Hello.

OK.

I feel good energy behind me.

I feel good energy with you, with us.

[cheers and applause]

So who are you?

- My name is Astrid.

I'm 34 years old, and I've come all the way from Australia

to be here today. - Wow.

- That's a long trip. - It's a long way.

- Yeah. OK.

So tell us what we should know about you before

you do whatever you're going to do.

What's important?

- I used to be a high school music teacher,

and I now work full-time as a choir director.

- Oh. - Oh.

- Really? - Yeah.

I think I might run the biggest choir in the world.

- OK.

- Where?

- Right, you're very intriguing.

I don't want to ask anything else,

because now I'm really intrigued.

Good luck. - OK.

Thank you so much.

[cheers and applause]

- Here we go.

- All right.

- I have no idea what's going on here.

- OK, I'm going to start off my choir...

- Choir? - With the song lyrics above.

[Guitar playing Toto's "Africa"]

So how it's going to work--

high voices, you are going to sing blue.

[vocalizing]

Voices in the middle, you're going to sing green.

- Do we have to-- do we do this?

- And low voices, you are going to sing red.

You try.

[audience vocalizing]

- Two, three, again! [vocalizing]

Here comes the verse. Follow your arrow.

Here we go. And--

[audience singing together] * I hear the drums *

* Echoing tonight *

* But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation *

- That's it.

- Well done.

[audience singing together] * I stopped an old man *

* Along the way *

* Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you *

- Standing up at the chorus. Here we go!

[audience singing together] * It's gonna take a lot *

* To drag me away from you *

* There's nothing that a 100 men *

* Or more could ever do *

- Wow. - Whoa.

[audience singing together] * I bless the rains *

* Down in Africa *

* I bless the rains down in Africa *

* I bless the rains down in Africa *

* Gonna take some time to do *

* The things we never had *

* Ooh *

- One, two.

[audience claps]

Again. - Wow.

[chuckles]

[audience vocalizing]

[audience claps]

- Wow.

[audience vocalizing]

[audience clap]

[audience vocalizing]

[cheers and applause]

[Kiki Dee's "I've Got the Music in Me]

* *

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- That was smart.

- * I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

- Howie?

- I loved it.

I think that the world loves a sing-along.

[cheers and applause]

- Sofía?

- I enjoyed it. I thought they enjoyed it.

It was like a really cute moment.

I don't see where it could get better if you pass now,

and I don't think it's for "AGT."

[audience booing]

- OK. Mel?

- You know, I think you're-- you're a really lovely girl,

but this is your audition, not their audition.

You know what I mean?

- OK, I am really, really, really, really

going to disagree with you, and I'll tell you why.

I think what you did was really smart.

I do.

Because, within about 20 seconds,

every single person in this audience was singing the song.

So to have the capacity to do that within seconds

and actually allow the audience to win the show is brilliant.

[cheers and applause]

Right?

* *

I'm going to kick this off, as you can tell,

because I really love this. Yes.

- Thank you.

- It's a yes from me. - Yes!

- Mel?

- I just don't think it's right for "America's Got Talent."

I could be wrong, but I'm going to have to say no,

and I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[audience booing]

- Sofía?

Look at me.

[audience chanting] Sofía! Sofía!

Sofía! Sofía!

[cheers and applause]

- I think we could link to other countries.

Think of the world singing along at the same time.

- Wow. - This is big.

[audience chanting indistinctly]

- OK, I'm going to give you a yes.

- * Music in me *

* I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

* I got the music in me *

- Astrid, you did it!

You did it! There you go.

You did it. You did it.

- * Music in me *

- I just have to give you the tea about Sofía.

She really loved the part, in the back of my truck.

- Do you want a ride? - What?

[laughter]

[tense music]

- Greetings, judges and America.

- What?

No!

- Bring it on, Parker.

Here we go. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Straight through. - Twist it.

- All right. You ready?

- Yes, thank you. - OK.

Here we go, guys.

- Two minutes could change your life.

- * Someone to love me, I need *

- Everyone's just doing their own thing here.

Like, every performance is so completely different.

That's super cool. - Yeah, it is.

- That was amazing.

That was perfection.

- I always knew I was a musician,

but my dad definitely didn't believe

in music being an occupation.

[buzzer blares]

- Oh!

- So I ended up going to barbering school,

just cutting hair,

but that's not what I wanted to do.

- I don't think this went great.

- Aw.

I decided to come to "America's Got Talent"

because I just want to be myself

and sing my own songs, sing my own music.

- * Someone who needs *

- No plan B. No plan B.

- * It's late at night, and it's just me and my dreams *

[audience booing]

[buzzer blares]

- When you watch the show and you see what's happened

to other people, you just get nervous.

- * That's what I really want *

- He showed us a lot of confidence without talent.

- I wanted to show the world that you can

get out here and bring a style that nobody has seen,

and "AGT" has the power to help make that happen.

- Hey. What's up, my man?

Oh, my God.

- And I hope everybody like it.

- It's time. There you go, brother.

- * It's what I want *

- Banjo.

- * Someone to love *

* That's what I really want *

- Hi. - What's happening?

- What's your name?

- My name is Steve Ray Ladson.

- Where are you from? - Hopkins, South Carolina.

- South Carolina. - Whoo!

- Do you make a living making music?

- Yes, I do.

- How long have you been doing it?

- All my life,

but professionally, like 15 years.

- And what's the dream?

- The dream is to do my own thing.

I've been touring with a lot of professional bands and stuff,

but I'm here today to bring my own genre to the world,

which is Black-grass brother-cana.

- Oh, I like that. - Black-grass brother-cana.

- So did you create this lane?

- Yes, I did.

- So now I can't wait.

I just want to hear you play,

and I want to know what this sounds like.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

- All right.

[cheers and applause]

- Here we go.

- [plucking banjo softly]

Are you ready?

[pop country music]

* *

Yeah.

* *

* Look, when I pull up on the scene *

* It hit different *

* 'Cause ain't nobody whippin' how I'm whippin' *

* We can leave the house *

* Bring the dog and my guitar *

* Fill up on some diesel *

* Yeah, we 'bout to take it far *

* I got my pole and my tackle box for the lake *

* We going fishing * - I love this man.

- * And you gon' be the bait *

* Roamers on the road while we headed to the show *

* See, I got what you need, baby *

* That's for sure *

* Now you know girl that you can take a ride *

* And we can make a vibe *

* It can all go down tonight *

* On the back of my truck *

* *

- * On the back of my truck *

- * Oh, yeah *

* On the back of my truck *

* *

* On the back of my truck *

* *

* Here we go *

* Just tell me how you like it *

* Baby, let me know *

* We can roll fast or we can ride slow *

* You say you're fine with me *

* You heard it all before *

* You see, I'm the realest thing *

* I got to let you know right now *

* That you can take a ride *

* And we can make a vibe *

* It's going to all go down tonight *

* On the back of my truck *

* *

* On the back of my truck *

* Whoo-hoo *

Yes.

* On the back of my truck *

* On the back of my truck *

* *

* On the back of my truck *

[cheers and applause]

- * I will say I've been lost *

* I've been down and out and lonely *

[soft pop music]

- Wow.

- * In a world that tries to own me *

- Sofía?

- I mean, my favorite music act of the whole season, for sure.

You guys were amazing.

I loved it.

- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

- Mel?

- Um, I just have to give you the tea about Sofía.

She really loved the part, in the back of my truck.

She was very happy with you guys.

- I liked the whole song, not only that part.

- Do you want a ride?

- What? - Ooh!

[laughter]

- I have to say, I like seeing things

that I haven't seen before,

and this I haven't seen before.

So slick with swagger and lyrics

like, I'm going to... in the back of my truck.

I loved it.

Brilliant.

[cheers and applause]

- That, young man, is 100% a hit song right there,

I guarantee you.

You agree with me, Simon?

- How long have you been together as a band?

- We've been together for, like, maybe a year or so.

- That's all? - What?

- Yeah, I asked the question because, for me,

it felt longer. Everything was, like, on point.

I loved the song. I love you.

I love the band.

Seriously.

This is when I love my job.

[cheers and applause]

I agree with Howie.

I think that's a hit song.

[cheers and applause]

- So I'm going to start off the voting with your first yes!

- Bravo!

- It's a yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

- Sofía?

- I'm going to give you your third yes.

- Simon?

- I think you know where we're going with this.

This is four big yeses.

- Yes!

- * Hey, want to do it my way *

* *

- Bravo! - Thank you.

- * Gonna do it my way *

- Good.

- Steve Ray, Steve Ray! My goodness!

Hey.

Brother, how are you feeling right now?

- Man, I feel good, like James Brown.

I'm ready to go get down tonight.

- Clear the stage.

- That guy was great.

- * In the back of my truck *

- In the back of my truck.

- That was awesome. - Great.

- That was awesome.

- Here we go, folks.

We are ready on stage. Thank you.

Here we go.

[tense music]

- I don't know. What's going on?

* *

[static crackling]

[alarm blaring]

[audience exclaims]

- Greetings, judges and America.

I am the result of artificial intelligence

creating the perfect modern-day magician.

I am Mastermind.

* *

[audience exclaims]

- Oh, what is that?

- Greetings, judges and America.

I am Mastermind.

[tense music]

[audience exclaims]

- Oh, what is that?

- Allow me to demonstrate my full power.

Howie, please pass your phone to Sofía.

* *

Howie, focus on your phone's passcode.

I will attempt to break through and unlock it.

* *

[audience exclaiming]

- Sofía, I need to access his camera.

- How did he do it?

- Mel, please hold your hands out in front of you, like this.

Sofía, point the camera at her hands.

Simon, please remove your glasses.

* *

Mel, hold the glasses in the palm of your hands.

Simon, point to your glasses on the phone's screen.

There are no magnets or threads.

Keep your finger on the glasses

and slowly slide your finger upwards.

- Oh!

Oh, no! - [laughs]

- Scary, that stuff. - That's amazing.

- Howie, this time, I would like to access

your phone's AI assistant.

- [gasps] - Wow.

- OK.

- Now, I will try to expand the power

of AI into the real world.

Howie, using the AI application on your phone,

give it this three-word command.

Write any sentence.

While he is doing this, I want each of you

to think of a random word, any word that means

something positive to you.

Simon, we must choose some people at random.

Close your eyes.

Nice and clearly, Simon, shout, "stop."

- Stop.

- Right here.

The young lady at the end.

Would you please stand?

In fact, can we have the entire row stand?

Each of you should have a word in mind.

Going down the row one by one,

please tell us the word you chose.

You may start.

- Many. - Many.

Next word, please.

- Achievements.

- Continue.

- Start. - Start.

- Through. - Endurance.

- Resilience.

- Manifest. - Manifest.

- Inspirational. - Inspirational.

- Nurture. - Nurture.

- Dreams.

- Howie, what was the sentence generated

by artificial intelligence?

- Many achievements start through endurance

and resilience, manifest inspiration,

and nurture dreams.

It's right there. I swear to you.

[dramatic music]

* *

- If we take the initial letter of each of those words,

you will see it clearly spells my name, Mastermind.

* *

[cheers and applause]

[Imagine Dragons' "Believer"]

- * First things first *

* I'ma say all the words inside my head *

* I'm fired up and tired of *

* The way that things have been *

- That is truly epic.

Spectacular, scary, amazing.

- * You make me a believer *

- Mel, what did you think?

- Well, stuff like this kind of scares me a bit,

but I am a big believer in magic.

- And me.

- Kept me engaged out of fear,

but I thought you were brilliant.

* *

- Sofía?

- I loved that it was so different from

anything that we've ever seen. - Yeah.

- The magic was interactive,

which is super fun for everybody.

I thought that was spectacular.

[cheers and applause]

- Nobody watching this will believe

that we weren't in on it, but the truth was we weren't.

There's no explanation.

Honestly, this is the best magic we've seen all year.

Genuinely.

- * Believer *

- We're going to vote.

You could probably create the vote you want.

- * Make me a believer *

- Yes.

Mel? - Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

- Yes.

* *

- Four yeses.

- Yes!

- * Make me a believer *

* A believer *

* Make me a, make me a believer *

- My glasses lifted in the air. - I know.

I screamed.

He's always getting me to do it.

- No, no, no. But I mean--

- They were on my fricking hand.

* *