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Welcome to Star Search. The biggest talent competition on the planet starts

tonight, and we are live worldwide, baby.

talented performers are about to go live for your vote. Let's give them a big

round of applause.

Hello, Netflix, a .k .a. the whole world.

I'm Anthony Anderson, and tonight we begin a five -week live event to

the new stars of tomorrow.

On Star Search, we feature talent of every kind.

The contestants will go head -to -head in categories like music, dance, comedy,

and variety.

Ultimately, in our finale, one of these contestants will be crowned Star Search

champion and take home half a million dollars.

We're live from Los Angeles with this two -night premiere.

Thankfully, I'm not alone in this.

She's an Emmy award -winning actress, an iconic...

Vampire Slayer, and has an interesting history with Star Search. She's Sarah

Michelle Gellar.

She's a model, best -selling author, and a cultural pacemaker.

Put your hands together for Chrissy Teigen.

And he's a man with a powerful story and an even more powerful voice.

Make some noise for Jelly Roll!

Judges, you at home will help decide who stays and who goes.

And we have something really cool on Star Search. You only need your remote

vote. We have real -time global voting, and as long as you're watching us live,

you can vote from wherever you are in the world.

You'll select how many stars you want to give a performance because you at home

are the fourth judge.

Now, here's your practice round of voting.

Below... You'll see an example question.

How many stars would you give my suit?

You have one minute to vote while I'll chat with the judges.

Now, jelly roll.

What attracted you to being a judge here on Star Search?

Well, unfortunately, I'm no stranger to being judged.

So I figured it'd be cool to flip the script around. But honestly, I'm here

because this is global. It's live on Netflix.

I believe we are going to see a real star. My life was changed in a way that

could have never even prayed for. God blessed me in a way I never imagined. I

think it's going to happen to somebody else. We're going to see it live right

here, baby.

That's why we're all here.

Now, Sarah, I playfully talked about your Star Search journey.

Tell everybody what happened and what it's like to be back. Sort of. Sort of.

Well, I auditioned for Star Search in its original incarnation, but I didn't

make it on the show.

But don't be sad for me. Look, I'm here. I made it.

I'm here.

Revenge is mine.

Exactly.

Now, Chrissy, you have a track record of keeping it real in life and on TV. A

little bit.

How real do you plan on keeping it on Star Search? I feel good about this. I'm

going to keep it 100 % real. I've got to be reflective of the audience, right?

Okay.

Okay.

What's this I hear?

Oh, the worldwide results are in.

You gave my suit four stars.

Okay.

Okay, it was aiming for five, but I'll take four.

Now, if anyone had trouble on your TV or mobile device, make sure you update to

the latest Netflix app. Any other questions? Go to Netflix dot com slash

because I'm done explaining. I have a show to host. All right.

Audience, are you ready to get started?

Some of the world's biggest music stars.

like Britney Spears, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, and Usher started out here on

Star Search as kids.

So what better way to kick this thing off than with our junior music category?

We've got two incredibly talented young singers who are about to face off. Let's

meet Eric Adrian Williams and Blair Koudelka.

And I'm Blair.

Nice to meet you.

How old are you? I'm 10.

You're 10?

Yeah. You look like Annie.

My name is Eric. I am 10 years old.

So living in Atlanta, Georgia, it's a very great place.

I go to New York sometimes because I'm on Broadway.

But when I go back to Atlanta, I'm just a normal kid.

We're on Star Search.

So cool.

I do love being on Broadway and being on the stage.

On Broadway, I have to do a lot of dancing.

I have to do a lot of singing.

It was the coolest thing I've ever done. Except now because I'm on Star Search.

What type of music do you do? I sing country.

The reason why I love country music so much is the stories behind it. People

personally connecting on their life.

It's why Shakespeare could have been a country music artist.

Look at that.

Hi, y 'all. I'm Blair. I'm 10 years old, and I'm in the fourth grade from a

small town in Texas.

Fun fact is that when I was eight years old, I played young Dolly at Dollywood,

and that was amazing for me. I just think she's just such a great role

and such a great storyteller. And number one, she's also the queen.

Do I have your attention?

I know my challenger is Flair.

They're going against each other, and I think that's very funny.

I hope he does good.

but I hope I do a little bit better.

I truly believe that just because we're little kids doesn't mean that we can't

set goals for ourselves and chase our dreams.

I know it's called star search, but you found them right here. I'm ready to hit

that stage.

Performing I'll Be There.

Put your hands together for 11 -year -old Eric Adrian Williams.

What a way to open the show, Eric. Come on over here.

You at home, grab your remote.

Voting is now open. You can give him one to five stars, with five stars being

the best. You have one minute.

Eric, great performance out there, little man. Great performance out there.

Now, before we go on, I got to know who your tailor is, because they only gave

me four stars, and you were five stars suited and booted tonight.

Judges, how do you feel about Eric's performance?

Sarah? To have that much soul at your age is just unbelievable.

I was going to give your suit six stars.

The only thing that I would really say is I don't know how you came out first,

because I was nervous just walking out here, let alone performing.

And I watched you as the performance went on. You got more comfortable. You

loosened up.

If you come back again, I want to see you dance.

Because I know that you can move that body.

And I want to see it. Because I think that is just going to make America and

world fall. I keep forgetting we're worldwide.

Wait, what is happening? Global. That is going to make everybody just fall even

more madly in love with you.

Yes. Yes.

Chrissy. I mean, I have my own littles here today. And looking at you, it makes

me so emotional. I can't imagine the kind of confidence to go first, to get

that stage.

You were, you looked beautiful. You could tell you've been on stage before

cameras were wrapping you and you were going along with it. I thought it was

such a beautiful song. I grew up belting out the Mariah Carey version, but your

confidence, like it can only get better from here. I just like, you're so little

and you already packed such a punch. And I'm so proud of you as I'm not even

your mom, but I'm like, I'm so proud of you.

Jelly roll.

Well, Anthony, you know, first of all, I got a sentiment, both of my ladies

here, that for you to conquer that with that kind of nerve, I'm so nervous right

now, I think I got to poop.

That's how bad it is right now. And I'm telling you, man, but to come out and

pick a Michael Jackson song, too, as soon as you said, we must make a pact

bring salvation back, my...

Skin started crawling.

I could feel the chill bumps. It just moved me in every way I thought it

And right then, I was like, look at God sending us such a big message in a tiny

package right here to open Star Search globally on Netflix.

Let's go, baby. I know what I'm voting for you. I can't wait to see what the

world says about you, young man. But you are a star no matter what. Yes, he is.

Yes, he is.

Okay, Eric, the judges let you know what they thought.

How are you feeling about your performance right now?

I feel very grateful to be around these very beautiful people, and I'm just so

happy to be here, and I'm so excited.

We're happy to have you here.

All right, Eric.

Let's find out what scores the judges gave you.

Chrissy.

Four stars.

Jelly Roll.

Five stars.

Sarah.

stars. Okay.

Now we've collected all of the viewer votes and we'll see how the world scored

your performance soon, Eric.

But before we do, it's time to bring on the next contestant.

Performing Blue, a song that original Star Search alum Leanne Rimes made

please welcome 10 -year -old Blair Koudelka.

I appreciate your country swag.

You think they make this in my size?

If you're watching live, tell us what you think of Blair. You can use your

remote to give her one to five stars with five stars being the best.

Judges, what did you think about Blair's performance? Jelly Roll, we're going to

start with you. Oh, thank you for starting with the country music, man. It

great to see a young country music lady on the stage. I'm proud of you, young

woman. You sound great.

I know Leigh -Anne Rimes is going to love you. outfit, and I know she's going

love the song. I'm going to call her myself and make sure she knows you did

When you said you had me before you started singing, you said Shakespeare

have been a country artist. You stole my soul. You shouted out Dolly Parton. Her

80th birthday was yesterday. You checked all my country music boxes before you

started singing.

And then I was thinking to myself, and I was grabbing the ladies to tell them, I

was like, this is a song that's hard to sing because she has to have us from

hello. The very first note of this song. She doesn't get to warm up into this.

We're going to find out if she's a real deal or not. But let me tell you

something. Your voice is as big as the state you're from, Texas girl. You're

going really, really far. I can't wait to see what the world thinks about you.

This is going to be awesome, baby. Go, Blair, go. You are welcome in Nashville

anytime. Anytime.

Christy, to you.

Well, I do not have Leanne's number, but I will send her a DM.

I thought you... have a beautiful voice. You know, everybody talks about tone

and range, and you displayed such beautiful tone. You know, tone is that

that makes you you, and it sounded so beautiful. And your range, especially

towards the end, I think we all heard it. I was trying to sing along with you,

and it sounded significantly worse in my own ear, but you were incredible.

Beautiful, beautiful voice.

And I'm so glad everybody gets to see it.

Sarah.

You also got me in the beginning with something you said. You said, you're

too young to set goals and chase dreams. And that is the truth. And to everybody

on the stage and in the audience tonight, go after your dreams. I'm

that no matter what happens, your dreams are going to come true.

When I closed my eyes when you were singing, I had a really hard time

you were 10.

so soulful an adult, and if anyone ever makes you blue, just call me and I will

kick their, you know, because they'd love to do that to you.

But truly, your presence is so much greater than your actual age, and that

so hard to have, and I'm just, I'm incredibly impressed.

Thank you, judges.

Blair, hearing the judges gush so romantically about how you sounded on

tonight, how was that making you feel?

Because so many important people in this industry think I'm amazing, and that's

just a really good feeling.

Well, we all think you're amazing here at Star Search as well.

It's time to reveal the judges' scores.

Chrissy. Four stars.

Jelly Roll.

Five stars for the Young Texans.

Sarah. Four stars for me.

Kate.

That's a tie. Four stars for both of you. Thank you, judges. Eric, please

join us on stage.

Now is the moment where it all gets real because the worldwide

results are in.

Eric, our three judges gave you a total score of four.

But that's not all that matters.

Let's see what the fourth judge, the viewers around the world, gave you.

3 .8 stars.

That gives you a combined final score of 4 .08

stars.

Now that is the score to beat.

Let's see what your competitor, Blair, received. Blair, the judges just gave

you... 4 .3 stars.

The viewers around the world gave you 3

.6 stars.

Combined, that's a final score of

4 .00,

which means Eric Adrian Williams is our winner. That was

so close.

One hundredth of a point. You are the junior music champion. Congratulations,

Eric. Blair, you were spectacular.

Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Blair Koudelka.

Congratulations.

Congratulations. Eric, how do you feel?

It feels so great and an honor to be right here. All right. It's an honor to

on the stage next to you because I believe you are going to be one of our

on Star Search.

Now let's go share this moment with your mom. She's back here. Let's go.

Mom, how do you feel about your son's performance tonight?

Incredible. Incredibly proud of him.

So proud of him.

Okay.

All right.

That's a great thing. That's a great thing. I just want to say

to you, Eric.

All right.

Hope to see you next week. Well, not hope to see you next week. I'm going to

you next week, but it's past your bedtime right now, so go home. Get you

sleep. Do your homework and get some milk and cookies.

All right.

Now, normally I would throw this to a commercial break, but this is Netflix,

we don't have commercials.

P .A. Nate, bring me some water, please. I'm thirsty.

Oh, okay. Thank you, P .A. Nate.

Now back to the show.

It's time for the dance competition.

We have two very unique dance crews ready to go head to head.

Let's meet Lady Metri and Movement 55.

We are a contemporary dance group based out of Los Angeles, and we are Movement

55.

We've been a group around two years.

We're like one big little family.

No, like seriously, I see these people actually more than my actual brother and

sister. We are all different types of dancers, some of us dancing from, you

know, young ages of three to five, and some of us started a little bit later in

our teens, but we all bring our unique backgrounds into this group.

Movement 55 is not a cookie -cutter group that we all dance the same, look

same, perform the same. It's pushing the limits of what contemporary movement

can be.

This is everything we're so passionate about, you know? Like, we have dedicated

so much time, sacrifice from our family to our friends.

We're here to show people who we are, and this is our moment. Yeah.

Bonjour. We are a girl group from France, and we are... Lazy Metri!

Our name.

It's a mix between ladies because obviously we are a group of ladies. But

we are dancing a lot of geometric kind of states.

We do tutting.

Tutting is a dance style mostly using our arms to create perfect angles.

We have to be perfection.

No pressure.

This could be a make -or -break.

I feel like dancers have a competitive nature.

Whoever says dance is not a sport, trust me, it is a sport. We are working.

We are really confident to be against Movement 55.

We're good and actually we're not scared of them.

I think that they should be scared of it, yeah.

We're here to win and we're taking names. We're not losing.

We'll give them everything we got.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Movement 55.

How dare you? I was shining on the world and it scared you. Not the type of

truth that's made you. Too nice, but my silence is louder.

Spare nothing, my madness is louder.

I'm not the type to abuse all my power.

You can do shit to land all you want.

But no, I'm the mother heat to the flesh. As I walk this wicked ground,

away from the devil's power.

As I walk this wicked ground, keep me away from the devil's power.

I am the light. I am the light.

Keep building brick by brick.

Movement 55 with the incredible move.

Grab your remote.

Voting is now open. You have one minute.

And while you're entering your scores at home, let's see what the judges thought

about Movement 55's performance.

Sarah, we're going to go to you first.

Oh, goodness. Go to me first, of course. Okay, so little known fact about me.

Sorry, this is live television because I have to put my vote in.

Okay, I'm putting it in. I can talk and I can chew gum at the same time.

Little known fact about me, I'm a dance mom. My daughter is a competitive

dancer. Yeah, so.

I absolutely love dance, and my favorite parts of the dance were when you guys

were in sync. When you guys were doing the choreo at the same time, it was just

magic. I mean, you all moved at the same time.

Also, I have to say your leaps. They were so beautiful and so elongated and

beautiful pointed toes, and that is not easy. So I was very impressed. I really

enjoyed it.

Jelly Roll.

Well, a little known fact about me, Sarah, is that I don't know anything

dancing. I am so not qualified to be judging any kind of movement. I just got

skinny enough to kind of move myself, and I'm still fat. You look great.

But thank you, and I feel good, Chris. Thank you, ladies.

More, please. One more time.

All jokes,

all jokes. Thank you, thank you. But I will say, I thought it was incredible. I

was moved from the moment. I couldn't take my eyes off of y 'all. I was scared

at times. I don't know if that's normal, but I was worried. When they grabbed

the head and went to twist, I was like, that could go wrong.

I was like, that's dangerous.

That's dangerous stuff.

So, I mean, I'm all in. I am instantly wanting to know more. I believe that

music is the soundtrack of the soul.

And I believe what y 'all do is correlated.

So y 'all are the dancers of the spirit. And I was good to see, man. Thank y

'all.

All right.

Christy. I mean, I'm.

I also am a dance mom, but my kids are not like you guys. No offense to my

children who are watching.

Are you dating your kids on TV?

No, they're great. They love what they do.

But you guys, I agree. I could not take my eyes off of you because there were so

many... Each of you had such a different role in the dance, and you each got to

shine, and every time you got to shine, I was just so captivated by it. It was

so beautiful. I mean, you're incredible.

It seems like you guys have been together for a very, very long time. I'm

sure how long you have been together, but you fit together like these

puzzle pieces, and it just made for a great, like, soulful, even though you

weren't singing or anything, to me it was like a soulful, beautiful

So thank you so much. Thank you.

Yeah, very great performance up there. Now, movement 55.

I only count eight of you.

We're the other 47.

No, no, how do you feel about the judges' comments about you on stage

It's so nice, like, hearing from all of you and, like, letting us use your eyes

for our dance. It means the most to have, like, such positive feedback, and

we've been working so hard, so we're glad we got to show you guys what we can

do. All right!

It's time to get the judges' scores.

Chrissy.

Four stars.

Jelly Roll.

I feel like I know more than I thought I did. I gave them four stars, too.

Thanks.

Sarah. And I, too, gave you four stars. All right.

All fours across the board.

What a way to start.

The viewer votes are in, and we'll see how the world scored your performance

soon. But now, we must meet your competitor.

They are a remarkable dance crew from Paris, France. Please put your hands

together for Lady Metri.

Make some noise for Lady Metri.

Fantastic job.

And for you at home, voting is now open. Remember, you guys at home are the

fourth judge.

Speaking of judges, Chrissy.

I mean, this is, I could see you in the most beautiful music video. Like

visually, it's just like outstanding what you can do. I don't even know how

do the choreography for something like that, but it was so beautiful.

Especially.

I especially loved the end where the arms were glowing. I almost wish you

just glowing from the very beginning because it was so poignant to see those

movements with that, like, black light and glowing. It was so beautiful.

You guys are incredibly talented people.

I'm just, like, I'm blown away by what you're able to do because I could never.

Jelly Roll.

It's on to you, Jelly Roll.

Call me.

I will say this. First of all, I want to start with the fact that I am a girl

dad. So seeing a group of women come together and do something they love

together and finding that love and passion together makes me know that my

daughter and wife and nieces across the world are watching and hopefully

inspired. And I hope this inspires women everywhere and girl dads to put their

girls in dance and become dance dads.

If you hear about dance moms, you should have some more dance dads.

And then I want to tell you that I am hardly coordinated enough to do the rub

the tummy and pat the head thing.

So when I was watching y 'all in complete synchronation and then

too, with the timing, it was special. I mean, I was already captivated when y

'all pulled up with your own set of bleachers.

I thought I knew something really cool was going to happen. And y 'all just

every time I thought the show couldn't get any better, you would take it one

step further. And you could tell y 'all put a lot of time into that, ladies, and

be proud of yourself.

Sarah. Well, first of all, I love a hat moment. That's like my dream to be able

to, you know, sort of have that, which I loved. And it's interesting to see you

guys standing up made me realize now how difficult that was.

Because you think about the Rockettes, right? And they do those kicks. But

they're all the same height. Like, you have to fit into a mold. And you guys

all, your arm lengths are so different. But to make it look that just beautiful

and in sync is really incredible.

And I didn't even realize it until afterwards.

The only thing I would say is more. I want more. Like, bigger.

I love the ending.

Give me more.

All right.

Lady Metri, what did you think about the judges' comments? But before you

answer, I have something I'd like to say to you.

Reflection sur la commentaire de you.

Y 'all didn't think I had that in my bag, did you?

So, first of all, thank you so much for your positive feedback. It means a lot

to us.

We are very happy and proud of ourselves tonight, yeah, because we are from

France, and we trained a lot to be here tonight, and it means a lot to us to be

able to debut on a global show like this. So, yeah, thank you so much.

welcome.

Judges, let's hear your scores.

Chrissy? Three stars.

Jelly Roll.

Fourth off.

Sarah. Three stars.

Thank you, judges.

Movement 55, please come join us on stage.

Now is the moment where it all gets real because the worldwide results are in.

Movement 55.

Our three judges gave you a total score of four stars.

But that's not all that matters. Let's see what the fourth judge, the viewers

around the world, gave you.

3 .3 stars.

That gives you a combined final score of 3

.6 stars. 3 .6 stars is the score to beat.

Let's see what your competitor...

Lady Metri received.

Lady Metri, the judges just gave you guys a 3 .3 star.

The viewers around the world gave you 3 .6 stars.

Combined, that's a final score of 3

.4 stars, which means...

Movement 55, you are the winner of the dance champion.

Lady Metri, great work.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much for coming on to the show.

Movement 55, congratulations.

How do you all feel?

Guys, how do we feel?

Well, we will see you next week, Movement 55, where you will take on your

challenger to defend your dance title.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Judges, you've crowned two champions tonight.

We've got two more head -to -heads coming up. Now, the other day when the

and I all got together, we learned something we didn't expect about Jelly

Take a look.

Do you guys have a category you're most excited for?

I love comedy. Yeah.

Comedy and magic for me, I think. Well, I got to confess something, though. I

don't know if I should say this or not, but magic creeps me out.

That's fair. That's fair. I just got anxiety.

Have you ever been to a haunted house?

Magic. You know the feeling you get, like, going into a haunted house, that

little stomach feeling you get?

I get that feeling when magicians come around. You know what I'm saying?

I literally got anxiety the more I thought about there being a magic club.

Doesn't scare you a little bit?

I don't know, man. I'm just magic.

It's scary.

What if you have to pull the card? What if you have to volunteer?

That's why I'm coming to y 'all as friends.

That's why I'm coming to y 'all as friends in confidence early in this

It's like, hey, if it starts getting weird with the magic. If you ever see me

run off the stage, know that a magician is here.

Lock the doors.

We don't want jelly rolling out of the building during our next performance

because it's time to make some magic with our next competition in our variety

category. It's time to meet TJ Salta and Fernando Velasco.

The feeling that you get from getting a reaction out of somebody else

is the true magic.

I am all about high adrenaline magic.

I like the excitement. I like feeling the energy on stage.

Anything could happen.

My name is TJ Salta. I'm 24 years old. I'm from Las Vegas.

And I'm a professional magician.

We're doing this.

I perform close -up, flight of hand, and mentalism.

Mi nombre es Fernando Velasco. Soy mago, ilusionista, y escapista. And I'm

incredibly excited to be here on Star Search, the biggest stage in the world.

¿Qué dice mi gente?

Magic definitely snuck up on me in high school.

Lacrosse was everything, but one game, my hip popped out.

That injury completely helped to reshape and shift my path to find magic.

I went from performing for free in ice cream shops to making history as the

youngest magician to ever headline the Las Vegas Strip.

I've been blessed to perform for celebrities, even some of my idols. Shin

Kevin Hart, Copperfield came there at one point. I peed myself a little bit,

it was awesome.

When I was 11, my dad, he introduced me to magic.

We moved to the U .S., and he found the Magic Castle, became a busboy, and has

been working there literally ever since.

All of the best magicians in the world perform there.

The moment I walked in through that secret bookshelf door, I was just

bitten by the bug and found a passion.

I just like to give my everything, body, soul, sweat, tears. You will have it

all.

I performed on many big stages throughout my career, but this is the

that the world is my stage.

I think the little boy 15 years ago would not be able to believe what I'm

today.

Just need the pie roll.

Jelly Roll, it's the magical moment you've been

waiting for to kick off the variety competition from Las Vegas, Nevada. It's

.J. Salter.

T .J. Salter.

T .J. Salter.

Come on.

Say that music.

Music is the universal language. No matter where you're from, what language

speak, what your culture is, it's something that connects all of us.

I think magic is also a universal language, and I want to demonstrate that

connection tonight.

All of you right now should have a paper and a pen.

Think about your favorite music artist of all time.

Write them nice and large on that paper.

Do that now.

When you're done writing, you're going to hold that paper high into the air so

we can see all those names.

Uh -huh.

There we go. I got Prince.

Jelly, I see your name out there a couple times.

There we go.

I want you to take that paper. You will see an envelope in front of you.

Drop that paper into the envelope.

Take that envelope.

Close it up.

In a second, we're going to have a chance to mix these envelopes up.

Music's going to start. It's going to be like hot potato.

You're going to mix them like crazy.

Ready?

Go.

Mix them.

Yep, to the right, to the left. Come on. There we go. Behind you, in front. Keep

going.

There we go.

It's crazy.

And stop. You're the magic. All right. I thought you snagged that.

Whatever envelope you have, take it, put it under your booty for later for this

demonstration.

I would love the help from one of our judges tonight.

Chrissy, would you mind joining me on stage?

Show Chrissy some love. Come on.

Come on up here. There you go.

Oh, my goodness. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So nice, of course. That's a gentleman right there.

That's a gentleman.

You may take the seat.

Okay. There we go. Thank you.

There is one object that connects everyone here in this room, even to

watching at home live, which is our cell phones. So right now, everybody take

your cell phones out, even at home for those watching. Take them out. We're

going to connect with you at home. And open your calculators.

Judges, you can do that as well.

To make this completely random, We're going to use an object that is very

scientific.

Thank you. Yes.

This is for you. Right. You're going to toss that into the audience. Whoever

catches it is going to stand up.

Oh, God. Oh, gosh. They want it. Go.

All right.

You got to take it right there. He was ready.

Right there.

Nice and loud.

Can you name me your favorite year of music?

My favorite year? Favorite year.

1987.

Everyone, there we go.

Everybody here and at home, 1987.

Put that on the calculator.

1987.

Hit plus.

Pass that ball over here. Pass it somewhere. Go.

Quick, quick, quick.

Oh, it's getting back there, man.

Oh, no, no.

Bring it back.

There we go.

Right there.

Shout nice and loud a graduation year important to you.

2020. Everyone add 2020.

Hit plus.

We're going to pass it more towards the front. Pass it over here.

Thank you. Pass it. Hit it over here.

Yeah, you're right there. Can you name me nice and loud your social security

number?

I'm just kidding.

Maybe just your birthday, the month and day.

September 7th. September 7th. So that is 9 -7. Everyone's going to add 97.

Hit plus one last time. Pass that ball back up here. Pass it up. Pass it up.

Thank you.

Thank you, yeah.

Thank you, my friend.

That's got some air time. That's a good one. Nice throw. All right.

To ensure this is random, for the final number, you're going to give me one

finger like this. Okay. Look into the beautiful audience. Make sure it's

Bam the numbers like crazy. Don't even look. Bam. Just keep going. Yeah, don't

rub it. Just, yeah, very good. I was rubbing.

Hopefully, hopefully that's my paycheck. You did a lot of damn numbers. Can

everyone add 209 -346?

Make sure we get the same answer. If you get equals, that should be what? 213

,000 something?

Yes. This is for you. Thank you.

Anyone that caught this, you may have noticed there's something inside.

Brace yourselves, ladies and gentlemen.

A prediction.

This has been here the entire time.

In a second, Chrissy.

One digit at a time. I'm nervous for you. Yes.

I'm trembling. Okay. Can you read that number one digit at a time?

Two, one, three, four, five, zero.

A perfect match.

Come on.

Thank you. This is for you.

That's a gift. Thank you.

So hold on.

Hold on.

Thank you.

You are still sitting on a bunch of random artists right now.

Take them out. Take out your envelopes.

Jelly, you have an incredible music career yourself. This needs to be your

decision, okay?

Yes, he's excited.

Hold him up. Show Jelly for him. Stand on up. Go pick an envelope at random. Go

ahead. Show some love.

There we go. Go in. Come on in.

Let me go. My man right here with the glasses.

Right there.

Go, run up. Give it to Jelly.

There we go.

There we go.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Jelly, only you peek at this. Nobody else.

Open. Take a look at that artist. Not even my friend? No, nobody.

Sarah,

I want you to know I'll tell you.

Oh, yeah, I get it. Yeah, put it right there. Hold it right there. If I could

guess it, that would be good. But what if Chrissy could read your mind?

I want you to imagine sending that artist over and over to Chrissy so you

really focus. I want you to cover your ears tight.

Cover them very tightly.

We're going to focus on this here.

Did you get something?

No. You got nothing. That would have been good.

Let's try again. Just really focus. We're going to see. Really send it.

Close your ears tight.

Anything. Okay.

Usher.

No!

Hold on one second. Show everybody.

You swear to God, Chris, you look at me. Did you hear his voice?

Ladies and gentlemen, if that does not show our connection tonight,

you still have that.

If that doesn't show our connection tonight, maybe this

will.

You are amazing.

Give her a hand. Come on.

Come on.

Thank you so much.

Now,

that

was mind -blowing. Come on over here, TJ.

Voting is now open.

Grab your remote.

For those watching live, remember you can vote from one to five stars with

stars being the best.

Judges, what did you think of T .J. Salta? Sarah, we're going to start with

I don't understand anything that is happening.

I mean, I was blown away.

I'm never at a loss for words. Anyone that knows me can tell you that. And you

kept me enthralled the whole time. I think that's something else, too. It was

long trick, and you have to wait sometimes for a payoff.

with a magic trick. And some magicians will lose me and, you know, oh, shiny

light, look.

But I just was so, I couldn't wait to see what happens next. And then it was

number and the, I, again, I'm babbling because I just, I don't understand.

I loved it. I absolutely loved it. I forget it.

Wow. To you, Kristen.

Man, I like, I'm a huge magic lover.

The way that you move on the stage, everything, I mean, you are so Vegas.

you're so perfect.

You are what, like, the cadence, everything, the way you speak. And

right, Sarah, you're so right. It was, like, a longer trick.

And oftentimes, especially if, like, there's somebody else using cards or

something, like, I get so lost. I'm like, what were we supposed to keep

again? Like, you really held on the whole time. And everyone was like.

unbated breath, you know, watching every single thing.

I think you are incredible. You're wonderful. You are exactly the kind of

that I would pay to go see in Las Vegas.

Seriously?

Love it.

Thank you.

And to the man who's weirded out and afraid of magic and magicians, Jelly

TJ, I want to tell you, man, that I am creeped out by magic.

And that was before I met you.

Now I am absolutely petrified by you.

I mean, dude, let me tell you how amazing you are. That freaks me out in

way. I'll start with telling you that I just wasn't ready to do that much math.

I mean, that was a lot of math.

And then when the balloons started going, I want you all to know I've been

enough festivals to know that you can't control where that balloon goes. I've

kicked a bunch of those beach balls off stage, balloons.

You'd be surprised. So when I see my man with the cowboy hat grab it, which I

thought was awesome, and I can't wait to hear what happened in 19. 1987, by the

way. I know. What a year that must have been for you.

But I was like, this is getting absolutely unreal.

And then when I thought I couldn't get any crazier after the math equation you

did, you were trying to pick an artist.

And you were like, give it to Chrissy. And I know where it went wrong the first

time. It wasn't your fault. In my head, I was going, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah.

And she didn't get it. That was my fault. So the second time, I was like,

usher. And then I even threw in a usher, usher.

And when she hit it back, dude, it freaks me out. I've just been sitting

I really got to pee now.

It's incredible, TJ. Welcome to Vegas. Thank you.

You know, that was a phenomenal.

Great there, Keegan. And I've always been fascinated with magic. You grew up

here in Los Angeles going to the Magic Castle and all that. I'm just curious,

what got you involved in magic? How did all that start for you?

Oh, man, I really – it's something that – it's funny. I was the biggest skeptic

my entire life. I always thought it was corny. I still think it is at its core.

So for me, it was an outlet that once I got an injury to still bring people that

reaction like Christmas morning, like what is going on, just getting to give

that feeling to somebody.

That's something you can't buy. Just seeing you drop that thing, that's what

live for. And magic. I love it.

And everyone here, to be able to connect and do it live with people at home,

that was my dream. And thank you for letting me fulfill that tonight. Thank

Thank you for joining us on Star Search.

Now it's time to reveal the judges' scores.

Christy.

Four stars.

Jelly roll. I want y 'all to know that Chrissy is a magic critic. This is a big

deal. She gave four stars. I gave four stars, too, man. I was blown away.

Okay.

Four stars for me, too. I was blown away, too. Four stars for Sarah.

All right.

I know you want to see the viewer score right now, but we're not going to do

that quite yet, because first, we've got to see your opponent.

Please welcome Fernando Velasco.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. What's up?

I'm really excited to be here. Now, what you're about to see is not mental. It

is visual, and it happens very fast.

Right back here, I have a 10 -foot tall steel platform.

At the bottom of the platform is a 6 -foot tall table, and as you can tell,

table is completely empty.

On top of the table is a 4x4 cube with a solid bottom and a solid top,

and much like the table.

Very much empty.

Mi gente, no hay nada.

Uh -huh.

All right. Right about now, my head is quite literally 16 feet above the stage

floor, making what you're about to see truly impossible.

But before I keep on going, I want you guys to meet a good friend of mine. Her

name is Selena.

What's up, Selena?

Do not take your eyes off of Selena.

We call this hide and seek.

Hey, Fernando, you can't be sneaking up on me like that. I am from Compton.

All right. We're just messing with you.

Voting is now open. What did you think of Fernando's performance? You only have

60 seconds to vote.

Judges. Chrissy? Oh, my God. This is so stressful. Honestly, that was... I am

going to go to bed wondering how you did that trick. It's going to drive me

absolutely nuts.

I... It reminded me of, like, those... old days of stage magic like the ones

where you'd tune in on like live television you'd be so excited the math

magician would come out and tell you how it was done and i just like i love

being brought back to that day like i'm also a voting member of magic castle and

a huge fan of magic in general and that's something you would only get to

like that main room out there so it was so cool to me to get to witness

something like that i think we were all so confused and excited equally so

amazing job wonderful

Jelly roll.

I love that Chrissy said she's going to go to sleep wondering how you did that

trick. And I'm going to go to sleep wondering if you are an escaped inmate

somewhere with an alternate ID.

Man, I know a bunch of, I could have used you about 15 years ago, man.

You would have been a great cellmate, dude. Let me tell you.

I would have loved to be your cellmate.

I was actually a pretty good cellmate, dude.

I didn't fart as much as you think I did. I didn't think you farted. Thank

No, but I got to tell you, I was actually blown away, man. It was really

special. I feel, Kate, I don't know what to say, dude. It was weird.

I don't know how, I don't know, first of all, where did the other girl even come

from? You didn't introduce her as to all, you know what I mean? And don't get

wrong, it didn't surprise me you came out with two girls. You came out mighty,

hello, Rico Suarez.

I thought, I didn't surprise at all. But, I mean, I didn't know where she

from. Was you surprised, too? Well, yeah. Also, why didn't she get a name?

Yeah, what's her name? She deserves a moment.

Eloise. Eloise is her name.

Oh, got it. I was trying to see what was going on. It was a lot happening, man.

I know it was special.

She invited me to the Magic Castle on a double date with my wife, and I told her

my wife and I are in, and now that I've seen you, I'm really in. Okay, good.

That's great.

Sarah. Well, first of all, I just want to know why Freddie and I didn't get

invited on this date. You are invited.

He didn't say I was.

I'm so sorry. I'm just saying I'm not trying to, like, be a third wheel, but

okay. Sorry, back to you. I can't invite you to where she's the third member of,

you know what I mean?

Fair, fair.

When you came out, it was so exciting. There's something so exciting about you.

You have us on the edge of our seat. We're like, what's going to happen?

going to happen? And that's really important with magic is to keep us

The only thing that I would say is that the trip was amazing, but I wanted more.

Like, you had more time. Like, I wanted to see you then switch this and that

because I was left so confused. I'm like, wait, wait, wait, where's the

Like, I want more.

That's a good thing that you want more. Yeah, I'm just saying. You're the one

voting.

I just feel like you have to, you want to use every bit of time that someone

gives you. Take advantage of that because you never know when you're going

in front of an audience like this ever in your life. So always to any, use that

time. Thank you. Great job up there, Fernando.

I have a question.

I have an answer. I'm digging your high -waisted pants.

Now, as a musician, as a magician.

How can you make my belly disappear so I can wear high -waisted pants like that?

Magic. Hey, there's some good medicine out there now.

All right. All right, judges, let's go to your scores.

Chrissy. Oh, my God. Okay, I agree.

I want more, and that's an amazing thing.

Three stars.

Jelly Roll.

I gave you four. I've been trying to escape my whole life. I thought it was

awesome.

Sarah.

Three stars.

Thank you, judges.

TJ, please come join us on stage again.

Now is the moment where it all gets real because the worldwide results are in.

TJ.

Our three judges gave you a total score of four stars.

We've got to change the song.

But that's not all that matters. Let's see what the fourth judge, the viewers

around the world, gave you.

4 .2 stars. That gives you a combined final score of 4

.1 stars.

4 .1 stars is the score to beat.

Let's see what your competitor, Fernando, received.

Fernando.

The judges just gave you 3 .3 stars.

The viewers around the world gave you 3 .1 stars.

Combined, that's a final score of 3 .2 stars, which means our winner,

TJ Salsa, you are tonight's Variety Champion.

Fernando, you were outstanding. Thank you. Give it up.

For Fernando Velasco.

All right, TJ.

Congratulations. How do you feel about your win tonight?

Wow, that's crazy. Sorry.

I'm just grateful to be here, like I said, and to be able to connect with you

guys. And now I've got to bring the heat later.

Yeah, amen.

Well, we will see you next week, TJ, where you will take on your first

challenger to defend your variety title.

Title now.

You can disappear from this stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for TJ Salter again.

Now, before we get to our last head -to -head of the night, let's take a look at

what we've got coming up on Star Search tomorrow night on Netflix.

Tomorrow is going to be hot and you don't want to miss it.

Now, back to tonight's final head -to -head category, music group. Let's meet

them, Horizon and 2BYG.

This is our moment to introduce ourselves to the world. Bring it on.

We want a long -lasting career, and winning on this global stage could

give us that.

The Melanated Brothers.

We had a talent show at our school.

We came in first place.

KD came in second. He was really good.

So we asked KD to be in the group. And we've been rocking and rolling, rolling

the dice ever since.

What's going on, Lee? Y 'all may recognize us from TikTok.

One of our biggest videos to this day.

Can I get to the yams? We blew up on that.

Another million likes. After that, it's been nonstop.

And here we are.

But the thing about being viral is that it's just a moment. And we want our

music to be timeless for people to listen to them even after we're gone.

I'm Gabby. I'm Tiara.

I'm Bernie.

And we're Horizon.

So number three, because there's three of us, we're a trio.

Her because women and Horizon because she's got her hands on the wheel and her

eyes on the horizon.

Horizon.

Music really did bring us together.

Karaoke is such a massive staple in Filipino households.

We grew up in Australia.

Our mum's telling us to get on the mic and like... Bribing us.

Paying us money to sing on it.

Last year, we decided to move to America to try and really make a name for

ourselves.

Moving all the way to Atlanta and living in an empty apartment, it definitely

inspires us to work even harder.

There is no plan B. Plan B is to make plan A work.

Look,

fellas, it's our backup singer.

We know 2BYG from the music scene, and they have a lot to bring to the table.

But I'm not threatened.

Their biggest strength?

They've got one extra member.

Horizon will be riding off into Horizon after we're done with it.

Let's just say this rivalry is heated in more ways than one.

Performing It's Gonna Be Me, please welcome 2B YG.

You might been hurt.

I remember you told me that it made you believe in no

man, no cry.

Maybe that's why every little thing I do never will afford

you. You don't want to lose it again.

But I'm not like them.

Maybe when you're done.

You've got no choice, babe, but to move on. You know there

ain't no time to waste.

You're just too blind to be me, and you know you're gonna...

So just fill me up.

I know I never think so.

Use your remote to vote for 2BYG. You only have one minute.

Judges, Jelly Roll, we're going to start with you. Oh, please start with me. I

was going to take the lead this time, ladies. Either way, I want to tell you

something. I didn't realize.

You know how sometimes there's something missing in the world, and you can't put

your finger on what it is in music, and then you see something that's a

callback, and you go, that is what's missing in the world. That's what's

in music right now.

That is.

And I'll tell you why I felt that way. One, you can tell y 'all thought through

everything. First of all, with the cowboy hat, I had a high expectation of

and your kick didn't let me down.

But strategic, I think about the small nuances of the art y 'all are doing that

I pay attention to, and I want you to know, not just the thing and the fact

y 'all said, if we're all going to dress alike, how can we still be ourselves?

My man said, I'm going to wear a cowboy hat with the earrings. My man said, I'm

going to throw my glasses on and my beanie, and y 'all figured a way to

out. If I had one note, and this is just a note because I've seen y 'all want to

do it, and you were like, I don't think I'm allowed to. Y 'all had a moment. Y

'all wanted to get right here in our face.

I've seen it in your soul.

Listen, I don't care. In the future, I shouldn't say this on TV, and they knew

was a liability. I don't care what production tells you. You follow your

You follow your spirit next time.

You do what's right here. You're a superstar.

You could possibly be the next star. I know what I did. If the world did what I

did, we'll see y 'all next week, boys.

Oh, you got them riled up to be watching.

Sarah, we're going to go to you. First of all, thank you for letting me live

my fantasies. I've never been the girl that's been sung to at a concert. She

the girl. I'm like, it's never me. I'm really the person raising my hands.

you. I'm with Jelly. I would have loved it if it was, like, really right here

because then I would have had every of my, like, fantasy.

It's not about me. I know that. I loved you guys. I loved how beautiful your

voice was.

I love that you made it your own. My one note is, I mean, that is a very

recognizable boy band song.

And if you're going to take that on, I also want to see it be so different so

that I'm not thinking about the original and, you know, to really. So my one

note would be that when you're doing songs like that is really try to find

moments that make it so.

You guys. Great note.

Good point, Sarah.

Christy. Okay, so to John Legend, who's out there watching from Paris, pick

Sarah for the next slow dance at your concert.

It's going to be so good. I'll love it so much. You guys, that song means so

much to me. I think you probably knew coming out here.

Like, I'm out of breath from just singing along with it. It's just like

up. Boy bands were like my everything. I just recently went to the Backstreet

Boys show at Spear.

Incredible.

I hope NSYNC, please do it. NSYNC, please do it. You guys had like this

fresh take on it. Like the dancing, it brought me back. But at the same time,

was different enough.

I thought you guys were great together.

I don't know how long, how long have you been together?

We've been together four years now. Four years. I thought it was, it can only

get better. It was beautiful.

I love this song. Love it.

All right.

Now, 2BYG.

I'm not a judge, but I have one criticism.

You don't have anybody husky in the group.

All right, you need to represent the Husky Brothers. I could join the group.

wearing leather. We could do five -part harmony. We could be up here.

We could be up here. Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Seven stars for Anthony. Judges, let's get your scores. Chrissy?

Three stars.

Whoa.

Jelly Roll. Five stars.

Okay.

All right.

Three stars.

What was that, Sarah? Three stars. Three stars for Sarah.

All right. We're going to find out your viewer scores shortly.

But before we do, we got to see who you're up against.

It's time to bring out your opponent, performing Espresso. Please welcome

Horizon.

Horizon.

Singin' about me, that's not at all, isn't that sweet, I guess so.

Sing and sing, so that you'll know me, it's just so.

I can't relate to desperation, but give or damn,

or on vacation.

And I got this one boy, and he won't stop callin' when I act this way.

I know I got it, too bad your ex don't do it.

Walked in and drink came true to play. Stopped in and I felt beautiful, yeah.

Ha, ha, ha.

I know mountains do it for you. That morning coffee brewed it for you. One

and I'm brand new to it, yeah.

Now he's living by me every night, oh.

Isn't that sweet, I guess, oh.

They can't sleep, baby, I know.

This and me, it's a song.

Moving up, down.

Pitch it up like Nintendo

Right.

a fraternity in college.

All right, which of these two groups will become our last champions of the

and move on to next week?

How many stars do you want to give Horizon?

Put those remotes to work while we check in with the judges.

Christine. I mean, I think we all can agree that was incredible. Am I correct?

going to award shows and i love like trying to pick up if someone's singing

or not and honestly either way it works for me sometimes but you guys your

voices they were live and i knew it was live but it was beautiful live you know

what i'm saying it didn't sound like it was like like auto -tuned or anything

you guys sounded like you you were dancing you were moving and i just like

such great presence from you guys you were you seem very like

and ready for the world already.

So we're excited for you.

Yes, yes.

We're excited for the world to see you.

Jelly Roll.

Oh, ladies, that was incredible, man. Y 'all are from Austria. Did I hear that

right? Y 'all came here from the Down Under. That's awesome.

Just chasing a dream all the way from Austria.

This is great. I hope they're watching back home whatever time it is tomorrow,

mid -morning or afternoon.

I will say this, and y 'all know this, is that when you have three...

vocalists in a group especially uh ladies and y 'all are in that same kind

altitude a little bit that it sometimes gets hard to figure who's who and what's

what and find moments for each other and y 'all nailed it i mean tastefully

beautiful i mean when it was time to shine it was time to shine but most

importantly when it was time to fall back You knew when to fall back. And

three friends up there singing together. And that is a beautiful thing. And y

'all know who y 'all are on that stage. It shows. It glows. I don't know what's

going to happen tonight, but I want to prophesy something into y 'all. Whether

get to see you next week or I don't, I want you to know that you are in the

right path right now. You are clearly going the right direction here.

Sarah.

Well, I have to keep reminding myself that this is Star Search.

And it's not just about... who's the most talented or who's vocal. It's also

about who is the star? Who is that person, that stop, that knows how to put

performance on?

And I was so into it. I loved the song. I loved your vocals. Then you went

acapella. And I was like, oh my gosh, those girls can sing.

But then you took it up another notch and you started dancing. And the canes

came out. And that's what being a star is.

It's about the reason why we go to your shows and scream like that.

There's more to being a star. And you guys, like Jelly said, are just right on

that path. When the canes came out, I was looking for the magician.

I got scared again.

I got scared again.

Well, Raja, that was a wonderful performance out there. Most people use

You guys use confetti. All right? I mean, what a way to end our show and end

your performance. How are you feeling about your performance tonight?

We feel amazing.

It means the absolute world for us to be here right now, especially as Filipino

-Australian women from Sydney.

There's not many of us that get out here.

So we just want to thank everybody.

Love you all. Thank you. Thank you for coming and blessing us with your talent.

Judges. Let's hear your scores.

Chrissy.

I mean, if that's not five stars, I don't know what is.

Okay.

Jelly Roll. That's your first five?

It was. That's a big deal. First five from Chrissy. Four stars, lady. I

it was incredible.

Four stars. It was four stars. It was wonderful.

All right.

Thank you, judges.

2BYG, please come back to the stage and join us.

Now is the moment where it all gets real, because the worldwide results are

To BYG, our three judges gave you a total score of 3 .6 stars,

but that's not all that matters.

Let's see what the fourth judge, the viewers around the world, gave you.

2 .8 stars.

That gives you a combined final score of...

3 .2 stars.

3 .2 stars is the score to beat. Let's see what your competitor, Horizon,

received.

Horizon, the judges just gave you 4 .3 stars.

The viewers around the world gave you 3 .6 stars.

Combined, that's the final score of...

3 .9 stars, which means our winner is Horizon.

Horizon, you are tonight's music group champion.

2BYG, you guys were fantastic tonight.

Thank you.

Thank you, guys. Give it up for our runners -up.

All right.

I'll see y 'all in the rehearsal hall because I'm going to be there. I'm going

to be working on my five -part harmony.

Congratulations, Horizon. How do you guys feel winning tonight?

We feel amazing. We hope we're doing all of you at home proud. And thank you so

much, judges.

Thank you. All right.

We will see you next week.

Let's bring out all of tonight's champions.

These are our Star Search champions for the first night of our two -night live

event. We have Eric Adrian Williams, the junior music champion. We have Movement

55, the champion of dance.

We've got TJ Salta.

our variety champion, and our music group champion, Horizon.

They'll be back next week to take on their first challenger to defend their

crown. Remember, Star Search will be back tomorrow night, January 21st, right

here, live on Netflix with brand new categories and contestants.

Make sure you check us out live at 9 p .m. Eastern, 6 p .m. Pacific, so you can

vote. In real time. I'm your host, Anthony Anderson, and this is Star

Good night. Hi, Mama.