America's Got Talent: The Champions season 1

The first season of America's Got Talent: The Champions featured around 50 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – quarter-finalists (where applicable), semi-finalists and finalists – and other notable acts. The judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel, all of whom judged the previous season of the main series. Terry Crews served as host.[2]

America's Got Talent: The Champions
Season 1
ShowrunnerJason Raff[1]
Hosted byTerry Crews
Judges
WinnerShin Lim
Runner-upDarci Lynne
No. of episodes7
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseJanuary 7 (2019-01-07) –
February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18)
Season chronology
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Season 2
Judges and Presenter for America's Got Talent: The Champions Season 1

Overview

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The contest's preliminaries rounds that featured around 10 participants who competed to secure a place within the finals. Twelve were chosen, five from Golden Buzzers, five from public votes, and two chosen as Wildcards. The following table lists each participant that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – the respective international version and season they appeared in, and the result of their corresponding performance in each – and their overall result in the contest:

Got Talent History Key AGTAmerica's Got Talent AuGTAustralia's Got Talent BGTBritain's Got Talent BeGTBelgium's Got Talent ČSMTČesko Slovensko má talent DHTDanmark Har Talent DSDas Supertalent
FITLa France a un incroyable talent GTEGot Talent España HGTHolland's Got Talent IGTItalia's Got Talent MSMinuta slavy SAGTSouth Africa's Got Talent UMTUkrayina maye talant
  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist
  Eliminated |   Golden Buzzer Finalist |   Wildcard Finalist
Participant [3][4] Act Got Talent history Preliminary [5] Results
Alex Magala Sword Swallower AGT: S8 – Quarter-finalist; IGT: S5 – Finalist; MS: S8 – Winner;
UMT: S6 – Semi-finalist; FIT: S9 – Participant;
BGT: S10 – Finalist; ČSMT: S6 – Semi-finalist
1 Eliminated
Angelica Hale   Singer AGT: S12 – Runner-up 3 Finalist
Ashleigh & Sully Dancing Dog Act BGT: S6 – Winner (as Ashleigh and Pudsey) 2 Eliminated
Attraction Shadow Theatre Group DS: S6 – Semi-finalist; BGT: S7 – Winner 5 Eliminated
Bianca Ryan Singer AGT: S1 – Winner 1 Eliminated
Billy & Emily England Extreme Rollerskating Duo BGT: S9 – Semi-finalist; AGT: S12 – Semi-finalist 3 Eliminated
Brian Justin Crum Singer AGT: S11 – Grand-finalist 4 Finalist
Colin Cloud Mentalist BGT: S6 – Participant; AGT: S12 – Semi-finalist 5 Eliminated
Cosentino Escape Artist & Illusionist AuGT: S5 – Runner-up 5 Eliminated
Courtney Hadwin Singer AGT: S13 – Finalist 2 Eliminated
Cristina Ramos Opera & Rock Singer GTE: S1 – Winner 2 Grand-finalist
Darci Lynne   Singing Ventriloquist AGT: S12 – Winner 2 Runner-up
Darcy Oake Illusionist BGT: S8 – Finalist 3 Eliminated
DDF Crew Jump Rope Dance Crew HGT: S5 – Winner; BeGT: S4 – Semi-finalist 2 Eliminated
Deadly Games   Extreme Knife Throwers AGT: S11 – Semi-finalist; FIT: S12 – Semi-Finalist 2 Finalist
DJ Arch Jnr DJ SAGT: S6 – Winner 3 Eliminated
Drew Lynch Comedian AGT: S10 – Runner-up 4 Eliminated
Issy Simpson Magician BGT: S11 – Runner-up 4 Eliminated
Jackie Evancho Opera Singer AGT: S5 – Runner-up 5 Eliminated
Jon Dorenbos   Magician AGT: S11 – Third place 3 Finalist
Justice Crew Dance Troupe AuGT: S4 – Winner 1 Eliminated
Kechi Okwuchi   Singer AGT: S12 – Finalist 4 Finalist
Kenichi Ebina Dancer AGT: S8 – Winner 4 Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova   Sand Artist UMT: S1 – Winner 5 Third place
Light Balance Electronic Dance Troupe BGT: S8 – Semi-finalist; AGT: S12 – 3rd Place 2 Eliminated
Lost Voice Guy Comedian BGT: S12 – Winner 5 Eliminated
Moonlight Brothers Dance Duo DHT: S4 – Winner 4 Eliminated
Paul Potts Opera Singer BGT: S1 – Winner 3 Finalist
Paul Zerdin Ventriloquist AGT: S10 – Winner 4 Eliminated
Piff the Magic Dragon Comic Magician AGT: S10 – Finalist 2 Eliminated
Preacher Lawson Comedian AGT: S12 – Finalist 1 Grand-finalist
Prince Poppycock Opera Singer AGT: S5 – Grand-finalist 3 Eliminated
Ryan Stock & AmberLynn Sideshow Duo AGT: S11 – Quarter-finalist 3 Eliminated
Sal Valentinetti Singer AGT: S11 – Grand-finalist 5 Eliminated
Samuel J. Comroe Comedian AGT: S13 – Grand-finalist 3 Eliminated
Sara & Hero Dog Tricks Act AGT: S12 – Grand-finalist 1 Eliminated
Shin Lim Card Magician AGT: S13 – Winner 5 Winner
Sofie Dossi Aerialist Contortionist AGT: S11 – Finalist 1 Eliminated
Sons of Serendip Band AGT: S9 – Grand-finalist 5 Eliminated
Susan Boyle   Singer BGT: S3 – Runner-up 1 Finalist
Tape Face Mime AGT: S11 – Finalist 4 Eliminated
Taylor Williamson Comedian AGT: S8 – Runner-up 2 Eliminated
The Clairvoyants Mentalist Duo AGT: S11 – Runner-up 1 Eliminated
The Professional Regurgitator Regurgitator BGT: S4 – Semi-finalist; DS: S4 – Finalist; ČSMT: S2 – Finalist;
DS: S5 – Semi-finalist; IGT: S4 – Semi-finalist; FIT: S9 – Grand-finalist;
AGT: S10 – Grand-finalist; DS: S12 – Winner
4 Eliminated
The Texas Tenors Country & Classical Vocal Group AGT: S4 – Finalist 4 Eliminated
Tokio Myers Pianist/Drummer/Remixer BGT: S11 – Winner 5 Eliminated
Tom Cotter Comedian AGT: S7 – Runner-up 3 Eliminated
Uzeyer Novruzov Ladder Acrobat AGT: S10 – Finalist; FIT: S11 – Semi-finalist (as Freeladderman) 1 Eliminated
Vicki Barbolak Comedian AGT: S13 – Finalist 1 Eliminated
Viktor Kee Juggler AGT: S11 – Finalist 2 Eliminated

Preliminaries Summary

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  Golden Buzzer Advancement |   Won the Superfan vote |   Eliminated – 2nd in Vote
  Eliminated – 3rd in Vote |   Eliminated |   Buzzed out

Preliminary 1 (January 7)

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Participant Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Bianca Ryan 1 Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote)
The Clairvoyants 2 Eliminated
Sara and Hero 3 Eliminated
Uzeyer Novruzov 4 Eliminated
Vicki Barbolak 5 Eliminated
Alex Magala 6 Eliminated
Justice Crew 7 Eliminated
Susan Boyle 8 Advanced
Sofie Dossi 9 Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote)
Preacher Lawson 10 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)

Preliminary 2 (January 14)

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Participant Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Darci Lynne 1 1 Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote)
Ashleigh and Sully 2 Eliminated
Light Balance 3 Eliminated
Taylor Williamson 4 Eliminated
Cristina Ramos 5 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
DDF Crew 6 Eliminated
Viktor Kee 7 Eliminated
Courtney Hadwin 8 Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote)
Deadly Games 9 Advanced
Piff the Magic Dragon 10 Eliminated
  • ^1 Darci Lynne was later made a wildcard act for the Grand-final by the judges.

Preliminary 3 (January 21)

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Participant Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
DJ Arch Jnr 1 Eliminated
Darcy Oake 2 Eliminated
Angelica Hale 3 Advanced
Tom Cotter 4   Eliminated
Prince Poppycock 5 Eliminated
Ryan Stock & AmberLynn 6 Eliminated
Samuel J. Comroe 7 Eliminated
Paul Potts 8 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Jon Dorenbos 2 9 Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote)
Billy and Emily England 10 Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote)
  • ^2 Jon Dorenbos was later made a wildcard act for the Grand-final by the judges.

Preliminary 4 (January 28)

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Participant Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Issy Simpson 1 Eliminated
The Texas Tenors 2 Eliminated
Drew Lynch 3 Eliminated (Tied 3rd in Superfan Vote)
Paul Zerdin 4 Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote)
Moonlight Brothers 5 Eliminated
Tape Face 6 Eliminated (Tied 3rd in Superfan Vote)
Kechi Okwuchi 7 Advanced
The Professional Regurgitator 8   Eliminated
Brian Justin Crum 9 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Kenichi Ebina 10 Eliminated

Preliminary 5 (February 4)

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Participant Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Attraction 1 Eliminated (2nd in Superfan Vote)
Jackie Evancho 2 Eliminated
Colin Cloud 3 3 4 4 4 Eliminated
Lost Voice Guy 4 Eliminated
Sal Valentinetti 5 Eliminated
Tokio Myers 6 Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova 7 Advanced
Cosentino 8 Eliminated
Sons of Serendip 9 Eliminated (3rd in Superfan Vote)
Shin Lim 10 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
  • ^3 David Hasselhoff, a former judge of America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent, made a special appearance as part of Colin Cloud's performance.
  • ^4 Cowell, Klum & Mel B pressed their buzzers as part of Colin Cloud's performance.

Finals Summary

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Top 12 Final (February 11)

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Finalist Order Act Result
Cristina Ramos 1 Opera & Rock Singer Advanced
Preacher Lawson 2 Comedian Advanced
Darci Lynne 3 Singing Ventriloquist Advanced
Deadly Games 4 Extreme Knife Throwers Top 12 Finalist
Kechi Okwuchi 5 Singer Top 12 Finalist
Brian Justin Crum 6 Singer Top 12 Finalist
Jon Dorenbos 7 Magician Top 12 Finalist
Angelica Hale 8 Singer Top 12 Finalist
Kseniya Simonova 9 Sand Artist Advanced
Paul Potts 10 Opera Singer Top 12 Finalist
Shin Lim 11 Card Magician Advanced
Susan Boyle 12 Singer Top 12 Finalist

Grand-final (February 18)

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  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place

Guest performers: Tokio Myers & Voices of Hope Children's Choir, The Clairvoyants, Cirque du Soleil, and Jackie Evancho

Grand-finalist Act Performed with Result
Cristina Ramos Opera & Rock Singer Brian Justin Crum & Deadly Games 4th
Darci Lynne Singing Ventriloquist Rowlf the Dog 2nd
Kseniya Simonova Sand Artist N/A 3rd
Preacher Lawson Comedian N/A 5th
Shin Lim Card Magician Melissa Fumero 1st

References

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  1. ^ Hailu, Selome (October 28, 2024). "'America's Got Talent': Jason Raff Out as Showrunner After 19 Seasons Due to Budget Cuts". Variety. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "'AGT: The Champions' crowns sleight-of-hand artist Shin Lim: 'Such a fun run'". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Swift, Andy (November 16, 2018). "America's Got Talent: The Champions Reveals 25 Returning Acts". TVLine. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Swift, Andy (November 30, 2018). "America's Got Talent: The Champions Reveals Final 25 Returning Acts". TVLine.
  5. ^ "America's Got Talent | NBCUniversal Media Village". NBCUniversal Media Village. Retrieved January 16, 2019.