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The fourteenth season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 28 to September 18, 2019.[2] After the previous season, Tyra Banks left the program to focus on other projects, leading to Terry Crews replacing her as host following his involvement on earlier that year. In addition, both Mel B and Heidi Klum also left the program, with their replacements as judges being Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough.[3] [4] The guest judges for the season's Judge Cuts stage included Brad Paisley, Dwyane Wade, Ellie Kemper and Jay Leno. The semi-finals involved two additional guest judges, a first in the program's history, with Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah.[5]
The fourteenth season was won by singer and pianist Kodi Lee, with the Detroit Youth Choir finishing second, and stand-up comedian Ryan Niemiller placing third.[6] During its broadcast, the season averaged around 9.12 million viewers.
Open auditions were held in late 2018 in New York City, Detroit, Knoxville, Tampa, Charlotte, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. As with the previous year, the judges' auditions were held in March 2019, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Judge Cuts stage of the competition included singer Brad Paisley, former basketball player Dwyane Wade, actress Ellie Kemper and host Jay Leno.[7] After the previous season, Tyra Banks left the program to focus on other television projects, announcing her decision in late December 2018.[8] [9] Due to her departure, Terry Crews became her replacement beginning in April 2019, after being popular with viewers as host of the first season of the spin-off series . In addition to the departure of Banks, two judges were replaced due to conflicting obligations in 2019. Mel B could not return due to being a part of the Spice Girls reunion tour that year. Heidi Klum signed on to producing a new fashion competition series for Amazon and could not commit to being on AGT. Julianne Hough, a dancer, and actress Gabrielle Union were offered the role of judges, with the announcement of their predecessor's replacement being made at the same time as the announcement about Crews in April 2019.
This season had a minor change to the format of the program, with the semi-finals featuring two guest judges. Their inclusion would only be for feedback on the performances of the semi-finalists, not for stopping a performance with a buzzer nor having any involvement with the judge votes. The judges recruited for this format in this season were Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah. Other than this change, an undisclosed issue forced the judges' vote to be suspended during first quarter-final's results. While the top six quarter-finalists voted for by the public were advanced, those placed 7th, 8th and 9th respectively faced only the online vote as a result.
Of the participants who auditioned for the season, thirty-six secured a place in the live quarter-finals with twelve quarter-finalists in each one. Among those were singer and pianist Kodi Lee,[10] singer and rapper Joseph Allen,[11] violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa[12] the Detroit Youth Choir,[13] and singer Luke Islam[14] who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the main judges and host; singer and guitarist Sophie Pecora, acrobatic dance group V.Unbeatable, light-up dance group Light Balance Kids and opera singer Emanne Beasha,[15] who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the guest judges; singer Ansley Burns, mentalists The Sentimentalists and aerialist Matthew Richardson, who were chosen as Wildcard quarter-finalists. About twenty-two quarter-finalists advanced and were split between the two semi-finals, including dog tricks act Lukas & Falco (chosen as the Wildcard semi-finalist), with ten semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. Here is a list of the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
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Wildcard Quarter-finalist | Wildcard Semi-finalistGolden Buzzer - Auditions | Golden Buzzer - Judge Cuts| Participant | Age(s) | Genre | Act | From | Quarter-Final | Result |
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| Alex Dowis | 40 | Variety | Blacklight Painter | Prague, Czech Republic | 1 | |
| Ansley Burns | 12 | Singing | Singer | Easley, South Carolina | 1 | |
| Benicio Bryant | 15 | Singing | Singer | Maple Valley, Washington | 3 | |
| Berywam | 25-30 | Music | Beatboxing Group | Toulouse, France | 3 | |
| Bir Khalsa | 30-39 | Danger | Danger Group | Tarn Taran, India | 1 | |
| Carmen Carter | 55 | Singing | Singer | Los Angeles | 1 | |
| Charlotte Summers | 13 | Singing | Singer | Marbella, Spain | 2 | |
| Chris Kläfford | 30 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | Lindesberg, Sweden | 2 | |
| Detroit Youth Choir | 8-18 | Singing | Choir | Detroit | 3 | |
| Dom Chambers | 26 | Magic | Magician | Melbourne, Australia | 3 | |
| Emanne Beasha | 10 | Singing | Opera Singer | North Port, Florida | 3 | |
| Emerald Belles | 15-18 | Dance | Dance Group | Southlake, Texas | 1 | |
| Eric Chien | 26 | Magic | Magician | Houston | 3 | |
| GFORCE | 10-13 | Singing | Vocal Group | Toronto | 1 | |
| Gonzo | 33 | Music | Tambourinist | Tokyo | 3 | Eliminated |
| Greg Morton | 60 | Comedy | Impressionist | Toronto | 1 | |
| Jackie Fabulous | 48 | Comedy | Comedian | New York City | 3 | |
| Joseph Allen | 21 | Music | Rapper | Killeen, Texas | 2 | |
| Kodi Lee | 23 | Singing / Music | Singer & Pianist | Lake Elsinore, California | 1 | |
| Light Balance Kids | 11-13 | Dance | Light-Up Dance Group | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2 | |
| Lukas & Falco | 22 & 9 | Animals | Dog Act | Vienna, Austria | 3 | |
| Luke Islam | 12 | Singing | Singer | Garden City, New York | 1 | |
| MacKenzie | 31 | Singing | Singer | Hume, Virginia | 3 | |
| Marcin Patrzalek | 18 | Music | Guitarist | Kielce, Poland | 3 | |
| Marina Mazepa | 22 | Acrobatics / Dance | Contortionist Dancer | Konotop, Ukraine | 2 | |
| Matthew Richardson | 33 | Acrobatics | Aerialist | Savannah, Georgia | 3 | |
| Messoudi Brothers | 25-30 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Trio | Einbeck, Germany | 1 | |
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | 13-27 | Singing | Choir | Elandsdoorn, South Africa | 2 | |
| Nick & Lindsay | 38 & 33 | Singing / Danger | Opera Singer & Sideshow Duo | New Orleans | 2 | |
| Robert Finley | 65 | Singing | Singer | Winnsboro, Louisiana | 2 | |
| Ryan Niemiller | 36 | Comedy | Comedian | Indianapolis | 2 | |
| Sophie Pecora | 15 | Singing / Music | Singer and Guitarist | Danville, California | 1 | |
| 25 & 44 | Magic | Mentalist Duo | Toronto | 2 | ||
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | 11 | Music | Violinist | Raleigh, North Carolina | 2 | |
| V.Unbeatable | 12-27 | Acrobatics / Dance | Acrobatic Dance Group | Mumbai, India | 2 | |
| Voices of Service | 45-54 | Singing | Vocal Group | Fort Belvoir, Virginia | 1 | |
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Guest Performers, Results Show: Shin Lim, Bianca Ryan, Brian King Joseph, and Sofie Dossi
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes | Result (August 14) | ||||
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| GFORCE | 1 | ||||||
| Greg Morton | 2 | ||||||
| Carmen Carter | 3 | ||||||
| Emerald Belles | 4 | ||||||
| Sophie Pecora | 5 | ||||||
| Messoudi Brothers | 6 | ||||||
| Voices of Service | 7 | ||||||
| Ansley Burns | 8 | ||||||
| Alex Dowis | 9 | ||||||
| Luke Islam | 10 | ||||||
| Bir Khalsa | 11 | ||||||
| Kodi Lee | 12 | ||||||
Guest Performer, Results Show: Susan Boyle
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (August 21) | ||||
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| Charlotte Summers | 1 | ||||||
| Nick & Lindsay | 2 | ||||||
| Chris Kläfford | 3 | ||||||
| Marina Mazepa | 4 | ||||||
| Robert Finley | 5 | ||||||
| The Sentimentalists | 6 | ||||||
| Ryan Niemiller | 7 | ||||||
| V.Unbeatable | 8 | ||||||
| Joseph Allen | 9 | ||||||
| Light Balance Kids | 10 | ||||||
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | 11 | ||||||
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | 12 | ||||||
Guest Performers, Results Show: Celestia, and Deadly Games
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (August 28) | ||||
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| Detroit Youth Choir | 1 | ||||||
| Lukas & Falco | 2 | ||||||
| Dom Chambers | 3 | ||||||
| Benicio Bryant | 4 | ||||||
| Gonzo | 5 | ||||||
| Marcin Patrzalek | 6 | ||||||
| Eric Chien | 7 | ||||||
| Berywam | 8 | ||||||
| Matthew Richardson | 9 | ||||||
| MacKenzie | 10 | ||||||
| Jackie Fabulous | 11 | ||||||
| Emanne Beasha | 12 | ||||||
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Guest Performers, Results Show: Darci Lynne, and Preacher Lawson
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (September 4) | ||||
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| Ndlovu Youth Choir | 1 | ||||||
| Ansley Burns | 2 | ||||||
| Messoudi Brothers | 3 | ||||||
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | 4 | ||||||
| Greg Morton | 5 | ||||||
| Kodi Lee | 6 | ||||||
| Jackie Fabulous | 7 | ||||||
| Robert Finley | 8 | ||||||
| Eric Chien | 9 | ||||||
| Light Balance Kids | 10 | ||||||
| Benicio Bryant | 11 | ||||||
Guest Performers, Results Show: Tokio Myers & Stewart Copeland, and Piff the Magic Dragon
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (September 11) | ||||
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| V.Unbeatable | 1 | ||||||
| Dom Chambers | 2 | ||||||
| Luke Islam | 3 | ||||||
| Lukas & Falco | 4 | ||||||
| Chris Kläfford | 5 | ||||||
| Detroit Youth Choir | 6 | ||||||
| Alex Dowis | 7 | ||||||
| Marcin Patrzalek | 8 | ||||||
| Emanne Beasha | 9 | ||||||
| Ryan Niemiller | 10 | ||||||
| Voices of Service | 11 | ||||||
Guest Performers, Finale: Cher, and Lilly Singh[16] [17]
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| Finalist | Performed with (2nd Performance) | Result (September 18) | |
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| Benicio Bryant | Ozuna | ||
| Detroit Youth Choir | Kygo & Macklemore | ||
| Emanne Beasha | Lang Lang | ||
| Kodi Lee | Leona Lewis | ||
| Light Balance Kids | |||
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | Kygo & Macklemore | ||
| Ryan Niemiller | Chris Jericho | ||
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | Brian King Joseph | ||
| V.Unbeatable | Julianne Hough | ||
| Voices of Service | Billy Ray Cyrus |