America's Got Talent
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Genre | Reality Talent contest |
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Created by | |
Directed by | Russell Norman[1] |
Creative director(s) | Brian Friedman |
Judges | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of episodes | 434 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
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Running time | 44–104 minutes |
Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
Release | |
Picture format | |
Original release | June 21, 2006 present | –
Other websites | |
Official website |
America's Got Talent (sometimes abbreviated as AGT) is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent series franchise. It began in June 21, 2006. It features singers, dancers, magicians and other talents from America to compete for a contract and $1,000,000 and as a headliner on the Las Vegas Strip since season 3.
Format
Artists compete for the judges votes. Before appearing, Applicants must audition to impress the crew who works on the show. This is how people get a chance to impress the judges.
Note: Certain seasons may have different variations of rounds.
Auditions
Once applicants have made the show, they go on stage with the judges. Before the act, they introduce themselves("Who are you and where are you from?") is a common line. They perform their act with added help from the crew that helps the contestants with playing music, and props. The coaches have a big red X button they can press if the act starts performing and they get bored, don't like the act, or think the act isn't "talent" material or just plain stupid. If an act receives all of the Judges X's, they must stop performing, however, some have ignored the unofficial rule. After the act is complete, the judges make comments make positive and/or negative about it. Each judge then votes. If an act received 3 Yes's(75%) or more, they move on to the next round of competition. If an act received 2 yes's(50%) or less, they are eliminated from the competition. X's do not determine a judge's yes or no decision. Even if an act received four X's, they can still go through if they can convince the judges to give them 3 yes's, they still go through.
Judge Cuts
The second round of the competition features the contestants performing an act again(usually better and bigger) than the last time. The Judges decide on a certain number of acts moving to the live shows. The contestants are usually split into a certain number of groups as well. The judges decide who moves on as a group, instead of individually. The judges can still X a performance, but all performances are eligible to move on when the judges X a performance, even with four X's.
Live Shows
Winners
- Season 1: Bianca Ryan
- Season 2: Terry Fator
- Season 3: Neal E. Boyd
- Season 4: Kevin Skinner
- Season 5: Michael Grimm
- Season 6: Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
- Season 7: Olate Dogs
- Season 8: Kenichi Ebina
- Season 9: Mat Franco
- Season 10: Paul Zerdin
- Season 11: Grace VanderWaal
- Season 12: Darci Lynne
- Season 13: Shin Lim
- Season 14: Kodi Lee
- Season 15: Brandon Leake
- Season 16: Dustin Tavella
- Season 17: Mayyas
- Season 18: TBA
AGT: The Champions
- Season 1: Shin Lim
- Season 2: V.Unbeatable
AGT: Extreme
- Season 1: Alfredo Silva's Cage Riders
AGT: All Stars
- Season 1: Aidan Bryant
America's Got Talent Media
Simon Cowell, creator of America's Got Talent and the Got Talent franchise, is primarily a judge on the British international version of the franchise. He has operated as a judge on AGT since May 2016.
Bianca Ryan, season one winner
Terry Fator, season two winner
Kevin Skinner, season four winner
Michael Grimm, season five winner
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., season six winner
Olate Dogs, season seven winners
Mat Franco, season nine winner
Grace VanderWaal, season eleven winner
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "America's Got Talent / About the Show". nbc.com. NBC. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.