America's Got Talent season 19

America's Got Talent
Season 19
Promotional poster for season 19, featuring (L to R) host Crews and judges Klum, Cowell, Vergara, and Mandel
Showrunners
  • Jason Raff
  • Sam Donnelly[1]
Hosted byTerry Crews
Judges
WinnerRichard Goodall
Runner-upRoni Sagi & Rhythm
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseMay 28 (2024-05-28) –
September 24, 2024 (2024-09-24)
Season chronology
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Season 18
Judges and Host for America's Got Talent Season 19

The nineteenth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 28, 2024. Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell all returned to the panel for their fifteenth, eleventh, fifth, and ninth respective seasons. Terry Crews returned as host for his sixth consecutive season.[2]

The season was won by singer Richard Goodall, with dog tricks act Roni Sagi & Rhythm finishing second, and drone precision group Sky Elements placing third. For the season, AGT averaged around 4.78 million viewers per broadcast.

Production

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During the finale of the previous season, it was announced that the entire main cast would return for the new season marking the fifth consecutive year the judging panel and host would remain the same. Filming of the auditions again happened at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in March and April 2024.[3]

Sonic Drive-In ended its sponsorship with the series, having been its sponsor for the last three seasons before the start of this season. The current sponsor was revealed to be Lavazza as featured in the end credits and on all of the judge's cups during the live shows.

A two-week hiatus in the broadcast schedule was also made, to avoid the NBC's live coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics between July and August.[4]

Season overview

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For the first time in the show's history, each judge was able to give two Golden Buzzers instead of the usual one. However, host Crews still only received one to give out.[5] Furthermore, each judge was able to give out one Golden Buzzer during the live shows, making the first time on the American version of Got Talent.[6]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist |   Quarter-finalist | Golden Buzzer Golden Buzzer | Live Golden Buzzer Live Golden Buzzer
Participant Age(s) Genre Act From Quarter-Final Result
AIRFOOTWORKS Live Golden Buzzer 24-37 Dance Air-Dance Group Japan 2 Finalist
Alex Sampson 20 Singing Singer Atikokan, Ontario 2 Semi-finalist
Arshiya 13 Acrobatics Contortionist Kashmir, India 1 Eliminated
Ashes & Arrows 29–32 Singing / Music Band Asheville, North Carolina 1 Semi-finalist
Ashlee Montague 43 Acrobatics Extreme Ballerina New York City/was Washington 2 Eliminated
Attraction Juniors 8–15 Dance Shadow Dance Group Budapest, Hungary 1 Eliminated
Bboy Samuka 26 Dance Dancer Brazil 2 Eliminated
Biko's Manna 9–17 Singing / Music Band Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Eliminated
Brent Street Golden Buzzer 15–20 Dance Dance Group Sydney, Australia 4 Finalist
Brooke Bailey 19 Singing Singer Granada Hills, Los Angeles 2 Eliminated
Dee Dee Simon Live Golden Buzzer 45 Singing Singer Oakland, California 3 Finalist
Erica Rhodes 41 Comedy Comedian Boston 4 Eliminated
Flewnt & Inkabee 29 & 11 Singing Rap Duo Perth, Australia 1 Eliminated
Hakuna Matata Acrobats Live Golden Buzzer 23-37 Acrobatics Acrobatic Group Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1 Finalist
Hypers Kids Africa 7–15 Dance Dance Group Kampala, Uganda 1 Eliminated
Illya & Anastasia Strakhov 47 & 37 Acrobatics Balancing Duo Ukraine 4 Eliminated
Jelly Boy the Clown 47 Danger Clown Iceland 3 Eliminated
Jonathan Burns 42 Comedy / Magic Comedy Magician Lancaster, Pennsylvania 4 Eliminated
Journeyy 9 Singing / Music Singer & Pianist Jersey City, New Jersey 3 Eliminated
Kelsey Jane 33 Acrobatics Aerialist Dallas 3 Semi-finalist
L6 24–38 Singing Vocal Group San Pedro, Philippines 4 Eliminated
Learnmore Jonasi Golden Buzzer 30 Comedy Comedian Pittsburgh 3 Grand-finalist
Legión Golden Buzzer 21–40 Dance Malambo Group Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Eliminated
LiV Warfield Golden Buzzer 44 Singing Singer Peoria, Illinois 1 Eliminated
Los Osos High School 15–18 Dance Dance Group Rancho Cucamonga, California 1 Eliminated
Maya Neelakantan 10 Music Electric Guitarist Chennai, India 3 Eliminated
Menudo 10–15 Singing Boyband San Juan, Puerto Rico 3 Eliminated
NiNi 28 Music Instrumentalist Taichung, Taiwan 2 Eliminated
Oscar Stembridge 16 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist London 4 Eliminated
Phillip Lewis 27 Variety Baton Twirler Statesboro, Georgia 1 Eliminated
Pranysqa Mishra Golden Buzzer 9 Singing Singer Tampa, Florida 4 Semi-finalist
Reid Wilson Golden Buzzer 14 Singing Singer Montgomery, Alabama 3 Semi-finalist
Richard Goodall Golden Buzzer 55 Singing Singer Terre Haute, Indiana 1 Winner
Roni Sagi & Rhythm 30 Animals Dog Act Tel Aviv, Israel 1 Runner-up
Sabrina 13–21 Dance Dance Group Japan 3 Eliminated
Sam Huang 23 Magic Magician Kaohsiung, Taiwan 3 Eliminated
Schumacher Golden Buzzer 37 Variety Novelty Act Japan 2 Eliminated
Sebastián & Sonia Live Golden Buzzer 24 & 30 Acrobatics Aerial Duo Barcelona, Spain 4 Finalist
Sky Elements Golden Buzzer 25–55 Variety Drone Precision Group Dallas 2 Third place
Solange Kardinaly 40 Magic Quick Change Artist Leiria, Portugal 4 Grand-finalist
Stephanie Rainey 36 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Cork, Ireland 4 Eliminated
The Reklaws 30 & 32 Singing Band North Dumfries, Ontario 3 Eliminated
Tonikaku 42 Variety Novelty Act Setagaya City, Japan 4 Eliminated
Young-Min 33 Magic Magician Seoul, South Korea 2 Semi-finalist

Quarter-finals summary

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Buzzed Out Buzzed Out | Live Golden Buzzer Live Golden Buzzer |   Advanced to Finals |   Advanced to Semifinals |   Eliminated (Top 5)

Quarter-final 1 (August 13)

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Guest Performer, Results Show: Adrian Stoica and Hurricane

Participant Order Buzzes Result (August 14)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Flewnt and Inkabee 1 Eliminated
Attraction Juniors 2 Eliminated (Top 5)
LiV Warfield 3 Eliminated
Hypers Kids Africa 4 Eliminated (Top 5)
Ashes & Arrows 5 Advanced
Los Osos High School 6 Eliminated
Hakuna Matata Acrobats 7 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Phillip Lewis 8 Eliminated
Roni Sagi & Rhythm 9 Advanced
Arshiya 10 Eliminated
Richard Goodall 11 Advanced

Quarter-final 2 (August 20)

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Guest Performer, Results Show: Mat Franco

Participant Order Buzzes Result (August 21)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Legión 1 Eliminated
Young-Min 2 Advanced
Alex Sampson 3 Advanced
Bboy Samuka 4 Eliminated (Top 5)
Brooke Bailey 5 Eliminated
Sky Elements 6 Advanced
AIRFOOTWORKS 7 1 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Biko's Manna 8 Eliminated
Schumacher 9 Buzzed Out Eliminated
Ashlee Montague 10 Eliminated (Top 5)
NiNi 11 Eliminated
  • ^1 Although it was Mandel's week to press the golden buzzer, Cowell attempted to press the golden buzzer for this act. At the same time, Mandel promptly attempted to press the golden buzzer as well. During a replay at the end of the show, it was revealed that Mandel pressed the buzzer slightly before Cowell.

Quarter-final 3 (August 27)

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Guest Performers, Results Show: Lauren Daigle & Loren Allred

Participant Order Buzzes Result (August 28)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Menudo 1 Eliminated
Sam Huang 2 Eliminated
The Reklaws 3 Eliminated
Sabrina 4 Eliminated
Kelsey Jane 5 Advanced
Journeyy 6 Eliminated (Top 5)
Learnmore Jonasi 7 Advanced
Dee Dee Simon 8 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Maya Neelakantan 9 Eliminated (Top 5)
Reid Wilson 10 Advanced
Jelly Boy the Clown 11 Eliminated

Quarter-final 4 (September 3)

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Guest Performer, Results Show: Jon Dorenbos

Participant Order Buzzes Result (September 4)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Brent Street 1 Advanced
Illya & Anastasia Strakhov 2 Eliminated (Top 5)
Oscar Stembridge 3 Eliminated
Jonathan Burns 4 Buzzed Out Eliminated
L6 5 Eliminated
Tonikaku 6 Eliminated
Stephanie Rainey 7 Eliminated
Sebastián & Sonia2 8 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Erica Rhodes 9 Eliminated (Top 5)
Solange Kardinaly 10 Advanced
Pranysqa Mishra 11 Advanced
  • ^2 Sebastián did a live solo performance as Sonia was sidelined after sustaining an arm injury during rehearsals.

Semi-finals summary

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Buzzed Out Buzzed Out |   Advanced to Finals

Semi-final (September 11)

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Guest Performer, Results Show: Sofie Dossi & Sara James

Participant Order Buzzes Result (September 12)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Pranysqa Mishra 1 Eliminated
Kelsey Jane 2 Eliminated
Alex Sampson 3 Eliminated
Young-Min 4 Eliminated
Ashes & Arrows 5 Eliminated
Roni Sagi & Rhythm 6 Advanced
Reid Wilson 7 Eliminated
Brent Street 8 Advanced
Richard Goodall 9 Advanced
Learnmore Jonasi 10 Advanced
Sky Elements 11 Advanced
Solange Kardinaly 12 Advanced

Finals summary

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Guest Performer, Results Show: Detroit Youth Choir, Michael Bublé and the 2024 Gold Over America Tour gymnasts (Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Ellie Black, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, Joscelyn Roberson, Frederick Richard, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Casimir Schmidt, Ian Gunther)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   Top 5
Finalist Performed with
(2nd Performance)
Result
AIRFOOTWORKS Steve Aoki Finalist
Brent Street N/A 3 Finalist
Dee Dee Simon Detroit Youth Choir and Andra Day 4 Finalist
Hakuna Matata Acrobats N/A 3 Finalist
Learnmore Jonasi Gabriel Iglesias Grand-finalist
Richard Goodall Neal Schon and members of Journey 1st
Roni Sagi & Rhythm N/A 3 2nd
Sebastián & Sonia Detroit Youth Choir and Andra Day 4 Finalist
Sky Elements N/A 3rd
Solange Kardinaly Las Vegas cast of Magic Mike Live Grand-finalist
  • ^3 Brent Street, Hakuna Matata Acrobats and Roni Sagi & Rhythm conducted a joint routine for their second performance.
  • ^4 Dee Dee Simon and Sebastián & Sonia conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.

Ratings

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Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent season 19
No. Title Air date Timeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
Ref.
1 "Auditions 1" May 28, 2024 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.5 5.33 [7]
2 "Auditions 2" June 4, 2024 0.5 5.38 [8]
3 "Auditions 3" June 11, 2024 0.5 5.53 [9]
4 "Auditions 4" June 25, 2024 0.5 5.22 [10]
5 "Auditions 5" July 2, 2024 0.5 5.25 [11]
6 "Auditions 6" July 9, 2024 0.5 4.82 [12]
7 "Auditions 7" July 16, 2024 0.4 4.60 [13]
8 "Auditions 8" July 23, 2024 0.5 5.33 [14]
9 "Quarterfinals 1" August 13, 2024 0.4 4.99 [15]
10 "Quarterfinals 1 Results" August 14, 2024 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 4.31 [16]
11 "Quarterfinals 2" August 20, 2024 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.32 [17]
12 "Quarterfinals 2 Results" August 21, 2024 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 3.35 [18]
13 "Quarterfinals 3" August 27, 2024 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.79 [19]
14 "Quarterfinals 3 Results" August 28, 2024 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 3.85 [20]
15 "Quarterfinals 4" September 3, 2024 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.80 [21]
16 "Quarterfinals 4 Results" September 4, 2024 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 4.26 [22]
17 "Semifinals" September 11, 2024 0.4 4.94 [23]
18 "Semifinals Results" September 12, 2024 Thursday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.17 [24]
19 "Finale Performances" September 17, 2024 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.83 [25]
20 "Countdown to the Finale" September 24, 2024 0.4 4.36 [26]
21 "Finale Results" September 24, 2024 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 0.4 5.46 [26]

References

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