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Template:Infobox reality talent competition

Season nine of the reality competition series America's Got Talent premiered on May 27, 2014.[1] Nick Cannon returned as host for his sixth season. Judges Howie Mandel and Howard Stern returned for their respective fifth and third season, while Mel B and Heidi Klum both returned for their second season.[2][3]

Snapple continues to be the official beverage sponsor of America's Got Talent and their products are featured on the show and throughout the season, along with their cups on the judges' desk. Reddi-wip also replaces Orville Redenbacher as a sponsor and will be featured during lead-ins.

Changes

On April 8, 2014, NBC announced that Talent will return to Radio City Music Hall for the live shows, which will begin on July 29. There is also a new twist in the show, where the Vegas rounds have been eliminated. Instead, the "bootcamp" round of auditions will be held in New York City in front of a live studio audience. Stern confirmed on his radio show that after three acts were taped during "Judgement Week", producers scrapped the live audience concept. Others dispute that the reason was due to the show having a hard time filling seats.[4] This season also comes with the announcement of a "golden buzzer," which was also unveiled on this year's Britain's Got Talent. Each judge gets to press the buzzer only once during the season to have an act go through to the next round, typically used when there is a tie. [5] This is regardless of the other judges opinions. However the Britain's Got Talent format of the Golden Buzzer was to send acts straight through to the live shows while this format was to send an act to the next round of the competition.

Mandel announced on NBC's the Today Show on May 27, 2014, that the show has 48 acts that will be sent through to the live shows. However, the judges chose 47 acts, with the last contestant chosen by the general public. Contestants would upload their audition video on the Today website and the top 3 will perform on Rockefeller Plaza. Viewers will vote for their favorite act to be sent straight to the live shows.[6]

Preliminary auditions

The producers' auditions began on October 26, 2013 in Miami. Other audition sites include Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City and Providence, Rhode Island.[7] Contestants could also submit a video of their audition online.[8] Auditions in front of the judges were held February 20–22 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, which also hosted the live shows during season seven. Judges' auditions were held in New York City at Madison Square Garden from April 3 to April 6 and in Los Angeles at Dolby Theatre from April 21 to April 26.[9]

Audition city Audition date Venue
Newark, New Jersey February 20-22, 2014 New Jersey Performing Arts Center
New York, New York April 3-6, 2014 Madison Square Garden
Los Angeles, California April 21–26, 2014 Dolby Theatre

Golden Buzzer

During the first episode, Stern pressed his "golden buzzer" for "Dustin's Dojo", a comedic martial arts act, and they will be sent through to the next round. On the July 1 episode, Mandel pressed the buzzer to save Emmanuel & Phillip Hudson, another comedy act and YouTube sensation. As the audition rounds have ended, Mel B and Klum are the only judges who were not seen using the golden buzzer to save any act. Either they did not use the buzzer, or they did but their acts' auditions did not air.

Special episode

On June 17, 2014, NBC announced that a special episode of America's Got Talent would air on Sunday, June 22, 2014, showcasing the "best talent on the show this year so far". NBC also announced that two acts (who were not auditioning) on the special episode would attempt to break Guinness World Records, one of which was successful, whilst the other was not. The successful world record breaker was Professor Splash, who was a contestant on season 6.

Judgment Week

Judgment week, the second round of auditions, aired as a two night special from July 22-23, 2014, and featured all the acts who made it through the first round of auditions competing for the first 47 spots in the live shows. The 48th spot will be filled by the winner of Today's Got Talent.

For the first time in the history of the show, this round of competition took place in New York City instead of Las Vegas. However, the format of this round remained the same.

Judgement Week Automatic Decisions

There were several acts where the judges automatically sent through the act immediately after their performance.

  • Baila Conmigo, dance troupe
  • John & Andrew, salsa dancing duo
  • Mara Justine, child singer
  • Paul Ieti, male singer

Following a malfunction with Psycho Jack's prop, the judges conferred and voted to send him home immediately.

Pre-Judgement Week Decisions

The judges went directly to the performer's home area and gave them the news that they were going straight to the live shows so they would not have to make the journey to Judgment Week.

  • Blue Journey, shadow-dancing act
  • Dom the Bom's Triple Threat, child card throwing group
  • Jonatan Riquelme, acrobat
  • David and Leeman, magicians
  • Hart Dance Team, dance troupe
  • Dan Naturman, comedian
  • Acte II, opera duo
  • Emil and Dariel, cellists

Pre-Judgement Week Decisions (not shown)

Several acts went straight through to the live shows, but were not announced during the show. [10]

  • One-Voice Children's Choir, children's choir group
  • Valo and Bobby, husband and wife acrobatic duo
  • Extreme, dance group
  • Mothmen Dance, dance and acrobatic group
  • Smoothini, close-up magician
  • Nina Buri, contortionist
  • Andrey Moraru, hand balancer
  • Aerial Animation, aerial acrobatic storytelling with animation

Performances

Performers

Advanced

  • Aerial Animation, shadow dancer[note 1]
  • AcroArmy, acrobatic troupe
  • Adrian Romoff, child pianist
  • Andrey Moraru, acrobatic dancer[note 2]
  • Anna Clendening, female singer
  • Bad Boys of Ballet, dance troupe
  • Baila Conmigo, salsa dance troupe[note 3]
  • Christian Stoinev, acrobat
  • Darik Santos, comedian
  • Dragon House "The Agents", dance troupe
  • Emily West, female singer
  • Extreme, dance troupe
  • Flight Crew Jump Rope, jump rope team
  • Jasmine Flowers, dance troupe
  • Jaycob Curlee, male singer
  • JD Anderson, strongman
  • John & Andrew, salsa dancers[note 4]
  • Jonah Smith, band
  • Juan Carlos, roller skater
  • Julia Goodwin, female singer
  • Kelli Glover, female singer
  • Kieran and Finian, band
  • Livy, Matt and Sammy, band
  • Loop Rawlins, rope-twirler
  • Mara Justine, child singer[note 5]
  • Mat Franco, magician
  • Miguel Dakota, male singer
  • Mike Super, magician
  • Mothmen Dance, dance troupe
  • Nina Burri, contortionist[note 6]
  • One Voice Children's Choir, children's choir group[note 7]
  • Paul Ieti, male singer[note 8]
  • Quintavious Johnson, child singer
  • Real Encounter, motorcycle stunt troupe
  • Sean & Luke, tap-dancing duo
  • Smoothini, magician[note 9]
  • Sons of Serendip, band
  • The Willis Clan, band
  • Valo & Bobby, acrobatic duo[note 10]
  • Wendy Liebman, comedian
  • XPogo Stunt Team, acrobatic pogo team

Eliminated

  • Beach Avenue, band
  • Bob Markworth & Mayana, sharp shooter
  • Byamba's Contortion Girls, children contortionist group
  • Carly Jo Jackson, female singer
  • Carter & Anika, child dancing duo
  • Dustin's Dojo, variety martial arts act
  • Emmanuel & Phillip Hudson, variety act
  • Frank Dimitri, male singer
  • Franklin Saint, magician
  • Grace Ann Gregorio, child singer
  • Joe Matarese, comedian
  • John Narum, yo-yo artist
  • Justin Rhodes, male singer
  • Kaycee and Gabe, child dance duo
  • Mighty Atom Jr., senior strongman
  • Psycho Jack, magician[note 11]
  • Richard and Ashlee, acrobatic duo
  • Sal Gonzalez, male singer
  • Solto, dancer
  • Tic & Tac Entertainment, dance duo
  • Top Hogs, animal act
  • Unnamed Breakdancer - breakdancer
  • Unnamed Acrobatic Dance Group - acrobatic dance group
  • Unnamed Dance Group - dance group
  • Unnamed Kid Choir - choir

Unaired Auditions: Several performances were unaired during Judgment Week. These performances have been confirmed as eliminated from the competition. Some acts withdrew like other acts from past seasons. While some of the acts below did appear, but were cut from the broadcast.

  • Aaron J. Field, male singer
  • Brian Pankley, juggler
  • Buns and Roses, dance group
  • Center Stage Dance Troupe, dance troupe
  • Contortion Sister, contortionist
  • Dance Spectrum, dance group
  • Duo Trapeze, acrobatic act
  • Evgeny Vasilenko, acrobatic act
  • Extreme Dance Company, dance troupe
  • Grennan Green Monster, child knife thrower
  • HYPE Step Team, dance troupe
  • Jodi Miller, comedian
  • Josh Orlian, comedian
  • Josh Wright, pianist
  • Kamikaze Fireflies, comedy danger duo
  • Laura Desi, acrobatic act
  • Magic of Stephen Knight, magician
  • Mary Louise Lee, singer
  • Orlene Gentile, juggler
  • Patrick Gable Marinelli, magician
  • Rachel Butera, impressionist
  • Rami Shabi, Rubik's Cube solver
  • Ray Jessel, comedic singer/pianist
  • Rebel Girls, dance troupe
  • Robert Channing, speed painter
  • Rogue, danger magician
  • Rokardy, hand balancer
  • SLAM!, basketball dunking group
  • Stylish Talent, professional twerker
  • The Birdman, animal act
  • The Famtastix, clogging group
  • The Team, dance troupe
  • Tosca, acrobatic act
Note
  1. ^ Aerial Animation's performance was unaired, but is going through to the live shows based on a Facebook post from Talent.
  2. ^ Andrey's performance was unaired, but is going through to the live shows based on a Facebook post from Talent.
  3. ^ The judges felt that Baila Conmigo gave a remarkable performance despite their accident and sent them straight through to Radio City.
  4. ^ The judges felt that John & Andrew gave a remarkable performance and sent them straight through to Radio City.
  5. ^ The judges felt that Mara Justine gave a remarkable performance and sent her straight through to Radio City.
  6. ^ Nina performance was unaired, but is going through to the live shows based on a Facebook post from Talent.
  7. ^ One Voice Children's Choir's performance was unaired, but is going through to the live shows based on a Facebook post from Talent.
  8. ^ The judges felt that Paul gave a remarkable performance and sent him straight through to Radio City.
  9. ^ Smoothini's performance was unaired, but is going through to the live shows based on a Facebook post from Talent.
  10. ^ Valo & Bobby's performance was unaired, but is going through to the live shows based on a Facebook post from Talent.
  11. ^ Following a malfunction with Psycho Jack's prop, the judges sent him home immediately.

Today's Got Talent

Performers were invited to submit a video of their performance to the Today Show website throughout June and the top 3 performers will perform their acts on the Today Show on July 23, 2014. The performer with the most votes with fill the 48th spot going to the live shows. Today Show hosts, Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie will announce the winner on the July 30th live results show.[11]

Act Order Performance description Result
Cornell Bhangra 1 Composed of Cornell University students, the group won back-to-back titles at the World's Best Bhangra Competition.
Domino Effects 2 Middle and high school students who created large-scale domino tricks that form words, portraits, pyramids and more.
Power House Tumblers 3 Tumbling group based out of Wilmington, North Carolina performed in the AAU Junior Olympics. They participate in ministry work during free time.

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals begin on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. This round included the Top 47 acts that had passed through Judgment Week and the winner of the Today's Got Talent competition. These shows were aired live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Key Buzzed Judges' choice   Advanced to the semifinals   Finished in fifth or sixth place; won the judges' choice and advanced to the semifinals   Finished in fifth or sixth place; lost the judges' choice

Top 48, week 1 (July 29-30)

Guests: The Rockettes, Enrique Iglesias and Sean Paul

Act Order Performance description Buzzes and Judges' choices Result
Mandel Brown Klum Stern
Baila Conmigo TBA Latin dance troupe
Dan Naturman TBA Comedian
David & Leeman TBA Magicians
Emily West TBA Singer
Flight Crew Jump Rope TBA Acrobatic jump rope troupe
Jasmine Flowers TBA Chinese dance act
JD Anderson TBA Strongman
Julia Goodwin TBA Singer
Miguel Dakota TBA Singer/guitarist
Sean & Luke TBA Acrobatic tap dancers
Valo & Bobby TBA Extreme acrobats
The Willis Clan TBA Family band

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Show Episode First air date Rating
(18–49) 		Share
(18–49) 		Viewers
(millions) 		Time slot
rank 		Nightly
rank 		Weekly
rank
1 Auditions Episode 1 May 27, 2014 3.0 9 12.00[12] 1 1 1[13]
2 Auditions Episode 2 June 3, 2014 2.9 10 11.30[14] 1 1 3[15]
3 Auditions Episode 3 June 10, 2014 2.6 9 11.54[16] 1 2 5[17]
4 Auditions Episode 4 June 17, 2014 2.6 9 11.42[18] 1 1 1[19]
5 Auditions Episode 5[note 1] June 22, 2014 2.1 6 8.12[20] 1 1 2[19]
6 Auditions Episode 6 July 1, 2014 2.6 9 11.14[21] 1 1 1[22]
7 Best of Auditions July 15, 2014 2.0 7 8.53[23] 2 2 5[24]
8 Judgment Week, Day 1 July 22, 2014 2.4 8 10.43[25] 1 1 TBA
9 Judgment Week, Day 2 July 23, 2014 2.4 8 10.32[26] 1 1 TBA
10 Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances) July 29, 2014 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
11 Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results) July 30, 2014 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
Note
  1. ^ This episode aired on Sunday, June 22 instead of Tuesday, June 24.

References

  1. ^ "NBC announces premiere date for America's Got Talent Season Nine".
  2. ^ Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY 8:31 a.m. EST November 19, 2013 (November 19, 2013). "Howard Stern signs on for more 'AGT'". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 2013-11-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Jeff Dodge (2013-11-20). "Which 'America's Got Talent' Judges are Returning for Season 9?". buddytv.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  4. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXhNmefmjo
  5. ^ http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/americas_got_talent_offers_a_golden_buzzer-2014-04
  6. ^ Today's Got Talent
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ http://www.agtauditions.com
  9. ^ http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s67/americas-got-talent/news/a560655/americas-got-talent-announces-new-york-los-angeles-auditions.html
  10. ^ Official site's full 48 list
  11. ^ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/22/powerhouse-tumblers-cornell-bhangra-domino-effect-named-finalists-for-todays-got-talent-contest/285223/
  12. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-05-29). "Tuesday Final Ratings: No Adjustments for 'America's Got Talent' or 'The Night Shift'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  13. ^ Kondology, Amanda (2014-06-03). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'America's Got Talent' Tops Week 36 With Adults 18-49 and With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
  14. ^ Kondology, Amanda (2014-06-04). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'America's Got Talent', 'Extreme Weight Loss' & 'Celebrity Wife Swap' Adjusted Up; 'Famous in 12' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
  15. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-06-10). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: NBA Finals Tops Week 37 With Adults 18-49 and With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  16. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-06-11). "Tuesday Final Ratings: Final Numbers for NBA Finals Game 3". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  17. ^ Kondology, Amanda (2014-06-17). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: NBA Finals Game 5 Tops Week 38 With Adults 18-49 and With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  18. ^ Kondology, Amanda (2014-06-18). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Night Shift' Adjusted Down + No Adjustment for 'Famous in 12' or 'America's Got Talent'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  19. ^ a b Bibel, Sara (2014-06-24). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'America's Got Talent' Tops Week 39 With Adults 18-49 and With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  20. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-06-24). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Wipeout' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  21. ^ Kondology, Amanda (2014-07-02). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Celebrity Wife Swap' Adjusted Up; 'The Night Shift' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  22. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-07-09). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'America's Got Talent' Tops Week 41 With Adults 18-49 and With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  23. ^ Kondology, Amanda (2014-07-16). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Extreme Weight Loss' & 'Celebrity Wife Swap' Adjusted Up; 'The Night Shift' Adjusted Down + Final MLB All Star Ratings". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  24. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-07-22). "TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: 'MLB All-Star Game' Tops Week 43 With Adults 18-49 & With Total Viewers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  25. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-07-23). "Tuesday Final Ratings: 'Extreme Weight Loss' & 'Celebrity Wife Swap' Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  26. ^ Bibel, Sara (2014-07-24). "Wednesday Final Ratings: 'America's Got Talent' Adjusted Up; 'Taxi Brooklyn' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2014-07-24.

External links

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