America's Got Talent season 12
Template:Infobox reality talent competition Season twelve of the reality competition series America's Got Talent was ordered on August 2, 2016 and premiered on NBC on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.[1] Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell returned as judges for their respective eighth, fifth, fifth and second seasons.[2] Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks replaced Nick Cannon, who hosted the show for eight seasons, after his feud with NBC, making her the first female host of the show.[3] The live shows will return at the Dolby Theatre beginning August 15, 2017.
Dunkin Donuts sponsors the show for a third consecutive season.[4] Four guest judges joined the panel for each episode of the Judge Cuts: Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox and Seal.[5][6][7]
Season changes
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On October 4, 2016, Simon Cowell signed a contract to remain as a judge through 2019.[8]
On February 13, 2017, Nick Cannon announced he would not return as host for the twelfth season, citing creative differences between him and executives at NBC. The resignation comes in the wake of news that the network considered firing Cannon after he made disparaging remarks about NBC in his recent Showtime comedy special, Stand Up, Don't Shoot.[9] Cannon, however, was technically under contract to host and could potentially have been sued by NBC for breach of contract, though this was ultimately considered unlikely. NBC executives did not accept his resignation and had expected Cannon to return, but ultimately began the search for a new host.[10][11]
On March 12, 2017, NBC announced supermodel and host Tyra Banks as new hostess after Cannon's departure.[3]
Preliminary auditions
The season had preliminary open call auditions in Chicago, Austin, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, San Diego, Charleston, Memphis, and Los Angeles.[12] As in years past, hopeful contestants could also submit online auditions.
Judges' auditions were taped in March at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The premiere aired May 30, 2017.
Golden buzzer
The Golden Buzzer returned for its fourth consecutive season. In the first episode, Mel B pressed it for a 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer and her puppet, Petunia. In the second episode, Simon Cowell pressed it for a 29-year-old deaf singer Mandy Harvey. In the third episode, Howie Mandel pressed it for a 16-year-old former blind singer Christian Guardino. In the fourth episode, Tyra Banks pressed it for Light Balance dance crew. In the sixth episode, Heidi Klum pressed it for 13-year-old singer Angelina Green.
In Judge Cuts, guest judges Chris Hardwick pressed his golden buzzer for 9-year old singer Angelica Hale, DJ Khaled pressed it for 21-year old singer-songwriter and guitar player Chase Goehring, Laverne Cox pressed it for 9-year old singer Celine Tam and Seal pressed it for soul singer Johnny Manuel.
Death of Brandon Rogers
On June 11, 2017, an AGT contestant named Brandon Rogers died in an automobile accident. After seeing YouTube videos of Rogers singing, Boyz II Men invited him to sing with them as a guest in three of their Las Vegas shows earlier in 2017. His AGT audition aired on July 11, 2017 in his memory. Rogers was an American physician who specialized in family medicine.[13]
Judge Cuts
The Judge Cuts began on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Like the previous season, one guest judge joined the judges' panel each show and was given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the live shows. Twenty acts were shown each week and seven advanced, including one that received the guest judge's golden buzzer. Guest judges were not given a red buzzer to use. Any act that received all four red buzzers was immediately eliminated from the competition. The four guest judges are Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox, and Seal.
| Key |  Buzzed
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 Golden buzzer
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Advanced
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Eliminated
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Eliminated Immediately
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Advanced Immediately
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Round 1
Guest judge: Chris Hardwick
Date: July 18, 2017
| Act | Order | Performance type | Buzzes | Result | ||||||||
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| Cowell | Klum | Hardwick | Brown | Mandel | ||||||||
| Sara & Hero | 1 | Dog Act | Advanced | |||||||||
| The Baker Family | 2 | Bluegrass Band | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Mariachi Nuevo Santander | 3 | Mariachi Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| The Masqueraders | 4 | Vocal Group | Advanced | |||||||||
| Eric Jennifer | 5 | Comedian |
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Eliminated | |||||||
| Harrison Greenbaum | 6 | Comedian | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Dancing Pumpkin Man | 7 | Dancer |
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Eliminated | ||||||||
| Tom London | 8 | Close-Up Magician | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Eric Jones | 9 | Close-Up Magician | Advanced | |||||||||
| Angelica Hale | 10 | Singer |
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Advanced Immediately | ||||||||
| Danylo & Oskar | 11 | Acrobat Duo | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Lera & Tika Tomanova | 12 | Aerial Duo | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Yosein Chi | 13 | Hand Balancer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Darcy Callus | 14 | Singer And Keyboardist | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Carlos De Antonis | 15 | Opera Singer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Canion Shijirbat | 16 | Multimedia Dancer |
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Eliminated | |||||||
| Just Jerk | 17 | Hip-Hop Dance Group | Advanced | |||||||||
| Maw Kitty | 18 | Singer |
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Eliminated | |||||||
| The Singing Trump | 19 | Singing Donald Trump Impersonator | Advanced | |||||||||
| Demian Aditya[note 1] | 20 | Escape Artist | Advanced | |||||||||
- Footnotes
- ^ Demian Aditya had to perform outside the show's studio due to safety concerns. The judges did not have buzzers in the outside studio, instead having hand-carried signs with the familiar red "X", although they were left unused.
Round 2
Guest judge: DJ Khaled
Date: July 25, 2017
As of this season, this is the only Judge Cuts episode in the show's history in which acts with at least one buzzer made it to the live shows.
| Act | Order | Performance type | Buzzes | Result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Klum | Khaled | Brown | Mandel | ||||||||
| Sammulous | 1 | Cabaret Singer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Steven Scott | 2 | Comedian | Eliminated | |||||||||
| The Quiddlers | 3 | Novelty Puppet Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Str8Jacket | 4 | Dance Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Solto & T Dot | 5 | Dance Duo | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Junior & Emily Alabi | 6 | Salsa Dance Duo | Advanced | |||||||||
| Jokgu & Aichin | 7 | Piano-Playing Chickens |
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Eliminated Immediately | |||||
| Dakota Striplin | 8 | Singer and Guitarist | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Chase Goehring | 9 | Singer and Guitarist |
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Advanced Immediately | ||||||||
| Azeri Brothers | 10 | Danger Act | Eliminated | |||||||||
| The Godfathers | 11 | Acrobat Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Tulga | 12 | Strongman | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Mirror Image | 13 | Vocal/Dance Duo |
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Advanced | ||||||||
| Evie Clair | 14 | Singer | Advanced | |||||||||
| Kyle Eschen | 15 | Magician | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Xavier Mortimer | 16 | Digital Magician | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Colin Cloud | 17 | Mentalist | Advanced | |||||||||
| Pelican212 | 18 | Family Band | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Puddles Pity Party | 19 | Singing Clown | Advanced | |||||||||
| Yoli Mayor | 20 | Singer | Advanced | |||||||||
Round 3
Guest judge: Laverne Cox
Date: August 1, 2017
This was the first Judge Cuts episode in which no acts received a red buzzer from any of the judges.
| Act | Order | Performance type | Buzzes | Result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Klum | Cox | Brown | Mandel | ||||||||
| Oscar Hernandez | 1 | Dancer | Advanced | |||||||||
| Tony & Jordan | 2 | Digital Magicians | Eliminated | |||||||||
| The Naked Magicians | 3 | Magicians | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Jeki Yoo | 4 | Magician | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Herbie Russ | 5 | Singer And Saxophonist | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Mike Yung | 6 | Singer | Advanced | |||||||||
| 5 Alive | 7 | Boy Band | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Final Draft | 8 | R&B Vocal Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Brobots & Mandroidz | 9 | Hip-Hop Dance Group | Advanced | |||||||||
| Marisa McKaye | 10 | Singer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Celine Tam | 11 | Singer |
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Advanced Immediately | ||||||||
| Aileen George | 12 | Pole Dancer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Shemika Charles | 13 | Limbo Dancer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Jay Jay Phillips | 14 | Comedic Keyboardist | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Diavolo | 15 | Acrobatic Dance Group | Advanced | |||||||||
| Jonathan Rinny | 16 | Balancing Acrobat | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Bello Nock [note 1] | 17 | Comedic Daredevil | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Daniel Ferguson | 18 | Singing Impressionist | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Preacher Lawson | 19 | Comedian | Advanced | |||||||||
| Billy & Emily England | 20 | Extreme Rollerblade Duo | Advanced | |||||||||
- Footnotes
- ^ Bello Nock had to perform outside the show's studio due to safety concerns. The judges did not have buzzers in the outside studio, instead having hand-carried signs with the familiar red "X", although they were left unused.
Round 4
Guest judge: Seal
Date: August 8, 2017
| Act | Order | Performance type | Buzzes | Result | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Klum | Seal | Brown | Mandel | ||||||||
| Artyon and Paige | 1 | Dance Duo | Advanced | |||||||||
| Britt Saasen | 2 | Singer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| In The Stairwell | 3 | A Capella Group | Advanced | |||||||||
| Will Tsai | 4 | Visualist | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Henry Richardson | 5 | Magician | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Elena and Sasha | 6 | Acrobatic Duo | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Lost Legends | 7 | Dance Group |
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Eliminated | ||||||||
| Nick Uhas | 8 | Scientist |
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Eliminated | ||||||||
| Veronica Gonzalez | 9 | Foot Puppeteer |
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Eliminated | ||||||||
| Sirqus Alfon | 10 | Comedy Trio | Eliminated | |||||||||
| DaNell Daymon & Greater Works | 11 | Gospel Choir | Advanced | |||||||||
| Pompeyo Family Dogs | 12 | Dog Act | Advanced | |||||||||
| Johnny Manuel | 13 | Singer |
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Advanced Immediately | ||||||||
| Maria Popazov | 14 | Hand Balancer / Contorionist |
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Eliminated | ||||||||
| Maxim Popazov | 15 | Hand Balancer | Eliminated | |||||||||
| German Cornejo Dance Company | 16 | Dance Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| The Honeybee-z Plus | 17 | Dance Group | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Merrick Hanna | 18 | Dancer | Advanced | |||||||||
| Kechi Okwuchi | 19 | Singer | Advanced | |||||||||
| Brandon Rogers | N/A | Singer | Did Not Advance[note 1] | |||||||||
- Footnotes
- ^ Rogers competed in this round before he died, but his performance was omitted from the episode.
Quarterfinals
The live quarterfinals will begin at the Dolby Theatre, starting on August 15, 2017. They will feature nine golden buzzer acts, the 24 acts passed through during the Judge Cuts round, and three wildcard acts chosen by the producers and judges. Twelve acts will perform each week. Seven acts will make it through to the semi-finals, while five will be eliminated.
| Key | Buzzed
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Advanced
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 Judges' Choice
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Won Judges' Choice
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Lost Judges' Choice
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Dunkin' Save
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Judges' Wildcard
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Week 1 (August 15–16)
Guests: Grace Vanderwaal, August 16[14]
| Act | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' choices | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | Klum | Brown | Mandel | ||||||
| Angelica Hale | Singer | ||||||||
| Artyon & Paige | Dancing Duo | ||||||||
| Billy & Emily England | Extreme Rollerblading Duo | ||||||||
| Christian Guardino | Singer | ||||||||
| Darci Lynne Farmer | Singing Ventriloquist | ||||||||
| In the Stairwell | A cappella Group | ||||||||
| Just Jerk | Hip-Hop Dance Group | ||||||||
| Preacher Lawson | Comedian | ||||||||
| Puddles Pity Party | Singing Clown | ||||||||
| The Singing Trump | Comedy & Singing | ||||||||
| Yoli Mayor | Singer | ||||||||
| TBA | |||||||||
Top 36 acts
| Key | Winner | Runner-up | Third Place | Top 5 | Finalist | Semifinalist (lost judges' vote) | Semifinalist (lost audience vote) | Quarterfinalist (lost judges' vote) |  Golden buzzer (Auditions)
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Golden buzzer (Judge Cuts)
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 Judges' wild card (quarterfinals)
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 Judges' wild card (semifinals)
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| Name of Act | Age(s) | Genre | Act | Hometown | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelica Hale
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9 | Singing | Singer | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | ||
| Angelina Green
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13 | Singing | Singer | Miami, Florida | |||
| Artyon & Paige | 9 & 8 | Dance | Dancing Duo | Murrieta, California | 1 | ||
| Billy & Emily England | 30, 27 | Danger | Extreme Rollerblading Duo | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 | ||
| Brobots & Mandroidz | 16-24 | Dance | Hip-Hop Dance Group | Torrance, California | |||
| Celine Tam
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9 | Singing | Singer | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | |||
| Chase Goehring
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21 | Singing | Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist | Nolensville, Tennessee | |||
| Christian Guardino
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16 | Singing | Singer | Patchogue, New York | 1 | ||
| Colin Cloud | 30 | Magic | Mentalist | Edinburgh, Scotland | |||
| Darci Lynne Farmer
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12 | Singing | Singing Ventriloquist | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 1 | ||
| DaNell Daymon & Greater Works | 24-59 | Singing | Gospel Choir | Various | |||
| Demian Aditya | 36 | Magic | Escape Artist | Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
| Diavolo | 21-39 | Acrobatic | Acrobatic Dance Group | Los Angeles, California | 3 | ||
| Eric Jones | 36 | Magic | Close-up Magician | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Evie Clair | 13 | Singing | Singer | Florence, Arizona | 2 | ||
| In the Stairwell | 18-22 | Singing | A Cappella Group | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 1 | ||
| Johnny Manuel
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32 | Singing | Singer | Flint, Michigan | |||
| Junior & Emily Alabi | 31 & 27 | Dance | Salsa Dance Duo | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Just Jerk | 18-27 | Dance | Hip-Hop Dance Group | Seoul, South Korea | 1 | ||
| Kechi | 27 | Singing | Singer | Houston, Texas | |||
| Light Balance
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22-36 | Dance | Light-Up Dance Group | Ukraine | |||
| Mandy Harvey
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29 | Singing | Singer-Songwriter/Ukulelist | St. Cloud, Florida | |||
| Merrick Hanna | 12 | Dance | Dancer | Encinitas, California | 2 | ||
| Mike Yung | 56 | Singing | Singer | New York, New York | |||
| Mirror Image | 16 | Singing & Dance | Vocal Dance Duo | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
| Oscar Hernandez | 34 | Dance | Dancer | Orange County, California | |||
| Preacher Lawson | 25 | Comedy | Stand-up Comedian | Memphis, Tennessee | 1 | ||
| Pompeyo Family Dogs | 7-35 | Animal | Dog Act | Sarasota, Florida | |||
| Puddles Pity Party | 53 | Singing | Singing Clown | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | ||
| Sara & Hero | 22 & 5 | Animal | Dog Act | North Bay, Ontario, Canada | 3 | ||
| The Masqueraders | 72-74 | Singing | Vocal Group | Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| The Singing Trump | 56 | Comedy & Singing | Donald Trump Impersonator | Palm Springs, California[15] | 1 | ||
| Yoli Mayor | 21 | Singing | Singer | Miami, Florida | 1 |
Ratings
U.S. Nielsen ratings
| Show | Episode title | First air date | Timeslot (EDT) | Rating (18–49) |
Share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Nightly Rank |
Weekly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auditions Week 1 | May 30, 2017 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
2.7 | 11 | 12.32[16] | 1 | 3[17] |
| 2 | Auditions Week 2 | June 6, 2017 | 2.7 | 11 | 12.53[18] | 1 | 3[19] | |
| 3 | Auditions Week 3 | June 13, 2017 | 2.6 | 11 | 12.70[20] | 1 | 2[21] | |
| 4 | Auditions Week 4 | June 20, 2017 | 2.6 | 11 | 12.74[22] | 1 | 1[23] | |
| 5 | Auditions Week 5 | June 27, 2017 | 2.5 | 10 | 12.36[24] | 1 | 1[25] | |
| 6 | Auditions Week 6 | July 11, 2017 | 2.5 | 10 | 12.59[26] | 1 | 1[27] | |
| 7 | Judge Cuts 1 | July 18, 2017 | 2.5 | 11 | 12.57[28] | 1 | 1[29] | |
| 8 | Judge Cuts 2 | July 25, 2017 | 2.6 | 11 | 13.08[30] | 1 | 1[31] | |
| 9 | Judge Cuts 3 | August 1, 2017 | 2.8 | 12 | 13.33[32] | 1 | 1[33] | |
| 10 | Judge Cuts 4 | August 8, 2017 | 2.7 | 11 | 13.32[34] | 1 | TBA | |
| 11 | Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances) | August 15, 2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 12 | Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results) | August 16, 2017 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 13 | Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Performances) | August 22, 2017 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 14 | Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Results) | August 23, 2017 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 15 | Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Performances) | August 29, 2017 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 16 | Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Results) | August 30, 2017 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Specials
| Show | Episode title | First air date | Timeslot (EDT) | Rating (18–49) |
Share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Nightly Rank |
Weekly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Best of Season 12 Auditions | July 13, 2017 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 1.3 | 6 | 7.10[35] | 2 | 10[27] |
| S2 | Road to Finals[36] | August 9, 2017 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.3 | 6 | 7.01[37] | 2 | TBA |
Contestants who appeared on other seasons or shows
- German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi ("German Cornejo Dance Company") appeared on and were the tango dancer winners of ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen in 2012, performing after the show in Las Vegas with ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen Live. They also were guest artists in Buenos Aires at the Dance Again World Tour by Jennifer Lopez.
- Ezequiel Lopez ("German Cornejo Dance Company") appeared on and was one of the malambo dancer winners of ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen in 2012.
- Canion Shijirbat appeared on and was the runner-up of Mongolia's Got Talent (season 2) in 2016.
- Nick Uhas was a houseguest on Big Brother 15 and was the second houseguest evicted from the house.
- Merrick Hanna auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. He made it into the top 40 at Dance Academy, but was eliminated before reaching the top 30.[38] He has also appeared as a lip sync battler on Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. [39]
- Artyon, half of the dancing duo Artyon and Paige, appeared as a lip sync battler on Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties.
- Darci Lynne Farmer appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016 and on Little Big Shots (UK TV series) in 2017.
- Billy and Emily England appeared on Britain's Got Talent (series 9) and reached the Semifinals. In 2008, Emily was the runner-up on Big Brother UK: Celebrity Hijack, competing under the name of "Emilia."
- Tony and Jordan ("The French Twins") appeared on series 11 of La France a un incroyable talent(the French version of Got Talent) in 2016.
- Chase Goehring appeared on The X Factor (U.S. season 3).
- Light Balance appeared on Britain's Got Talent (series 8) and reached the Semifinals.
- Junior and Emily appeared on Season 3 of America's Got Talent, but were eliminated before the live shows.
- Shemika Charles appeared on Season 6 of America's Got Talent, but was eliminated during Vegas week.
- Celine Tam appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016 and Britain's Got Talent (series 10) but had to drop out due to a visa issue.
- Vinny Grosso ("The Naked Magician") previously appeared on "Penn and Teller: Fool Us", performing the same routine as his AGT Audition, and successfully fooling the magic duo.
- The Quiddlers participated in the third season and appeared on I Can Do That, performing with Ciara and Nicole Scherzinger during their time on the show.
- Eric Jones previously appeared on "Penn and Teller: Fool us, and he was successful in fooling them. Kyle Eschen & Xavier Mortimer also appeared on Fool Us (Mortimer twice), but were unsuccessful in fooling Penn & Teller.
- Xavier Mortimer auditioned in Season 10, but was eliminated at the judge cuts after receiving four buzzers.
- Pelican 212 appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016.
- Kyle Eschen appeared on Season 3, episode 2 of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Masters of Illusion, and The World Magic Awards.
- Colin Cloud appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2012 however did not make it through to the live semifinals. Cloud also appeared on Season 1 of Penn and Teller Fool Us. His trick didn't however fool Penn and Teller. At both BGT and Penn and Teller Fool Us he went under his real name Colin McLeod.
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