America's Got Talent season 20

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America's Got Talent
Season 20
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Promotional poster for season 20, featuring (L to R) host Crews and judges Vergara, Cowell, Mandel, and Mel B
Hosted by Terry Crews
Judges
Winner Jessica Sanchez
Runner-up Chris Turner
No. of episodes24
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseMay 27 (2025-05-27) –
September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24)
Season chronology
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Season 19
Judges and Host for America's Got Talent Season 20
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Howie Mandel
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Mel B
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Sofía Vergara
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Simon Cowell
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Terry Crews

The twentieth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 27, 2025, and concluded on September 24, 2025. Howie Mandel, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell all returned to the panel for their sixteenth, sixth, and tenth respective seasons. Mel B returned to the panel for her seventh season after a six-season hiatus, replacing Heidi Klum. Terry Crews returned as host for his seventh consecutive season. [1]

The season was won by singer Jessica Sanchez, who previously competed on the show's inaugural season in 2006. Freestyle rapper Chris Turner and singer Jourdan Blue finished in second and third place, respectively. [2]

Production

On January 8, 2025, it was announced that open-call auditions for the upcoming season had been postponed until further notice due to the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, where the show is filmed. [3] [4] Filming of the televised auditions commenced at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 14, 2025. [5] [6]

Season overview

For the second time in the show's history, each judge was able to give two Golden Buzzers instead of the usual one and each judge was able to give out one Golden Buzzer during the quarter-finals; host Terry Crews also received two Golden Buzzers to give out during the auditions. For the first time in the show's history, a Golden Buzzer was originally slated for the semi-final episode. [7] This was later scrapped, following the withdrawal of a semifinalist. [8]

Choir instructor Astrid Jorgensen was originally announced as one of the top 44 acts for the live shows. [9] For unknown reasons, Jorgensen was later withdrawn from the live shows and replaced by bodybuilder Mike Munz. [10] During the Quarterfinals 4 results show on September 10, Terry Crews announced that Mastermind, who advanced to the Semifinals the previous week, had to withdraw from the competition for personal reasons. [11]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist |   Quarter-finalist |   Withdrawn
Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer | Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg Live Golden Buzzer
ParticipantAge(s)GenreActFromQuarter-FinalResult
Alain Simonov24MagicMagician Brazil 2Eliminated
Alex Zinger & Crew—DanceDance Group Brooklyn, New York 2Eliminated
Anna Saranina41DangerCrossbow Shooter Las Vegas, Nevada 3Eliminated
Austin Brown38SingingSinger Nashville, Tennessee 3Eliminated
B Unique Crew21-30DanceDance Group Jodhpur, India 1Eliminated
Bay Melnick Virgolino10Singing / MusicSinger & Guitarist New York 2Semi-finalist
Benjamin Hightower30Singing / MusicSinger & Pianist Tennessee 2Eliminated
Benn Family Band—SingingVocal Group Altadena, California 3Eliminated
Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir Yellow ffff00 pog.svg —SingingChoir Birmingham, Alabama [12] 4Semi-finalist
Boston Dynamics —VarietyRobot Act Boston, Massachusetts 2Eliminated
Charity Lockhart Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 49 [13] SingingSinger Cleveland, Ohio [13] 1Eliminated
Chris Turner 35Singing / ComedyFreestyle Rapper New York City 3Runner-up
Chuck Adams40Singing / MusicSinger & GuitaristNashville, Tennessee4Eliminated
CitiLimitz20-21SingingVocal Trio Chattanooga, Tennessee 1Eliminated
Cole Swensen & Judy—Singing / MusicSinger & Guitarist and Cellist Hollywood, California 4Eliminated
Crash Adams —SingingVocal Duo Toronto, Canada 4Eliminated
Duo Stardust Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 26 & 28DangerRollerskating Duo Ukraine 2Eliminated
EDT Dance Team—Dance / AcrobaticsCheerleading Group New Orleans, Louisiana 2Eliminated
Gendai—VarietyLaser Act Tokyo, Japan 4Eliminated
Girish and the Chronicles —Singing / MusicBand Bengaluru, India 3Eliminated
Jacqueline & Wagner—AcrobaticsAerial Duo Italy & Brazil 3Eliminated
Jessica Sanchez Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 29SingingSinger Houston, Texas 3Winner
Jonglissimo 38 & 42VarietyMultimedia Juggling Group Linz, Austria 2Eliminated
Jourdan Blue Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 23SingingSinger New Orleans, Louisiana 1Third place
Leo High School Choir —SingingChoir Chicago, Illinois 2Grand-finalist
Light Wire Yellow ffff00 pog.svg —Dance / VarietyMultimedia Dance Group São Paulo, Brazil 1Grand-finalist
Loco Pop Familia—DanceDance Group Tokyo, Japan 1Eliminated
Maceo Harrison30DanceDancer Savannah, Georgia 3Eliminated
Mama Duke Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg —SingingRapper Austin, Texas 2Finalist
Mastermind—MagicA.I. Magician—3Withdrawn
Messoudi Brothers Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 36VarietyJuggling Duo Australia 3Eliminated
Micah Palace Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg 23SingingRapper Connecticut 3Finalist
Mike Munz—VarietyBodybuilder Plantation, Florida 4Eliminated
Phobias—MagicHorror Magic Trio Rome, Sicily & Apulia 1Eliminated
Shuler King40ComedyComedian Charlotte, North Carolina 1Eliminated
Sirca Marea—AcrobaticsTrapeze Duo Argentina & Chile 1Finalist
Steve Ray Ladson Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg 35Singing / MusicSinger & Musician Hopkins, South Carolina 1Finalist
Team Recycled Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg —DanceDance Group Berlin, Germany 4Finalist
The BoykinZ Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 18-23SingingVocal Group Snellville, Georgia 4Eliminated
The Funkateer Dancers Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 59-66DanceDance Group Inkster, Michigan 4Eliminated
Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras—Singing / MusicBand St. Louis, Hawaii & Germany 1Eliminated
TT Boys—AcrobaticsAcrobatic Duo Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4Semi-finalist
Unreal Crew Yellow ffff00 pog.svg —DanceDance Group Jaipur, India 2Semi-finalist
Zak Mirz—MagicMagician Dallas, Texas 4Semi-finalist

Quarter-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg Live Golden Buzzer |   Advanced to Finals |   Advanced to Semifinals |   Eliminated (Top 5)

Quarter-final 1 (August 19)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Def Leppard [14]

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 20)
CowellVergaraMel BMandel
Light Wire1Advanced
Charity Lockhart2Eliminated
Phobias3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
CitiLimitz4Eliminated
Sirca Marea5Advanced
Steve Ray Ladson6 Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg Advanced to Finals
Loco Pop Familia7Eliminated
Shuler King8Eliminated (Top 5)
Jourdan Blue9Advanced
B Unique Crew10Eliminated (Top 5)
Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras11 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated

Quarter-final 2 (August 26)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Flau'jae [15]

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 27)
CowellVergaraMel BMandel
EDT Dance Team1Eliminated
Mama Duke2 Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg Advanced to Finals
Unreal Crew3Advanced
Alain Simonov4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Leo High School Choir5Advanced
Jonglissimo6Eliminated (Top 5)
Benjamin Hightower7Eliminated
Duo Stardust8Eliminated (Top 5)
Boston Dynamics9 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Alex Zinger & Crew10 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Bay Melnick Virgolino11Advanced

Quarter-final 3 (September 2)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Lindsey Stirling [16] & The Clairvoyants [17]

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 3)
CowellVergaraMel BMandel
Jacqueline & Wagner1Eliminated (Top 5)
Austin Brown2Eliminated
Maceo Harrison3Eliminated
Benn Family Band4Eliminated
Messoudi Brothers5Eliminated (Top 5)
Micah Palace6 Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg Advanced to Finals
Mastermind7Advanced
Girish and the Chronicles8Eliminated
Anna Saranina9Eliminated
Chris Turner10Advanced
Jessica Sanchez11Advanced

Quarter-final 4 (September 9)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Le Sserafim [18]

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 10)
CowellVergaraMel BMandel
Crash Adams1Eliminated
Zak Mirz2 1 Advanced
TT Boys3Advanced
Cole Swensen & Judy4Eliminated
Mike Munz5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Chuck Adams6Eliminated (Top 5)
The Funkateer Dancers7Eliminated (Top 5)
The BoykinZ8Eliminated
Gendai9Eliminated
Team Recycled10 Crystal Clear action bookmark.svg Advanced to Finals
Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir11Advanced
  • ^1 Mandel originally buzzed Zak Mirz, but later retracted his buzzer at the conclusion of Mirz's performance.

Semi-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out |   Advanced to Finals

Semi-final (September 16)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Solange Kardinaly [19]

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 17)
CowellVergaraMel BMandel
TT Boys1Eliminated
Zak Mirz2Eliminated
Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir3Eliminated
Chris Turner4Advanced
Unreal Crew5Eliminated
Bay Melnick Virgolino6Eliminated
Sirca Marea7Advanced
Jessica Sanchez8Advanced
Leo High School Choir9Advanced
Light Wire10Advanced
Jourdan Blue11Advanced

Finals summary

Guest Performers, Results Show: Eric Lloyd, [20] Richard Goodall, [21] Neal Schon, [22] and the cast of Now You See Me: Now You Don't (Mat Franco, Shin Lim, and Piff the Magic Dragon)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   Top 5
FinalistPerformed with
(2nd Performance)		Result
Chris Turner Bozoma Saint John & Keely Watson2nd
Jessica SanchezN/A 2 1st
Jourdan Blue Danny O'Donoghue 3rd
Leo High School Choir Aloe Blacc Grand-finalist
Light Wire Leona Lewis Grand-finalist
Mama Duke Sainted Finalist
Micah Palace Manuel Turizo Finalist
Sirca MareaN/A 2 Finalist
Steve Ray LadsonN/A 3 Finalist
Team Recycled Ciara Finalist

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent season 20
No.TitleAir dateTimeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		Ref.
1"Auditions 1"May 27, 2025Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.44.81 [23]
2"Auditions 2"June 3, 20250.54.69 [24]
3"Auditions 3"June 10, 20250.44.54 [25]
4"Auditions 4"June 17, 20250.34.58 [26]
5"Auditions 5"June 24, 20250.44.91 [27]
6"Auditions 6"July 8, 20250.44.90 [28]
7"Auditions 7"July 15, 20250.45.02 [29]
8"Greatest Golden Buzzers!"July 22, 20250.33.77 [30]
9"Auditions 8"July 29, 20250.54.91 [31]
10"Auditions 9"August 5, 20250.44.56 [32]
11"AGT 20th Birthday Party"August 12, 20250.33.99 [33]
12"Quarterfinals 1"August 19, 20250.34.64 [34]
13"Quarterfinals 1 Results"August 20, 2025Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.33.99 [35]
14"Quarterfinals 2"August 26, 2025Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.44.72 [36]
15"Quarterfinals 2 Results"August 27, 2025Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.33.85 [37]
16"Quarterfinals 3"September 2, 2025Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.44.78 [38]
17"Quarterfinals 3 Results"September 3, 2025Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.34.17 [39]
18"Quarterfinals 4"September 9, 2025Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.44.73 [40]
19"Quarterfinals 4 Results"September 10, 2025Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.34.12 [41]
20"Semifinals"September 16, 2025Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.44.33 [42]
21"Semifinals Results"September 17, 2025Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.34.58 [43]
22"Finale Performances"September 23, 2025Tuesday 9:00 p.m.0.34.36 [44]
23"Countdown to the Finale"September 24, 2025Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.33.40 [45]
24"Finale Results"September 24, 2025Wednesday 9:00 p.m.0.34.26 [45]

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