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America's Got Talent season 7 | |
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Hosted by | Nick Cannon |
Judges | |
Winner | Olate Dogs |
Runners-up |
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No. of episodes | 31 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | May 14 – September 13, 2012 |
Season chronology |
The seventh season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 14 to September 13, 2012. Following the previous season, Piers Morgan left the program due to other commitments, and was replaced by the producers with Howard Stern. However, this change involved moving the venue for the live rounds of the competition from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, which increased the size of the audience that attended each live episode. [1] [2] [3] Along with a visual makeover of the program to improve its presentation on television, a planned break was included with the broadcast schedule between July 24 and August 14, to avoid clashing with the network's live coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The seventh season was won by dog tricks act Olate Dogs, with stand-up comedian Tom Cotter finishing in second, and earth harpist William Close placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around over 10 million viewers, but drew controversy for a participant who made claims that were later refuted after the broadcast of their audition.[ who? ]
Auditions for the seventh season's competition took place during Winter until mid-Spring 2012, with the main auditions being filmed in New York, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, Austin, St. Louis and San Francisco. [4] [5] Additional auditions were held in Washington, D.C., and Charlotte, but were not filmed.
Following the conclusion of the sixth season's broadcast, Piers Morgan began contemplating his involvement with America's Got Talent, due to his increasing work schedule on other projects by that time. In November 2011, despite having signed a three-year contract the previous year, [6] Morgan quit the show in order to focus on his commitment to producing Piers Morgan Tonight for CNN. [7] Due to his Morgan's departure, radio personality Howard Stern was chosen to replace him in December. Since Stern had commitments to his SiriusXM radio show in New York that he could not abandon, filming of the live rounds moved from Los Angeles, opting for using the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey. [8] However, Stern was able to handle the involvement of the "Vegas Verdicts" segment without any issue.
While the use of the Performing Arts Center meant that audiences attending live rounds could be much larger than in previous years, the change in venue also allowed executive producer Simon Cowell to have the program undergo a significant "top-to-bottom makeover" of its presentation. Among these included new graphics, a new intro and a new theme song for America's Got Talent, along with an update to set pieces. A significant change was the appearance of the judges' desk, which was re-modeled to appear similar in design to that used on Britain's Got Talent . [9] In addition to these changes, the 2012 Summer Olympics was taken into consideration, since the sporting event would receive live coverage from the network. Episode scheduling had to include a two-week hiatus between July 27 until August 12, as to avoid America's Got Talent clashing with its live broadcast.
Of the participants who auditioned for this season, sixty-two secured a place in the six live quarter-finals, with twelve in each round. The sixth quarter-final consisted of two participants selected from those that failed to reach the live rounds, along with ten quarter-finalists that had been eliminated in their respective rounds. About twenty-three quarter-finalists advanced and were split between the two semi-finals, with an additional semi-finalist being added in at the last minute. Six semi-finalists secured a place in the finals, which consisted of a single stage and not multiple rounds as in previous seasons. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
Participant | Age(s) 1 | Genre | Act | From [10] | Quarter-Final | Result |
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7 in Unison | 14–15 | Dance | Dance Troupe | Yorba Linda, California | 5 | Eliminated |
787 Crew | 19–31 | Dance | Dance Crew | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1 | Eliminated |
Academy of Villains | — | Dance | Hip-hop Dance Troupe | San Francisco | 5 | Semi-finalist |
All Beef Patty | 38 | Singing | Singing Drag Queen | New York City | 3 | Eliminated |
All That! | 23–36 | Dance | Clogging Dance Troupe | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | 4 2 | Semi-finalist |
All Wheel Sports | 18–35 | Acrobatics / Danger | BMX Action Team | Los Angeles | 3 | Semi-finalist |
American BMX Stunt Team | 20–44 | Acrobatics / Danger | BMX Stunt Team | Durham, North Carolina | 1 | Eliminated |
Andrew De Leon | 19 | Singing | Opera Singer | Kyle, Texas | 6 | Semi-finalist |
Aurora Light Painters | 38–46 | Dance / Variety | Light-painting Troupe | San Francisco | 2 | Eliminated |
Bandbaz Brothers | 34, 59 | Acrobatics | Balancing Duo | Las Vegas | 6 | Eliminated |
Ben Blaque | 33 | Danger | Crossbow Performer | Branson, Missouri | 2 2 | Eliminated |
Big Barry | 70 | Singing | Singer | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 2 | Eliminated |
Bria Kelly | 16 | Singing | Country Singer | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 5 | Semi-finalist |
Cast in Bronze | 61 | Music | Carillon Musician | St. Peters, Pennsylvania | 5 | Eliminated |
Clint Carvalho and His Extreme Parrots | 52 | Animal | Parrot Trainer | Las Vegas | 5 | Semi-finalist |
Cristin Sandu | 18 | Danger | Balancing Performer | Las Vegas | 3 2 | Eliminated |
Danielle Stallings | 14 | Singing | Singer | Richmond, Virginia | 2 | Eliminated |
David "The Bullet" Smith | 34 | Danger | Human Cannonball Performer | Englewood, Florida | 4 | Eliminated |
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's | 26–30 | Variety | Art Performers | Sacramento, California | 1 | Finalist |
Distinguished Men of Brass | 24–60 | Music | Marching Band | Tampa, Florida | 1 | Eliminated |
Donovan & Rebecca | 44, 36 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Aerialists | Stony Brook, New York | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Drew Erwin | 16 | Singing / Music | Singer & Musician | Arlington, Tennessee | 5 | Eliminated |
Edon | 14 | Singing | Singer | Chicago | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Elusive | 21 | Dance | B-boy Dancer | Austin, Texas | 3 | Eliminated |
Eric & Olivia | 20 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist Duo | Austin, Texas | 4 | Eliminated |
Eric Buss | 37 | Variety | Novelty act Entertainer | Tucson, Arizona | 5 | Eliminated |
Eric Dittelman | 26 | Magic | Mentalist | Boston | 4 | Semi-finalist |
Hawley Magic | 30 | Magic | Magician & Illusionists | Shelby, North Carolina | 2 | Eliminated |
Horse | 25 | Variety | Groin attack taker | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 4 2 | Eliminated |
Inspire the Fire | 13–29 | Singing / Dance | Singing Dance Troupe | Charlotte, North Carolina | 3 | Eliminated |
Jacob Williams | 23 | Comedy | Stand-up Comedian | Chicago | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Jake Wesley Rogers | 15 | Singing / Music | Singer & Pianist | Ozark, Missouri | 3 2 | Eliminated |
Jarrett & Raja | 39, 32 | Comedy / Magic | Comic Illusionists | Las Vegas | 1 2 | Eliminated |
Joe Castillo | 64 | Variety | Sand Artist | Lexington, Kentucky | 4 | Finalist |
Lightwire Theater | 25–43 | Dance | Glow-light Dance Group | New Orleans | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Lil' Starr | 6 | Dance | Tap Dancer | Chino, California | 1 | Eliminated |
Lindsey Norton | 17 | Dance | Dancer | Tampa, Florida | 4 2 | Eliminated |
LionDanceMe | 14–35 | Danger / Animal / Dance | Lion Dance Danger Act | San Francisco | 2 | Eliminated |
Lisa Clark Dancers | 14–18 | Dance | Dance Troupe | Suisun City, California | 2 | Eliminated |
Melinda Hill | 39 | Comedy | Stand-up Comedian | Los Angeles | 5 | Eliminated |
Michael Nejad | 55 | Music / Variety | Household Musician | San Jose, California | 1 | Eliminated |
Nikki Jensen | 25 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | Austin, Texas | 1 | Eliminated |
Olate Dogs | 19, 55 | Animal | Dog Tricks Act | New York City | 4 | Winner |
Reverse Order | — | Music | Rock Band | Hackettstown, New Jersey | 5 | Eliminated |
Rock Star Juggler Mike Price | 33 | Variety | Juggler | Las Vegas | 3 | Eliminated |
Romeo Dance Cheetah | 30 | Music | Air Guitarist | Chicago | 5 | Eliminated |
Rudy Coby | 48 | Magic | Illusionist | Los Angeles | 5 | Eliminated |
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro" | 10–30 | Singing / Music | Mariachi Singer & Band | San Antonio, Texas | 4 2 | Semi-finalist |
Shanice & Maurice Hayes | 18, 62 | Singing | Father & Daughter Duet | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Spencer Horsman | 26 | Magic / Danger | Escape Artist | Baltimore, Maryland | 3 2 | Eliminated |
The All Ways | 19–22 | Music | Rock Band | New York City | 2 | Eliminated |
The Magic of Puck | 46 | Magic | Comic Illusionist | Roosevelt, New York | 5 | Semi-finalist |
The Scott Brothers | 47, 48 | Dance | Pop Dance Duo | Las Vegas | 1 | Semi-finalist |
The Untouchables | 8–13 | Dance | Latin Dance Troupe | Miami | 3 | Finalist |
Tim Hockenberry | 50 | Singing / Music | Singer & Pianist | San Francisco | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Todd Oliver | 53 | Comedy / Animal | Dog Ventriloquist Act | Branson, Missouri | 1 2 | Semi-finalist |
Tom Cotter | 48 | Comedy | Stand-up Comedian | Stony Point, New York | 2 | Runner-up |
Turf | 21 | Dance / Variety | Dancing Contortionist | San Francisco | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Ulysses | 49 | Singing | Singer | Statesville, North Carolina | 4 | Eliminated |
Unity in Motion | 11–16 | Dance | Dancing Contortionist Group | Cape May, New Jersey | 4 | Eliminated |
William Close | 42 | Music | Earth Harpist | Los Angeles | 4 | Third place |
Wordspit and the Illest! | 20–27 | Music | Hip-hop & Rock Band | New York City | 3 | Eliminated |
Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Cirque du Soleil: Zarkana, and will.i.am
Guest Performers, Results Show: Gavin DeGraw, and TRACES
Guest Performers, Results Show: Ashleigh and Pudsey, and Havana Brown
Guest Performers, Results Show: Cher Lloyd, and the cast of Once
Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (July 25) | ||
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Mandel | Osbourne | Stern | |||
David "The Bullet" Smith 3 | 1 | Eliminated | |||
All That! | 2 | Lost Judges' Vote | |||
Ulysses | 3 | Eliminated | |||
Joe Castillo | 4 | Advanced | |||
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro" | 5 | Eliminated | |||
Eric Dittelman | 6 | Won Judges' Vote | |||
William Close | 7 | Advanced | |||
Unity in Motion | 8 | Eliminated | |||
Eric & Olivia | 9 | Eliminated | |||
Lindsey Norton | 10 | Eliminated | |||
Horse | 11 | Eliminated | |||
Olate Dogs | 12 | Advanced |
Guest Performers, Results Show: Gabby Douglas, Karmin, The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger
Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (August 15) | ||
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Mandel | Osbourne | Stern | |||
Clint Carvalho and His Extreme Parrots | 1 | Won Judges' Vote | |||
Reverse Order | 2 | Eliminated | |||
Rudy Coby | 3 | Eliminated | |||
7 in Unison | 4 | Eliminated | |||
Drew Erwin | 5 | Lost Judges' Vote | |||
Melinda Hill | 6 | Eliminated | |||
Eric Buss | 7 | Eliminated | |||
Romeo Dance Cheetah | 8 | Eliminated | |||
The Magic of Puck | 9 | Advanced | |||
Bria Kelly | 10 | Advanced | |||
Cast in Bronze 4 | 11 | Eliminated | |||
Academy of Villains | 12 | Advanced |
Guest Performers, Results Show: Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, and cast of Bring It On
Guest Performers, Results Show: Neon Trees, and Steve Harvey
Guest Performers, Results Show: Train, Nathan Burton, and Haunted by Heroes with Dee Snider
Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (September 6) 5 | ||
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Mandel | Osbourne | Stern | |||
All That! | 1 | Eliminated | |||
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro" | 2 | Eliminated | |||
The Magic of Puck | 3 | Eliminated | |||
Clint Carvalho and His Extreme Parrots | 4 | Eliminated | |||
Jacob Williams | 5 | Eliminated | |||
Shanice and Maurice Hayes | 6 | Eliminated | |||
All Wheel Sports | 7 | Eliminated | |||
Tim Hockenberry | 8 | Eliminated | |||
The Untouchables | 9 | Advanced | |||
Olate Dogs | 10 | Advanced | |||
Lightwire Theater | 11 | Lost Judges' Vote | |||
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's | 12 | Won Judges' Vote |
Guest Performers, Results Show: Justin Bieber, Big Sean, Green Day, Joan Rivers, OneRepublic, Ne-Yo, Flo Rida, Frankie J, Blue Man Group, and Burton Crane
Finalist | Order | Result (September 13) |
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David Garibaldi and His CMYK's | 1 | 4th |
Tom Cotter | 2 | 2nd |
The Untouchables | 3 | 6th |
Joe Castillo | 4 | 5th |
William Close | 5 | 3rd |
Olate Dogs | 6 | 1st |
The following ratings are based upon those published by Nielsen Media Research after this season's broadcast:
Show | Episode | First air date | Rating (18–49) | Share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | Timeslot rank | Nightly rank | Weekly rank |
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1 | Los Angeles and St. Louis Auditions | May 14, 2012 | 3.7 | 10 | 10.48 [11] | 1 | 2 | 16 |
2 | San Francisco Auditions | May 15, 2012 | 3.4 | 10 | 10.58 [12] | 2 | 2 | 15 |
3 | New York Auditions (Part 1) | May 21, 2012 | 3.2 | 9 | 9.66 [13] | 1 | 1 | 6 |
4 | New York Auditions (Part 2) | May 22, 2012 | 3.3 | 9 | 9.44 [14] | 1 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Tampa Bay Auditions (Part 1) | May 28, 2012 | 2.8 | 8 | 9.96 [15] | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | St. Louis Auditions (Part 2) | May 29, 2012 | 3.7 | 10 | 11.51 [16] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Austin Auditions (Part 1) | June 4, 2012 | 3.3 | 10 | 12.22 [17] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Austin Auditions (Part 2) | June 5, 2012 | 3.5 | 11 | 12.55 [18] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Tampa Bay Auditions (Part 2) | June 12, 2012 | 3.0 | 8 | 11.18 [19] | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Final Auditions | June 18, 2012 | 2.9 | 9 | 11.43 [20] | 1 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Las Vegas Week (Part 1) | June 25, 2012 | 3.0 | 8 | 10.45 [21] | 1 | 1 | 3 |
12 | Las Vegas Week (Part 2) | June 26, 2012 | 3.2 | 9 | 11.67 [22] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
13 | Las Vegas Week (Part 3) | June 27, 2012 | 2.8 | 9 | 10.66 [23] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Top 48, Week 1 (performances) | July 2, 2012 | 2.9 | 8 | 10.19 [24] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
15 | Top 48, Week 1 (results) | July 3, 2012 | 2.3 | 8 | 9.32 [25] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Top 48, Week 2 (performances) | July 10, 2012 | 2.8 | 9 | 10.69 [26] | 2 | 2 | 2 |
17 | Top 48, Week 2 (results) | July 11, 2012 | 2.0 | 6 | 8.08 [27] | 1 | 1 | 6 |
18 | Top 48, Week 3 (performances) | July 17, 2012 | 2.6 | 8 | 10.17 [28] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
19 | Top 48, Week 3 (results) | July 18, 2012 | 2.0 | 6 | 7.61 [29] | 1 | 1 | 5 |
20 | Top 48, Week 4 (performances) | July 24, 2012 | 2.7 | 8 | 10.43 [30] | 1 | 1 | 4 |
21 | Top 48, Week 4 (results) | July 25, 2012 | 2.2 | 6 | 8.76 [31] | 1 | 1 | 5 |
22 | YouTube Snapple Special | August 14, 2012 | 2.8 | 8 | 9.97 [32] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
23 | YouTube Snapple Special (results) | August 15, 2012 | 2.3 | 6 | 8.48 [33] | 1 | 1 | 5 |
24 | Wild Card | August 21, 2012 | 2.5 | 8 | 9.90 [34] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
25 | Wild Card (results) | August 22, 2012 | 2.3 | 7 | 8.60 [35] | 1 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Semifinals, Round 1 (performances) | August 28, 2012 | 2.5 | 7 | 9.89 [36] | 1 | 1 | 1 |
27 | Semifinals, Round 1 (results) | August 29, 2012 | 2.2 | 6 | 8.34 [37] | 1 | 1 | 3 |
28 | Semifinals, Round 2 (performances) | September 4, 2012 | 2.4 | 7 | 8.93 [38] | 1 | 1 | 8 |
29 | Semifinals, Round 2 (results) | September 6, 2012 | 1.9 | 6 | 7.87 [39] | 1 | 1 | 10 |
30 | Finals (performances) | September 12, 2012 | 2.9 | 8 | 11.05 [40] | 1 | 1 | 12 |
31 | Finale | September 13, 2012 | 2.4 | 7 | 10.59 [41] | 1 | 1 | 19 |
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