America's Got Talent: Extreme

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America's Got Talent: Extreme
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Genre
Created by Simon Cowell
Presented by Terry Crews
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
  • Simon Cowell
  • Sam Donnelly
  • Jason Raff
  • Richard Wallace
Production locations
Production companies
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseFebruary 21 (2022-02-21) –
March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)
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America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent: Extreme (also known as AGT: Extreme) is an American reality television and talent competition series created by Simon Cowell that aired on NBC from February 21 to March 14, 2022, following a sneak peek episode that aired on February 20. The series is a spinoff of America's Got Talent that focuses on stunt performers. Terry Crews hosts the series, with Cowell, Nikki Bella, and Travis Pastrana serving as judges.

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Format

The series is conducted using a condensed version of the format used in the main America's Got Talent series, and focuses exclusively on larger-scale acts—primarily stunt performers—that are unsuited for a traditional stage setting.

Similarly to the main series, acts that receive a majority vote from the judging panel during their audition performance advance to the finals, the judges may use buzzers to signal their disapproval of an act (with the performance automatically ending if all three judges use their buzzer), while each judge, along with host Terry Crews, can use the "Golden Buzzer" to automatically advance one act of their choice to the finals, regardless of the opinion of the other judges.

In the finale, the acts are further eliminated (with acts now voted on by a panel of "superfans", similarly to America's Got Talent: The Champions ), reaching a top four, and then a top two—with the winner receiving $500,000.

Production

On May 14, 2021, NBC announced that it had ordered America's Got Talent: Extreme as the second U.S. spinoff of America's Got Talent, following America's Got Talent: The Champions , with franchise creator Simon Cowell confirmed as an executive producer and judge for the series. [1] [2] On October 1, 2021, it was announced that retired WWE wrestler Nikki Bella and extreme sportsman Travis Pastrana would serve as judges alongside Cowell. Main AGT host Terry Crews also hosts Extreme. [3] [4]

Filming occurred at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia from September 27 to October 20, 2021. [5] [6] Escape artist Jonathan Goodwin was hospitalized following an accident during a rehearsal, in which he was crushed between two cars in mid-air and fell to the ground whilst trying to escape a straitjacket. A spokesperson confirmed to Variety on October 15 that production had been temporarily suspended. [7] [8] Filming would later resume and wrap in early-January 2022 at the Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, California. [9] [10]

AGT: Extreme was originally scheduled to premiere in 2022 on NBC's mideseason lineup. On January 19, 2022, NBC announced that the premiere had been pushed ahead to February 21, 2022, as American Song Contest had been pushed back to midseason due to COVID-19-related concerns. [10] [8] A half-hour sneak peek aired on February 20, following the primetime broadcast of the 2022 Winter Olympics' closing ceremony. [11]

On May 16, 2022, NBC shelved the series indefinitely. [12]

Episodes

No.Title  [13] [14] Original air date  [13] [14] Prod.
code  [13] 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
0"AGT: Extreme Sneak Peek"February 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)N/A3.11 [15]
1"Auditions Premiere"February 21, 2022 (2022-02-21)1014.49 [16]
2"Auditions 2"February 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)1023.43 [17]
3"Auditions 3"March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07)1033.26 [18]
4"Auditions End and the $500,000 Finale"March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)1043.06 [19]

Season overview

The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Finalist
  Eliminated | Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer Audition | Playing card club A.svg Wildcard Finalist
Participant [20] Age(s) 1 ActFromPreliminaryResult
Aaron Evans Playing card club A.svg 33Free Runner Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1Finalist
Aaron Wheelz Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 29Wheelchair Motocross Las Vegas 1Runner-up
Alfredo Silva's Cage Riders Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 24-55Stunt PerformersLas Vegas2Winner
America's Little Sisters29-45Wrestling Group Los Angeles 3Eliminated
Bruce Cook34Motocross Performer Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada 3Eliminated
Chloe Chambers 17Race Car Driver Monroe, New York 3Eliminated
Cyndel Flores Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 23Aerialist Sarasota, Florida 3Finalist
Danny Zzzz51Escape Artist St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 2Eliminated
David "The Bullet" Smith44Human Cannonball Salem, Oregon 1Eliminated
Diako Diaby27Professional Skateboarder Paris, France 2Eliminated
Dr. Danger & Mary52, 59Daredevil Duo Mendoza, Texas 3Eliminated
Erika Lemay Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 38Aerialist Lévis, Quebec, Canada 4Grand-Finalist
Hunter & Lillian24, 90Motorcycle Duo Fairview, Wisconsin 2Eliminated
Jade Kindar-Martin Playing card club A.svg 47High Wire Performer Shelburne, Vermont 2Grand-Finalist
Jenna Bandy28Sports Trick Shooter Thousand Oaks, California 1Eliminated
Leeky Da Bikestar31Dirt Bike Performer Queens 1Eliminated
NomNomSammieBoy32Competitive Eater Brooklyn 3Eliminated
Shemika Campbell29Limbo Dancer Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3Eliminated
The Contraption Kings27-33Stunt Performers United States & Australia 2Eliminated
The Flying Royals21-41Trapeze Artists Orlando, Florida 2Eliminated
The JCB Dancing Diggers22-51Heavy Machinery Dancers Savannah, Georgia 4Eliminated
The Joogsquad27-35Stunt Team Clearwater Beach 1Eliminated
The Nerveless Nocks30, 55Daredevil DuoSarasota, Florida4Eliminated
Verge Aero Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 30-56Drone Precision Group Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1Finalist
William Brandon32Fire Dancer Atlanta, Georgia 4Eliminated

Preliminaries summary

Preliminary 1 (February 21)

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult
Cowell Bella Pastrana
Aaron Evans1Advanced
The Joogsquad2Eliminated
Verge Aero3Advanced
David "The Bullet" Smith4Eliminated
Jenna Bandy5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Leeky Da Bikestar6Eliminated
Aaron Wheelz7Advanced

Preliminary 2 (February 28)

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult
Cowell Bella Pastrana
The Contraption Kings1Eliminated
Hunter & Lillian2Eliminated
Diako Diaby3Eliminated
Jade Kindar-Martin4Advanced
The Flying Royals5Eliminated
Danny Zzzz6Eliminated
Alfredo Silva's Cage Riders7Advanced

Preliminary 3 (March 7)

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult
Cowell Bella Pastrana
Dr. Danger & Mary1Eliminated
Chloe Chambers2Eliminated
Cyndel Flores3Advanced
NomNomSammieBoy4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Shemika Campbell5Eliminated
Bruce Cook6Eliminated
America's Little Sisters7 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated

Preliminary 4 (March 14)

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult
Cowell Bella Pastrana
The Nerveless Nocks1Eliminated
William Brandon2Eliminated
The JCB Dancing Diggers3Eliminated
Erika Lemay4Advanced

Finale (March 14)

Guest Performers: Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker & Travis Pastrana [21]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Top 4
FinalistResult
Aaron EvansFinalist
Aaron WheelzRunner-up
Alfredo Silva’s Cage RidersWinner
Cyndel FloresFinalist
Erika LemayGrand-Finalist
Jade Kindar-MartinGrand-Finalist
Verge AeroFinalist

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent: Extreme
No.TitleAir date Rating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)
0"AGT: Extreme Sneak Peek"February 20, 20220.53.11 [15]
1"Auditions Premiere"February 21, 20220.74.49 [16]
2"Auditions 2"February 28, 20220.53.43 [17]
3"Auditions 3"March 7, 20220.53.26 [18]
4"Auditions End and the $500,000 Finale"March 14, 20220.53.06 [19]

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