America's Got Talent season 17

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America's Got Talent
Season 17
America's Got Talent season 17 poster.jpg
Promotional poster for season 17, featuring (L to R) host Crews alongside judges Vergara, Cowell, Klum, and Mandel
Hosted by Terry Crews
Judges
Winner Mayyas
Runners-up
No. of episodes22
Release
Original network NBC
Original releaseMay 31 (2022-05-31) 
September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)
Season chronology
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The seventeenth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 31, 2022, and concluded on September 14, 2022. This season featured the return of a full audience without COVID-19 restrictions, which had begun during the fifteenth season. [1]

Contents

The season was won by dance group Mayyas, with pole dancer Kristy Sellars finishing second, and singer and guitarist Drake Milligan placing third. [2]

Production

On March 31, 2022, it was announced that the entire main cast from the previous season would return for the new season and that the season would premiere on May 31. [3] [4] Originally, host Terry Crews announced the 'end of an era' in September 2021, stating that the season sixteen finale of America's Got Talent and the series finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine had marked the end of his deal with NBC. [5]

Judge Howie Mandel was partially absent from the June 14, July 19, and August 2 episodes, and was entirely absent in the July 12 episode, due to contracting COVID-19 at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards. [6] [7] Additionally, judge Sofía Vergara was absent from the judge deliberations at Simon Cowell's house. [8] [9]

The live shows for the season were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the same venue where auditions have been filmed since season eleven. [10] [11] The live shows had been held at the Dolby Theatre since the same season, excluding season fifteen, during which the live shows were held at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Season overview

Judge Simon Cowell and host Terry Crews featured their favorite Golden Buzzer recipients from the previous seasons in a special retrospective episode on July 5. Singer Nightbirde from season sixteen was ranked as the number one Golden Buzzer in AGT history. [12] Inspired by Nightbirde, who died from cancer in February 2022, Lebanese dance group Mayyas previously honored her during an audition episode on June 21. [13] They received a Golden Buzzer from judge Sofía Vergara. [14]

For the second time in AGT history [15] (the first in season sixteen), a group Golden Buzzer was given by all the judges and host on the July 19 episode, to country trio Chapel Hart for their original song "You Can Have Him Jolene". [16] [17]

Unlike previous seasons of AGT, the live show format was changed to accommodate the top 55 acts, which were divided into five qualifying rounds of eleven acts (two acts from each qualifying round plus a wildcard advanced to the finals), [11] instead of the usual quarter-final and semi-final rounds. In the judge deliberations portion of the episode aired on August 2, the judges selected 54 of the top 55 spots. Following this episode, a public vote was opened to allow viewers to vote the last act into the live shows. Danger act Auzzy Blood, singers Ben Waites and Debbii Dawson, and comedian Jordan Conley were all in contention for the final spot in the top 55. [11] [18] During the August 9 live show, it was announced that Conley had won the America's Wildcard vote. [19]

During the final qualifying round results show on September 7, an Instant Save vote was held for viewers to send a final wildcard into the finals. The four acts included in this vote were acts that were eliminated in the live shows, with each act selected by one of the judges; [11] Mandel selected Don McMillan, Klum selected Lily Meola, Vergara selected Celia Muñoz, and Cowell selected Players Choir. Celia Muñoz ultimately won the public vote, taking the last spot in the season's finals. [20]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Qualifier
Playing card club A.svg America's Wildcard | Playing card heart A.svg Final Wildcard | Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer Audition
Participant [11] [21] [22] Age(s)GenreActFromQualifierResult
Acapop!12-18SingingA-Cappella GroupVarious4Eliminated
Aiko Tanaka42ComedyComedianJapan2Eliminated
Amanda Mammana19SingingSinger Trumbull, Connecticut 3Eliminated
Amazing Veranica & Her Incredible Friends12AnimalsDog Act Oxford, Florida 1Eliminated
AmoukanamaTBAAcrobaticsAcrobatic Group Conakry, Guinea 1Eliminated
Aubrey Burchell21SingingSinger Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5Eliminated
Ava Swiss18SingingSinger Oxford, Michigan 1Eliminated
Avery Dixon Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 21MusicSaxophonist Atlanta, Georgia 1Finalist
Bayley Graham22DanceTap Dancer New Zealand 4Eliminated
Ben Lapidus29Comedy / Singing / MusicComic Singer & Guitarist Doylestown, Pennsylvania 1Eliminated
Blade 2 BladeTBADangerKnife Throwing Duo Mallorca, Spain 5Eliminated
Celia Muñoz Playing card heart A.svg 36ComedyVentriloquist Madrid, Spain 3Finalist
Chapel Hart Yellow ffff00 pog.svg TBASingingVocal Trio Poplarville, Mississippi 2Grand-finalist
Cline Twins17VarietyHockey Tricks Duo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 3Eliminated
Don McMillan 62ComedyComedian San Francisco, California 1Eliminated
Drake Milligan 23SingingSinger Fort Worth, Texas 1Third place
Duo RingsTBAAcrobaticsAerial Duo Buenos Aires, Argentina 2Eliminated
Freckled Zelda19Singing / MusicSinger & MusicianCalifornia2Eliminated
Funkanometry19 & 20DanceDance Duo Vancouver Island, Canada 3Eliminated
Fusion JapanTBADanceDance GroupJapan2Eliminated
Harper10SingingMetal Singer Somerset, England 4Eliminated
Hayden KristalTBAComedyComedianColorado3Eliminated
Jack Williams25ComedyVentriloquist Indianapolis, Indiana 4Eliminated
Jannick Holste19Magic / DanceMagician & Dancer Germany 4Eliminated
JoJo and BriTBASingingVocal DuoTBA3Eliminated
Jordan Conley Playing card club A.svg TBAComedyComedian Garden Grove, California 5Eliminated
Kristen Cruz19SingingSinger Irving, Texas 5Eliminated
Kristy Sellars36DancePole Dancer Ballarat, Australia 5Runner-up
Lace LarrabeeTBAComedyComedianAtlanta, Georgia1Eliminated
Lee Collinson21SingingSingerEngland4Eliminated
Lily Meola Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 27SingingSinger Maui, Hawaii 4Eliminated
MPLUSPLUSTBADanceLED Dance Group Tokyo, Japan 3Eliminated
Madison Taylor Baez [lower-alpha 1] Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 11SingingSinger Yorba Linda, California 2Eliminated
Max Ostler18DanceContemporary DancerAustralia5Eliminated
Mayyas Yellow ffff00 pog.svg TBADanceDance Group Lebanon 5Winner
Merissa Beddows23Singing / ComedySinging ImpressionistNew York4Eliminated
Mervant VeraTBASinging / MagicRapper & Magician Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5Eliminated
MetaphysicTBAVarietyArtificial Intelligence Act Belgium & Australia4Grand-finalist
Mia Morris18Singing / MusicSinger & Musician Nashville, Tennessee 3Eliminated
Mike E. WinfieldTBAComedyComedian Baltimore, Maryland 4Finalist
Mr. PantsTBAComedyComedian Brooklyn, New York 2Eliminated
Nicolas RIBSTBAMagicMagician Paris, France 3Finalist
Oleksandr YenivatovTBAAcrobaticsContortionist Ukraine 1Eliminated
Players ChoirTBASingingChoirVarious1Eliminated
Sara James Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 14SingingSinger Ośno Lubuskie, Poland 3Finalist
Shu Takada25VarietyYo-Yo ArtistTokyo, Japan5Eliminated
Stefanny and YeeremyTBADanceSalsa Duo Colombia 1Eliminated
The Brown Brothers30 & 32Singing / ComedySinging Impression Duo Annapolis, Maryland 2Eliminated
The Lazy GenerationTBAVarietyStunt Group London, England 4Eliminated
The Pack DrumlineTBAMusicPercussion Group Chicago, Illinois 2Eliminated
Travis Japan 23-27Singing / DanceBoy BandTokyo, Japan5Eliminated
urbancrew (Flyers of the South)TBADanceDance Group Philippines 5Eliminated
Wyn Starks39SingingSingerNashville, Tennessee2Eliminated
XOMG POP!10-15SingingGirl GroupVarious3Eliminated
Yu Hojin29MagicMagician Seoul, South Korea 2Finalist

Qualifiers summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out |   Advanced to Finals |   Eliminated (Top 3) |   Eliminated (Top 5)

Qualifier 1 (August 9)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Dustin Tavella with Sarah Hyland

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 10)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Amoukanama1Eliminated (Top 5)
Amazing Veranica & Her Incredible Friends2Eliminated
Ava Swiss3Eliminated
Ben Lapidus4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Lace Larrabee5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Drake Milligan6Advanced
Oleksandr Yenivatov7Eliminated
Players Choir8Eliminated (Top 5)
Stefanny and Yeeremy9 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Don McMillan10Eliminated (Top 3)
Avery Dixon11Advanced

Qualifier 2 (August 16)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Jon Dorenbos

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 17)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
The Pack Drumline1Eliminated
The Brown Brothers2Eliminated (Top 5)
Mr. Pants3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Fusion Japan4Eliminated
Freckled Zelda5Eliminated
Duo Rings6Eliminated (Top 5)
Wyn Starks7Eliminated
Aiko Tanaka8Eliminated
Madison Taylor Baez9Eliminated (Top 3)
Yu Hojin10Advanced
Chapel Hart11Advanced

Qualifier 3 (August 23)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Kodi Lee with Teddy Swims and Neal Schon

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 24)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
MPLUSPLUS1Eliminated
JoJo and Bri2Eliminated
Cline Twins3Eliminated
Amanda Mammana4Eliminated (Top 5)
XOMG POP!5Eliminated
Nicolas RIBS6Advanced
Mia Morris7Eliminated
Hayden Kristal8Eliminated (Top 5)
Celia Muñoz 1 9Eliminated (Top 3)
Funkanometry10Eliminated
Sara James11Advanced
  • ^1 Celia Muñoz was later brought back as a Wildcard act for the Finals. [20]

Qualifier 4 (August 30)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Piff the Magic Dragon and Riverdance [23]

Participant [24] OrderBuzzesResult (August 31)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Bayley Graham1Eliminated
Acapop!2 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Jannick Holste3Eliminated
Lee Collinson4Eliminated
Jack Williams5Eliminated (Top 5)
Metaphysic6Advanced
The Lazy Generation7 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Merissa Beddows8Eliminated (Top 5)
Harper9Eliminated
Mike E. Winfield10Advanced
Lily Meola11Eliminated (Top 3)

Qualifier 5 (September 6)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Cast of & Juliet

ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 7)
Cowell Vergara Klum Mandel
Kristen Cruz1Eliminated (Top 5)
Mervant Vera2Eliminated (Top 3)
Travis Japan3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Max Ostler4Eliminated
Jordan Conley5Eliminated
Kristy Sellars6Advanced
Blade 2 Blade7Eliminated
urbancrew (Flyers of the South)8Eliminated (Top 5)
Aubrey Burchell9Eliminated
Shu Takada10Eliminated
Mayyas11Advanced

Finals (September 13–14)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Black Eyed Peas and Light Balance [25] [26]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   Top 5
FinalistPerformed with
(2nd Performance)
Result (September 14)
Avery Dixon Trombone Shorty Finalist
Celia Muñoz Terry Fator and Darci Lynne Finalist
Chapel Hart Darius Rucker 3 Grand-finalist
Drake Milligan Jon Pardi 3 3rd
Kristy SellarsN/A 5 2nd
MayyasN/A 5 1st
Metaphysic Jeff Ross, Don McMillan, Mr. Pants, and Lace Larrabee 4 Grand-finalist
Mike E. WinfieldJeff Ross, Don McMillan, Mr. Pants, and Lace Larrabee 4 Finalist
Nicolas RIBS Shin Lim 2 Finalist
Sara James Black Eyed Peas Finalist
Yu HojinShin Lim 2 Finalist

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent season 17
No.TitleAir dateTimeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)
Ref.
1"Auditions 1"May 31, 2022Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.86.33TBDTBDTBDTBD [27]
2"Auditions 2"June 7, 20220.86.37TBDTBDTBDTBD [28]
3"Auditions 3"June 14, 20220.86.21TBDTBDTBDTBD [29]
4"Auditions 4"June 21, 20220.76.00TBDTBDTBDTBD [30]
5"Auditions 5"June 28, 20220.65.98TBDTBDTBDTBD [31]
6"Simon's Favorite Golden Buzzers"July 5, 20220.65.49TBDTBDTBDTBD [32]
7"Auditions 6"July 12, 20220.76.43TBDTBDTBDTBD [33]
8"Auditions 7"July 19, 20220.66.15TBDTBDTBDTBD [34]
9"Auditions 8"July 26, 20220.86.47TBDTBDTBDTBD [35]
10"Auditions End and Judge Deliberations"August 2, 20220.76.24TBDTBDTBDTBD [36]
11"Qualifiers 1"August 9, 20220.76.45TBDTBDTBDTBD [37]
12"Qualifiers 1 Results"August 10, 2022Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.55.50TBDTBDTBDTBD [38]
13"Qualifiers 2"August 16, 2022Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.76.44TBDTBDTBDTBD [39]
14"Qualifiers 2 Results"August 17, 2022Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.65.64TBDTBDTBDTBD [40]
15"Qualifiers 3"August 23, 2022Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.76.33TBDTBDTBDTBD [41]
16"Qualifiers 3 Results"August 24, 2022Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.65.55TBDTBDTBDTBD [42]
17"Qualifiers 4"August 30, 2022Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.76.36TBDTBDTBDTBD [43]
18"Qualifiers 4 Results"August 31, 2022Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.55.48TBDTBDTBDTBD [44]
19"Qualifiers 5"September 6, 2022Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.76.11TBDTBDTBDTBD [45]
20"Qualifiers 5 Results"September 7, 2022Wednesday 8:00 p.m.0.65.69TBDTBDTBDTBD [46]
21"Finale"September 13, 2022Tuesday 8:00 p.m.0.87.03TBDTBDTBDTBD [47]
22"Finale Results"September 14, 2022Wednesday 9:00 p.m.0.66.82TBDTBDTBDTBD [48]

Notes

  1. Terry Crews had Madison Taylor Baez planted in the audience so that she could surprise the judges with her act.

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