America’s Received Expertise season 19 returned for the third night time of auditions on Tuesday, and this week’s slate of performers included unbelievable musicians, skilled canines, inspirational dancers and a complete lot of expertise.
Host Terry Crews led the wild and raucous auditions, which had been overseen by longtime judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Simon Cowell — and the double Golden Buzzer rule performed an enormous function in what number of hopefuls took one other step towards having their goals come true.
One of many largest highlights of the night time got here within the type of the Argentinian Malambo firm Legión, who took the stage to ship a jaw-dropping routine that actually introduced the warmth — actually. The set started with the dancers lighting their boots on hearth earlier than they carried out their advanced and engaging Malambo routine whereas actually on hearth.
The ability, expertise, hazard and freshness of the routine gained over the judges who had been amazed by the act and every voted to ship Legión on to the subsequent spherical — all apart from Vergara.
“I assume all of the judges are so, like, fascinated with you guys as a result of, you already know, for them, that is one thing so completely different and thrilling,” Vergara mentioned, feigning indifference. “You already know, I am South American, I’ve seen this dance many occasions. For me, you guys must do one thing spectacular…. And that was spectacular!”
“I believed it was superb. I’ve by no means seen something like that,” she continued. “And that is precisely why I’m going to do that.”
With out hesitation, Vergara stood as much as slam her hand on the Golden Buzzer, showering Legión in metallic confetti.
This is a have a look at a couple of of the night time’s different largest, most epic performances:
Andrei Burton
Bboy Samuka
The Reklaws
Roni and Her Dancing Canine Rhythm
Solange Kardinaly
Biko’s Manna
Olive, the Invisible Magician
Dee Dee Simon
ET spoke with the judges on the AGT purple carpet forward of the season 19 audition rounds, they usually opened up about why giving every of them a second Golden Buzzer is an actual sport changer.
“Expertise is subjective. Whenever you put a singer subsequent to a dancer, subsequent to a hazard act, subsequent to a magician — they every want their very own buzzer!” Crews shared. “I simply suppose it’s good! And I’ve mentioned this earlier than, AGT is persistently evolving… [and] it’s getting higher each time a brand new evolution comes out.”
Cowell — who created AGT and likewise serves as an govt producer on the sequence — got here up with the thought for the second Golden Buzzer, and defined to ET that the thought got here to him when he thought-about “the quantity of effort and time these individuals put into this act and the place this may go.”
“Individuals fly in from all around the world, in addition to the American artists, and you might be seeing the [amazing] issues,” Cowell gushed in regards to the magic of the present. “The 70 occasions I’ve simply gone, ‘How did you provide you with that concept?!’ That is what I like in regards to the present, you already know? It continues to shock you.”
America’s Received Expertise airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
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