America's Got Talent | |
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Season 13 | |
![]() Promotional poster for season 13, featuring (L to R) judges Mandel, Mel B, Cowell, Klum, and host Banks | |
Hosted by | Tyra Banks |
Judges |
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Winner | Shin Lim |
Runners-up |
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No. of episodes | 24 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | May 29 September 19, 2018 | –
Season chronology |
The thirteenth season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 29 to September 19, 2018.[1] There were no major changes to the program during the season; the guest judges for this season's Judge Cuts episodes were Ken Jeong, Olivia Munn, Martina McBride, and Chris Hardwick.[2]
The thirteenth season was won by close-up magician Shin Lim, with acrobatic group Zurcaroh finishing second, and electric violinist Brian King Joseph placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 11.15 million viewers.
Season overview
[edit]Open auditions were held in late 2017 within Orlando, Cincinnati, Savannah, Milwaukee, Houston, Las Vegas, New York City, Nashville, and Los Angeles[3] (while online auditions were accepted).[4] As in previous years, the judges' auditions were held and filmed in March 2017 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles.[5] The Judge Cuts episodes included actor Ken Jeong, actress Olivia Munn, singer Martina McBride and comedian Chris Hardwick appearing as guest judges.[2]
Thirty-six of the participants auditioning secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists appearing in each of the shows. Among the contestants: acrobatic group Zurcaroh, singer Michael Ketterer, singer Courtney Hadwin, singer Amanda Mena, and singer Makayla Phillips[2] who had each received a golden buzzer from the main judges and host; choir Voices of Hope, choir Angel City Chorale, ballroom dancers Quin and Misha, and rapper Flau’jae[2] who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the guest judges; opera singer Daniel Emmet, novelty water-spitting act Human Fountains, and multimedia performance group Front Pictures who were chosen as Wildcard quarter-finalists. Twenty-two quarter-finalists advanced and appeared in two semi-finals (eleven in each show), including Front Pictures which was chosen again by the judges (as the Wildcard semi-finalist); ten semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. The chart below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
- Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Finalist | Semi-finalist
- Quarter-finalist |
Wildcard Quarter-finalist |
Wildcard Semi-finalist
Golden Buzzer - Auditions |
Golden Buzzer - Judge Cuts
Participant | Age(s) 1 | Genre | Act | From | Quarter-Final | Result |
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Aaron Crow | 49 | Danger | Danger Act | Bruges, Belgium | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Amanda Mena ![]() |
16 | Singing | Singer | Boston | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Angel City Chorale ![]() |
19-88 | Singing | Choir | Los Angeles | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Brian King Joseph | 27 | Music | Electric Violinist | Los Angeles | 3 | Third place |
Christina Wells | 42 | Singing | Singer | Houston | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Courtney Hadwin ![]() |
14 | Singing | Singer | County Durham, England | 1 | Finalist |
Da RepubliK | 15-32 | Dance | Dance Group | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Daniel Emmet ![]() |
25 | Singing | Opera Singer | Las Vegas | 3 | Finalist |
Duo Transcend | 29 & 32 | Acrobatics | Trapeze Duo | Salt Lake City | 2 | Finalist |
Flau'jae ![]() |
14 | Singing | Rapper | Savannah, Georgia | 1 | Eliminated |
Front Pictures ![]() ![]() |
41 & 43 | Variety | Multimedia Act | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Glennis Grace | 40 | Singing | Singer | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2 | Finalist |
Hans | 19 | Singing / Music | Singer & Accordionist | Adelaide, Australia | 1 | Eliminated |
Human Fountains ![]() |
24-29 | Variety | Novelty Act | Los Angeles | 1 | Eliminated |
Joseph O'Brien | 20 | Singing / Music | Singer & Pianist | Columbia, Tennessee | 3 | Eliminated |
Junior New System | 18-25 | Dance | Dance Group | Manila, Philippines | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Lord Nil | 38 | Danger | Escape Artist | Italy | 1 | Eliminated |
Makayla Phillips ![]() |
16 | Singing | Singer | Canyon Lake, California | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Michael Ketterer ![]() |
40 | Singing | Singer | Anaheim, California | 3 | Grand-finalist |
Mochi | 29 | Variety | Diabolo Juggler | Shizuoka, Japan | 1 | Eliminated |
Noah Guthrie | 24 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | Greer, South Carolina | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Quin & Misha ![]() |
70 & 35 | Dance | Ballroom Duo | Orlando, Florida | 2 | Eliminated |
Rob Lake | 35 | Magic | Illusionist | Norman, Oklahoma | 3 | Eliminated |
Samuel J. Comroe | 30 | Comedy | Comedian | Los Angeles | 2 | Grand-finalist |
Shin Lim | 26 | Magic | Magician | Boston | 1 | Winner |
The Future Kingz | 7-23 | Dance | Dance Group | Chicago | 3 | Eliminated |
The PAC Dance Team | 15-18 | Dance | Dance Group | Sahuarita, Arizona | 1 | Eliminated |
The Sacred Riana | 25 | Magic | Illusionist | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2 | Eliminated |
The Savitsky Cats | 24 & 45 | Animals | Cat Act | Ukraine | 2 | Eliminated |
UDI | 20-37 | Dance | Dance Group | Tomsk, Russia | 3 | Eliminated |
Us the Duo | 27 & 28 | Singing / Music | Vocal Duo | Los Angeles | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Vicki Barbolak | 60 | Comedy | Comedian | Oceanside, California | 1 | Finalist |
Voices of Hope ![]() |
5-17 | Singing | Choir | Orange County, California | 2 | Semi-finalist |
We Three | 21-27 | Singing / Music | Band | McMinnville, Oregon | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Yumbo Dump | 31 & 34 | Variety | Novelty Act | Okayama, Japan | 2 | Eliminated |
Zurcaroh ![]() |
8-39 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Group | Götzis, Austria | 3 | Runner-up |
- ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this season.
Quarter-finals summary
[edit]Buzzed Out |
Judges' choice | Advanced to Semi-finals
- Won Online Public Vote | Won Judges' Vote | Lost Judges' Vote
Quarter-final 1 (August 14)
[edit]Guest Performer, Results Show: Darci Lynne
Quarter-final 2 (August 21)
[edit]Guest Performers, Results Show: The Illusionists, and Light Balance
Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (August 22) | |||
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Cowell | Klum | Mel B | Mandel | |||
Makayla Phillips | 1 | Advanced (Online Public Vote) | ||||
Da RepubliK | 2 | ![]() |
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Advanced (Won Judges' Vote) | |
Noah Guthrie | 3 | Advanced | ||||
Yumbo Dump | 4 | 2 | ![]() |
2 | Eliminated | |
Samuel J. Comroe | 5 | Advanced | ||||
Voices of Hope | 6 | Advanced | ||||
The Savitsky Cats | 7 | Eliminated | ||||
Glennis Grace | 8 | Advanced | ||||
The Sacred Riana | 9 | Eliminated | ||||
Quin & Misha | 10 | Eliminated | ||||
Front Pictures 3 | 11 | ![]() |
Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote) | |||
Duo Transcend | 12 | Advanced |
- ^2 Cowell and Mel B both originally buzzed Yumbo Dump, but later retracted their buzzers.
- ^3 Front Pictures were later appointed as the judges' WildCard semi-finalist.
Quarter-final 3 (August 28)
[edit]Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Semi-finals summary
[edit]Buzzed Out |
Judges' choice | Advanced to Finals
- Won Online Public Vote | Won Judges' Vote | Lost Judges' Vote
Semi-final 1 (September 4)
[edit]Semi-final 2 (September 11)
[edit]Guest Performers, Results Show: BTS[6] and cast of A Magical Cirque Christmas
Finals (September 18–19)
[edit]Guest Performers, Finale: Kiss
- Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Top 5
Finalist | Performed with (2nd Performance) |
Result (September 19)[7] |
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Brian King Joseph | Lindsey Stirling 4 | 3rd |
Courtney Hadwin | The Struts | Finalist |
Daniel Emmet | Plácido Domingo | Finalist |
Duo Transcend | Lindsey Stirling 3 | Finalist |
Glennis Grace | Bebe Rexha | Finalist |
Michael Ketterer | N/A | Grand-finalist |
Samuel J. Comroe | N/A | Grand-finalist |
Shin Lim | Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila | 1st |
Vicki Barbolak | David Spade | Finalist |
Zurcaroh | Lindsey Stirling | 2nd |
- ^4 Brian King Joseph & Duo Transcend conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer.
Ratings
[edit]The following ratings are based upon those published by Nielsen Media Research after this season's broadcast:
Episode | Title | First air date | Timeslot (EDT) | Rating (18–49) |
Share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Nightly Rank |
Weekly Rank |
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1 | Auditions Week 1 | May 29, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
2.5 | 11 | 12.16 | 1[8] | 3[9] |
2 | Auditions Week 2 | June 5, 2018 | 2.2 | 10 | 11.27 | 1[10] | 3[11] | |
3 | Auditions Week 3 | June 12, 2018 | 2.3 | 10 | 11.46 | 1[12] | 1[13] | |
4 | Auditions Week 4 | June 19, 2018 | 2.2 | 10 | 11.86 | 1[14] | 1[15] | |
5 | Auditions Week 5 | June 26, 2018 | 2.0 | 9 | 11.32 | 1[16] | 1[17] | |
6 | Auditions Week 6 | July 10, 2018 | 2.1 | 9 | 11.55 | 1[18] | 1[19] | |
7 | Judge Cuts 1 | July 17, 2018 | 2.1 | 9 | 11.33 | 1[20] | 1[21] | |
8 | Judge Cuts 2 | July 24, 2018 | 2.0 | 8 | 11.68 | 1[22] | 1[23] | |
9 | Judge Cuts 3 | July 31, 2018 | 2.1 | 9 | 11.83 | 1[24] | 1[25] | |
10 | Judge Cuts 4 | August 7, 2018 | 1.9 | 9 | 11.04 | 1[26] | 1[27] | |
11 | Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances) | August 14, 2018 | 2.1 | 10 | 11.10 | 1[28] | 1[29] | |
12 | Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results) | August 15, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.5 | 8 | 9.85 | 2[30] | 2[29] |
13 | Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Performances) | August 21, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
2.1 | 9 | 11.21 | 1[31] | 1[32] |
14 | Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Results) | August 22, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.6 | 8 | 9.69 | 1[33] | 2[32] |
15 | Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Performances) | August 28, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.9 | 8 | 10.78 | 1[34] | 1[35] |
16 | Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Results) | August 29, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.5 | 7 | 9.90 | 2[36] | 2[35] |
17 | Semifinals, Week 1 (Performances) | September 4, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.8 | 8 | 10.69 | 1[37] | 5[38] |
18 | Semifinals, Week 1 (Results) | September 5, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.5 | 7 | 9.89 | 2[39] | 7[38] |
19 | Semifinals, Week 2 (Performances) | September 11, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.9 | 8 | 10.75 | 1[40] | 4[41] |
20 | Semifinals, Week 2 (Results) | September 12, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
1.6 | 8 | 10.15 | 1[42] | 5[41] |
21 | The Finals | September 18, 2018 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. |
2.3 | 10 | 12.99 | 1[43] | 2[44] |
22 | Season Finale | September 19, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
2.1 | 10 | 12.88 | 1[45] | 3[44] |
Specials
Specials | Title | First air date | Timeslot (EDT) | Rating (18–49) |
Share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Nightly Rank |
Weekly Rank |
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S1 | Best of Auditions | July 11, 2018 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. |
0.9 | 5 | 5.98 | 2[46] | 4[19] |
S2 | Road to Lives | August 9, 2018 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. |
0.7 | 3 | 3.82 | 2[47] | 21[27] |
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