Season of television series
America's Got Talent: The Champions Hosted by Terry Crews Judges Winner Shin Lim Runner-up Darci Lynne
No. of episodes7 Original network NBC Original release January 7 (2019-01-07 ) – February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18 )
The first season of America's Got Talent: The Champions featured around 50 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – quarter-finalists (where applicable), semi-finalists and finalists – and other notable acts. The judging panel consisted of Simon Cowell , Heidi Klum , Mel B , and Howie Mandel , all of whom judged the previous season of the main series . Terry Crews served as host.[ 1]
The contest's preliminaries rounds that featured around 10 participants who competed to secure a place within the finals. Twelve were chosen, five from Golden Buzzers , five from public votes, and two chosen as Wildcards. The following table lists each participant that took part, their history in the Got Talent franchise – the respective international version and season they appeared in, and the result of their corresponding performance in each – and their overall result in the contest:
Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Finalist
Eliminated | Golden Buzzer Finalist | Wildcard Finalist
Participant [ 2] [ 3]
Act
Got Talent history
Preliminary [ 4]
Results
Alex Magala
Sword Swallower
AGT : S8 – Quarter-finalist ; IGT : S5 – Finalist ; MS : S8 – Winner ; UMT : S6 – Semi-finalist ; FIT : S9 – Participant ; BGT : S10 – Finalist ; ČSMT : S6 – Semi-finalist
1
Eliminated
Angelica Hale
Singer
AGT : S12 – Runner-up
3
Finalist
Ashleigh & Sully
Dancing Dog Act
BGT : S6 – Winner (as Ashleigh and Pudsey)
2
Eliminated
Attraction
Shadow Theatre Group
DS : S6 – Semi-finalist ; BGT : S7 – Winner
5
Eliminated
Bianca Ryan
Singer
AGT : S1 – Winner
1
Eliminated
Billy & Emily England
Extreme Rollerskating Duo
BGT : S9 – Semi-finalist ; AGT : S12 – Semi-finalist
3
Eliminated
Brian Justin Crum
Singer
AGT : S11 – Grand-finalist
4
Finalist
Colin Cloud
Mentalist
BGT : S6 – Participant ; AGT : S12 – Semi-finalist
5
Eliminated
Cosentino
Escape Artist & Illusionist
AuGT : S5 – Runner-up
5
Eliminated
Courtney Hadwin
Singer
AGT : S13 – Finalist
2
Eliminated
Cristina Ramos
Opera & Rock Singer
GTE : S1 – Winner
2
Grand-finalist
Darci Lynne
Singing Ventriloquist
AGT : S12 – Winner
2
Runner-up
Darcy Oake
Illusionist
BGT : S8 – Finalist
3
Eliminated
DDF Crew
Jump Rope Dance Crew
HGT : S5 – Winner ; BeGT : S4 – Semi-finalist
2
Eliminated
Deadly Games
Extreme Knife Throwers
AGT : S11 – Semi-finalist ; FIT : S12 – Semi-Finalist
2
Finalist
DJ Arch Jnr
DJ
SAGT : S6 – Winner
3
Eliminated
Drew Lynch
Comedian
AGT : S10 – Runner-up
4
Eliminated
Issy Simpson
Magician
BGT : S11 – Runner-up
4
Eliminated
Jackie Evancho
Opera Singer
AGT : S5 – Runner-up
5
Eliminated
Jon Dorenbos
Magician
AGT : S11 – Third place
3
Finalist
Justice Crew
Dance Troupe
AuGT : S4 – Winner
1
Eliminated
Kechi Okwuchi
Singer
AGT : S12 – Finalist
4
Finalist
Kenichi Ebina
Dancer
AGT : S8 – Winner
4
Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova
Sand Artist
UMT : S1 – Winner
5
Third place
Light Balance
Electronic Dance Troupe
BGT : S8 – Semi-finalist ; AGT : S12 – 3rd Place
2
Eliminated
Lost Voice Guy
Comedian
BGT : S12 – Winner
5
Eliminated
Moonlight Brothers
Dance Duo
DHT : S4 – Winner
4
Eliminated
Paul Potts
Opera Singer
BGT : S1 – Winner
3
Finalist
Paul Zerdin
Ventriloquist
AGT : S10 – Winner
4
Eliminated
Piff the Magic Dragon
Comic Magician
AGT : S10 – Finalist
2
Eliminated
Preacher Lawson
Comedian
AGT : S12 – Finalist
1
Grand-finalist
Prince Poppycock
Opera Singer
AGT : S5 – Grand-finalist
3
Eliminated
Ryan Stock & AmberLynn
Sideshow Duo
AGT : S11 – Quarter-finalist
3
Eliminated
Sal Valentinetti
Singer
AGT : S11 – Grand-finalist
5
Eliminated
Samuel J. Comroe
Comedian
AGT : S13 – Grand-finalist
3
Eliminated
Sara & Hero
Dog Tricks Act
AGT : S12 – Grand-finalist
1
Eliminated
Shin Lim
Card Magician
AGT : S13 – Winner
5
Winner
Sofie Dossi
Aerialist Contortionist
AGT : S11 – Finalist
1
Eliminated
Sons of Serendip
Band
AGT : S9 – Grand-finalist
5
Eliminated
Susan Boyle
Singer
BGT : S3 – Runner-up
1
Finalist
Tape Face
Mime
AGT : S11 – Finalist
4
Eliminated
Taylor Williamson
Comedian
AGT : S8 – Runner-up
2
Eliminated
The Clairvoyants
Mentalist Duo
AGT : S11 – Runner-up
1
Eliminated
The Professional Regurgitator
Regurgitator
BGT : S4 – Semi-finalist; DS : S4 – Finalist ; ČSMT : S2 – Finalist ; DS : S5 – Semi-finalist ; IGT : S4 – Semi-finalist ; FIT : S9 – Grand-finalist ; AGT : S10 – Grand-finalist ; DS : S12 – Winner
4
Eliminated
The Texas Tenors
Country & Classical Vocal Group
AGT : S4 – Finalist
4
Eliminated
Tokio Myers
Pianist/Drummer/Remixer
BGT : S11 – Winner
5
Eliminated
Tom Cotter
Comedian
AGT : S7 – Runner-up
3
Eliminated
Uzeyer Novruzov
Ladder Acrobat
AGT : S10 – Finalist ; FIT : S11 – Semi-finalist (as Freeladderman)
1
Eliminated
Vicki Barbolak
Comedian
AGT : S13 – Finalist
1
Eliminated
Viktor Kee
Juggler
AGT : S11 – Finalist
2
Eliminated
Preliminaries Summary [ edit ]
Golden Buzzer Advancement | Won the Superfan vote | Eliminated – 2nd in Vote
Eliminated – 3rd in Vote | Eliminated | Buzzed out
Preliminary 1 (January 7)[ edit ]
Preliminary 2 (January 14)[ edit ]
^1 Darci Lynne was later made a wildcard act for the Grand-final by the judges.
Preliminary 3 (January 21)[ edit ]
^2 Jon Dorenbos was later made a wildcard act for the Grand-final by the judges.
Preliminary 4 (January 28)[ edit ]
Preliminary 5 (February 4)[ edit ]
^3 David Hasselhoff , a former judge of America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent , made a special appearance as part of Colin Cloud's performance.
^4 Cowell, Klum & Mel B pressed their buzzers as part of Colin Cloud's performance.
Top 12 Final (February 11)[ edit ]
Grand-final (February 18)[ edit ]
Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place
Guest performers: Tokio Myers & Voices of Hope Children's Choir, The Clairvoyants , Cirque du Soleil , and Jackie Evancho
Seasons Winners Runners-up Third place Other notable contestants
Finalists Semi-finalists Quarter-finalists
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