The fourteenth season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 28 to September 18, 2019. After the previous season, Tyra Banks left the program to focus on other projects, leading to Terry Crews replacing her as host following his involvement on America's Got Talent: The Champions earlier that year. In addition, both Mel B and Heidi Klum also left the program, with their replacements as judges being Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough. The guest judges for the season's Judge Cuts stage included Brad Paisley, Dwyane Wade, Ellie Kemper and Jay Leno. The semi-finals involved two additional guest judges, a first in the program's history, with Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah.
The fourteenth season was won by singer and pianist Kodi Lee, with the Detroit Youth Choir finishing second, and stand-up comedian Ryan Niemiller placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 9.12 million viewers.
Season overview Open auditions were held in late 2018 in New York City, Detroit, Knoxville, Tampa, Charlotte, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. As with the previous year, the judges' auditions were held in March 2019, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Judge Cuts stage of the competition included singer Brad Paisley, former basketball player Dwyane Wade, actress Ellie Kemper and host Jay Leno. After the previous season, Tyra Banks left the program to focus on other television projects, announcing her decision in late December 2018. Due to her departure, Terry Crews became her replacement beginning in April 2019, after being popular with viewers as host of the first season of the spin-off series America's Got Talent: The Champions. In addition to the departure of Banks, two judges were replaced due to conflicting obligations in 2019. Mel B could not return due to being a part of the Spice Girls reunion tour that year. Heidi Klum signed on to producing a new fashion competition series for Amazon and could not commit to being on AGT. Julianne Hough, a dancer, and actress Gabrielle Union were offered the role of judges, with the announcement of their predecessor's replacement being made at the same time as the announcement about Crews in April 2019.
This season had a minor change to the format of the program, with the semi-finals featuring two guest judges. Their inclusion would only be for feedback on the performances of the semi-finalists, not for stopping a performance with a buzzer nor having any involvement with the judge votes. The judges recruited for this format in this season were Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah. Other than this change, an undisclosed issue forced the judges' vote to be suspended during first quarter-final's results. While the top six quarter-finalists voted for by the public were advanced, those placed 7th, 8th and 9th respectively faced only the online vote as a result.
Of the participants who auditioned for the season, thirty-six secured a place in the live quarter-finals with twelve quarter-finalists in each one. Among those were singer and pianist Kodi Lee, singer and rapper Joseph Allen, violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa the Detroit Youth Choir, and singer Luke Islam who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the main judges and host; singer and guitarist Sophie Pecora, acrobatic dance group V.Unbeatable, light-up dance group Light Balance Kids and opera singer Emanne Beasha, who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the guest judges; singer Ansley Burns, mentalists The Sentimentalists and aerialist Matthew Richardson, who were chosen as Wildcard quarter-finalists. About twenty-two quarter-finalists advanced and were split between the two semi-finals, including dog tricks act Lukas & Falco (chosen as the Wildcard semi-finalist), with ten semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. Here is a list of the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
| Wildcard Quarter-finalist | Wildcard Semi-finalist Golden Buzzer - Auditions | Golden Buzzer - Judge Cuts
ParticipantAge(s) GenreActFromQuarter-FinalResult Alex Dowis 40 Variety Blacklight Painter Prague, Czech Republic 1 Ansley Burns 12 Singing Singer Easley, South Carolina 1 Benicio Bryant 15 Singing Singer Maple Valley, Washington 3 Berywam 25-30 Music Beatboxing Group Toulouse, France 3 Bir Khalsa 30-39 Danger Danger Group Tarn Taran, India 1 Carmen Carter 55 Singing Singer Los Angeles 1 Charlotte Summers 13 Singing Singer Marbella, Spain 2 Chris Kläfford 30 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Lindesberg, Sweden 2 Detroit Youth Choir 8-18 Singing Choir Detroit 3 Dom Chambers 26 Magic Magician Melbourne, Australia 3 Emanne Beasha 10 Singing Opera Singer North Port, Florida 3 Emerald Belles 15-18 Dance Precision Dance Group Southlake, Texas 1 Eric Chien 26 Magic Magician Houston 3 GFORCE 10-13 Singing Vocal Group Toronto 1 Gonzo 33 Music Tambourinist Tokyo 3 Eliminated Greg Morton 60 Comedy Impressionist Toronto 1 Jackie Fabulous 48 Comedy Comedian New York City 3 Joseph Allen 21 Singing Rapper Killeen, Texas 2 Kodi Lee 23 Singing / Music Singer & Pianist Lake Elsinore, California 1 Light Balance Kids 11-13 Dance Light-Up Dance Group Kyiv, Ukraine 2 Lukas & Falco 22 & 9 Animals Dog Act Vienna, Austria 3 Luke Islam 12 Singing Singer Garden City, New York 1 MacKenzie 31 Singing Singer Hume, Virginia 3 Marcin Patrzalek 18 Music Guitarist Kielce, Poland 3 Marina Mazepa 22 Acrobatics / Dance Contortionist Dancer Konotop, Ukraine 2 Matthew Richardson 33 Acrobatics Cyr Wheel Acrobat Savannah, Georgia 3 Messoudi Brothers 25-30 Acrobatics Acrobatic Trio Einbeck, Germany 1 Ndlovu Youth Choir 13-27 Singing Choir Elandsdoorn, South Africa 2 Nick & Lindsay 38 & 33 Singing / Danger Opera Singer & Sideshow Duo New Orleans 2 Robert Finley 65 Singing Singer Winnsboro, Louisiana 2 Ryan Niemiller 36 Comedy Comedian Indianapolis 2 Sophie Pecora 15 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Danville, California 1 The Sentimentalists 25 & 44 Magic Mentalist Duo Toronto 2 Tyler Butler-Figueroa 11 Music Violinist Raleigh, North Carolina 2 V.Unbeatable 12-27 Acrobatics / Dance Acrobatic Dance Group Mumbai, India 2 Voices of Service 45-54 Singing Vocal Group Fort Belvoir, Virginia 1
Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this season. The latter value denotes the age of the dog, as disclosed by its owner.
Quarter-finals summary Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |
Quarter-final 1 (August 13) Guest Performers, Results Show: Shin Lim, Bianca Ryan, Brian King Joseph, and Sofie Dossi
Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes Result (August 14) GFORCE 1 Greg Morton 2 Carmen Carter 3 Emerald Belles 4 Sophie Pecora 5 Messoudi Brothers 6 Voices of Service 7 Ansley Burns 8 Alex Dowis 9 Luke Islam 10 Bir Khalsa 11 Kodi Lee 12
Due to an undisclosed technical issue, the judges' vote was not held for this quarter-final; the results pertain to the standard public vote for the top 6 quarter-finalist, and the online vote for the 7th favored by the public.
Quarter-final 2 (August 20) Guest Performer, Results Show: Susan Boyle
Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResult (August 21) Charlotte Summers 1 Nick & Lindsay 2 Chris Kläfford 3 Marina Mazepa 4 Robert Finley 5 The Sentimentalists 6 Ryan Niemiller 7 V.Unbeatable 8 Joseph Allen 9 Light Balance Kids 10 Tyler Butler-Figueroa 11 Ndlovu Youth Choir 12
Quarter-final 3 (August 27) Guest Performers, Results Show: Celestia, and Deadly Games
Quarter-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votesResult (August 28) Detroit Youth Choir 1 Lukas & Falco 2 Dom Chambers 3 Benicio Bryant 4 Gonzo 5 Marcin Patrzalek 6 Eric Chien 7 Berywam 8 Matthew Richardson 9 MacKenzie 10 Jackie Fabulous 11 Emanne Beasha 12
Due to the majority vote for Marcin Patrzalek, Hough's voting intention was not revealed.
Semi-finals summary Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |
Semi-final 1 (September 3) Guest Performers, Results Show: Darci Lynne, and Preacher Lawson
Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votes Result (September 4) Ndlovu Youth Choir 1 Ansley Burns 2 Messoudi Brothers 3 Tyler Butler-Figueroa 4 Greg Morton 5 Kodi Lee 6 Jackie Fabulous 7 Robert Finley 8 Eric Chien 9 Light Balance Kids 10 Benicio Bryant 11
Sean Hayes was included with the judging panel for this semi-final, but could only provide feedback; he did not have anything to do with the judges' vote or buzzing semi-finalists.
Semi-final 2 (September 10) Guest Performers, Results Show: Tokio Myers & Stewart Copeland, and Piff the Magic Dragon
Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' votes Result (September 11) V.Unbeatable 1 Dom Chambers 2 Luke Islam 3 Lukas & Falco 4 Chris Kläfford 5 Detroit Youth Choir 6 Alex Dowis 7 Marcin Patrzalek 8 Emanne Beasha 9 Ryan Niemiller 10 Voices of Service 11
Queen Latifah was included with the judging panel for this semi-final, but could only provide feedback; she did not have anything to do with the judges' vote or buzzing semi-finalists. Although Mandel's buzzer was pressed by Lukas & Falco during their performance, he admitted he would have done so himself regardless of their action.
Finals (September 17–18) Guest Performers, Finale: Cher and Lilly Singh
FinalistPerformed with(2nd Performance)Result (September 18) Benicio Bryant Ozuna Detroit Youth Choir Kygo & Macklemore Emanne Beasha Lang Lang Kodi Lee Leona Lewis Light Balance Kids Paula Abdul Ndlovu Youth Choir Kygo & Macklemore Ryan Niemiller Chris Jericho Tyler Butler-Figueroa Brian King Joseph V.Unbeatable Julianne Hough Voices of Service Billy Ray Cyrus
Ndlovu Youth Choir & Detroit Youth Choir conducted two joint routines for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer for each. Abdul was not revealed until after the performance. Ryan Niemiller's second performance with Chris klafrd was pre-recorded before the finale.
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