The eighteenth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 30, 2023. It concluded on September 27, 2023.
The season was won by dog act Adrian Stoica and Hurricane, with magician Anna DeGuzman finishing second, and dance group Murmuration placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 5.47 million viewers.
Production On March 3, 2023, it was announced that the entire main cast from the previous season would return for the new season. On March 30, 2023, it was announced that the season would premiere on May 30, 2023.
Season overview For the first time in the show's history, the audience used the Golden Buzzer for Mzansi Youth Choir. This occurrence follows the sixteenth season of Britain's Got Talent to use this addition.
Just like the previous season, during the final qualifying round results show on September 20, 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; Mandel selected Avantgardey, Klum selected Herwan Legaillard, Vergara selected Gabriel Henrique, and Cowell selected Chioma & the Atlanta Drum Academy. Avantgardey ultimately won the public vote, taking the last spot in the season's finals.
America's Instant Save | Golden Buzzer Audition
ParticipantAge(s)GenreActFromQualifierResult 82nd Airborne Chorus 20-33 Singing Choir Fort Bragg, North Carolina 5 Adrian Stoica and Hurricane 45 & 9 Animals Dog Act Turin, Italy 1 Ahren Belisle 28 Comedy Comedian North Bay, Ontario, Canada 2 Alfie Andrew 12 Singing Singer Manchester, England 2 Andrew Stanton 42 Danger Sword Swallower Las Vegas 2 Anna DeGuzman 24 Magic Magician Bergenfield, New Jersey 4 Avantgardey 18-27 Dance Dance Group Osaka, Japan 5 Barry Brewer Jr. 40 Comedy Comedian & Pianist Chicago 3 Brynn Cummings 12 Comedy / Magic Ventriloquist & Magician Paw Paw, Michigan 1 Chibi Unity 16-25 Dance Dance Group Niigata, Japan 4 Chioma & the Atlanta Drum Academy 6-14 Music Percussion Group Atlanta 2 D'Corey Johnson 12 Singing Singer Louisville, Kentucky 4 Dani Kerr 24 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Statesville, North Carolina 2 Eduardo Antonio Trevino 11 Singing Mariachi Singer Humble, Texas 5 Erica Coffelt 36 Dance Dancer Reno, Nevada 2 Eseniia Mikheeva 7 Dance Dancer Moscow 5 Freedom Singers 22-65 Singing Vocal Group Los Angeles 4 Gabriel Henrique 27 Singing Singer Minas Gerais, Brazil 5 Grace Good 30 Acrobatics Aerialist & Hula Hooper Las Vegas 5 Herwan Legaillard 33 Acrobatics / Danger Aerialist & Sword Swallower Paris 3 John Wines 59 Music Electric Guitarist Dorset, England 1 Justin Jackson 33 Dance Tap Dancer Montréal, Québec, Canada 3 Kylie Frey 28 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Opelousas, Louisiana 4 Lachuné 31 Singing Singer Fort Worth, Texas 5 Lambros Garcia 10 Dance Dancer Glen Head, New York 1 Lavender Darcangelo 27 Singing Singer Fitchburg, Massachusetts 1 Mandy Muden 61 Comedy / Magic Comic Magician London 5 Mariandrea 14 Acrobatics / Dance Dancer & Contortionist Mexico 4 Maureen Langan 62 Comedy Comedian Manhattan, New York 1 Mitch Rossell 35 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 MOS 20-27 Music Brass Band Japan 3 Murmuration 12-25 Dance Dance Group Nîmes, France 2 Mzansi Youth Choir 19-23 Singing Choir Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa 3 Oleksandr Leshchenko & Magic Innovations 34 Dance Multimedia Dancer Kyiv, Ukraine 1 Orlando Leyba 45 Comedy Comedian Miami 4 Phil Wright & Parent Jam 36 Dance Dance Group Los Angeles 3 Philip Bowen 38 Music Violinist Detroit 3 Puppet Simon & the Cowbelles Comedy / Singing Puppet Act Farmersville, California 4 Putri Ariani 17 Singing / Music Singer & Pianist Yogyakarta, Indonesia 3 Ramadhani Brothers 26 & 36 Acrobatics Acrobatic Duo Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 5 Ray Wold & Mom 64 & 85 Danger Danger Act Las Vegas 1 Roland Abante 45 Singing Singer Santander, Philippines 4 Ryland Petty 10 Magic Magician Cannock, United Kingdom 2 SAINTED Trap Choir 21-44 Singing Choir Charlotte, North Carolina 1 SangSoon Kim 28 Magic Magician Seoul, South Korea 5 Shadow Ace 26 Variety Shadow Artist Calatagan, Batangas, Philippines 4 Sharpe Family Singers 14-57 Singing Vocal Group Basking Ridge, New Jersey 2 Steel Panther 51-57 Singing / Music Band Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 2 Summer Rios 19 Singing Singer Brunswick, Ohio 3 Three G 19-24 Acrobatics Acrobatic Trio Lutsk, Ukraine 2 Trailer Flowers 27 & 28 Singing / Music Singing & Guitarist Duo Wildwood, Missouri 5 Trigg Watson 33 Magic Magician Los Angeles 3 True Villains 28-36 Singing / Music Band Nashville 1 Warrior Squad 14-30 Acrobatics Acrobatic Group Gurgaon, India 3 Zion Clark 25 Acrobatics Acrobat Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 4
Qualifiers summary Buzzed Out | | |
Qualifier 1 (August 22) Guest Performer, Results Show: Craig Robinson, Aidan Bryant, The Pack Drumline, Human Fountains, Light Balance, Kodi Lee
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 23) True Villains 1 Lambros Garcia 2 Mitch Rossell 3 Oleksandr Leshchenko & Magic Innovations 4 Adrian Stoica and Hurricane 5 SAINTED Trap Choir 6 Brynn Cummings 7 John Wines 8 Maureen Langan 9 Ray Wold & Mom 10 Lavender Darcangelo 11
Qualifier 2 (August 29) Guest Performer, Results Show: Shin Lim
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 30) Chioma & the Atlanta Drum Academy 1 Sharpe Family Singers 2 Three G 3 Erica Coffelt 4 Alfie Andrew 5 Ahren Belisle 6 Dani Kerr 7 Ryland Petty 8 Andrew Stanton 9 Steel Panther 10 Murmuration 11
Qualifier 3 (September 5) Guest Performer, Results Show: Detroit Lions Cheerleaders, Chapel Hart
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 6) Warrior Squad 1 Trigg Watson 2 Summer Rios 3 Phil Wright & Parent Jam 4 Philip Bowen 5 Mzansi Youth Choir 6 Justin Jackson 7 MOS 8 Barry Brewer Jr. 9 Herwan Legaillard 10 Putri Ariani 11
Qualifier 4 (September 12) Guest Performer, Results Show: Drake Milligan
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 13) Zion Clark 1 Puppet Simon & the Cow Belles 2 Roland Abante 3 Mariandrea 4 Kylie Frey 5 Chibi Unity 6 Freedom Singers 7 Orlando Leyba 8 Anna DeGuzman 9 D'Corey Johnson 10 Shadow Ace 11
Qualifier 5 (September 19) Guest Performer, Results Show: Reba McEntire, Sofie Dossi ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 20) Eduardo Antonio Trevino 1 Grace Good 2 Lachuné 3 Eseniia Mikheeva 4 Mandy Muden 5 Avantgardey 6 Trailer Flowers 7 Ramadhani Brothers 8 Gabriel Henrique 9 Sangsoon Kim 10 82nd Airborne Chorus 11
Mandel pressed Klum's buzzer during Trailer Flowers' performance instead of his own. Mandel proceeded to claim he would never press his buzzer during the semi-finals, despite video shown afterwards showing him pressing Klum's buzzer. Avantgardey was brought back as a Wildcard act for the Finals.
Finals (September 26–27) Guest Performers, Results Show: Mayyas
FinalistPerformed with(2nd Performance)Result (September 27) 82nd Airborne Chorus N/A Adrian Stoica and Hurricane Cat Cora Ahren Belisle N/A Anna DeGuzman Jason Derulo Avantgardey N/A Chibi Unity Thirty Seconds to Mars Lavender Darcangelo Diane Warren Murmuration Jason Derulo Mzansi Youth Choir Jon Batiste Putri Ariani Leona Lewis Ramadhani Brothers Thirty Seconds to Mars Anna DeGuzman and Murmuration conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer. Chibi Unity and Ramadhani Brothers conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer.
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