The finals of the 14th season of America's Got Talent is tonight on NBC. Two hours followed by two hours of results tomorrow night.
At one time, all the judges were non-American. Today, the two newest, Gabrielle Union (married to Dwayne Wade of the NBA) and Julliane Hough (she and her brother Derek gained fame on Dancing with the Stars), are. Same for the ten finalists, half are from the United States, although Emanne does now live in the U.S:
- Benicio Bryant, 14, singer, Germany
- Detroit Youth Choir, USA
- Emanne Beasha, 10, won Arabs Got Talent at the age of 8, born in Amman with a Circassian father and American mother, she now lives in Florida, turns 11 on September 18
- Kodi Lee, 23, blind and autistic, USA
- Light Balance Kids, youth related to the 12th seasons' act, Ukraine
- Ndlobu Youth Choir, all black singers with white director, South Africa
- Ryan Niemiller, 36, born with ectrodactyly, self-proclaims himself as the "Cripple Threat of Comedy," USA
- Tyler Butler-Figueroa, 11, beat leukemia at age of 4, USA
- V.Unbeatable, dance group, India
- Voices of Service, three veterans and an active-duty servicewoman, USA
As you can see, it helps if you are trying to overcome some misfortune, with V.Unbeatable from the slums of Mumbai or some personal ailment. Patriotism helps, epitomized by the Voices of Service.
You got half an hour? Here are the golden buzzers, which normally go a long way in picking the winner. My favorite to win is Kodi Lee. He is even more memorable than Susan Boyle from Britain's Got Talent. Kodi's first audition. If not Kodi, then Emanne.
For those so inclined, there are three ways to vote: online at the NBC website, through the AGT mobile app and X-Finity set-top box. Voting is simple, but complicated. Read this. While the Hawaii telecast is after certain deadlines, we can still vote. Best as I can determine, you can register 30 votes, ten each for those three ways.
The winner gets a so-called million dollars. But do they? Singer Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., a car wash dealer then, sung Sinatra's My Way to win, and by choice got $25,000/year for 40 years. The lump sum could have been $300,000 before taxes. He did get a gig headlining a show in Caesar's Palace. However, he gained some unwanted publicity in a girlfriend abuse incident two years ago, and while not homeless, as he once was, is not quite worth a million dollars today at the age of 49.
Ventriloquist Terry Fator of season 2 became a staple in Las Vegas, and is said to have accumulated $120 million. Singer Jackie Evancho, 10 in Season 5, came in #2, but is said to be worth $2.5 million. Now 18 (right), she said her youth was traumatically difficult, gaining notoriety singing at Donald Trump's inauguration.
This is Simon Cowell's show, so who knows what he gets, but judge Howie Mandel is said to earn $70,000 per show. When Howard Stern was a judge, he was paid $15 million/year. Each summer, it is one of the top programs on TV, although the Bachelor/Bachelorette this year might have topped AGT.
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