America's Got Talent (season 12)

The twelfth season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, began broadcasting in the United States during 2017, from May 30 to September 20 on NBC.[1] Following the previous season, Nick Cannon ended his role as host of the program following a disagreement with the network, leading to producers hiring Tyra Banks as his replacement.[2] The guest judges for Judge Cuts this season included Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox and Seal.[3][4][5]

America's Got Talent
Season 12
Hosted by	Tyra Banks
Judges	Howie Mandel Mel B Heidi Klum Simon Cowell Chris Hardwick (guest) DJ Khaled (guest) Laverne Cox (guest) Seal (guest)
Winner	Darci Lynne
Runner-ups	Angelica Hale Light Balance
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	May 30 (2017-05-30) – September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20)
Additional information
Website	Official website
Season chronology

The twelfth season was won by singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne, with singer Angelica Hale finishing second, and glow-light dance troupe Light Balance placing third.[6] During its broadcast, the season averaged around 12.66 million viewers and is the highest viewed in the program's history to date. The season is most notable for the death of a participant outside of filming, who was subsequently given tribute by the program.[7][8]

Season Overview

Tyra Banks was Cannon's replacement, after his eight years of hosting AGT

Open auditions took place in late 2016, within Chicago, Austin, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, San Diego, New York City, Charleston, Memphis, and Los Angeles,[9] with online auditions also accepted by producers. As with the previous year, the judges' auditions were held and filmed in March at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Judge Cuts stage of the competition saw the involvement of comedian Chris Hardwick, media personality DJ Khaled, actress Laverne Cox, and singer and musician Seal as guest judges for this stage.[3][4][5]

After eight years of hosting America's Got Talent, Nick Cannon's future on the program became uncertain after he faced criticism from NBC over a joke he made on his 2017 Showtime comedy special, Stand Up, Don't Shoot, which the network deemed as potentially racist. Cannon determined from this that it was best he left the program rather than to remain and face the possibility of being fired by the network, and so announced his resignation from the program on February 13, 2017, a month before production of the twelfth season was to begin.[10] Although the network would not accept his announcement to begin with, owing to the fact that Cannon was still under contract to host AGT, the network's executives eventually agreed that his decision was the best course of action under the circumstances, and thus advised the production staff to find a replacement before the new season was due to begin.[11] On March 12, television personality Tyra Banks was unveiled as the new host for America's Got Talent, prior to filming commencing. Apart from the change in host, the program required no further changes, although production staff were forced to take care with airing the audition of a participant, after they died in an accident outside of filming.[7]

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, 36 secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists in each one - amongst these included: singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne, singer and ukeleleist Mandy Harvey, singer Christian Guardino, glow-light dance troupe Light Balance, and singer Angelina Green,[12] who had each received a golden buzzer from the main judges; singer Angelica Hale, singer and guitarist Chase Goehring, singer Celine Tam, and soul singer Johnny Manuel,[12] who had each received a golden buzzer from the guest judges; and vocal group Final Draft, comic daredevil Bello Nock, and video-mappers Oskar and Gaspar, who were chosen as WildCard quarter-finalists. Around 22 quarter-finalists advanced to and split between the two semi-finals - including dog tricks act Pompeyo Family Dogs, chosen as the WildCard semi-finalist - with 10 semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. The following 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
Angelica Hale	10	Singing	Singer	Atlanta	1	Runner-up
Angelina Green	13	Singing	Singer	Miami	3	Eliminated
Artyon & Paige	9, 8	Dance	Dancing Duo	Murrieta, California	1	Eliminated
Bello Nock	47	Danger	Comic Daredevil	Sarasota, Florida	1	Eliminated
Billy & Emily England	30, 27	Danger	Extreme Rollerblading Duo	Las Vegas	1	Semi-finalist
Brobots & Mandroidz	16-24	Dance	Hip-hop Dance Crew	Torrance, California	2	Eliminated
Celine Tam	9	Singing	Singer	Hong Kong	2	Semi-finalist
Chase Goehring	21	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	Nolensville, Tennessee	3	Finalist
Christian Guardino	17	Singing	Singer	Patchogue, New York	1	Semi-finalist
Colin Cloud	30	Magic	Mentalist	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	3	Semi-finalist
DaNell Daymon & Greater Works	24-59	Singing	Gospel Choir	Various ^2	3	Semi-finalist
Darci Lynne	12	Comedy / Singing	Singing Ventriloquist	Oklahoma City	1	Winner
Demian Aditya	36	Magic / Danger	Escape Artist	Jakarta, Indonesia	2	Eliminated
Diavolo	21-39	Acrobatics / Dance	Acrobatic Dance Group	Los Angeles	3	Finalist
Eric Jones	36	Magic	Close-up Magician	Philadelphia	2	Semi-finalist
Evie Clair	13	Singing / Music	Singer & Pianist	Florence, Arizona	2	Finalist
Final Draft	22-26	Singing	Vocal Group	Atlanta	3	Eliminated
In The Stairwell	18-22	Singing	A-cappella Group	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1	Semi-finalist
Johnny Manuel	32	Singing	Singer	Flint, Michigan	2	Semi-finalist
Junior & Emily Alabi	31, 27	Dance	Salsa Dance Duo	Los Angeles	3	Eliminated
Just Jerk	18-27	Dance	Hip-hop Dance Group	Seoul, South Korea	1	Eliminated
Kechi Okwuchi	27	Singing	Singer	Houston	3	Finalist
Light Balance	22-36	Dance	Glow-light Dance Troupe	Dnipro, Ukraine	2	Third Place
Mandy Harvey	29	Singing / Music	Singer & Ukulelist	St. Cloud, Florida	2	Grand-finalist
Merrick Hanna	12	Dance	Dancer	Encinitas, California	2	Semi-finalist
Mike Yung	56	Singing	Singer	New York City	3	Semi-finalist
Mirror Image	16	Singing & Dance	Vocal Dance Duo	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	2	Eliminated
Oscar Hernandez	34	Dance	Dancer	Orange County, California	3	Eliminated
Oskar & Gaspar	N/A ^3	Variety	Video-mapping Act	Lisbon, Portugal	3	Eliminated
Pompeyo Family Dogs	35 ^4	Animal	Dog Tricks Act	Sarasota, Florida	2	Semi-finalist
Preacher Lawson	25	Comedy	Stand-up Comedian	Memphis, Tennessee	1	Finalist
Puddles Pity Party	52	Singing	Singing Clown	Atlanta	1	Eliminated
Sara & Hero	22, 5 ^5	Animals	Dog Tricks Act	North Bay, Canada	3	Grand-finalist
The Masqueraders	72-74	Singing	Soul Trio	Nashville, Tennessee	2	Eliminated
The Singing Trump	56	Comedy / Singing	Singing "Donald Trump" Impersonator	Palm Springs, California	1	Eliminated
Yoli Mayor	21	Singing	Singer	Miami	1	Semi-finalist

• ^1 Ages denoted in this column pertain to participants' ages in their final performance for this season.
• ^2 Locations for members of this group were not disclosed on the program.
• ^3 The ages of these participants were not disclosed on the program.
• ^4 The age denoted here pertains to the owner of the dogs in this act; the age range for the animal group was not disclosed by their owner.
• ^5 Sara & Hero involved a second dog in their live round performances; the latter value denotes the age of the dog Hero only.

Quarter-final Summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |   Advanced to Semi-finals

  Won Online Public Vote |   Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (August 15)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Grace VanderWaal [13]

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result (August 16)
			Cowell	Klum	Mel B	Mandel
Christian Guardino	1	Singer					Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Artyon & Paige	2	Dancing Duo					Eliminated
In The Stairwell	3	A-cappella Group					Advanced
The Singing Trump	4	Singing "Donald Trump" Impersonator					Eliminated
Angelica Hale	5	Singer					Advanced
Bello Nock	6	Comic Daredevil					Eliminated
Just Jerk	7	Hip-hop Dance Group					Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Puddles Pity Party	8	Singing Clown					Eliminated
Preacher Lawson	9	Stand-up Comedian					Advanced
Yoli Mayor	10	Singer					Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
Billy & Emily England	11	Extreme Rollerskating Duo					Advanced
Darci Lynne	12	Singing Ventriloquist					Advanced

Quarter-final 2 (August 22)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Circus 1903 [14]

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result (August 23)
			Cowell	Klum	Mel B	Mandel
Brobots & Mandroidz	1	Hip-hop Dance Crew					Eliminated
Celine Tam	2	Singer					Advanced
Mirror Image	3	Vocal Dance Duo					Eliminated
Johnny Manuel	4	Singer					Advanced
Merrick Hanna	5	Dancer					Advanced
Eric Jones	6	Close-up Magician					Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
The Masqueraders	7	Soul Trio					Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Light Balance ^6	8	Glow-light Dance Troupe					Advanced
Evie Clair	9	Singer & Pianist					Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Demian Aditya ^7	10	Escape Artist					Eliminated
Pompeyo Family Dogs ^8	11	Dog Tricks Act					Eliminated
Mandy Harvey	12	Singer & Ukulelist					Advanced

• ^6 Due to a technical issue, Light Balance's performance was based on their earlier dress rehearsal for the quarter-final.[15]
• ^7 Demain Aditya's performance suffered from technical difficulties during the live broadcast, due to a fault in the participant's equipment for his routine.[16]
• ^8 Pompeyo Family Dogs were later appointed as the judges' WildCard semi-finalists.

Quarter-final 3 (August 29)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Mat Franco, Piff the Magic Dragon, and Jon Dorenbos[17][18]

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result (August 30)
			Cowell	Klum	Mel B	Mandel
DaNell Daymon & Greater Works	1	Gospel Choir					Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Junior & Emily Alabi	2	Salsa Dance Duo					Eliminated
Final Draft	3	Vocal Group					Eliminated
Oscar Hernandez	4	Dancer					Eliminated
Angelina Green	5	Singer					Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Colin Cloud	6	Mentalist					Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Mike Yung	7	Singer					Advanced
Oskar & Gaspar	8	Video-mapping Act					Eliminated
Sara and Hero	9	Dog Tricks Act					Advanced
Chase Goehring	10	Singer & Guitarist					Advanced
Diavolo	11	Acrobatic Dance Group					Advanced
Kechi Okwuchi	12	Singer					Advanced

Semi-final Summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |   Advanced to Finals

  Won Online Public Vote |   Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (September 5–6)

Guest Performers, Results Show: The Clairvoyants [19]

Semi-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result (August 31)
			Cowell	Klum	Mel B	Mandel
Yoli Mayor	1	Singer					Eliminated
Eric Jones	2	Close-up Magician					Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
DaNell Daymon & Greater Works	3	Gospel Choir					Eliminated
Preacher Lawson	4	Stand-up Comedian					Advanced
Johnny Manuel	5	Singer					Eliminated
Billy & Emily England	6	Extreme Rollerskating Duo					Eliminated
Evie Clair	7	Singer					Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Sara & Hero	8	Dog Tricks Act					Advanced
Chase Goehring	9	Singer & Guitarist					Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Darci Lynne	10	Singing Ventriloquist					Advanced
Mike Yung	11	Singer					Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (September 12)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Absinthe

Semi-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result (September 13)
			Cowell	Klum	Mel B	Mandel
Celine Tam	1	Singer					Eliminated
Colin Cloud	2	Mentalist		^9			Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Christian Guardino	3	Singer					Eliminated
In the Stairwell	4	A-cappella Group					Eliminated
Merrick Hanna	5	Dancer					Eliminated
Mandy Harvey	6	Singer					Advanced
Pompeyo Family Dogs	7	Dog Tricks Act					Eliminated
Diavolo	8	Acrobatic Dance Group		^9			Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Kechi Okwuchi	9	Singer					Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Light Balance	10	Glow-light Dance Troupe					Advanced
Angelica Hale	11	Singer					Advanced

• ^9 Due to the majority vote for Diavolo, Klum's voting intention was not revealed.

Finals (September 19-20)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   Top 5

Finalist	Act	Performed with (2nd Performance) [6]	Result (September 20)
Angelica Hale	Singer	Kelly Clarkson ^10	2nd
Chase Goehring	Singer & Guitarist	James Arthur	Finalist
Sara & Hero	Dog Tricks Act	N/A	Grand-finalist
Diavolo	Acrobatic Dance Group	N/A	Finalist
Evie Clair	Singer	James Arthur	Finalist
Preacher Lawson	Stand-up Comedian	N/A	Finalist
Kechi Okwuchi	Singer	Kelly Clarkson ^10	Finalist
Darci Lynne	Singing Ventriloquist	Terry Fator	1st
Mandy Harvey	Singer & Ukeleleist	Shania Twain	Grand-finalist
Light Balance	Glow-light Dance Troupe	Derek Hough	3rd

• ^10 Angelica Hale and Kechi Okwuchi conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.

Ratings

The following ratings are based upon those published by Nielsen Media Research after this season's broadcast:

Show	Episode title	First air date	Timeslot (EDT)	Rating (18–49)	Share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	Nightly Rank	Weekly Rank
1	Auditions Week 1	May 30, 2017	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	2.7	11	12.32 [20]	1	3 [21]
2	Auditions Week 2	June 6, 2017		2.7	11	12.53 [22]	1	3 [23]
3	Auditions Week 3	June 13, 2017		2.6	11	12.70 [24]	1	2 [25]
4	Auditions Week 4	June 20, 2017		2.6	11	12.74 [26]	1	1 [27]
5	Auditions Week 5	June 27, 2017		2.5	10	12.36 [28]	1	1 [29]
6	Auditions Week 6	July 11, 2017		2.5	10	12.59 [30]	1	1 [31]
7	Judge Cuts 1	July 18, 2017		2.5	11	12.57 [32]	1	1 [33]
8	Judge Cuts 2	July 25, 2017		2.6	11	13.08 [34]	1	1 [35]
9	Judge Cuts 3	August 1, 2017		2.8	12	13.33 [36]	1	1 [37]
10	Judge Cuts 4	August 8, 2017		2.7	11	13.32 [38]	1	1 [39]
11	Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances)	August 15, 2017		2.8	11	13.44 [40]	1	1 [41]
12	Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results)	August 16, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	2.1	9	10.89 [42]	1	2 [41]
13	Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Performances)	August 22, 2017	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	2.6	10	12.76 [43]	1	1 [44]
14	Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Results)	August 23, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	2.0	9	10.84 [45]	1	2 [44]
15	Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Performances)	August 29, 2017	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	2.6	11	13.13 [46]	1	2 [47]
16	Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Results)	August 30, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	1.9	8	11.07 [48]	1	3 [47]
17	Semifinals, Week 1 (Performances)	September 5, 2017	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	2.6	10	13.29 [49]	1	3 [50]
18	Semifinals, Week 1 (Results)	September 6, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	2.1	8	11.99 [51]	1	6 [50]
19	Semifinals, Week 2 (Performances)	September 12, 2017	Tuesday 9:00 p.m.	2.3	9	11.57 [52]	1	3 [53]
20	Semifinals, Week 2 (Results)	September 13, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	2.1	8	11.59 [54]	1	2 [53]
21	The Finals	September 19, 2017	Tuesday 8:00 p.m.	3.0	12	14.70 [55]	1	4 [56]
22	Season Finale	September 20, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	3.0	11	15.64 [57]	1	2 [56]

Specials

Show	Episode title	First air date	Timeslot (EDT)	Rating (18–49)	Share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	Nightly Rank	Weekly Rank
S1	Best of Season 12 Auditions	July 13, 2017	Thursday 8:00 p.m.	1.3	6	7.10 [58]	2	10 [31]
S2	Road to Finals[59]	August 9, 2017	Wednesday 8:00 p.m.	1.3	6	7.01 [60]	2	8 [39]

Incidents

Behind-the-scenes Death

One of the most notable incidents to occur on America's Got Talent took place in 2017, and involved the death of a participant, American physician Brandon Rogers, outside of filming during the auditions stages of the competition. Rogers became involved in the twelfth season when producers came across his YouTube videos, in which he had become a viral success story as a result of his skill in singing various different songs, including one by Boyz II Men. Although he had performed well and had voiced optimism at potentially earning a place in the live rounds, Rogers became involved in a fatal automobile accident on June 11, 2017, and died in hospital the following day.[7] Producers felt it unwise to showcase footage of his performances without consent of his family, but prior to the Judge Cuts episodes being aired, they eventually were given to showcase Rogers' audition as a special tribute in his memory on July 11.[8]

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External links

• Official website
• IMDB America's Got Talent website