America's Got Talent (season 5)

The fifth season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, began broadcasting in the United States during 2010, from June 1 to September 15 on NBC. Unlike previous seasons, online auditions switched from being made via MySpace, to being made via YouTube, and the quarter-finals including two additional rounds to cover the best auditions from these and those selected as Wildcards during the selection process following the main auditions. As David Hasselhoff had left the program following the conclusion of the fourth season, producers replaced him in his role with Howie Mandel.

America's Got Talent
Season 5
Hosted by	Nick Cannon
Judges	Piers Morgan Sharon Osbourne Howie Mandel
Winner	Michael Grimm
Runner-ups	Jackie Evancho Fighting Gravity
No. of episodes	32
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	June 1 – September 15, 2010 [1]
Additional information
Website	Official website
Season chronology

The fifth season was won by soul singer Michael Grimm, with classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho finishing in second, and blacklight performaners Fighting Gravity placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 11.02 million viewers, with its season finale the most watched in the program's history with around 16.41 million viewers.

Season Overview

Howie Mandel was appointed as Hasselhoff's replacement a week after his departure.

Auditions for the fifth season's competition took place across Winter - mid-Spring 2010, with production staff holding the main auditions that would be filmed within the cities of Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, and Chicago, and at the Universal Orlando Resort. Prior to production starting, David Hasselhoff had decided to leave the program and focus on a new project, leaving NBC to locate a replacement for his role in the judging panel.[2] A week after Hasselhoff announced his departure from America's Got Talent, the network unveiled his successor as Howie Mandel,[3] who had recently finished his fourth season as host of the American edition of Deal or No Deal before its eight-year hiatus began that year.

For this season, the production staff decided to make some changes to the format, including the addition of two new rounds in the quarter-finals. The first new round was arranged for online auditions - prior to the fifth season, most online auditions were made via MySpace and did not guarantee any submissions made through the online space with a place in the competition. However, the rules for online auditions were changed in 2010, with all online auditions directed to a special channel on YouTube, through which the judges would select eleven of these submissions, alongside a twelfth voted for by online viewers, offering a guaranteed spot within the competition through a special quarter-final round. The second round was arranged for Wildcard acts - unlike the original format used before, in which Wildcards were picked out during Live Rounds, the fifth season defined that participants who were eliminated from the competition either at the Vegas Verdicts stage or in the quarter-finals, could be brought back into it for a special quarter-final round, but only if chosen by the judges, with each judge able to choose four acts for this round. The decision to include two new quarter-finals to the competition's schedule meant that the number allowed into the semi-finals from each was reduced to around four - the top three voted for by the public, and the fourth chosen by the judges from those placed 4th and 5th respectively in the public vote.

Another change in the format was a more deeper involvement of guest performers in the program - while the program mainly made use of them for entertainment during the Results episode aired after the Performance episodes, the rules were changed so that in the grand-final, each participant could conduct a performance alongside a guest performer, the choice of which was determined by the type of act they performed. Despite arranging a variety of guest performers for this season, production staff were forced to cancel the involvement of Susan Boyle during the results of the Top 10 final at the last minute, due to a legal complication securing the rights to a song by Lou Reed.[4]

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, 65 secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists in each one - seven of these would later be given a second chance in the Wildcard quarter-final, after losing their initial quarter-final. Around 24 of these advanced to and were split between the two semi-finals, with 10 semi-finalists securing a place in the finals, and 4 finalists securing a place in the grand-final of the competition. 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 | YouTube Quarter-finalist | Wildcard Quarter-finalist

Participant	Age(s) ^1	Genre	Act	From	Quarter-Final	Result
Airpocalypse	22-40	Music	Air Band	Seattle	1	Eliminated
Alice Tan Ridley	57	Singing	Singer	New York City	2	Semi-finalist
Anna and Patryk	12	Dance	Ballroom Dancers	New Hyde Park, New York & New York City	4 ^2	Finalist
Antonio Restivo	39	Danger	Fire Artist	Las Vegas	2	Semi-finalist
ArcAttack ^3	25-37	Music / Variety	Electric Light Show Band	Austin, Texas	4	Semi-finalist
AscenDance	29	Acrobatics / Dance / Variety	Rock Climbing Acrobats & Dancers	Berkeley, California	2	Semi-finalist
Austin Anderson	31	Comedy	Stand-Up Comedian	Omaha, Nebraska	5	Eliminated
Booker Forte	21	Dancing	Hip-hop Dancer	Virginia Beach, Virginia	5	Eliminated
Cam Hodges	22	Singing	Singer	Seattle	5	Eliminated
Cheer SF	19-52	Dancing / Variety	Cheerleaders	San Francisco	2	Eliminated
Chipps Cooney	61	Comedy / Magic	Comic Magician	Edgewater, New Jersey	3	Eliminated
Christina & Ali	13, 20	Singing	Singing Sisters	Idaho Falls, Idaho	1	Finalist
CJ Dippa	12	Singing	Rapper	Denton, Texas	3 ^2	Eliminated
Connor Doran	17	Performing	Indoor Kite Flyer	Bend, Oregon	6	Semi-finalist
Da Maniacs	25-56	Dance	Overweighted Dance Troupe	Dallas, Texas	4	Eliminated
Dan Sperry	25	Magic	Illusionist/Magician	Las Vegas	5	Semi-finalist
Debra Romer	21	Singing / Music	Singer & Musician	Kalamazoo, Michigan	3	Semi-finalist
Dylan Plummer	12	Variety	Jump Rope Artist	Cincinnati, Ohio	5	Eliminated
Eric "Doogie" Horner	30	Comedy	Stand-Up Comedian	Philadelphia	4 ^2	Eliminated
Fighting Gravity	19-22	Variety	Blacklight Performers	Blacksburg, Virginia	1	Third Place
Future Funk	5, 10	Dance	Hip-hop Dance Duo	Las Vegas	1	Semi-finalist
Hannibal Means	59	Singing	Opera Singer	Vienna, Austria	2	Eliminated
Harmonica Pierre	74	Musical	Harmonica Musician	Tucson, Arizona	3 ^2	Eliminated
Haspop	32	Dance	Hip-hop Dancer	Los Angeles (originally Lyon, France)	3	Semi-finalist
Iron Horse	22-27	Music	Rockabilly Band	Crete, Illinois	2	Eliminated
Jackie Evancho	10	Singing	Classical Crossover Singer	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	5	Runner-Up
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven	27	Danger	Extreme Cyclist	Talent, Oregon	3	Finalist
Kaya & Sadie	32, 36	Dance / Variety	Bellydancing Duo	Denver, Colorado	3	Eliminated
Kristina Young	22	Singing	Singer	Little Rock, Arkansas	5	Semi-finalist
Kruti Dance Academy	15-33	Dancing	Indian Classical Dancers	Atlanta, Georgia	6	Eliminated
Kung Fu Heroes	23-31	Danger / Variety	Martial Arts Group	Costa Mesa, California	1	Eliminated
Lil Chris	12	Singing	Singer	Sarasota, Florida	2	Eliminated
Lindsey Stirling	23	Music	Hip-hop Violinist	Provo, Utah	4	Eliminated
Luigi	20	Singing	Singer	Highland, California	3	Eliminated
Maestro Alexander Bui	16	Music	Pianist	Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey	5	Semi-finalist
Maricar	38	Variety	Burlesque Painter	Los Angeles	1	Eliminated
Mary Ellen	74	Singing	Singing Yodeller	Manheim, Pennsylvania	4	Eliminated
Michael Grasso	36	Magic	Magician & Illusionist	Cape May, New Jersey	6	Finalist
Michael Grimm	30	Singing / Music	Singer & Musician	Hancock County, Mississippi	2	Winner
Michael Lipari & Ashleigh Dejon	29-30	Variety / Danger	Aerialists	Los Angeles	6	Semi-finalist
Mona Sampath Dance Company	9-31	Dance	Bollywood Dance Troupe	Sunnyvale, California	2	Eliminated
MURRAY	30	Magic	Magician	Las Vegas	4	Semi-finalist
Nathaniel Kenyon	19	Singing	Singer	Baxley, Georgia	1	Semi-finalist
Nick Pike ^4	30	Danger	Daredevil	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	1	Eliminated
NU Covenant	21-27	Singing	Gospel Group	Cleveland, Ohio	4	Eliminated
Paul Safy Jr.	26	Singing	Singer	New York City	1	Eliminated
Pizza Patt	27	Variety	Pizza Dough Juggler	Columbus, Ohio	5	Eliminated
PLUtonic	19-28	Singing	A-Capella Group	Tacoma, Washington	5	Eliminated
Polina Volchek	24	Acobatics	Gymnast	Las Vegas (originally Moscow, Russia)	3	Eliminated
Prince Poppycock	32	Singing	Opera Singer	Los Angeles	4	Grand-finalist
Pup	58 ^5	Music / Variety	Accordion-Playing Dog	Redwood City, California	5	Eliminated
RNG	11-13	Dance	Dance Troupe	Seattle	1 ^2	Eliminated
Ronith	59	Comedy	Impersonator	Seattle	2	Eliminated
Rudi Macaggi	43	Acrobatics	Balancing Acrobat	Las Vegas	4 ^2	Eliminated
Studio One Young Beast Society	10-21	Dance	Dance Troupe	Orlando, Florida	3	Finalist
Ryan Rodriguez	29	Dance	Dancer	Santa Cruz, California	5	Eliminated
Sally Cohn	75	Music / Variety	Hand Whistler	Portland Oregon	1	Eliminated
Strikers All Stars	22-26	Dance	Dance Crew	Los Angeles	4	Eliminated
Swing Swift Slide Show ^6	30-31	Variety	Sideshow Performers	Las Vegas	6	Eliminated
Taylor Mathews	18	Singing / Music	Singer & Musician	Alexandria, Louisiana	4	Finalist
The Hot Shot Tap Dancers	19-25	Dance	Tap Dancing Troupe	Portland, Oregon	1 ^2	Eliminated
The South Philly Vikings	16-56	Dance	Dance Troupe	Philadelphia	3	Eliminated
The Strange Familiar	27	Music	Band	Woodland Hills, California	3	Eliminated
The Strong Man	43	Variety	Strongman	Pesotum, Illinois	2	Eliminated
Wreckless	17-26	Dance	Dance Crew	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	2	Eliminated

• ^1 Ages denoted in this column pertain to a participant(s) age in their final performance for this season.
• ^2 These participants were entered into the Wildcard quarter-final after losing their initial quarter-final.
• ^3 For health and safety reasons, ArcAttack had to perform outside the studio for their live round performances; judges were required to view the performance in person, and used hand-carried signs in place of their buzzers.
• ^4 This participant was originally eliminated during the Vegas Verdicts, but was brought back after another act that had passed that stage was forced to drop out for unknown reasons.
• ^5 The age of the dog in this act was not disclosed on the program.
• ^6 This participant initially dropped out for personal reasons, despite securing a place in the live rounds, but agreed to return as a quarter-finalist in the Wildcard round.

Quarter-final Summary

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

  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (July 13)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Selena Gomez & the Scene, and cast of Rock of Ages & Dee Snider

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 14)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Kung Fu Heroes	1	Martial Arts Group				Eliminated
Christina & Ali	2	Singing Sisters				Advanced
Airpocalypse	3	Air Band				Eliminated
The Hot Shot Tap Dancers	4	Tapping Dancing Troupe				Eliminated
Paul Safy Jr.	5	Singer				Eliminated
Future Funk	6	Hip-hop Dance Duo				Won Judges' Vote
Sally Cohn	7	Hand Whistler				Eliminated
Nick Pike	8	Daredevil				Eliminated
RNG	9	Dance Troupe				Lost Judges' Vote
Maricar	10	Burlesque Painter				Eliminated
Fighting Gravity	11	Blacklight Performers				Advanced
Nathaniel Kenyon	12	Singer				Advanced

Quarter-final 2 (July 20)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Cirque Du Soleil, and cast of Train.

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 21)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Cheer SF	1	Cheerleaders				Eliminated
Alice Tan Ridley	2	Singer				Advanced
Mona Sampath Dance Company	3	Bollywood Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Iron Horse	4	Rockabilly Band				Eliminated
The Strong Man	5	Strongman				Eliminated
Ronith	6	Impersonator				Eliminated
Hannibal Means	7	Opera Singer				Eliminated
Wreckless	8	Dance Crew				Lost Judges' Vote
Lil Chris	9	Singer				Eliminated
AscenDance	10	Rock Climbing Acrobats & Dancers				Advanced
Antonio Restivo	11	Fire Artist				Won Judges' Vote
Michael Grimm	12	Singer & Musician				Advanced

Quarter-final 3 (July 27)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Mike Posner, and the JabbaWockeeZ.

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 28)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
The South Philly Vikings	1	Dance Troupe				Eliminated
CJ Dippa	2	Rapper				Eliminated
Harmonica Pierre	3	Harmonica Musician				Eliminated
Polina Volchek	4	Gymnast				Eliminated
The Strange Familiar	5	Band				Eliminated
Haspop	6	Hip-hop Dancer				Advanced
Luigi	7	Singer & Musician				Eliminated
Chipps Cooney	8	Comic Magician				Eliminated
Kaya and Sadie	9	Belly Dancing Duo	^7			Lost Judges' Vote
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven	10	Extreme Cyclist	^7			Won Judges' Vote
Debra Romer	11	Singer & Musician				Advanced
Studio One Young Beast Society	12	Dance Troupe				Advanced

• ^7 Because of the majority vote for Jeremy VanSchoonhoven, Mandel's voting intention was not revealed.

Quarter-final 4 (August 3)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Taio Cruz, and Bret Michaels.

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (August 4)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Da Maniacs	1	Dance Troupe				Eliminated
NU Covenant	2	Gospel Group				Eliminated
Anna and Patryk	3	Ballroom Dancers				Lost Judges' Vote
Lindsey Stirling	4	Hip-hop Violinist				Eliminated
Doogie Horner	5	Standup Comedian				Eliminated
Rudi Macaggi	6	Balancing Acrobat				Eliminated
Taylor Mathews	7	Singer & Musician				Advanced
Mary Ellen		Singing Yodeller				Eliminated
ArcAttack	9	Electric Light Show Band				Won Judges' Vote
Prince Poppycock	10	Opera Singer				Advanced
MURRAY	11	Magician & Illusionist				Advanced
Strikers All Stars	12	Dance Crew				Eliminated

Quarter-final 5 - YouTube Round (August 10)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Lin Yu Chun, Evolution of Dance, and David & Dania.

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (August 11)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
PLUtonic	1	A-Capella Group				Eliminated
Dylan Plummer	2	Jump Rope Artist				Eliminated
Pup	3	Accordion-Playing Dog				Eliminated
Cam Hodges	4	Singer & Musician				Lost Judges' Vote
Ryan Rodriguez	5	Dancer				Eliminated
Austin Anderson	6	Stand-up Comedian				Eliminated
Booker Forté	7	Hip-hop Dancer				Eliminated
Pizza Patt	8	Pizza Dough Juggler				Eliminated
Kristina Young	9	Singer				Won Judges' Vote
Maestro Alexander Bui	10	Pianist				Advanced
Dan Sperry	11	Magician & Illusionist				Advanced
Jackie Evancho	12	Classical Crossover Singer				Advanced

Quarter-final 6 - Wildcard Round (August 17)

Guest Performers, Results Show: LeAnn Rimes, and Criss Angel.[5]

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (August 18)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Kruti Dance Academy	1	Indian Classical Dancers				Eliminated
Rudi Macaggi	2	Balancing Acrobat				Eliminated
CJ Dippa	3	Rapper				Eliminated
RNG	4	Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Harmonica Pierre	5	Harmonica Musician				Lost Judges' Vote
Michael Grasso	6	Magician & Illusionist				Advanced
The Hot Shot Tap Dancers	7	Tap Dancing Group				Eliminated
Doogie Horner	8	Standup Comedian				Eliminated
Connor Doran	9	Indoor Kite Flyer				Advanced
Anna and Patryk	10	Ballroom Dancers				Advanced
Michael Lipari & Ashleigh Dejon	11	Aerialists				Won Judges' Vote
Swing Shift Side Show	12	Sideshow Performers				Eliminated

Semi-final Summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |   Advanced to Top 10

  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (August 24)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Jimmy Fallon, Kylie Minogue, and Recycled Percussion.

Semi-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 14)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Anna & Patryk	1	Ballroom Dancers				Advanced
Christina & Ali	2	Singing Sisters				Won Judges' Vote
Antonio Restivo	3	Fire Artist				Eliminated
Future Funk	4	Hip-Hop Dance Duo				Eliminated
Taylor Mathews	5	Singer & Musician				Advanced
Connor Doran	6	Indoor Kite Flyer				Lost Judges' Vote
Dan Sperry	7	Magician & Illusionist				Eliminated
Kristina Young	8	Singer				Eliminated
ArcAttack	9	Technological Performance Group				Eliminated
Michael Grimm	10	Singer & Musician				Advanced
AscenDance	11	Rock Climbing Acrobats & Dancers				Eliminated
Prince Poppycock	12	Opera Singer				Advanced

Semi-final 2 (August 31)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Le Rêve, and Jason Derülo.

Semi-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (September 1)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Alice Tan Ridley	1	Singer	^8			Lost Judges' Vote
Haspop	2	Hip-hop Dancer				Eliminated
Maestro Alexander Bui	3	Pianist				Eliminated
Michael Lipari & Ashleigh Dejon	4	Aerialists				Eliminated
Michael Grasso	5	Magician & Illusionist				Advanced
Debra Romer	6	Singer				Eliminated
Studio One Young Beast Society	7	Dance Troupe	^8			Won Judges' Vote
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven	8	Extreme Cyclist				Advanced
Nathaniel Kenyon	9	Singer				Eliminated
MURRAY	10	Magician & Illusionist				Eliminated
Jackie Evancho	11	Classical Crossover Singer				Advanced
Fighting Gravity	12	Blacklight Performers				Advanced

• ^8 Due to the majority vote for Studio One Young Beast Society, Mandel's voting intention was not revealed.

Finals Summary

  Winner (Top 4 Final Only) |   Runner-up (Top 4 Final Only) |   3rd place (Top 4 Final Only)

  Advanced (Top 10 Finals only) |   Eliminated

Final - Top 10 (September 7)

Guest Performers: Enrique Iglesias (Performance Episode); Sarah McLachlan, and cast of American Idiot (Results Show).[6]

Top 10 Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes			Result (September 8)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Morgan
Studio One Young Beast Society	1	Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Christina and Ali	2	Singing Sisters				Eliminated
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven	3	Extreme Cyclist				Eliminated
Taylor Mathews	4	Singer & Musician				Eliminated
Anna & Patryk	5	Ballroom Dancers				Eliminated
Fighting Gravity	6	Blacklight Performers				Advanced
Michael Grimm	7	Singer				Advanced
Michael Grasso	8	Magician & Illusionist				Eliminated
Prince Poppycock	9	Opera Singer				Advanced
Jackie Evancho	10	Classical Crossover Singer				Advanced

Grand-final (September 14)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Usher, the Goo Goo Dolls, cast of Cirque du Soleil, David Copperfield, and T-Pain.

Grand-finalist	Order	Act	Performed with	Result (September 15)
Prince Poppycock	1	Opera Singer	Donna Summer	4th
Michael Grimm	2	Singer & Musician	Jewel	1st
Jackie Evancho	3	Classical Crossover Singer	Sarah Brightman [7]	2nd
Fighting Gravity	4	Blacklight Performers	Lionel Richie	3rd

Ratings

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

Order	Episode(s)	Airdate	Rating	Share	Rating/Share (18-49)	Viewers (millions)	Rank (Timeslot)	Rank (Night)	Rank (Week)
1	"Los Angeles Auditions"	June 1, 2010	7.4	13	3.6/11	12.35	#1	#1	#4 [8]
2	"Dallas Auditions"	June 2, 2010	6.1	10	2.9/9	10.35	#1	#1	#9 [8]
3	"New York City Auditions"	June 8, 2010	7.4	12	3.7/10	13.09	#2	#2	#4 [9]
4	"New York Auditions (Part 2)"	June 15, 2010	6.2	10	3.0/8	10.55 [10]	#2	#2	#4 [11]
5	"Orlando Auditions"	June 16, 2010	6.7	11	3.1/9	11.65	#1	#1	#3 [11]
6 7	"Orlando Auditions (Part 2)" "Portland Auditions"	June 22, 2010	6.8	12	3.4/10	11.65	#1	#1	#2 [12]
8	"Portland Auditions (Part 2)"	June 23, 2010	7.2	12	3.5/10	12.37	#1	#1	#1 [11]
9	"Chicago Auditions"	June 29, 2010	6.0	10	2.9/9	10.23	#1	#1	#2 [13]
10	"Final Auditions"	June 30, 2010	7.5	13	3.5/11	12.94	#1	#1	#1 [13]
11	"Vegas Week (Part 1)"	July 6, 2010	7.0	12	3.4/10	11.82	#1	#1	#2 [14]
12	"Vegas Week (Part 2)"	July 7, 2010	6.7	12	3.4/10	11.95	#1	#1	#1 [14]
13	"Quarterfinals, Group 1"	July 13, 2010	6.8	11	3.3/10	11.63	#1	#2	#2 [15]
14	"Quarterfinals, Group 1 Results"	July 14, 2010	6.5	11	3.0/10	11.17 [16]	#1	#2	#3 [15]
15	"Quarterfinals, Group 2"	July 20, 2010	6.2	11	3.0/9	10.48	#1	#1	#1 [17]
16	"Quarterfinals, Group 2 Results"	July 21, 2010	5.9	10	2.6/8	10.02	#1	#1	#3 [17]
17	"Quarterfinals, Group 3"	July 27, 2010	5.6	10	2.6/8	9.69	#1	#1	#1 [18]
18	"Quarterfinals, Group 3 Results"	July 28, 2010	5.7	10	2.6/8	9.76	#1	#1	#2 [18]
19	"Quarterfinals, Group 4"	August 3, 2010	6.0	10	2.9/8	10.37	#1	#1	#4 [19]
20	"Quarterfinals, Group 4 Results"	August 4, 2010	5.9	10	2.8/8	10.06	#1	#1	#5 [19]
21	"Quarterfinals, Group 5: YouTube"	August 10, 2010	6.2	11	2.9/9	10.48	#1	#1	#2 [20]
22	"Quarterfinals, Group 5: YouTube, Results"	August 11, 2010	6.2	11	2.8/8	10.67	#1	#1	#1 [20]
23	"Quarterfinals, Group 6: Wild Card"	August 17, 2010	6.1	10	2.9/8	10.19	#1	#1	#3 [21]
24	"Quarterfinals, Group 6: Wild Card, Results"	August 18, 2010	6.0	10	2.6/8	10.30	#1	#1	#2 [21]
25	"Semifinals, Group 1"	August 24, 2010	6.5	11	3.1/9	10.80	#1	#1	#2 [22]
26	"Semifinals, Group 1 Results"	August 25, 2010	6.1	10	2.7/8	10.52	#1	#1	#3 [22]
27	"Semifinals, Group 2"	August 31, 2010	6.7	11	3.0/9	11.50	#1	#1	#1 [23]
28	"Semifinals, Group 2 Results"	September 1, 2010	6.2	10	2.5/8	10.47	#1	#1	#2 [23]
29	"Top Ten, Performances"	September 7, 2010	7.3	12	3.3/9	12.35	#1	#1	#8 [24]
30	"Top Ten, Results"	September 8, 2010	7.3	12	2.8/8	12.14	#1	#1	#9 [24]
31	"Finals, Performances"	September 14, 2010	8.7	14	3.9/11	14.60	#1	#1	#4 [25]
32	"Finale"	September 15, 2010	9.5	16	3.9/11	16.41	#1	#1	#3 [26]

References

1. America's Got Talent on IMDb
2. ""David Hasselhoff Departing America's Got Talent", January 6, 2010". TV Guide. January 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
3. "Howie Mandel To Replace Hasselhoff On 'America's Got Talent'". Access Hollywood. January 10, 2010.
4. Susan Boyle upset on America's Got Talent, additional text.
5. "Breaking News - Dramatic Developments Drive UPN". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
6. "Listings - AMERICA'S GOT TALENT on NBC". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
7. Daly, Sean. "Jackie Evancho Performs with Sarah Brightman", AGTNews.com, September 15, 2010, accessed March 21, 2012
8. "TV Ratings Top 25: NBA Finals & Everybody Else, Glee Leads Scripted 18-49 - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
9. "TV Ratings Top 25: NBA Finals Top Ratings Ranks, Glee Finale Leads Scripted - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.com. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
10. "Tuesday Broadcast Final Ratings: NBA Finals Average Almost 18 Million - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.com. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
11. "TV Ratings Top 25: NBA Finals On Top, Lie To Me Sole Scripted Original - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings". TVbytheNumbers.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
12. "TV Ratings Top 25: America's Got Talent, Wipeout, Hell's Kitchen Crowd The Top Of Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
13. "TV Ratings Top 25: America's Got Talent, Bachelorette, Wipeout, Hell's Kitchen Top The Rankings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
14. "TV Ratings Top 25: America's Got Talent, Hell's Kitchen, Wipeout, Bachelorette Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
15. "TV Ratings Top 25: All-Star Game, America's Got Talent Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
16. "TV Ratings Wednesday: America's Got Talent, Think You Can Dance Fall; Big Brother Up vs. Last Year". Tvbythenumbers.com. July 15, 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
17. "TV Ratings Top 25: The Bachelorette, Hell's Kitchen, America's Got Talent & NCIS Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
18. "TV Ratings Top 25: Hell's Kitchen, The Bachelorette, MasterChef, America's Got Talent & NCIS Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
19. "TV Ratings Top 25: The Bachelorette Finale & NFL Preseason Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. August 8, 2010. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
20. "TV Ratings Top 25: Hell's Kitchen Finale & 'America's Got Talent' Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. August 28, 2007. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
21. Mozcarwilde says (August 22, 2010). "TV Ratings Top 25: NFL Wipeout & America's Got Talent Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
22. "TV Ratings Top 25: Emmy Awards & NFL America's Got Talent & 'Big Brother' Lead Week's Ratings". Tvbythenumbers.com. August 29, 2010. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
23. "TV Ratings Top 25: Jersey Shore Bigger Than America's Got Talent?". Tvbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
24. Golum, Rob. "NBC Dominates U.S. Broadcast Television Ratings With Football, Talent Show". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
25. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/21/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-sunday-night-football-survivor-americas-got-talent-top-final-week-of-broadcast-summer/64534
26. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/21/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-sunday-night-football-survivor-americas-got-talent-top-final-week-of-broadcast-summer/64534

External links

• Official NBC America's Got Talent website