America's Got Talent (season 7)

The seventh season of America's Got Talent, an American talent show competition, began broadcasting in the United States during 2012, from May 14 to September 13 on NBC; due to the network's live coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the program was forced to take a two week-hiatus between July and August to avoid clashing with this. Prior to production on the new season beginning, Piers Morgan left the program following the previous season, leading to production staff hiring Howard Stern as his replacement. However, as a condition for his involvement, the live rounds of the competition were moved from their venue in Los Angeles to a new site in Newark, New Jersey.[1][2][3] Alongside a change of judge, the show also underwent a visual makeover to improve its presentation, as well as making use of its new live round venue to attract a larger audience.

America's Got Talent
Season 7
Hosted by	Nick Cannon
Judges	Howard Stern Sharon Osbourne Howie Mandel
Winner	Olate Dogs
Runner-ups	Tom Cotter William Close
No. of episodes	31
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	May 14 – September 13, 2012
Additional information
Website	Official website
Season chronology

The seventh season was won by dog tricks act Olate Dogs, with stand-up comedian Tom Cotter finishing in second, and earth harpist William Close placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 10.02 million viewers. The involvement of an army sergeant in this year's competition caused controversy after their appearance was broadcast, over a claim they made that was later refuted by their superiors and the media.

Season Overview

Howard Stern was brought in a month after Piers Morgan's departure.

Auditions for the seventh season's competition took place across Winter - mid-Spring 2012, with production staff holding the main auditions that would be filmed within the cities of New York, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, Austin, St. Louis, and San Francisco;[4][5] additional auditions were held in Washington, D.C.and Charlotte, though were not filmed.

Following the conclusion of the sixth season's broadcast, Piers Morgan began contemplating his involvement with America's Got Talent, due to his increasing work schedule on other projects by that time. In November 2011, despite having signed a three-year contract the previous year,[6] Morgan was forced to quit the program in order to focus on his commitment to producing Piers Morgan Tonight for CNN.[7] His departure meant that production staff had to seek out his replacement before work on the seventh season could begin, with radio personality Howard Stern chosen in December to replace Morgan. However, as Stern had commitments to his SiriusXM radio show in New York that he could not abandon, the producers agreed that as a condition for his involvement, the live round venue would be relocated from its original site in Los Angeles, to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, thus ensuring his work schedule was manageable.[8]

While the use of the Performing Arts Center meant that audiences attending live rounds could be much larger than in previous years, the change in venue also allowed executive producer Simon Cowell to have the program undergo a significant "top-to-bottom makeover" of its presentation - amongst these included new graphics, a new intro, and a new theme song for America's Got Talent, alongside an update to set pieces. A significant change was the appearance of the judges' desk, which was re-modeled to appear similar in design to that used on Britain's Got Talent.[9] Despite the change in live round venue, Stern gave clearance to the producers that he could work on the "Vegas Verdicts" segment within Las Vegas without any issue. Alongside these changes, the producers also had to take into account the 2012 Summer Olympics that year - as the sporting event would receive live coverage from the network, the episode scheduling had to include a two week hiatus between 27 July to 12 August, so as to avoid America's Got Talent clashing with this.

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, 62 secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists in each one - ten of these would later be given a second chance in the Wildcard quarter-final, after losing their initial quarter-final. Around 23 of these advanced to and were split between the two semi-finals - an additional semi-finalist was added in at the last minute - with 6 semi-finalists securing a place in the finals, which consisted of a single stage and not multiple rounds. 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 Act

Participant	Age(s) ^1	Genre	Act	From [10]	Quarter-Final	Result
7 in Unison	14–15	Dance	Dance Troupe	Yorba Linda, California	5	Eliminated
787 Crew	19–31	Dance	Dance Crew	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1	Eliminated
Academy of Villains	N/A	Dance	Hip-hop Dance Troupe	San Francisco	5	Semi-finalist
All Beef Patty	38	Singing	Singing Drag Queen	New York City	3	Eliminated
All That!	23–36	Dance	Clogging Dance Troupe	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	4 ^2	Semi-finalist
All Wheel Sports	18–35	Acrobatics / Danger	BMX Action Team	Los Angeles	3	Semi-finalist
American BMX Stunt Team	20–44	Acrobatics / Danger	BMX Stunt Team	Durham, North Carolina	1	Eliminated
Andrew De Leon	19	Singing	Opera Singer	Kyle, Texas	6	Semi-finalist
Aurora Light Painters	38–46	Dance / Variety	Light-painting Troupe	San Francisco	2	Eliminated
Bandbaz Brothers	34, 59	Acrobatics	Balancing Duo	Las Vegas	6	Eliminated
Ben Blaque	33	Danger	Crossbow Performer	Branson, Missouri	2 ^2	Eliminated
Big Barry	70	Singing	Singer	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	2	Eliminated
Bria Kelly	16	Singing	Country Singer	Virginia Beach, Virginia	5	Semi-finalist
Cast in Bronze	61	Music	Carillon Musician	St. Peters, Pennsylvania	5	Eliminated
Clint Carvalho and His Extreme Parrots	52	Animal	Parrot Trainer	Las Vegas	5	Semi-finalist
Cristin Sandu	18	Danger	Balancing Performer	Las Vegas	3 ^2	Eliminated
Danielle Stallings	14	Singing	Singer	Richmond, Virginia	2	Eliminated
David "The Bullet" Smith	34	Danger	Human Cannonball Performer	Englewood, Florida	4	Eliminated
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's	26–30	Variety	Art Performers	Sacramento	1	Finalist
Distinguished Men of Brass	24–60	Music	Marching Band	Tampa, Florida	1	Eliminated
Donovan & Rebecca	44, 36	Acrobatics	Acrobatic Aerialists	Stony Brook, New York	2	Semi-finalist
Drew Erwin	16	Singing / Music	Singer & Musician	Arlington, Tennessee	5	Eliminated
Edon	14	Singing	Singer	Chicago	1	Semi-finalist
Elusive	21	Dance	B-boy Dancer	Austin, Texas	3	Eliminated
Eric & Olivia	20	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist Duo	Austin, Texas	4	Eliminated
Eric Buss	37	Variety	Novelty act Entertainer	Tucson, Arizona	5	Eliminated
Eric Dittelman	26	Magic	Mentalist	Boston	4	Semi-finalist
Hawley Magic	30	Magic	Magician & Illusionists	Shelby, North Carolina	2	Eliminated
Horse	25	Variety	Groin attack taker	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	4 ^2	Eliminated
Inspire the Fire	13–29	Singing / Dance	Singing Dance Troupe	Charlotte, North Carolina	3	Eliminated
Jacob Williams	23	Comedy	Stand-up Comedian	Chicago	3	Semi-finalist
Jake Wesley Rogers	15	Singing / Music	Singer & Pianist	Ozark, Missouri	3 ^2	Eliminated
Jarrett & Raja	39, 32	Comedy / Magic	Comic Illusionists	Las Vegas	1 ^2	Eliminated
Joe Castillo	64	Variety	Sand Artist	Lexington, Kentucky	4	Finalist
Lightwire Theater	25–43	Dance	Glow-light Dance Group	New Orleans	3	Semi-finalist
Lil' Starr	6	Dance	Tap Dancer	Chino, California	1	Eliminated
Lindsey Norton	17	Dance	Dancer	Tampa, Florida	4 ^2	Eliminated
LionDanceMe	14–35	Danger / Animal / Dance	Lion Dance Danger Act	San Francisco	2	Eliminated
Lisa Clark Dancers	14–18	Dance	Dance Troupe	Suisun City, California	2	Eliminated
Melinda Hill	39	Comedy	Stand-up Comedian	Los Angeles	5	Eliminated
Michael Nejad	55	Music / Variety	Household Musician	San Jose, California	1	Eliminated
Nikki Jensen	25	Singing / Music	Singer & Guitarist	Austin, Texas	1	Eliminated
Olate Dogs	19, 55	Animal	Dog Tricks Act	New York City	4	Winner
Reverse Order	N/A	Music	Rock Band	Hackettstown, New Jersey	5	Eliminated
Rock Star Juggler Mike Price	33	Variety	Juggler	Las Vegas	3	Eliminated
Romeo Dance Cheetah	30	Music	Air Guitarist	Chicago	5	Eliminated
Rudy Coby	48	Magic	Illusionist	Los Angeles	5	Eliminated
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro"	10–30	Singing / Music	Mariachi Singer & Band	San Antonio, Texas	4 ^2	Semi-finalist
Shanice & Maurice Hayes	18, 62	Singing	Father & Daughter Duet	Kansas City, Missouri	1	Semi-finalist
Spencer Horsman	26	Magic / Danger	Escape Artist	Baltimore, Maryland	3 ^2	Eliminated
The All Ways	19–22	Music	Rock Band	New York City	2	Eliminated
The Magic of Puck	46	Magic	Comic Illusionist	Roosevelt, New York	5	Semi-finalist
The Scott Brothers	47, 48	Dance	Pop Dance Duo	Las Vegas	1	Semi-finalist
The Untouchables	8–13	Dance	Latin Dance Troupe	Miami	3	Finalist
Tim Hockenberry	50	Singing / Music	Singer & Pianist	San Francisco	2	Semi-finalist
Todd Oliver	53	Comedy / Animal	Dog Ventriloquist Act	Branson, Missouri	1 ^2	Semi-finalist
Tom Cotter	48	Comedy	Stand-up Comedian	Stony Point, New York	2	Runner-Up
Turf	21	Dance / Vairety	Dancing Contortionist	San Francisco	2	Semi-finalist
Ulysses	49	Singing	Singer	Statesville, North Carolina	4	Eliminated
Unity in Motion	11–16	Dance	Dancing Contortionist Group	Cape May, New Jersey	4	Eliminated
William Close	42	Music	Earth Harpist	Los Angeles	4	Third Place
Wordspit and the Illest!	20–27	Music	Hip-hop & Rock Band	New York City	3	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.

Quarter-final Summary

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

  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (July 2)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Cirque du Soleil: Zarkana, and will.i.am

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 3)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
Distinguished Men of Brass	1	Marching Band				Eliminated
Edon	2	Singer				Won Judges' Vote
Jarrett and Raja	3	Comic Illusionists				Eliminated
Lil' Starr	4	Tap Dancer				Eliminated
Todd Oliver	5	Dog Ventriloquist Act				Lost Judges' Vote
American BMX Stunt Team	6	BMX Stunt Team				Eliminated
Nikki Jensen	7	Singer & Guitarist				Eliminated
The Scott Brothers	8	Pop Dance Duo				Advanced
Michael Nejad	9	Household Musician				Eliminated
787 Crew	10	Dance Crew				Eliminated
Shanice & Maurice Hayes	11	Father & Daughter Duet				Advanced
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's	12	Art Performers				Advanced

Quarter-final 2 (July 10)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Gavin DeGraw, and TRACES

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 11)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
LionDanceMe	1	Lion Dance Danger Act				Eliminated
Turf	2	Dancing Contortionist				Advanced
The All Ways	3	Rock Band				Eliminated
Hawley Magic	4	Magician & Illusionist				Eliminated
Lisa Clark Dancers	5	Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Aurora Light Painters	6	Light-painting Troupe				Eliminated
Danielle Stallings	7	Singer				Lost Judges' Vote
Donovan & Rebecca	8	Acrobatic Aerialists				Won Judges' Vote
Big Barry	9	Singer				Eliminated
Tom Cotter	10	Stand-up Comedian				Advanced
Ben Blaque	11	Crossbow Performer				Eliminated
Tim Hockenberry	12	Singer & Pianist				Advanced

Quarter-final 3 (July 17)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Ashleigh and Pudsey, and Havana Brown

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 18)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
The Untouchables	1	Latin Dance Troupe				Advanced
Rock Star Juggler Mike Price	2	Juggler				Eliminated
Inspire the Fire	3	Singing Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Cristin Sandu	4	Balancing Performer				Eliminated
Elusive	5	B-boy Dancer				Eliminated
Jake Wesley Rogers	6	Singer & Pianist				Eliminated
All Wheel Sports	7	BMX Action Team				Won Judges' Vote
WordSpit and the Illest!	8	Hip-hop & Rock Band				Lost Judges' Vote
Jacob Williams	9	Stand-up Comedian				Advanced
All Beef Patty	10	Singing Drag Queen				Eliminated
Spencer Horsman	11	Escape Artist				Eliminated
Lightwire Theater	12	Glow-light Dance Group				Advanced

Quarter-final 4 (July 24)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cher Lloyd, and the cast of Once

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (July 25)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
David "The Bullet" Smith ^3	1	Human Cannonball Performer				Eliminated
All That!	2	Clogging Dance Troupe				Lost Judges' Vote
Ulysses	3	Singer				Eliminated
Joe Castillo	4	Sand Artist				Advanced
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro"	5	Mariachi Singer & Band				Eliminated
Eric Dittelman	6	Mentalist				Won Judges' Vote
William Close	7	Earth Harpist				Advanced
Unity in Motion	8	Dancing Contortionist Group				Eliminated
Eric & Olivia	9	Singer and Guitarist Duo				Eliminated
Lindsey Norton	10	Dancer				Eliminated
Horse	11	Groin attack Taker				Eliminated
Olate Dogs	12	Dog Tricks Act				Advanced

• ^3 For health & safety reasons, David Smith had to perform outside the studio; the judges were required to view the performance in person, and used hand-carried signs in place of their buzzers.

Quarter-final 5 - YouTube Round (August 14)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Gabby Douglas, Karmin, The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (August 15)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
Clint Carvalho and His Extreme Parrots	1	Parrot Trainer				Won Judges' Vote
Reverse Order	2	Rock Band				Eliminated
Rudy Coby	3	Illusionist				Eliminated
7 in Unison	4	Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Drew Erwin	5	Musician				Lost Judges' Vote
Melinda Hill	6	Stand-up Comedian				Eliminated
Eric Buss	7	Novelty Act Entertainer				Eliminated
Romeo Dance Cheetah	8	Air Guitarist				Eliminated
The Magic of Puck	9	Comic Illusionist				Advanced
Bria Kelly	10	Country Singer				Advanced
Cast in Bronze ^4	11	Carillon Musician				Eliminated
Academy of Villains	12	Hip-hop Dance Troupe				Advanced

• ^4 Due to complications, Cast In Bronze had to perform outside the studio; the judges were required to be in person to view the performance, and used hand-carried signs in place of their buzzers.

Quarter-final 6 Wild Card Round (August 21)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, and cast of Bring It On

Quarter-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (August 22)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
Spencer Horsman	1	Escape Artist				Eliminated
All That!	2	Clogging Dance Troupe				Won Judges' Vote
Jarrett & Raja	3	Comic Illusionists				Eliminated
Jake Wesley Rogers	4	Singer & Pianist				Eliminated
Cristin Sandu	5	Balancing Performer				Eliminated
Todd Oliver	6	Dog Ventriloquist Act				Advanced
Bandbaz Brothers	7	Balancing Duo				Eliminated
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro"	8	Mariachi Singer & Band				Advanced
Horse	9	Groin attack Taker				Eliminated
Lindsey Norton	10	Dancer				Lost Judges' Vote
Andrew De Leon	11	Opera Singer				Advanced
Ben Blaque	12	Crossbow Performer				Eliminated

Semifinal Summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |   Advanced to Finals

  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (August 28)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Neon Trees, and Steve Harvey

Semi-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (August 29)
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
Andrew De Leon	1	Opera Singer				Eliminated
Todd Oliver	2	Dog Ventriloquist Act				Lost Judges' Vote
Donovan & Rebecca	3	Acrobatic Aerialists				Eliminated
Edon	4	Singer & Pianist				Eliminated
The Scott Brothers	5	Pop Dance Duo				Eliminated
Eric Dittelman	6	Mentalist				Eliminated
Turf	7	Dancing Contortionist				Eliminated
Bria Kelly	8	Country Singer				Eliminated
Joe Castillo	9	Sand Artist				Won Judges' Vote
William Close	10	Earth Harpist				Advanced
Tom Cotter	11	Stand-up Comedian				Advanced
Academy of Villains	12	Hip-hop Dance Troupe				Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (September 4)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Train, Nathan Burton, and Haunted by Heroes with Dee Snider

Semi-Finalist	Order	Act	Buzzes and Judges' votes			Result (September 6) ^5
			Mandel	Osbourne	Stern
All That!	1	Clogging Dance Troupe				Eliminated
Sebastien "El Charro de Oro"	2	Mariachi Singer & Band				Eliminated
The Magic of Puck	3	Comic Illusionist				Eliminated
Clint Carvalho and His Extreme Parrots	4	Parrot Trainer				Eliminated
Jacob Williams	5	Stand-up Comedian				Eliminated
Shanice and Maurice Hayes	6	Father & Daughter Duet				Eliminated
All Wheel Sports	7	BMX Action Team				Eliminated
Tim Hockenberry	8	Singer & Pianist				Eliminated
The Untouchables	9	Latin Dance Troupe				Advanced
Olate Dogs	10	Dog Tricks Act				Advanced
Lightwire Theater	11	Glow-light Dance Group				Lost Judges' Vote
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's	12	Art Performers				Won Judges' Vote

• ^5 Due to live coverage of the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants, the results episode was aired the day after to avoid conflicting with it.

Finals (September 12)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Justin Bieber, Big Sean, Green Day, Joan Rivers, OneRepublic, Ne-Yo, Flo Rida, Frankie J, Blue Man Group, and Burton Crane

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place

Finalist	Order	Act	Result (September 13)
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's	1	Art Performers	4th
Tom Cotter	2	Stand-up Comedian	2nd
The Untouchables	3	Latin Dance Troupe	6th
Joe Castillo	4	Sand Artist	5th
William Close	5	Earth Harpist	3rd
Olate Dogs	6	Dog Tricks Act	1st

Ratings

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

Show	Episode	First air date	Rating (18–49)	Share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	Timeslot rank	Nightly rank	Weekly rank
1	Los Angeles and St. Louis Auditions	May 14, 2012	3.7	10	10.48 [11]	1	2	16
2	San Francisco Auditions	May 15, 2012	3.4	10	10.58 [12]	2	2	15
3	New York Auditions (Part 1)	May 21, 2012	3.2	9	9.66 [13]	1	1	6
4	New York Auditions (Part 2)	May 22, 2012	3.3	9	9.44 [14]	1	2	7
5	Tampa Bay Auditions (Part 1)	May 28, 2012	2.8	8	9.96 [15]	1	1	3
6	St. Louis Auditions (Part 2)	May 29, 2012	3.7	10	11.51 [16]	1	1	1
7	Austin Auditions (Part 1)	June 4, 2012	3.3	10	12.22 [17]	1	1	2
8	Austin Auditions (Part 2)	June 5, 2012	3.5	11	12.55 [18]	1	1	1
9	Tampa Bay Auditions (Part 2)	June 12, 2012	3.0	8	11.18 [19]	2	2	4
10	Final Auditions	June 18, 2012	2.9	9	11.43 [20]	1	1	3
11	Las Vegas Week (Part 1)	June 25, 2012	3.0	8	10.45 [21]	1	1	3
12	Las Vegas Week (Part 2)	June 26, 2012	3.2	9	11.67 [22]	1	1	1
13	Las Vegas Week (Part 3)	June 27, 2012	2.8	9	10.66 [23]	1	1	2
14	Top 48, Week 1 (performances)	July 2, 2012	2.9	8	10.19 [24]	1	1	1
15	Top 48, Week 1 (results)	July 3, 2012	2.3	8	9.32 [25]	1	1	2
16	Top 48, Week 2 (performances)	July 10, 2012	2.8	9	10.69 [26]	2	2	2
17	Top 48, Week 2 (results)	July 11, 2012	2.0	6	8.08 [27]	1	1	6
18	Top 48, Week 3 (performances)	July 17, 2012	2.6	8	10.17 [28]	1	1	1
19	Top 48, Week 3 (results)	July 18, 2012	2.0	6	7.61 [29]	1	1	5
20	Top 48, Week 4 (performances)	July 24, 2012	2.7	8	10.43 [30]	1	1	4
21	Top 48, Week 4 (results)	July 25, 2012	2.2	6	8.76 [31]	1	1	5
22	YouTube Snapple Special	August 14, 2012	2.8	8	9.97 [32]	1	1	2
23	YouTube Snapple Special (results)	August 15, 2012	2.3	6	8.48 [33]	1	1	5
24	Wild Card	August 21, 2012	2.5	8	9.90 [34]	1	1	1
25	Wild Card (results)	August 22, 2012	2.3	7	8.60 [35]	1	1	2
26	Semifinals, Round 1 (performances)	August 28, 2012	2.5	7	9.89 [36]	1	1	1
27	Semifinals, Round 1 (results)	August 29, 2012	2.2	6	8.34 [37]	1	1	3
28	Semifinals, Round 2 (performances)	September 4, 2012	2.4	7	8.93 [38]	1	1	8
29	Semifinals, Round 2 (results)	September 6, 2012	1.9	6	7.87 [39]	1	1	10
30	Finals (performances)	September 12, 2012	2.9	8	11.05 [40]	1	1	12
31	Finale	September 13, 2012	2.4	7	10.59 [41]	1	1	19

Controversies

False Military Claim

During auditions made for the seventh season, the involvement of a Minnesota National Guard sergeant Tim Poe caused controversy due to a claim that was later discredited by his superiors and a media investigation. Poe, who was attempting to audition for a place in the contest, made a claim that an audible stutter he had was the resultment of an injury sustained while serving with the country's forces in the War in Afghanistan, producing documentation afterwards that backed his claim. However, both the Associated Press and Minnesota National Guard refuted his evidence, citing that his documentation was not verifiable and that he therefore did not receive his condition as a result of being injured in Afghanistan.[42] Although Poe advanced no further, production staff would have had to face the question of disqualifying him from advancing into later stages for submitting a lie that had been broadcast on national television.[43][44]

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