What To Know
- Eleven acts take the stage on night two of the Quarterfinals for Season 21 of America’s Got Talent.
- Mel B. is in charge of this week’s Live Golden Buzzer and will select one performer to automatically make the Finals.
- Three more will move on from America’s vote during Wednesday’s live results show.
The Quarterfinals continue on the August 25 episode of America’s Got Talent. Eleven more acts will take the stage in hopes of moving on in the competition.
Like last week, there is one Live Golden Buzzer in play. After Howie Mandel gave his to Hundred Fingers on August 18, sending them straight to the finals, the power is in Mel B.‘s hands this time around. America will vote for their favorites of the rest of the contestants, and three of those acts will move onto the Semifinals during tomorrow night’s results show.
Because Simon Cowell is away from the show for a few weeks due to a “routine” procedure relating to his back injury, his seat was left empty, leaving Mandel, Mel, and Sofia Vergara to offer commentary from the judges’ table.
Scroll down for a live recap of the night’s performances and to find out who gets the Golden Buzzer.
LaRussell
Kicking off the night was LaRussell with a rap performance, accompanied by his friends from the Bay Area.
“First of all, I love what you guys stand for. I can feel the energy literally bouncing off the stage,” Mel B. said. “I did find it a little bit chaotic. There was a lot going on. But like I said, your energy was right up there. It was. And that’s the part that I enjoyed. I almost wish you had a few more days to rehearse it. I felt like you were a little bit out of breath, but I could feel the excitement.”
The audience boo-ed Mel’s response, but Vergara jumped in to say, “I do think this was a step up from the audition. I love it. I think it’s amazing what they do.” Finally, Mandel added, “I think it was good, I think it was entertaining. I don’t know if it’s at the level Season 21 is looking for. It felt like a musical recital from a high school to me.”
Veronika Goroshkova
The second performance was from aerialist Veronika Goroshkova, who was one of Vergara’s Golden Buzzers during the Auditions. She did another death-defying routine, this time set to Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia.”
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America’s Got Talent, Season 21, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8/7c, NBC