On Tuesday’s America’s Got Talent Quarterfinals 3, Kenan Thompson sat in for an absent Simon Cowell, assuming the duty of handing out the third Live Golden Buzzer of the round. Kenan chose to follow in Simon’s footsteps by awarding it to 14-year-old singer Lai Noelle, just like Simon did during the audition phase. The move sends Lai straight through to the Season 21 finals. Now the remaining 10 performers await the results of the overnight vote to determine which three acts will advance to the semifinals.
They are: mashup act Acro Canine Crew, comedian Daniel Alvarez, singer Elsie, poet Guy Kelton Jones I, French acrobat Herwan Legaillard, aerial duo Holland & Sienna, singer Isaac Atkins, Canadian magician Kameron Marshall, German contortionist Maria, and musician Pynk Beard.
AGT host Terry Crews once again joined Howie Mandel, Mel B, and Sofía Vergara at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Simon Cowell was still out of commission due to his back surgery.
Kenan Thompson and Lai Noelle in ‘America’s Got Talent’
How’d it all play out on Wednesday night? Read on for our results recap of America’s Got Talent Quarterfinals 3, which aired Sep. 2 on NBC.
The AGT Live footage was handled this week by former contestant Sofie Dossi and fellow YouTuber Sam Golbach. During the run through of footage from performance night, contortionist Maria shares a touching moment with Sofie where she says that Sofie’s content helped get her through her surgeries and recovery.
On the topic of having received Kenan’s Golden Buzzer, Lai says that she was stunned and that she’s “so excited” to appear in the season finale.
Terry informs the audience that Simon will once again be absent for Quarterfinals 4 while he continues to recover, but in his place will be the return of beloved judge Heidi Klum.
After hearing from this week’s performers about the things that ultimately pushed them into pursuing their dreams, British musicians Absolutely and Amma mash up their individual songs with series alums Detroit Youth Choir coming in to add their own vocal flare.
More to come…