AGT<\/a>‘s in-house social media influencer Trisha Paytas recalls a moment from behind the scenes last night when Mel and Howie were wrestling on the floor. Simon scolds her for “talking really fast,” but then compliments her for being “really good” at her job. Simon confirms that the “best act” got the Golden Buzzer, agreeing with Howie’s choice to anoint Hundred Fingers with the special honor.<\/p>\nTHE TOP 5<\/p>\n
It’s time for the results! To begin, Terry will bring out two acts at a time and reveal which one is in the Top 5 and which one is eliminated, based on America’s votes.<\/p>\n
Olivia Befus vs. James & Marina: Olivia and her puppies make it through, while the mentalist duo is cut (did they see this coming?).<\/p>\n
CommUNITY ATL vs. Luke Taleno: The inspirational choir is ousted, while Luke learns he has rapped his way into the Top 5.<\/p>\n
Royal Lasers vs. Ashford Sanders: The light-up dance trio are one step closer to winning, while Ashford is kicked to the curb.<\/p>\n
Brook Lynn vs. Cris Sosa: The female singer is heading back home to The Netherlands, while the comedian will continue making AGT fans laugh.<\/p>\n
Jesse White Tumbling Team vs. Sando: The all-ages tumbling team is still in the competition, while Sando is forced to return to TikTok.<\/p>\n
To recap, that means the Top 5 acts are Olivia Befus, Luke Taleno, Royal Lasers, Cris Sosa, and Jesse White Tumbling Team. However, only three of these will advance to the semifinals, as two more acts will be cut after the commercial break.<\/p>\n
THE TOP 3<\/p>\n
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Olivia Befus in ‘America’s Got Talent’Trae Patton\/NBC<\/p>\n
The first act going into the semifinals is … Olivia Befus! “That means the absolute world to me,” the young dog trainer declares.<\/p>\n
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The second act advancing is … Royal Lasers! “We worked so hard to put that act together … in the semifinals, we won’t disappoint,” say the light-up dancers.<\/p>\n
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The third successful act is … Luke Taleno! “All glory goes to god,” the rapper proclaims while holding back tears.<\/p>\n
It’s the end of the road for the following seven acts: CommUNITY ATL, James & Marina, Ashford Sanders, Sando, Brook Lynn, Jesse White Tumbling Team, and Cris Sosa. See who’s performing next week in Quarterfinals 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first live results show of America’s Got Talent Season 21 has finally arrived! Do you have your…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1011820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[68397,4001,171,1030,6337,173,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1011819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-agt","tag-americas-got-talent","tag-entertainment","tag-nbc","tag-reality-tv","tag-tv","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117125144800991319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Terry Crews, Howie Mandel, and Hundred Fingers on ‘America’s Got Talent’Trae Patton\/NBC<\/p>\n