The Leo High School boys’ choir captured the hearts of Chicago, and now they’re capturing the hearts of America too.<\/p>\n
The choir has been making Chicago proud with their run on “America’s Got Talent,” and this week,<\/a> voters advanced them to the semifinals.<\/p>\n On Thursday, they touched down at Midway International Airport for some time at home before they have to return to Los Angeles for their next big performance on the show.<\/p>\n Their eyes are very much on the prize. But the fact that they’re going to the semifinals was still sinking in for the South Side choir as they arrived home.<\/p>\n “Honestly, it feels surreal,” said Leo senior Steven Jackson. “I honestly feel like a celebrity now.”<\/p>\n The young men gave it their all this week on the national stage \u2014 even doing backflips.<\/p>\n “In choir, people just think we’re supposed to sing, and just move and do some of the movements, but we had to bring that boom on that big stage,” said Leo junior Blake Moore.<\/p>\n So whose idea was it to do the backflips?<\/p>\n “We just thought of it in the moment,” said Leo senior Derrick Davis. “It was me and his idea. We were like, yeah, we’re going to do these flips and be different.”<\/p>\n