{"id":235819,"date":"2025-09-18T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235819\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:25:10","slug":"leo-high-schools-choir-advances-to-americas-got-talent-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235819\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo High School\u2019s choir advances to \u2018America\u2019s Got Talent\u2019 finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victory is within reach for Leo High School\u2019s choir.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/07\/28\/leo-high-school-choir-americas-got-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Side Catholic school for boys<\/a> is moving on to the \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d finale after competing against 10 other acts in the live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/08\/28\/leo-high-school-semifinal-americas-got-talent-chicago-choir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">semifinals<\/a> of the NBC reality talent show Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>They were one of six acts that garnered enough public votes to advance in a live results show and were announced as finalists in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOuXSqej4Rt\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post from \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d to Instagram on Wednesday night.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For their semifinals performance, the choir sang Fall Out Boy\u2019s \u201cCenturies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys literally tear at my heartstrings because I can see how much this means to you. \u2026 That was brilliant. Brilliant,\u201d judge and former Spice Girls singer Mel B told the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you guys make being in a choir the most cool thing in the world. I mean, I forget you\u2019re a choir,\u201d fellow judge and former \u201cModern Family\u201d star Sofia Vergara said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this act might be the act,\u201d judge Simon Cowell said, \u201cthat has progressed the most, I would say. \u2026 I just really, really, really, really like you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winning \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d comes with a $1 million grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>The choir had a certain amount of notoriety locally before appearing on \u201cAGT\u201d \u2014 from taking the stage at the Democratic National Convention last summer, to performing at Millennium Park\u2019s Holiday Sing-Along this past December, to singing for the city of Chicago during Black History Month \u2014 but the \u201cAGT\u201d platform is its biggest yet.<\/p>\n<p>The young men caught the attention of the show\u2019s scouts after an Instagram video of their singing was posted by CBS Chicago in early 2024. The rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>Leo High School will return to the \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d stage next week for a culminating performance.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: September 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM CDT<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victory is within reach for Leo High School\u2019s choir. 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