America's Got Talent: The Champions season 2

America's Got Talent: The Champions
Season 2
ShowrunnerJason Raff[1]
Hosted byTerry Crews
Judges
WinnerV.Unbeatable
Runner-upDuo Transcend
No. of episodes7
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseJanuary 6 (2020-01-06) –
February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)
Season chronology
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Season 1

The second season of America's Got Talent: The Champions featured around 40 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – quarter-finalists (where applicable), semi-finalists and finalists – and other notable acts. This season had the same host and judges, except Mel B was replaced by Alesha Dixon.

Judges and Presenter for America's Got Talent: The Champions Season 1
Simon Cowell
Heidi Klum
Alesha Dixon
Howie Mandel
Terry Crews

Overview

The contest's preliminaries featuring around 10 participants. While those receiving a golden buzzer in each preliminary would secure an automatic place in the grand-final, remaining places would be competed for in two semi-finals, each consisting of the two highest voted in each preliminary, along with a third in each voted for by the judges from amongst those placing 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively in the audience vote.[2] The following table lists each participant that took part, and their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, season, and performance, within chronological order from first to more recent appearance:

Got Talent History Key AGT — America's Got Talent AIT — L'Afrique a un Incroyable Talent AuGT — Australia's Got Talent BGTC — Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
BGT — Britain's Got Talent DS — Das Supertalent FIT — La France a un incroyable talent GTE — Got Talent España
HGT — Holland's Got Talent IGT — Italia's Got Talent MS — Minuta slavy MGT — Myanmar's Got Talent
MT — Mam talent! NT — Norske Talenter PGT — Pilipinas Got Talent RT — Românii au talent
  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-Finalist
  Eliminated | Golden Buzzer Finalist
Participant Act Got Talent history Preliminary Results
Alexa Lauenburger Dog Tricks Act DS: S11 – Winner ; BGTC: S1 – Finalist 3 Finalist
Angelina Jordan Singer NT: S6 – Winner 1 Finalist
Bars and Melody Rapper & Singer BGT: S8 – 3rd Place  ; BGTC: S1 – Finalist 4 Eliminated
Ben Blaque Crossbow performer AGT: S7 – Quarter-Finalist ; BGT: S10 – Semi-Finalist 2 Eliminated
Ben Hart Magician BGT: S13 – 3rd Place ; BGTC: S1 – Participant 3 Eliminated
Boogie Storm Dance Group BGT: S10 – Third Place ; BGTC: S1 – Participant 2 Finalist
Brian King Joseph Violinist AGT: S13 – Third Place 4 Eliminated
Christian Stoinev & Percy Hand Balancer & Dog Tricks Act AGT: S2 – Participant, S9 – Top 12 Finalist; DS: S13 – Winner 4 Eliminated
Collabro Musical Theatre Group BGT: S8 – Winner ; BGTC: S1 – Participant 2 Eliminated
Connie Talbot Singer BGT: S1 – Finalist ; BGTC: S1 – Participant 4 Eliminated
Dan Naturman Stand-up Comedian AGT: S9 – Semi-finalist 1 Eliminated
Dania Diaz Magician GTE: S3 – Finalist 1 Semi-finalist
Duo Destiny Acrobatic Duo MT: S11 – Winner 3 Semi-finalist
Duo Transcend Trapeze Duo AGT: S13 – Finalist 1 Runner-up
Eddie Williams Singer AuGT: S9 – Semi-Finalist 1 Eliminated
Emil Rengle Dancer RT: S8 – Winner 4 Eliminated
Freckled Sky Video Projection Dance Duo AGT: S10 – Quarter-finalist 3 Eliminated
Hans Singer, Accordionist & Dancer AGT: S13 – Quarter-finalist 1 Finalist
Jack Vidgen Singer AuGT: S5 – Winner 1 Eliminated
JJ Pantano Comedian AuGT: S9 – Semi-Finalist 4 Semi-finalist
Junior Creative Dance Shadow Dance Group MGT: S5 – Winner 1 Eliminated
Luke Islam Singer AGT: S14 – Semi-finalist 2 Eliminated
Marc Spelmann Magician & Mentalist BGT: S12 – Semi-finalist, S13 (as X) – Runner-up 2 Semi-finalist
Marcelito Pomoy Falsetto Singer PGT: S2 – Winner 2 Grand-finalist
Michael Grimm Singer AGT: S5 – Winner 3 Eliminated
Mike Yung Singer AGT: S12 – Semi-finalist 1 Eliminated
Miki Dark Magician HGT: S10 – Semi-finalist ; FIT: S14 – Participant 3 Eliminated
Moses Concas Harmonica Player IGT: S7 – Winner 3 Eliminated
Oz Pearlman Mentalist AGT: S10 – Third Place 2 Eliminated
Paddy and Nico Salsa Dancer BGT: S8 – Finalist ; FIT: S11 – Semi-finalist ; BGTC: S1 – Finalist 1 Eliminated
Puddles Pity Party Singing Clown AGT: S12 – Quarter-finalist 2 Eliminated
Quick Style Dance Group NT: S2 – Winner 3 Eliminated
Ryan Niemiller Stand-up Comedian AGT: S14 – Third Place 2 Semi-finalist
Sandou Trio Russian Bar Acrobats AGT: S6 – Semi-finalist 4 Grand-finalist
Silhouettes Silhouette Dance Group AGT: S6 – Runner-up 4 Finalist
Spencer Horsman Escape Artist AGT: S7 – Quarter-finalist; FIT: S9 – Semi-finalist 2 Eliminated
Strauss Serpent Contortionist AIT: S2 – Winner; FIT: S13 – Finalist 4 Semi-finalist
Tyler Butler-Figueroa Violinist AGT: S14 – Finalist 3 Third place
V.Unbeatable Acrobatic Dance Group AGT: S14 – Grand-finalist 3 Winner
Voices of Service Vocal Group AGT: S14 – Grand-finalist 4 Eliminated

Preliminaries Summary

  Golden Buzzer Advancement |   Semi-final Advancement – Superfan Vote |   Semi-final Advancement – Judges' Vote
  Eliminated – Judges Vote |   Eliminated | Buzzed out | Judges' choice

Preliminary 1 (January 6)

Participant Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Cowell Klum Dixon Mandel
Paddy and Nico 1 Eliminated
Mike Yung 2 Eliminated
Junior Creative Dance 3 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Hans 4 Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Jack Vidgen 5 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Duo Transcend 6 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Dan Naturman 7 Eliminated
Angelina Jordan 8 Grand-Final Advancement
Eddie Williams 9 Eliminated
Dania Diaz 10 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)

Preliminary 2 (January 13)

Participant Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Cowell Klum Dixon Mandel
Marcelito Pomoy 1 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Oz Pearlman 2 Eliminated
Boogie Storm 3 Grand-Final Advancement
Ben Blaque 1 4 Eliminated
Collabro 5 Eliminated
Ryan Niemiller 6 2 Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Puddles Pity Party 7 Eliminated
Marc Spelmann/X 3 8 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Luke Islam 9 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Spencer Horsman 4 10 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
  • ^1 Ben Blaque's performance was terminated mid-way into his routine, due to an overwhelming concern from the judges it was too life-threatening to continue.
  • ^2 Mandel did not cast his vote, due to the majority support for Ryan Niemiller from the other judges, but noted his vote would have made it unanimous.
  • ^3 Shin Lim, a noted participant in the Got Talent franchise, made a special appearance as part of Marc Spelmann's performance.
  • ^4 For health and safety reasons, Spencer Horsman's performance had to be conducted outside the venue and with paramedics on standby; both the audience and judges were in attendance for this.

Preliminary 3 (January 20)

Participant[3] Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Cowell Klum Dixon Mandel
Alexa Lauenburger 1 5 Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Tyler Butler-Figueroa 2 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Ben Hart 3 Eliminated
Freckled Sky 4 Eliminated
Moses Concas 5 Eliminated
V. Unbeatable 6 Grand-Final Advancement
Michael Grimm 7 5 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Duo Destiny 8 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Quick Style 9 5 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Miki Dark 10 Eliminated
  • ^5 Due to the majority vote for Alexa Lauenburger, Klum's voting intention was not disclosed.

Preliminary 4 (January 27)

Participant Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Cowell Klum Dixon Mandel
Christian Stoinev & Percy 1 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Voices of Service 2 Eliminated
JJ Pantano 3 Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Emil Rengle 4 Eliminated
Silhouettes 5 Grand-Final Advancement
Brian King Joseph 6 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Connie Talbot 7 Eliminated
Sandou Trio Russian Bar 8 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Bars and Melody 9 Eliminated
Strauss Serpent 10 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)

Semi-finals (February 3)

  Grand-finalist Advancement – Superfan Vote |   Grand-finalist Advancement – Judges' Vote
  Eliminated – Judges Vote |   Eliminated | Buzzed out | Judges' choice
Participant Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Cowell Klum Dixon Mandel
JJ Pantano 1 Eliminated
Tyler Butler-Figueroa 2 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Marc Spelmann/X 3 Eliminated
Duo Destiny 4 6 Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Hans 5 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Dania Diaz 6 Eliminated
Duo Transcend 7 6 Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Strauss Serpent 8 Eliminated
Ryan Niemiller 9 Eliminated
Alexa Lauenburger 10 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Sandou Trio Russian Bar 11 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Marcelito Pomoy 12 Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
  • ^6 Due to the majority vote for Duo Transcend, Mandel's voting intention was not disclosed.

Finals (February 10)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place

Guest Performers: KISS, Kseniya Simonova, Lindsey Stirling, Shin Lim, Colin Cloud, Kodi Lee, Travis Barker

Finalist Order Act Result (February 17)
Alexa Lauenburger 1 Dog Tricks Act Top 10 Finalist
Duo Transcend 2 Trapeze Duo 2nd
Angelina Jordan 3 Singer Top 10 Finalist
Boogie Storm 4 Dance Group Top 10 Finalist
Silhouettes 5 Silhouette Dance Group Top 10 Finalist
Hans 6 Singer, Accordionist & Dancer Top 10 Finalist
Tyler Butler-Figueroa 7 Violinist 3rd
V.Unbeatable 8 Acrobatic Dance Group 1st
Marcelito Pomoy 9 Falsetto Singer 4th
Sandou Trio Russian Bar 10 Acrobats 5th

Ratings

Episode Title First air date Rating
(18–49) 		Share
(18–49) 		Viewers
(millions) 		Nightly
Rank
1 The Champions One January 6, 2020 1.3 6 8.06[4] 2
2 The Champions Two January 13, 2020 1.0 4 6.52[5] 2
3 The Champions Three January 20, 2020 1.1 5 7.05[6] 2
4 The Champions Four January 27, 2020 1.1 5 7.35[7] 2
5 The Champions Semifinals February 3, 2020 1.1 5 6.73[8] 3
6 The Champions Finals February 10, 2020 1.0 5 7.16[9] 2
7 The Champions Results Finale February 17, 2020 1.2 5 7.16[10] 3

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