America's Got Talent season 3

America's Got Talent
Season 3
ShowrunnerJason Raff[1]
Hosted byJerry Springer
Judges
WinnerNeal E. Boyd
Runner-up
  • Eli Mattson
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseJune 17 (2008-06-17) –
October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01)
Season chronology
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Judges and Host for America's Got Talent Season 3
Piers Morgan
Sharon Osbourne
David Hasselhoff
Jerry Springer

The third season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from June 17 to October 1, 2008. After the conclusion of the second season, changes to the program included the creation of additional audition episodes in the broadcast schedule, the involvement of quarter-finals in the competition, and doubling the number of participants that advanced from the boot camp stage. Between August 7–26, the show had a planned break to avoid clashing with the network's live coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The third season was won by opera singer Neal E. Boyd,[2] with singer and pianist Eli Mattson finishing in second place, and violinists Nuttin' But Stringz placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged roughly over 10.75 million viewers.

Season overview

Following the previous season, auditions took place in five major cities: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Atlanta. Additional rounds of auditions were made online via Myspace and Facebook. Changes to the schedule of live episodes were due to the 2008 Summer Olympics, since the event received live coverage on NBC. The program was on hiatus between August 7–26, in order to avoid it clashing with the network's schedule of the sporting event.

The third season had a number of additional changes put into place with the program's format, following the second season, two of which brought it along a similar arrangement used for Britain's Got Talent. Editing of filmed auditions for their respective episodes were conducted in a similar manner to the British edition, with footage in each episode consisting of a montage chosen from each major city whose venue featured audition sessions. For example, a collection of auditions (both minor and notable from Dallas), preceded those from another major city following a commercial break. Participants in live rounds were determined by two separate votes, while the public decided the first four to advance, and the judges chose the fifth participant to join them (from those who placed 5th and 6th respectively in the public vote). The remaining changes included an expanded number of participants for the "Las Vegas Callback" stage of auditions, along with cosmetic updates to the program. Alongside a new title card, the judges' table and the red "Xs" were re-styled to match the design of those used in Britain's Got Talent.

Results episodes for this season were arranged on a sporadic schedule alongside live episodes, rather than a pre-ordained arrangement after the last two seasons. Quarter-finals had their results announced on the same day. Semi-finals and the knockout final among the top ten were done the day after the performance episode had been broadcast. The grand-finale's results were aired a week after the performance episode.

Forty of the participants who auditioned for this season secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with ten quarterfinalists performing in each show. About twenty from these rounds advanced and were split between the two semi-finals, with around ten semi-finalists securing a place in the final, and five finalists securing a place in the season's grand-finale. These are the results of each participant's overall performance during the season:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist
  Semi-finalist |   Quarter-finalist
Participant Genre Act Quarter-final Result
Beyond Belief Dance Company Dance Dance Group 2 Eliminated
Bruce Block Magic Magician 3 Eliminated
Bryan Cheatham Singing Singer 4 Eliminated
Dallas Desperados Dancers Dance / Acrobatics Cheerleading Group 4 Eliminated
Daniel Jens Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist 2 Semi-finalist
DC Cowboys Dance Dance Group 1 Eliminated
Derrick Barry Variety Britney Spears Impersonator 1 Eliminated
Donald Braswell II 1 Singing Singer 4 Grand-finalist
Dorae Saunders Variety Tina Turner Impersonator 4 Eliminated
Eli Mattson Singing / Music Singer & Pianist 4 Runner-up
Elite Acrobatics Martial Artist 1 Eliminated
Extreme Dance FX Dance Clogging Group 1 Semi-finalist
Flambeaux Danger Fire Breather 4 Eliminated
George the Giant Danger Sideshow Performer 2 Eliminated
Indiggo Singing Vocal Duo 4 Eliminated
Jessica Price Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist 1 Finalist
Jonathan Arons Music Trombonist 2 Eliminated
Jonathan Burkin Variety Baton Twirler 3 Semi-finalist
Joseph Hall Singing Elvis Impersonator 3 Finalist
Kaitlyn Maher Singing Singer 4 Finalist
Kazual Singing Vocal Group 2 Eliminated
Matthew Piazzi Comedy Impressionist 3 Eliminated
Michael Strelo-Smith Singing Singer 3 Eliminated
Neal E. Boyd Singing Opera Singer 1 Winner
Nuttin' But Stringz Music Violin Duo 4 Third place
Paul Salos Singing Frank Sinatra Impersonator 2 Finalist
Queen Emily Singing Singer 2 Grand-finalist
Ronny B Singing / Dance Singer & Dancer 1 Eliminated
Sarah Lenore Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist 3 Semi-finalist
Shequida Hall Singing Opera Singer 3 Eliminated
Shimshi Magic Magician 1 Eliminated
Sick Step Dance Dance Group 3 Semi-finalist
Slippery Kittens Dance Dance Group 2 Eliminated
Taubl Family Music Orchestra 3 Semi-finalist
The Cadence Music Percussion Group 1 Semi-finalist
The James Gang Singing Vocal Group 1 Semi-finalist
The Tapping Dads Dance Tap Dance Group 4 Semi-finalist
The Texas State Strutters Dance Dance Group 3 Eliminated
The Wright Kids Music Bluegrass Band 2 Finalist
ZOOperstars! Dance Dance Group 2 Semi-finalist
  • ^1 This act was originally eliminated during the bootcamp stage, but was advanced into the contest, via a public vote, after another act was forced to step down for medical reasons.

Quarter-final summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |   Advanced to Semi-finals
  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (August 26)

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
Extreme Dance FX 1 Advanced
The James Gang 2 2 Won Judges' Vote
Derrick Barry 3 Eliminated
Elite 4 2 Lost Judges' Vote
Ronny B 5 Eliminated
The Cadence 6 Advanced
Jessica Price 7 Advanced
Shimshi 8 Eliminated
DC Cowboys 9 Eliminated
Neal E. Boyd 10 Advanced
  • ^2 Because of the majority vote for The James Gang, Hasselhoff's voting intention was not disclosed as a result.

Quarter-final 2 (August 27)

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
Beyond Belief Dance Company 1 Lost Judges' Vote
Paul Salos 2 Advanced
Kazual 3 Eliminated
ZOOperstars! 4 Won Judges' Vote
The Wright Kids 5 Advanced
Jonathan Arons 6 Eliminated
Daniel Jens 7 Advanced
Slippery Kittens 8 Eliminated
George the Giant 9 Eliminated
Queen Emily 10 Advanced

Quarter-final 3 (September 2)

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
The Texas State Strutters 1 Eliminated
Michael Strelo-Smith 2 Lost Judges' Vote
Bruce Block 3 Eliminated
Shequida Hall 4 Eliminated
Taubl Family 5 Advanced
Jonathan Burkin 6 Advanced
Sarah Lenore 7 Advanced
SickStep 8 Won Judges' Vote
Matthew Piazzi 9 Eliminated
Joseph Hall 10 Advanced

Quarter-final 4 (September 3)

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
Dallas Desperados Dancers 1 Eliminated
Bryan Cheatham 2 / Lost Judges' Vote
Flambeaux 3 Eliminated
Kaitlyn Maher 4 Advanced
Dorae Saunders 5 Eliminated
Donald Braswell II 6 Advanced
Indiggo 7 Eliminated
The Tapping Dads 8 Won Judges' Vote
Eli Mattson 9 Advanced
Nuttin' But Stringz 10 Advanced

Semi-final summary

Buzzed Out | Judges' choice |   Advanced to Finals
  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (September 9)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
(September 11)
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
The Cadence 1 Eliminated
Queen Emily 2 Advanced
The Wright Kids 3 Advanced
The James Gang 4 Eliminated
Daniel Jens 5 Lost Judges' Vote
ZOOperstars! 6 Eliminated
Neal E. Boyd 7 Advanced
Jessica Price 8 / Won Judges' Vote
Extreme Dance FX 9 Eliminated
Paul Salos 10 Advanced

Semi-final 2 (September 10)

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' Vote Result
(September 11)
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
SickStep 1 Eliminated
Donald Braswell II 2 Advanced
Joseph Hall 3 Won Judges' Vote
Taubl Family 4 Eliminated
Sarah Lenore 5 Eliminated
Nuttin' But Stringz 6 Advanced
Kaitlyn Maher 7 Advanced
The Tapping Dads 8 Eliminated
Eli Mattson 9 Advanced
Jonathan Burkin 10 Lost Judges' Vote

Finals summary

  Winner (Top 5 Final Only) |   Runner-up (Top 5 Final Only) |   3rd place (Top 5 Final Only)
  Advanced (Top 10 Finals only) |   Eliminated | Buzzed Out (Top 10 Finals only)

Final - Top 10 (September 17)

Top 10 Finalist Order Buzzes Result
(September 18)
Hasselhoff Osbourne Morgan
Paul Salos 1 Eliminated
Kaitlyn Maher 2 Eliminated
Donald Braswell II 3 Advanced
Jessica Price 4 Eliminated
Joseph Hall 5 Eliminated
Neal E. Boyd 6 Advanced
The Wright Kids 7 Eliminated
Queen Emily 8 Advanced
Nuttin' But Stringz 9 Advanced
Eli Mattson 10 Advanced

Grand-finale (September 24)

Grand-finalist Order Result
(October 1)
Nuttin' But Stringz 1 3rd
Donald Braswell II 2 4th
Neal E. Boyd 3 1st
Eli Mattson 4 2nd
Queen Emily 5 5th

Ratings

Show Rating Rating/Share
(18-49) 		Viewers
(millions)
1 7.8 3.8/10[3] 12.80
2 7 3.1/9 11.51
3 7.5 3.2/10 11.98
4 7.6 3.3/9 12.40
5 7.8 3.1/9 12.53
6 7.8 3.3/10 N/A
7 7.9 3.6/10 13.61
8 7.8 3.5/10 12.42
9 N/A 2.7/8 8.57
10 N/A 3.1/9 10.96
11 N/A 2.7/8 10.13
12 N/A 6.5/10 10.58
13 N/A 2.7/7 10.15
14 7.1 2.6/10 11.60
15 N/A 2.5/8 11.49
16 N/A 2.3/8 9.64
17 N/A 3.1/9 12.05
18 N/A 2.3/7 9.83
19 6.6 2.7/7 10.23
20 7.7 3.3/8 12.55

References

  1. ^ Hailu, Selome (October 28, 2024). "'America's Got Talent': Jason Raff Out as Showrunner After 19 Seasons Due to Budget Cuts". Variety. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "Who Won America's Got Talent — and Where Are They Now?". NBC Insider Official Site. September 15, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tuesday 6/17/08". June 18, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.

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