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“America’s Got Talent” began on Tuesday, Sept. 17 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) with performances from all of the show’s Top 10 finalists, including Benicio Bryant, Detroit Youth Choir, Emanne Beasha, Kodi Lee, Light Balance Kids, Ndlovu Youth Choir, Ryan Niemiller, Tyler Butler-Figueroa, V. Unbeatable and Voices of Service.
The Top 10 each took the stage for their final performance of the season on Tuesday as they attempted to capture votes and win the $1 million grand prize.
The winner will also headline the “America’s Got Talent Live” stage show Nov. 7-10 at the Paris Theater at Paris Las Vegas.
The two-night season finale concluded Wednesday, Sept. 18 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT) with star-studded performances and a special surprise guest, including: Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actress, singer and entertainment icon Cher; worldwide entertainment icon and singer/songwriter Billy Ray Cyrus; Grammy Award-winning rapper and songwriter Macklemore; three-time Grammy Award nominee and chart-topping singer, songwriter, actress and activist Leona Lewis; Latin urban singer and songwriter Ozuna; global superstar, producer and DJ Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll aka Kygo; world renown pianist Lang Lang; and Chris Jericho, AEW champion and lead singer of the rock band Fozzy.
In addition, “America’s Got Talent” judge Julianne Hough took the stage to perform the World Premiere of her new original song. Violinist and season 13 finalist Brian King Joseph returned to the “America’s Got Talent” stage and Lilly Singh, host of “A Little Late With Lilly Singh” made a special appearance.
“America’s Got Talent” continues to dominate the summer television landscape as the #1 most-watched entertainment program every week this summer, averaging 12 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” results from Nielsen Media Research. It has remained the #1 most-watched summer alternative series for each of its 14 seasons.
TVMusic Network was on hand backstage after the performance show and spoke with Paula Abdul. Abdul surprised Simon Cowell as the special performer with Light Balance Kids.
Click below to see what she had to say about the finale, performing with Light Balance Kids, surprising Simon, and her new Las Vegas residency.
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