Week after week, new hopefuls arrive at the America has talent stage and impress the judges while winning over the audience, and during the fifth week of auditions for season 19 on Tuesday, the numbers were as mesmerizing as ever.
This week’s lineup of performers included a young interpretive gymnastics dancer, an inspiring singer-songwriter, a trapeze artist couple, and many more.
Host Terry’s Teams topped the mind-boggling list of auditions, which were overseen by longtime judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara It is Simon Cowell. After a night of impressive performances, the episode reached its climax when 9-year-old singer Pranysqa Mishra took to the stage and revealed that her favorite singers are Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Tina Turner.
So when she began belting out Turner’s iconic “River Deep — Mountain High,” the song choice didn’t come as a huge surprise — but her voice certainly did. The talented young singer brought a quality beyond her years to the epic tune, leaving everyone in the audience stunned.
Cowell was speechless, and before any of the judges could give any feedback, Klum made a big decision.
“We expect a lot of things, but I didn’t expect this,” Klum said. “And you know what I’m going to do now? Because I honestly don’t want to hear what Howie, Simon or Sofia have to say. I want you to call your grandma and tell her that Heidi Klum hit the Golden Buzzer for you.”
Klum then pressed the Golden Buzzer, bringing Mishra to tears and automatically sending her through to the live rounds of season 19.
Check out some of the biggest and most epic performances of the night:
The TT brothers
Oscar Stembridge
Sebastian and Sonia
Junior Shadow Artists Attraction
Boss Baby Brody
Erica Rhodes
New Menudo
Young Min
ET spoke to the judges at the AGT red carpet ahead of the season 19 audition rounds, and they opened up about why giving each of them a second Golden Buzzer is a real game changer.
“Talent is subjective. When you put a singer next to a dancer, next to a dangerous act, next to a magician — they each need their own buzzer!” Crews shared. “I just think it’s perfect! And I’ve said this before, AGT is constantly evolving… (and) is improving each time a new evolution emerges.”
Cowell — who created AGT and also serves as an executive producer on the series — came up with the idea for the second Golden Buzzer and explained to ET that the idea came to him when he considered “the amount of time and effort that these people put into this act and where it can go.”
“People come from all over the world, as well as American artists, and you see[amazing]things,” Cowell said of the magic of the show. “The 70 times I just said, ‘How did you come up with that idea?!’ That’s what I love about the show, you know? It just keeps surprising you.”
America has talent airs Tuesdays at 8pm ET/PT on NBC.
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