America's Got Talent
Season synopses
Although both acts were runner-ups, neither were defined in terms of 2nd and 3rd place during the broadcast of the final's result for this season.

America's Got Talent

Section Title: Season synopses
Table Section Text: Although both acts were runner-ups, neither were defined in terms of 2nd and 3rd place during the broadcast of the final's result for this season.

Season	Premiere	Finale	Winner	Runner-up	Third place

1	June 21, 2006	August 17, 2006	Bianca Ryan	All That / The Millers	N/A

2	June 5, 2007	August 21, 2007	Terry Fator	Cas Haley	Butterscotch

3	June 17, 2008	October 1, 2008	Neal E. Boyd	Eli Mattson	Nuttin' But Stringz

4	June 23, 2009	September 16, 2009	Kevin Skinner	Bárbara Padilla	Recycled Percussion

5	June 1, 2010	September 15, 2010	Michael Grimm	Jackie Evancho	Fighting Gravity

6	May 31, 2011	September 14, 2011	Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.	Silhouettes	Team iLuminate

7	May 14, 2012	September 13, 2012	Olate Dogs	Tom Cotter	William Close

8	June 4, 2013	September 18, 2013	Kenichi Ebina	Taylor Williamson	Jimmy Rose

9	May 27, 2014	September 17, 2014	Mat Franco	Emily West	AcroArmy

10	May 26, 2015	September 16, 2015	Paul Zerdin	Drew Lynch	Oz Pearlman

11	May 31, 2016	September 14, 2016	Grace VanderWaal	The Clairvoyants	Jon Dorenbos

12	May 30, 2017	September 20, 2017	Darci Lynne Farmer	Angelica Hale	Light Balance

13	May 29, 2018	September 19, 2018	Shin Lim	Zurcaroh	Brian King Joseph

14	May 28, 2019	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Sentence(s)

The 7th season was won by Olate Dogs, Tom Cotter came second, and William Close was third.
This season was won by Olate Dogs, Tom Cotter was in second and William Close placed in third.
In America's Got Talent, season 7 was won by Olate Dogs, with Tom Cotter coming in second, and William Close placing third.

final_sentence: The 7th season was won by Olate Dogs, Tom Cotter came second, and William Close was third.
final_sentence: This season was won by Olate Dogs, Tom Cotter was in second and William Close placed in third.
final_sentence: In America's Got Talent, season 7 was won by Olate Dogs, with Tom Cotter coming in second, and William Close placing third.