America 's Got Talent ( Season 12 ) - wikipedia America 's Got Talent ( Season 12 ) America 's Got Talent Season 12 Broadcast from May 30 -- September 20, 2017 Judges Howie Mandel Mel B Heidi Klum Simon Cowell Host ( s ) Tyra Banks Broadcaster NBC Winner Darci Lynne Farmer Origin Oklahoma City Genre ( s ) Ventriloquism Runner - up Angelica Hale Chronology ◀ 2017 Season twelve of the reality competition series America 's Got Talent was ordered on August 2, 2016 and premiered on NBC on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell returned as judges for their respective eighth, fifth, fifth and second seasons. Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks replaced Nick Cannon, who hosted the show for eight seasons, making her the first female host of the show. The live shows returned to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles beginning August 15, 2017. The format of the show was the same as in season eleven, and Dunkin Donuts sponsors the show for a third consecutive season. A guest judge joined the panel for each episode of the Judge Cuts round : Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox and Seal. Darci Lynne Farmer was named the winner on the season finale, September 20, 2017. She was the third ventriloquist, third child and third female to win a season of America 's Got Talent. 10 - year - old Singer Angelica Hale placed second, and glow light dance troupe Light Balance came in third. Farmer won the show 's prize of $1 million and a headlining performance in Las Vegas. Contents 1 Season changes 2 Preliminary auditions 2.1 Golden buzzer 2.2 Death of Brandon Rogers 3 Judge Cuts 3.1 Round 1 3.2 Round 2 3.3 Round 3 3.4 Round 4 4 Quarterfinals 4.1 Week 1 ( August 15 -- 16 ) 4.2 Week 2 ( August 22 -- 23 ) 4.3 Week 3 ( August 29 -- 30 ) 5 Semifinals 5.1 Week 1 ( September 5 -- 6 ) 5.2 Week 2 ( September 12 -- 13 ) 6 Finals 6.1 Finale 7 Top 36 acts 8 Ratings 8.1 U.S. Nielsen ratings 8.2 Specials 9 Contestants who appeared on other seasons or shows 10 References 11 External links Season changes Season 12 judging panel and host Howie Mandel Mel B Heidi Klum Simon Cowell Tyra Banks On October 4, 2016, Simon Cowell signed a contract to remain as a judge through 2019. Long - time host Nick Cannon announced, on February 13, 2017, that he would not return as host for the twelfth season, soon after he made disparaging remarks about NBC in his 2017 Showtime comedy special, Stand Up, Do n't Shoot. Cannon was still under contract to host, and NBC executives did not initially accept his resignation, but they ultimately searched for a new host. On March 12, 2017, NBC announced supermodel and host Tyra Banks as the host for Season 12. Preliminary auditions The season had preliminary open call auditions in Chicago, Austin, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, San Diego, New York City, Charleston, Memphis, and Los Angeles. As in years past, prospective contestants could also submit online auditions. Judges ' auditions were taped in March at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The premiere aired May 30, 2017. Golden buzzer The Golden Buzzer returned for its fourth consecutive season. Any act that received a golden buzzer during the preliminary auditions was sent directly to the live shows and did not compete in the Judge Cuts round. In the first episode of preliminary auditions, Mel B pressed the golden buzzer for 12 - year - old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer. In subsequent episodes, Simon Cowell pressed it for 29 - year - old deaf singer Mandy Harvey, Howie Mandel chose 16 - year - old former blind singer Christian Guardino, Tyra Banks pressed it for Light Balance dance crew, and Heidi Klum chose 13 - year - old singer Angelina Green. Each Judge Cuts act that received a golden buzzer advanced to the live shows without any voting by the judges. During those Judge Cuts round, guest judges Chris Hardwick pressed his golden buzzer for 9 - year old singer Angelica Hale, DJ Khaled pressed it for 21 - year old singer - songwriter and guitarist Chase Goehring, Laverne Cox pressed it for 9 - year old singer Celine Tam, and Seal pressed it for soul singer Johnny Manuel. Death of Brandon Rogers On June 11, 2017, contestant Brandon Rogers died in an automobile accident. Rogers was an American physician who specialized in family medicine. Earlier in 2017, after seeing YouTube videos of Rogers singing, Boyz II Men invited him to sing with them as a guest in three of their Las Vegas shows. His AGT audition aired on July 11, 2017 in his memory, and he advanced to the next round. He competed in the Judge Cuts round, but his performance in that round was not televised. Judge Cuts The Judge Cuts round began on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Like the previous season, one guest judge joined the judges ' panel each show and was given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the live shows. Twenty acts were shown each week and seven advanced, including the guest judge 's golden buzzer choice. Guest judges were not given a red buzzer to use. Any act that received all four red buzzers was immediately eliminated from the competition. The four guest judges were Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox, and Seal. After the Judge Cuts, three wildcards were chosen from eliminated acts to perform in the live shows : Final Draft, Bello Nock and Oskar and Gaspar ( who did not perform in the Judge Cuts round ). All three of these acts were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. Key Buzzed Golden buzzer Advanced Quarterfinal Wildcard Eliminated Eliminated Immediately Advanced Immediately Round 1 Guest judge : Chris Hardwick Date : July 18, 2017 Act Order Performance type Buzzes Result Cowell Klum Hardwick Brown Mandel Sara and Hero Dog Act Advanced The Baker Family Bluegrass Band Eliminated Mariachi Nuevo Santander Mariachi Group Eliminated The Masqueraders Vocal Group Advanced Eric Jennifer 5 Comedian Eliminated Harrison Greenbaum 6 Comedian Eliminated Dancing Pumpkin Man 7 Dancer Eliminated Tom London 8 Close - Up Magician Eliminated Eric Jones 9 Close - Up Magician Advanced Angelica Hale 10 Singer Advanced Immediately Danylo and Oskar 11 Acrobat Duo Eliminated Lera and Nika Tomanova 12 Aerial Duo Eliminated Yosein Chi 13 Hand Balancer Eliminated Darcy Callus 14 Singer And Keyboardist Eliminated Carlos De Antonis 15 Opera Singer Eliminated Canion Shijirbat 16 Multimedia Dancer Eliminated Just Jerk 17 Hip - Hop Dance Group Advanced Maw Kitty 18 Singer Eliminated The Singing Trump 19 Singing Trump Impersonator Advanced Demian Aditya 20 Escape Artist Advanced Round 2 Guest judge : DJ Khaled Date : July 25, 2017 As of 2017, this is the only Judge Cuts episode in the show 's history in which an act with at least one `` X '' buzzer was nevertheless promoted to the live shows. This was also the only Judge Cuts episode of the season in which an act received 4 red buzzers. Act Order Performance type Buzzes Result Cowell Klum Khaled Brown Mandel Sammulous Cabaret Singer Eliminated Steven Scott Comedian Eliminated The Quiddlers Novelty Puppet Group Eliminated Str8jacket Dance Group Eliminated Solto & T Dot 5 Dance Duo Eliminated Junior and Emily 6 Salsa Dance Duo Advanced Jokgu and Aichan 7 Piano - Playing Chickens Eliminated Immediately Dakota Striplin 8 Singer and Guitarist Eliminated Chase Goehring 9 Singer and Guitarist Advanced Immediately Azeri Brothers 10 Danger Act Eliminated The Godfathers 11 Acrobat Group Eliminated Tulga 12 Strongman Eliminated Mirror Image 13 Vocal / Dance Duo Advanced Evie Clair 14 Singer Advanced Kyle Eschen 15 Magician Eliminated Xavier Mortimer 16 Digital Magician Eliminated Colin Cloud 17 Mentalist Advanced Pelican212 18 Family Band Eliminated Puddles Pity Party 19 Singing Clown Advanced Yoli Mayor 20 Singer Advanced Round 3 Guest judge : Laverne Cox Date : August 1, 2017 This was the first Judge Cuts episode in which no acts received a red buzzer from any of the judges. Act Order Performance type Buzzes Result Cowell Klum Cox Brown Mandel Oscar Hernandez Dancer Advanced Tony and Jordan Digital Magicians Eliminated The Naked Magicians Magicians Eliminated Jeki Yoo Magician Eliminated Herbie Russ 5 Singer And Saxophonist Eliminated Mike Yung 6 Singer Advanced 5 Alive 7 Boy Band Eliminated Final Draft 8 R&B Vocal Group Quarterfinal Wild Card Brobots & Mandroidz 9 Hip - Hop Dance Group Advanced Marisa McKaye 10 Singer Eliminated Celine Tam 11 Singer Advanced Immediately Aileen George 12 Pole Dancer Eliminated Shemika Charles 13 Limbo Dancer Eliminated Jay Jay Phillips 14 Comedic Keyboardist Eliminated Diavolo 15 Acrobatic Dance Group Advanced Jonathan Rinny 16 Balancing Acrobat Eliminated Bello Nock 17 Comedic Daredevil Quarterfinal Wild Card Daniel Ferguson 18 Singing Impressionist Eliminated Preacher Lawson 19 Comedian Advanced Billy & Emily England 20 Extreme Rollerskating Duo Advanced Round 4 Guest judge : Seal Date : August 8, 2017 Act Order Performance type Buzzes Result Cowell Klum Seal Brown Mandel Artyon & Paige Dance Duo Advanced Britt Saasen Singer Eliminated In The Stairwell A Capella Group Advanced Will Tsai Visualist Eliminated Henry Richardson 5 Magician Eliminated Elena and Sasha 6 Acrobatic Duo Eliminated Lost Legends 7 Dance Group Eliminated Nick Uhas 8 Scientist Eliminated Veronica Gonzalez 9 Foot Puppeteer Eliminated Sirqus Alfon 10 Comedy Trio Eliminated DaNell Daymon & Greater Works 11 Gospel Choir Advanced Pompeyo Family Dogs 12 Dog Act Advanced Johnny Manuel 13 Singer Advanced Immediately Maria Popazova 14 Hand Balancer / Contortionist Eliminated Maxim Popazov 15 Hand Balancer Eliminated German Cornejo Dance Company 16 Dance Group Eliminated The Honeybee - z Plus 17 Dance Group Eliminated Merrick Hanna 18 Dancer Advanced Kechi Okwuchi 19 Singer Advanced Brandon Rogers N / A Singer Did Not Advance Footnotes Jump up ^ Rogers competed in this round before he died, but his performance was omitted from the episode. Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles starting on August 15, 2017. They featured the nine golden buzzer acts, the 24 other acts promoted during the Judge Cuts round, and three wildcard acts chosen by the producers and judges. Twelve acts performed each week, with results announced the on following nights ; each week seven acts were sent through to the semifinals. Puddles Pity Party and Mirror Image received an `` X '' in the Quarterfinals. Demian Aditya received `` X 's '' by Brown and Cowell in the second Quarterfinals. Key Buzzed Advanced Judges ' Choice Won Judges ' Choice Lost Judges ' Choice Dunkin ' Save Judges ' Wildcard Week 1 ( August 15 -- 16 ) Guests : Grace VanderWaal, August 16 Act Order Performance Type Buzzes and judges ' choices Result Cowell Klum Brown Mandel Christian Guardino Singer Dunkin ' Save Artyon & Paige Dancing Duo Eliminated In The Stairwell A Cappella Group Advanced The Singing Trump Singing Donald Trump Impersonator Eliminated Angelica Hale 5 Singer Advanced Bello Nock 6 Comedic Daredevil Eliminated Just Jerk 7 Hip - Hop Dance Group Lost Judges ' Choice Puddles Pity Party 8 Singing Clown Eliminated Preacher Lawson 9 Comedian Advanced Yoli Mayor 10 Singer Won Judges ' Choice Billy & Emily England 11 Extreme Rollerskating Duo Advanced Darci Lynne Farmer 12 Singing Ventriloquist Advanced ^ 1 After the judges split evenly in the Judges ' Choice, Yoli Mayor was announced to have received more of America 's votes than Just Jerk, and she advanced to the semi-finals. Week 2 ( August 22 -- 23 ) Guests : Circus 1903, August 23 Act Order Performance Type Buzzes and judges ' choices Result Cowell Klum Brown Mandel Brobots & Mandroidz Hip - Hop Dance Group Eliminated Celine Tam Singer Advanced Mirror Image Vocal Dance Duo Eliminated Johnny Manuel Singer Advanced Merrick Hanna 5 Dancer Advanced Eric Jones 6 Close - up Magician Won Judges ' Choice The Masqueraders 7 Vocal Group Lost Judges ' Choice Light Balance 8 Light - Up Dance Group Advanced Evie Clair 9 Singer Dunkin ' Save Demian Aditya 10 Escape Artist Eliminated Pompeyo Family Dogs 11 Dog Act Wild Card Mandy Harvey 12 Singer - Songwriter / Ukulelist Advanced ^ 1 After the judges split evenly in the Judges ' Choice, Eric Jones was announced to have received more of America 's votes than The Masqueraders, and he advanced to the semi-finals. ^ 2 Due to a technical issue, Light Balance 's performance was based on their dress rehearsal. ^ 3 Another technical issue occured when the sealed box Aditya was in did n't fall as planned. Week 3 ( August 29 -- 30 ) Guests : Mat Franco, Piff the Magic Dragon, and Jon Dorenbos, August 30 Act Order Performance Type Buzzes and judges ' choices Result Cowell Klum Brown Mandel DaNell Daymon & Greater Works Gospel Choir Won Judges ' Choice Junior and Emily Alabi Salsa Dance Duo Eliminated Final Draft Vocal Group Eliminated Oscar Hernandez Dancer Eliminated Angelina Green 5 Singer Lost Judges ' Choice Colin Cloud 6 Mentalist Dunkin ' Save Mike Yung 7 Singer Advanced Oskar and Gaspar 8 Videomapping Act Eliminated Sara and Hero 9 Dog Act Advanced Chase Goehring 10 Singer - Songwriter / Guitarist Advanced Diavolo 11 Acrobatic Dance Group Advanced Kechi Okwuchi 12 Singer Advanced ^ 1 Sara added another dog named Loki in her act. Semifinals The live semifinals started on September 5, 2017. They featured the 21 acts voted to the semifinals, plus the judges ' semifinal wildcard pick. Each week, eleven acts performed ; five went through to the finals, and six were eliminated. No acts were buzzed. Key Advanced Judges ' Choice Won Judges ' Choice Lost Judges ' Choice Dunkin ' Save Week 1 ( September 5 -- 6 ) Guests : The Clairvoyants Act Order Performance Description Buzzes and judges ' choices Result Cowell Klum Brown Mandel Yoli Mayor Singer ; performed `` Say You Wo n't Let Go '' by James Arthur Eliminated Eric Jones Close - up magician : The judges are seated on the stage. A $2 bill in Eric 's hand turns into 4 coins. Simon hands him a signed hundred - dollar bill in exchange for the 4 coins. He shakes the coins together between his palms, and one of the coins disappears. Eric gives Heidi the three coins, asks her to focus on one of them, and makes that coin disappear. Howie holds the two coins between his thumb and middle finger, and when he drops them, only one coin remains. Eric then places it onto Mel B 's hand, teleports it to her shoulder, and that coin disappears as well. All four coins are found under Simon 's 100 - dollar bill, and Eric changes them into the $2 bill. Lost Judges ' Choice DaNell Daymon & Greater Works Gospel choir ; performed `` I Do n't Want to Miss a Thing '' by Aerosmith Eliminated Preacher Lawson Comedian ; laments being single, explains why he broke up with his ex-girlfriend, Tyra, and worries about passing his big lips on to his future offspring. He ends with a joke about his reaction to his 4 - year - old cousin calling him ugly. Advanced Johnny Manuel 5 Singer ; performed an original song called `` Blind Faith '' Eliminated Billy and Emily England 6 Extreme rollerblading duo : rollerblades on a high platform in which Emily hangs on to Billy in several positions while they spin around. Billy then flings Emily off the edge of the platform into the jaws of animated dragons. Eliminated Evie Clair 7 Singer ; performs `` Yours '' by Ella Henderson Dunkin ' Save Sara & Hero 8 Dog act : Hero pretended to perform CPR on Sara before she `` revives '' and they play volleyball together. Guest performer Loki, Sara 's younger dog, circles backwards around a standing Hero, who then gets on a skateboard and catches frisbees. Sara and Loki get on a surfboard, and then Hero jumps through a hoop before Sara jumps through the hoop with Hero. The act ends with Loki in Sara 's arms. Advanced Chase Goehring 9 Singer - songwriter / Guitarist ; performed an original song called `` What Is Love ''. Won Judges ' Choice Darci Lynne Farmer 10 Singing ventriloquist 's puppet, Edna Doorknocker, complains about being stuck in the elevator with The Singing Trump, while gushing about Simon. She then sings `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' by Aretha Franklin to him, eventually cuddling a blushing Simon. Advanced Mike Yung 11 Singer ; performed `` Do n't Give Up on Me '' by Solomon Burke Eliminated ^ 1 Chase Goehring, DaNell Daymon & Greater Works, and Mike Yung were not initially announced as performing on week one of semifinals. Week 2 ( September 12 -- 13 ) Act Order Performance Description Buzzes and judges ' choices Result Cowell Klum Brown Mandel Celine Tam Singer ; performed `` How Far I 'll Go '' from Moana. Eliminated Colin Cloud Mentalist ; printed thousands of tweets collected from the public, each listing a random celebrity, city and object, on cards ( each containing a couple dozen of the tweets ) distributed to the live audience members. Judges collected some of the cards from the audience at random. Mel B selected one card from these, and Heidi chose one tweet on the card at random, which contained a unique list : Ellen, Rome, cheese. Cloud demonstrated with prerecorded video snippets of himself and the judges that he had correctly predicted the list. A picture on stage, when flipped upside down, gave the same list in reverse order. Lost Judges ' Choice Christian Guardino Singer ; performed `` What 's Going On '' by Marvin Gaye. Eliminated In the Stairwell A Cappella Group ; performed `` Castle on the Hill '' by Ed Sheeran Eliminated Merrick Hanna 5 Dancer ; performed robot - themed urban dance routine that involved some flying. Eliminated Mandy Harvey 6 Singer ; performed an original song, `` Release Me '', while translating the song into American Sign Language. Advanced Pompeyo Family Dogs 7 Dog Act ; dogs of varying sizes, dressed as Arctic / Antarctic animals such as a polar bear and penguins, performed agility and acrobatic tricks including walking and handstanding on two legs, sometimes in size order, leaping through hoops and over humans, jumping rope with a human and climbing a ladder. Eliminated Diavolo 8 Acrobatic Dance Group ; dancers rose into the air hanging artfully, or climbing on, and leaping from, various moving, transforming apparatuses, with a post-apocalyptic or futuristic theme. Won Judges ' Choice Kechi Okwuchi 9 Singer ; performed `` Do n't Worry About Me '' by Frances. Dunkin ' Save Light Balance 10 Light - Up Dance Group ; urban dance employing darkness and chromatic lights on set and costumes with a video game effect. Advanced Angelica Hale 11 Singer ; performed `` Without You '' by David Guetta Advanced ^ 1 Merrick Hanna and Mandy Harvey were switched to perform on Week 2 although they were on the Week 1 promo. ^ 2 Klum 's voting intention was not revealed. Finals The final performances took place on September 19, followed by the final results show on September 20, 2017. No acts were buzzed. Key Advanced to the top 5 Top 10 Act Order Performance Description Result Angelica Hale Singer ; performed `` Symphony '' by Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson. Advanced Chase Goehring Singer - Songwriter / Guitarist ; performed an original song called `` Mirror ''. Top 10 Sara and Hero Dog Act ; Hero freed Sara from a glass cube by pressing a button. Hero danced around Sara 's legs before Loki ran out and performed alongside Hero. Hero balanced on Sara 's feet and put his front legs in the air. Loki jumped over obstacles and ran through a tube, then Loki jumped rope, with Sara and Hero holding the ends. Hero jumped on his hind legs with Sara, then Sara made hoops with her hands for Loki to jump through. The act ended with Hero running up a ramp and jumping high through the air over a ball pit to grab a dangling bone. Advanced Diavolo Dance / Acrobat Crew ; Two acrobats danced around a door before opening it up to reveal acrobats dancing, jumping and sliding on ramps. They then transferred to a large rocking apparatus, climbing on and leaping off of it, and catching each other, with themes of fire and thunder in the background. Top 10 Evie Clair 5 Singer ; performed `` What a Wonderful World '' by Louis Armstrong. Top 10 Preacher Lawson 6 Stand - Up Comedian ; recalled an interaction on the street with a mostly naked man who proclaimed `` Black Power '' despite being white. He said the man asked to borrow $75, and noted that the man would definitely use it for drugs. He then performed an energetic physical bit, imitating the man by shaking and repeating the same phrase over and over. He ended by making a meta observation that while some audience members die laughing from this joke, others say, `` How long is he gon na do this for ? '' Top 10 Kechi Okwuchi 7 Singer ; performed `` Conqueror '' by Estelle. Top 10 Darci Lynne Farmer 8 Singing Ventriloquist ; puppets Oscar and Petunia bickered over who should sing for the Finals. The two puppets then told Darci to keep her mouth closed while they both performed a version of `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' by The Beatles. Advanced Mandy Harvey 9 Singer - Songwriter / Ukeleleist ; performed an original song called `` This Time ''. Advanced Light Balance 10 Light - Up Dance Group ; urban dance with chromatic lights. At the beginning, echoing the group 's past performances, a dancer in a top hat sat on a chair ( Preliminary auditions ), followed by a werewolf ( Quarterfinals ) that seemingly tore one of the android dancers in half, although its top and bottom halves soon rejoined, and ended with a person resembling a video game character ( Semifinals ). Advanced Finale Guest performers at the finale included Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, James Arthur, Derek Hough and Terry Fator. Other celebrity appearances included Marlee Matlin. Key 1st place ( Winner ) 2nd place ( Runner - up ) 3rd place 4th place 5th place Act Result Darci Lynne Farmer Winner Angelica Hale Runner - Up Light Balance 3rd place Mandy Harvey 4th place Sara and Hero 5th place Top 36 acts Key Winner Runner - up Third Place Top 5 Finalist Semifinalist ( lost judges ' vote ) Semifinalist ( lost audience vote ) Quarterfinalist ( lost judges ' vote ) Quarterfinalist ( lost audience vote ) Golden buzzer ( Auditions ) Golden buzzer ( Judge Cuts ) Judges ' wild card ( quarterfinals ) Judges ' wild card ( semifinals ) Name of Act Age ( s ) Genre Act Hometown Quarterfinal Semifinal Result Darci Lynne Farmer 12 Comedy & Singing Singing Ventriloquist Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Winner Angelica Hale 9 Singing Singer Atlanta, Georgia Runner - Up Light Balance 22 - 36 Dance Light - Up Dance Group Ukraine 3rd Place Mandy Harvey 29 Singing Singer - Songwriter / Ukulelist St. Cloud, Florida 4th Place Sara and Hero 22 & 5 Animal Dog Act North Bay, Ontario, Canada 5th Place Chase Goehring 21 Singing Singer - Songwriter / Guitarist Nolensville, Tennessee Finalist ( Won Judges ' Vote ) Diavolo 21 - 39 Acrobatic Dance Acrobatic Dance Group Los Angeles, California Finalist ( Won Judges ' Vote ) Evie Clair 13 Singing Singer Florence, Arizona Finalist ( Won Dunkin ' Save Vote ) Kechi Okwuchi 27 Singing Singer Houston, Texas Finalist ( Won Dunkin ' Save Vote ) Preacher Lawson 25 Comedy Stand - up Comedian Memphis, Tennessee Finalist ( Won Public Vote ) Colin Cloud 30 Magic Mentalist Edinburgh, Scotland Semifinalist ( Lost Judges ' Vote ) Eric Jones 36 Magic Close - up Magician Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Semifinalist ( Lost Judges ' Vote ) Billy & Emily England 30, 27 Danger Extreme Rollerskating Duo Las Vegas, Nevada Eliminated Celine Tam 9 Singing Singer Hong Kong Eliminated Christian Guardino 16 Singing Singer Patchogue, New York Eliminated DaNell Daymon & Greater Works 24 - 59 Singing Gospel Choir Various Eliminated In The Stairwell 18 - 22 Singing A Cappella Group Colorado Springs, Colorado Eliminated Johnny Manuel 32 Singing Singer Flint, Michigan Eliminated Merrick Hanna 12 Dance Dancer Encinitas, California Eliminated Mike Yung 56 Singing Singer New York, New York Eliminated Pompeyo Family Dogs 7 - 35 Animal Dog Act Sarasota, Florida Eliminated Yoli Mayor 21 Singing Singer Miami, Florida Eliminated Angelina Green 13 Singing Singer Miami, Florida N / A Quarterfinalist ( lost judges ' vote ) Just Jerk 18 - 27 Dance Hip - Hop Dance Group Seoul, South Korea N / A Quarterfinalist ( lost judges ' vote ) The Masqueraders 72 - 74 Singing Vocal Group Nashville, Tennessee N / A Quarterfinalist ( lost judges ' vote ) Artyon & Paige 9 & 8 Dance Dancing Duo Murrieta, California N / A Eliminated Bello Nock 47 Danger Comedic Daredevil Sarasota, Florida N / A Eliminated Brobots & Mandroidz 16 - 24 Dance Hip - Hop Dance Group Torrance, California N / A Eliminated Demian Aditya 36 Magic Escape Artist Jakarta, Indonesia N / A Eliminated Final Draft 22 - 26 Singing Vocal Group Atlanta, Georgia N / A Eliminated Junior and Emily 31 & 27 Dance Salsa Dance Duo Los Angeles, California N / A Eliminated Mirror Image 16 Singing & Dance Vocal Dance Duo Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania N / A Eliminated Oscar Hernandez 34 Dance Dancer Orange County, California N / A Eliminated Oskar and Gaspar Unknown Variety Videomapping Act Unknown N / A Eliminated Puddles Pity Party 52 Singing Singing Clown Atlanta, Georgia N / A Eliminated The Singing Trump 56 Comedy & Singing Singing Trump Impersonator Palm Springs, California N / A Eliminated Ratings Us nielsen ratings Show Episode title First air date Timeslot ( EDT ) Rating ( 18 -- 49 ) Share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) Nightly Rank Weekly Rank Auditions Week 1 May 30, 2017 Tuesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.7 11 12.32 Auditions Week 2 June 6, 2017 2.7 11 12.53 Auditions Week 3 June 13, 2017 2.6 11 12.70 Auditions Week 4 June 20, 2017 2.6 11 12.74 5 Auditions Week 5 June 27, 2017 2.5 10 12.36 6 Auditions Week 6 July 11, 2017 2.5 10 12.59 7 Judge Cuts 1 July 18, 2017 2.5 11 12.57 8 Judge Cuts 2 July 25, 2017 2.6 11 13.08 9 Judge Cuts 3 August 1, 2017 2.8 12 13.33 10 Judge Cuts 4 August 8, 2017 2.7 11 13.32 11 Quarterfinals, Week 1 ( Performances ) August 15, 2017 2.8 11 13.44 12 Quarterfinals, Week 1 ( Results ) August 16, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.1 9 10.89 13 Quarterfinals, Week 2 ( Performances ) August 22, 2017 Tuesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.6 10 12.76 14 Quarterfinals, Week 2 ( Results ) August 23, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.0 9 10.84 15 Quarterfinals, Week 3 ( Performances ) August 29, 2017 Tuesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.6 11 13.13 16 Quarterfinals, Week 3 ( Results ) August 30, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 1.9 8 11.07 17 Semifinals, Week 1 ( Performances ) September 5, 2017 Tuesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.6 10 13.29 18 Semifinals, Week 1 ( Results ) September 6, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.1 8 11.99 6 19 Semifinals, Week 2 ( Performances ) September 12, 2017 Tuesday 9 : 00 p.m. 2.3 9 11.57 20 Semifinals, Week 2 ( Results ) September 13, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 2.1 8 11.59 21 The Finals September 19, 2017 Tuesday 8 : 00 p.m. 3.0 12 14.70 TBA 22 Season Finale September 20, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 3.0 11 15.64 TBA Footnotes Jump up ^ This episode was delayed by one hour to follow Hand in Hand : A Benefit for Hurricane Relief. Specials Show Episode title First air date Timeslot ( EDT ) Rating ( 18 -- 49 ) Share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) Nightly Rank Weekly Rank S1 Best of Season 12 Auditions July 13, 2017 Thursday 8 : 00 p.m. 1.3 6 7.10 10 S2 Road to Finals August 9, 2017 Wednesday 8 : 00 p.m. 1.3 6 7.01 8 Contestants who appeared on other seasons or shows Demian Aditya appeared as a guest performer on Indonesia 's Got Talent. German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi ( `` German Cornejo Dance Company '' ) appeared on and were the tango dancer winners of ¡ Q'Viva ! The Chosen in 2012, performing after the show in Las Vegas with ¡ Q'Viva ! The Chosen Live. They also were guest artists in Buenos Aires at the Dance Again World Tour by Jennifer Lopez. Ezequiel Lopez ( `` German Cornejo Dance Company '' ) appeared on and was one of the malambo dancer winners of ¡ Q'Viva ! The Chosen in 2012. Canion Shijirbat appeared on and was the runner - up of Mongolia 's Got Talent ( season 2 ) in 2016. Nick Uhas was a houseguest on Big Brother 15 and was the second houseguest evicted from the house. Merrick Hanna auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance : The Next Generation. He made it into the top 40 at Dance Academy, but was eliminated before reaching the top 30. He has also appeared as a lip sync battler on Nickelodeon 's Lip Sync Battle Shorties and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Artyon, half of the dancing duo Artyon and Paige, appeared as a lip sync battler on Nickelodeon 's Lip Sync Battle Shorties. Darci Lynne Farmer appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016 and on Little Big Shots ( UK TV series ) in 2017. Billy and Emily England appeared on Britain 's Got Talent ( series 9 ) and reached the Semifinals. In 2008, Emily was the runner - up on Big Brother UK : Celebrity Hijack, competing under the name of `` Emilia. '' Tony and Jordan ( `` The French Twins '' ) appeared on series 11 of La France a un incroyable talent ( the French version of Got Talent ) in 2016. Chase Goehring appeared on The X Factor ( U.S. season 3 ). Light Balance appeared on Britain 's Got Talent ( series 8 ) and reached the Semifinals. Junior and Emily appeared on Season 3 of America 's Got Talent, but were eliminated before the live shows. Shemika Charles appeared on Season 6 of America 's Got Talent, but was eliminated during Vegas week. Celine Tam appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016 and Britain 's Got Talent ( series 10 ) but had to drop out due to a visa issue. Vinny Grosso ( `` The Naked Magician '' ) previously appeared on `` Penn and Teller : Fool Us '', performing the same routine as his AGT Audition, and successfully fooling the magic duo. The Quiddlers participated in the third season and appeared on I Can Do That, performing with Ciara and Nicole Scherzinger during their time on the show. Eric Jones previously appeared on `` Penn and Teller : Fool us, and he was successful in fooling them. Kyle Eschen & Xavier Mortimer also appeared on Fool Us ( Mortimer twice ), but were unsuccessful in fooling Penn & Teller. Xavier Mortimer auditioned in Season 10, but was eliminated at the judge cuts after receiving four buzzers. Pelican 212 appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016. Kyle Eschen appeared on Season 3, episode 2 of Penn & Teller : Fool Us, Masters of Illusion, and The World Magic Awards. Colin Cloud appeared on Britain 's Got Talent in 2012 however did not make it through to the live semifinals. Cloud also appeared on Season 1 of Penn and Teller Fool Us. His trick did n't however fool Penn and Teller. At both BGT and Penn and Teller Fool Us he went under his real name Colin McLeod. References Jump up ^ Pedersen, Erik ( March 17, 2017 ). `` NBC Sets Summer Premieres : ' Marlon, ' ' Midnight, Texas, ' ' Carmichael Show, ' Reality & More ''. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 17, 2017. 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External links Official website IMDB America 's Got Talent website Preceded by Season 11 ( 2016 ) America 's Got Talent Season 12 ( 2017 ) Succeeded by Season 13 ( 2018 ) America 's Got Talent Seasons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Winners Bianca Ryan Terry Fator Neal E. Boyd Kevin Skinner Michael Grimm Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. Olate Dogs Kenichi Ebina Mat Franco Paul Zerdin Grace VanderWaal Darci Lynne Farmer Runners - up The Millers Cas Haley Eli Mattson Bárbara Padilla Jackie Evancho Silhouettes Tom Cotter Taylor Williamson Emily West Drew Lynch The Clairvoyants Angelica Hale Third place Butterscotch Nuttin ' But Stringz Recycled Percussion Team iLuminate Oz Pearlman Jon Dorenbos Light Balance Other notable contestants Season 1 Taylor Ware Alexis Jordan Celtic Spring The Passing Zone Rappin ' Granny Leonid the Magnificent Jessica Sanchez Season 2 Jabbawockeez Julienne Irwin Kevin James Season 3 Kaitlyn Maher ZOOperstars ! 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Question: who won america's got talent season 12
Answer: Darci Lynne Farmer