# America's Got Talent season 14

The fourteenth season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 28 to September 18, 2019. After the previous season, Tyra Banks left the program to focus on other projects, leading to Terry Crews replacing her as host following his involvement on America's Got Talent: The Champions earlier that year. In addition, both Mel B and Heidi Klum also left the program, with their replacements as judges being Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough. The guest judges for the season's Judge Cuts stage included Brad Paisley, Dwyane Wade, Ellie Kemper and Jay Leno. The semi-finals involved two additional guest judges, a first in the program's history, with Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah.
The fourteenth season was won by singer and pianist Kodi Lee, with the Detroit Youth Choir finishing second, and stand-up comedian Ryan Niemiller placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 9.12 million viewers.

## Season overview

Open auditions were held in late 2018 in New York City, Detroit, Knoxville, Tampa, Charlotte, San Antonio, and Los Angeles. As with the previous year, the judges' auditions were held in March 2019, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Judge Cuts stage of the competition included singer Brad Paisley, former basketball player Dwyane Wade, actress Ellie Kemper and host Jay Leno. After the previous season, Tyra Banks left the program to focus on other television projects, announcing her decision in late December 2018. Due to her departure, Terry Crews became her replacement beginning in April 2019, after being popular with viewers as host of the first season of the spin-off series America's Got Talent: The Champions. In addition to the departure of Banks, two judges were replaced due to conflicting obligations in 2019. Mel B could not return due to being a part of the Spice Girls reunion tour that year. Heidi Klum signed on to producing a new fashion competition series for Amazon and could not commit to being on AGT. Julianne Hough, a dancer, and actress Gabrielle Union were offered the role of judges, with the announcement of their predecessor's replacement being made at the same time as the announcement about Crews in April 2019.
This season had a minor change to the format of the program, with the semi-finals featuring two guest judges. Their inclusion would only be for feedback on the performances of the semi-finalists, not for stopping a performance with a buzzer nor having any involvement with the judge votes. The judges recruited for this format in this season were Sean Hayes and Queen Latifah. Other than this change, an undisclosed issue forced the judges' vote to be suspended during first quarter-final's results. While the top six quarter-finalists voted for by the public were advanced, those placed 7th, 8th and 9th respectively faced only the online vote as a result.
Of the participants who auditioned for the season, thirty-six secured a place in the live quarter-finals with twelve quarter-finalists in each one. Among those were singer and pianist Kodi Lee, singer and rapper Joseph Allen, violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa the Detroit Youth Choir, and singer Luke Islam who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the main judges and host; singer and guitarist Sophie Pecora, acrobatic dance group V.Unbeatable, light-up dance group Light Balance Kids and opera singer Emanne Beasha, who had each received a Golden Buzzer from the guest judges; singer Ansley Burns, mentalists The Sentimentalists and aerialist Matthew Richardson, who were chosen as Wildcard quarter-finalists. About twenty-two quarter-finalists advanced and were split between the two semi-finals, including dog tricks act Lukas & Falco (chosen as the Wildcard semi-finalist), with ten semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. Here is a list of the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
    Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Finalist | Semi-finalist
    Quarter-finalist | Wildcard Quarter-finalist | Wildcard Semi-finalist
    Golden Buzzer - Auditions | Golden Buzzer - Judge Cuts
| Participant | Age(s) | Genre | Act | From | Quarter-Final | Result |
| Alex Dowis | 40 | Variety | Blacklight Painter | Prague, Czech Republic | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Ansley Burns | 12 | Singing | Singer | Easley, South Carolina | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Benicio Bryant | 15 | Singing | Singer | Maple Valley, Washington | 3 | Finalist |
| Berywam | 25-30 | Music | Beatboxing Group | Toulouse, France | 3 | Eliminated |
| Bir Khalsa | 30-39 | Danger | Danger Group | Tarn Taran, India | 1 | Eliminated |
| Carmen Carter | 55 | Singing | Singer | Los Angeles | 1 | Eliminated |
| Charlotte Summers | 13 | Singing | Singer | Marbella, Spain | 2 | Eliminated |
| Chris Kläfford | 30 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | Lindesberg, Sweden | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Detroit Youth Choir | 8-18 | Singing | Choir | Detroit | 3 | Runner-up |
| Dom Chambers | 26 | Magic | Magician | Melbourne, Australia | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Emanne Beasha | 10 | Singing | Opera Singer | North Port, Florida | 3 | Finalist |
| Emerald Belles | 15-18 | Dance | Dance Group | Southlake, Texas | 1 | Eliminated |
| Eric Chien | 26 | Magic | Magician | Houston | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| GFORCE | 10-13 | Singing | Vocal Group | Toronto | 1 | Eliminated |
| Gonzo | 33 | Music | Tambourinist | Tokyo | 3 | Eliminated |
| Greg Morton | 60 | Comedy | Impressionist | Toronto | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Jackie Fabulous | 48 | Comedy | Comedian | New York City | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Joseph Allen | 21 | Music | Rapper | Killeen, Texas | 2 | Eliminated |
| Kodi Lee | 23 | Singing / Music | Singer & Pianist | Lake Elsinore, California | 1 | Winner |
| Light Balance Kids | 11-13 | Dance | Light-Up Dance Group | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2 | Finalist |
| Lukas & Falco | 22 & 9 | Animals | Dog Act | Vienna, Austria | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Luke Islam | 12 | Singing | Singer | Garden City, New York | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| MacKenzie | 31 | Singing | Singer | Hume, Virginia | 3 | Eliminated |
| Marcin Patrzalek | 18 | Music | Guitarist | Kielce, Poland | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Marina Mazepa | 22 | Acrobatics / Dance | Contortionist Dancer | Konotop, Ukraine | 2 | Eliminated |
| Matthew Richardson | 33 | Acrobatics | Aerialist | Savannah, Georgia | 3 | Eliminated |
| Messoudi Brothers | 25-30 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Trio | Einbeck, Germany | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | 13-27 | Singing | Choir | Elandsdoorn, South Africa | 2 | Finalist |
| Nick & Lindsay | 38 & 33 | Singing / Danger | Opera Singer & Sideshow Duo | New Orleans | 2 | Eliminated |
| Robert Finley | 65 | Singing | Singer | Winnsboro, Louisiana | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Ryan Niemiller | 36 | Comedy | Comedian | Indianapolis | 2 | Third place |
| Sophie Pecora | 15 | Singing / Music | Singer and Guitarist | Danville, California | 1 | Eliminated |
| The Sentimentalists | 25 & 44 | Magic | Mentalist Duo | Toronto | 2 | Eliminated |
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | 11 | Music | Violinist | Raleigh, North Carolina | 2 | Finalist |
| V.Unbeatable | 12-27 | Acrobatics / Dance | Acrobatic Dance Group | Mumbai, India | 2 | Grand-finalist |
| Voices of Service | 45-54 | Singing | Vocal Group | Fort Belvoir, Virginia | 1 | Grand-finalist |
* ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this season.
* ^2 The latter value denotes the age of the dog, as disclosed by its owner.

### Quarter-finals summary

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

#### Quarter-final 1 (August 13)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Shin Lim, Bianca Ryan, Brian King Joseph, and Sofie Dossi
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Result (August 14) |
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Cowell | Hough | Union | Mandel | Result (August 14) |
| GFORCE | 1 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Greg Morton | 2 | | | | | Advanced |
| Carmen Carter | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Emerald Belles | 4 | | | | | Eliminated (Online Public Vote) |
| Sophie Pecora | 5 | | | | | Eliminated (Online Public Vote) |
| Messoudi Brothers | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| Voices of Service | 7 | | | | | Advanced |
| Ansley Burns | 8 | | | | | Advanced (Online Public Vote) |
| Alex Dowis | 9 | | | | | Advanced |
| Luke Islam | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Bir Khalsa | 11 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Kodi Lee | 12 | | | | | Advanced |
* ^3 Due to an undisclosed technical issue, the judges' vote was not held for this quarter-final; the results pertain to the standard public vote for the top 6 quarter-finalist, and the online vote for the 7th favored by the public.

#### Quarter-final 2 (August 20)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Susan Boyle
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (August 21) |
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Cowell | Hough | Union | Mandel | Result (August 21) |
| Charlotte Summers | 1 | | | | | Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote) |
| Nick & Lindsay | 2 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Chris Kläfford | 3 | | | | | Advanced (Online Public Vote) |
| Marina Mazepa | 4 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Robert Finley | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| The Sentimentalists | 6 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Ryan Niemiller | 7 | | | | | Advanced |
| V.Unbeatable | 8 | | | | | Advanced |
| Joseph Allen | 9 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Light Balance Kids | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | 11 | | | | | Advanced |
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | 12 | | | | | Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote) |

#### Quarter-final 3 (August 27)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Celestia, and Deadly Games
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (August 28) |
| Quarter-Finalist | Order | Cowell | Hough | Union | Mandel | Result (August 28) |
| Detroit Youth Choir | 1 | | | | | Advanced |
| Lukas & Falco | 2 | | | | | Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote) |
| Dom Chambers | 3 | | | | | Advanced |
| Benicio Bryant | 4 | | | | | Advanced |
| Gonzo | 5 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Marcin Patrzalek | 6 | | | | | Advanced (Won Judges' Vote) |
| Eric Chien | 7 | | | | | Advanced |
| Berywam | 8 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Matthew Richardson | 9 | | | | | Eliminated |
| MacKenzie | 10 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Jackie Fabulous | 11 | | | | | Advanced (Online Public Vote) |
| Emanne Beasha | 12 | | | | | Advanced |
* ^4 Due to the majority vote for Marcin Patrzalek, Hough's voting intention was not revealed.

### Semi-finals summary

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

#### Semi-final 1 (September 3)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Darci Lynne, and Preacher Lawson
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (September 4) |
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Cowell | Hough | Union | Mandel | Result (September 4) |
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | 1 | | | | | Advanced (Won Judges' Vote) |
| Ansley Burns | 2 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Messoudi Brothers | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | 4 | | | | | Advanced |
| Greg Morton | 5 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Kodi Lee | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| Jackie Fabulous | 7 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Robert Finley | 8 | | | | | Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote) |
| Eric Chien | 9 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Light Balance Kids | 10 | | | | | Advanced (Online Public Vote) |
| Benicio Bryant | 11 | | | | | Advanced |
* ^5 Sean Hayes was included with the judging panel for this semi-final, but could only provide feedback; he did not have anything to do with the judges' vote or buzzing semi-finalists.

#### Semi-final 2 (September 10)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Tokio Myers & Stewart Copeland, and Piff the Magic Dragon
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Buzzes and Judges' votes | Result (September 11) |
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Cowell | Hough | Union | Mandel | Result (September 11) |
| V.Unbeatable | 1 | | | | | Advanced |
| Dom Chambers | 2 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Luke Islam | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Lukas & Falco | 4 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Chris Kläfford | 5 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Detroit Youth Choir | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| Alex Dowis | 7 | | | | | Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote) |
| Marcin Patrzalek | 8 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Emanne Beasha | 9 | | | | | Advanced (Won Judges' Vote) |
| Ryan Niemiller | 10 | | | | | Advanced (Online Public Vote) |
| Voices of Service | 11 | | | | | Advanced |
* ^6 Queen Latifah was included with the judging panel for this semi-final, but could only provide feedback; she did not have anything to do with the judges' vote or buzzing semi-finalists.
* ^7 Although Mandel's buzzer was pressed by Lukas & Falco during their performance, he admitted he would have done so himself regardless of their action.

### Finals (September 17–18)

Guest Performers, Finale: Cher, and Lilly Singh
    Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Top 5
| Finalist | Performed with (2nd Performance) | Result (September 18) |
| Benicio Bryant | Ozuna | Finalist |
| Detroit Youth Choir | Kygo & Macklemore | 2nd |
| Emanne Beasha | Lang Lang | Finalist |
| Kodi Lee | Leona Lewis | 1st |
| Light Balance Kids | Paula Abdul | Finalist |
| Ndlovu Youth Choir | Kygo & Macklemore | Finalist |
| Ryan Niemiller | Chris Jericho | 3rd |
| Tyler Butler-Figueroa | Brian King Joseph | Finalist |
| V.Unbeatable | Julianne Hough | Grand-finalist |
| Voices of Service | Billy Ray Cyrus | Grand-finalist |
* ^8 Ndlovu Youth Choir & Detroit Youth Choir conducted two joint routines for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer for each.
* ^9 Abdul was not revealed until after the performance.
* ^10 Ryan Niemiller's second performance with Chris klafrd was pre-recorded before the finale.

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent season 14 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Auditions 1" | May 28, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.7/8 | 9.75 | 0.8 | 3.08 | 2.5 | 12.83 |
| 2 | "Auditions 2" | June 4, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.6/9 | 9.81 | 0.7 | 2.89 | 2.4 | 12.71 |
| 3 | "Auditions 3" | June 11, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.5/8 | 9.45 | 0.7 | 2.79 | 2.2 | 12.24 |
| 4 | "Auditions 4" | June 18, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.6/8 | 10.00 | 0.7 | 2.65 | 2.2 | 12.64 |
| 5 | "Auditions 5" | June 25, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.6/8 | 10.13 | 0.6 | 2.58 | 2.3 | 12.71 |
| 6 | "Best of Auditions" | July 2, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.0/6 | 6.82 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | "Auditions 6" | July 9, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.5/8 | 9.81 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | "Judge Cuts 1" | July 16, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.5/9 | 9.53 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | "Judge Cuts 2" | July 23, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.7/9 | 10.12 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10 | "Judge Cuts 3" | July 30, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.2/6 | 7.48 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 11 | "Judge Cuts 4" | August 6, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.5/8 | 9.65 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | "Quarter Finals 1" | August 13, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.4/7 | 9.10 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | "Live Results 1" | August 14, 2019 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.1/7 | 7.89 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | "Quarter Finals 2" | August 20, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.6/9 | 9.42 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 15 | "Live Results 2" | August 21, 2019 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.1/6 | 8.11 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 16 | "Quarter Finals 3" | August 27, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.3/7 | 8.98 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 17 | "Live Results 3" | August 28, 2019 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.1/6 | 8.00 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 18 | "Semifinals 1" | September 3, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.5/7 | 9.11 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 19 | "Live Results 4" | September 4, 2019 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.2/7 | 8.55 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 20 | "Semifinals 2" | September 10, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.4/7 | 9.48 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 21 | "Live Results 5" | September 11, 2019 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.2/6 | 8.57 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 22 | "Live Finals" | September 17, 2019 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.6/9 | 9.88 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 23 | "Live Results Finale" | September 18, 2019 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.5/8 | 10.21 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |