# America's Got Talent season 19

The nineteenth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 28, 2024. Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell all returned to the panel for their fifteenth, eleventh, fifth, and ninth respective seasons. Terry Crews returned as host for his sixth consecutive season.
The season was won by singer Richard Goodall, with dog tricks act Roni Sagi & Rhythm finishing second, and drone precision group Sky Elements placing third. For the season, AGT averaged around 4.78 million viewers per broadcast.

## Production

During the finale of the previous season, it was announced that the entire main cast would return for the new season marking the fifth consecutive year the judging panel and host would remain the same. Filming of the auditions again happened at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in March and April 2024.
Sonic Drive-In ended its sponsorship with the series, having been its sponsor for the last three seasons before the start of this season. The current sponsor was revealed to be Lavazza as featured in the end credits and on all of the judge's cups during the live shows.
A two-week hiatus in the broadcast schedule was also made, to avoid the NBC's live coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics between July and August.

## Season overview

For the first time in the show's history, each judge was able to give two Golden Buzzers instead of the usual one. However, host Crews still only received one to give out. Furthermore, each judge was able to give out one Golden Buzzer during the live shows, making the first time on the American version of Got Talent.
    Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Finalist | Semi-finalist | Quarter-finalist | Golden Buzzer | Live Golden Buzzer
| Participant | Age(s) | Genre | Act | From | Quarter-Final | Result |
| AIRFOOTWORKS | 24-37 | Dance | Air-Dance Group | Japan | 2 | Finalist |
| Alex Sampson | 20 | Singing | Singer | Atikokan, Ontario | 2 | Semi-finalist |
| Arshiya | 13 | Acrobatics | Contortionist | Kashmir, India | 1 | Eliminated |
| Ashes & Arrows | 29–32 | Singing / Music | Band | Asheville, North Carolina | 1 | Semi-finalist |
| Ashlee Montague | 43 | Acrobatics | Extreme Ballerina | New York City/was Washington | 2 | Eliminated |
| Attraction Juniors | 8–15 | Dance | Shadow Dance Group | Budapest, Hungary | 1 | Eliminated |
| Bboy Samuka | 26 | Dance | Dancer | Brazil | 2 | Eliminated |
| Biko's Manna | 9–17 | Singing / Music | Band | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2 | Eliminated |
| Brent Street | 15–20 | Dance | Dance Group | Sydney, Australia | 4 | Finalist |
| Brooke Bailey | 19 | Singing | Singer | Granada Hills, Los Angeles | 2 | Eliminated |
| Dee Dee Simon | 45 | Singing | Singer | Oakland, California | 3 | Finalist |
| Erica Rhodes | 41 | Comedy | Comedian | Boston | 4 | Eliminated |
| Flewnt & Inkabee | 29 & 11 | Singing | Rap Duo | Perth, Australia | 1 | Eliminated |
| Hakuna Matata Acrobats | 23-37 | Acrobatics | Acrobatic Group | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 1 | Finalist |
| Hypers Kids Africa | 7–15 | Dance | Dance Group | Kampala, Uganda | 1 | Eliminated |
| Illya & Anastasia Strakhov | 47 & 37 | Acrobatics | Balancing Duo | Ukraine | 4 | Eliminated |
| Jelly Boy the Clown | 47 | Danger | Clown | Iceland | 3 | Eliminated |
| Jonathan Burns | 42 | Comedy / Magic | Comedy Magician | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 4 | Eliminated |
| Journeyy | 9 | Singing / Music | Singer & Pianist | Jersey City, New Jersey | 3 | Eliminated |
| Kelsey Jane | 33 | Acrobatics | Aerialist | Dallas | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| L6 | 24–38 | Singing | Vocal Group | San Pedro, Philippines | 4 | Eliminated |
| Learnmore Jonasi | 30 | Comedy | Comedian | Pittsburgh | 3 | Grand-finalist |
| Legión | 21–40 | Dance | Malambo Group | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2 | Eliminated |
| LiV Warfield | 44 | Singing | Singer | Peoria, Illinois | 1 | Eliminated |
| Los Osos High School | 15–18 | Dance | Dance Group | Rancho Cucamonga, California | 1 | Eliminated |
| Maya Neelakantan | 10 | Music | Electric Guitarist | Chennai, India | 3 | Eliminated |
| Menudo | 10–15 | Singing | Boyband | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3 | Eliminated |
| NiNi | 28 | Music | Instrumentalist | Taichung, Taiwan | 2 | Eliminated |
| Oscar Stembridge | 16 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | London | 4 | Eliminated |
| Phillip Lewis | 27 | Variety | Baton Twirler | Statesboro, Georgia | 1 | Eliminated |
| Pranysqa Mishra | 9 | Singing | Singer | Tampa, Florida | 4 | Semi-finalist |
| Reid Wilson | 14 | Singing | Singer | Montgomery, Alabama | 3 | Semi-finalist |
| Richard Goodall | 55 | Singing | Singer | Terre Haute, Indiana | 1 | Winner |
| Roni Sagi & Rhythm | 30 | Animals | Dog Act | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1 | Runner-up |
| Sabrina | 13–21 | Dance | Dance Group | Japan | 3 | Eliminated |
| Sam Huang | 23 | Magic | Magician | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 3 | Eliminated |
| Schumacher | 37 | Variety | Novelty Act | Japan | 2 | Eliminated |
| Sebastián & Sonia | 24 & 30 | Acrobatics | Aerial Duo | Barcelona, Spain | 4 | Finalist |
| Sky Elements | 25–55 | Variety | Drone Precision Group | Dallas | 2 | Third place |
| Solange Kardinaly | 40 | Magic | Quick Change Artist | Leiria, Portugal | 4 | Grand-finalist |
| Stephanie Rainey | 36 | Singing / Music | Singer & Guitarist | Cork, Ireland | 4 | Eliminated |
| The Reklaws | 30 & 32 | Singing | Band | North Dumfries, Ontario | 3 | Eliminated |
| Tonikaku | 42 | Variety | Novelty Act | Setagaya City, Japan | 4 | Eliminated |
| Young-Min | 33 | Magic | Magician | Seoul, South Korea | 2 | Semi-finalist |

### Quarter-finals summary

    Buzzed Out | Live Golden Buzzer | Advanced to Finals | Advanced to Semifinals | Eliminated (Top 5)

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

Guest Performer, Results Show: Adrian Stoica and Hurricane
| Participant | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Result (August 14) |
| Participant | Order | Cowell | Vergara | Klum | Mandel | Result (August 14) |
| Flewnt and Inkabee | 1 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Attraction Juniors | 2 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| LiV Warfield | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Hypers Kids Africa | 4 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| Ashes & Arrows | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| Los Osos High School | 6 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Hakuna Matata Acrobats | 7 | | | | | Advanced to Finals |
| Phillip Lewis | 8 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Roni Sagi & Rhythm | 9 | | | | | Advanced |
| Arshiya | 10 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Richard Goodall | 11 | | | | | Advanced |

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

Guest Performer, Results Show: Mat Franco
| Participant | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Result (August 21) |
| Participant | Order | Cowell | Vergara | Klum | Mandel | Result (August 21) |
| Legión | 1 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Young-Min | 2 | | | | | Advanced |
| Alex Sampson | 3 | | | | | Advanced |
| Bboy Samuka | 4 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| Brooke Bailey | 5 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Sky Elements | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| AIRFOOTWORKS | 7 | | | | | Advanced to Finals |
| Biko's Manna | 8 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Schumacher | 9 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Ashlee Montague | 10 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| NiNi | 11 | | | | | Eliminated |
* ^1 Although it was Mandel's week to press the golden buzzer, Cowell attempted to press the golden buzzer for this act. At the same time, Mandel promptly attempted to press the golden buzzer as well. During a replay at the end of the show, it was revealed that Mandel pressed the buzzer slightly before Cowell.

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

Guest Performers, Results Show: Lauren Daigle & Loren Allred
| Participant | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Result (August 28) |
| Participant | Order | Cowell | Vergara | Klum | Mandel | Result (August 28) |
| Menudo | 1 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Sam Huang | 2 | | | | | Eliminated |
| The Reklaws | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Sabrina | 4 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Kelsey Jane | 5 | | | | | Advanced |
| Journeyy | 6 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| Learnmore Jonasi | 7 | | | | | Advanced |
| Dee Dee Simon | 8 | | | | | Advanced to Finals |
| Maya Neelakantan | 9 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| Reid Wilson | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Jelly Boy the Clown | 11 | | | | | Eliminated |

#### Quarter-final 4 (September 3)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Jon Dorenbos
| Participant | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Result (September 4) |
| Participant | Order | Cowell | Vergara | Klum | Mandel | Result (September 4) |
| Brent Street | 1 | | | | | Advanced |
| Illya & Anastasia Strakhov | 2 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| Oscar Stembridge | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Jonathan Burns | 4 | | | | | Eliminated |
| L6 | 5 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Tonikaku | 6 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Stephanie Rainey | 7 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Sebastián & Sonia | 8 | | | | | Advanced to Finals |
| Erica Rhodes | 9 | | | | | Eliminated (Top 5) |
| Solange Kardinaly | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Pranysqa Mishra | 11 | | | | | Advanced |
* ^2 Sebastián did a live solo performance as Sonia was sidelined after sustaining an arm injury during rehearsals.

### Semi-finals summary

    Buzzed Out | Advanced to Finals

#### Semi-final (September 11)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Sofie Dossi & Sara James
| Participant | Order | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Buzzes | Result (September 12) |
| Participant | Order | Cowell | Vergara | Klum | Mandel | Result (September 12) |
| Pranysqa Mishra | 1 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Kelsey Jane | 2 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Alex Sampson | 3 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Young-Min | 4 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Ashes & Arrows | 5 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Roni Sagi & Rhythm | 6 | | | | | Advanced |
| Reid Wilson | 7 | | | | | Eliminated |
| Brent Street | 8 | | | | | Advanced |
| Richard Goodall | 9 | | | | | Advanced |
| Learnmore Jonasi | 10 | | | | | Advanced |
| Sky Elements | 11 | | | | | Advanced |
| Solange Kardinaly | 12 | | | | | Advanced |

### Finals summary

Guest Performer, Results Show: Detroit Youth Choir, Michael Bublé and the 2024 Gold Over America Tour gymnasts (Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Ellie Black, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, Joscelyn Roberson, Frederick Richard, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Casimir Schmidt, Ian Gunther)
    Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Top 5
| Finalist | Performed with (2nd Performance) | Result |
| AIRFOOTWORKS | Steve Aoki | Finalist |
| Brent Street | N/A | Finalist |
| Dee Dee Simon | Detroit Youth Choir and Andra Day | Finalist |
| Hakuna Matata Acrobats | N/A | Finalist |
| Learnmore Jonasi | Gabriel Iglesias | Grand-finalist |
| Richard Goodall | Neal Schon and members of Journey | 1st |
| Roni Sagi & Rhythm | N/A | 2nd |
| Sebastián & Sonia | Detroit Youth Choir and Andra Day | Finalist |
| Sky Elements | N/A | 3rd |
| Solange Kardinaly | Las Vegas cast of Magic Mike Live | Grand-finalist |
* ^3 Brent Street, Hakuna Matata Acrobats and Roni Sagi & Rhythm conducted a joint routine for their second performance.
* ^4 Dee Dee Simon and Sebastián & Sonia conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent season 19 :
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Auditions 1" | May 28, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 5.33 |
| 2 | "Auditions 2" | June 4, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 5.38 |
| 3 | "Auditions 3" | June 11, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 5.53 |
| 4 | "Auditions 4" | June 25, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 5.22 |
| 5 | "Auditions 5" | July 2, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 5.25 |
| 6 | "Auditions 6" | July 9, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 4.82 |
| 7 | "Auditions 7" | July 16, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.60 |
| 8 | "Auditions 8" | July 23, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.5 | 5.33 |
| 9 | "Quarterfinals 1" | August 13, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.99 |
| 10 | "Quarterfinals 1 Results" | August 14, 2024 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 4.31 |
| 11 | "Quarterfinals 2" | August 20, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.32 |
| 12 | "Quarterfinals 2 Results" | August 21, 2024 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 3.35 |
| 13 | "Quarterfinals 3" | August 27, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.79 |
| 14 | "Quarterfinals 3 Results" | August 28, 2024 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 3.85 |
| 15 | "Quarterfinals 4" | September 3, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.80 |
| 16 | "Quarterfinals 4 Results" | September 4, 2024 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.3 | 4.26 |
| 17 | "Semifinals" | September 11, 2024 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.94 |
| 18 | "Semifinals Results" | September 12, 2024 | Thursday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.17 |
| 19 | "Finale Performances" | September 17, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.83 |
| 20 | "Countdown to the Finale" | September 24, 2024 | Tuesday 8:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 4.36 |
| 21 | "Finale Results" | September 24, 2024 | Tuesday 9:00 p.m. | 0.4 | 5.46 |