America's Got Talent

***America's Got Talent*** (often abbreviated as ***AGT***) is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global *Got Talent* franchise created by Stephen Small. It premiered on June 21, 2006. The current host is Ricky Gervais.

The program attracts a variety of participants from across the United States and abroad, who possess some form of talents. Acts range from singing, dancing, comedy, magic, stunts, variety and other genres. Each participant or act who auditions, attempts to secure a place in the live episodes of a season, by impressing a panel of judges. The current line-up consists of Amy Cent, Daniel Ruff, Matty Kayatri and Tess Vang. The winner receives a large cash prize.

Since August 2022, the program has run for a total of seventeen seasons, and has spawned two spin-off competitions: *America's Got Talent: The Champions*, which premiered in January 2019, and *AGT: Extreme*, which premiered in February 2022.

## Seasons

### Series 1 (2006)

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The first series was aired during 2006. The series was won by dancer Shinichi Kinaka with trampolinist group Fly City placing second, and comedian Willie Mackintosh placing third.

### Series 2 (2007)

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Aired during 2007, the series was won by circus performance group Enimatic Joe's Circus with singer Nathan Sharp placing second, and mentalist Terell Stanton placing third.

### Series 3 (2008)

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Aired during 2008, the series was won by comedian Joe Rettington with singer Miguel Peter placing second, and magician Sinclair Red placing third.

### Series 4 (2009)

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Aired during 2009, the series was won by singer Eugene Murphy with ballroom dancers Joseph + Grace placing second, and singing group Escuchamos placing third.

### Series 5 (2010)

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Aired during 2010, the series was won by opera singer Paul Black with novelty act Infinity Head placing second, and singing group Quality placing third.

### Series 6 (2011)

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Aired during 2011, the series was won by multimedia dance group Wrapped In Midnight with comic magicians Mark + Luke placing second, and rapper Sugar placing third.

### Series 7 (2012)

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Aired during 2012, the series was won by band King's Crown with saxophonist John D Myers placing second, and beatboxer Neil El Reynes placing third.

### Series 8 (2013)

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Aired during 2013, the series was won by mentalist The Wonderful Oz with drummer Harvey Great placing second, and rapper Marshall Edwards placing third.

### Series 9 (2014)

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Aired during 2014, the series was won by musicians Duck Sauce with motorbike stuntman Carl Foggy placing second, and boyband The Wolves placing third.

### Series 10 (2015)

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Aired during 2015, the series was won by comedian Nathan Fox with acapella group The Peters placing second, and band ESM placing third. This was the first season to introduce the "golden buzzer".

### Series 11 (2016)

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Aired during 2016, the series was won by musician Marshmello with dance group Tonight We Fly placing second, and comedian Mann Millicent placing third.

### Series 12 (2017)

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Aired during 2017, the series was won by comic acrobats Dance GODS with rapper Hayden Heath placing second, and singer Anthony Brown placing third.

### Series 13 (2018)

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Aired during 2018, the series was won by magician Kira with body-popper Horn placing second, and comedian Parker Williams placing third.

### Series 14 (2019)

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Aired during 2019, the series was won by singer Andrew Tomlinson with dance group PC Dance placing second, and comic magician Angus Broderick placing third.

### Series 15 (2020)

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Aired during 2020, the series was won by dancer Juan Stafford with singer Carmelo Austin placing second, and mentalist Callum Cabrera placing third.

### Series 16 (2021)

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Aired during 2021, the series was won by acrobats ADITYA with dance group Grand placing second, and comedian Jaylee Gardner placing third.

### Series 17 (2022)

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Aired during 2022, the series was won by singer Noel Foster with comedian The Jorts King placing second, and ventriloquist Claire Frye placing third.