Season E

**Season E** is the fifth season of Fuz's *Got Talent*, premiering nearly three years after the finale of the previous season. Marketing the season as a "soft revival" of the series, the showrunners sought to harken back to the show's first two seasons, returning to the show with a larger talent pool, a longer competition across the board, and a format reminiscent of the ninth season of *America's Got Talent*. Among other changes to the format from its previous season, Season E implemented a shortened reimagining of the second round known now as "The Callbacks" (formerly known as the Mop Round), along with the return to a Top 48 live rounds lineup, the reimplementation of the Quarterfinals round, and the addition of a "Group Golden Buzzer", adding a fifth act to the audition Golden Buzzers.

Fuz, Tom, and Fresh returned to the judging panel after the show's three year-long hiatus, joined by TDFan making his judging debut in *FuzGT*. In addition, Luke and Caleb joined the panel as guest judges during the Callbacks.

This season, 120 acts, handpicked by the judging panel, competed fro the highly-coveted prize of a shit to give. There might've been some money involved, too, I guess. Among the 120 acts, Season E featured the first act to ever return to the competition after advancing to the live rounds in a previous season.

## Top 48

29/48

* 90'S KIDS, Band
* AFISHAL, Visual Disc Jockey
* Alex & Alex, Dancers
* Avantgardey, Dance Group
* Bello Nock, Daredevil (Luke's Golden Buzzer)
* Ben L'Oncle Soul, Singer
* Chibi Unity, Dance Group (Fuz's Golden Buzzer)
* Cinematic Pop, Contemporary Orchestra (Tom's Golden Buzzer)
* Cristela Alonzo, Stand-Up Comedienne
* Duo Suining, Hand Balancers
* Elise Trouw, Singer and Looping Musician
* Erika Lemay, Aerialist
* Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, Singer & Pianist (Fresh's Golden Buzzer)
* Jonglissimo, Multimedia Juggling Group
* Katsumi Sakakura, Multimedia Martial Artist
* Keiichi Iwasaki, Comic Magician
* Keith Barry, Mentalist
* Magus Utopia, Illusionist Group
* Mario López, Comic Magician (Group Golden Buzzer)
* Mr. Cuddles the Evil Octopus, Novelty Ventriloquist
* Musa Motha, Dancer
* Ryan Quinn, Singer
* The Oh Hellos, Folk Band
* Up & Over It, Body Percussionists
* Urban Crew Flyers, Dance Group
* Verge Aero, Drone Engineering Group (TDFan's Golden Buzzer)
* Wesley Williams, Unicyclist
* Yaashwin Sarawanan, Mathematician

## Season Overview

### Auditions

The six audition episodes. Every episode, twenty acts perform in front of the judges and the audience for the first time, hoping to impress them enough to move on. During the auditions, an act must receive at least three "Yes" votes from the panel to advance to the next round. In addition, each judge gets one use of the elusive Golden Buzzer, allowing them to send an act straight to the live voting rounds – for the first time, the judges are also given a "Group Golden Buzzer", where the four of them may collectively press the Golden Buzzer for an act of their liking.

* **Auditions, Pt. 1** - Episode E01
* **Auditions, Pt. 2** - Episode E02
* **Auditions, Pt. 3** - Episode E03
* **Auditions, Pt. 4** - Episode E04
* **Auditions, Pt. 5** - Episode E05
* **Auditions, Pt. 6** - Episode E06

### Deliberations and Callbacks

After the conclusion of the audition round, the four judges met to discuss and deliberate on the acts that had advanced from the auditions. After advancing 23 acts straight to the Live Rounds on the merit of their audition, the judges selected an additional 40 acts from the remaining successful auditioners to compete in the Callbacks, where they were to compete for one of the 20 remaining slots in the Top 48.

With a format not unlike the Mop Round of Seasons A and B, the Callbacks were held over the course of two episodes, with each episode featuring 20 acts competing for 10 spots – the judges decide on who they wish to advance to the Live Rounds with the help of a guest judge each episode, both of whom get a Golden Buzzer of their own to use on an act each week. Luke and Caleb served as guest judges for the Callbacks.

* **Deliberations** - Episode E07
* **Callbacks, Pt. 1** - Episode E08
* **Callbacks, Pt. 2** - Episode E09

### Quarterfinals

The first round of the live shows, where, every week, 12 acts perform for 5 spots in the Semifinals. After the public vote, the four acts with the highest votes advance straight to the Semifinals, while the judges are left to vote for the fifth act to advance amongst themselves between the acts placing in 5th and 6th in the vote. In addition to the 5 acts advancing every week, each judge get to choose one "Wild Card" – any act eliminated during the Deliberations, Callbacks, or Quarterfinals – to return to the competition, completing the Top 24.

* **Quarterfinals, Week 1** - Episode E10
* **Quarterfinals, Week 2** - Episode E11
* **Quarterfinals, Week 3** - Episode E12
* **Quarterfinals, Week 4** - Episode E13

### Semifinals

The second round of the live shows, where, over the course of two weeks, the Top 24 is narrowed down to the Top 12, with six advancing to the Finals each night – similarly to the Quarterfinals, the five most voted-for acts each week advance directly to the Finals, while the sixth spot each night is reserved for one of the night's 6th or 7th place finishers, voted on by the judging panel.

* **Semifinals, Week 1** - Episode E14
* **Semifinals, Week 2** - Episode E15

### Finals

With 120 narrowed down to 12, the finalists perform one last time for the grand prize. No gimmicks, no wild cards, and no bullshit – the winner takes it all.

* **Finale** - Episode E16