America's Got Talent (season 10)

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File:America's Got Talent season 10 poster.jpg
Promotional poster for season 10, featuring (L to R) judges Mandel, Mel B, Stern, Klum, and host Cannon
No. of episodes 27
Release
Original network NBC
Original release May 26, 2015 (2015-05-26) – September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)

The tenth season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 26 to September 16, 2015.[1] After the previous season, the format of the second round of auditions was changed to a more competitive stage under the title "Judge Cuts", with each episode under this new arrangement featuring a guest judge. For the first use of the format, the guest judges included Neil Patrick Harris, Michael Bublé, Marlon Wayans, and Piers Morgan.

Other changes included the "Golden Buzzer" format that was introduced in the previous season to match the arrangement used across the Got Talent franchise, and minor adjustments to the Wildcard format. The online public voting system was also amended, by renaming it to coincide with the program's newest sponsor for the year. As the program was entering its tenth year of broadcast, two specials were produced to celebrate ten years of America's Got Talent and Got Talent respectively. The first, "10 Years of Talent", aired on July 29, 2015. The second, "World's Got Talent", aired on August 5, 2015.

The tenth season was won by ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, with comedian Drew Lynch finishing in second, and mentalist Oz Pearlman placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around 10.28 million viewers.

Season overview

Open auditions began in late 2014, between November and December, in the cities of Tampa, Nashville, Richmond (New York), Chicago, St. Louis, San Antonio, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Seattle, Boise, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Online auditions were also accepted.[2] Judges' auditions took place in the same venues as last year, between March and May 2015, with a special session for extreme performances held at a venue in Pomona, California. With the program entering its tenth year, special compilation episodes were incorporated to celebrate the wide range of talent that had appeared on America's Got Talent, and within the Got Talent franchise. This included some of the best acts, the most heartwarming stories, the oddest personalities, and the biggest show-stopping moments from the last 10 years. Updates on what some of these acts were currently doing were also shown, along with notable changes to the format of the program for the tenth season.

The second round of auditions changed to a live audience format titled "Judge Cuts". Held at a fixed venue, the new format had participants being divided into groups, with each group's participants required to each conduct a new performance before the judges. Along with a guest judge for each group, acts could only secure a place in the live rounds if they gained a majority vote from the panel. Judge Cuts operated on a similar arrangement to the Judges' auditions. The main judges could stop a performance with their buzzers, the panel could give feedback on a performance once it had ended, and filming of this stage included recordings of the host in the wings of the venue's stage. As the new stage would be held over several weeks (rather than a single week), the broadcast schedule of the program had to be altered, leading to the number of quarter-finals being reduced as a result. This effectively decreased the number of quarter-finalists the competition would have. The first use of the format saw the involvement of the following celebrities: actor Neil Patrick Harris, singer Michael Bublé, actor Marlon Wayans and former AGT judge Piers Morgan.[3][4]

Another change brought in was the format of the "Golden Buzzer", to coincide with the other editions of Got Talent. The use of the buzzer would allow any participant receiving it to be granted an automatic place in the live rounds, which took into consideration the new audition stage being introduced. While the main judges could only use the buzzer in the first stage, the guest judges could only use it during the second stage for a participant within the group they each oversaw. The Wildcard format from previous seasons was also changed. The judges would pick Wildcard quarter-finalists from any three participants eliminated in the Judge Cuts, regardless of whether the act was televised or not, as well as a single Wildcard semi-finalist from any participant eliminated in the quarter-finals. The online public voting system was also changed, not only in its name to reflect the change of sponsor for America's Got Talent for 2015, but also in allowing the public to vote between the participants in each quarter-final (those who placed 6th, 7th and 8th in the main public vote respectively) for a place in the semi-finals. While the judges voted on which of the two they didn't select for a final place in the next stage, the system for the semi-finals operated the same as before, but it was dropped entirely from being used in the finals. Prior to the start of the live rounds, two participants were forced to withdraw, one of whom had another engagement that would have conflicted with their involvement in the competition (leading to them being replaced by acts that had originally been eliminated in the Judge Cuts).

Thirty-six of the participants who auditioned for this season secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists performing in each show. These included: comedian Drew Lynch,[5] contemporary dance duo Freckled Sky,[6] gospel singer Sharon Irving[7] and classical singer Arielle Baril,[8] who had each received a golden buzzer from the main judges; magician Piff the Magic Dragon,[9] singing duet The Craig Lewis Band,[10] ventriloquist Paul Zerdin,[11] and Japanese light-and-sound dance troupe Siro-A,[12] who had each received a golden buzzer from the guest judges; acrobatic dance duo Craig & Micheline, flyboarder Damone Rippy and gymnastic team Showproject, who were chosen as Wild Card quarter-finalists. About twenty-two quarter-finalists advanced and were split between the two semi-finals, including motocross team Metal Mulisha Fitz Army chosen as the Wildcard semi-finalist, with ten semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. These are the results of each participant's overall performance in the season:

      Winner |       Runner-up |       Third place |       Finalist |       Semi-finalist
      Quarter-finalist |
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Wildcard Quarter-finalist | Playing card heart A.svg Wildcard Semi-finalist
Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer - Auditions | Crystal Clear action bookmark.png Golden Buzzer - Judge Cuts
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act From Quarter-Final Result
3 Shades of Blue 19-20 Music Acoustic Rock Band Philadelphia 2 Semi-finalist
Alicia Michilli 23 Singing Singer Detroit 3 Semi-finalist
Alondra Santos 3 13 Singing Mariachi Singer El Monte, California 1 Semi-finalist
Animation Crew 25-33 Dance Break-dancing Group South Korea 2 Eliminated
Arielle Baril Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 11 Singing Opera Singer Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 2 Semi-finalist
Benjamin Yonattan 14 Dance Contemporary Dancer Kalamazoo, Michigan 3 Eliminated
Benton Blount 35 Singing Singer & Guitarist North Carolina 1 Finalist
Chapkis Dance Family 14-35 Dance Hip-hop Dance Group Suisun City, California 3 Eliminated
Craig & Micheline Playing card club A.svg N/A 2 Dance Acrobatic Dance Duo South Africa 1 Eliminated
DADitude! 3 42-55 Dance Dance Group Los Angeles 3 Eliminated
Damone Rippy Playing card club A.svg 16 Danger Flyboarder Austin, Texas 2 Eliminated
Daniella Mass 22 Singing Opera Singer Barranquilla, Colombia 3 Semi-finalist
Derek Hughes 43 Magic / Comedy Comic Magician Los Angeles 2 Finalist
DM Nation 14-29 Dance Hip-hop Dance Group Lévis, Canada 2 Eliminated
Drew Lynch Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 23 Comedy Comedian Las Vegas 1 Runner-up
Freckled Sky Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 20, 28 Dance Video Projection Dance Duo Chicago 2 Eliminated
Freelusion 27-29 Dance Video-mapping Dance Group Hungary 3 Semi-finalist
Gary Vider 31 Comedy Comedian New York City 3 Finalist
Ira N/A 4 Singing / Variety Singing Puppet Los Angeles 4 2 Semi-finalist
Metal Mulisha Fitz Army Playing card heart A.svg 25-30 Danger Motocross Team Omaha, Nebraska 3 Semi-finalist
Mountain Faith Band 19-51 Music Bluegrass Band Sylva, North Carolina 3 Semi-finalist
Myq Kaplan 36 Comedy Comedian New York City 2 Eliminated
Oz Pearlman 32 Magic Mentalist New York City 3 Third place
Paul Zerdin Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 42 Comedy Ventriloquist London, United Kingdom 1 Winner
Piff the Magic Dragon Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 34 Magic / Comedy Comic Magician London, United Kingdom 1 Finalist
Samantha Johnson 26 Singing Singer New Bedford, Massachusetts 1 Semi-finalist
Selected of God 21-52 Singing Gospel Choir Detroit 3 Eliminated
Sharon Irving Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 29 Singing Gospel Singer Chicago 2 Semi-finalist
Showproject Playing card club A.svg 21-33 Acrobatics Gymnastics Team Armenia, Czech Republic & Germany 6 1 Eliminated
Siro-A Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 23-36 Dance Video-mapping Dance Group Sendai, Japan 1 Semi-finalist
The CraigLewis Band Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 30, 33 Singing Singing Duet Atlanta 2 Grand-finalist
The Gentlemen 9, 12 Dance Hip-hop Dance Duo Fairfield, California 1 Eliminated
The Professional Regurgitator 52 Danger Regurgitator Glasgow, United Kingdom 3 Grand-finalist
Triple Threat 21 Singing Singing Trio Benton, Arkansas 1 Eliminated
Uzeyer Novruzov 39 Acrobatics / Danger Ladder Acrobat Eysk, Russia 2 Finalist
Vita Radionova 33 Acrobatics Contortionist Ukraine 1 Eliminated
  • ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this season.
  • ^2 The ages of Craig & Micheline were not disclosed on the program.
  • ^3 These participants were replacements for those who withdrew from the competition, despite securing a place in the live rounds.
  • ^4 No actual information on the puppeteer for this act was disclosed by the show, other than the location they came from.
  • ^5 For health and safety reasons, Metal Mulisha Fitz Army live round performances were pre-recorded at another site.
  • ^6 Locations denote where members of this group came from.

Quarter-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' choice |       Advanced to Semi-finals
      Won Online Public Vote |       Won Judges' Vote |       Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (August 11)

Guest Performers, Results Show: The Rockettes, Mat Franco, and OMI

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 12)
Mandel Mel B Klum Stern
Siro-A 1 Advanced
Alondra Santos 2 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Vita Radionova 3 Eliminated
Triple Threat 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
The Gentlemen 5 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Piff the Magic Dragon 6 Advanced
Benton Blount 7 Advanced
Craig & Micheline 8 Eliminated
Drew Lynch 9 Advanced
Showproject 10 Eliminated
Paul Zerdin 11 Advanced
Samantha Johnson 12 Advanced (Online Public Vote)

Quarter-final 2 (August 18)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Emily West, and William Close

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 19)
Mandel Mel B Klum Stern
DM Nation 1 Eliminated
Derek Hughes 2 Advanced
3 Shades of Blue 3 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Animation Crew 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Arielle Baril 5 Advanced
Uzeyer Novruzov 6 Advanced
Ira 7 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Damone Rippy 8 8 Eliminated
Myq Kaplan 9 Eliminated
The CraigLewis Band 10 Advanced
Freckled Sky 11 7 Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Sharon Irving 12 Advanced
  • ^7 Due to the majority vote for 3 Shades of Blue, Klum's voting intention was not revealed.
  • ^8 For health & safety reasons, Damone Rippy's performance had to be pre-recorded at another site.

Quarter-final 3 (August 25)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Le Rêve

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 26)
Mandel Mel B Klum Stern
Chapkis Dance Family 1 Eliminated
Metal Mulisha Fitz Army 9 2 Eliminated
DADitude! 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Alicia Michilli 4 Advanced
Gary Vider 5 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Mountain Faith Band 6 Advanced
Oz Pearlman 7 Advanced
Selected of God 8 Eliminated
The Professional Regurgitator 9 Advanced
Benjamin Yonattan 10 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Daniella Mass 11 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Freelusion 12 Advanced
  • ^9 Metal Mulisha Fitz Army were later appointed the judges' WildCard semi-finalist.

Semi-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' choice |       Advanced to Finals
      Won Online Public Vote |       Won Judges' Vote |       Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (September 1)

Guest Performers, Results Show: The Illusionists, Taylor Williamson

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (September 2)
Mandel Mel B Klum Stern
Ira 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Mountain Faith Band 2 Eliminated
Metal Mulisha Fitz Army 3 Eliminated
Samantha Johnson 4 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Derek Hughes 5 Advanced
Drew Lynch 6 Advanced
The CraigLewis Band 7 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
Oz Pearlman 8 Advanced
Benton Blount 9 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Siro-A 10 Eliminated
Arielle Baril 11 Eliminated

Semi-final 2 (September 8)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Little Mix, and AcroArmy

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (September 9)
Mandel Mel B Klum Stern
3 Shades of Blue 1 Eliminated
Gary Vider 2 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
Alondra Santos 3 Eliminated
Freelusion 4 Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Alicia Michilli 5 Eliminated
Piff the Magic Dragon 6 Advanced
Daniella Mass 7 Eliminated
Uzeyer Novruzov 8 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
The Professional Regurgitator 9 Advanced
Sharon Irving 10 Eliminated
Paul Zerdin 11 Advanced

Finals (September 15–16)

Guest Performers, Performance show: The Rockettes, Flo Rida

      Winner |       Runner-up |       3rd place |       Top 5
Finalist Performed with
(2nd Performance)		 Result (September 16) [13]
Benton Blount Rachel Platten Finalist
Derek Hughes Penn & Teller and Mat Franco 10 Finalist
Drew Lynch Jeff Ross 12 2nd
Gary Vider Jeff Ross 12 Finalist
Oz Pearlman Penn & Teller and Mat Franco 10 3rd
Paul Zerdin Terry Fator 1st
Piff the Magic Dragon Penn & Teller and Mat Franco 10 Finalist
The Craig Lewis Band Yolanda Adams, and Harlem Gospel Choir Grand-finalist
The Professional Regurgitator Penn & Teller Grand-finalist
Uzeyer Novruzov Freelusion 11 Finalist
  • ^10 Oz Pearlman, Piff the Magic Dragon and Derek Hughes conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.
  • ^11 Although they lost in the semi-finals, Freelusion were given a special invite to conduct a joint routine with Uzeyer Novruzov for his second performance.
  • ^12 Drew Lynch and Gary Vider conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.

Ratings

The following ratings are based upon those published by Nielsen Media Research after this season's broadcast:

Show Episode title First air date Rating
(18–49)		 Share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Time slot
rank		 Nightly
rank		 Weekly
rank
1 Auditions Week 1 May 26, 2015 2.6 9 11.09 [14] 1 1 1 [15]
2 Auditions Week 2 June 2, 2015 2.4 9 10.84 [16] 1 1 3 [17]
3 Auditions Week 3 June 9, 2015 2.3 8 10.44 [18] 2 2 4 [19]
4 Auditions Week 4 June 16, 2015 2.3 8 10.18 [20] 1 2 4 [21]
5 Auditions Week 5 June 23, 2015 2.6 10 11.08 [22] 1 1 1 [23]
6 Auditions Week 6 June 30, 2015 2.5 9 10.74 [24] 2 2 3 [25]
7 Auditions Week 7 July 7, 2015 2.3 8 10.57 [26] 1 1 1 [27]
8 Judge Cuts Week 1 July 14, 2015 2.4 9 10.82 [28] 1 2 2 [29]
9 Judge Cuts Week 2 July 21, 2015 2.3 9 10.50 [30] 1 1 1 [31]
10 Judge Cuts Week 3 July 28, 2015 2.1 8 10.33 [32] 1 1 3 [33]
11 Judge Cuts Week 4 August 4, 2015 2.2 8 10.21 [34] 1 1 3 [35]
12 Quarterfinals Week 1 (Performances) August 11, 2015 2.5 9 11.43 [36] 1 1 1 [37]
13 Quarterfinals Week 1 (Results) August 12, 2015 1.6 6 8.83 [38] 2 2 6 [37]
14 Quarterfinals Week 2 (Performances) August 18, 2015 2.3 8 10.86 [39] 1 1 1 [40]
15 Quarterfinals Week 2 (Results) August 19, 2015 1.6 6 9.12 [41] 2 2 7 [40]
16 Quarterfinals Week 3 (Performances) August 25, 2015 2.2 8 10.34 [42] 1 1 2 [43]
17 Quarterfinals Week 3 (Results) August 26, 2015 1.6 6 8.46 [44] 2 2 7 [43]
18 Semifinals Week 1 (Performances) September 1, 2015 2.3 8 10.55 [45] 1 1 2 [46]
19 Semifinals Week 1 (Results) September 2, 2015 1.7 7 9.29 [47] 2 2 6 [46]
20 Semifinals Week 2 (Performances) September 8, 2015 2.1 7 10.53 [48] 1 1 9 [49]
21 Semifinals Week 2 (Results) September 9, 2015 1.8 7 9.46 [50] 2 2 12 [49]
22 Finals (Performances) September 15, 2015 2.4 9 11.33 [51] 1 1 6 [52]
23 Finale September 16, 2015 2.1 7 9.54 [53] 1 1 9 [52]

Specials

Show Episode title First air date Rating
(18–49)		 Share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Time slot
rank		 Nightly
rank		 Weekly
rank
S1 Best of Season 10 Auditions July 22, 2015 1.2 5 5.66 [54] 3 4 12 [31]
S2 10 Years of Talent July 29, 2015 1.6 6 5.80 [55] 2 2 8 [33]
S3 World's Got Talent August 5, 2015 1.5 6 6.99 [56] 2 2 9 [35]
S4 Finale Performance Recap September 16, 2015 1.2 4 5.65 [53] 3 4 19 [52]

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