America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent (sometimes abbreviated as AGT) is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent series franchise. It began in June 21, 2006. It features singers, dancers, magicians and other talents from America to compete for a contract and $1,000,000 and as a headliner on the Las Vegas Strip since season 3.

America's Got Talent
Genre	Reality Talent contest
Created by	Simon Cowell
Directed by	Russell Norman
Creative director(s)	Brian Friedman
Presented by	Regis Philbin Jerry Springer Nick Cannon Tyra Banks Terry Crews
Judges	Piers Morgan David Hasselhoff Brandy Norwood Sharon Osbourne Howard Stern Howie Mandel Mel B Heidi Klum Simon Cowell Julianne Hough Gabrielle Union Sofia Vergara
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	18
No. of episodes	440
Production
Executive producer(s)	Simon Cowell Sam Donnelly Jason Raff Rob Wade Trish Kinane Richard Wallace
Running time	44–104 minutes
Production company(s)	FremantleMedia North America SYCOtv
Distributor	FremantleMedia Enterprises
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	NTSC (480i) (2006–08) HDTV 1080i (2009–present)
Original release	June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21) – present (present)
Other websites
Official website

Format

Artists compete for the judges votes. Before appearing, Applicants must audition to impress the crew who works on the show. This is how people get a chance to impress the judges.

Note: Certain seasons may have different variations of rounds.

Auditions

Once applicants have made the show, they go on stage with the judges. Before the act, they introduce themselves("Who are you and where are you from?") is a common line. They perform their act with added help from the crew that helps the contestants with playing music, and props. The coaches have a big red X button they can press if the act starts performing and they get bored, don't like the act, or think the act isn't "talent" material or just plain stupid. If an act receives all of the Judges X's, they must stop performing, however, some have ignored the unofficial rule. After the act is complete, the judges make comments make positive and/or negative about it. Each judge then votes. If an act received 3 Yes's(75%) or more, they move on to the next round of competition. If an act received 2 yes's(50%) or less, they are eliminated from the competition. X's do not determine a judge's yes or no decision. Even if an act received four X's, they can still go through if they can convince the judges to give them 3 yes's, they still go through.

Judge Cuts

The second round of the competition features the contestants performing an act again(usually better and bigger) than the last time. The Judges decide on a certain number of acts moving to the live shows. The contestants are usually split into a certain number of groups as well. The judges decide who moves on as a group, instead of individually. The judges can still X a performance, but all performances are eligible to move on when the judges X a performance, even with four X's.

Overview

Season	Originally Aired		Winner	Runner(s)-up	Third place
	First Aired	Last Aired
1	June 21, 2006	August 17, 2006	Bianca Ryan	All That / The Millers 1
2	June 5, 2007	August 21, 2007	Terry Fator	Cas Haley	Butterscotch
3	June 17, 2008	October 1, 2008	Neal E. Boyd	Eli Mattson	Nuttin' But Stringz
4	June 23, 2009	September 16, 2009	Kevin Skinner	Bárbara Padilla	Recycled Percussion
5	June 1, 2010	September 15, 2010	Michael Grimm	Jackie Evancho	Fighting Gravity
6	May 31, 2011	September 14, 2011	Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.	Silhouettes	Team iLuminate
7	May 14, 2012	September 13, 2012	Olate Dogs	Tom Cotter	William Close
8	June 4, 2013	September 18, 2013	Kenichi Ebina	Taylor Williamson	Jimmy Rose
9	May 27, 2014	September 17, 2014	Mat Franco	Emily West	AcroArmy
10	May 26, 2015	September 16, 2015	Paul Zerdin	Drew Lynch	Oz Pearlman
11	May 31, 2016	September 14, 2016	Grace VanderWaal	The Clairvoyants	Jon Dorenbos
12	May 30, 2017	September 20, 2017	Darci Lynne	Angelica Hale	Light Balance
13	May 29, 2018	September 19, 2018	Shin Lim	Zurcaroh	Brian King Joseph
14	May 28, 2019	September 18, 2019	Kodi Lee	Detroit Youth Choir	Ryan Niemiller
15	May 26, 2020	September 23, 2020	Brandon Leake	Broken Roots	Cristina Rae
16	June 1, 2021	September 15, 2021	Dustin Tavella	Aidan Bryant	Josh Blue
17	May 31, 2022	September 14, 2022	Mayyas	Kristy Sellars	Drake Milligan
18	May 30, 2023	September 27, 2023	Adrian Stoica and Hurricane	Anna DeGuzman	Murmuration

Other websites

• America's Got Talent on IMDb