On the sixth night of the America’s Got Talent Season 21 auditions, 15 more acts took the stage to perform for Simon Cowell, Mel B, Sofia Vergara, and Howie Mandel. They included a comedian that recommended replacements of the judges, Venezuelan puppeteer burlesque dancers and Italian ventriloquist opera singers, a country singer and a country rock band, an Irish magician, and a stand-up comedian frustrated by online passwords.
This season, each of the judges and Terry Crews have two Golden Buzzers to hand out. The 10 acts chosen in that way earn a ticket straight to the live shows. Acts not originally chosen to advance, but who earned yes votes from three or more judges, would participate in an all-new Judges’ Callbacks round for another chance to earn their spot through judges’ deliberations.
On previous nights, Howie used both of his Golden Buzzers on South Korean magic act Hundred Fingers and Cuban rapper Luke Taleno. Simon’s went to singer Lai Noelle and one-legged parkour athlete Rubén Roldán Bustos. Mel went all-in for two singers: Isaac Atkins and Mackenzie Sol. Terry’s two went to the dance crew-dog act Acro Crew and to Royal Lasers from Las Vegas. Sofia was the last to give out her second, handing her first to Australian vocalist Lara D.
Read on for our “Auditions 6” recap of the performances on America’s Got Talent Season 21, Episode 6, which aired July 14 on NBC.
Yukuta
Talent: Comedy/variety
Hometown: Hiroshima, Japan
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Howie, Sofia, Simon; No — Mel
Buzzers: X — Mel
Mel’s comments: “You came all the way from Japan to show us that?”
Howie’s comments: “It’s called comedy. It was hysterical.”
Cameron Logsdon
Talent: Celebrity impressions
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Votes Yes/No: No — Mel; Yes — Howie, Sofia, Simon
Buzzers: None
Sofia’s comments: “I think you’re brilliant. I think you did a great job with each of them.”
Mel’s comments: “I wish you just would have made a story, like a party with the different voices.”
Howie’s comments: “I think you were great and I loved it.”
Simon’s comments: “I thought it was original and a great idea actually … you did something different and it worked.”
Carolina Mic
Talent: Autotune rapper
Hometown: The Carolinas
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Mel; No — Simon, Howie, Sofia
Buzzers: X — Simon, Howie, Sofia
Simon’s comments: “I think after about 20 seconds I’d had enough. It was very monotonous.”
Mel’s comments: “I identify with you so I was fine.”
Viola Panik and Mister Punch
Talent: Puppeteer burlesque dancers
Hometown: Venezuela
Votes Yes/No: No — Mel, Simon, Howie; Yes — Sofia
Buzzers: X — Mel, Simon
Sofia’s comments: “That was one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen in my life and we see a lot of weird things on this stage.”
Simon’s comments: “I thought it was like watching some strange kids show from the 1970s.”
Naimana & Danielle
Talent: Ventriloquist opera singers
Hometown: Italy
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Howie, Simon, Sofia; No — Mel
Buzzers: None
Sofia’s comments: “That was really surprising. I’m very confused.”
Howie’s comments: “The fact that the two of you become a man, a woman, a baby, a horse and a parrot is just something we’ve never seen before … and I loved it.”
Mel’s comments: “I’m confused … you’ve actually got really good voices, but I didn’t get it.”
Simon’s comments: “I did get it. One of our biggest winners is a singing ventriloquist. … I think you’re really, really talented. It’s just a bit stupid right now.”
Nicole Tissington
Talent: Eating crazy things
Votes Yes/No: No — Simon
Buzzers: X — Simon
Howie’s comments: [talking through a cake microphone] “I don’t think you’re gonna be able to hear me coz it’s only cake.”
Butter & Grit
Talent: Band
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Howie, Mel, Sofia, Simon
Buzzers: None
Mel’s comments: “I wanna be friends with you guys. You seem like a really nice people to hang out with. You brought the fun, I loved it.”
Howie’s comments: “I think there’s a real audience for this. I think this is real Americana.”
Simon’s comments: “I think you sounded like one of those popular restaurant commercials.”
Sofia’s comments: “I think you guys are super likable. … I think it was a good idea to come here.”
Veronika Goroshkova
Talent: Aerial pole
Hometown: Ukraine
Votes Yes/No: n/a
Buzzers: Sofia’s Golden Buzzer
Simon’s comments: “That felt like a gold medal peformance in every way … your showmanship, it was so difficult. … I think that was perfection.”
Sofia’s comments: “I was really, really into it. But we were at a weird angle to look at it. We’ve seen a lot of these kind of acts. But I don’t know why I have this feeling I wanna do this right now.” [hits Golden Buzzer]
Elsie
Talent: Singer
Hometown: Mississippi
Votes Yes/No: No — Howie; Yes — Sofia, Simon, Mel
Buzzers: None
Mel’s comments: “You’re clearly an amazing singer, but I think for me personally you should have done a different song because I think your voice is so much bigger and better than what you just showed us. … I think you got a lot more in the tank.”
Howie’s comments: “This is a star, you look like a star, you sound like a star. But I don’t know if it was the song or the production, there was so much backing track. … I wanna know who you are and I have no idea who you are yet.”
Sofia’s comments: “I didn’t love the song but I did love you.”
Simon’s comments: “I think you have everything it takes to do well. I think what happened today is you overprepped. Weirdly it’s about letting go of some of the stuff and being a little more raw. You have star potential. You have a glow about you.”
Joel M
Talent: Magic
Hometown: Northern Ireland
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Mel, Simon, Sofia; No — Howie
Buzzers: None
Mel’s comments: “I don’t know how you do it. I believe in magic. I loved it.”
Sofia’s comments: “The magic was actually very impressive, but I don’t know if this was necessary though. It was very exciting in some moments.”
Howie’s comments: “You’re charming. You’ve got a good look … it’s just too long and I don’t have that kind of attention span.”
Simon’s comments: “That did take a long time. You can’t do that on a live show.”
Lachlan Patterson
Talent: Stand-up comedy
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Howie, Mel, Sofia, Simon
Buzzers: None
Mel’s comments: “I was smiling and laughing, I really enjoyed it.”
Howie’s comments: “Leave ’em wanting more, not less.”
Jesse Joe
Talent: Band
Hometown: West Texas
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Howie, Sofia, Simon; No — Mel
Buzzers: None
Howie’s comments: “When people do what you do and then sing about what you do, you have put a lifetime into whatever it is you’re singing about and I felt that. You’re authentic and I loved it.”
Mel’s comments: “You were so out of tune, I don’t know how you couldn’t hear yourself.”
Sofia’s comments: “I think you guys have something very interesting going on. … I loved that song actually.”
Simon’s comments: “I like the song a lot. There were some issues with the lead vocals though. … I do think the audience are gonna want this.”
Alseny Sylla
Talent: Acrobat
Hometown: West Africa
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Simon
Buzzers: None
Simon’s comments: “That was a great audition. So much energy. I would say you’re one of the most committed contestants we have this year.”
Elektrodads
Talent: Dance crew
Hometown: Gilbert, Ariz.
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Simon, Sofia, Mel; No — Howie
Buzzers: None
Mel’s comments: “That was actually surprisingly really good and at the same time really, really cute. You can all really dance.”
Howie’s comments: “You can really dance. You’re really likable. Your kids are gonna love it, but there was nothing where you’re gonna go wow you gotta get in here and see this. That’s not a million dollar act.”
Sofia’s comments: “I think everybody’s gonna love you.”
Simon’s comments: “It did make me laugh when you first started dancing… then as it got going, you got better.”
Ashford Sanders
Talent: Singer
Hometown: Canton, Miss.
Votes Yes/No: Yes — Howie, Mel, Sofia, Simon
Buzzers: None
Mel’s comments: “You were giving me some Luther Vandross … you were giving me everything and more and the trills and the thrills.”
Howie’s comments: “Your voice is like a warm blanket … it was beautiful.”
Sofia’s comments: “I could listen to you forever and you’re very sweet. Your personality is beautiful.”
Simon’s comments: “I think you are a gifted, brilliant singer. No question. Beautiful tone. There are so many songs out there you can reinterpret and you come over as a really sweet person as well.”
