America's Got Talent: The Champions season 2

*America's Got Talent: The Champions*
America's Got Talent: The Champions
Season 2
Showrunner	Jason Raff
Hosted by	Terry Crews
Judges	Simon Cowell; Heidi Klum; Alesha Dixon; Howie Mandel;
Winner	V.Unbeatable
Runner-up	Duo Transcend
No. of episodes	7
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	January 6 –; February 17, 2020
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 1

The second season of America's Got Talent: The Champions featured around 40 participants from across the Got Talent franchise, ranging from winners, live round participants – quarter-finalists (where applicable), semi-finalists and finalists – and other notable acts. This season had the same host and judges, except Mel B was replaced by Alesha Dixon.

Judges and Presenter for America's Got Talent: The Champions Season 1

Overview

The contest's preliminaries featuring around 10 participants. While those receiving a golden buzzer in each preliminary would secure an automatic place in the grand-final, remaining places would be competed for in two semi-finals, each consisting of the two highest voted in each preliminary, along with a third in each voted for by the judges from amongst those placing 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively in the audience vote.^[2] The following table lists each participant that took part, and their history in the Got Talent franchise – per respective international version, season, and performance, within chronological order from first to more recent appearance:

Got Talent History Key	AGT — America's Got Talent	AIT — L'Afrique a un Incroyable Talent	AuGT — Australia's Got Talent	BGTC — Britain's Got Talent: The Champions
	BGT — Britain's Got Talent	DS — Das Supertalent	FIT — La France a un incroyable talent	GTE — Got Talent España
	HGT — Holland's Got Talent	IGT — Italia's Got Talent	MS — Minuta slavy	MGT — Myanmar's Got Talent
	MT — Mam talent!	NT — Norske Talenter	PGT — Pilipinas Got Talent	RT — Românii au talent

Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Finalist | Semi-Finalist

Eliminated |

Golden Buzzer Finalist

Participant	Act	Got Talent history	Preliminary	Results
Alexa Lauenburger	Dog Tricks Act	*DS: S11 – Winner; BGTC: S1 – Finalist*	3	Finalist
Angelina Jordan	Singer	NT: S6 – Winner	1	Finalist
Bars and Melody	Rapper & Singer	BGT: S8 – 3rd Place ; BGTC: S1 – Finalist	4	Eliminated
Ben Blaque	Crossbow performer	AGT: S7 – Quarter-Finalist; BGT: S10 – Semi-Finalist	2	Eliminated
Ben Hart	Magician	BGT: S13 – 3rd Place; BGTC: S1 – Participant	3	Eliminated
Boogie Storm	Dance Group	BGT: S10 – Third Place; BGTC: S1 – Participant	2	Finalist
Brian King Joseph	Violinist	AGT: S13 – Third Place	4	Eliminated
Christian Stoinev & Percy	Hand Balancer & Dog Tricks Act	AGT: S2 – Participant, S9 – Top 12 Finalist; DS: S13 – Winner	4	Eliminated
Collabro	Musical Theatre Group	BGT: S8 – Winner; BGTC: S1 – Participant	2	Eliminated
Connie Talbot	Singer	BGT: S1 – Finalist; BGTC: S1 – Participant	4	Eliminated
Dan Naturman	Stand-up Comedian	AGT: S9 – Semi-finalist	1	Eliminated
Dania Diaz	Magician	GTE: S3 – Finalist	1	Semi-finalist
Duo Destiny	Acrobatic Duo	MT: S11 – Winner	3	Semi-finalist
Duo Transcend	Trapeze Duo	AGT: S13 – Finalist	1	Runner-up
Eddie Williams	Singer	AuGT: S9 – Semi-Finalist	1	Eliminated
Emil Rengle	Dancer	RT: S8 – Winner	4	Eliminated
Freckled Sky	Video Projection Dance Duo	AGT: S10 – Quarter-finalist	3	Eliminated
Hans	Singer, Accordionist & Dancer	AGT: S13 – Quarter-finalist	1	Finalist
Jack Vidgen	Singer	AuGT: S5 – Winner	1	Eliminated
JJ Pantano	Comedian	AuGT: S9 – Semi-Finalist	4	Semi-finalist
Junior Creative Dance	Shadow Dance Group	MGT: S5 – Winner	1	Eliminated
Luke Islam	Singer	AGT: S14 – Semi-finalist	2	Eliminated
Marc Spelmann	Magician & Mentalist	BGT: S12 – Semi-finalist, S13 (as X) – Runner-up	2	Semi-finalist
Marcelito Pomoy	Falsetto Singer	PGT: S2 – Winner	2	Grand-finalist
Michael Grimm	Singer	AGT: S5 – Winner	3	Eliminated
Mike Yung	Singer	AGT: S12 – Semi-finalist	1	Eliminated
Miki Dark	Magician	HGT: S10 – Semi-finalist; FIT: S14 – Participant	3	Eliminated
Moses Concas	Harmonica Player	IGT: S7 – Winner	3	Eliminated
Oz Pearlman	Mentalist	AGT: S10 �� Third Place	2	Eliminated
Paddy and Nico	Salsa Dancer	BGT: S8 – Finalist; FIT: S11 – Semi-finalist; BGTC: S1 – Finalist	1	Eliminated
Puddles Pity Party	Singing Clown	AGT: S12 – Quarter-finalist	2	Eliminated
Quick Style	Dance Group	NT: S2 – Winner	3	Eliminated
Ryan Niemiller	Stand-up Comedian	AGT: S14 – Third Place	2	Semi-finalist
Sandou Trio Russian Bar	Acrobats	AGT: S6 – Semi-finalist	4	Grand-finalist
Silhouettes	Silhouette Dance Group	AGT: S6 – Runner-up	4	Finalist
Spencer Horsman	Escape Artist	AGT: S7 – Quarter-finalist; FIT: S9 – Semi-finalist	2	Eliminated
Strauss Serpent	Contortionist	AIT: S2 – Winner; FIT: S13 – Finalist	4	Semi-finalist
Tyler Butler-Figueroa	Violinist	AGT: S14 – Finalist	3	Third place
V.Unbeatable	Acrobatic Dance Group	AGT: S14 – Grand-finalist	3	Winner
Voices of Service	Vocal Group	AGT: S14 – Grand-finalist	4	Eliminated

Preliminaries Summary

Golden Buzzer Advancement | Semi-final Advancement – Superfan Vote | Semi-final Advancement – Judges' Vote

Eliminated – Judges Vote | Eliminated |

Buzzed out |

Judges' choice

Preliminary 1 (January 6)

Participant	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result
Participant	Order	Cowell	Klum	Dixon	Mandel	Result
Paddy and Nico	1					Eliminated
Mike Yung	2					Eliminated
Junior Creative Dance	3					Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Hans	4					Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Jack Vidgen	5					Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Duo Transcend	6					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Dan Naturman	7					Eliminated
Angelina Jordan	8					Grand-Final Advancement
Eddie Williams	9					Eliminated
Dania Diaz	10					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)

Preliminary 2 (January 13)

Participant	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result
Participant	Order	Cowell	Klum	Dixon	Mandel	Result
Marcelito Pomoy	1					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Oz Pearlman	2					Eliminated
Boogie Storm	3					Grand-Final Advancement
Ben Blaque ¹	4					Eliminated
Collabro	5					Eliminated
Ryan Niemiller	6				²	Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Puddles Pity Party	7					Eliminated
Marc Spelmann/X ³	8					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Luke Islam	9					Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Spencer Horsman ⁴	10					Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)

^1 Ben Blaque's performance was terminated mid-way into his routine, due to an overwhelming concern from the judges it was too life-threatening to continue.
^2 Mandel did not cast his vote, due to the majority support for Ryan Niemiller from the other judges, but noted his vote would have made it unanimous.
^3 Shin Lim, a noted participant in the Got Talent franchise, made a special appearance as part of Marc Spelmann's performance.
^4 For health and safety reasons, Spencer Horsman's performance had to be conducted outside the venue and with paramedics on standby; both the audience and judges were in attendance for this.

Preliminary 3 (January 20)

Participant^[3]	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result
Participant^[3]	Order	Cowell	Klum	Dixon	Mandel	Result
Alexa Lauenburger	1		⁵			Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Tyler Butler-Figueroa	2					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Ben Hart	3					Eliminated
Freckled Sky	4					Eliminated
Moses Concas	5					Eliminated
V. Unbeatable	6					Grand-Final Advancement
Michael Grimm	7		⁵			Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Duo Destiny	8					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Quick Style	9		⁵			Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Miki Dark	10					Eliminated

^5 Due to the majority vote for Alexa Lauenburger, Klum's voting intention was not disclosed.

Preliminary 4 (January 27)

Participant	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result
Participant	Order	Cowell	Klum	Dixon	Mandel	Result
Christian Stoinev & Percy	1					Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Voices of Service	2					Eliminated
JJ Pantano	3					Advanced (Won Judge's Vote)
Emil Rengle	4					Eliminated
Silhouettes	5					Grand-Final Advancement
Brian King Joseph	6					Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Connie Talbot	7					Eliminated
Sandou Trio Russian Bar	8					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Bars and Melody	9					Eliminated
Strauss Serpent	10					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)

Semi-finals (February 3)

Grand-finalist Advancement – Superfan Vote | Grand-finalist Advancement – Judges' Vote

Eliminated – Judges Vote | Eliminated |

Buzzed out |

Judges' choice

Participant	Order	Buzzes and Judges' votes				Result
Participant	Order	Cowell	Klum	Dixon	Mandel	Result
JJ Pantano	1					Eliminated
Tyler Butler-Figueroa	2					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Marc Spelmann/X	3					Eliminated
Duo Destiny	4				⁶	Eliminated (Lost Judge's Vote)
Hans	5					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Dania Diaz	6					Eliminated
Duo Transcend	7				⁶	Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Strauss Serpent	8					Eliminated
Ryan Niemiller	9					Eliminated
Alexa Lauenburger	10					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Sandou Trio Russian Bar	11					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)
Marcelito Pomoy	12					Advanced (Won Superfan Vote)

^6 Due to the majority vote for Duo Transcend, Mandel's voting intention was not disclosed.

Finals (February 10)

Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place

Guest Performers: KISS, Kseniya Simonova, Lindsey Stirling, Shin Lim, Colin Cloud, Kodi Lee, Travis Barker

Finalist	Order	Act	Result (February 17)
Alexa Lauenburger	1	Dog Tricks Act	Top 10 Finalist
Duo Transcend	2	Trapeze Duo	2nd
Angelina Jordan	3	Singer	Top 10 Finalist
Boogie Storm	4	Dance Group	Top 10 Finalist
Silhouettes	5	Silhouette Dance Group	Top 10 Finalist
Hans	6	Singer, Accordionist & Dancer	Top 10 Finalist
Tyler Butler-Figueroa	7	Violinist	3rd
V.Unbeatable	8	Acrobatic Dance Group	1st
Marcelito Pomoy	9	Falsetto Singer	4th
Sandou Trio Russian Bar	10	Acrobats	5th

Ratings

Episode	Title	First air date	Rating (18–49)	Share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	Nightly Rank
1	The Champions One	January 6, 2020	1.3	6	8.06^[4]	2
2	The Champions Two	January 13, 2020	1.0	4	6.52^[5]	2
3	The Champions Three	January 20, 2020	1.1	5	7.05^[6]	2
4	The Champions Four	January 27, 2020	1.1	5	7.35^[7]	2
5	The Champions Semifinals	February 3, 2020	1.1	5	6.73^[8]	3
6	The Champions Finals	February 10, 2020	1.0	5	7.16^[9]	2
7	The Champions Results Finale	February 17, 2020	1.2	5	7.16^[10]	3

References

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[Talent_Recap-2] O'Rourke, Jill (January 6, 2020). "The New 'AGT Champions' VOTING System Explained". Talent Recap. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[Week_3_Contestants-3] O'Rourke, Jill (January 15, 2020). "Who's Performing On 'AGT: Champions' Week 3?". Talent Recap. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

[2.01-4] Rejent, Joseph (January 7, 2020). "'The Bachelor' adjusts up: Monday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 8, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.

[2.02-5] Welch, Alex (January 14, 2020). "'America's Got Talent: The Champions' adjusts up: Monday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[2.03-6] Welch, Alex (January 22, 2020). "'The Neighborhood' and '9–1–1: Lone Star' adjust up: Monday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 23, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

[2.04-7] Welch, Alex (January 28, 2020). "'The Bachelor,' '9–1–1: Lone Star,' everything else unchanged: Monday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

[2.05-8] Mitch Metcalf (February 4, 2020). "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.3.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

[2.06-9] Mitch Metcalf (February 11, 2020). "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.10.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

[2.07-10] Mitch Metcalf (February 19, 2020). "Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.17.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.

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