On Tuesday’s America’s Got Talent semifinals, 12 of America’s favorite acts performed for their last chance at taking one of 10 spots in the Season 21 finale. Four of those spots are already occupied by the talented artists that earned a Live Golden Buzzer in the quarterfinals, leaving only six open to those that performed in the semis.
Looking to have polled in the top 50% of the overnight public vote are: dancing dog act Acro Canine Crew, Portuguese comedy singer Cesar Dias, Korean dance group Come Here, stand-up comedian Daniel Alvarez, magician Geno Ploeger, Canadian magician Kameron Marshall, rapper Luke Taleno, dog act Olivia Befus, light-up dance group Royal Lasers, singer Travis Garland, aerialist Veronika Goroshkova, and English magic duo Young & Strange.
Already in the final round are Hundred Fingers, Lai Noelle, Nene Royal, and Unitree, thanks to earlier Golden Buzzers in the live rounds.
Kameron Marshall in ‘America’s Got Talent’Trae Patton/NBC
Read on for our results recap of America’s Got Talent Semifinals, which aired Sept. 16 on NBC, to find out which six acts will perform again for their chance at becoming a Las Vegas headlining act.
Handling duties for AGT TikTok Live this week is Korean music act and star of The Traitors Eric Nam. He describes his time backstage with the performers as “the best time” even though there was “a lot of emotion, a lot of energy.” Speaking of The Traitors, Alan Cumming appears on video to challenge the AGT judges to banish a few contestants before he provides a preview look at the “New Blood” season premiering Thursday night.
From their seat the judges’ dais, Sofia expresses that she’ll be heartbroken when America’s decision is revealed because she believes in all of the semifinalists. Howie says everyone “rose to the occasion” and even when there were three magicians in one night, they all managed to do something different.
Season 20 runner-up Chris Turner returns to the stage for another round of his iconic improvised raps. For this performance he raps about disinfectants using accents from Los Angeles, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Texas, Russia, Germany, Yorkshire, France, Scotland, New York, and pirate culture as randomly selected by the judges.
The 6 Finalists
In order to reveal the six acts that advance to the finale, Terry brings the acts to the stage in pairs with good news for one and bad news for the other.
Kameron Marshall vs. Olivia Befus: Despite the judges’ caution that she might be overshadowed by the larger doc act, Olivia and her three dogs advance to the finale! “America loves dogs,” declares Howie.
Daniel Alvarez vs. Veronika Goroshkova: The second act going into the final round is aerialist Veronika! Before he exits the stage, Daniel gives a final shout out to all the Los Angeles-based comics that have supported his career. “You’re a professional and you deserve to be here,” says Sofia in support of Veronika’s spot in the finale.
Acro Canine Crew vs. Cesar Dias: The promise of delivering “a complete disaster” in the finale is not enough to save Cesar from elimination. It’s Acro Canine Crew advancing instead! Terry’s Golden Buzzer act says it “feels absolutely amazing” to make it to the finals.
Come Here vs. Luke Taleno: The next spot in the final round goes to the Korean dance crew Come Here, but the judges believe that Luke has already left his mark as a superstar. Come Here promises to “give everything” in their final performance.
Royal Lasers vs. Young & Strange: It’s two of three magic acts down as Young & Strange is eliminated in favor of the laser light dance group Royal Lasers! “This episode was so special and beautiful,” announced Terry’s second Golden Buzzer act in reaction to the result.
Geno Ploeger vs. Travis Garland: Between the two young men, it’s Geno that advances to the finals on the heels of a mind-blowing predictive magic trick. Barely able to contain his tears, Geno says “You guys have no idea how much this means to me… thank you.”
Everything is on the line next Tuesday when the 10 finalists compete for $1 million and to become the next AGT champion.