America's Got Talent s07e07 Episode Script
Austin Auditions (Part 1)
Welcome to America's Got Talent, where dreams come true.
One of the most glorious moments we have had this season on America's Got Talent.
Amazing.
Do not give up the dream.
You blew the roof off the place.
Aah! Wow! No! Whoo! Welcome to America's Got Talent.
I'm Nick Cannon, deep in the heart of Texas.
The Austin auditions are full steam ahead.
Whoo! We're on the talent train, baby.
Whoo! Austin! The best talent in America.
As the mayor of Austin, I am honored to announce the audition open.
Whoo! I'm here.
Where's my dressing room? Howie Mandel.
The one and only Sharon Osbourne.
Howard Stern.
Let's get this thing started.
- What's up, man? - Not much.
- How about you? - I'm good.
What's your name? My name is Sebastien de La Cruz.
I am ten years old.
I am from San Antonio, Texas.
And we are called Mariachi El Charro Del Oro.
Mariachi is how do I explain this? It's Mexican music that tells stories.
I'm gonna be rooting for you over here, so if you need me, I can play a mean maraca.
Okay? All right? - Yes, sir.
- It's you don't gotta call me sir.
I'm Nick.
I'm your homeboy.
I'm your fan.
I'm here rooting for you.
Are you ready, Sebastien? Go get 'em, man.
Watch your step right here.
There we go.
- Hi.
- Hi, how are you doing? I'm doing good.
What is your name? Sebastien de La Cruz.
And how old are you? - I'm ten years old.
- Ten? - Yes, ma'am.
- Well, I can't wait to hear it.
So good luck.
Thank you.
He's tearing it up.
He's got the people on their feet.
He did it.
Well Well, I thoroughly enjoyed that performance, and it was very, very well done.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
I did not expect that big voice to come out of that little body you've got.
- Thank you.
- Howie? Yeah, the voice was a surprise.
Such a little guy, you're like a you're like a little male Mexican Jackie Evancho.
Do you have a girlfriend? Um, no, sir.
I used to, but - Yeah.
- Yeah.
It's easier for me to, um, start to get more better at my music instead of worrying about them.
- Oh, yes.
- Good choice.
Now he's a playah.
Was it hard to break up? Um, yeah, it was kind of a bad day for me, but I got through it.
Good, good.
I'm curious though, how did you, uh, get into this? Does your parents did they do this kind of thing? Well, my whole family, they love music.
- I just love my family and - Yeah.
They give me the music and what I do.
Love you too! He loves his family.
He loves you, dad.
You are personality plus.
You took the roof off the place.
So congratulations to you.
Thank you.
We're gonna vote.
Okay? - Yes.
- Going to Vegas.
Three yeses! You're going to Vegas.
Whoo! - Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- How's it feel? - It feels real good.
It feels good? - What a nice little boy.
- Yeah.
I mean, he's got the personality.
- So nice.
- America will love him.
He's so nice.
The way he talks is just so Yeah, just a little gentleman.
- Yeah.
- He's not precocious.
He's lovely.
Vegas! Vegas, baby.
Right on! We'll be back with more America's Got Talent.
Whoa.
Whoa.
He's gonna fall off.
It's gonna break.
Three, two, one.
Show what you got.
Oh, hey, how y'all doing? How you doing? What is your name? Name's Manly Price.
And what do you do? - I do impressions.
- Oh, you're an impressionist? - Yes, sir.
- Okay, go ahead.
It pretty much started the day I was born.
Are you speaking English? I don't know what you're saying.
I couldn't understand what you were saying.
I'm gonna say no.
Come on, man.
Say good night as Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- I don't do Arnold.
- Oh.
- Uh-oh.
- Oh, dear.
What do you guys do? We're the Tinderbox Circus Sideshow.
- What do you do for a living? - I'm a body piercer.
- Oh, yeah, right.
- She sells board games.
And he's a masseuse.
And the stage is yours.
Kids, don't try this at home.
Why don't I want a massage from you? I don't know.
I'm on the fence with this one.
All right, no.
That was a colossal waste of time, yes? Yes, yes, yes.
And I feel bad for anybody who was waiting to get in.
Who was waiting in line.
How you doing? My name's Nick.
- I'm Jose.
- Nick, Ali.
Nice to meet you.
We come from Iran, but we live in Vegas.
My dad was an acrobat and we grew up with it in the family.
I started at the age of eight.
And all these years later, I'm doing it with my favorite nephew.
Last time we performed together, it was five years ago.
You still need to put some of those chalks on? - The degreasing powder? - No, I'm fine.
He went off to retirement.
Two weeks ago, I call him up.
I said, "we gotta give this a shot.
" Physically, I'm tired, real tired.
If for a moment, for a split of a second, I lose the balance, one of us can be seriously injured.
He's my hero.
I trust him with my life.
- Go right this way.
- Right on.
Welcome.
And what's the name of the act? We are called Bambas Brothers Acrobats.
What are you gonna do for us? We're going to do a balancing act.
Okay, great.
Well, good luck.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Wow.
That is incredible.
Thank you.
Well, well, well, gentlemen.
Whoa, whoa.
You had my old heart going there for a moment.
I thought you were I thought you were gone.
But it was fabulous.
You got yourself back in balance.
Tell you the truth, I have been retired myself - for past 11 years.
- Really? - How old are you? - I'll be 59 in August.
Wow.
Thank you, Howard.
The shakiness I loved.
I liked the idea that we were seeing two guys struggling through this.
It showed how difficult something like this is.
We were so vested in whether or not you were gonna pull this off, it became exciting.
- Thank you.
- You're terrific.
I agree.
We see a lot of balancing acts on this show.
But a lot of people stay very steady and very fluid.
Is it because you've been retired for 11 years that you're a little shaky with it, you know? But it is truly amazing, dangerous, and edgy.
- And every element worked.
- Thank you.
All right, we're gonna vote.
- Howard? - Guys, you were terrific.
Enjoyed it, big yes for me.
- Thank you.
- Thanks.
- Howie? - I'm with Howard all the way.
A big yes for me.
That's two yeses.
Thank you.
And it's a yes from me.
- Congratulations.
- We'll see you in Vegas.
Thank you.
Wow, congratulations.
- Thank you, buddy.
- They were great.
- They were.
- I loved them.
Me too, I agree with you.
- I'm like - 'Cause I was like, "whoa.
" I honestly thought he was gonna break his neck.
- Thank you.
- Come to Vegas.
- I'll be there.
- We'll see you there.
'Cause you guys are gonna be there.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Thanks, bye.
Wow.
Is this your first time coming to the audition? Are you ready? Are you sure you're ready? And don't get too nervous, even though I know that's an emotional thing.
Well I was nervous this afternoon.
Keep calm and keep calm.
Are you guys talented? - I well, yeah, I I - He is? I try to.
My my my my body tell me to, my brain sometimes doesn't work as fast.
All right.
I I I I, uh can't can't I don't know.
I I'll do my I'll do my best.
Just go out there and have fun.
I sure will.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
All right.
Yeah, all right.
- How are you? - I I I I'm doing well.
Thank you.
What's your name? My name is Timothy Michael Poe.
Where you from, Tim? I'm from San Antonio.
Whoo! And what do you do for a living? Uh, well, I I spent 14 years in the m military, but but my, uh my career was was was ended in in 2 2009.
I I had got hit by by a grenade in Afghanistan, and it broke broke my back and gave me a brain injury.
S so that's the reason why I s stutter a little bit.
Back in 2009, uh, when I was in Afghanistan, I had volunteered for a team to go out and and clear buildings and and help out with the wounded.
There was a guy who come up with a rocket propelled grenade.
I s saw it coming down.
And b by the time I turned and went to j jump on top of my guys, I yell, "grenade," and the blast had hit me.
When I was lying there, I thought that I was never gonna be able to see my daughter walk down the aisle o or or throw the baseball with my son again or be able to to hold them and see them.
I didn't want my life to be over.
'Cause there's so much t to do, you know, that I would never be able to do.
It's hard to, um it's hard to think about.
I'm just glad that you're here to share it with me.
It ended up causing me to have a brain injury which, you know, caused my speech to not work right like it should.
S s singing is just an amazing feeling.
It's helped me get through a a lot of tough times.
If it wasn't for my fiancée Carrie, I would never, ever be where I'm at now.
She's the one who said, "you need to go up there.
You just need to let them h hear you.
" You have to be so lucky that you're even able to walk.
I sure am.
I I'm just happy to to be here.
I was excited.
Well, we are happy to - we are happy to have you.
- Yeah.
I'm so nervous right now.
I don't man.
Don't be nervous.
This is just people in your home state.
So go ahead, enjoy yourself.
Don't be nervous.
O okay.
sometimes late at night I lie awake and watch her sleeping she's lost in peaceful dreams so I turn out the light lay there in the dark and the thought crosses my mind if I never wake in the morning would she ever doubt the way I feel about her in my heart if tomorrow never comes would she know how much I loved her did I try in every way to show her every day that she's my only one if my time on earth were through she must face this world without me is the love I gave her in my past gonna be enough to last if tomorrow never comes Whoo! Thank you.
Wow.
So you don't stutter when you sing? - Uh, no no, sir.
- How did you find that out? Did you sing before you got injured? I didn't know I could really sing until my speech pathologist told me that to to help my stutter, she said to sing in the shower.
S s so that's that's what I did.
Wow.
Wow.
Everything about you is amazing.
I have to say, you, sir, are a phenomenal talent.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
You have a really rich, beautiful tone to your voice.
You bring people in.
The song you chose was perfect for your voice.
- Really good choice of song.
- Yes, ma'am.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Howard? I do wanna thank you for your service in Afghanistan.
I don't know what to say to a hero like you.
But look, you know, for me, what I like about you is that when you sing, you're not pushing it.
You didn't feel like you had to come out here and do all kinds of vocal tricks and all that kind of stuff.
And I was moved by your performance, and I thought you did a good job.
- I'm kind of shaking.
- Yeah, it's okay.
Okay, we'll vote.
Um I'll tell you something.
No question about it, - it's a yes from me.
- Yes! Howard, you go.
I can't wait to see what you do next, and it's a yes from me.
- Yes! - Sharon? - And it's a yes from me.
- That's three yeses.
Thank you! Thank you! Tim, that's the woman you need to hug.
My hero.
Wow.
How's it feel, man? Oh, my God.
It's amazing.
I was so scared up there.
I couldn't remember where to put my fingers.
I was, like - oh, I didn't know.
- Man, that was awesome.
And I don't know if you just noticed, but this whole sentence that you just said, you didn't stutter one bit.
Oh, that's see, that's amazing.
He was a real natural No, he's got a really nice-sounding voice.
So far there have been lots of auditions that have popped for the judges.
You, sir, are a phenomenal talent.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
And there's still plenty more to come.
Whoa! Oh! You told a story in the sand.
How many people can do that? Three, two, one.
Oh, shit! There's a lot of talent out there.
I know.
You wouldn't think there's, like, so many people who have a talent to share.
But everybody's got something over here.
That's interesting.
Any requests? Are you guys ready to go give it to 'em? - Yes.
- I love your energy.
Go out there and smile and make 'em happy.
- What do you do? - We're contortionists.
I love that.
I'm a big contortionist guy.
I always was, you know? We can wait to see you contort.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, no.
Ooh.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
I am inspired by you.
I loved it.
It's a yes from me.
And I speak for the guys when I say yes.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- What's your name? - I'm Edon.
I would love to hear what you do.
Woke up in London yesterday found myself in the city near piccadilly don't really know how I got here got some pictures on my phone new names and numbers that I don't know addresses to places like abbey road day turns to night night turns to whatever we want we're young enough to say oh this has gotta be the good life this has gotta be the good life this could really be a good life a good, good life You sang with such emotion.
I just wanna hear you sing more.
- Thank you.
- You're so talented.
You're so gifted.
It's a yes for me.
Three yeses.
We'll see you in Las Vegas.
It was so unexpected.
I love being surprised.
Congratulations.
We'll see you in Vegas.
My name is Luanne.
I am 27 years old.
I am from Hanover, Maryland.
And I am an accounting and title clerk.
I'm just your normal mom and wife who has a big dream and a big goal and that's to dance.
I've been dancing for as long as I can remember.
My mom put me in cheerleading because I was very shy.
I just loved it.
And right after graduation, I was pregnant.
So, dance kind of went on the shelf.
And I wanted to get back so bad.
Finally, I've been back dancing since the birth of my second child.
Tell the kids I love them.
And, um, I'm gonna be dancing shortly.
So I'm a little nervous.
I've been practicing a lot for today.
I wanna be able to wow those judges.
Fingers crossed.
- Hello.
- Hello.
What is your name? My name is Lulu.
And, Lulu, what kinda act do you do? Although I have a guess by that thing behind you.
I'm pole dancing.
All right.
Here we go.
Ahh! Whoa.
Whoa! Climb.
Big girls can do it too.
Climb.
Whoa! Well, that was impressive.
Whoa.
I like Lulu.
Were you hurt? Are you hurt? Like, I'll have a few bumps, bruises.
Nothing major.
'Cause at the end, that what do you call that what you did at the end? - The drop split? - Drop split.
Oh, I'm used to that.
There were times I didn't think you were gonna get up that pole.
I'll be honest with you.
But, uh, you gave it a shot.
I hit my buzzer because I don't think this is a $1,000,000 act.
Let's go to Sharon.
Yeah, Lulu.
Um, you are very confident with your moves, and that takes guts.
Yeah.
I like it.
But it has to be a no.
Howie? I I I enjoyed you.
- Thank you.
- I did.
And I would like to support you.
- So for me, it's a yes.
- Awesome.
Thank you.
You're a beautiful spirit.
You've got a good soul.
You're a good sport.
But for me it's a no.
Thank you, Lulu.
Thank you.
Lulu! No, that's okay.
- Stay right there, Lulu.
- Uh-oh.
We were talking backstage, and Lulu said one of the reasons why she came on this show is because last season she saw me on the pole and was inspired - Ooh.
- By my pole performance.
Let's do this.
You climb up there.
I'll hold your mic.
Oh! He's gonna fall off.
It's gonna fall.
It's gonna break.
- That's a lot of work.
- Uh-huh.
I don't know if y'all know at home, - climbing a pole ain't easy.
- True.
- Nick's got some physique.
- Nick's gorgeous.
What the hell is going on with him? - How handsome is he? - He's an adonis.
I gotta work out.
He's gorgeous.
I'm gonna go get dressed and get this duct tape off my nipples.
We'll be back with more America's Got Talent.
I cannot wait till the next act comes out on the stage.
I get I'm like, "what's gonna be next?" I was in a jug band once, when I was in, like, fifth grade.
I played the jug and I was really good.
And you were serious about it? Let me get up there and play Twilight Zone.
- Can you? - Guilty.
Oh, absolutely.
Good evening, what is your name? My name's Joe Castillo.
And what do you do? I use light and sand and I tell stories.
Go to it.
That is a very original, wonderful, patriotic piece of work.
- It really is.
- Thank you.
- Thanks very much.
- You did the incredible.
You told a story in the sand.
How many people can do that? - It's a yes for me.
- Thank you.
And it's a yes from me, Mr.
Castillo.
See you in Las Vegas.
Thank you.
Greetings.
- How you doing, man? - I'm very good.
I'm Nick.
What's your name? - I'm David.
- David, what are you gonna do for us today? I am, uh, gonna be blasting out of a human cannon.
Wow.
My name's David Smith Jr.
I'm 34 years old from Englewood, Florida.
And I'm a human cannonball.
This is one of the most dangerous things you can do.
The first time that I did the Cannon in front of an audience, I guess I was about 19 years old.
I had come in to fill in for my father who hurt his back.
My dad drilled it in into me.
He said, "son, this cannon is gonna scare you time and time again.
" I get scared every time I put that thing up and fire in a new location.
At what speed is it pushing you out? Average cannon-shot's, like, 0 to 50 miles an hour in about less than half a second.
- Really? - That's pretty serious.
Okay, so at that point, I'll be right here, right? The impacts coming out of that cannon are tremendous.
I've broken my leg and lots of fingers.
This is what I have done for a living for 15 years.
It's how I feed my children.
I've got four beautiful babies I gotta take care of.
This is probably gonna be one of the most nerve-racking performances ever.
Any kind of a miss or miscalculation, and it's done.
You'll have fun.
Go talk to 'em.
- Be friends with 'em, yes.
- Really? All right.
Hey, now.
Welcome.
- Hello.
- What's your name? I'm David Smith.
David, what are you gonna do today? Well, I'm a human cannonball.
How long you been shooting yourself out of cannons? Well, I've been doing this for 15 years.
How dangerous is this? Have you ever gotten a serious injury from it? Uh, yes, I have.
I've broken my leg.
It gets intense.
I got news for you, David.
As much as I don't wanna go outside, I will go outside for you.
Because I wanna see you fly through the air.
Thank you so much.
It's a little intense out here.
It's actually raining.
And David Smith Jr.
is still gonna go through with being shot out of a Cannon.
Does rain not affect cannon fire? As the wind is going, you're gonna see that the net is gonna start moving like this.
The more rain that comes down, the wetter the net gets.
And then it stretches it even more, and then it can hit the ground.
So this is even more dangerous in the rain.
Absolutely.
There's an ambulance down there with a stretcher waiting.
This is serious.
Everybody clear now.
Here we go.
All right, here we go, guys.
You all right, man? We ready? - Yeah.
- All right.
- Go ahead and go up there.
- Okay.
He's ready.
He's going up, ladies and gentlemen.
So despite the weather, David Smith Jr.
the human cannonball still going through with it.
It's dangerous.
It's windy.
It's wet.
The Cannon's going up.
Very intense.
Ready.
Here we go.
Here we go then.
Stand by.
I think they're ready.
Five, four, three, two, one! Oh, shit! Are you all right? Whoo! He's okay! Whoa.
That was fantastic.
Whoo! - You okay? - I'm okay.
All right.
He's okay! Y'all keep it going for the human cannonball.
David you blew it out of the box.
You were a lot of fun to watch.
I wanna see you again.
I loved it.
Thank you so much.
I hadn't seen anything like this before.
I loved the fact that your wife is in that thing with you.
Yeah, you know, she's, uh I can't do this by myself.
- Yeah, I like her.
- She's part of the - come on out, please.
- I like her.
You think you've seen it all.
There's no surprises.
But you really surprised us all, really.
- It was fantastic.
- That's It was phenomenal, but he needs to do it again.
- I need to see it again.
- Right.
And I'd like to see it in Vegas.
I'm gonna start voting.
I'm gonna say yes from me.
Sharon? Oh, yes.
Yes, yes.
You know how I feel.
You made me love you.
So it's a yes from me.
See you in Vegas.
All right! We're going to Vegas, baby.
Judges said you're going to Vegas.
- We're going to Vegas.
- Right on.
Congrats.
It was spectacular to actually witness it.
Yeah, it was great.
It was great.
How's it feel now that everything's over? Good, man.
Oh, what a Oh, no, it's just starting now.
We have to get ready for Vegas.
Thanks, everybody.
Give it up one more time for your judges.
I don't know what's happening to us this season, but every city just gets better.
I mean, Austin who knew? I didn't know that much talent would be hanging out in Austin.
See you tomorrow.
Good night.
One of the most glorious moments we have had this season on America's Got Talent.
Amazing.
Do not give up the dream.
You blew the roof off the place.
Aah! Wow! No! Whoo! Welcome to America's Got Talent.
I'm Nick Cannon, deep in the heart of Texas.
The Austin auditions are full steam ahead.
Whoo! We're on the talent train, baby.
Whoo! Austin! The best talent in America.
As the mayor of Austin, I am honored to announce the audition open.
Whoo! I'm here.
Where's my dressing room? Howie Mandel.
The one and only Sharon Osbourne.
Howard Stern.
Let's get this thing started.
- What's up, man? - Not much.
- How about you? - I'm good.
What's your name? My name is Sebastien de La Cruz.
I am ten years old.
I am from San Antonio, Texas.
And we are called Mariachi El Charro Del Oro.
Mariachi is how do I explain this? It's Mexican music that tells stories.
I'm gonna be rooting for you over here, so if you need me, I can play a mean maraca.
Okay? All right? - Yes, sir.
- It's you don't gotta call me sir.
I'm Nick.
I'm your homeboy.
I'm your fan.
I'm here rooting for you.
Are you ready, Sebastien? Go get 'em, man.
Watch your step right here.
There we go.
- Hi.
- Hi, how are you doing? I'm doing good.
What is your name? Sebastien de La Cruz.
And how old are you? - I'm ten years old.
- Ten? - Yes, ma'am.
- Well, I can't wait to hear it.
So good luck.
Thank you.
He's tearing it up.
He's got the people on their feet.
He did it.
Well Well, I thoroughly enjoyed that performance, and it was very, very well done.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
I did not expect that big voice to come out of that little body you've got.
- Thank you.
- Howie? Yeah, the voice was a surprise.
Such a little guy, you're like a you're like a little male Mexican Jackie Evancho.
Do you have a girlfriend? Um, no, sir.
I used to, but - Yeah.
- Yeah.
It's easier for me to, um, start to get more better at my music instead of worrying about them.
- Oh, yes.
- Good choice.
Now he's a playah.
Was it hard to break up? Um, yeah, it was kind of a bad day for me, but I got through it.
Good, good.
I'm curious though, how did you, uh, get into this? Does your parents did they do this kind of thing? Well, my whole family, they love music.
- I just love my family and - Yeah.
They give me the music and what I do.
Love you too! He loves his family.
He loves you, dad.
You are personality plus.
You took the roof off the place.
So congratulations to you.
Thank you.
We're gonna vote.
Okay? - Yes.
- Going to Vegas.
Three yeses! You're going to Vegas.
Whoo! - Congratulations.
- Thank you.
- How's it feel? - It feels real good.
It feels good? - What a nice little boy.
- Yeah.
I mean, he's got the personality.
- So nice.
- America will love him.
He's so nice.
The way he talks is just so Yeah, just a little gentleman.
- Yeah.
- He's not precocious.
He's lovely.
Vegas! Vegas, baby.
Right on! We'll be back with more America's Got Talent.
Whoa.
Whoa.
He's gonna fall off.
It's gonna break.
Three, two, one.
Show what you got.
Oh, hey, how y'all doing? How you doing? What is your name? Name's Manly Price.
And what do you do? - I do impressions.
- Oh, you're an impressionist? - Yes, sir.
- Okay, go ahead.
It pretty much started the day I was born.
Are you speaking English? I don't know what you're saying.
I couldn't understand what you were saying.
I'm gonna say no.
Come on, man.
Say good night as Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- I don't do Arnold.
- Oh.
- Uh-oh.
- Oh, dear.
What do you guys do? We're the Tinderbox Circus Sideshow.
- What do you do for a living? - I'm a body piercer.
- Oh, yeah, right.
- She sells board games.
And he's a masseuse.
And the stage is yours.
Kids, don't try this at home.
Why don't I want a massage from you? I don't know.
I'm on the fence with this one.
All right, no.
That was a colossal waste of time, yes? Yes, yes, yes.
And I feel bad for anybody who was waiting to get in.
Who was waiting in line.
How you doing? My name's Nick.
- I'm Jose.
- Nick, Ali.
Nice to meet you.
We come from Iran, but we live in Vegas.
My dad was an acrobat and we grew up with it in the family.
I started at the age of eight.
And all these years later, I'm doing it with my favorite nephew.
Last time we performed together, it was five years ago.
You still need to put some of those chalks on? - The degreasing powder? - No, I'm fine.
He went off to retirement.
Two weeks ago, I call him up.
I said, "we gotta give this a shot.
" Physically, I'm tired, real tired.
If for a moment, for a split of a second, I lose the balance, one of us can be seriously injured.
He's my hero.
I trust him with my life.
- Go right this way.
- Right on.
Welcome.
And what's the name of the act? We are called Bambas Brothers Acrobats.
What are you gonna do for us? We're going to do a balancing act.
Okay, great.
Well, good luck.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Wow.
That is incredible.
Thank you.
Well, well, well, gentlemen.
Whoa, whoa.
You had my old heart going there for a moment.
I thought you were I thought you were gone.
But it was fabulous.
You got yourself back in balance.
Tell you the truth, I have been retired myself - for past 11 years.
- Really? - How old are you? - I'll be 59 in August.
Wow.
Thank you, Howard.
The shakiness I loved.
I liked the idea that we were seeing two guys struggling through this.
It showed how difficult something like this is.
We were so vested in whether or not you were gonna pull this off, it became exciting.
- Thank you.
- You're terrific.
I agree.
We see a lot of balancing acts on this show.
But a lot of people stay very steady and very fluid.
Is it because you've been retired for 11 years that you're a little shaky with it, you know? But it is truly amazing, dangerous, and edgy.
- And every element worked.
- Thank you.
All right, we're gonna vote.
- Howard? - Guys, you were terrific.
Enjoyed it, big yes for me.
- Thank you.
- Thanks.
- Howie? - I'm with Howard all the way.
A big yes for me.
That's two yeses.
Thank you.
And it's a yes from me.
- Congratulations.
- We'll see you in Vegas.
Thank you.
Wow, congratulations.
- Thank you, buddy.
- They were great.
- They were.
- I loved them.
Me too, I agree with you.
- I'm like - 'Cause I was like, "whoa.
" I honestly thought he was gonna break his neck.
- Thank you.
- Come to Vegas.
- I'll be there.
- We'll see you there.
'Cause you guys are gonna be there.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- All right.
Thanks, bye.
Wow.
Is this your first time coming to the audition? Are you ready? Are you sure you're ready? And don't get too nervous, even though I know that's an emotional thing.
Well I was nervous this afternoon.
Keep calm and keep calm.
Are you guys talented? - I well, yeah, I I - He is? I try to.
My my my my body tell me to, my brain sometimes doesn't work as fast.
All right.
I I I I, uh can't can't I don't know.
I I'll do my I'll do my best.
Just go out there and have fun.
I sure will.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
All right.
Yeah, all right.
- How are you? - I I I I'm doing well.
Thank you.
What's your name? My name is Timothy Michael Poe.
Where you from, Tim? I'm from San Antonio.
Whoo! And what do you do for a living? Uh, well, I I spent 14 years in the m military, but but my, uh my career was was was ended in in 2 2009.
I I had got hit by by a grenade in Afghanistan, and it broke broke my back and gave me a brain injury.
S so that's the reason why I s stutter a little bit.
Back in 2009, uh, when I was in Afghanistan, I had volunteered for a team to go out and and clear buildings and and help out with the wounded.
There was a guy who come up with a rocket propelled grenade.
I s saw it coming down.
And b by the time I turned and went to j jump on top of my guys, I yell, "grenade," and the blast had hit me.
When I was lying there, I thought that I was never gonna be able to see my daughter walk down the aisle o or or throw the baseball with my son again or be able to to hold them and see them.
I didn't want my life to be over.
'Cause there's so much t to do, you know, that I would never be able to do.
It's hard to, um it's hard to think about.
I'm just glad that you're here to share it with me.
It ended up causing me to have a brain injury which, you know, caused my speech to not work right like it should.
S s singing is just an amazing feeling.
It's helped me get through a a lot of tough times.
If it wasn't for my fiancée Carrie, I would never, ever be where I'm at now.
She's the one who said, "you need to go up there.
You just need to let them h hear you.
" You have to be so lucky that you're even able to walk.
I sure am.
I I'm just happy to to be here.
I was excited.
Well, we are happy to - we are happy to have you.
- Yeah.
I'm so nervous right now.
I don't man.
Don't be nervous.
This is just people in your home state.
So go ahead, enjoy yourself.
Don't be nervous.
O okay.
sometimes late at night I lie awake and watch her sleeping she's lost in peaceful dreams so I turn out the light lay there in the dark and the thought crosses my mind if I never wake in the morning would she ever doubt the way I feel about her in my heart if tomorrow never comes would she know how much I loved her did I try in every way to show her every day that she's my only one if my time on earth were through she must face this world without me is the love I gave her in my past gonna be enough to last if tomorrow never comes Whoo! Thank you.
Wow.
So you don't stutter when you sing? - Uh, no no, sir.
- How did you find that out? Did you sing before you got injured? I didn't know I could really sing until my speech pathologist told me that to to help my stutter, she said to sing in the shower.
S s so that's that's what I did.
Wow.
Wow.
Everything about you is amazing.
I have to say, you, sir, are a phenomenal talent.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
You have a really rich, beautiful tone to your voice.
You bring people in.
The song you chose was perfect for your voice.
- Really good choice of song.
- Yes, ma'am.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Howard? I do wanna thank you for your service in Afghanistan.
I don't know what to say to a hero like you.
But look, you know, for me, what I like about you is that when you sing, you're not pushing it.
You didn't feel like you had to come out here and do all kinds of vocal tricks and all that kind of stuff.
And I was moved by your performance, and I thought you did a good job.
- I'm kind of shaking.
- Yeah, it's okay.
Okay, we'll vote.
Um I'll tell you something.
No question about it, - it's a yes from me.
- Yes! Howard, you go.
I can't wait to see what you do next, and it's a yes from me.
- Yes! - Sharon? - And it's a yes from me.
- That's three yeses.
Thank you! Thank you! Tim, that's the woman you need to hug.
My hero.
Wow.
How's it feel, man? Oh, my God.
It's amazing.
I was so scared up there.
I couldn't remember where to put my fingers.
I was, like - oh, I didn't know.
- Man, that was awesome.
And I don't know if you just noticed, but this whole sentence that you just said, you didn't stutter one bit.
Oh, that's see, that's amazing.
He was a real natural No, he's got a really nice-sounding voice.
So far there have been lots of auditions that have popped for the judges.
You, sir, are a phenomenal talent.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
And there's still plenty more to come.
Whoa! Oh! You told a story in the sand.
How many people can do that? Three, two, one.
Oh, shit! There's a lot of talent out there.
I know.
You wouldn't think there's, like, so many people who have a talent to share.
But everybody's got something over here.
That's interesting.
Any requests? Are you guys ready to go give it to 'em? - Yes.
- I love your energy.
Go out there and smile and make 'em happy.
- What do you do? - We're contortionists.
I love that.
I'm a big contortionist guy.
I always was, you know? We can wait to see you contort.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Oh, no.
Ooh.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
I am inspired by you.
I loved it.
It's a yes from me.
And I speak for the guys when I say yes.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- What's your name? - I'm Edon.
I would love to hear what you do.
Woke up in London yesterday found myself in the city near piccadilly don't really know how I got here got some pictures on my phone new names and numbers that I don't know addresses to places like abbey road day turns to night night turns to whatever we want we're young enough to say oh this has gotta be the good life this has gotta be the good life this could really be a good life a good, good life You sang with such emotion.
I just wanna hear you sing more.
- Thank you.
- You're so talented.
You're so gifted.
It's a yes for me.
Three yeses.
We'll see you in Las Vegas.
It was so unexpected.
I love being surprised.
Congratulations.
We'll see you in Vegas.
My name is Luanne.
I am 27 years old.
I am from Hanover, Maryland.
And I am an accounting and title clerk.
I'm just your normal mom and wife who has a big dream and a big goal and that's to dance.
I've been dancing for as long as I can remember.
My mom put me in cheerleading because I was very shy.
I just loved it.
And right after graduation, I was pregnant.
So, dance kind of went on the shelf.
And I wanted to get back so bad.
Finally, I've been back dancing since the birth of my second child.
Tell the kids I love them.
And, um, I'm gonna be dancing shortly.
So I'm a little nervous.
I've been practicing a lot for today.
I wanna be able to wow those judges.
Fingers crossed.
- Hello.
- Hello.
What is your name? My name is Lulu.
And, Lulu, what kinda act do you do? Although I have a guess by that thing behind you.
I'm pole dancing.
All right.
Here we go.
Ahh! Whoa.
Whoa! Climb.
Big girls can do it too.
Climb.
Whoa! Well, that was impressive.
Whoa.
I like Lulu.
Were you hurt? Are you hurt? Like, I'll have a few bumps, bruises.
Nothing major.
'Cause at the end, that what do you call that what you did at the end? - The drop split? - Drop split.
Oh, I'm used to that.
There were times I didn't think you were gonna get up that pole.
I'll be honest with you.
But, uh, you gave it a shot.
I hit my buzzer because I don't think this is a $1,000,000 act.
Let's go to Sharon.
Yeah, Lulu.
Um, you are very confident with your moves, and that takes guts.
Yeah.
I like it.
But it has to be a no.
Howie? I I I enjoyed you.
- Thank you.
- I did.
And I would like to support you.
- So for me, it's a yes.
- Awesome.
Thank you.
You're a beautiful spirit.
You've got a good soul.
You're a good sport.
But for me it's a no.
Thank you, Lulu.
Thank you.
Lulu! No, that's okay.
- Stay right there, Lulu.
- Uh-oh.
We were talking backstage, and Lulu said one of the reasons why she came on this show is because last season she saw me on the pole and was inspired - Ooh.
- By my pole performance.
Let's do this.
You climb up there.
I'll hold your mic.
Oh! He's gonna fall off.
It's gonna fall.
It's gonna break.
- That's a lot of work.
- Uh-huh.
I don't know if y'all know at home, - climbing a pole ain't easy.
- True.
- Nick's got some physique.
- Nick's gorgeous.
What the hell is going on with him? - How handsome is he? - He's an adonis.
I gotta work out.
He's gorgeous.
I'm gonna go get dressed and get this duct tape off my nipples.
We'll be back with more America's Got Talent.
I cannot wait till the next act comes out on the stage.
I get I'm like, "what's gonna be next?" I was in a jug band once, when I was in, like, fifth grade.
I played the jug and I was really good.
And you were serious about it? Let me get up there and play Twilight Zone.
- Can you? - Guilty.
Oh, absolutely.
Good evening, what is your name? My name's Joe Castillo.
And what do you do? I use light and sand and I tell stories.
Go to it.
That is a very original, wonderful, patriotic piece of work.
- It really is.
- Thank you.
- Thanks very much.
- You did the incredible.
You told a story in the sand.
How many people can do that? - It's a yes for me.
- Thank you.
And it's a yes from me, Mr.
Castillo.
See you in Las Vegas.
Thank you.
Greetings.
- How you doing, man? - I'm very good.
I'm Nick.
What's your name? - I'm David.
- David, what are you gonna do for us today? I am, uh, gonna be blasting out of a human cannon.
Wow.
My name's David Smith Jr.
I'm 34 years old from Englewood, Florida.
And I'm a human cannonball.
This is one of the most dangerous things you can do.
The first time that I did the Cannon in front of an audience, I guess I was about 19 years old.
I had come in to fill in for my father who hurt his back.
My dad drilled it in into me.
He said, "son, this cannon is gonna scare you time and time again.
" I get scared every time I put that thing up and fire in a new location.
At what speed is it pushing you out? Average cannon-shot's, like, 0 to 50 miles an hour in about less than half a second.
- Really? - That's pretty serious.
Okay, so at that point, I'll be right here, right? The impacts coming out of that cannon are tremendous.
I've broken my leg and lots of fingers.
This is what I have done for a living for 15 years.
It's how I feed my children.
I've got four beautiful babies I gotta take care of.
This is probably gonna be one of the most nerve-racking performances ever.
Any kind of a miss or miscalculation, and it's done.
You'll have fun.
Go talk to 'em.
- Be friends with 'em, yes.
- Really? All right.
Hey, now.
Welcome.
- Hello.
- What's your name? I'm David Smith.
David, what are you gonna do today? Well, I'm a human cannonball.
How long you been shooting yourself out of cannons? Well, I've been doing this for 15 years.
How dangerous is this? Have you ever gotten a serious injury from it? Uh, yes, I have.
I've broken my leg.
It gets intense.
I got news for you, David.
As much as I don't wanna go outside, I will go outside for you.
Because I wanna see you fly through the air.
Thank you so much.
It's a little intense out here.
It's actually raining.
And David Smith Jr.
is still gonna go through with being shot out of a Cannon.
Does rain not affect cannon fire? As the wind is going, you're gonna see that the net is gonna start moving like this.
The more rain that comes down, the wetter the net gets.
And then it stretches it even more, and then it can hit the ground.
So this is even more dangerous in the rain.
Absolutely.
There's an ambulance down there with a stretcher waiting.
This is serious.
Everybody clear now.
Here we go.
All right, here we go, guys.
You all right, man? We ready? - Yeah.
- All right.
- Go ahead and go up there.
- Okay.
He's ready.
He's going up, ladies and gentlemen.
So despite the weather, David Smith Jr.
the human cannonball still going through with it.
It's dangerous.
It's windy.
It's wet.
The Cannon's going up.
Very intense.
Ready.
Here we go.
Here we go then.
Stand by.
I think they're ready.
Five, four, three, two, one! Oh, shit! Are you all right? Whoo! He's okay! Whoa.
That was fantastic.
Whoo! - You okay? - I'm okay.
All right.
He's okay! Y'all keep it going for the human cannonball.
David you blew it out of the box.
You were a lot of fun to watch.
I wanna see you again.
I loved it.
Thank you so much.
I hadn't seen anything like this before.
I loved the fact that your wife is in that thing with you.
Yeah, you know, she's, uh I can't do this by myself.
- Yeah, I like her.
- She's part of the - come on out, please.
- I like her.
You think you've seen it all.
There's no surprises.
But you really surprised us all, really.
- It was fantastic.
- That's It was phenomenal, but he needs to do it again.
- I need to see it again.
- Right.
And I'd like to see it in Vegas.
I'm gonna start voting.
I'm gonna say yes from me.
Sharon? Oh, yes.
Yes, yes.
You know how I feel.
You made me love you.
So it's a yes from me.
See you in Vegas.
All right! We're going to Vegas, baby.
Judges said you're going to Vegas.
- We're going to Vegas.
- Right on.
Congrats.
It was spectacular to actually witness it.
Yeah, it was great.
It was great.
How's it feel now that everything's over? Good, man.
Oh, what a Oh, no, it's just starting now.
We have to get ready for Vegas.
Thanks, everybody.
Give it up one more time for your judges.
I don't know what's happening to us this season, but every city just gets better.
I mean, Austin who knew? I didn't know that much talent would be hanging out in Austin.
See you tomorrow.
Good night.