America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League | |
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Genre | |
Showrunner | Jason Raff[1] |
Directed by | Russell Norman |
Presented by | Terry Crews |
Judges | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | January 1, 2024 present | –
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America's Got Talent: Fantasy League (also known as AGT: Fantasy League) is an American reality television and talent competition series that premiered on NBC on January 1, 2024. The "fantasy league" series is a spinoff featuring winners, finalists, fan favorites, and others from previous seasons of America's Got Talent and across the Got Talent franchise, with each judge serving as a mentor for a set of acts. Terry Crews hosts the series, with Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel serving as judges.[2]
Format
[edit]Similar to America's Got Talent: The Champions and America's Got Talent: All-Stars, the "fantasy league" format includes past winners, finalists, and fan favorites from across previous seasons of the franchise, competing for the Fantasy League title. However, apart from the other spin-offs, Fantasy League allows the judges to have a team of 10 acts that they selected to compete. The judges serve as mentors to their respective acts throughout the show with the goal of each judge having one of their own acts crowned champion. Once all participants in a round have completed their performance, an off-stage vote is conducted by the studio audience, which determines the five participants securing a place in the semi-finals. The golden buzzer takes on a new role in the series: a judge can either use it to advance one of their own acts or steal an act from another judge's team. Each golden buzzer recipient bypasses the semi-finals and goes directly to the finals. In the finale, the winner receives a cash prize of $250,000.[3]
Production
[edit]On May 12, 2023, it was announced that an untitled America's Got Talent series was in the works, set for premiere midseason of the 2023–24 television season.[4][5] On September 21, 2023, the series was officially revealed as AGT: Fantasy League, with judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel as well as host Terry Crews.[6] On November 15, 2023, it was announced that the series would premiere on January 1, 2024.[7][8][9]
Teams
[edit]Winner | Stolen in the Semi-finals | ||||||||
Runner-up | Eliminated in the Semi-finals | ||||||||
Third place | Stolen in the Qualifiers | ||||||||
Grand-finalist | Eliminated in the Qualifiers | ||||||||
Eliminated in the Finals |
Mentor | Top 40 Acts | |||||
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Howie Mandel | ||||||
Ramadhani Brothers | Shadow Ace | Kodi Lee | Kseniya Simonova | Kristy Sellars | ||
Anna DeGuzman | Preacher Lawson | Fritzy Rosmerian | Geneviève Côté | Ichikawa Koikuchi | Drake Milligan | |
Heidi Klum | ||||||
V.Unbeatable | Sofie Dossi | Grace Good | Darci Lynne | Yu Hojin | ||
Enkh-Erdene | The Clairvoyants | Piff the Magic Dragon | Hans | |||
Mel B | ||||||
Aidan Bryant | Billy and Emily England | Sheldon Riley | Vardanyan Brothers | Ghetto Kids | Travis Japan | |
Brian Justin Crum | Junior New System | MerseyGirls | Jon Dorenbos | Maria Seiren | Tape Face | |
Simon Cowell | ||||||
Pack Drumline | SAINTED | Musa Motha | Adrian Stoica & Hurricane | Chapel Hart | ||
Loren Allred | Cillian O'Connor | Wes-P | ||||
Note: Italicized names are acts stolen or saved from a team during the Qualifiers. Bold names are acts stolen or saved from a team during the Semi-finals. |
Overview
[edit]Got Talent History Key | AGT — America's Got Talent | AGTAS — America's Got Talent: All-Stars | AGTC — America's Got Talent: The Champions | AsGT — Asia's Got Talent | AuGT — Australia's Got Talent |
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BGT — Britain's Got Talent | BGTC — Britain's Got Talent: The Champions | BGTUM — Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician | BTT — Balgariya tarsi talant (Bulgaria's Got Talent) | CGT — Canada's Got Talent | |
CST — Česko Slovensko má talent (Czech Slovak's Got Talent) | EET — Ελλάδα Έχεις Ταλέντο (Greece's Got Talent) | FIT — La France a un incroyable talent (France's Got Talent) | FITBJ — La France a un incroyable talent: La Bataille Du Jury (France's Got Talent: Battle Of The Judges) | GGT — ნიჭიერი (Georgia's Got Talent) | |
GTE — Got Talent España | GTEAS — Got Talent España: All Stars | IGT — Indonesia's Got Talent | ItGT — Italia's Got Talent | JGT — Japan's Got Talent | |
MGT — Авьяаслаг Монголчууд (Mongolia's Got Talent) | MS — Минута славы (Russia's Got Talent) | PGT — Pilipinas Got Talent (Philippines's Got Talent) | RT — Românii au talent (Romania's Got Talent) | SIT — Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia's Got Talent) |
- Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Finalist | Semi-finalist
- Eliminated | Golden Buzzer – Qualifiers | Golden Buzzer – Semi-finals
Participant[7][10] | Act | Mentor | Got Talent history | Qualifier | Results |
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Adrian Stoica & Hurricane | Dog Act | Simon Cowell | AGT: S18 – Winner; ItGT: S8 – Semi-finalist; RT: S12 – Participant | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Aidan Bryant | Aerialist | Mel B | AGT: S16 – Runner-up; AGTAS: – Winner; GTEAS: S1 – Finalist | 4 | Finalist |
Anna DeGuzman | Magician | Howie Mandel | AuGT: Season 10 – Participant; AGT: S18 – Runner Up | 4 | Semi-finalist |
Billy and Emily England | Extreme Rollerblading Duo | Mel B | BGT: S9 – Semifinalist; AGT: S12 – Semi-finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant; BGTC: S1 – Participant | 1 | Finalist |
Brian Justin Crum | Singer | Mel B | AGT: S11 – Fourth place; AGTC: S1 – Finalist | 4 | Eliminated |
Chapel Hart | Vocal Trio | Simon Cowell | AGT: S17 – Fifth place | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Cillian O'Connor | Magician | Simon Cowell | BGT: S16 – Third place | 4 | Eliminated |
Darci Lynne | Singer | Heidi Klum | AGT: S12 – Winner; AGTC: S1 – Runner-up | 4 | Semi-finalist |
Drake Milligan | Singer | Howie Mandel | AGT: S17 – Third place | 2 | Eliminated |
Enkh-Erdene | Singer | Heidi Klum | MGT: S2 – Winner | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Fritzy Rosmerian | Magician | Howie Mandel | IGT: S3 – Fifth place | 3 | Eliminated |
Geneviève Côté | Vocalist | Howie Mandel | CGT: S3 – Finalist;
BGT: S17 – Semi-Finalist |
3 | Eliminated |
Ghetto Kids | Dance Group | Mel B | BGT: S16 – Finalist | 4 | Semi-finalist |
Grace Good | Hula Hoop Artist | Heidi Klum | AGT: S18 – Semi-finalist | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Hans | Singer | Heidi Klum | AGT: S13 – Quarter-finalist; AGTC: S2 – Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
Ichikawa Koikuchi | Flatulist | Howie Mandel | AsGT: S3, Participant; BGT: S16, Semi-finalist, FIT: S17, Participant; GTE: S9, Participant | 3 | Eliminated |
Jon Dorenbos | Magician | Mel B | AGT: S11 – Third place; AGTC: S1 – Finalist | 1 | Eliminated |
Junior New System | Dance Group | Mel B | AsGT: S1 – Finalist; AGT: S13 – Semi-finalist | 3 | Eliminated |
Kodi Lee | Singer & Pianist | Howie Mandel | AGT: S14 – Winner; AGTAS: – Finalist | 1 | Finalist |
Kristy Sellars | Pole Dancer | Howie Mandel | AuGT: S9 – Winner; AGT: S17 – Runner-up | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Kseniya Simonova | Sand Artist | Howie Mandel | UMT: S1 – Winner; AGTC: S1 – Third place; BGTC: S1 – Third place | 1 | Semi-finalist |
Loren Allred | Singer | Simon Cowell | BGT: S15 – Finalist | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Maria Seiren | Singer | Mel B | JGT: S1 – Winner | 1 | Eliminated |
MerseyGirls | Dance Group | Mel B | BGT: S11 – Finalist; BGTC: Finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
Musa Motha | Dancer | Simon Cowell | BGT: S16 – Finalist | 4 | 5th |
Pack Drumline | Percussion Group | Simon Cowell | AGT: S17 – Semi-finalist | 3 | Runner-up |
Piff the Magic Dragon | Comedy Magician | Heidi Klum | AGT: S10 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant | 2 | Eliminated |
Preacher Lawson | Comedian | Howie Mandel | AGT: S12 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Fifth place; BGTC: S1 -Finalist | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Ramadhani Brothers | Balancing Duo | Howie Mandel | AuGT: S10 – Finalist; AGT: S18 – Fifth place; CST: Season 11 – Participant; FIT: Season 17 – Finalist; GTEAS: Finalist; RT: Season 13 – Semi-finalist | 2 | Winner |
SAINTED | Trap Choir | Simon Cowell | AGT: S18 – Semi-finalist | 4 | 4th |
Shadow Ace | Shadow Artist | Howie Mandel | AsGT: S3 – Finalist; AGT: S18 – Semi-finalist; PGT: S5 – Semi-finalist | 1 | Finalist |
Sheldon Riley | Singer | Mel B | AGT: S15 – Quarter-finalist | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Sofie Dossi | Contortionist | Heidi Klum | AGT: S11 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant | 3 | Finalist |
Tape Face | Mime | Mel B | AGT: S11 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant; BGTC: S1 – Participant; FITBJ: Participant; GTEAS: S1 – Participant | 1 | Eliminated |
The Clairvoyants | Magic Duo | Heidi Klum | AGT: S11 – Runner-up; AGTC: S1 – Participant; BGTUM: S1 – Participant | 4 | Eliminated |
Travis Japan | J-Pop Band | Mel B | AGT: S17 – Semifinalist | 4 | Eliminated |
V.Unbeatable | Dance Group | Heidi Klum | AGT: S14 – Fourth place; AGTC: S2 – Winner | 1 | Third place |
Vardanyan Brothers | Balancing Duo | Mel B | BGT: S13 – Semifinalist; GTEAS: S1 – Runner-up; MS: S9 – Winner | 2 | Semi-finalist |
Wes-P | Novelty Act | Simon Cowell | GeGT: S7 – Semi-finalist; BGT: S12 – Semi-finalist; AGT: S13 – Participant; FGT: S13 – Finalist; AiGT: S3 – Participant; RT: S10 – Participant; GrGT: S7 – Participant; BTT: S8 – Participant; AuGT: S10 – Participant; GTE: S9 – Semi-finalist | 2 | Eliminated |
Yu Hojin | Magician | Heidi Klum | AGT: S17 – Finalist | 3 | Semi-finalist |
Qualifiers summary
[edit]Qualifier 1 (January 1)
[edit]Participant | Team | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
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Cowell | Mel B | Klum | Mandel | ||||
Kristy Sellars | Howie Mandel | 1 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
Jon Dorenbos | Mel B | 2 | Eliminated | ||||
Hans | Heidi Klum | 3 | Eliminated | ||||
Kseniya Simonova | Howie Mandel | 4 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
V.Unbeatable | Howie Mandel | 5 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
Maria Seiren | Mel B | 6 | Eliminated | ||||
Billy and Emily England | Simon Cowell | 7 | Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Mel B) | ||||
Tape Face | Mel B | 8 | Eliminated | ||||
Shadow Ace | Howie Mandel | 9 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
Kodi Lee | Simon Cowell | 10 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
Qualifier 2 (January 8)
[edit]Qualifier 3 (January 15)
[edit]Qualifier 4 (January 22)
[edit]Participant | Team | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
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Cowell | Mel B | Klum | Mandel | ||||
Aidan Bryant | Heidi Klum | 1 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
Travis Japan | Mel B | 2 | Eliminated | ||||
Cillian O'Connor | Simon Cowell | 3 | Eliminated | ||||
Brian Justin Crum | Mel B | 4 | Eliminated | ||||
Ghetto Kids | Mel B | 5 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
Anna DeGuzman | Howie Mandel | 6 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
SAINTED | Simon Cowell | 7 | Advanced to Finals | ||||
Darci Lynne | Heidi Klum | 8 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) | ||||
The Clairvoyants | Heidi Klum | 9 | Eliminated | ||||
Musa Motha[a] | Simon Cowell | 10 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
Semi-finals summary
[edit]- Golden Buzzer Advancement | Advanced to Finals | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) | Eliminated | Buzzed out
Semi-finals 1 (January 29)
[edit]Participant | Team | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
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Cowell | Mel B | Klum | Mandel | ||||
Kristy Sellars | Howie Mandel | 1 | Eliminated | ||||
Loren Allred | Simon Cowell | 2 | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) | ||||
Aidan Bryant | Heidi Klum | 3 | Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Mel B) | ||||
Enkh-Erdene | Heidi Klum | 4 | Eliminated | ||||
Anna DeGuzman | Howie Mandel | 5 | Eliminated | ||||
Vardanyan Brothers | Mel B | 6 | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) | ||||
Ghetto Kids | Mel B | 7 | Eliminated | ||||
Kodi Lee | Simon Cowell | 8 | Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Howie Mandel) | ||||
Preacher Lawson | Howie Mandel | 9 | Eliminated | ||||
Pack Drumline | Simon Cowell | 10 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
Semi-finals 2 (February 5)
[edit]Participant | Team | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
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Cowell | Mel B | Klum | Mandel | ||||
Grace Good | Heidi Klum | 1 | Eliminated | ||||
Kseniya Simonova | Howie Mandel | 2 | Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) | ||||
Darci Lynne | Heidi Klum | 3 | Eliminated | ||||
Musa Motha | Simon Cowell | 4 | Advanced to Finals | ||||
Sheldon Riley | Mel B | 5 | Eliminated | ||||
Adrian Stoica & Hurricane | Simon Cowell | 6 | Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) | ||||
Yu Hojin | Heidi Klum | 7 | Eliminated | ||||
Chapel Hart | Simon Cowell | 8 | Eliminated | ||||
V.Unbeatable | Howie Mandel | 9 | Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Heidi Klum) | ||||
Shadow Ace | Howie Mandel | 10 | Advanced (Won Audience Vote) |
Finals (February 12)
[edit]- Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | Top 5
Guest performers: Chapel Hart and Drake Milligan
Finalist | Team | Order | Performed with (2nd Performance) |
Result (February 19) |
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Pack Drumline | Simon Cowell | 1 | Sheila E.1 | 2nd |
Sofie Dossi | Heidi Klum | 2 | Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 | Finalist |
Kodi Lee | Howie Mandel | 3 | Stephen Sanchez | Finalist |
V.Unbeatable | Heidi Klum | 4 | Sheila E.1 | 3rd |
Ramadhani Brothers | Howie Mandel | 5 | Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 | 1st |
Musa Motha | Simon Cowell | 6 | Calum Scott | 5th |
Aidan Bryant | Mel B | 7 | Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 | Finalist |
Shadow Ace | Howie Mandel | 8 | David Taylor | Finalist |
Billy and Emily England | Mel B | 9 | Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 | Finalist |
SAINTED | Simon Cowell | 10 | Robin S. | 4th |
- ^1 Pack Drumline and V.Unbeatable conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer.
- ^2 Sofie Dossi, Ramadhani Brothers, Aidan Bryant, and Billy and Emily England conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.
Ratings
[edit]No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Ref. |
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1 | "Qualifiers 1" | January 1, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.07 | [11] |
2 | "Qualifiers 2" | January 8, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.85 | [12] |
3 | "Qualifiers 3" | January 15, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.07 | [13] |
4 | "Qualifiers 4" | January 22, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.33 | [14] |
5 | "Semi-Finals 1" | January 29, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.12 | [15] |
6 | "Semi-Finals 2" | February 5, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.33 | [16] |
7 | "Final Performances" | February 12, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.08 | [17] |
8 | "Final Results" | February 19, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.07 | [18] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Because Musa Motha's paperwork to allow himself clearance into America was incomplete, he had to do his act remotely.
References
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