Eleven Left on ‘America's Got Talent: All-Stars’
Kodi Lee, Mike E. Winfield, Detroit Youth Choir in the running before February 27 finale
Eleven acts remain on America’s Got Talent: All-Stars, as the show heads toward its February 27 season finale. The show premiered on NBC January 2.
The remaining contestants are aerialist Aidan Bryant, magician Aidan McCann, ventriloquist Ana-Maria Margean, sax player Avery Dixon, hand balancing group Bello Sisters, Detroit Youth Choir, singer Kodi Lee, dance act Light Balance Kids, comedian Mike E. Winfield, aerialist act Power Duo and singer Tom Ball.
McCann, Detroit Youth Choir, Light Balance Kids, Winfield and Ball have received Golden Buzzers, which are given out by the judges, and send the contestant on to the live shows.
Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel are the judges and Terry Crews is host.
The final performances are on February 20 and the winner is crowned a week later, picked by superfans in a two-hour finale. Weezer, Babyface, Adam Lambert, Lindsey Stirling, Terry Fator, Mat Franco and Voices of Hope will perform in the finale.
The show brings together more than 70 local Got Talent series around the world, pitting “the most beloved and memorable contestants from across the globe,” in NBC’s words, against each other.
America’s Got Talent: All-Stars is co-produced by Fremantle and Syco Entertainment. Simon Cowell, Sam Donnelly, Jason Raff and Natasha Brugler are the executive producers.
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Created by Cowell, America’s Got Talent has had 17 seasons on NBC. ■
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.