'America's Got Talent' Season 11 Recap: One Direction's Louis Tomlinson Sits as Guest Judge; Highlights, Cuts and Performances
The fourth and final episode of "America's Got Talent" season 11 finished last Wednesday, and the second round of the NBC competition reportedly started last week. There were 20 acts from each episode that made it to the next level past the auditions and impressed the judges. However, only seven from each group of 20 will be moving on.
There were 60 acts over the three shows, and only 21 were chosen by the judges to keep. The acts continued to the last installment with guest judge Louis Tomlinson. Tomlinson got the first pick among the final contestants. He chose to use the Golden Buzzer on "Rising Star" singer Jayna Brown.
Final List
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With six more slots to fill, the panel chose the quick-changers Sos and Victoria and the Clairvoyants. Next were extreme acrobats ThroWings. Outlawz also joined the list together with juggler Vicktor Kee and high school choir Musicality.
These seven cuts will join the other survivors and will compete in the live shows together with four other Golden Buzzer acts. These were all chosen by the judges during the auditions. Mel B chose opera singer Laura Bretan while singer Grace VanderWaal was chosen by Howie Mandel. Heidi Klum went for singer Sal Valentinetti. and Simon Cowell buzzed for singer Crystal Bevier. "America's Got Talent" host Nick Cannon also used the advantage in choosing dancer Dorothy Williams for the first time. All in all, there are 33 acts, and Wild Cards will still be announced, so there will be more acts joining in.
Guest Judge
Louis Tomlinson of One Direction was a guest judge for this season and chose the Golden Buzzer for singer Jayna Brown. During the show, Tomlinson was also wowed by the performance of a group of magicians that guessed his card from a distance.
Tomlinson was previously rumored to be one of the "X-Factor" panelist, but it never happened. So this time, he took the role as one of the judges in "America's Got Talent." He joined Heidi Klum, Mel B, Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell.
Simon Cowell is Tomlinson's mentor and fame founder.
Live Shows
"AGT's" live shows for 2016 will start next week. A total of 12 acts will be competing for the first part of the quarterfinals.
