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“It’s the best of the best,” says host Terry Crews of this America’s Got Talent: All-Stars, a brand new spinoff premiering January 2 on NBC. Get prepared for 60 memorable acts from the U.S. collection’ 17 seasons — in addition to Britain, the Philippines, Australia, and different worldwide variations — to return with successful on their respective minds.
“The summer edition is all about finding talent you haven’t seen before,” Crews says, including, “Now all of the Got Talent franchises converge. It’s a big deal, man!”
It’s additionally a monumental problem for the winners and finalists — singers, dancers, acrobats, magicians, and comedians amongst them — as they battle for the All-Star title. During each qualifier, 10 acts face off in hopes of shifting ahead to the ultimate spherical. Judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and Simon Cowell, with Crews, maintain privileges individually and collectively
to award 5 Golden Buzzers that elevate contestants on to the finale.
Winning over the judges is just half the battle, nonetheless. In the All-Stars competitors, the Superfans, a panel of numerous AGT devotees watching just about from throughout the U.S., have the chance to vote for one extra act per episode, and so they even have the final word energy to decide on the eventual winner.
“A lot of times [on the regular show], you could feel people at home booing the TV when Howie or Simon say something,” Crews says. “But what [the judges] say has no bearing on the results this time.”
The competitors consists of acquainted faces like Season 2’s champ, ventriloquist Terry Fator, whose affect, Crews says, is monumental: “This man had a $100 million contract in Las Vegas. He is the epitome of what AGT’s success is all about.” But Crews additionally notes that winners like Fator ought to be careful — not just for fellow returning favorites, however for performers from different lands competing for the primary time on the U.S. stage. “They’re not here to play,” the gregarious host says. “You see the eye of the tiger in these international acts.”
Some issues won’t ever change within the AGT universe.
“I’m proven wrong every time,” Crews says, laughing, about his bids to select the winners — who generally look like wallflowers at first look. “There were several that just came out of the woodwork. You can see it. You feel it. The underdogs come to win!”
America’s Got Talent: All-Stars, Series Premiere, Monday, January 2, 8/7c, NBC
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