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America's Got Talent (season 2)
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America's Got Talent
Season 2
Broadcast from
June 5 – August 21, 2007
Judges
David Hasselhoff
Piers Morgan
Sharon Osbourne
Host(s)
Jerry Springer
Broadcaster
NBC
Website
Official website
Winner
Terry Fator
Terry Fator with his character Julius.
Origin
Mesquite, Texas
Runner-up
Cas Haley
Chronology
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2007
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The second season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition, premiered on the NBC network on June 5, 2007 with a two-hour episode. Tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer succeeded Regis Philbin as host.[1] Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff returned as judges, joined by newcomer Sharon Osbourne.[2] Brandy Norwood voluntarily stepped down as judge after a wrongful death lawsuit was brought against her for her involvement in a fatal car collision.[3][4]
The second season of the show was originally announced to debut in January 2007,[5] with a timeslot of Sunday nights at 8 p.m.; however, the network substituted another reality talent show, Grease: You're The One That I Want. This season's winner was a ventriloquist and impressionist Terry Fator.
Contents
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1 Selection process
1.1 Overview
1.2 Differences from Season 1
2 Preliminary auditions
2.1 Dallas auditions
2.2 L.A. auditions
2.3 Chicago auditions
2.4 New York auditions
3 Las Vegas Callbacks
4 Semifinals
4.1 Part 1
4.2 Part 2
5 Finals
5.1 Top ten
5.2 Final eight
5.3 Final four
5.4 Fourth place
5.5 Third place
5.6 Second place
5.7 Winner
6 Semi finals 1 elimination table
7 Semi finals 2 elimination table
8 Top 10 elimination table
9 Top 8 elimination table
10 Final 4 elimination table
11 Contestants who appeared on other seasons
12 Notes
13 References
14 External links
Selection process[edit]
Overview[edit]
The audition process for the second season is very similar to that of the first, except that only a buzzer sounds when the X is pressed. When all the judges X's have been pressed, a lonely blue spotlight centers on the act, indicating they've been struck out. Unlike the previous season, the acts who pass the auditions then attend a Las Vegas boot camp, where they have a chance to perfect their craft. At this point, acts are divided into two groups, music, and variety. The music acts consist of singers and instrument players. The variety group consists of other acts. The music acts perform first, followed by the variety acts. Each act will perform for three minutes, and their performance will not be terminated, as the judges have no buttons to press. After each group has finished, the judges will split the groups into lines, either a yes line, or a no line. The ones who the judges said yes to will go to the short list of 35 acts. The acts which the judges have said no to will go home. After that, the judges will cut the short list of 35 to 20 final acts.
In the semi-final episodes, the 20 acts will be first split into two groups of 10. America will vote and eliminate five out of the first group, then five out of the second. The remaining 10 will perform head to head in the next round, where the field will be narrowed each week until there are four, which the viewing audience at home votes on. In the second season, the judges may terminate a performance any time they want with an X. The checks are eliminated from the game and the judges may only have comments. There is no judges' choice in this season, as the voting is entirely handed over to the viewers.
Differences from Season 1[edit]
Jerry Springer replaced Regis Philbin as host in Season 2.
Sharon Osbourne replaced Brandy as a judge from Season 1.
Unlike in season 1, where the acts were divided into four groups after the audition and sent straight to the semifinals, the acts were sent to Las Vegas for a boot camp, where they could perfect their skills. In Las Vegas, the acts were divided into two groups, "music" and "variety". The judges chose 35 acts from both groups to make it to their short list; afterward (with no additional performances after the first division of talent), the judges chose twenty acts to move on to the semifinals.
In the season 1 semifinals, within each group of 14 or 15 acts, only 10 would perform. In Season 2, the 20 remaining acts were divided into 2 groups of 10. America eliminated 5 from each group. The remaining 10 competed head to head, with some eliminated each week.
There are no more "judges' choice" and white check marks to signify approval. The judges may still press their X's anytime during the performance, but this rarely happens, as only Morgan used his button in the Season 2 semifinals (although Hasselhoff buzzed Luigi Padilla as Boy Britney after his semifinal performance, seemingly in jest).
Preliminary auditions[edit]
Dallas auditions[edit]
Aired June 5, 2007, 2 hours.[6]
Acts that were eliminated include:
Tony La Brea, took off his robe and sang shirtless, wearing a collar, tie and cuffs. Before his performance, the judges noted that his voice was similar to that of Barry White. However, once he took off his shirt, the judges eventually got him X'd out. The song he sang was "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls.
Adam Aaron Michaels, Elvis Presley impersonator, was eliminated by all three judges as soon as he came out. He was then given another chance but was eliminated again after singing the first line of "Release Me". David commented that they were granting his wish by "releasing him."
Erica Marks, 12-year-old singer who sang Jennifer Holliday's "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going." Morgan said she was trying to copy the style of last year's winner, Bianca Ryan, singing the same song.
Mr. Bill, bus driver, sang "Climb Every Mountain" from The Sound of Music. At the end of his performance, Morgan noted that if the show were judged on personality, he would win the competition.
Human Slinky, a male acrobat covered with large colored coils for appendages. David made a reference to a dancing colon on stage.
Ari Marks, violinist. Her husband Nicholas Marks competed separately this season and continued to the next round. They auditioned as a duo in season 1.
Breeze, 9 years old, performed a competitive cheerleading routine. All three judges hit their buzzers, and Morgan said her mother must have pushed her into performing. Springer escorted her mother on stage and said, "She's not on trial here". In response to Morgan's comments, Osbourne said that she was leaving the show as she left the auditorium and returned to her dressing room. Morgan followed her and talked through her dressing room door. When they heard that the contestant was still waiting on stage, they returned to the judges' desk and apologized to her.
Sam Adu, sang "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder.
"Bronzon Gold" (Tom Zemke), disco dancer. He told the judges that his dance was a combination of old and new dance moves, but Osbourne mentioned that she had seen all of the moves he performed.
Bob Moore and his Amazing Mongrels, performed tricks with a dozen dogs he rescued from the pound. Piers pointed out that of the dozen, only two of the dogs actually did anything.
David and Joel Letterman "The Pec Brothers" , tightened their pectoral muscles to the tune of "Dueling Banjos". The judges were laughing, but they eventually X'd them out.
Brandon Pereyda, aerialist. He won over the audience, but the judges decided that his act was sketchy and unprofessional and asked him to keep practicing.
Hollywood Steppers. Ronnie H Jackson & Jon Da Con. This step team from Ft. Worth rose to the top 35. The electrified the crowd with there moves with their feet. They performed tricks while stepping; the first team ever to do so. They tried to come back the following year but failed when all crashed on stage.
L.A. auditions[edit]
Aired June 12, 2007, 2 hours[7]
Acts that were eliminated include:
Laticia Widman, sang Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" with her mouth closed.
Normandie Manchester, drag queen who danced to "Mickey" by Toni Basil.
Tammie Brown, drag queen, later a contestant on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race
Galadin, male belly dancer
Maximilliana, a male impressionist. She sang like a male and she frightened the judges. She got X'ed out by the judges.
Tika Rainn, a Valley Girl rapper with 2 backup singers. She is also known as Sweetie from the first season of Flavor of Love. After the judges didn't vote her back, she mooned them, the pixelization showed she was wearing no underwear under her skirt.
Jason and Nolan, twin violinists
Fred Grzybowski, pogo stick acrobat
Hanne Frederick, singer
Chicago auditions[edit]
Aired June 19, 2007, 2 hours[8]
Acts that were eliminated include:
Consuelo Campbell, sang in the style of gospel, opera, religious, and blues.
Francisse Elaine, 10 years old, sang Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This". The judges all agreed that she would be much better in a few years.
Jon England, a pianist from, as his last name suggests, England, and dressed in red, white and blue. He failed to impress the judges, particularly Piers.
Mr. Heart & Soul, a mime that was criticized for talking and singing throughout his performance. Morgan reacted: "You have an appalling singing voice, so if I were you, I would just keep quiet."
Charlie the Whistler (Charlie King), played banjo and showed off several styles of Tuvan throat singing.
Serpentia, a dance group that carried boa constrictors.
L.A. Penetrate, a rock band.
Coolaid the Clown, a youth center's hip-hop dance troupe. Although Hasselhoff opted to put them through, Osbourne and Morgan voted not to.
Hot Pink Feathers, a cabaret burlesque dance group, led by the Latin inspired director, Kellita Tabouli of San Francisco.
Alex Mooney, who broke or bent small objects such as a ruler and spoon by squeezing them between his buttocks. The judges generally thought his act to be ridiculous.
New York auditions[edit]
Aired June 26, 2007, 2 hours[9]
Acts that were eliminated include:
Sexy Techno Boy, from Astoria, New York - Techno Music Producer from NYC. He sang original track "Beat Conductor" while dancing.
S. K. Thoth - A self-proclaimed "prayer-formance artist" - violin, chanting, dancing. The chant was in a language that Thoth invented.
Ricardo Aleman - standup comedian who insulted Hasselhoff and Morgan after being refused to the Las Vegas callbacks.
Pennsylvania Hand Band - made music by squeezing their hands together, with one band member performing in a giant hand costume.
Abenz, rapper. He originally performed with Byrain Wynbush as his background singer, but the judges said no to Abenz alone and invited Wynbush to come back later for a solo audition.
Sunshine, 51-year-old hippie who sang "Amazing Grace."
Shad-Dai - singing twin sisters.
Jay Green - juggler.
Las Vegas Callbacks[edit]
Part 1 of the Las Vegas callbacks was broadcast on July 10, 2007. The 70 remaining acts were trimmed down to a short list of 35 acts.[10]
Part 2 of the Las Vegas callbacks was broadcast on July 11, 2007. The short list of 35 acts was then reduced to a Top 20 to be voted on by the viewing audience.[11]
Acts that were eliminated during the callbacks included:
Ada Lynn
Chicago auditions: 80-year-old singer/comedian.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Bruce Block & Skippy à la King
New York auditions: a talking rabbit ventriloquist act. The judges liked the act in general, but thought the actual material was weak.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Originally planned to have a lady dance on him while he lay on a bed of nails. After his assistant cancelled at the last minute, he regrouped and performed a "pulling a rabbi out of a hat" trick (played by Anthony Salazar), but actually made his head vanish.[10]
Byrain Wynbush
New York auditions: The Roxbury, Massachusetts, resident started the day as backup singer to rapper Abenz, who was eliminated. Wynbush, however, was invited by the judges to audition on his own. He returned to sing "Treat Her Like a Lady" with little preparation time and was passed through by the judges.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang "Superstar".[10]
Christian Atayde Stoinev
Chicago auditions: The Big Apple Circus performer was only shown briefly in a montage and was not thoroughly named at that point. Acrobatic balancing act with his chihuahua.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Scooby, the dog, had been injured a few days earlier by a bite from a larger dog, and was unable to perform, forcing Stoniev to perform his balancing act solo.[10]
Cinda Ramseur
L.A. auditions: sang "One Night Only" from Dreamgirls.[7][12]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): sang Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You".[10]
Diana Augone
L.A. auditions: 75-year-old who sang and danced to "Last Dance" by Donna Summer.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Granny Pearl
L.A. auditions: standup comedian.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Made jokes about what she would do with the million dollars if she won. The jokes fell flat with the judges, who commented about it being the "same shtick".[10]
The Great Throwdini
New York auditions: A knife throwing act performed by a reverend and his assistant.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage. One of his knives did not stick in the backboard (as was the case in his New York audition), and the judges were unimpressed that the act was essentially the same as the first time.[10]
Ivan the "Urban Action Figure"
L.A. auditions: acrobatic dancing.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Attempted to jump a series of chairs, but tripped and crashed to the floor, knocking himself out. After a bit of time and medical attention, he got back up, dazed but otherwise apparently OK. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Returned to try again but got officially eliminated. The judges noted he was welcome to return and try again next year.[11]
JabbaWockeeZ
Dallas auditions: a group of male hip hop dancers.[6]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown dancing briefly in a montage.[10]
John Mitchell
Chicago auditions: baton twirler.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Morgan referred to him as the most improved act from the first round.[13]
Jordan & Nasko
Dallas auditions: father and son hand-to-hand balancing act.[6]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Liang Patti
L.A. auditions: Chinese acrobat, balanced eight spinning plates on sticks throughout her act. Morgan buzzed her to see whether she would react but she didn't drop any plates during her performance. She began crying on stage when he gave compliments on her training; then Hasselhoff went on stage to hug her.[7][14]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
The Magic of Eli Kerr
L.A. auditions: a magic and illusion act featuring fire eating and girls disappearing and appearing.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage. He had prop malfunctions while producing his assistant from a shadow box.[10]
Meghan Miller
Dallas auditions: ventriloquist, sang "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" with her boy and girl puppets. While her act was deemed as being more appropriate for children by Morgan and Osbourne, she still advanced.[6]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" with one of her puppets.[10]
Nicholas Marks
Dallas auditions: flamenco guitar player who advanced to the second round as a solo performer one year after his performance with wife Ari was rejected by the judges.[6][15]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Philadelphia T. Plowden
New York auditions: standup comedian.[9][16]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Rhythm Extreme
New York auditions: a Stomp style percussive group.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Rubberboy (Daniel Browning Smith)
New York auditions: A contortionist from Santa Monica, California.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
The Westminster Chorus
Chicago auditions: a men's a cappella chorus, chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and composed almost entirely of men under the age of 30.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Acts that were advanced to the "short list" but not brought into the "Top 20" include:
Ahmir
New York auditions: Four member boy band from Boston, Massachusetts that sang "In the Still of the Night" by The Five Satins a cappella.[9][17]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated by the judges.[11]
The Magic of Anthony Reed
New York auditions: a magician from Las Vegas, Nevada who worked with doves and combined them to make a duck.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed the Aquarian Illusion.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated by the judges in favor of his mentor, Kevin James.[11]
Cocoa Brown
L.A. auditions: Standup comedian.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Though they told her that she was "the funniest comic we saw," the judges eliminated her.[11]
Fallon Franklin
Dallas auditions: a 25-year-old singer who sang "Who Will Save Your Soul" by Jewel and played guitar.[6]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1):[18]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated by the judges.[11]
Illmatic Styles with Lazy Legz (Luca)
New York auditions: Consists of acrobatic dancers from Montreal, Quebec who want to inspire people. Luca was born with a condition called arthrogryposis: he has very little muscles in his legs.[9][19]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[11]
Leonid the Magnificent
New York auditions: Performed with two girls dressed up like lions. Much like Boy Shakira, he was put through over the objections of Hasselhoff, who threatened to quit the show if the other two judges advanced him to the next round.[9][20]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Judges made the choice to "treat him as a performer rather than a joke," and eliminated him. Backstage Leonid vowed not to try again, saying "Enough is enough."[11]
Lil' C
L.A. auditions: An 11-year-old rapper/dancer. He was told that he should just stick to dancing by the judges, as his rapping needed work.[7][21]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[11]
Michael Strelo-Smith
L.A. auditions: an elementary school music teacher sang "This is the Moment" from Jekyll & Hyde, which, coincidentally, Hasselhoff once starred in, a cappella.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Commended by the judges for following his dream, but eliminated.[11]
Mr. Big "Who's the Guy" Beal
Dallas auditions: played "Pick Up the Pieces" by Average White Band on the saxophone while dancing.[6][22]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[11]
Odysy
New York auditions: Four member hip hop boy band that sang "Real Love" by Mary J. Blige.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[11]
The Rascals (not to be confused with the '60s group)
Dallas auditions: A trio of teenage male rock singers.[6]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Told they had "bright futures" but were "not yet ready."[10]
Sage
New York auditions: Seven-year-old Sage and his grandfather from Novato, California. Sage sang while both played the piano to Cab Calloway's "St. James Infirmary Blues". They were put through by Osbourne and Hasselhoff, while Morgan said beforehand that they were nowhere near close to being a million dollar act. Criticism was harder on the grandfather, who remarked as he left the stage that Sage went on, but that he himself had been fired.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised, but from photos on the AGT web site, it was apparent that Sage is now competing solo, without his grandfather.[23]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Told by the judges, "this isn't the end, it's the beginning." Eliminated.[11]
The 3 Redneck Tenors
New York auditions: A cappella close harmony singing, while dressed as rednecks, performed Beethoven's 5th Symphony.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated even after being told they will be, "Very big one day."
Semifinals[edit]
Part 1[edit]
The first episode of the live performance semifinals was broadcast on July 17, 2007. Ten of the remaining twenty acts performed, and audience votes selected five of the ten to continue.[24]
Acts that performed, but were eliminated include:
Johnny Lonestar
General: Western arts performer.
L.A. auditions: Trick roping act[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage, but this time had a trick whip act.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1): Trick roping to "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" by Big & Rich. The act culminated with Johnny up on the judge's table twirling a giant lasso around him and all 3 judges.[24][25]
Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated.[26]
Kevin James with assistant Antonio Hoyos
Kevin James
General: A veteran at creating acts for other magicians, He is now pursuing a career as an entertainer in his own right. He has previously appeared at "The World's Greatest Magic Show" in Las Vegas.
Chicago auditions: In his first routine, he turned a puppet of Charlie Chaplin alive.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): In plain view, cut an assistant in half, with the halves continuing to move about. He then put the assistant back in one piece.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1):Performed a disembodied hand trick (Inspired by cult film Re-Animator.) that fell flat with the judges (Piers buzzed the act).[24][27]
Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated.[26]
Jonny Come Lately
General: A rockabilly band consisting of four 15-year-olds.
L.A. auditions: Performed "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley.[7][28]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Told, "We can only let acts in who are ready. So you're going through."[11]
Semifinals (Part 1):Performed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen.[24][29]
Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated.[26]
Mohammad Kashif
General: A "Bollywood-inspired" dancer from Pakistan.
Chicago auditions: Performed the dance from the song "Ek Pal Ka Jeena" from the movie Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed the dance from the song "Dil Ne Dil Ko Pukara" from the movie Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Sharon liked that he 'brought his own culture" to the show, and he was passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1):Danced to "Say Shava Shava" from the movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.[24][30]
Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated.[26]
Manuel Romero
General: 18-year-old singer
L.A. auditions: Sang "My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1):Sang "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams.[24][31]
Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated.[26]
Part 2[edit]
The second episode of the live performance semifinals was broadcast on July 24, 2007. The ten semifinalists who did not perform in the first part of the semifinals performed, and audience votes will select five of the ten to continue. Also, the results of the audience voting for the first semifinal group were announced.[26]
Acts that performed, but were eliminated include:
Luigi Padilla (performed under the stage names Boy Shakira and Boy Britney)
General: Female impersonator/dancer.
Chicago auditions: Boy Shakira, Shakira impersonation, Luigi was advanced to the second round over Hasselhoff's objections. Hasselhoff stormed off the stage in protest.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Hasselhoff describes his performance as the "longest three minutes of his life", but Morgan thinks he has improved.[10][32]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through, to Hasselhoff's apparent amazement.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Boy Britney, Britney Spears impersonation, danced to "...Baby One More Time". Morgan said Luigi was becoming his guilty pleasure. Every time Morgan reached to buzz Luigi, he ended up laughing instead.[26][33]
Top Ten episode: Eliminated.[34]
The Fault Line
General: Progressive vocal rock band.
Chicago auditions:, Sang "Some Kind of Wonderful" by Grand Funk Railroad.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson. They were criticized for selecting the wrong kind of song for their group.[26][35]
Top Ten episode: Eliminated.[34]
Gregory Popovich's Comedy Pet Theater
General: Trained animal act
L.A. auditions: trained cat act.[7]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage. This time he did a trained dog act.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed a skit titled "The Homeless Clown". Popovich was criticized by the judges for making the act more about himself, and less about the animals.[26][36]
Top Ten episode: Eliminated.[34]
Second Story Guys
General: Dance group on stilts.
Chicago auditions:[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed to "Turn the Beat Around by Gloria Estefan. They were generally praised by the judges, with Osbourne calling them "pure variety" and "infectious".[26][37]
Top Ten episode: Eliminated.[34]
Southern Girl
General: Three female singers.
Dallas auditions:[6][38]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Sang "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys. They were criticized by the judges for being a little flat, and for lacking an identifiable lead singer.[26][39]
Top Ten episode: Eliminated.[34]
Finals[edit]
Top ten[edit]
The top ten episode of the live performance finals was broadcast on July 31, 2007. The results of the previous week's voting were announced, revealing the remaining five slots in the top ten. Audience votes narrowed the contestants down to the top eight.[34]
Calypso Tumblers
General: Reggae-inspired dance group from Saint Kitts.[40]
Chicago auditions:[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed to "Hot Hot Hot" by Arrow. They were lightly criticized for having less tumbling in their act this time, but otherwise were generally praised by the judges.[26][41]
Top Ten episode: Performed to "Conga" by Gloria Estefan[34][42]
The Final Eight: Eliminated.[43]
The Duttons
General: A family country band of nine adults, with five children joining the group near the end of the performance.[44]
Dallas auditions: Morgan voted "no" because he thought they couldn't afford to bring in every single member of the family, as he put it, but Hasselhoff and Osbourne put them through.[6][45]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage, though they appear to have taken Morgan's advice and left out the youngest family members.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens. They were strongly criticized for selecting the wrong song, and for putting too much emphasis on everyone getting solo moments, making the performance a "bit frantic".[26][46]
Top Ten episode: Performed "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band.[34][47]
The Final Eight: Eliminated.[43]
Final eight[edit]
The "final eight" episode of the live performance finals aired on August 7, 2007. Audience votes narrowed the contestants down to the top four.[43]
Robert Hatcher
General: Sewer worker from Cincinnati, Ohio. Singer.[48]
New York auditions: Only shown briefly in a montage.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1): Sang "Run to You" by Whitney Houston.[24][49]
Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.[26]
Top Ten episode: Sang "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion.[34][50]
The Final Eight: Sang "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green.[43][51]
The Final Four: Eliminated.[52]
Sideswipe
General: A martial arts dance act. They made it to the second round in 2006, but had to withdraw because of a foot injury to one of the group's members.[53]
Chicago auditions:[8][54]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Was encouraged to add more dance to their act and passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1): They seemed to follow the judge's advice and put more dance into the act.[24][55]
Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.[26]
Top Ten episode: Performed to the can-can. Midway through the performance they added several of their students to the performance. Morgan harshly criticized them for this choice (at which point Osbourne told him "not to start with the children"), saying that bringing out the kids will likely cost the group its chance at the million dollars.[34][56]
The Final Eight: Performed a "swashbuckling" pirate skit.[43][57]
The Final Four: Eliminated.[52]
The Glamazons
General: Four plus-sized ladies from Astoria, New York who sing and burlesque dance.[58] (Not to be confused with the drag act of the same name.)
New York auditions: Performed "Lady Marmalade" by Patti LaBelle.[9][59]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed "Big Spender" by Peggy Lee.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1): Sang and danced to "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer.[24][60]
Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.[26]
Top Ten episode: Performed "Fever" by Peggy Lee.[34][61]
The Final Eight: Performed "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls.[43][62]
The Final Four: Eliminated.[52]
Jason Pritchett
General: Singer/guitar player from Independence, Missouri. Cruise ship performer.[63]
Chicago auditions: Performed the song "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw.[8][64]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Unable to appear for the show, he was phoned by Sharon Osbourne, who told him he made it to the Top 20.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Sang "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane without his guitar. Morgan criticized him for selecting the wrong song and "pretending to be Bon Jovi", but Osbourne liked the performance.[26][65]
Top Ten episode: Sang "When You Say Nothing at All" by Keith Whitley.[34][66]
The Final Eight: Sang "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Garth Brooks.[43][67]
The Final Four: Eliminated.[52]
Final four[edit]
The final four episode of the live performance finals aired on August 14, 2007. Audience votes decided the season's winner. The final four acts performed twice: once with their own act, and once with a performance chosen by the judges.[52]
In the live results finale, broadcast on August 21, 2007, all four finalists performed duets with a celebrity guest. There were also special performances by David and Dania, Stomp, and David Hasselhoff.[68]
Fourth place[edit]
Julienne Irwin
General: 14-year-old country singer from Bel Air, Maryland.[69]
New York auditions: Sang "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes.[9]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage, but she sang "At Last" by Etta James.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1): Sang "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts.[24][70]
Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.[26]
Top Ten episode: Sang "Til I Can Make It On My Own" by Tammy Wynette. She was told by all the judges that it was not her best performance, and to pick an easier song next time.[34][71]
The Final Eight: Sang "Crazy" by Patsy Cline.[43][72]
The Final Four - Judge's Choice: Sang "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flats.[52][73]
The Final Four - Contestant's Choice: Sang "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland.[52][74]
The Season Finale - Celebrity Duet: Sang "Teardrops on My Guitar" with Taylor Swift.[68]
Third place[edit]
Butterscotch
General: Antoinette Clinton, stagename Butterscotch, is a beatboxer and singer from Davis, California.[75]
L.A. auditions: Performed "Love to Love You Baby" by Donna Summer.[8][76]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Began by singing while also playing the piano. Midway through her performance, she switched vocally to beatboxing, but continued to play the piano as well.[10]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Told that she had to "act like a star" and passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 1): Performed "Summertime" by Ella Fitzgerald.[24][77]
Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.[26]
Top Ten episode: Performed "It's Your Thing" by The Isley Brothers.[34][78]
The Final Eight: Performed "My Funny Valentine" from Babes in Arms, again adding piano playing to her beatboxing and singing.[43][79]
The Final Four - Judge's Choice: Sang "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye.[52][80]
The Final Four - Contestant's Choice: Beatboxed "Dance to the Music" by Sly & the Family Stone.[52][81]
The Season Finale - Celebrity Duet: Sang "Beautiful Girls" with Sean Kingston[68]
Second place[edit]
Cas Haley
Cas Haley
General: A stay-at-home dad from Arlington, Texas. Singer/guitar player.[82]
Chicago auditions: Performed the reggae-inspired song "Walking on the Moon" by Sting.[8][83]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder.[10][84]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed "Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson. Morgan called it the best performance that he had seen so far.[26][85]
Top Ten episode: Performed "Bring it on Home to Me" by Sam Cooke. Was told by Morgan to stick to his reggae-type songs, as the blues was not his "thing".[34][86]
The Final Eight: Sang a reggae-styled version of "Easy" by The Commodores.[43][87]
The Final Four - Judge's Choice: Sang "Can't Help Falling in Love" by UB40.[52][88]
The Final Four - Contestant's Choice: Sang "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder.[52][89]
The Season Finale - Celebrity Duet: Sang "Red Red Wine" with UB40[68]
Winner[edit]
Terry Fator with his puppet Winston the Impersonating Turtle.
Terry Fator
General: ventriloquist/impressionist from Dallas, Texas.[90]
Chicago auditions: His puppet Emma Taylor sang "At Last" impersonating Etta James.[8]
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through.[11]
Semifinals (Part 2): Performed "What a Wonderful World" with his turtle puppet Winston impersonating Kermit the Frog, and doing Louis Armstrong himself.[26][91]
Top Ten episode: Performed "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole as a duet between himself and his puppet Emma Taylor impersonating Natalie Cole.[34][92]
The Final Eight: His puppet Johnny Vegas sang "That's Amore" impersonating Dean Martin and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" impersonating Tony Bennett.[43][93]
The Final Four - Judge's Choice: His puppet Walter T Airdale sang "Friends in Low Places" impersonating Garth Brooks.[52][94]
The Final Four - Contestant's Choice: His turtle puppet Winston sang "Crying" impersonating Roy Orbison. Piers gave him a standing ovation.[52][95]
Season Finale - Celebrity Duet: With guest Kermit the Frog (and four Muppet chickens), his puppet Johnny Vegas sang "You've Got a Friend" impersonating James Taylor.[68]
Semi finals 1 elimination table[edit]
Performance: July 17, 2007
Result: July 24, 2007
Key
Buzzed
Advanced
Order
Performer
Act Description
Buzzes
Result
Hasselhoff
Osborune
Morgan
1
Johnny Lonestar Western Arts Performer Eliminated
2
Julienne Irwin Singer Advanced
3
Kevin James Magician Eliminated
4
Robert Hatcher Singer Advanced
5
Jonny Come Lately Rockabilly Band Eliminated
6
Kashif Dancer Eliminated
7
Butterscotch Beatboxer/Singer Advanced
8
Sideswipe Martial Arts Dance Group Advanced
9
Manuel Romero Singer Eliminated
10
The Glamazons Burlesque Vocal Group Advanced
Semi finals 2 elimination table[edit]
Performance: July 24, 2007
Result: July 31, 2007
Key
Buzzed
Advanced
Order
Performer
Act Description
Buzzes
Result
Hasselhoff
Osbourne
Morgan
1
The 2nd Story Guys Stilt Dance Group Eliminated
2
Southern Girl Vocal Group Eliminated
3
Popovich Comedy Pet Theater Animal Act Eliminated
4
Cas Haley Singer/Gutiarist Advanced
5
Terry Fator Ventriloquist/Singing Impressionist Advanced
6
The Fault Line Rock Vocal Group Eliminated
7
Boy Britney Impersonator/Dancer 1 Eliminated
8
Jason Pritchett Singer/Guitarist Advanced
9
The Calypso Tumblers Tumblers/Acrobatic Group Advanced
10
The Duttons Family Country Band Advanced
^1 Hasselhoff jokingly pressed his buzzer after Boy Britney's performance.
Top 10 elimination table[edit]
Performance: July 31, 2007
Result: August 7, 2007
Key
Buzzed
Advanced
Order
Performer
Act Description
Buzzes
Result
Hasselhoff
Osbourne
Morgan
1
The Duttons Family Country Band Eliminated
2
Robert Hatcher Singer Advanced
3
The Calypso Tumblers Tumblers/Acrobatic Group Eliminated
4
Jason Pritchett Singer/Guitarist Advanced
5
Butterscotch Beatboxer/Singer Advanced
6
The Glamazons Burlesque Vocal Group Advanced
7
Cas Haley Singer/Guitarist Advanced
8
Terry Fator Ventriloquist/Singing Impressionist Advanced
9
Julienne Irwin Singer Advanced
10
Sideswipe Martial Arts Dance Group Advanced
Top 8 elimination table[edit]
Performance: August 7, 2007
Result: August 14, 2007
Key
Buzzed
Advanced
Order
Performer
Act Description
Buzzes
Result
Hasselhoff
Osbourne
Morgan
1
Robert Hatcher Singer Eliminated
2
Julienne Irwin Singer Advanced
3
Terry Fator Ventriloquist/Singing Impressionist Advanced
4
Cas Haley Singer/Guitarist Advanced
5
Jason Pritchett Singer/Guitarist Eliminated
6
The Glamazons Burlesque Vocal Group Eliminated
7
Butterscotch Beatboxer/Singer Advanced
8
Sideswipe Martial Arts Dance Group Eliminated
Final 4 elimination table[edit]
Performance: August 14, 2007
Result: August 21, 2007
Key
Winner
Runner Up
Third Place
Order
Performer
Act Description
Result
1
Cas Haley Singer/Guitarist Runner Up
2
Butterscotch Beatboxer/Singer Third Place
3
Terry Fator Ventriloquist/Singing Impressionist Winner
4
Julienne Irwin Singer Fourth Place
Contestants who appeared on other seasons[edit]
Leonid the Magnificent competed in season 1 and season 6.
Sideswipe competed in season 1, but withdrawal as one member had an ankle injury.
Michael Strelo-Smith competed in season 3 finishing in the quarterfinals.
Popovich Comedy Pet Theater competed in season 9, but was eliminated in judgment week.
Christian Stoinev competed in season 9, finishing in the final 12.
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External links[edit]
Official NBC America's Got Talent website
America's Got Talent (Season 2) on IMDb
America's Got Talent (Season 2) at TV.com
Preceded by
Season 1 (2006) America's Got Talent
Season 2 (2007) Succeeded by
Season 3 (2008)
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Seasons
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Winners
Bianca Ryan
Terry Fator
Neal E. Boyd
Kevin Skinner
Michael Grimm
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
Olate Dogs
Kenichi Ebina
Mat Franco
Paul Zerdin
Grace VanderWaal
Darci Lynne Farmer
Runners-up
The Millers
Cas Haley
Eli Mattson
Bárbara Padilla
Jackie Evancho
Silhouettes
Tom Cotter
Taylor Williamson
Emily West
Drew Lynch
Angelica Hale
Third place
Butterscotch
Nuttin' But Stringz
Recycled Percussion
Team iLuminate
Oz Pearlman
Jon Dorenbos
Light Balance
Other
notable
contestants
Season 1
Taylor Ware
Alexis Jordan
Celtic Spring
The Passing Zone
Rappin' Granny
Leonid the Magnificent
Jessica Sanchez
Season 2
Jabbawockeez
Julienne Irwin
Kevin James
Season 3
Kaitlyn Maher
ZOOperstars!
Derrick Barry
Season 4
Grandma Lee
The Texas Tenors
Thia Megia
Season 5
ArcAttack
Haspop
Alice Tan Ridley
Prince Poppycock
Connor Doran
The Strange Familiar
Lindsey Stirling
Season 6
Geechy Guy
Anna Graceman
POPLYFE
Professor Splash
Melissa Villaseñor
Season 7
David Garibaldi and His CMYK's
Rudy Coby
Trish Paytas
Season 8
Cami Bradley
Marty Brown
Brad Byers
Forte
Branden James
Jim Meskimen
John Wing Jr.
Season 9
Dan Naturman
Wendy Liebman
Miguel Dakota
Quintavious Johnson
The Willis Clan
Mike Super
Season 10
Stevie Starr
Piff the Magic Dragon
Myq Kaplan
Freelusion Dance Company
Metal Mulisha Fitz Army
Kacey Jones
Kayvon Zand
Season 11
Ryan Stock & AmberLynn
Tape Face
Brian Justin Crum
Cory Kahaney
The Passing Zone
Laura Bretan
Zach Sherwin
Season 12
Bello Nock
Colin Cloud
Mandy Harvey
Merrick Hanna
Preacher Lawson
Puddles Pity Party
The Singing Trump
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List of languages by total number of speakers
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For languages by only native speakers, see List of languages by number of native speakers.
A number of sources have compiled lists of languages by their number of speakers. However, all such lists should be used with caution.
First, it is difficult to define exactly what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect. For example, some languages including Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages and sometimes language families. Similarly, Hindi is sometimes considered a collective language including Mewari, Chhattisgarhi, Bhojpuri etc., but together with Urdu it also is often considered a single language Hindustani.
Second, there is no single criterion for how much knowledge is sufficient to be counted as a second-language speaker. For example, English has about 400 million native speakers but, depending on the criterion chosen, can be said to have as many as 2 billion speakers.[1]
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1 Ethnologue (2017 20th edition)
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links
Ethnologue (2017 20th edition)[edit]
The following languages are listed as having 50 million or more total speakers in the 2017 edition of Ethnologue, a language reference published by SIL International based in the United States.[2] Speaker totals are generally not reliable, as they add together estimates from different dates and (usually uncited) sources; language information is not collected on most national censuses.
Rank
Language
Family
L1 speakers
L1 Rank
L2 speakers
Total
1
Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese) Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic 897 million 1 193 million 1.09 billion
2
English Indo-European, Germanic 371 million 3 611 million 983 million
3
Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu)[Note 1] Indo-European, Indo-Aryan 329 million 4 215 million 544 million
4
Spanish Indo-European, Romance 436 million 2 91 million 527 million
5
Arabic Afro-Asiatic, Semitic 290 million (2017) 5 132 million 422 million[5][6]
6
Malay (incl. Indonesian and Malaysian) Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 77 million (2007) 15 204 million 281 million[7]
7
Russian Indo-European, Slavic 153 million 8 113 million (2010) 267 million
8
Bengali Indo-European, Indo-Aryan 242 million 6 19 million in Bangladesh (2011) 261 million
9
Portuguese Indo-European, Romance 218 million 7 11 million 229 million
10
French Indo-European, Romance 76 million 17 153 million 229 million
11
Hausa Afro-Asiatic, Chadic 85 million 11 65 million 150 million[8]
12
Punjabi Indo-European, Indo-Aryan 148 million[9] 9 ? 148 million
13
Japanese Japonic 128 million 10 1 million (2010)[10] 129 million
14
German Indo-European, Germanic 76 million 18 52 million 129 million
15
Persian Indo-European, Iranian 60 million (2009) 25 61 million[11] 121 million[11]
16
Swahili Niger–Congo language, Coastal Tanzanian, Bantu 16 million 26 91 million 107 million
17
Telugu Dravidian 80 million (2011) 13 12 million in India (2011) 92 million
18
Javanese Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian 84 million (2000) 12 ? 84 million
19
Wu Chinese (incl. Shanghainese) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 80 million (2013) 14 80 million
20
Korean Koreanic 77 million (2008–2010) 16 ? 77 million
21
Tamil Dravidian 67 million (2001) 23 8 million in India 75 million
22
Marathi Indo-European, Indo-Aryan 71 million (2001) 20 3 million in India 74 million
23
Yue Chinese (incl. Cantonese) Sino-Tibetan, Chinese 72 million 19 ? 72 million
24
Turkish Turkic, Oghuz 71 million 21 <1 million 71 million
25
Vietnamese Austroasiatic, Viet–Muong 68 million 22 ? 68 million
26
Italian Indo-European, Romance 63 million 24 3 million 66 million
See also[edit]
Linguistic demography
Lists of endangered languages - with the fewest numbers of speakers
Lists of languages
List of languages without official status by total number of speakers
List of languages by number of native speakers
World language
Languages used on the Internet
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Refers to Modern Standard Hindi and Modern Standard Urdu. Modern Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible and are considered by linguists to be dialects of the same language; the two distinct registers are the outcome of nationalist tendencies.[3] The Census of India defines Hindi on a loose and broad basis. In addition to Standard Hindi, it incorporates a set of other Indo-Aryan languages written in Devanagari script including Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Dhundhari etc. under Hindi group which have more than 422 million native speakers as on 2001.[4] However, the census also acknowledges Standard Hindi, the above mentioned languages and others as separate mother tongues of Hindi language and provides individual figures for all these languages.[4]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Crystal, David (March 2008). "Two thousand million?". English Today. doi:10.1017/S0266078408000023.
Jump up ^ "Summary by language size". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
Jump up ^ Abdul Jamil Khan (2006). Urdu/Hindi: an artificial divide. Algora. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-87586-437-2.
^ Jump up to: a b Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues – 2000, Census of India, 2001
Jump up ^ "Världens 100 största språk 2010" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2010), in Nationalencyklopedin
Jump up ^ "World Arabic Language Day | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
Jump up ^ Indonesia 258 million (World Bank, 2015); Malaysia 19.4 million Bumiputera (Dept of Statistics, Malaysia, 2016); Brunei 0.43 million (World Bank, 2015); Singapore 0.5 million (University of Hawaii 2012); Thailand 3 million (University of Hawaii, 2012)
Jump up ^ "Hausa speakers in Nigeria now 120m– Communique - Vanguard News". vanguardngr.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
Jump up ^ Lahnda/Western Punjabi 116.6 million Pakistan (c. 2014). Eastern Punjabi: 28.2 million India (2001), other countries: 1.1 million. Ethnologue 19.
Jump up ^ "Japanese". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
^ Jump up to: a b Windfuhr, Gernot: The Aryan Languages, Routledge 2009, p. 418.
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