America's Got Talent (season 11)

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File:America's Goyt Talent (Season 11) Poster.jpg
Promotional poster for season 11, featuring (L to R) host Cannon, and judges Klum, Cowell, Mel B, Mandel.
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network NBC
Original release May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31) – September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)

The eleventh season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 31 to September 11, 2016.[1] Following the previous season, Howard Stern was replaced as a judge by the Got Talent creator, Simon Cowell.[2][3] Stern's departure removed the contractual condition he had imposed for his involvement, leading to moving live round productions to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.[4] While open auditions were held in multiple cities, the judges' auditions were filmed within the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, an arrangement that would persist in future seasons.

Along with these change, the "Golden Buzzer" format was adjusted, and a planned break was made in the season's broadcast schedule between August 2–23 to avoid clashing with the network's live coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The guest judges for this season's Judge Cuts stage included George Lopez, Reba McEntire, Ne-Yo and Louis Tomlinson.[5]

The eleventh season was won by singer and ukuleleist Grace VanderWaal, with mentalist duo The Clairvoyants finishing second, and magician Jon Dorenbos placing third.[6][7] During its broadcast, the season averaged around 11.44 million viewers. The eleventh season became prominent in the program's history for broadcasting a stunt on live television that went wrong, and almost resulted in the death of its performer.[8][9]

Season overview

Stern's departure after the tenth season, led to Simon Cowell replacing him in 2016

Open auditions for the eleventh season began in late 2015 and were held within Detroit, New York City, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Jose, San Diego, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Orlando, and Dallas.[10] Online auditions were also accepted. Unlike previous years which had used multiple venues, sessions of the judges' auditions were held at a fixed venue, taking place around March 2016 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. This arrangement for auditions was continued in later seasons of the show. Actor George Lopez, singer and actress Reba McEntire, singer Ne-Yo and singer Louis Tomlinson were guest judges in the Judge Cuts stage of the competition.[5]

Before the tenth season aired, Howard Stern announced it would be his last season on AGT during his radio show, as his work schedule in the coming year would make him unable to remain committed to performing as a judge.[11] His announcement led to a replacement for the next season, after NBC renewed the program for another year.[12] AGT creator, Simon Cowell, replaced Stern for the upcoming season. Cowell continued with his role of Britain's Got Talent in the same year.[13]

Due to Stern's departure, the live rounds were no longer restricted to being held within New York at Radio City Music Hall. The live rounds for the new season would be brought back to Los Angeles, and held within the Dolby Theatre.[14][15] Other than the change in venue, the "Golden Buzzer" could be used by the host, although only in the first stage of auditions (not during the Judge Cuts).[16] Taking the 2016 Summer Olympics into account (which received coverage by the network), the season included not only a break between August 9–17, but also included two episodes of the Judge Cuts within two weeks to ensure the hiatus took place.[3]

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, thirty-six secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists in each one. Among these included: opera singer Laura Bretan,[17] singer and ukuleleist Grace VanderWaal, jazz singer Sal Valentinetti, singer Calysta Bevier and burlesque dancer Dorothy Williams, who had each received a golden buzzer from the main judges and host; magician Jon Dorenbos, contortionist and aerialist Sofie Dossi, malambo group Malevo and singer Jayna Brown, who had each received a golden buzzer from the guest judges; dance group Flip, video-mapping dance duo Sila Sveta and magician Steven Brundage, who were chosen as Wildcard quarter-finalists. About twenty-two quarter-finalists advanced and split between the two semi-finals, including juggling duo The Passing Zone (chosen as the Wildcard semi-finalist), with ten semi-finalists securing a place in the finals. These are the results of each participant's overall performance during the season:

      Winner |       Runner-up |       Third place |       Finalist |       Semi-finalist
      Quarter-finalist |
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Wildcard Quarter-finalist | Playing card heart A.svg Wildcard Semi-finalist
Yellow ffff00 pog.svg Golden Buzzer - Auditions | Crystal Clear action bookmark.png Golden Buzzer - Judge Cuts
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act From Quarter-Final Result
Alla & Daniel 8, 32 Dance Ballroom Dancers Upland, California 3 Eliminated
Blake Vogt 27 Magic Magician Lebanon, Indiana 3 Semi-finalist
Brian Justin Crum 28 Singing Singer San Diego, California 3 Grand-finalist
Calysta Bevier Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 16 Singing Singer Grand Rapids, Ohio 2 Semi-finalist
Daniel Joyner 17 Singing Singer Alamo, Tennessee 1 Eliminated
Deadly Games 32, 34 Danger Extreme Knife Throwers Las Vegas 1 Semi-finalist
Dorothy Williams Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 91 Dance Burlesque Dancer Hilo, Hawaii 1 Eliminated
Edgar 15–36 Singing / Music Family Band Los Angeles 3 Semi-finalist
Flip Playing card club A.svg 14–17 Dance Dance Group Lévis, Canada 2 Eliminated
Grace VanderWaal Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 12 Singing / Music Singer & Ukuleleist Suffern, New York 3 Winner
Hara 25 Magic Illusionist Japan 1 Eliminated
Jayna Brown Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 14 Singing Singer Baltimore, Maryland 1 Semi-finalist
Jon Dorenbos Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 35 Magic Magician Philadelphia 1 Third place
Julia Scotti 63 Comedy Stand-up Comedian Whiting, New Jersey 3 Eliminated
Kadan Bart Rockett & Brooklyn 10, 8 Magic Illusionists Los Angeles 3 Semi-finalist
Kadie Lynn Roberson 12 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Kemp, Texas 2 Semi-finalist
Laura Bretan Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 14 Singing Opera Singer Chicago 1 Finalist
Linkin' Bridge 36–41 Singing Vocal Group Louisville, Kentucky 3 Finalist
Lori Mae Hernandez 13 Comedy Stand-up Comedian Lancaster, California 1 Semi-finalist
Malevo Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 17–42 Dance Malambo Dance Group Buenos Aires, Argentina 3 Semi-finalist
Moya Angela 32 Singing Singer Las Vegas 2 Eliminated
Musicality 15–18 Singing Vocal Group Chicago 1 Semi-finalist
Outlawz 17–20 Dance Hip-hop Dance Group Gilbert, Arizona 1 Eliminated
Ronee Martin 62 Singing Singer Columbia, Virginia 3 Eliminated
Ryan Stock & AmberLynn 34, 34 Danger Carnival Daredevils Las Vegas 2 Eliminated
Sal Valentinetti Yellow ffff00 pog.svg 21 Singing Jazz Singer Bethpage, New York 2 Grand-finalist
Sila Sveta Playing card club A.svg 20–35 Dance Video-mapping Dance Duo Los Angeles 1 Eliminated
Sofie Dossi Crystal Clear action bookmark.png 15 Acrobatics Aerialist Contortionist Cypress, California 2 Finalist
Sos & Victoria 37, 44 Magic Quick-change Duo Mannheim, Germany 2 Eliminated
Steven Brundage Playing card club A.svg 25 Magic Magician Saratoga Springs, New York 2 Semi-finalist
Tape Face 37 Comedy Mime Canterbury, New Zealand 1 Finalist
The Clairvoyants 28, 29 Magic Mentalists Vienna, Austria 2 Runner-up
The Passing Zone Playing card heart A.svg 49 Variety Juggling Duo Hermosa Beach, California 3 Semi-finalist
ThroWings 25, 29 Acrobatics Acrobatic Duo Boston 2 Eliminated
Vello Vaher 52 Acrobatics Acrobatic Contortionist Tallinn, Estonia 3 Eliminated
Viktor Kee 45 Variety Juggler Priluki, Ukraine 2 Finalist
  • ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this season.

Quarter-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' choice |       Advanced to Semi-finals
      Won Online Public Vote |       Won Judges' Vote |       Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (July 26)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Mat Franco, and Paul Zerdin

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (July 27)
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Jayna Brown 1 Advanced
Hara 2 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Outlawz 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Musicality 4 Advanced
Lori Mae Hernandez 5 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Deadly Games 2 6 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
Jon Dorenbos 7 Advanced
Daniel Joyner 8 Eliminated
Tape Face 9 Advanced
Dorothy Williams 10 Eliminated
Sila Sveta 11 Eliminated
Laura Bretan 12 Advanced
  • ^2 During the Results show, Deadly Games' picture was portrayed as Daniel Joyner during the Online Public Vote segment; it was later corrected.

Quarter-final 2 (August 2)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Fitz and the Tantrums featuring Team iLuminate

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 3)
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Flip 1 Eliminated
Moya Angela 2 Eliminated
Viktor Kee 3 Advanced
Kadie Lynn Roberson 4 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
Ryan Stock & AmberLynn 5 Eliminated
Calysta Bevier 6 Advanced
Sofie Dossi 7 Advanced
The Clairvoyants 8 Advanced
Sal Valentinetti 9 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
ThroWings 10 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Steven Brundage 11 Advanced
Sos & Victoria 12 Eliminated

Quarter-final 3 (August 23)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Recycled Percussion, and Michael Phelps

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 24)
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Vello Vaher 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Ronee Martin 2 Crystal Clear app clean.png Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Kadan Bart Rockett & Brooklyn 3 Advanced
Linkin' Bridge 4 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)
Alla & Daniel 5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Eliminated
Blake Vogt 6 Advanced
Edgar 7 Advanced
Julia Scotti 8 Eliminated
Brian Justin Crum 9 Advanced
Malevo 10 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
The Passing Zone 3 11 Eliminated
Grace VanderWaal 12 Advanced
  • ^3 The Passing Zone were later appointed as the judges' WildCard semi-finalists.

Semi-finals summary

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' choice |       Advanced to Finals
      Won Online Public Vote |       Won Judges' Vote |       Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (August 30)

Guest Performers, Results Show: The Illusionists

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 31)
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Sal Valentinetti 1 Advanced
Blake Vogt 2 Eliminated
Edgar 3 Crystal Clear app clean.png Eliminated (Lost Judges' Vote)
Lori Mae Hernandez 4 Eliminated
Musicality 5 Eliminated
Deadly Games 6 Eliminated
Tape Face 7 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
Jon Dorenbos 8 Advanced
Grace VanderWaal 9 Advanced
Malevo 10 Eliminated
Laura Bretan 11 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Advanced (Won Judges' Vote)

Semi-final 2 (September 6)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Andra Day, and Blue Journey

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (September 7)
Cowell Klum Mel B Mandel
Jayna Brown 1 Eliminated
Kadan Bart Rockett & Brooklyn 2 Eliminated
Kadie Lynn Roberson 3 Eliminated
Viktor Kee 4 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Advanced (Judges' Vote Tied - Won by Public Vote)
Linkin' Bridge 5 Advanced
The Passing Zone 6 Eliminated
Calysta Bevier 7 Eliminated
Steven Brundage 8 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Eliminated (Judges' Vote Tied - Lost by Public Vote)
Sofie Dossi 9 Advanced (Online Public Vote)
The Clairvoyants 10 Advanced
Brian Justin Crum 11 Advanced

Finals (September 13–14)

Guest Performers, Finale: Pitbull, LunchMoney Lewis

      Winner |       Runner-up |       3rd place |       Top 5
Finalist Performed with
(2nd Performance)		 Result (September 14) [18]
Brian Justin Crum N/A Grand-finalist
Grace VanderWaal N/A 1st
Jon Dorenbos Paula Abdul 5 3rd
Laura Bretan Il Volo 4 Finalist
Linkin' Bridge Silhouettes Finalist
Sal Valentinetti Jersey Boys Grand-finalist
Sofie Dossi Il Volo 4 Finalist
Tape Face Shon China Lacy 6 Finalist
The Clairvoyants Paula Abdul 5 2nd
Viktor Kee Il Volo 4 Finalist
  • ^4 Sofie Dossi, Laura Bretan and Viktor Kee conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.
  • ^5 The Clairvoyants and Jon Dorenbos conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.
  • ^6 Tape Face also involved a number of the other finalists as part of his second performance.

Ratings

The following ratings are based upon those published by Nielsen Media Research after this season's broadcast:

Show Episode title First air date Timeslot (EDT) Rating
(18–49)		 Share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Nightly
rank		 Weekly
rank
1 Auditions Week 1 May 31, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.6 10 11.67 [19] 1 3 [20]
2 Auditions Week 2 June 7, 2016 2.3 8 10.79 [21] 1 3 [22]
3 Auditions Week 3 June 14, 2016 2.6 10 11.54 [23] 1 5 [24]
4 Auditions Week 4 June 21, 2016 2.3 9 11.73 [25] 1 1 [26]
5 Auditions Week 5 June 28, 2016 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 2.4 9 11.21 [27] 1 1 [28]
6 Auditions Week 6 July 5, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.7 10 12.81 [29] 1 1 [30]
7 Judge Cuts 1 July 12, 2016 2.4 9 11.54 [31] 1 1 [32]
8 Judge Cuts 2 July 13, 2016 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.4 9 11.85 [33] 1 2 [32]
9 Judge Cuts 3 July 19, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.3 9 11.10 [34] 1 2 [35]
10 Judge Cuts 4 July 20, 2016 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.3 9 10.78 [36] 1 1 [35]
11 Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances) July 26, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.3 9 10.47 [37] 1 1 [38]
12 Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results) July 27, 2016 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 1.8 8 9.52 [39] 1 3 (tie) [38]
13 Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Performances) August 2, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.5 9 11.57 [40] 1 4 (tie) [41]
14 Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Results) August 3, 2016 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 1.8 7 9.39 [42] 1 (tie) 8 (tie) [41]
15 Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Performances) August 23, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.4 9 11.26 [43] 1 1 [44]
16 Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Results) August 24, 2016 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 2.1 8 10.67[45] 1 (tie) 2 (tie) [44]
17 Semifinals, Week 1 (Performances) August 30, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.6 10 12.28 [46] 1 2 [47]
18 Semifinals, Week 1 (Results) August 31, 2016 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 2.0 8 10.50 [48] 1 4 [47]
19 Semifinals, Week 2 (Performances) September 6, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.5 9 11.96[49] 1 6 [50]
20 Semifinals, Week 2 (Results) September 7, 2016 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 2.0 7 10.61 [51] 2 9 [50]
21 Finals (Performances) September 13, 2016 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 2.8 10 13.97 [52] 1 4 (tie) [53]
22 Finale September 14, 2016 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 2.8 10 14.41 [54] 1 4 (tie) [53]

Specials

Show Episode title First air date Timeslot (EDT) Rating
(18–49)		 Share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Nightly
rank		 Weekly
rank
S1 Best of Season 11 Auditions July 6, 2016 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 1.8 7 8.48 [55] 2 5 [30]
S2 Quarterfinals Week 3 Recap August 24, 2016 1.4 6 7.26 [45] 2 13 (tie) [44]
S3 Semifinals Week 1 Recap August 31, 2016 1.2 7 6.46 [48] 2 16 [47]
S4 Holiday Spectacular December 19, 2016 Monday 8:00 p.m. 1.8 6 9.54 [56] 1 5 (tie) [57]

Incidents

Accidents are uncommon across the Got Talent franchise, but most are usually attributed towards performances that involve highly dangerous stunts and routines. As a matter of principle, production staff often engage a set of necessary precautions for any such routine that will be shown on live television, which can include having paramedics on standby, conducting the performance at another venue, or pre-recording the routine before it is due to be aired for an episode. However, staff on the eleventh season opted to allow for a dangerous stunt to be broadcast live to American viewers, performed by carnival daredevil Ryan Stock, which nearly became a fatal accident when a piece of equipment malfunctioned and nearly impaled the performer's throat with a crossbow bolt. Although he suffered no injuries, production staff were left to question why the performance had been allowed to take place, and altered all footage of the scene for online viewing as a direct result.[8][9]

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