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I think sometimes you do get a sense
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even when someone just walks out.
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They have what I call a glow about them.
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Yes.
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But also, there's also that feeling of
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"This is gonna be dreadful" and it is.
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Hi, this is Simon Cowell and Sophia Vergara.
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And we are your favorite judges on "AGT".
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Hi, I'm Heidi Klum.
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I'm Howie Mandel, right?
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And I'm Terry Crews.
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Correct.
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And we're here to...
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Talk about some of the best auditions moments
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we've ever seen on "America's Got Talent".
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Let's see what you've got.
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[upbeat rock music]
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[guitar strums]
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♪ I don't know my name ♪
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I could still sing the song now.
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Go ahead.
Wow.
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♪ I don't know my name ♪
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If it sounded like that,
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I would have never pressed the golden buzzer.
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I'm not... I'm just saying,
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but I still remember like how it goes.
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I'm not saying I can sing it as well as she does.
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But the beautiful thing is the words-
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But I still remember it.
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The words are great. This is my golden buzzer.
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And she won.
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And she was and still is amazing.
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How lucky are we to be a small part of it.
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♪ I'm just trying ♪
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♪ Just trying ♪
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[Sofia chuckles]
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Uh, God.
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These were the years
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when the kids just took over "Got Talent".
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Howie took credit here. He spotted how good she was.
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Is that Howie's golden buzzer?
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Yeah.
Ah.
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Yeah. I think this was the first year I started the show.
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♪ Now know my name ♪
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♪ I don't play by the rules of the game ♪
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The one thing that makes I think all of us nervous
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is dealing with young people.
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For us, obviously, you still want to be honest, you know?
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But I think there's always a way
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of how you can send someone off the stage
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if you particularly did not like the performance, you know.
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Thankfully, it was Grace Vanderwaal.
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You know? I mean, you pushed the golden buzzer-
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Right. But you want-
She was so good.
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When a child walks out there, then I get nervous.
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The parent in me comes out.
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I want it to be as easy as possible.
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I want that for everybody, but more for a child.
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More for the children, of course.
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We've been there when the child has, you know,
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been really emotional and not in a good way.
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And they're right there with you, buddy.
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Oh, my goodness. And you know-
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You don't think you have the harder job?
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It's a very, very hard job.
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We have the easier job and Terry has the hard job.
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Definitely.
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And he always even has to be very connected
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with the talent, with the contestants
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because sometimes they come out of the stage like devastated
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because of all the stuff that Simon has told to them.
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So...
Not just me.
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So he has to like do damage control.
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♪ Trying to find my way ♪
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[audience cheering]
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I mean, she really is amazing,
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And you could see it already when she auditioned,
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like she had it.
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She has that special something.
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She has that amazing, raspy voice.
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But even at that age, 12 years old,
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I remember talking to her afterwards.
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She knew exactly what she was doing, where she wants to be,
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always wanted to write her own material,
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never would allow anyone to change her arrangements.
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Every decision she made was basically hers.
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Wouldn't listen to anyone. Got it absolutely right.
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Knew she was gonna win.
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And did.
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We weren't getting great singers on the show
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up until she came along.
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And I think she really changed the perception.
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So we owe her a lot.
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A lot.
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[upbeat music]
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Hi.
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Hello.
Hi.
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How are you?
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I'm awesome. I'm so happy to be here.
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Oh, we're happy you are. What's your name?
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My name's Jane. When I sing, I go by Nightbirde,
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Oh.
That's nice.
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Nightbirde?
That's right.
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It's really tough for me to see her again
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because she's no longer with us.
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And definitely, I mean, I have goosebumps
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just thinking about her.
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Beautiful person, beautiful voice.
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At that point, when she showed up,
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she said she had a two percent chance at survival.
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A two percent chance.
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She was probably one of the most memorable, inspiring,
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wonderful, emotional moments we've ever had.
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You know, the song, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay."
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And then even the message here is that she left, you know,
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you can't wait,
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you can't wait till things are good
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to enjoy yourself, you know?
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♪ It's okay, it's okay, it's okay ♪
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♪ If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's all right ♪
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Gosh. This is the hardest clip to watch back for me.
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Actually, for all of us.
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I mean, this is Jane Nightbirde, and oh.
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I'll never forget that.
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That was tough.
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That was such a perfect audition, eh?
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Yeah.
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It was fantastic.
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♪ It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay ♪
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♪ If you're lost ♪
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At this time with her audition,
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my wife was just recovering
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from a double mastectomy, from cancer.
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And I asked Jane about...
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I said, you know, I told her about how my wife
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was going through this.
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And she said, "You know what? Tell her to stay happy.
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Tell her her attitude is everything."
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And I was just like, "Wow!"
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Like, looking at her courage and looking...
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The fact that she was in this state
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and she could give me advice and my wife advice
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about how to handle something so, you know, just so...
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For me, it was a very dark time.
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The irony of somebody who was legitimately dying
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teaching the world how to live.
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Incredible.
Is what it was.
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So for us, a lot of the times,
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it's a roller coaster ride of emotions, you know?
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You have silly people come on and we're all laughing.
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And then next minute,
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because we never know who comes up next,
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you know, we have someone like her come on to the stage
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and we immediately go for, you know, a deep dive.
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Those day are always special, you know?
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Especially when we do auditions
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because you just never know what story
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will come out of these people.
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You could hear a pin drop when she sang.
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And we spoke about this after, you know,
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her audition went out and she couldn't do the live shows.
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And, you know, she knew that she, obviously,
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was really sick.
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And she couldn't make the live shows.
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And we spoke about this audition and she said
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it was the best thing that ever happened in her life,
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even during what she was going through
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because she said, "All I've ever dreamt of, Simon,
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was people appreciating my music."
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And that instant feedback she had
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when the audition aired that night.
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I mean, within seconds-
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Yeah, people went crazy for her.
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Everyone was talking about her.
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And we did talk about the fact that whatever happens,
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this clip will live forever online.
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And that meant everything to her.
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She was a very, very, very gutsy person.
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[upbeat music]
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Are you ready?
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Yeah, I'm ready. Hit it.
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[Mel laughs]
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What, you're gonna sing?
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Mhmm.
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Oh, boy.
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Oh, my gosh, she's so little. Darci Lynne.
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"Who is with you?" "Yes, it's Petunia."
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It's crazy how these names and everything
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just are stuck with you.
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I mean, how many hundreds of people
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have we met over the years?
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It's crazy.
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But, you know, those moments stick with you, you know?
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When Darci Lynne came on to the stage, what a light.
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One of our favorite, favorite contestants, Darci.
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What do you call it? You said it better than I did.
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A ventriquolist.
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Whatever.
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She did that, but also was a brilliant singer
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and really funny.
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That's a really good example, Darci,
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again of someone walking out and everyone feeling
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something great is gonna happen.
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Yeah, something special is happening.
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♪ So hush little baby ♪
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[Howie laughs]
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♪ Don't you cry ♪
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I was most surprised at how good her voice was.
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I was thinking, even without the puppet,
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if she just came out and sang,
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she would've probably got a golden buzzer anyway.
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The fact that she was doing it without opening her mouth,
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holding a rabbit at the same time, it was like-
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And being funny.
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And funny.
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Yeah, it's like, this doesn't happen.
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♪ One of these ♪
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♪ Mornings ♪
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Her mother bought her a puppet
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so that she can come out of her own shell.
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And that's the one thing that I like about that-
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There were many things I liked about our show.
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But our show actually does good.
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Yes.
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I don't mean we do well.
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I mean we do good in the world
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because everybody on that stage
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that you see is a human being.
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And there's always something you can relate to.
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There's always a message that somebody at home can get.
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And I think, not only the people that you see on the show
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but the people at home, I think we're changing lives.
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[upbeat music]
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Courtney Hadwin was-
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Special.
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Not only special. I don't know if you remember-
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Dance, her dance.
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It's not only the dance. I'll tell you what it was.
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So she was supposed to come out
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'cause I remember that day.
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She was supposed to come out.
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Again, a young child is coming out.
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We get a note from a producer at the desk
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that the next one's a little bit nervous.
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Shy.
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A little shy, so we're gonna let somebody go before her.
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Somebody went before her, and they went,
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"You know what? She's shy."
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I was supposed to talk to her.
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They said, "Mel, you talk to her
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because you're from England, she's from England.
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Maybe that'll make her more comfortable."
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I've never met somebody who was so shy and so uncomfortable
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who once that first note hit,
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just exploded out of that shell.
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♪ Once it come along a dime by the dozen ♪
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♪ That ain't nothin' but ten cent lovin' ♪
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♪ Hey little thing, let me light your candle ♪
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♪ 'Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle now ♪
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A different person.
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Janis Joplin revisited.
Yeah.
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I always play this for people even now.
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It's one of my favorite moments
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in all of the seasons of "AGT".
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Yeah, I fell in love with her too.
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It's a surprise.
Yeah.
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I got to meet her on "AGT: Champions".
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She came back and did Champions
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and she was the same way.
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I was tying to interview her and she's like,
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"Yeah, well, you know, whatever."
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Yeah, some people just-
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Wise for them to touch.
[Terry laughs]
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Some people just feel comfortable within their act
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and you know, as soon as they're out of that, they're...
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She also has new music on the way that is really exciting.
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[upbeat music]
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[audience cheering]
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That was amazing. I loved it.
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I think, you know, this was one of those acts
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that always reminds me of a, we're really lucky
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that we're making a show with not just singers
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and also the fact now
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that people come from all over the world
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to come on this show.
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The energy was amazing.
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Oh, yeah. And you can-
It's like...
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Intricacy.
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Every tiny pieces of wood, right?
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Yes.
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And all the movements that they made and it was...
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There was like a lot of these going on on that stage
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when they were performing was dangerous.
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It was like...
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I mean, it was like a dance too.
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Yeah.
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It was great.
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Yeah, I think we got hit by wood during that audition.
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Yeah, I mean look at the...
Yeah, a little bit.
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It's a dangerous job being a judge.
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Yes, very dangerous.
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Yeah.
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Well, I've got to be honest with you.
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When we first thought about this show, you know,
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I was kind of thinking we might be lucky to get a dog
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who didn't balance on a balloon.
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Balloon?
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A balloon or whatever,
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you know, like a dog act or something.
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You know?
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But then, its evolved into, you know,
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the best of the best from all over the world
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taking that risk to fly thousands of miles
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and three minutes will literally change your life.
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[intense music]
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[slowed music]
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[wood cracking]
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[Terry yells]
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If you don't like what you're watching
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on "AGT" in the moment, you wait two more minutes
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and you will see something so different, so wonderful,
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probably something you've never seen before.
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And it was like watching an action movie without CGI.
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Well, I was actually getting wood splinters
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off my bald head.
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Oh, yeah, they were flying everywhere.
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It was like, [Terry babbles]. I was like...
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And I ran right out there and gave them the golden buzzer.
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They were my team.
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My favorite part was they walked in the air.
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They did!
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It was like two flights of stairs but there were no stairs
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and they just walked in the air.
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[upbeat music]
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♪ I've been to so many places in my life and time ♪
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[audience cheering]
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♪ I've sung a lot of songs ♪
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This, I think, that between Jane Nightbirde, Kodi,
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I think the best two auditions we've ever, ever seen.
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Ever, in the 17 seasons of "AGT"?
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Yeah, and I would say Kodi's probably number one.
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I know that everybody loves him.
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I wasn't there when he won but, you know,
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he's definitely one of everybody's favorite.
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On the day, it wasn't a great day.
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I remember that. And...
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It wasn't a great day?
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It wasn't a great day.
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Everything was going wrong.
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Did you give him an x?
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No, what happened was Kodi walks out,
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he had his mom with him
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and, you know, we started to hear about Kodi
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and it was a long, long time before he finished talking
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before he went to the piano.
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And I was about five seconds away from going,
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"This is too much."
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So the energy had like dropped in.
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Well, I just thought, "This was too much pressure on him."
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Yeah. Oh, on him.
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So I was just gonna say, "You know what?
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I'm really sorry."
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"Let's not put him through that."
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"Let's forget this."
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Literally, I was like that.
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And then, I remember the first chords and my God.
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Aw, I wish I was there.
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Again, you could've heard a pin drop.
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It was unbelievable.
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It was a feeling of relief.
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I mean, and then just our jewels hit the floor.
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It's like, wow, unbelievable.
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I mean, seriously, unbelievable.
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It was like being in a movie.
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Oh, his life has changed also.
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Yeah.
Yeah.
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Yeah. Amazing family as well.
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I think that we are the luckiest people in the world
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and we sit, we got the best seats in the house
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for watching everybody from every walk of life,
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from every culture come and maybe, and hopefully,
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and a lot of times it does,
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watch their dreams and hopes come true
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and change their lives.
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[upbeat music]
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Don't you think we're lucky?
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Very lucky.
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And how lucky are you just to be sitting with me?
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Next to you. Exactly.