America's Got Talent (season 2)

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

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 a impressionist Terry Fator.

Selection process

Overview

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

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

Dallas auditions

Aired June 5, 2007, 2 hours.[6]

Acts that were eliminated include:

L.A. auditions

Aired June 12, 2007, 2 hours[7]

Acts that were eliminated include:

Chicago auditions

Aired June 19, 2007, 2 hours[8]

Acts that were eliminated include:

New York auditions

Aired June 26, 2007, 2 hours[9]

Acts that were eliminated include:

Las Vegas Callbacks

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:

Acts that were advanced to the "short list" but not brought into the "Top 20" include:

Semifinals

Part 1

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:

Kevin James with assistant Antonio Hoyos

Part 2

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:

Finals

Top ten

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]

Final eight

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]

Final four

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 Quick Change, Stomp Out Loud, and David Hasselhoff.[68]

Fourth place

Third place

Second place

Cas Haley

Winner

Terry Fator with his puppet Winston the Impersonating Turtle.

Semi Finals 1

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

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

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

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

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

Notes

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    Preceded by
    Season 1 (2006)
    America's Got Talent
    Season 2 (2007)
    Succeeded by
    Season 3 (2008)
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