America's Got Talent season 20

America's Got Talent
Season 20
Promotional poster for season 20, featuring (L to R) host Crews and judges Vergara, Cowell, Mandel, and Mel B
Hosted byTerry Crews
Judges
WinnerJessica Sanchez
Runner-upChris Turner
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseMay 27 (2025-05-27) –
September 24, 2025 (2025-09-24)
Season chronology
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Season 19
Judges and Host for America's Got Talent Season 20
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Sofía Vergara
Simon Cowell
Terry Crews

The twentieth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 27, 2025, and concluded on September 24, 2025. Howie Mandel, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell all returned to the panel for their sixteenth, sixth, and tenth respective seasons. Mel B returned to the panel for her seventh season after a six-season hiatus, replacing Heidi Klum. Terry Crews returned as host for his seventh consecutive season.[1]

The season was won by singer Jessica Sanchez, who previously competed on the show's inaugural season in 2006. Freestyle rapper Chris Turner and singer Jourdan Blue finished in second and third place, respectively.[2]

Production

On January 8, 2025, it was announced that open-call auditions for the upcoming season had been postponed until further notice due to the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, where the show is filmed.[3][4] Filming of the televised auditions commenced at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 14, 2025.[5][6]

Season overview

For the second time in the show's history, each judge was able to give two Golden Buzzers instead of the usual one and each judge was able to give out one Golden Buzzer during the quarter-finals; host Terry Crews also received two Golden Buzzers to give out during the auditions. For the first time in the show's history, a Golden Buzzer was originally slated for the semi-final episode.[7] This was later scrapped, following the withdrawal of a semifinalist.[8]

Choir instructor Astrid Jorgensen was originally announced as one of the top 44 acts for the live shows.[9] For unknown reasons, Jorgensen was later withdrawn from the live shows and replaced by bodybuilder Mike Munz.[10] During the Quarterfinals 4 results show on September 10, Terry Crews announced that Mastermind, who advanced to the Semifinals the previous week, had to withdraw from the competition for personal reasons.[11]

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist |   Quarter-finalist |   Withdrawn
Golden Buzzer Golden Buzzer | Live Golden Buzzer Live Golden Buzzer
Participant Age(s) Genre Act From Quarter-Final Result
Alain Simonov 24 Magic Magician Brazil 2 Eliminated
Alex Zinger & Crew N/a Dance Dance Group Brooklyn, New York 2 Eliminated
Anna Saranina 41 Danger Crossbow Shooter Las Vegas, Nevada 3 Eliminated
Austin Brown 38 Singing Singer Nashville, Tennessee 3 Eliminated
B Unique Crew 21-30 Dance Dance Group Jodhpur, India 1 Eliminated
Bay Melnick Virgolino 10 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist New York 2 Semi-finalist
Benjamin Hightower 30 Singing / Music Singer & Pianist Tennessee 2 Eliminated
Benn Family Band N/a Singing Vocal Group Altadena, California 3 Eliminated
Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir Golden Buzzer N/a Singing Choir Birmingham, Alabama[12] 4 Semi-finalist
Boston Dynamics N/a Dance Robot Dance Act Boston, Massachusetts 2 Eliminated
Charity Lockhart Golden Buzzer 49[13] Singing Singer Cleveland, Ohio[13] 1 Eliminated
Chris Turner 35 Singing Freestyle Rapper New York City 3 Runner-up
Chuck Adams 40 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Nashville, Tennessee 4 Eliminated
CitiLimitz 20-21 Singing Vocal Trio Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 Eliminated
Cole Swensen & Judy N/a Singing / Music Singer, Guitarist and Cellist Hollywood, California 4 Eliminated
Crash Adams N/a Singing Vocal Duo Toronto, Canada 4 Eliminated
Duo Stardust Golden Buzzer 26 & 28 Danger Rollerskating Duo Ukraine 2 Eliminated
EDT Dance Team N/a Dance / Acrobatics Cheerleading Group New Orleans, Louisiana 2 Eliminated
Gendai N/a Variety Laser Act Tokyo, Japan 4 Eliminated
Girish and the Chronicles N/a Singing / Music Band Bengaluru, India 3 Eliminated
Jacqueline & Wagner N/a Acrobatics Aerial Duo Italy & Brazil 3 Eliminated
Jessica Sanchez Golden Buzzer 29 Singing Singer Houston, Texas 3 Winner
Jonglissimo 38 & 42 Variety Multimedia Juggling Group Linz, Austria 2 Eliminated
Jourdan Blue Golden Buzzer 23 Singing Singer New Orleans, Louisiana 1 Third place
Leo High School Choir N/a Singing Choir Chicago, Illinois 2 Grand-finalist
Light Wire Golden Buzzer N/a Dance / Variety Multimedia Group São Paulo, Brazil 1 Grand-finalist
Loco Pop Familia N/a Dance Dance Group Tokyo, Japan 1 Eliminated
Maceo Harrison 30 Dance Dancer Savannah, Georgia 3 Eliminated
Mama Duke Live Golden Buzzer N/a Singing Rapper Austin, Texas 2 Finalist
Mastermind[a] N/a Magic Magician N/a 3 Withdrawn
Messoudi Brothers Golden Buzzer 36 Variety Juggling Duo Australia 3 Eliminated
Micah Palace Live Golden Buzzer 23 Singing Rapper Connecticut 3 Finalist
Mike Munz N/a Variety Bodybuilder Plantation, Florida 4 Eliminated
Phobias N/a Magic Horror Magic Trio Rome, Sicily & Apulia 1 Eliminated
Shuler King 40 Comedy Comedian Charlotte, North Carolina 1 Eliminated
Sirca Marea N/a Acrobatics Trapeze Duo Argentina & Chile 1 Finalist
Steve Ray Ladson Live Golden Buzzer 35 Singing / Music Singer & Musician Hopkins, South Carolina 1 Finalist
Team Recycled Live Golden Buzzer N/a Dance Dance Group Berlin, Germany 4 Finalist
The BoykinZ Golden Buzzer 18-23 Singing Vocal Group Snellville, Georgia 4 Eliminated
The Funkateer Dancers Golden Buzzer 59-66 Dance Dance Group Inkster, Michigan 4 Eliminated
Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras N/a Singing / Music Band St. Louis, Hawaii & Germany 1 Eliminated
TT Boys N/a Acrobatics Acrobatic Duo Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4 Semi-finalist
Unreal Crew Golden Buzzer N/a Dance Dance Group Jaipur, India 2 Semi-finalist
Zak Mirz N/a Magic Magician Dallas, Texas 4 Semi-finalist

Quarter-finals summary

Buzzed Out Buzzed Out | Live Golden Buzzer Live Golden Buzzer |   Advanced to Finals |   Advanced to Semifinals |   Eliminated (Top 5)

Quarter-final 1 (August 19)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Def Leppard[15]

Participant Order Buzzes Result (August 20)
Cowell Vergara Mel B Mandel
Light Wire 1 Advanced
Charity Lockhart 2 Eliminated
Phobias 3 Buzzed Out Buzzed Out Eliminated
CitiLimitz 4 Eliminated
Sirca Marea 5 Advanced
Steve Ray Ladson 6 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Loco Pop Familia 7 Eliminated
Shuler King 8 Eliminated (Top 5)
Jourdan Blue 9 Advanced
B Unique Crew 10 Eliminated (Top 5)
Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras 11 Buzzed Out Eliminated

Quarter-final 2 (August 26)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Flau'jae[16]

Participant Order Buzzes Result (August 27)
Cowell Vergara Mel B Mandel
EDT Dance Team 1 Eliminated
Mama Duke 2 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Unreal Crew 3 Advanced
Alain Simonov 4 Buzzed Out Eliminated
Leo High School Choir 5 Advanced
Jonglissimo 6 Eliminated (Top 5)
Benjamin Hightower 7 Eliminated
Duo Stardust 8 Eliminated (Top 5)
Boston Dynamics 9 Buzzed Out Eliminated
Alex Zinger & Crew 10 Buzzed Out Eliminated
Bay Melnick Virgolino 11 Advanced

Quarter-final 3 (September 2)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Lindsey Stirling[17] & The Clairvoyants[18]

Participant Order Buzzes Result (September 3)
Cowell Vergara Mel B Mandel
Jacqueline & Wagner 1 Eliminated (Top 5)
Austin Brown 2 Eliminated
Maceo Harrison 3 Eliminated
Benn Family Band 4 Eliminated
Messoudi Brothers 5 Eliminated (Top 5)
Micah Palace 6 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Mastermind 7 Advanced
Girish and the Chronicles 8 Eliminated
Anna Saranina 9 Eliminated
Chris Turner 10 Advanced
Jessica Sanchez 11 Advanced

Quarter-final 4 (September 9)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Le Sserafim[19]

Participant Order Buzzes Result (September 10)
Cowell Vergara Mel B Mandel
Crash Adams 1 Eliminated
Zak Mirz 2 1 Advanced
TT Boys 3 Advanced
Cole Swensen & Judy 4 Eliminated
Mike Munz 5 Buzzed Out Buzzed Out Eliminated
Chuck Adams 6 Eliminated (Top 5)
The Funkateer Dancers 7 Eliminated (Top 5)
The BoykinZ 8 Eliminated
Gendai 9 Eliminated
Team Recycled 10 Live Golden Buzzer Advanced to Finals
Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir 11 Advanced
  • ^1 Mandel originally buzzed Zak Mirz, but later retracted his buzzer at the conclusion of Mirz's performance.

Semi-finals summary

Buzzed Out Buzzed Out |   Advanced to Finals

Semi-final (September 16)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Solange Kardinaly[20]

Participant Order Buzzes Result (September 17)
Cowell Vergara Mel B Mandel
TT Boys 1 Eliminated
Zak Mirz 2 Eliminated
Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir 3 Eliminated
Chris Turner 4 Advanced
Unreal Crew 5 Eliminated
Bay Melnick Virgolino 6 Eliminated
Sirca Marea 7 Advanced
Jessica Sanchez 8 Advanced
Leo High School Choir 9 Advanced
Light Wire 10 Advanced
Jourdan Blue 11 Advanced

Finals summary

Guest Performers, Results Show: Eric Lloyd,[21] Richard Goodall,[22] Neal Schon,[23] and the cast of Now You See Me: Now You Don't (Mat Franco, Shin Lim, and Piff the Magic Dragon)

  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   Top 5
Finalist Performed with
(2nd Performance) 		Result
Chris Turner Bozoma Saint John & Keely Watson 2nd
Jessica Sanchez N/A 2 1st
Jourdan Blue Danny O'Donoghue 3rd
Leo High School Choir Aloe Blacc Grand-finalist
Light Wire Leona Lewis Grand-finalist
Mama Duke Sainted Finalist
Micah Palace Manuel Turizo Finalist
Sirca Marea N/A 2 Finalist
Steve Ray Ladson N/A 3 Finalist
Team Recycled Ciara Finalist
  • ^2 Jessica Sanchez and Sirca Marea conducted a joint routine for their second performance.
  • ^3 Steve Ray Ladson conducted a joint routine with Leo High School Choir for his second performance.

Notes

  1. ^ On October 10, 2025, Mastermind would reveal themself to be AGT season 12 semifinalist, Colin Cloud, in a video posted on Cloud's Instagram.[14]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent season 20
No. Title Air date Timeslot (ET) Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Ref.
1 "Auditions 1" May 27, 2025 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.81 [24]
2 "Auditions 2" June 3, 2025 0.5 4.69 [25]
3 "Auditions 3" June 10, 2025 0.4 4.54 [26]
4 "Auditions 4" June 17, 2025 0.3 4.58 [27]
5 "Auditions 5" June 24, 2025 0.4 4.91 [28]
6 "Auditions 6" July 8, 2025 0.4 4.90 [29]
7 "Auditions 7" July 15, 2025 0.4 5.02 [30]
8 "Greatest Golden Buzzers!" July 22, 2025 0.3 3.77 [31]
9 "Auditions 8" July 29, 2025 0.5 4.91 [32]
10 "Auditions 9" August 5, 2025 0.4 4.56 [33]
11 "AGT 20th Birthday Party" August 12, 2025 0.3 3.99 [34]
12 "Quarterfinals 1" August 19, 2025 0.3 4.64 [35]
13 "Quarterfinals 1 Results" August 20, 2025 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 3.99 [36]
14 "Quarterfinals 2" August 26, 2025 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.72 [37]
15 "Quarterfinals 2 Results" August 27, 2025 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 3.85 [38]
16 "Quarterfinals 3" September 2, 2025 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.78 [39]
17 "Quarterfinals 3 Results" September 3, 2025 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 4.17 [40]
18 "Quarterfinals 4" September 9, 2025 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.73 [41]
19 "Quarterfinals 4 Results" September 10, 2025 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 4.12 [42]
20 "Semifinals" September 16, 2025 Tuesday 8:00 p.m. 0.4 4.33 [43]
21 "Semifinals Results" September 17, 2025 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 4.58 [44]
22 "Finale Performances" September 23, 2025 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 0.3 4.36 [45]
23 "Countdown to the Finale" September 24, 2025 Wednesday 8:00 p.m. 0.3 3.40 [46]
24 "Finale Results" September 24, 2025 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 0.3 4.26 [46]

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