In this “AGT” dance, the judges fought for the Golden Buzzer
The competition this season of AGT is heating up in the quarterfinals of season 19. New this year is that each judge has a Live Golden Buzzer that they can award to a performance that they think is worthy of going straight to the finals.
Sofia Verga was the winner of the Live Gold Buzzer last week, presenting it to the Hakuna Matata Acrobats. On last night’s show, it was judge Howie Mandel’s turn to present the award, but instead something unprecedented happened.
Their performance, a mixture of dance and acrobatics, blew the judges away. And even though it wasn’t Simon Cowell’s turn to press the Golden Buzzer, he did it anyway.
Terry Crews asked Simon what he thought of the performance, and the judge said, “I’m about to get fired,” before standing up and hitting the Golden Buzzer in front of Howie.
Poor Howie screamed, “I feel like I’ve been abused!”
But it seemed like both of them were trying to hit the siren, and Terry said Howie actually beat Simon to it.
A cheerful Simon admitted: “I just couldn’t help it!”
The celebration was incredible and the members of Airfootworks were beside themselves with excitement when Simon and Howie joined them on stage.
Airfootworks fans were thrilled by the moment and felt that the group more than deserved their Golden Buzzer.
A fan wrote on AGT’s YouTube channel: “The synchronization of the shapes with the dance in the background was such a nice touch to their performance, well deserved golden buzzer.”
“You definitely deserve the Golden Buzzer because that was incredible! One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen on one of these shows!” cheered someone else.
This fan made a big prediction: “By far the best performance of the night. They could win it all.”
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