Yahoo Lifestyle 'America's Got Talent' Reveals the Winner for 2024
The voting is over, and the results have been revealed for America’s Got Talent 2024 (Season 19) and the winner won not just the $1 million prize and the title, but also a brand-new Kia EV9.
The 10 finalists included the best performers of the season as voted on by America: Airfootworks, Brent Street, Dee Dee Simon, Hakuna Matata Acrobats, Learnmore Jonasi, Roni Sagi & Rhythm, Richard Goodall, Sebastián & Sonia, Sky Elements and Solange Kardinaly.
And the winner was Heidi Klum’s Golden Buzzer Richard Goodall, who for his final performance picked a second Journey song, “Faithfully.” On night one of Season 19, Richard performed Journey’s "Don't Stop Believin,'" so it was a full circle moment for the 55-year-old middle school janitor from Terre Haute, Ind.
“There’s no plan other than getting a house together,” Richard told Parade on the AGT red carpet after his win. “We want either Florida or Terre Haute. I’m going to take a breath and see what else comes our way. No real plan. Just take it all in and go from there.”
Last Wednesday, after performing for the final time in the competition, Richard and his fiancée Angie Vanoven got married in California with his AGT family in attendance.
“I wanted getting married to be a part of this whole journey,” he said. “I wanted it to be a part of encompassing everything. It was beyond time to go and do this so AGT helped make it happen.”
Earlier in the season, Richard had been gifted a new car by country singer Walker Hayes, so winning a second one means there’s one for him since he had already gifted Angie the new Buick Encore.
“I told Angie, ‘Kia is giving away a brand-new car,’” Richard said. “She said, ‘We’ve already got a brand-new car.’ I said, ‘Maybe I’d like to drive a brand-new car,’ because the new one was for her. I said, ‘It’s an electric car.’ She said, ‘Oh, you can have that.’”
When asked if he was headed back home to quit his janitor job, Richard wasn’t sure he was going to do that immediately.
“I want the students to be a part of this whole process, but we’ll see what opportunities come our way and go from there,” he said, taking into consideration the fact that the students had encouraged him to audition in the first place. “I never dreamed this could happen.”
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Who was eliminated on America’s Got Talent tonight:
Airfootworks
Brent Street
Dee Dee Simon
Hakuna Matata Acrobats
Learnmore Jonasi
Roni Sagi & Rhythm
Sebastián & Sonia
Sky Elements
Solange Kardinaly.
Who won AGT tonight:
Richard Goodall
Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC
Here’s how the night went down:
As usual, the results show opened with Terry Crews hosting a review of the performance show from the previous week as the Top 10 were backstage nervously awaiting the results, but first they had to get through the night’s entertainment, which they were part of.
Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles joined Terry for some cohosting duties, and later in the show she performed with gymnasts from Gold Over America.
Other performers for the night included Steve Aoki, Michael Bublé, Andra Day, AGT alums the Detroit Youth Choir, Neil Schon and Journey, Magic Mike Live and a guest appearance by Gabriel Iglesias.
Then Terry got down to the real business of the night: the results.
The countdown for the Top 5 began:
Brent Street vs Sky Elements: Sky Elements
Sebastián & Sonia vs Learnmore: Learnmore
Richard Goodall vs Dee Dee Simon: Richard Goodall
Solange vs Hakuna Matada Acrobats: Solange
Airfootworks vs Roni Sagi & Rhythm: Roni & Rhythm
“Thank God America votes because we lost some really talented people,” Simon Cowell said at this point. “To the people going home, your live show performance will live on line forever. It’s about the hours you put in and nurture it. Top 5, huge congratulations.”
Then the Top 5 results were revealed:
Fifth Place: Learnmore
Fourth Place: Solange
Third Place: Sky Elements
Second Place: Roni Sagi & Rhythm
First Place: Richard Goodall
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