She’s headed out on tour with Imagine Dragons this summer. Singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal followed up her season 11 win at age 12 by releasing an EP, “Perfectly Imperfect,” which became the top selling EP of 2016. The show has created at least one bona fide success story. Raff says: “After days of long auditions, sometimes not much comes through your doors, so there is nothing like sitting there and knowing someone’s life is about to change.” INTRO & RECAPS QUARTERFINALS Week 3 Simon Cowell Talk with Contestants behind the scenes on the results show America's Got Talent 2018 AGT Season 13.Follow.

“You sift through hundreds of people coming into your room and then all of a sudden one person will walk in and you’ll know they’re really good and you know they’ll make it to the live show,” says Donnelly, “and it kind of makes it worthwhile.”

“If you don’t find anyone great, it’s the worst feeling in the world.”ĭonnelly and Raff agree that discovering someone special makes watching so many terrible acts worth it.

“It’s more fun than you think because when it works and you find someone great, it’s the best feeling in the world,” he says. Simon Cowell gets emotional during Americas Got Talent season 18 premiere, when the judges handed out the first coveted Golden Buzzer. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell are ready for Season 13 of “America’s Got Talent.”