America's Got Talent | |
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Season 1 | |
Broadcast from | June 21 – August 17, 2006 |
Judges | |
Host(s) | Regis Philbin |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | |
Bianca Ryan | |
Bianca Ryan | |
Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Genre(s) | Gospel, pop, R&B |
Runner-up | |
All That & The Millers | |
Chronology | |
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Season One of America's Got Talent, an Americantalent show competition, began broadcasting in the United States during 2006, from June 21 to August 17. It was originally intended to be aired after the first season of Britain's Got Talent, but following a dispute between that edition's planned host and the network that had secured the rights to the program, the Got Talent creator, Simon Cowell, decided to suspend work on the British edition and focused his attention on the American edition. Production staff appointed the program's first judges to be David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan, and the first host to be Regis Philbin. The success of the season per its ratings helped to foster development of international editions of Got Talent, along with restarting production work on the British edition.
The first season was won by singer Bianca Ryan,[1] with clogging dance group All That and singer/musician duo The Millers finishing as runner-ups within the Top 3 finalists.
- 1Season Overview
- 1.1Semi-final summary
Season Overview
In 2005, Simon Cowell devised plans for a televised talent competition, originally intending for it be created and broadcast in Britain through the British broadcaster ITV, with an American edition to follow after its first season. However, following a pilot broadcast of the format, a dispute arose between ITV and Paul O'Grady, the originally intended host of Britain's Got Talent. In the wake of the dispute, after O'Grady decided to sign on to another network, Cowell suspended production on the British edition, and instead focused on the American edition in 2006. Production staff launched auditions across the United States at this time, while they subsequently searched for and chose those would front the program - Regis Philbin was finalised as the host, with the judges selected being David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan. After the initial round of auditions had been completed, those passed through on these were entered into more a extensive round of major auditions across three major cities in April 2006 - Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.
Results were mainly aired after each live round of the season. However, unlike later seasons of the program or other international editions of Got Talent, the format of the live rounds was unique in the first season of America's Got Talent in several places, with the exception of the results:
- Judges could not stop a performance at any time.
- Judges could denote what they thought of an act either with a check mark (for approved) or a 'X' (for disapproved). These votes did not impact how the public would vote in the final.
- Wildcards could be picked out from amongst any of the semi-finalists that didn't advance pass their appointed stage to take part in a special round. The judges could each pick any two acts they wanted from the semi-finals, while the public could vote for an act from each semi-final that they wanted.
Of the participants who auditioned for this season, 40 secured a place in the semi-finals, with ten appearing in each one, and eight of these acts making it into the live final. Around ten of the semi-finalists who didn't advance were chosen by the judges to compete within a WildCard round, and secured two additional places in the final. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:
- Winner | Runner-Up | Finalist
- Wildcard Act (eliminated) | Semi-finalist (eliminated)
Participant | Genre | Act | Semi-final | Result |
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Alexis Jordan | Singing | Singer | 1 | Wildcard Act |
All That | Dance / Variety | Male Clogging Dance Group | 11 | Runner-up |
At Last | Singing | A Cappella Vocal Group | 2 | Finalist |
Bianca Ryan | Singing | Singer | 3 | Winner |
Bobby Badfingers | Variety | Finger Snapper | 2 1 | Wildcard Act |
Caitlyn Taylor Love | Singing | Singer | 3 | Eliminated |
Celtic Spring | Music / Dance | Irish Fiddler & Dancers | 4 | Finalist |
Corina Brouder | Singing / Music | Singing Harpist | 1 1 | Wildcard Act |
Dave the Horn Guy | Music | Horn Performer | 2 | Eliminated |
Dave Smith One Man Sideshow | Singing / Variety | Singer & Side-Show Performer | 4 | Eliminated |
David & Dania | Magic | Quick-Change Illusionists | 41 | Finalist |
Desperation Squad | Music | Punk Rock Band | 4 | Eliminated |
Elliot Zimet | Magic | Hip-hop Magician | 3 | Eliminated |
George Komsky | Singing | Singer | 4 | Eliminated |
Hoopalicious | Dance / Variety | Hula Hoop Dancer | 1 | Eliminated |
J. R. Johns and His Best Friends | Animal | Dancing Dog Act | 1 | Eliminated |
Jessica Sanchez | Singing | Singer | N/A 2 | Wildcard Act |
Kenny Shelton | Comedy / Variety | Comic Juggler | 3 | Eliminated |
Kevin Johnson | Comedy | Ventriloquist | 1 | Eliminated |
King Charles Unicycle Troupe | Danger | Unicycle Stunt Basketball Troupe | 4 | Eliminated |
Leonid the Magnificent | Variety | Contortionist Performer | 2 1 | Wildcard Act |
Lilia Stepanova | Variety / Danger | Contortionist Archer | 4 | Eliminated |
Mark Faje | Danger / Comedy | Knife-Throwing Comedian | 2 | Eliminated |
Michelle L'amour | Variety | Burlesque Performer | 4 | Eliminated |
Natasha Le | Music | Pianist | 2 1 | Wildcard Act |
Nathan Burton | Magic / Comedy | Comic Magician | 3 1 | Wildcard Act |
N'Versity | Singing | Vocal Group | 2 1 | Wildcard Act |
Rappin' Granny | Singing | Rapper | 3 | Finalist (Judges' choice) |
Realis | Acrobatics / Dance | Acrobatic Dancing Duo | 2 | Finalist |
Sean and John | Dance | Tap Dancers | 4 | Eliminated |
Shawn Ryan | Singing | Cabaret Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
Sonia Lee | Music | Electric Violinist | 3 | Eliminated |
Sugar n' Spice | Music / Dance | Vocal Dance Group | 2 | Eliminated |
Taylor Ware | Singing / Variety | Yodeller | 1 | Finalist |
Team Acrodunk | Acrobatics / Variety | Acrobatic Basketball Dunkers | 3 | Eliminated |
Ten13 Concept | Music | Punk Band | 3 | Eliminated |
The Passing Zone | Comedy / Variety | Comic Juggling Duo | 4 | Finalist (Judges' choice) |
The Millers | Singing / Music | Singer & Musician Duo | 1 | Runner-up |
Trey Knight's Stilt World | Variety | Stilt Performers | 3 | Eliminated |
Vladik Miagkostoupov | Acrobatics / Variety | Acrobatic Juggler | 1 | Eliminated |
Vladimir Malachkin | Variety | Hand Balancer | 2 | Eliminated |
- ^1 These participants were entered into the Wildcard semi-final after losing their initial semi-final.
- ^2 This participant did not have their act televised in any of the four semi-finals for this season. Their live round performance was only shown in the Wildcard Round.
Semi-final summary
- Judge Disapproved | Judge Approved
- Won the public vote | Won the judges' vote
- Chosen for Wildcard Round (Semi-Finals 1-4 only) | Eliminated
Semi-final 1 (July 12)
- Guest performer, Results Show: Teddy Geiger
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' votes | Results (July 13) | ||
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Morgan | Norwood | Hasselhoff | ||||
Taylor Ware | 1 | Yodeller | Won Public Vote | |||
All That | 2 | Male Clogging Dance Group | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
Kevin Johnson | 3 | Ventriloquist | Eliminated | |||
Alexis Jordan | 4 | Singer | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
Vladik Miagkostoupov | 5 | Acrobatic Juggler | 3 | Eliminated | ||
Shawn Ryan | 6 | Cabaret Singer | Eliminated | |||
J. R. Johns and His Best Friends | 7 | Dancing Dog Act | Eliminated | |||
Hoopalicious | 8 | Hula Hoop Dancer | 3 | Eliminated | ||
Corina Brouder | 9 | Singing Harpist | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
The Millers | 10 | Singer & Muscian Duo | Judges' choice |
- ^3 Each respective judge meant to vote their disapproval for the corresponding performance, but accidentally voted the opposite.
Semi-final 2 (July 19)
- Guest performer, Results Show: Jurassic 5
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' votes | Results (July 20) | ||
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Morgan | Norwood | Hasselhoff | ||||
Dave the Horn Guy | 1 | Horn Performer | Eliminated | |||
Realis | 2 | Acrobatic Dancing Duo | Judges' choice | |||
At Last | 3 | A Cappella Vocal group | Won Public Vote | |||
Natasha Le | 4 | Pianist | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
Vladimir Malachkin | 5 | Hand Balancer | Eliminated | |||
Bobby Badfingers | 6 | Finger Snapper | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
Sugar n' Spice | 7 | Vocal Dance Group | Eliminated | |||
N'Versity | 8 | Vocal Group | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
Mark Faje | 9 | Knife-Throwing Comedian | Eliminated | |||
Leonid the Magnificent | 10 | Contortionist Performer | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) |
Semi-final 3 (July 26)
- Guest performer, Results Show: Cirque du Soleil
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' votes | Results (July 27) | ||
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Morgan | Norwood | Hasselhoff | ||||
Team Acrodunk | 1 | Acrobatic Basketball Dunkers | Eliminated | |||
Caitlyn Taylor Love | 2 | Singer | Eliminated | |||
Sonia Lee | 3 | Electric Violinist | Eliminated | |||
Elliot Zimet | 4 | Hip-hop Magician | Eliminated | |||
Ten13 Concept | 5 | Punk Band | Eliminated | |||
Rappin' Granny | 6 | Rapper | Judges' choice | |||
Nathan Burton | 7 | Comic Magician | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
Bianca Ryan | 8 | Singer | Won Public Vote | |||
Kenny Shelton | 9 | Comic Juggler | Eliminated | |||
Trey Knight's Stilt World | 10 | Stilt Performers | Eliminated |
Semi-final 4 (August 2)
- Guest performer, Results Show: Tom Green
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' votes | Results (August 3) | ||
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Morgan | Norwood | Hasselhoff | ||||
The Passing Zone | 1 | Comic Juggling duo | Judges' choice | |||
Celtic Spring | 2 | Irish Fiddlers & Dancers | Won Public Vote | |||
Sean and John | 3 | Tap Dancers | Eliminated | |||
Lilia Stepanova | 4 | Eliminated | ||||
Dave Smith One Man Sideshow | 5 | Singer & Side-show Performer | Eliminated | |||
David & Dania | 6 | Quick-change Illusionists | Eliminated (Chosen for Wildcard Round) | |||
George Komsky | 7 | Singer | Eliminated | |||
Michelle L'amour | 8 | Burlesque Performers | Eliminated | |||
King Charles Unicycle Troupe | 9 | Unicycle Stunt Basketball Troupe | Eliminated | |||
Desperation Squad4 | 10 | Punk Rock Band | Eliminated |
- ^4 A member of this performance hit the judge's buzzer during their semi-final act, which were discounted upon the performance's conclusion.
Semi-final 5 - Wildcard Round (August 9)
- Guest performer, Results Show: Penn & Teller
Semi-Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' votes | Results (August 10) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morgan | Norwood | Hasselhoff | ||||
Nathan Burton | 1 | Comic Magician | Eliminated | |||
Bobby Badfingers | 2 | Finger Snapper | Eliminated | |||
Jessica Sanchez5 | 3 | Singer | Eliminated | |||
All That | 4 | Male Clogging Dance Group | Judges' choice | |||
Corina Brouder | 5 | Singing Harpist | Eliminated | |||
David & Dania | 6 | Quick-change Illusionists | Won Public Vote | |||
N'Versity | 7 | Vocal Group | Eliminated | |||
Natasha Le | 8 | Pianist | Eliminated | |||
Alexis Jordan | 9 | Singer | Eliminated | |||
Leonid the Magnificent | 10 | Contortionist Performer | Eliminated |
- ^5 Sanchez secured a spot on the Wild Card during the semi-finals, despite her act not being televised in these.
Final (August 16)
- Guest performers, Results Show: Aly & AJ, Blue Man Group
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- Judge Disapproved | Judge Approved
- Winner | Runner-up
Finalist | Order | Act | Judges' votes | Results (August 17) | ||
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Morgan | Norwood | Hasselhoff | ||||
At Last | 1 | A Cappella Vocal Group | Bottom 5 | |||
David & Dania | 2 | Quick-change Illusionists | Bottom 5 | |||
Rappin' Granny | 3 | Rapper | Bottom 5 | |||
Bianca Ryan | 4 | Singer | Winner | |||
All That | 5 | Male Clogging Dance Group | Runner-up (2nd-3rd place) | |||
Taylor Ware | 6 | Yodeller | Top 5 | |||
Jon & Owen – The Passing Zone | 7 | Comic /Juggling duo | Bottom 5 | |||
Celtic Spring | 8 | Irish Fiddlers and Dancers | Top 5 | |||
Realis | 9 | Acrobatic Dancing Duo | Bottom 5 | |||
The Millers | 10 | Singer & Musician Duo | Runner-up (2nd-3rd place) |
References
- ^Philly 11-Year-Old Wows Judges On 'America's Got Talent'Archived 2006-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- America's Got Talent (Season 1) on IMDb
- America's Got Talent (Season 1) at TV.com