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America's Got Talent: Fantasy League

America's Got Talent: Fantasy League (also known as AGT: Fantasy League) is an American reality television and talent competition series that premiered on NBC on January 1, 2024. The "fantasy league" series is a spinoff featuring winners, finalists, fan favorites, and others from previous seasons of America's Got Talent and across the Got Talent franchise, with each judge serving as a mentor for a set of acts. Terry Crews hosts the series, with Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel serving as judges.[2]

America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
Genre
ShowrunnerJason Raff[1]
Directed byRussell Norman
Presented byTerry Crews
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Simon Cowell
  • Jason Raff
  • Sam Donnelly
  • Natasha Brugler
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 1 (2024-01-01) –
February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)
Related
Judges and Presenter for America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
Simon Cowell
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Howie Mandel
Terry Crews

Format

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Similar to America's Got Talent: The Champions and America's Got Talent: All-Stars, the "fantasy league" format includes past winners, finalists, and fan favorites from across previous seasons of the franchise, competing for the Fantasy League title. However, apart from the other spin-offs, Fantasy League allows the judges to have a team of 10 acts that they selected to compete. The judges serve as mentors to their respective acts throughout the show with the goal of each judge having one of their own acts crowned champion. Once all participants in a round have completed their performance, an off-stage vote is conducted by the studio audience, which determines the five participants securing a place in the semi-finals. The golden buzzer takes on a new role in the series: a judge can either use it to advance one of their own acts or steal an act from another judge's team. Each golden buzzer recipient bypasses the semi-finals and goes directly to the finals. In the finale, the winner receives a cash prize of $250,000.[3]

Production

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On May 12, 2023, it was announced that an untitled America's Got Talent series was in the works, set for premiere midseason of the 2023–24 television season.[4][5] On September 21, 2023, the series was officially revealed as AGT: Fantasy League, with judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel as well as host Terry Crews.[6] On November 15, 2023, it was announced that the series would premiere on January 1, 2024.[7][8][9]

Teams

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Teams color key
      Winner                                           Stolen in the Semi-finals
      Runner-up                                           Eliminated in the Semi-finals
      Third place                                           Stolen in the Qualifiers
      Grand-finalist                                           Eliminated in the Qualifiers
      Eliminated in the Finals
Mentors' teams
Mentor Top 40 Acts
Howie Mandel
Ramadhani Brothers Shadow Ace Kodi Lee V.Unbeatable Kseniya Simonova Kristy Sellars
Anna DeGuzman Preacher Lawson Fritzy Rosmerian Geneviève Côté Ichikawa Koikuchi Drake Milligan
Heidi Klum
V.Unbeatable Sofie Dossi Aidan Bryant Grace Good Darci Lynne Yu Hojin
Enkh-Erdene Ramadhani Brothers The Clairvoyants Piff the Magic Dragon Hans
Mel B
Aidan Bryant Billy and Emily England Sheldon Riley Vardanyan Brothers Ghetto Kids Travis Japan
Brian Justin Crum Junior New System MerseyGirls Jon Dorenbos Maria Seiren Tape Face
Simon Cowell
Pack Drumline SAINTED Musa Motha Kodi Lee Adrian Stoica & Hurricane Chapel Hart
Loren Allred Billy and Emily England Cillian O'Connor Wes-P
Note: Italicized names are acts stolen or saved from a team during the Qualifiers. Bold names are acts stolen or saved from a team during the Semi-finals.

Overview

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Got Talent History Key AGT — America's Got Talent AGTAS — America's Got Talent: All-Stars AGTC — America's Got Talent: The Champions AsGT — Asia's Got Talent AuGT — Australia's Got Talent
BGT — Britain's Got Talent BGTC — Britain's Got Talent: The Champions BGTUM — Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician BTT — Balgariya tarsi talant (Bulgaria's Got Talent) CGT — Canada's Got Talent
CST — Česko Slovensko má talent (Czech Slovak's Got Talent) EET — Ελλάδα Έχεις Ταλέντο (Greece's Got Talent) FIT — La France a un incroyable talent (France's Got Talent) FITBJ — La France a un incroyable talent: La Bataille Du Jury (France's Got Talent: Battle Of The Judges) GGT — ნიჭიერი (Georgia's Got Talent)
GTE — Got Talent España GTEAS — Got Talent España: All Stars IGT — Indonesia's Got Talent ItGT — Italia's Got Talent JGT — Japan's Got Talent
MGT — Авьяаслаг Монголчууд (Mongolia's Got Talent) MS — Минута славы (Russia's Got Talent) PGT — Pilipinas Got Talent (Philippines's Got Talent) RT — Românii au talent (Romania's Got Talent) SIT — Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia's Got Talent)
  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist
  Eliminated |   Golden Buzzer – Qualifiers |   Golden Buzzer – Semi-finals
Participant[7][10] Act Mentor Got Talent history Qualifier Results
Adrian Stoica & Hurricane Dog Act Simon Cowell AGT: S18 – Winner; ItGT: S8 – Semi-finalist; RT: S12 – Participant 2 Semi-finalist
Aidan Bryant   Aerialist Mel B AGT: S16 – Runner-up; AGTAS: – Winner; GTEAS: S1 – Finalist 4 Finalist
Anna DeGuzman Magician Howie Mandel AuGT: Season 10 – Participant; AGT: S18 – Runner Up 4 Semi-finalist
Billy and Emily England   Extreme Rollerblading Duo Mel B BGT: S9 – Semifinalist; AGT: S12 – Semi-finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant; BGTC: S1 – Participant 1 Finalist
Brian Justin Crum Singer Mel B AGT: S11 – Fourth place; AGTC: S1 – Finalist 4 Eliminated
Chapel Hart Vocal Trio Simon Cowell AGT: S17 – Fifth place 3 Semi-finalist
Cillian O'Connor Magician Simon Cowell BGT: S16 – Third place 4 Eliminated
Darci Lynne Singer Heidi Klum AGT: S12 – Winner; AGTC: S1 – Runner-up 4 Semi-finalist
Drake Milligan Singer Howie Mandel AGT: S17 – Third place 2 Eliminated
Enkh-Erdene Singer Heidi Klum MGT: S2 – Winner 3 Semi-finalist
Fritzy Rosmerian Magician Howie Mandel IGT: S3 – Fifth place 3 Eliminated
Geneviève Côté Vocalist Howie Mandel CGT: S3 – Finalist 3 Eliminated
Ghetto Kids Dance Group Mel B BGT: S16 – Finalist 4 Semi-finalist
Grace Good Hula Hoop Artist Heidi Klum AGT: S18 – Semi-finalist 2 Semi-finalist
Hans Singer Heidi Klum AGT: S13 – Quarter-finalist; AGTC: S2 – Finalist 1 Eliminated
Ichikawa Koikuchi Flatulist Howie Mandel AsGT: S3, Participant; BGT: S16, Semi-finalist, FIT: S17, Participant; GTE: S9, Participant 3 Eliminated
Jon Dorenbos Magician Mel B AGT: S11 – Third place; AGTC: S1 – Finalist 1 Eliminated
Junior New System Dance Group Mel B AsGT: S1 – Finalist; AGT: S13 – Semi-finalist 3 Eliminated
Kodi Lee   Singer & Pianist Howie Mandel AGT: S14 – Winner; AGTAS: – Finalist 1 Finalist
Kristy Sellars Pole Dancer Howie Mandel AuGT: S9 – Winner; AGT: S17 – Runner-up 1 Semi-finalist
Kseniya Simonova Sand Artist Howie Mandel UMT: S1 – Winner; AGTC: S1 – Third place; BGTC: S1 – Third place 1 Semi-finalist
Loren Allred Singer Simon Cowell BGT: S15 – Finalist 3 Semi-finalist
Maria Seiren Singer Mel B JGT: S1 – Winner 1 Eliminated
MerseyGirls Dance Group Mel B BGT: S11 – Finalist; BGTC: Finalist 2 Eliminated
Musa Motha   Dancer Simon Cowell BGT: S16 – Finalist 4 5th
Pack Drumline Percussion Group Simon Cowell AGT: S17 – Semi-finalist 3 Runner-up
Piff the Magic Dragon Comedy Magician Heidi Klum AGT: S10 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant 2 Eliminated
Preacher Lawson Comedian Howie Mandel AGT: S12 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Fifth place; BGTC: S1 -Finalist 2 Semi-finalist
Ramadhani Brothers   Balancing Duo Howie Mandel AuGT: S10 – Finalist; AGT: S18 – Fifth place; CST: Season 11 – Participant; FIT: Season 17 – Finalist; GTEAS: Finalist; RT: Season 13 – Semi-finalist 2 Winner
SAINTED   Trap Choir Simon Cowell AGT: S18 – Semi-finalist 4 4th
Shadow Ace Shadow Artist Howie Mandel AsGT: S3 – Finalist; AGT: S18 – Semi-finalist; PGT: S5 – Semi-finalist 1 Finalist
Sheldon Riley Singer Mel B AGT: S15 – Quarter-finalist 2 Semi-finalist
Sofie Dossi   Contortionist Heidi Klum AGT: S11 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant 3 Finalist
Tape Face Mime Mel B AGT: S11 – Finalist; AGTC: S1 – Participant; BGTC: S1 – Participant; FITBJ: Participant; GTEAS: S1 – Participant 1 Eliminated
The Clairvoyants Magic Duo Heidi Klum AGT: S11 – Runner-up; AGTC: S1 – Participant; BGTUM: S1 – Participant 4 Eliminated
Travis Japan J-Pop Band Mel B AGT: S17 – Semifinalist 4 Eliminated
V.Unbeatable   Dance Group Heidi Klum AGT: S14 – Fourth place; AGTC: S2 – Winner 1 Third place
Vardanyan Brothers Balancing Duo Mel B BGT: S13 – Semifinalist; GTEAS: S1 – Runner-up; MS: S9 – Winner 2 Semi-finalist
Wes-P Novelty Act Simon Cowell GeGT: S7 – Semi-finalist; BGT: S12 – Semi-finalist; AGT: S13 – Participant; FGT: S13 – Finalist; AiGT: S3 – Participant; RT: S10 – Participant; GrGT: S7 – Participant; BTT: S8 – Participant; AuGT: S10 – Participant; GTE: S9 – Semi-finalist 2 Eliminated
Yu Hojin Magician Heidi Klum AGT: S17 – Finalist 3 Semi-finalist

Qualifiers summary

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  Golden Buzzer Advancement |    Advanced to Semi-finals |   Eliminated |   Buzzed out

Qualifier 1 (January 1)

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Participant Team Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Mel B Klum Mandel
Kristy Sellars Howie Mandel 1 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Jon Dorenbos Mel B 2 Eliminated
Hans Heidi Klum 3 Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova Howie Mandel 4 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
V.Unbeatable Howie Mandel 5 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Maria Seiren Mel B 6 Eliminated
Billy and Emily England Simon Cowell 7 Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Mel B)
Tape Face Mel B 8 Eliminated
Shadow Ace Howie Mandel 9 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Kodi Lee Simon Cowell 10 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)

Qualifier 2 (January 8)

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Participant Team Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Mel B Klum Mandel
Adrian Stoica & Hurricane Simon Cowell 1 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Piff the Magic Dragon Heidi Klum 2 Eliminated
MerseyGirls Mel B 3 Eliminated
Drake Milligan Howie Mandel 4 Eliminated
Ramadhani Brothers Heidi Klum 5 Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Howie Mandel)
Preacher Lawson Howie Mandel 6 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Grace Good Heidi Klum 7 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Vardanyan Brothers Mel B 8 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Wes-P Simon Cowell 9   Eliminated
Sheldon Riley Mel B 10 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)

Qualifier 3 (January 15)

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Participant Team Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Mel B Klum Mandel
Junior New System Mel B 1 Eliminated
Chapel Hart Simon Cowell 2 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Fritzy Rosmerian Howie Mandel 3 Eliminated
Pack Drumline Simon Cowell 4 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Enkh-Erdene Heidi Klum 5 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Sofie Dossi Heidi Klum 6 Advanced to Finals
Geneviève Côté Howie Mandel 7 Eliminated
Yu Hojin Heidi Klum 8 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Ichikawa Koikuchi Howie Mandel 9   Eliminated
Loren Allred Simon Cowell 10 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)

Qualifier 4 (January 22)

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Participant Team Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Mel B Klum Mandel
Aidan Bryant Heidi Klum 1 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Travis Japan Mel B 2 Eliminated
Cillian O'Connor Simon Cowell 3 Eliminated
Brian Justin Crum Mel B 4 Eliminated
Ghetto Kids Mel B 5 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
Anna DeGuzman Howie Mandel 6 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
SAINTED Simon Cowell 7 Advanced to Finals
Darci Lynne Heidi Klum 8 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)
The Clairvoyants Heidi Klum 9 Eliminated
Musa Motha[a] Simon Cowell 10 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)

Semi-finals summary

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  Golden Buzzer Advancement |    Advanced to Finals |   Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote) |   Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote) |   Eliminated |   Buzzed out

Semi-finals 1 (January 29)

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Participant Team Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Mel B Klum Mandel
Kristy Sellars Howie Mandel 1 Eliminated
Loren Allred Simon Cowell 2 Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
Aidan Bryant Heidi Klum 3 Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Mel B)
Enkh-Erdene Heidi Klum 4 Eliminated
Anna DeGuzman Howie Mandel 5 Eliminated
Vardanyan Brothers Mel B 6 Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)
Ghetto Kids Mel B 7 Eliminated
Kodi Lee Simon Cowell 8 Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Howie Mandel)
Preacher Lawson Howie Mandel 9 Eliminated
Pack Drumline Simon Cowell 10 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)

Semi-finals 2 (February 5)

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Participant Team Order Buzzes Result
Cowell Mel B Klum Mandel
Grace Good Heidi Klum 1 Eliminated
Kseniya Simonova Howie Mandel 2 Eliminated (3rd in Audience Vote)
Darci Lynne Heidi Klum 3 Eliminated
Musa Motha Simon Cowell 4 Advanced to Finals
Sheldon Riley Mel B 5 Eliminated
Adrian Stoica & Hurricane Simon Cowell 6 Eliminated (2nd in Audience Vote)
Yu Hojin Heidi Klum 7 Eliminated
Chapel Hart Simon Cowell 8 Eliminated
V.Unbeatable Howie Mandel 9 Advanced to Finals (Stolen by Heidi Klum)
Shadow Ace Howie Mandel 10 Advanced (Won Audience Vote)

Finals (February 12)

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  Winner |   Runner-up |   3rd place |   Top 5

Guest performers: Chapel Hart and Drake Milligan

Finalist Team Order Performed with
(2nd Performance) 		Result (February 19)
Pack Drumline Simon Cowell 1 Sheila E.1 2nd
Sofie Dossi Heidi Klum 2 Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 Finalist
Kodi Lee Howie Mandel 3 Stephen Sanchez Finalist
V.Unbeatable Heidi Klum 4 Sheila E.1 3rd
Ramadhani Brothers Howie Mandel 5 Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 1st
Musa Motha Simon Cowell 6 Calum Scott 5th
Aidan Bryant Mel B 7 Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 Finalist
Shadow Ace Howie Mandel 8 David Taylor Finalist
Billy and Emily England Mel B 9 Loren Allred and Brian Justin Crum2 Finalist
SAINTED Simon Cowell 10 Robin S. 4th
  • ^1 Pack Drumline and V.Unbeatable conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer.
  • ^2 Sofie Dossi, Ramadhani Brothers, Aidan Bryant, and Billy and Emily England conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.

Ratings

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Viewership and ratings per episode of America's Got Talent: Fantasy League
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Ref.
1 "Qualifiers 1" January 1, 2024 0.3 3.07 [11]
2 "Qualifiers 2" January 8, 2024 0.3 3.85 [12]
3 "Qualifiers 3" January 15, 2024 0.3 3.07 [13]
4 "Qualifiers 4" January 22, 2024 0.4 4.33 [14]
5 "Semi-Finals 1" January 29, 2024 0.4 4.12 [15]
6 "Semi-Finals 2" February 5, 2024 0.4 4.33 [16]
7 "Final Performances" February 12, 2024 0.4 4.08 [17]
8 "Final Results" February 19, 2024 0.4 4.07 [18]

Notes

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  1. ^ Because Musa Motha's paperwork to allow himself clearance into America was incomplete, he had to do his act remotely.

References

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  1. ^ Hailu, Selome (October 28, 2024). "'America's Got Talent': Jason Raff Out as Showrunner After 19 Seasons Due to Budget Cuts". Variety. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Logan (November 20, 2023). "Everything to Know About AGT: Fantasy League". NBC Insider. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  3. ^ McKenzie Jean-Philippe (December 28, 2023). "How AGT: Fantasy League Works — and the Twist You Won't See Coming". NBC Insider. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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  7. ^ a b "NBC Announces the 40 Extraordinary Acts from Across the Franchise Competing on America's Got Talent: Fantasy League, Premiering Monday, Jan. 1" (Press release). NBC. November 15, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
  8. ^ "New Series Premiere and Favorites Return as NBC Midseason Lineup Features Edge-of-Your-Seat Unscripted Fare, Hilarious Star-Driven Comedy and Dramas That Inspire" (Press release). NBC. November 20, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024 – via The Futon Critic.
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  10. ^ Esther Kang; Joelle Goldstein (November 15, 2023). "Kodi Lee, Darci Lynne, and Other AGT Favorites Return to Compete on New Fantasy League Spinoff (Exclusive)". People. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Douglas Pucci (January 2, 2024). "Monday Ratings: ESPN the Dominant Leader in Prime Time Overall with College Football Playoff Semifinals, America's Got Talent: Fantasy League Debut Underwhelms at NBC". Programming Insider. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
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  13. ^ Douglas Pucci (January 16, 2024). "Monday Ratings: 75th Primetime Emmy Awards Plunge to Record Low Viewership on Fox". Programming Insider. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  14. ^ Douglas Pucci (January 23, 2024). "Monday Ratings: ABC Leads in Key Demos with The Bachelor Season Premiere". Programming Insider. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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  16. ^ Douglas Pucci (February 6, 2024). "Monday Ratings: NBC and USA Share Prime Time Victory". Programming Insider. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
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