‘AGT’ Season 20 Finale Live Blog: Who Will Win the $1 Million Prize?

As always, judges Simon Cowell, Mel B., Sofía Vergara, and Howie Mandel gave their thoughts on the night’s acts, but it was ultimately left to America to decide which lucky contestant would take home this season’s $1 million prize — Jessica Sanchez, LightWire, Mama Duke, Sirca Marea, Micah Palace, the Leo High School Choir, Chris Turner, Jourdan Blue, Team Recycled, or Steve Ray Ladson.

The night kicked off with all 10 acts on stage together, singing an energetic Happy 20th Birthday song with musician Eric Lloyd, followed by a recap of the the previous night’s finale performances.

Multi-platinum singer Manuel Turizo kept the fun going with a performance of his song “La Bachata.” Palace joined his fellow artist on stage for a duet of his own track “RINKIKI,” after which Turizo delcared, “He’s gonna win.”

For the second performance of the night, the Leo High School Choir ended their AGT journey with a joint performance of the “The Man” with Grammy nominee Aloe Blacc. The group’s performance went right into Blue’s rendition of The Script’s “Breakeven,” which he sang alongside the band’s frontman, Danny O’Donoghue.

The Leo High School Choir returned to the stage to serve as Ladson’s backup dancers and vocalists for another memorable country track. Following the performances, Blacc encouraged the choir to “dream even bigger dreams” and “never give up.” O’Donoghue loved performing with Blue so much that he offered to take the aspiring singer out on tour with The Script.

LightWire’s latest display of lighting design and dance served as the backdrop for Grammy nominee Leona Lewis‘ performance of her song “Run.”

AGT alums Shin Lim, Mat Franco, and Piff the Magic Dragon later appeared in a prerecorded package promoting the upcoming film Now You See Me: Now You Don’t. The trio answered the call of the film’s stars Ariana Greenblatt, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Jesse Eisenberg to pull off a magic trick worthy The Four Horsemen. Joining the judges live in the AGT studio, the magicians cracked open a diamond which contained the name of the night’s winner.

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