America's Got Talent - 2009 (09/14/2009) (W13N2)

THE FINALS RESULTS SHOW, tonight. (Week 13, Night 2)

The Top 10 Acts: The Texas Tenors, Grandma Lee, Kevin Skinner, The Voices of Glory, The Fab Five, Recycled Percussion, Lawrence Beaman, Hairo Torres, Drew Stevyns, and Barbara Padilla. Here are their bios (from NBC's AGT site)

[Links on the act names, below, are to their video from the finals show. Click their names to be taken to NBC and see the videos.]

Montage of the Finals show and the acts.

The show begins.

Also tonight: Leona Lewis, Rascal Flatts, Shakira, and Susan Boyle.

Introduction of the judges.
Piers: I normally work out 1 or 2 acts I think will win. Tonight, they are so good, I can't do that.
Sharon: I hate that now, after tonight, it's over, but I can't wait to see who America will vote for.
David: I'm just very excited tonight, because we've had a long journey for all the acts.

Song: Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me That Way" - The Top 10 Finalists start it out, and Thelma comes onstage. Acts join her in the song. Nice. Cool way to bring the acts on!

Break

Introducation video of Leona Lewis. She performs "Happy"

Break

Montage to "Simply The Best" of the Auditions. Many of those who were "X"ed off.
"The Audition All-Stars" live to "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now". Again, many from the montage.
Scary to think that this is probably part of the Vegas show!
Ends with Granda Lee and Piers in a magician's "box" behind a curtain, she in a wedding dress, and Piers "caught" making out with her. LOL

Break

Cirque de Soliel performs "Banana Shpeel".
[This show does strange things to you! For example, I, immediately, thought that if they were being judged by the judges, they'd have been buzzed before the act got rolling! LOL]

Acts in the Orville Lounge - After Monday's Show.

Break

Another montage of Acts - Many of the most memorable acts and the Top 10, and a few of those "x"ed. "The highs and the lows".

The Top 10 are onstage. After the break, the Top 5 will be revealed.

Break

Step forward: Hairo Torres and Barbara Padilla
The act taking the first spot in the top 5 is ... Barbara Padilla

Step forward: Lawrence Beaman and The Voices of Glory
The act taking the next spot in the top 5 is ... The Voices of Glory

Step forward: The Texas Tenors and The Fab Five
The act taking the next spot in the top 5 is ... The Texas Tenors

Step forward: Kevin Skinner and Drew Stevyns
The act taking the next spot in the top 5 is ... Kevin Skinner (OMG!)

Step forward: Recycled Percussion and Grandma Lee
The act taking the final spot in the top 5 is ... Recycled Percussion

Piers: It's amazing to see the acts still here, but it's also amazing to see the acts that are gone. Three or four could easily have been in the top 5. So, I would say this is officially the best season we've ever had.

Break

Montage of the judges backstage, onstage, etc. having fun and getting laughs.

Shakira performs "SheWolf"

Break

Top 5: The Voices of Glory, Kevin Skinner, Barbara Padilla, The Texas Tenors, Recycled Percussion

The act finishing in fifth place and leaving the competition is ... The Voices of Glory
Sharon: This is just the beginning for you. We are gonna see a whole lot more of you guys. You aren't going anywhere. And I love you. (Montage of VoG throughout the show.)

The act finishing in fourth place and leaving the competition is ... The Texas Tenors (Wow!)
(Montage of TT throughout the show.)
David: Congratulations and just let me buy a ticket to your show. You guys are fantastic. This is only the beginning... Only the beginning.

The act finishing in third place and leaving the competition is ... Recycled Percussion (OMG!)
(Montage of RP throughout the show.)

Leaving Kevin Skinner and Barbara Padilla, about as opposite of a pair as there could be.
Piers: I think I think what everybody thinks. You have two completely opposite acts - The country boy and the opera singer - the chicken farmer and the woman who beat cancer. I can't call it.

(Unbelievable!)

Break

Rascal Flatts perform "Summer Nights"

Montage of Kevin Skinner's journey to the Top 2.
Montage of Barbara Padillia's journey to the Top 2.

Break

Montage of Susan Boyle's journey, and she performs her version of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses", singing in America for the first time. (From her debut album, "I Dreamed a Dream".

Break

Again, Kevin Skinner and Barbara Padilla.

America has voted. The winner of the $1,000,000 and the headline show in Las Vegas is ... KEVIN SKINNER! (OMG! YAY for him! WOW!)
Kevin: I'm ready to perform. I'm gonna go out there and give them the best performance I can. I love you all!

(Barbara has a full career ahead of her! She's going to go a VERY long way, as should ALL the acts in the top 10 and more.)

Full-Length Video from tonight's show

Full Season Four episodes
Newest videos (where tonight's acts' will appear, and the start of the video library for AGT)
Top-rated videos (watched most often, I'm sure)
If you're interested only in knowing what the music done on the show was, it's here.