Though he has helped make dreams come true in past seasons ofAmerica’s Got Talent,Terry Crewswas not able to push the Golden Buzzer forChampionsthis time around.
TheBrooklyn Nine-Nineactor, 51, tells PEOPLE why he was unable to help an act advance straight to the finals for his second season as host of the NBC series.
“I did not get a Golden Buzzer this year, not forChampions. I was the odd man out,” Crews explains. “It’s okay. They changed up the format and tried to make it a little fairer with the number of acts, so I totally understood.”
In seasons past, Crews gave the coveted prize to season 15 runner-upDetroit Youth Choiras well as sand artistKseniya Simonovafor the inaugural season ofChampions, during which she finished in third place.
“It’s the best of the best. This is the Olympics of talent. What I love is that there are people who are recognized and people who I’m just meeting for the first time,” Crews says of the talent on the show. “Going out on that stage I can feel their nerves and you can start to feel the pressure of what this is. The farther away you are, the better you have to do.”
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And this season there has been an impressive slate of contestants. From aerialists to singers and dance troupes, many familiar faces from previousAGTseasons have gone toe-to-toe with one another, as well as international fan favorites from otherGot Talentfranchises.
Standouts have included the following Golden Buzzer winners: shadow dance groupThe Silhouettes(who wowed Alesha Dixon), dance troupeV.Unbeatable(who shocked Howie Mandel),Star Wars-inspired dance actBoogie Storm(whom Simon Cowell loves to watch), and singerAngelina Jordan(who impressed Heidi Klum).
Meanwhile, judges Cowell, Dixon, Klum and Mandel voted to push aerialists Duo Transcend through to the finals.
America’s Got Talent: The Championsairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on NBC.
source: people.com
