The twentieth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent premiered on NBC on May 27, 2025, and concluded on September 24, 2025. Howie Mandel, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell all returned to the panel for their sixteenth, sixth, and tenth respective seasons. Mel B returned to the panel for her seventh season after a six-season hiatus, replacing Heidi Klum. Terry Crews returned as host for his seventh consecutive season.
The season was won by singer Jessica Sanchez, who previously competed on the show's inaugural season in 2006. Freestyle rapper Chris Turner and singer Jourdan Blue finished in second and third place, respectively. This season averaged around 4.49 million viewers per broadcast.
Production On January 8, 2025, it was announced that open-call auditions for the upcoming season had been postponed until further notice due to the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, where the show is filmed. Filming of the televised auditions commenced at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on March 14, 2025.
Season overview For the second time in the show's history, each judge was able to give two Golden Buzzers instead of the usual one and each judge was able to give out one Golden Buzzer during the quarter-finals; host Terry Crews also received two Golden Buzzers to give out during the auditions. For the first time in the show's history, a Golden Buzzer was originally slated for the semi-final episode. This was later scrapped, following the withdrawal of a semifinalist.
Choir instructor Astrid Jorgensen was originally announced as one of the top 44 acts for the live shows. For unknown reasons, Jorgensen was later withdrawn from the live shows and replaced by bodybuilder Mike Munz. During the Quarterfinals 4 results show on September 10, Terry Crews announced that Mastermind, who advanced to the Semifinals the previous week, had to withdraw from the competition for personal reasons.
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ParticipantAge(s)GenreActFromQuarter-FinalResult Alain Simonov 24 Magic Magician Brazil 2 Alex Zinger & Crew — Dance Dance Group Brooklyn, New York 2 Anna Saranina 41 Danger Crossbow Shooter Las Vegas, Nevada 3 Austin Brown 38 Singing Singer Nashville, Tennessee 3 B Unique Crew 21–30 Dance Dance Group Jodhpur, India 1 Bay Melnick Virgolino 10 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist New York 2 Benjamin Hightower 30 Singing / Music Singer & Pianist Tennessee 2 Benn Family Band — Singing Vocal Group Altadena, California 3 Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir - Singing Choir Birmingham, Alabama 4 Boston Dynamics — Dance Robot Dance Act Boston, Massachusetts 2 Charity Lockhart 49 Singing Singer Cleveland, Ohio 1 Chris Turner 35 Singing Freestyle Rapper Manchester, United Kingdom 3 Chuck Adams 40 Singing / Music Singer & Guitarist Nashville, Tennessee 4 CitiLimitz 20-21 Singing Vocal Trio Chattanooga, Tennessee 1 Cole Swensen & Judy — Singing / Music Singer, Guitarist and Cellist Hollywood, California 4 Crash Adams — Singing Vocal Duo Toronto, Canada 4 Duo Stardust 26 & 28 Danger Rollerskating Duo Ukraine 2 EDT Dance Team — Dance / Acrobatics Cheerleading Group New Orleans, Louisiana 2 Gendai — Variety Laser Act Tokyo, Japan 4 Girish and the Chronicles — Singing / Music Band Bengaluru, India 3 Jacqueline & Wagner — Acrobatics Aerial Duo Italy & Brazil 3 Jessica Sanchez 29 Singing Singer Houston, Texas 3 Jonglissimo 38 & 42 Variety Multimedia Juggling Group Linz, Austria 2 Jourdan Blue 23 Singing Singer New Orleans, Louisiana 1 Leo High School Choir — Singing Choir Chicago, Illinois 2 Light Wire — Dance / Variety Multimedia Group São Paulo, Brazil 1 Loco Pop Familia - Dance Dance Group Tokyo, Japan 1 Maceo Harrison 30 Dance Dancer Savannah, Georgia 3 Mama Duke — Singing Rapper Austin, Texas 2 Mastermind — Magic Magician — 3 Messoudi Brothers 36 Variety Juggling Duo Australia 3 Micah Palace 23 Singing Rapper Connecticut 3 Mike Munz — Variety Bodybuilder Plantation, Florida 4 Phobias — Magic Horror Magic Trio Rome, Sicily & Apulia 1 Shuler King 40 Comedy Comedian Charlotte, North Carolina 1 Sirca Marea — Acrobatics Trapeze Duo Argentina & Chile 1 Steve Ray Ladson 35 Singing / Music Singer & Musician Hopkins, South Carolina 1 Team Recycled — Dance Dance Group Berlin, Germany 4 The BoykinZ 18-23 Singing Vocal Group Snellville, Georgia 4 The Funkateer Dancers 59-66 Dance Dance Group Inkster, Michigan 4 Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras — Singing / Music Band St. Louis, Hawaii & Germany 1 TT Boys — Acrobatics Acrobatic Duo Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4 Unreal Crew — Dance Dance Group Jaipur, India 2 Zak Mirz — Magic Magician Dallas, Texas 4
Quarter-finals summary Buzzed Out | Live Golden Buzzer | | |
Quarter-final 1 (August 19) Guest Performer, Results Show: Def Leppard
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 20) Light Wire 1 Charity Lockhart 2 Phobias 3 CitiLimitz 4 Sirca Marea 5 Steve Ray Ladson 6 Loco Pop Familia 7 Shuler King 8 Jourdan Blue 9 B Unique Crew 10 Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras 11
Quarter-final 2 (August 26) Guest Performer, Results Show: Flau'jae
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (August 27) EDT Dance Team 1 Mama Duke 2 Unreal Crew 3 Alain Simonov 4 Leo High School Choir 5 Jonglissimo 6 Benjamin Hightower 7 Duo Stardust 8 Boston Dynamics 9 Alex Zinger & Crew 10 Bay Melnick Virgolino 11
Quarter-final 3 (September 2) Guest Performers, Results Show: Lindsey Stirling & The Clairvoyants
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 3) Jacqueline & Wagner 1 Austin Brown 2 Maceo Harrison 3 Benn Family Band 4 Messoudi Brothers 5 Micah Palace 6 Mastermind 7 Girish and the Chronicles 8 Anna Saranina 9 Chris Turner 10 Jessica Sanchez 11
Quarter-final 4 (September 9) Guest Performer, Results Show: Le Sserafim
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 10) Crash Adams 1 Zak Mirz 2 TT Boys 3 Cole Swensen & Judy 4 Mike Munz 5 Chuck Adams 6 The Funkateer Dancers 7 The BoykinZ 8 Gendai 9 Team Recycled 10 Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir 11
Mandel originally buzzed Zak Mirz, but later retracted his buzzer at the conclusion of Mirz's performance.
Semi-finals summary
Semi-final (September 16) Guest Performer, Results Show: Solange Kardinaly
ParticipantOrderBuzzesResult (September 17) TT Boys 1 Zak Mirz 2 Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir 3 Chris Turner 4 Unreal Crew 5 Bay Melnick Virgolino 6 Sirca Marea 7 Jessica Sanchez 8 Leo High School Choir 9 Light Wire 10 Jourdan Blue 11
Finals summary Guest Performers, Results Show: Eric Lloyd, Richard Goodall, Neal Schon, and the cast of Now You See Me: Now You Don't (Mat Franco, Shin Lim, and Piff the Magic Dragon)
FinalistPerformed with(2nd Performance) ResultChris Turner Bozoma Saint John & Keely Watson Jessica Sanchez N/A Jourdan Blue Danny O'Donoghue Leo High School Choir Aloe Blacc Light Wire Leona Lewis Mama Duke Sainted Micah Palace Manuel Turizo Sirca Marea N/A Steve Ray Ladson N/A Team Recycled Ciara
Jessica Sanchez and Sirca Marea conducted a joint routine for their second performance. Steve Ray Ladson conducted a joint routine with Leo High School Choir for his second performance.
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