America's Got Talent Season 17

This season featured the return of a full audience without COVID-19 restrictions, which had begun during the fifteenth season.

America's Got Talent
Season 17
Promotional poster for season 17, featuring (L to R) host Crews alongside judges Vergara, Cowell, Klum, and Mandel
Hosted by	Terry Crews
Judges	Howie Mandel Heidi Klum Sofía Vergara Simon Cowell
Winner	Mayyas
Runners-up	Kristy Sellars Drake Milligan
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	May 31 (2022-05-31) – September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 16 Next → Season 18

The season was won by dance group Mayyas, with pole dancer Kristy Sellars finishing second, and singer and guitarist Drake Milligan placing third.

On March 31, 2022, it was announced that the entire main cast from the previous season would return for the new season and that the season would premiere on May 31. Originally, host Terry Crews announced the 'end of an era' in September 2021, stating that the season sixteen finale of America's Got Talent and the series finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine had marked the end of his deal with NBC.

Judge Howie Mandel was partially absent from the June 14, July 19, and August 2 episodes, and was entirely absent in the July 12 episode, due to contracting COVID-19 at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards. Additionally, judge Sofía Vergara was absent from the judge deliberations at Simon Cowell's house.

The live shows for the season were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the same venue where auditions have been filmed since season eleven. The live shows had been held at the Dolby Theatre since the same season, excluding season fifteen, during which the live shows were held at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Judge Simon Cowell and host Terry Crews featured their favorite Golden Buzzer recipients from the previous seasons in a special retrospective episode on July 5. Singer Nightbirde from season sixteen was ranked as the number one Golden Buzzer in AGT history. Inspired by Nightbirde, who died from cancer in February 2022, Lebanese dance group Mayyas previously honored her during an audition episode on June 21. They received a Golden Buzzer from judge Sofía Vergara.

For the second time in AGT history (the first in season sixteen), a group Golden Buzzer was given by all the judges and host on the July 19 episode, to country trio Chapel Hart for their original song "You Can Have Him Jolene".

Unlike previous seasons of AGT, the live show format was changed to accommodate the top 55 acts, which were divided into five qualifying rounds of eleven acts (two acts from each qualifying round plus a wildcard advanced to the finals), instead of the usual quarter-final and semi-final rounds. In the judge deliberations portion of the episode aired on August 2, the judges selected 54 of the top 55 spots. Following this episode, a public vote was opened to allow viewers to vote the last act into the live shows. Danger act Auzzy Blood, singers Ben Waites and Debbii Dawson, and comedian Jordan Conley were all in contention for the final spot in the top 55. During the August 9 live show, it was announced that Conley had won the America's Wildcard vote.

During the final qualifying round results show on September 7, an Instant Save vote was held for viewers to send a final wildcard into the finals. The four acts included in this vote were acts that were eliminated in the live shows, with each act selected by one of the judges; Mandel selected Don McMillan, Klum selected Lily Meola, Vergara selected Celia Muñoz, and Cowell selected Players Choir. Celia Muñoz ultimately won the public vote, taking the last spot in the season's finals.

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Qualifier
  America's Wildcard |   Final Wildcard |   Golden Buzzer Audition

Participant	Age(s)	Genre	Act	From	Qualifier	Result
Acapop!	12-18	Singing	A-Cappella Group	Various	4	Eliminated
Aiko Tanaka	42	Comedy	Comedian	Japan	2	Eliminated
Amanda Mammana	19	Singing	Singer	Trumbull, Connecticut	3	Eliminated
Amazing Veranica & Her Incredible Friends	12	Animals	Dog Act	Oxford, Florida	1	Eliminated
Amoukanama	TBA	Acrobatics	Acrobatic Group	Conakry, Guinea	1	Eliminated
Aubrey Burchell	21	Singing	Singer	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	5	Eliminated
Ava Swiss	18	Singing	Singer	Oxford, Michigan	1	Eliminated
Avery Dixon	21	Music	Saxophonist	Atlanta, Georgia	1	Finalist
Bayley Graham	22	Dance	Tap Dancer	New Zealand	4	Eliminated
Ben Lapidus	29	Comedy / Singing / Music	Comic Singer & Guitarist	Doylestown, Pennsylvania	1	Eliminated
Blade 2 Blade	TBA	Danger	Knife Throwing Duo	Mallorca, Spain	5	Eliminated
Celia Muñoz	36	Comedy	Ventriloquist	Madrid, Spain	3	Finalist
Chapel Hart	TBA	Singing	Vocal Trio	Poplarville, Mississippi	2	Grand-finalist
Cline Twins	17	Variety	Hockey Tricks Duo	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	3	Eliminated
Don McMillan	62	Comedy	Comedian	San Francisco, California	1	Eliminated
Drake Milligan	23	Singing	Singer	Fort Worth, Texas	1	Third place
Duo Rings	TBA	Acrobatics	Aerial Duo	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2	Eliminated
Freckled Zelda	19	Singing / Music	Singer & Musician	California	2	Eliminated
Funkanometry	19 & 20	Dance	Dance Duo	Vancouver Island, Canada	3	Eliminated
Fusion Japan	TBA	Dance	Dance Group	Japan	2	Eliminated
Harper	10	Singing	Metal Singer	Somerset, England	4	Eliminated
Hayden Kristal	TBA	Comedy	Comedian	Colorado	3	Eliminated
Jack Williams	25	Comedy	Ventriloquist	Indianapolis, Indiana	4	Eliminated
Jannick Holste	19	Magic / Dance	Magician & Dancer	Germany	4	Eliminated
JoJo and Bri	TBA	Singing	Vocal Duo	TBA	3	Eliminated
Jordan Conley	TBA	Comedy	Comedian	Garden Grove, California	5	Eliminated
Kristen Cruz	19	Singing	Singer	Irving, Texas	5	Eliminated
Kristy Sellars	36	Dance	Pole Dancer	Ballarat, Australia	5	Runner-up
Lace Larrabee	TBA	Comedy	Comedian	Atlanta, Georgia	1	Eliminated
Lee Collinson	21	Singing	Singer	England	4	Eliminated
Lily Meola	27	Singing	Singer	Maui, Hawaii	4	Eliminated
MPLUSPLUS	TBA	Dance	LED Dance Group	Tokyo, Japan	3	Eliminated
Madison Taylor Baez	11	Singing	Singer	Yorba Linda, California	2	Eliminated
Max Ostler	18	Dance	Contemporary Dancer	Australia	5	Eliminated
Mayyas	TBA	Dance	Dance Group	Lebanon	5	Winner
Merissa Beddows	23	Singing / Comedy	Singing Impressionist	New York	4	Eliminated
Mervant Vera	TBA	Singing / Magic	Rapper & Magician	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	5	Eliminated
Metaphysic	TBA	Variety	Artificial Intelligence Act	Belgium & Australia	4	Grand-finalist
Mia Morris	18	Singing / Music	Singer & Musician	Nashville, Tennessee	3	Eliminated
Mike E. Winfield	TBA	Comedy	Comedian	Baltimore, Maryland	4	Finalist
Mr. Pants	TBA	Comedy	Comedian	Brooklyn, New York	2	Eliminated
Nicolas RIBS	TBA	Magic	Magician	Paris, France	3	Finalist
Oleksandr Yenivatov	TBA	Acrobatics	Contortionist	Ukraine	1	Eliminated
Players Choir	TBA	Singing	Choir	Various	1	Eliminated
Sara James	14	Singing	Singer	Ośno Lubuskie, Poland	3	Finalist
Shu Takada	25	Variety	Yo-Yo Artist	Tokyo, Japan	5	Eliminated
Stefanny and Yeeremy	TBA	Dance	Salsa Duo	Colombia	1	Eliminated
The Brown Brothers	30 & 32	Singing / Comedy	Singing Impression Duo	Annapolis, Maryland	2	Eliminated
The Lazy Generation	TBA	Variety	Stunt Group	London, England	4	Eliminated
The Pack Drumline	TBA	Music	Percussion Group	Chicago, Illinois	2	Eliminated
Travis Japan	23-27	Singing / Dance	Boy Band	Tokyo, Japan	5	Eliminated
urbancrew (Flyers of the South)	TBA	Dance	Dance Group	Philippines	5	Eliminated
Wyn Starks	39	Singing	Singer	Nashville, Tennessee	2	Eliminated
XOMG POP!	10-15	Singing	Girl Group	Various	3	Eliminated
Yu Hojin	29	Magic	Magician	Seoul, South Korea	2	Finalist

Qualifiers summary

  Buzzed Out |   Advanced to Finals |   Eliminated (Top 3) |   Eliminated (Top 5)

Qualifier 1 (August 9)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Dustin Tavella with Sarah Hyland

Participant	Order	Buzzes				Result (August 10)
		Cowell	Vergara	Klum	Mandel
Amoukanama	1					Eliminated (Top 5)
Amazing Veranica & Her Incredible Friends	2					Eliminated
Ava Swiss	3					Eliminated
Ben Lapidus	4					Eliminated
Lace Larrabee	5					Eliminated
Drake Milligan	6					Advanced
Oleksandr Yenivatov	7					Eliminated
Players Choir	8					Eliminated (Top 5)
Stefanny and Yeeremy	9					Eliminated
Don McMillan	10					Eliminated (Top 3)
Avery Dixon	11					Advanced

Qualifier 2 (August 16)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Jon Dorenbos

Participant	Order	Buzzes				Result (August 17)
		Cowell	Vergara	Klum	Mandel
The Pack Drumline	1					Eliminated
The Brown Brothers	2					Eliminated (Top 5)
Mr. Pants	3					Eliminated
Fusion Japan	4					Eliminated
Freckled Zelda	5					Eliminated
Duo Rings	6					Eliminated (Top 5)
Wyn Starks	7					Eliminated
Aiko Tanaka	8					Eliminated
Madison Taylor Baez	9					Eliminated (Top 3)
Yu Hojin	10					Advanced
Chapel Hart	11					Advanced

Qualifier 3 (August 23)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Kodi Lee with Teddy Swims and Neal Schon

• ^1 Celia Muñoz was later brought back as a Wildcard act for the Finals.

Qualifier 4 (August 30)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Piff the Magic Dragon and Riverdance

Participant	Order	Buzzes				Result (August 31)
		Cowell	Vergara	Klum	Mandel
Bayley Graham	1					Eliminated
Acapop!	2					Eliminated
Jannick Holste	3					Eliminated
Lee Collinson	4					Eliminated
Jack Williams	5					Eliminated (Top 5)
Metaphysic	6					Advanced
The Lazy Generation	7					Eliminated
Merissa Beddows	8					Eliminated (Top 5)
Harper	9					Eliminated
Mike E. Winfield	10					Advanced
Lily Meola	11					Eliminated (Top 3)

Qualifier 5 (September 6)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Cast of & Juliet

Participant	Order	Buzzes				Result (September 7)
		Cowell	Vergara	Klum	Mandel
Kristen Cruz	1					Eliminated (Top 5)
Mervant Vera	2					Eliminated (Top 3)
Travis Japan	3					Eliminated
Max Ostler	4					Eliminated
Jordan Conley	5					Eliminated
Kristy Sellars	6					Advanced
Blade 2 Blade	7					Eliminated
urbancrew (Flyers of the South)	8					Eliminated (Top 5)
Aubrey Burchell	9					Eliminated
Shu Takada	10					Eliminated
Mayyas	11					Advanced

Finals (September 13–14)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Black Eyed Peas and Light Balance

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

• ^2 Nicolas RIBS and Yu Hojin conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performer.
• ^3 Chapel Hart and Drake Milligan conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.
• ^4 Metaphysic and Mike E. Winfield conducted a joint routine for their second performance, and thus shared the same guest performers.
• ^5 Kristy Sellars and Mayyas conducted a joint routine for their second performance.