America’s Got Talent season 17 continues on Tuesday (June 7) with more acts including singers, magicians, comics and more. Howie Mandel, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell sit on the judges panel, while Terry Crews returns to host.
American Idol quitter auditions for AGT!
Featured this week: A former American Idol contestant who QUIT before Hollywood and appears to have a record deal (???), Zombies who won the Gong Show, a popping duo who competed on World of Dance, a viral family duo and more.
Check out the list of acts auditioning on the second night of auditions, plus a photo gallery at the bottom of the page. And for a look at many of the acts viewers will meet this season, check out our America’s Got Talent preview.
America’s Got Talent 2022 Auditions 2 Contestant List
Aiko Tanaka – Aiko is a Los Angeles based comedian. According to her IMDB, she was born in Tokyo, and has appeared in the Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift film, Howard Stern Show and Comedy Central’s Stand-up Asia Live! special. She’s 42 years old. Instagram.
Anthony Kapfer – Anthony Kapfer is a musician and comedian. He often performs live as a one man band. His music has been compared to They Might Be Giants mixed with The Pixies & Flight of the Conchords. I wonder if he got very far, because he just released a sing “Eff You Simon.” Instagram
Drake Milligan – Country singer Drake Milligan passed his American Idol 2018 audition after performing a George Strait song. But apparently he quit before heading to Hollywood because, he explained in an Instagram post, “After my audition I decided that I wasn’t quite ready for that platform yet, and that it would be a better step for me to move to Nashville and focus on my music first!” Interestingly, he’s listed on the BBR/Stoney Creek Records roster. So AGT is cool with artists who already have label deals? Or did BBR not bother to take him off their site yet. Instagram
Funkanometry – A hip hop and popping duo from Vancouver Island Canada. They met up through dance battles, competitions, and classes. They also appeared on World of Dance season 3 and made it through to Duets round. The duo has over 707K followers on Tik Tok. Instagram.
Fusion Japan – AGT leaked their audition early. Watch it HERE. The group is a fusion of two popular dance groups. The girls have appeared on World of Dance among other competitions.
George – No last name given. Is he a George Bush impersonator…or something?
Jojo and Bri – Uncle and Niece went viral with a cover of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. Watch the two appear on The View. Joseph and Bri previously uploaded songs to their own accounts. Some of you may remember 8 year old Bri covering the Jackson 5 on her front porch. Afterward, Bri appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Madison Taylor Baez – An 11 year old singer with 38.6K followers on IG, she has sang the National anthem at Dodgers, Rams, Lakers, Kings, Galaxy, Globetrotters games. She has also appeared on Game of Talents. She has also starred in Netflix’s Selena: The Series as “Young Selena Quintanilla”. Instagram
Marvin Achi – According to Marvin’s Instagram, he’s SHREDDED TO THE CORE. He’s a USA Fitness Natural Champ in addition to being a chemical engineer! Photographs indicate he and Terry will engage in a shirtless abs-off. So there is that. Instagram.
MetaPhysic Synthetic Media – On the group’s website, they describe their mission as “building the hyperreal metaverse” and creating “AI generated content and web3 infrastructure to create a hyperreal metaverse owned by users.” The presentation will probably involve some creepy type VM thing. Appearing on AGT is a way to promote their company, I suppose. Instagram.
The Bock and Roll Band – The last chicken act on AGT was a pretty big bust. We’ll see how well trained the Bock and Roll band is. More than likely, the birbs will be instantly spooked by the lights and noise (See: Goats and Miniature Horses)
Viviana Rossi – She’s an athlete, model and aerialist. She’s performed for the Cirque Du Soleil stunt division, and is a gymnastics champion. Based in Barcelona, she also appeared on Românii Au Talent and made the finale on Tú Si Que Vales. Her Instagram is full of risque photos.
Waylon Napadogan – Is AGT looking specifically for comedic songwriters? Because after last week’s parmesan guy, the show has two comedy singers slotted for Auditions 2. His latest song is about how naming a baby Gary would be “objectively hilarious.” OK. Whatever you say bud. He’s got 1.4 million likes on Tik Tok. Instagram.
Zeno Sputafuoco – He’s a danger gross-out act who appeared on Spain’s Got Talent. It’s the kind of act some folks cover their eyes through (me). Instagram.
Zombie Ballet – They won The Gong Show in 2017. The Zombie Ballet is a show created by The Leigh Purtill Ballet Company. Sweet Sorrow a Zombie Ballet plays in Los Angeles around Halloween. The show streamed last year. Watch them on The Gong Show HERE.
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