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America's Got Talent (season 13)
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America's Got Talent
Promotional poster for the season.
Season 13
Broadcast from
May 29 (2018-05-29) – September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19)
Judges
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Simon Cowell
Host(s)
Tyra Banks
Broadcaster
NBC
Winner
Shin Lim
Origin
Boston, Massachusetts
Genre(s)
Magician
Runner-up
Zurcaroh
Chronology
◀
2018
Season thirteen of the reality competition series America's Got Talent premiered on May 29, 2018, on NBC. Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell returned as judges for their respective ninth, sixth, sixth, and third seasons. Meanwhile, Tyra Banks returned for her second season as host.[1]
The live shows returned to the Dolby Theatre, beginning August 14, 2018.[2]
AGT is co-produced by FremantleMedia North America and Syco Entertainment, Cowell's company.[3][4]
Dunkin' Donuts is a sponsor for a fourth consecutive season.
Shin Lim was named the winner on the season finale, September 19, 2018. This marks the second magician to win. Acrobatic group Zurcaroh and violinist Brian King Joseph came in second and third place respectively.
Contents
1 Preliminary auditions
1.1 Golden buzzer
2 Judge Cuts
2.1 Golden Buzzer
2.2 Week 1
2.3 Week 2
2.4 Week 3
2.5 Week 4
3 Quarterfinals
3.1 Week 1 (August 14–15)
3.2 Week 2 (August 21–22)
3.3 Week 3 (August 28–29)
4 Semifinals
4.1 Week 1 (September 4–5)
4.2 Week 2 (September 11–12)
5 Finals
5.1 Finale
6 Top 36 acts
7 International broadcast
8 Ratings
8.1 U.S. Nielsen ratings
8.2 Special episodes
9 Contestants who appeared in other seasons or shows
10 References
11 External links
Preliminary auditions
Season 13 judges and host
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Simon Cowell
Tyra Banks
The season had preliminary open call auditions in Orlando, Cincinnati, Savannah, Milwaukee, Houston, Las Vegas, New York City, Nashville, and Los Angeles.[5] As in years past, prospective contestants could also submit online auditions.[6]
Auditions were taped from March 6-23 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles[7] and began to air on May 29, 2018.[8]
Golden buzzer
The golden buzzer returned for its fifth consecutive season. Any act that receives the golden buzzer during the judges' auditions will be sent directly to the live shows and will not compete in the Judge Cuts round. In the first episode, Tyra Banks was the first to press the golden buzzer for acrobatic and dance group Zurcaroh.[8] Simon Cowell was second to press it for 40-year-old singer Michael Ketterer. Howie Mandel was third to press it for 13 year old singer Courtney Hadwin. Mel B was fourth to press it for 15 year old singer Amanda Mena. Heidi Klum was the final judge to use the golden buzzer, using it for 15 year old singer Makayla Phillips.
Judge Cuts
The Judge Cuts rounds began airing on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Like the previous season, one guest judge will join the judges' panel each show and will be given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the live shows. Eighteen acts perform each week instead of twenty as in the previous three seasons. Of the eighteen acts performing each week seven acts advance including the guest judge's golden buzzer which immediately advances if used. Guest judges will not be given a red buzzer to use. Any act that will receive all four red buzzers will be immediately eliminated from the competition. The four guest judges are Ken Jeong, Olivia Munn, Martina McBride, and Chris Hardwick, who was also a guest judge in the previous season.[9] The final Judge Cuts episode aired on August 7, 2018. This is the first Judge Cuts rounds in history where no acts received four red buzzers.
After the Judge Cuts, three wildcards were chosen from eliminated acts to perform in the live shows: Daniel Emmet, Human Fountains and Front Pictures (who did not perform in the Judge Cuts round).
Golden Buzzer
The golden buzzer also returned for the Judge Cuts round. Each week during the Judge Cuts a guest judge will have the option to use their golden buzzer on any act. An act that receives the golden buzzer during the Judge Cuts round will not face elimination and will advance automatically to the live shows. In the first week of the Judge Cuts Ken Jeong pressed his golden buzzer for the Voices of Hope Children's Choir. In week 2, Olivia Munn pressed her Golden Buzzer for Angel City Chorale. In the third week, Martina McBride pressed her Golden Buzzer for Quin and Misha, a ballroom dance duo. Chris Hardwick gave the season’s final Golden Buzzer for Flau’jae, a 14-year old rapper, in the final week of the Judge Cuts.
Key
Buzzed Golden buzzer
Advanced
Quarterfinal Wildcard
Eliminated
Advanced Immediately
Week 1
Guest judge: Ken Jeong
Date: July 17, 2018
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Jeong
Mel B
Mandel
Junior New System
1 Dance Group Advanced
Harold & Regan
2 Dance Duo Eliminated
Us the Duo
3 Band Advanced
Kevin Blake
4 Magician Eliminated
Mochi
5 Diabolo Artist Advanced
Lilly Wilker
6 Animal Impressionist Eliminated
Oscar and Pam
7 Singing Dog & Pianist Eliminated
Daniel Emmet
8 Opera Singer Quarterfinal Wildcard
Voices of Hope
9 Choir Advanced Immediately
Aaron Crow
10 Danger Act Advanced
Carmen Lynch
11 Stand-up Comedienne Eliminated
Christina Wells
12 Singer Advanced
Patches
13 Rapper Eliminated
Andrew Johnston
14 Singer Eliminated
Celina and Filiberto
15 Dance Duo Eliminated
Trinh Tra My
16 Aerialist Eliminated
Jack Tenney
17 Trampolinist Eliminated
Duo Transcend
18 Trapeze Duo Advanced
Week 2
Guest judge: Olivia Munn
Date: July 24, 2018
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Munn
Mel B
Mandel
Human Fountains
1 Novelty Act Quarterfinal Wildcard
Shin Lim
2 Close-up Magician Advanced
The Melisizwe Brothers
3 Band Eliminated
Macey Mac
4 Singer/Guitarist Eliminated
Sophie Fatu
5 Singer Eliminated
Reyes del Swing
6 Salsa Dance Troupe Eliminated
The Future Kingz
7 Dance Group Advanced
Lioz Shem Tov
8 Comedy Mentalist Eliminated
Angel City Chorale
9 Choir Advanced Immediately
Shannon and Reckon
10 Dog Act Eliminated
EXISDANCE
11 Multimedia Dance Act Eliminated
Hans
12 Singer/Accordionist/Dancer Advanced
Vivien Vajda
13 Jump Rope Acrobat Eliminated
Rob Lake
14 Illusionist Advanced
Leah Mathies
15 Singer/Guitarist Eliminated
Hunter Price
16 Singer/Guitarist Eliminated
Joseph O'Brien[a]
17 Singer/Pianist Advanced
Vicki Barbolak
18 Stand-up Comedienne Advanced
Jump up ^ Simon Cowell forced Joseph O'Brien to stop performing during his act. After given the opportunity, O'Brien chose to perform for a second time. His result is based off the second performance.
Week 3
Guest judge: Martina McBride
Date: July 31, 2018
This is the second Judge Cuts episode in the show's history in which an act with at least one "X" buzzer was nevertheless promoted to the live shows.
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
McBride
Mel B
Mandel
The Savitsky Cats
1 Cat Act Advanced
Blue Tokyo
2 Acrobatic Dance Group Eliminated
OC Music and Dance
3 Orchestral Band Eliminated
The PAC Dance Team
4 Dance Group Advanced
Angel Garcia
5 Singer Eliminated
Jeffrey Li
6 Singer Eliminated
Ms. Trysh
7 Singer Eliminated
Kazi
8 Singer/Guitarist Eliminated
Bone Hampton
9 Stand-up Comedian Eliminated
Quin and Misha
10 Ballroom Dance Duo Advanced Immediately
Noah Guthrie[a]
11 Singer/Guitarist Advanced
Jules and Jerome
12 Teeterboard Duo Eliminated
Fratelli Rossi
13 Acrobatic Duo Eliminated
Bensax International
14 Saxophonist Eliminated
Oliver Graves
15 Stand-up Comedian Eliminated
UDI Dance
16 Blacklight Dance Group Advanced
We Three
17 Band Advanced
The Sacred Riana
18 Illusionist Advanced
Jump up ^ Simon Cowell forced Noah Guthrie to stop performing during his act. After given the opportunity, Guthrie chose to perform for a second time. His result is based off the second performance.
Week 4
Guest judge: Chris Hardwick
Date: August 7, 2018
This is the first time in America's Got Talent Judge Cuts history where two or more acts that have been buzzed went on to the live shows.
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Hardwick
Mel B
Mandel
Brian King Joseph
1 Electric Violinist Advanced
Yumbo Dump
2 Comedy Duo Advanced
Academy of Villains
3 Dance Group Eliminated
Da RepubliK
4 Dance Group Advanced
Berlin
5 Singer/Pianist Eliminated
Sergey and Sasha
6 Acrobatic Duo Eliminated
Flau'jae
7 Rapper Advanced Immediately
Elijah Holt
8 Trampolinist Eliminated
Sixto and Lucia
9 Quick Change Duo Eliminated
Brody Ray
10 Singer/Guitarist Eliminated
Ronnie Lamarque
11 Singer Eliminated
Glennis Grace
12 Singer Advanced
Diabolowalker
13 Diabolo Dance Group Eliminated
Troy James
14 Contortionist Eliminated
Street Drum Corps
15 Percussion Group Eliminated
NUNNABOVE
16 Band Eliminated
Lord Nil
17 Escape Artist Advanced
Samuel J. Comroe
18 Stand-up Comedian Advanced
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles starting on August 14, 2018 with twelve acts performing each night.[10] The following night the results will be announced to the public with seven of the twelve acts proceeding to the semifinals.[11] Each week viewers of the show also have the opportunity to send one act, determined by popular vote, using "Google's Instant Save", sometimes also known as the "Dunkin' Save" due to a sponsorship contract with Dunkin Donuts, via the America's Got Talent app or the official website.[12][13] In the first week of the Quarterfinals, Human Fountains received a buzzer from Cowell and Lord Nil received one from Mel B. In the second week of the Quarterfinals, Yumbo Dump received a buzzer from Klum.
Key
Buzzed Judges' Choice
Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Advanced (Recived Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save)
Advanced (Received Judges' Wildcard)
Eliminated
Eliminated (Lost Judges' Choice)
Week 1 (August 14–15)
Guest: Darci Lynne Farmer
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel
Mochi
1 Diabolo Artist Lost Judges' Choice
Human Fountains
2 Novelty Act Eliminated
Angel City Chorale
3 Choir Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save
The PAC Dance Team
4 Dance Group Eliminated
Amanda Mena
5 Singer Advanced
Junior New System[a]
6 Dance Group Won Judges' Choice
We Three
7 Band Advanced
Lord Nil
8 Escape Artist Eliminated
Flau'jae
9 Rapper Eliminated
Shin Lim
10 Close-up Magician Advanced
Vicki Barbolak
11 Stand-up Comedienne Advanced
Courtney Hadwin
12 Singer Advanced
Jump up ^ After the Judges' choice was split evenly, Junior New System was revealed to have received more of the public vote and therefore advanced to the next round.
Week 2 (August 21–22)
Guests: The Illusionists and Light Balance
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel
Makayla Phillips
1 Singer Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save
Da RepubliK
2 Dance Group Won Judges' Choice
Noah Guthrie
3 Singer/Guitarist Advanced
Yumbo Dump
4 Comedy Duo X[a] X[b] Eliminated
Samuel J. Comroe
5 Stand-up Comedian Advanced
Voices of Hope
6 Choir Advanced
The Savitsky Cats
7 Cat Act Eliminated
Glennis Grace
8 Singer Advanced
The Sacred Riana
9 Illusionist Eliminated
Quin and Misha
10 Ballroom Dance Duo Eliminated
Front Pictures
11 Multimedia Performance Act Received Judges' Wildcard
Duo Transcend
12 Trapeze Duo Advanced
Jump up ^ Cowell buzzed the act, but then took his buzzer back at the end.
Jump up ^ Mel B buzzed the act, but then took her buzzer back at the end.
Week 3 (August 28–29)
Guest: Beautiful Broadway
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel
The Future Kingz
1 Dance Group Lost Judges' Choice
Us the Duo
2 Band Advanced
Daniel Emmet
3 Opera Singer Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save
Brian King Joseph
4 Electric Violinist Advanced
Aaron Crow
5 Danger Act Won Judges' Choice
Joseph O'Brien
6 Singer/Pianist Eliminated
Hans
7 Singer/Accordionist/Dancer Eliminated
UDI Dance
8 Blacklight Dance Group Eliminated
Christina Wells
9 Singer Advanced
Zurcaroh
10 Acrobatic Group Advanced
Rob Lake
11 Illusionist Eliminated
Michael Ketterer
12 Singer Advanced
Semifinals
The live semifinals started on September 4, 2018. They featured the 21 acts voted to the semifinals, plus the judges' semifinal wildcard pick. Each week, eleven acts performed; five went through to the finals, and six were eliminated.
Key
Buzzed Judges' Choice
Advanced (Won Public Vote)
Advanced (Won Judges' Choice)
Advanced (Recived Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save)
Eliminated
Eliminated (Lost Judges' Choice)
Week 1 (September 4–5)
Act
Order
Performance description
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel
Amanda Mena
1 Singer; performed "Happy" by Pharrell. Eliminated
Junior New System
2 Dance Group; dancers performed with a basketball themed red stiletto extravaganza to "Work Bitch" by Britney Spears, "Bang Bang" by Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj, and "Lose Control" by Missy Elliott ft. Ciara & Fatman Scoop. Eliminated
Us the Duo
3 Band; performed an original song called "Broke". Eliminated
Voices of Hope
4 Choir; performed "Defying Gravity" from Wicked by Idina Menzel. Lost Judges' Choice
Shin Lim
5 Close-up Magician; started the act by placing a card in his back pocket "for later". He asked Heidi to pick a card and sign it. He put the signed card down and after he made a gesture, smoke began to rise from beneath it, at which point the card was shown to be blank. He opened his mouth, smoke came billowing out, and Heidi's card appeared from it. He placed her card in a plastic bag and then asked Tyra to pick a card and sign it. Tyra's card jumped from Shin's hand to his vest pocket, and thence to the card that started in his back pocket. Tyra's card then appeared in his mouth amidst a cloud of smoke, then switched places with Heidi's card in the plastic bag before the two cards switched back. He put both cards into the plastic bag and then vanished them in full view of the audience. Finally, he placed the remaining cards back in the box, and when smoke began pouring from the box he crushed it flat, making the box immediately disappear. Advanced
Makayla Phillips
6 Singer; performed "Who You Are" by Jessie J. Eliminated
Front Pictures
7 Multimedia Performance Act; starts in outer space and then gets a low oxygen tank. Ends up swimming with sea creatures such as turtles, dolphins, and whales. Eliminated
Duo Transcend[a]
8 Trapeze Duo; performed a dangerous trapeze act for half of the performance, and the other half was a fire roller skate act where Mary hung onto Tyce with just her legs wrapped around his neck. Won Judges' Choice
Samuel J. Comroe
9 Stand-up Comedian; explains about being the only kid out of his six siblings with tourettes. Then talks about how a woman tried to pray away his Tourette Syndrome. He ends with a story about how he was at a party with his black friends and the cops came. The cops told him to blink twice if he was in danger, and having tourettes he is likely to blink, so his black friends had to run. Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save
Michael Ketterer
10 Singer; performed "When I Look At You" by Miley Cyrus. Advanced
Zurcaroh
11 Acrobatic Group; the act was set in Egypt. Start with a dance on the floor, and then began leaping and flipping from the air while other members held gold wings and swung them simultaneously. They ended with two men swinging from a rope that dangled from the ceiling, and then made a human tower where the little girl on the top jumped down. Advanced
Jump up ^ After the Judges' choice was split evenly, Duo Transcend was revealed to have received more of the public vote and therefore advanced to the finale.
Week 2 (September 11–12)
Guest: BTS[14] and A Magical Cirque Christmas
Act
Order
Performance description
Buzzes
Result
Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel
Christina Wells
1 Singer; performed "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin. Eliminated
Da RepubliK
2 Dance Group; dancers mixed a combination of flipping and dancing to "Get Ugly" by Jason Derulo, "Hit the Floor" by Twista ft. Pitbull, and "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot. Eliminated
Noah Guthrie
3 Singer; performed "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Eliminated
Daniel Emmet
4 Opera Singer; performed "Somewhere" from West Side Story by Reri Grist. Won Judges' Choice
Angel City Chorale
5 Choir; performed "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen. Eliminated
Aaron Crow
6 Danger Act; starts the act with a video of Crow asking Howie for his help in this routine. It then cuts back to the main stage with Howie trapped in a box. In total there are four boxes. Crow first asks Heidi to choose a box out of the four, then ask Mel B to do the same. Heidi selected box 3 and Mel B picked box 1. Crow proceeded to cut a rope that crushed box 3. He then did the same thing to box 1. Simon then had to pick a box which turned out to be box 4, Crow then crushed box 4. Finally, Crow opened box 2 and Howie was inside and safe. Eliminated
Vicki Barbolak
7 Stand-up Comedienne; talks about how she is extra attracted to Italian men. She says the best way to get a guy to notice you is to trace your body. Next, she explains that no diet has worked for her in the past. She ends talking about if a cop caught her drunk in her trailer, she would just trace her body. Advanced
We Three
8 Band; performed an original song called "Make Up". Lost Judges' Choice
Glennis Grace
9 Singer; performed "This Woman's Work" by Kate Bush. Google's Instant Save / Dunkin' Save
Brian King Joseph
10 Electric Violinist; started in the audience and made his way to the main stage. Performed "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio ft. L.V. to an electric mix on the song. Advanced
Courtney Hadwin
11 Singer; performed "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf. Advanced
Finals
The final performances took on September 18, followed by the final results show aired on September 19, 2018. No acts were buzzed.
During the finale results, the top 5 acts were revealed first; then they were eliminated in reverse ranking from fifth place to third place.
Key
Advanced to the Top 5
Top 10
Act
Order
Performance Description
Result
Brian King Joseph
1 Electric Violinist; performed "Heartless" by Kanye West to an electric beat on the song. Joseph was surrounded by fire and two drummers. Advanced
Daniel Emmet
2 Opera Singer; gives an opera take on "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran. Top 10
Vicki Barbolak
3 Stand-up Comedienne; starts by saying she thought the finale was a bathing suit contest. She proceeds to strip into her bathing suit and talk about her time as a stripper. Chats about all the accomplishments her grandson has in school, to later say he is homeschooled. She says her dad is an ex-football player, and she has the typical looks of a football player's daughter. Ends with talking about Hooter's and how she wants tom open a restaurant for women called, "Woodpeckers". Top 10
Glennis Grace
4 Singer; performed "Run" by Snow Patrol. Top 10
Zurcaroh
5 Acrobatic Group; started all lined up in a row. They broke out and performed a ritual dance to "Baba Yetu". Next, they created a human tower, and threw the little girl at the top off. They showed a scene where a little boy sees a girl acrobat and is scared of her appearance. The remaining acrobats do a flag routine. The little boy comes back and isn't scared of the girl anymore. They end the routine by making another human tower and throwing three girls in the air to be caught. Advanced
Samuel J. Comroe
6 Stand-up Comedian; explains how he met his wife. Tells a story about a guy he met that was squeezing his girlfriend's butt. The guy then walked up to Comroe and said he doesn't really have tourettes because he doesn't cuss. Comroe said when he cusses it is from the heart. He finishes talking about how he does not like rude people. If you honk at him, he will follow you home. If he opens the door and you don't say thank you, he will pull you back in. Advanced
Courtney Hadwin
7 Singer; performed "River Deep, Mountain High" by Tina Turner. Top 10
Shin Lim
8 Close-up Magician; played piano for a bit, and talked about how he used to play piano until carpal tunnel made him stop, then got Tyra to randomly select a card. He then made multiple copies of this card appear and disappear, and displayed the name of the card with floating playing cards. Advanced
Duo Transcend
9 Trapeze Duo; opens with both at the top of the trapeze. Mary blindfolds Tyce, and proceeds to dangle for his leg in the air. She then does many flips by just holding onto his arms. Mary stands on Tyce's shoulders and jumps down with Tyce just barely catching her. They continue to do flips. Mary takes off his blindfold and holds him by just her arms. They conclude by Mary dropping Tyce, on purpose. Top 10
Michael Ketterer
10 Singer; performed "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell. Advanced
Finale
Guest performers in the finale included Kiss, Bebe Rexha, The Struts, Plácido Domingo, and Lindsey Stirling. Other celebrity appearances included David Spade, Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila.[15]
The following chart describes the acts, appearances and segments presented during the finale.
Act(s)
Performance Description
Glennis Grace
Singer; Guest performer Bebe Rexha sang a duet with Grace of her song "Meant to Be".
Samuel J. Comroe
Stand-up Comedian; Clips were shown of Comroe performing and acting as a judge to comment on the Mel B's performance as a stand-up comedienne.
Courtney Hadwin
Singer; Guest performer The Struts sang a duet with Hadwin of their song "Could Have Been Me" and Janis Joplin's version of "Piece of My Heart" song.
Daniel Emmet
Opera Singer; Guest performer Plácido Domingo sang a duet with Emmet of Les pêcheurs de perles opera song "Au fond du temple saint" (generally known as "The Pearl Fishers Duet").
Vicky Barbolak
Stand-up Comedienne; Guest performer David Spade performed together with Barbolak.
Michael Ketterer
Singer; Sang "The Courage To Love" by Garth Brooks.
Shin Lim
Close-up Magician; Guest volunteers Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Brian King Joseph & Duo Transcend
Electric Violinist and Trapeze Duo; Guest performer Lindsey Stirling and Joseph performed performed "Roundtable Rival" and "The Force of Nature" while Duo Transcend performs.
Zurcaroh
Acrobatic Group; Guest performer Lindsey Stirling
Key
1st place (Winner)
2nd place (Runner-ups)
3rd place
4th place
5th place
Act
Result
Shin Lim
Winner
Zurcaroh
Runner-Ups
Brian King Joseph
3rd place
Samuel J. Comroe
4th place
Michael Ketterer
5th place
Top 36 acts
Key
Winner Runner-up Third Place Top 5 Finalist Semifinalist (lost judges' vote) Semifinalist (lost audience vote) Quarterfinalist (lost judges' vote) Quarterfinalist (lost audience vote) Golden buzzer (Auditions) Golden buzzer (Judge Cuts) Judges' wild card (quarterfinals) Judges' wild card (semifinals)
Name of Act
Age(s)
Genre
Act
Hometown
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Result
Shin Lim 26 Magic Close-up Magician Acton, Massachusetts 1 1 Winner
Zurcaroh 8–39 Acrobatics Acrobatic Group Götzis, Austria 3 1 Runners-Up
Brian King Joseph 27 Music Electric Violinist Los Angeles, California 3 2 3rd place
Samuel J. Comroe 30 Comedy Stand-up Comedian Los Angeles, California 2 1 4th place
Michael Ketterer 40 Singing Singer Anaheim, California 3 1 5th place
Courtney Hadwin 13 Singing Singer County Durham, England 1 2 Finalist (Won Public Vote)
Daniel Emmet 25 Singing Opera Singer Las Vegas, Nevada 3 2 Finalist (Won Judges' Vote)
Duo Transcend 29 & 32 Acrobatics Trapeze Duo Salt Lake City, Utah 2 1 Finalist (Won Judges' Vote)
Glennis Grace 40 Singing Singer Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 2 Finalist (Won Dunkin' Save)
Vicki Barbolak 60 Comedy Stand-up Comedienne Oceanside, California 1 2 Finalist (Won Public Vote)
Voices of Hope 5–17 Singing Choir Orange County, California 2 1 Semifinalist (Lost Judges' Vote)
We Three 21–27 Singing Band McMinnville, Oregon 1 2 Semifinalist (Lost Judges' Vote)
Aaron Crow 49 Danger Danger Act Bruges, Belgium 3 2 Eliminated
Amanda Mena 15 Singing Singer Boston, Massachusetts 1 1 Eliminated
Angel City Chorale 19–88 Singing Choir Los Angeles, California 1 2 Eliminated
Christina Wells 42 Singing Singer Houston, Texas 3 2 Eliminated
Da RepubliK 15–32 Dance Dance Group Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2 2 Eliminated
Front Pictures 41 & 43 Variety Multimedia Performance Act Kiev, Ukraine 2 1 Eliminated
Junior New System 18–25 Dance Dance Group Manila, Philippines 1 1 Eliminated
Makayla Phillips 16 Singing Singer Canyon Lake, California 2 1 Eliminated
Noah Guthrie 24 Singing Singer/Guitarist Greer, South Carolina 2 2 Eliminated
Us the Duo 27 & 28 Singing Band Los Angeles, California 3 1 Eliminated
Mochi 29 Variety Diabolo Artist Shizuoka, Japan 1 N/A Quarterfinalist (Lost Judges' Vote)
The Future Kingz 7–23 Dance Dance Group Chicago, Illinois 3 N/A Quarterfinalist (Lost Judges' Vote)
Flau'jae 14 Music Rapper Savannah, Georgia 1 N/A Eliminated
Hans "19" Variety Singer/Accordionist/Dancer Adelaide, Australia 3 N/A Eliminated
Human Fountains 24–29 Variety Novelty Act Los Angeles, California 1 N/A Eliminated
Joseph O'Brien 20 Singing Singer/Pianist Columbia, Tennessee 3 N/A Eliminated
Lord Nil 38 Danger Escape Artist Italy 1 N/A Eliminated
Quin and Misha 70 & 35 Dance Ballroom Dance Duo Orlando, Florida 2 N/A Eliminated
Rob Lake 35 Magic Illusionist Norman, Oklahoma 3 N/A Eliminated
The PAC Dance Team 15–18 Dance Dance Group Sahuarita, Arizona 1 N/A Eliminated
The Sacred Riana 25 Magic Illusionist Jakarta, Indonesia 2 N/A Eliminated
The Savitsky Cats 24 & 45 Animal Cat Act Ukraine 2 N/A Eliminated
UDI Dance 20–37 Dance Blacklight Dance Group Tomsk, Russia 3 N/A Eliminated
Yumbo Dump 31 & 34 Comedy Comedy Duo Okayama, Japan 2 N/A Eliminated
International broadcast
This season is being aired in Asia within 48 hours of being broadcast in the US. It airs on AXN starting May 31, 2018 (UTC+8).[16][17]
In the United Kingdom and Ireland the first episode was brought to Netflix on May 31. In Singapore, the show was broadcast on MediaCorp Channel 5 every Thursday starting May 31, 2018.[18]
Ratings
U.S. Nielsen ratings
Episode
Title
First air date
Timeslot (EDT)
Rating
(18–49)
Share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
Nightly
Rank
Weekly
Rank
1
Auditions Week 1 May 29, 2018 Tuesday
8:00 p.m. 2.5 11 12.16 1[19] 3[20]
2
Auditions Week 2 June 5, 2018 2.2 10 11.27 1[21] 3[22]
3
Auditions Week 3 June 12, 2018 2.3 10 11.46 1[23] 1[24]
4
Auditions Week 4 June 19, 2018 2.2 10 11.86 1[25] 1[26]
5
Auditions Week 5 June 26, 2018 2.0 9 11.32 1[27] 1[28]
6
Auditions Week 6 July 10, 2018 2.1 9 11.55 1[29] 1[30]
7
Judge Cuts 1 July 17, 2018 2.1 9 11.33 1[31] 1[32]
8
Judge Cuts 2 July 24, 2018 2.0 8 11.68 1[33] 1[34]
9
Judge Cuts 3 July 31, 2018 2.1 9 11.83 1[35] 1[36]
10
Judge Cuts 4 August 7, 2018 1.9 9 11.04 1[37] 1[38]
11
Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances) August 14, 2018 2.1 10 11.10 1[39] 1[40]
12
Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results) August 15, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 1.5 8 9.85 2[41] 2[40]
13
Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Performances) August 21, 2018 Tuesday
8:00 p.m. 2.1 9 11.21 1[42] 1[43]
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Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Results) August 22, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 1.6 8 9.69 1[44] 2[43]
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Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Performances) August 28, 2018 Tuesday
8:00 p.m. 1.9 8 10.78 1[45] 1[46]
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Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Results) August 29, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 1.5 7 9.90 2[47] 2[46]
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Semifinals, Week 1 (Performances) September 4, 2018 Tuesday
8:00 p.m. 1.8 8 10.69 1[48] 5[49]
18
Semifinals, Week 1 (Results) September 5, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 1.5 7 9.89 2[50] 7[49]
19
Semifinals, Week 2 (Performances) September 11, 2018 Tuesday
8:00 p.m. 1.9 8 10.75 1[51] 4[52]
20
Semifinals, Week 2 (Results) September 12, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 1.6 8 10.15 1[53] 5[52]
21
The Finals September 18, 2018 Tuesday
8:00 p.m. 2.3 10 12.99 1[54] 2[55]
22
Season Finale September 19, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 2.1 10 12.88 1[56] 3[55]
Special episodes
Specials
Title
First air date
Timeslot (EDT)
Rating
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Share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
Nightly
Rank
Weekly
Rank
S1
Best of Auditions July 11, 2018 Wednesday
8:00 p.m. 0.9 5 5.98 2[57] 4[30]
S2
Road to Lives August 9, 2018 Thursday
8:00 p.m. 0.7 3 3.82 2[58] 21[38]
Contestants who appeared in other seasons or shows
Act
Television show
Season
Result
Notes
Academy of Villains America's Got Talent 7 Semifinalist
Sergey and Sasha 10 Cut Before Judge Cuts
Silicon Valley Girls 11 Cut Before Judge Cuts Auditioned as "Trio Grace"
Junior New System Asia's Got Talent 1 Finalist Received the golden buzzer during the semifinals.[59]
The Sacred Riana 2 Winner [60]
Yumbo Dump Semi-Finalist [61][62]
UDI Britain's Got Talent 9 Finalist
Wes-P 12 Semi-Finalist Auditioned as "Mr. Uekusa"
Aaron Crow 7 Semi-Finalist
La France a un incroyable talent 11 Semi-Finalist
Zurcaroh 12 Finalist Received the golden buzzer during the auditions.[63]
David Pereira 8 Finalist
Got Talent España 1 Finalist
Noah Guthrie Glee 6 N/A Played Roderick Meeks[64]
Recurring role; 12 episodes.
Lioz Shem Tov Israel's Got Talent 1 Semi-Finalist
Jeffrey Li Little Big Shots 1 N/A
Rob Lake Masters of Illusion 3 N/A
Shin Lim Penn & Teller: Fool Us 2 Fooler
4
Jimmy Ichihana Non-Fooler
Flau'jae The Rap Game 3 Final Four
Troy James Showtime At The Apollo 1 N/A
Glennis Grace Eurovision Song Contest 50 (2005) Semi-Finalist Dutch contestant with "My Impossible Dream"
Soundmixshow 10 (1994) Winner Sang "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston
Courtney Hadwin The Voice Kids (UK) 1 Finalist One-chair turn from Danny Jones.[65]
Angel Garcia La Voz Kids (US) 2 Eliminated in the Battles Auditioned as "Angelito Garcia". One-chair turn from Prince Royce.
Amanda Mena Winner Three-chair turner and joined Team Royce.[66]
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Democracy promotion, which can also be referred to as democracy assistance, democracy support, or democracy building, is a strand of foreign policy adopted by governments and international organizations that seek to support the spread of democracy as a political system around the world. Among the reasons for supporting democracy include the belief that countries with a democratic system of governance are less likely to go to war, are likely to be economically better off and socially more harmonious.[1]
Much experience has been gained in the last twenty years. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, there was a wave of democratic transitions in former communist states, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. According to Freedom House, the number of democracies has increased from 41 of 150 in 1974 existing states to 123 of 192 states in 2006[2] (for Freedom House's most recent data). However, the pace of transition has slowed considerably since the beginning of the twenty-first century, which has encouraged some to ponder the question of whether democracy, far from advancing, may actually be under threat.[3] In recent years, scholars have been pointing to a so-called democratic deficit in countries where democratic systems already exist, including Britain, the USA and the European Union.[4]
The perceived challenge currently facing democracy around the world, both in countries where it is already at the core of the system of governance and in those where it is not, is encouraging academics and practitioners alike to re-evaluate what it means to promote, support or assist democracy in the post-Cold War situation.[5]
Contents
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1 Definition
2 Types
2.1 Post-civil war democratization
2.1.1 External intervention
2.1.2 Problems with external intervention
2.2 Gradual reformism and the four-player game
2.2.1 Conflict over support for internal reform
3 See also
4 Further reading
5 References
6 External links
Definition[edit]
The precise definition of democracy promotion has been debated for more than twenty-five years. The multiplicity of terms used is a manifestation of the plurality of opinions and approaches by international actors, be they governments, NGOs or other third parties. For example, the term 'promotion' itself can be seen by some as too intrusive, or implying outside interference, whilst 'support' can be seen by some as more benign but, by others, as insufficiently assertive. These days the differences tend to divide into two main camps: those who see it as a political process on one hand and those who see it as a developmental process on the other (see international relations and development aid for context).[6]
This basic division between the political and developmental approaches has existed inchoately in the field of democracy support for many years. It has come into sharper relief during this decade, as democracy-aid providers face a world increasingly populated by countries not conforming to clear or coherent political transitional paths. [...] Some adherents of the developmental approach criticize the political approach as too easily turning confrontational vis-à-vis “host” governments and producing unhelpful counterreactions. Some adherents of the political approach, meanwhile, fault the developmental approach for being too vague and unassertive in a world where many leaders have learned to play a reform game with the international community, absorbing significant amounts of external political aid while avoiding genuine democratization.
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Thomas Carothers, 'Democracy Assistance: Political vs. Developmental', in Journal of Democracy vol.20, no.1, January 2009 pp.5–6
At least part of the problem lies in the absence of a consensus on what democracy constitutes. Indeed, the late Professor W.B. Gallie pointed to the impossibility of finding a firm solution to such a question, by including democracy in a list of 'essentially contested concepts'.[7] To date, the disagreement over definitions has seen some actors focus on supporting technical systems of democratic governance (elections, government structures and the like), while others take the bottom-up approach of promoting citizen participation and building strong civil and political society to prepare the ground on which systems of government can then be planted.
Types[edit]
Democracy promotion has two main patterns that depend on the type of democratization a state is dealing with: external intervention and as a solution to civil war, or supporting an internal push for reform. Democracy promotion advocates are divided on which pattern tends to be most successful for the resources that democracy promotion programs invest; they are similarly divided on which components and factors of the democratization process are most important to the success of democratic consolidation.
Post-civil war democratization[edit]
Civil wars cause a number of problems for democratization. Laura Armey and Robert McNab found that the longer a civil war lasts, and the more casualties it produces, the more hostile the warring factions become to each other; this hostility in turn makes stabilization along terms of peaceful competition, required in a democratic regime, more difficult. Problematically for democracy promotion, the same study found that quick, decisive victories for one faction—even an ostensibly pro-democratic rebellion—similarly discourage peaceful, electoral competition for control of a government after the conflict is over.[8] Leonard Wantchekon has suggested that one of the most reliable forces of democratization is a stalemated civil war, in which the original motivation for the conflict becomes irrelevant as the costs mount; this impels the factions to turn to a combination of internal and external arbitrators to forge a power-sharing agreement: elections and outside, neutral institutions to guarantee that every faction participates in the new democracy fairly.[9]
External intervention[edit]
External interventions see different levels of democratization success depending on the type of intervener, type of intervention, and level of elite cooperation prior to the intervention. The level of neutrality and geopolitical disinterest the intervener possesses is important, as is the severity of the intervention's infringement on sovereignty. The differences can be highlighted with three examples: a neutral, mostly unobtrusive monitor missions like UN election observers in Nicaragua in 1989; the multilateral NATO IFOR mission in Yugoslavia to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1031 in 1995; and the unilateral, destabilizing intervention represented by the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. All three missions aimed on some level to promote democracy, with varying degrees of success. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis have found that the peacekeeping missions most successful at producing fledgling democracies have strong mandates backing them up, but tend not to revolve around military enforcement. Successful democratizing interventions consist of monitoring factions' adherence to their negotiated settlement, while the most successful ones include extensive state-building (such as improving government efficiency and professionalism, or classical infrastructure assistance).[10]
Problems with external intervention[edit]
Interventions that fail to expend resources on state-building can sometimes be counter-productive to democracy promotion because, as McBride, Milante, and Skaperdas have proposed, a negotiated settlement to a civil war is based on individual factions' faith in the state's unbiased distribution of the benefits of stability; an external intervention shakes that faith by implying that such faith was misplaced to begin with.[11] An additional problem raised by Marina Ottaway is that interventions too often rush to implement formal democratic institutions, such as elections, without allowing time for competing elites to separate responsibly; because of the short timeframe, they either unite into a new authoritarian arrangement or rely on overly divisive party platforms, such as identity, which precludes “permanent fragmentation” of the elite within a cooperative regime framework.[12] A final concern raised with external interventions, particularly unilateral or narrowly multilateral ones, is the perception or actualization of imperialism or neo-imperialism in the name of human rights or democracy by an interested party, which, she theorizes, spawns counter-productive nationalist backlash; however, even neutral monitors must be careful that their reports do not invite a unilateral intervention, as the Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government's 1989 report on Panamanian election fraud did for the United States.[13]
Gradual reformism and the four-player game[edit]
Another school of thought on how democratization most successfully occurs involves an authoritarian regime transitioning to a democratic one as a result of gradual reforms over time. The basic mechanism for this is a four-player game theoretical set-up in which moderate regime and opposition figures form a pro-democratic reform coalition to sideline their respective hardliners, whom they fear threaten the state's stability.[14] However, Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz raise a caveat to that picture: it requires both a highly institutionalized regime and public sphere. The regime must not be sultanistic (based entirely around one central ruler's desires) in order that different members retain some degree of autonomy and have different interests; meanwhile, in the public sphere, there must be a strong civil society that can both maintain pressure on the authoritarian regime while also providing support for the reform pact and the moderates who formulated it.[15] As Ray Salvatore Jennings explains, over the past half century, the success of democratic transitions has depended substantially on the ability of civil society organizations (CSOs) to disseminate dissident information to counter authoritarian regimes' narratives, as well as their mobilizing high voter turnout and monitoring the first elections to prevent interference by hardliner members of the regime.[16] Further, many scholars partial to the gradual reformism perspective on democratization agree with Francis Fukuyama, who asserts that the role of CSOs in directing the part of individuals' lives not under the liberal democratic state's control makes CSOs critical to sustaining the social capital and self-advocacy important for liberal democracy.[17]
Conflict over support for internal reform[edit]
Even beyond the question of what and whether external intervention is an effective democracy support strategy, a number of issues continue to divide the proponents of a democracy support-based international policy. Carles Boix and Susan Stokes advocate economic development aid, contending that the more advanced an economy, the less willing factions will be to break the peace; others, however, contend that this strategy is only useful at defending democratic consolidation, and not at encouraging democratization of regimes where one faction already dominates.[18] Still others fall in Freytag and Heckelman's camp, advocating the long-game, positing that although USAID programs have so far had little net effect on democratization, they have demonstrably improved basic democratic features, including civil society and the electoral process, in countries receiving aid.[19]
It is also worth noting that not all CSOs will be helpful in promoting democracy—if the organization is too large to inspire its members, or its constituents' identity is too narrowly defined, the organization will fail to support four-player democratic transition pacts, and may even encourage divisiveness and civil war.[20] There is also some concern that the international community may be propping up NGOs to the point that they themselves become an unrepresentative elite.[21]
See also[edit]
American democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa
Further reading[edit]
Bollen, Kenneth; Paxton, Pamela; Morishima, Rumi (June 2005). "Assessing international evaluations: An example from USAID's Democracy and Governance Programs" (pdf). American Journal of Evaluation. 26 (2): 189–203. doi:10.1177/1098214005275640. [permanent dead link] Evaluation performed on behalf of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), at the request of and with funding from the Strategic and Operational Research Agenda (SORA) of USAID (Office of Democracy and Governance in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance), according to the National Research Council (2008, p. 28)
Thomas Carothers, Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy Promotion, Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2004, ISBN 978-0-87003-209-7
Nicolas Guilhot, The Democracy Makers: Human Rights and International Order, New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-231-13124-7
National Research Council, Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs (2008). Goldstone, Jack A, ed. Improving democracy assistance: Building knowledge through evaluations and research. pp. xvi+336. ISBN 978-0-309-11736-4. Free PDF-formatted complete report
Sweden, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (26 September 2008). Freedom from oppression: Government communication on Swedish democracy support (pdf). Department for Development Policy and the Press and Communication Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ISBN 978-91-7496-395-3.
Sweden, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (21 January 2010). Change for freedom: Policy for democratic development and human rights in Swedish development cooperation, 2010-2014 (pdf). Department for Development Policy and the Press and Communication Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs. ISBN 978-91-7496-422-6.
Thiel, Rainer (2010). "U.S. democracy assistance in the Polish liberalization process 1980-1989 (Chapter 6)". Nested games of external democracy promotion: The United States and the Polish liberalization 1980-1989. VS Verlag. pp. 179–235, especially 204 and 231. ISBN 978-3-531-17769-4.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ see Peter Burnell, From Evaluating Democracy Assistance to Appraising Democracy Promotion, Political Studies Association, Political Studies 2008 VOL 56
Jump up ^ Lise Rakner, Alina Rocha Menocal and Verena Fritz (2008) Assessing international democracy assistance: Key lessons and challenges London: Overseas Development Institute
Jump up ^ Azar Gat, The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers, in Foreign Affairs, July–August 2007, [1]
Jump up ^ Saskia Sassen, Globalisation, the State and Democratic Deficit, Open Democracy, 18 July 2007, [2]; Patrice de Beer, France and Europe: the Democratic Deficit Exposed, Open Democracy, 4 June 2006, [3]
Jump up ^ Christopher Hobson & Milja Kurki, Democracy and democracy-support: a new era, Open Democracy, 20 March 2009, [4]
Jump up ^ Thomas Carothers, 'Democracy Assistance: Political vs. Developmental', in Journal of Democracy vol.20, no.1, January 2009
Jump up ^ Gallie (1956a), passim. Kekes (1977, p.71)
Jump up ^ Armey, Laura E.; McNab, Robert M. (2015-01-01). "Democratization and Civil War". Applied Economics. 47 (18). ISSN 1466-4283.
Jump up ^ Leonard, Wantchekon (2004-02-01). "The Paradox of Democracy: A Theoretical Investigation". American Political Science Review. null (01): 17–33. doi:10.1017/S0003055404000978. ISSN 1537-5943.
Jump up ^ Doyle, Michael; Sambanis, Nicholas (2000-12-01). "International peacebuilding: A theoretical and quantitative analysis". The American Political Science Review. 94 (4).
Jump up ^ McBride, Michael; Milante, Gary; Skaperdas, Stergios (2011-06-01). "Peace and war with endogenous state capacity". The Journal of Conflict Resolution. 55 (3).
Jump up ^ Ottaway, Marina (1995). "Democratization in Collapsed States". In Zartman, I. William. Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration of Legitimate Authority. Boulder, CO: L. Rienner Publishers. ISBN 1555875602.
Jump up ^ Chand, Vikram (1997-01-01). "Democratisation from the outside in: Ngo and international efforts to promote open elections". Third World Quarterly. doi:10.1080/01436599714867. ISSN 1360-2241.
Jump up ^ Mainwaring, Scott (1992). "The Games of Transition". Issues in Democratic Consolidation: The New South American Democracies in Comparative Perspective. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 0268012105.
Jump up ^ Linz, Juan J.; Stepan, Alfred (1996-08-08). Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801851582.
Jump up ^ Jennings, Ray Salvatore (2012-01-01). "Democratic breakthroughs: the ingredients of successful revolts". Peaceworks. US Institute for Peace.
Jump up ^ Fukuyama, Francis (2001-01-01). "Social capital, civil society and development". Third World Quarterly. 22 (1). doi:10.1080/713701144.
Jump up ^ Boix, Carles; Stokes, Susan Carol (2003-01-01). "Endogenous Democratization". World Politics. 55 (4): 517–549. doi:10.1353/wp.2003.0019. ISSN 1086-3338.
Jump up ^ Freytag, Andreas (2012-12-01). "Has Assistance from USAID been Successful for Democratization? Evidence from the Transition Economies of Eastern Europe and Eurasia". Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE.
Jump up ^ Orjuela, Camilla (2005-07-01). "Civil Society in Civil War: The Case of Sri Lanka". Civil Wars.
Jump up ^ Bermeo, Nancy (2003-04-01). "What the democratization literature says--or doesn't say--about postwar democratization". Global Governance.
External links[edit]
Michael McFaul, Democracy Promotion as a World Value, THE WASHINGTON QUARTERLY, WINTER 2004–05
Paula J. campay and Thomas Carothers, Democracy Promotion, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2003
Thomas Carothers, The Backlash Against Democracy Promotion, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006
Thomas Carothers, Repairing Democracy Promotion, Washington Post, Friday, September 14, 2007
Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Strategies on Democracy Promotion, Remarks to the Hudson Institute, 2005
Paul J. Saunders and Morton H. Halperin, Democracy Promotion as Policy, Online Debate at Council for Foreign Relations, May–June 2006
Project on Middle East Democracy, [5], nonprofit committed to strengthen U.S. support for genuine democracies in the Middle East
Jörn Grävingholt, Julia Leininger, Oliver Schlumberger: The three Cs of democracy promotion policy: context, consistency and credibility, Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik /German Development Institute, (Briefing Paper 1/2009)
Braathen, Einar; Henningsen, Erik; Holm-Hansen, Jørn and David Jordhus-Lier: The Dilemmas of Democracy Support, The NIBR International Blog 19.02.2010.
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I'll Never Find Another You
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"I'll Never Find Another You"
Single by The Seekers
from the album The Best of The Seekers
B-side
"Open Up Them Pearly Gates"
Released
December 1964
Format
7" 45rpm
Recorded
November 4 1964 at Abbey Road Studios London
Length
2:40
Label
EMI Columbia DB 7431,[1] Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Tom Springfield[1]
Producer(s)
Tom Springfield[1]
The Seekers singles chronology
"I'll Never Find Another You"
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"I'll Never Find Another You" "Chilly Winds"
"I'll Never Find Another You"
Single by Sonny James
from the album I'll Never Find Another You
B-side
"Goodbye Maggie Goodbye"
Released
May 1967
Genre
Country
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Tom Springfield
Producer(s)
Kelso Herston
Sonny James singles chronology
"Need You"
(1967) "I'll Never Find Another You"
(1967) "It's the Little Things"
(1967)
"Need You"
(1967) "I'll Never Find Another You"
(1967) "It's the Little Things"
(1967)
"I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by The Seekers which reached No. 1 in the UK in February 1965.[1] It was The Seekers' first UK-released single,[1] and was the second-best selling single of 1965 in the UK.[2] The song was also popular in the US, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.[3]
The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield,[1] who was also responsible for most of The Seekers' subsequent hits. The tune received a 1967 US revival as a country music No. 1 by Sonny James.[4] In 2006, it received yet another revival with a folk rock cover from guitarist Les Fradkin on his CD Jangleholic.
In 2010, the song was performed at a benefit for the homeless youth organization Teen Feed by Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and his wife, singer/actress Zooey Deschanel.[5]
The song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.[6]
Filipino Superstar Nora Aunor also recorded in 1968 covered an album of More, More, More of Nora Aunor
Contents
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1 Chart performance
1.1 The Seekers
1.2 Sonny James
2 See also
3 References
Chart performance[edit]
The Seekers[edit]
Chart (1964-65)
Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[7] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 2
Australian singles chart 1
Ireland 2
Sonny James[edit]
Chart (1967)
Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 97
See also[edit]
List of best-selling singles of the 1960s in the United Kingdom
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 89. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
Jump up ^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1965.shtml
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 218.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
Jump up ^ "107.7 The End: Ben gibbard + Zooey Deschanel - I'll Never Find Another You". YouTube. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
Jump up ^ "Sounds of Australia // National Film and Sound Archive, Australia". Nfsa.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
Jump up ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Preceded by
"Tired of Waiting for You" by The Kinks UK number one single
25 February 1965 (two weeks) Succeeded by
"It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones
Preceded by
"Tonight Carmen"
by Marty Robbins Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single
(Sonny James version)
5–26 August 1967 Succeeded by
"Branded Man"
by Merle Haggard
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Studio albums
Introducing the Seekers (1963)
The Seekers (aka Roving with the Seekers) (1964)
Hide & Seekers (aka The Four and Only Seekers) (1964)
A World of Our Own (aka The Seekers) (1965)
Come the Day (aka Georgy Girl) (1966)
Seekers Seen in Green (1967)
The Seekers (1975)
Giving and Taking (1976)
A Little Bit of Country (1980)
Live On (1989)
Future Road (1997)
Morningtown Ride to Christmas (2001)
Live albums
Live at the Talk of the Town (1968)
25 Year Reunion Celebration (1993)
1968 BBC Farewell Spectacular (1999)
Night of Nights... Live! (2002)
Box Set
The Seekers Complete (1995)
Treasure Chest (1997)
All Bound for Morningtown (2009)
Main Compilations
The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits (1965)
Introducing the Seekers Big Hits (1967)
The Seekers' Greatest Hits (1968)
The Best of The Seekers (1968)
Capitol Collectors Series (1992)
The Silver Jubilee Album (1993)
A Carnival of Hits (1994)
The Very Best of The Seekers (1998)
Greatest Hits (2009)
The Golden Jubilee Album (2012)
Singles
"Waltzing Matilda"
"I'll Never Find Another You"
"What Have They Done to the Rain"
"A World of Our Own"
"The Carnival Is Over"
"Someday, One Day"
"Morningtown Ride"
"Georgy Girl"
"When Will the Good Apples Fall"
"Emerald City"
"Love Is Kind, Love Is Wine"
"Sparrow Song"
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"Apache"
"The Minute You're Gone"
"You're the Only World I Know"
"Behind the Tear"
"Take Good Care of Her"
"Need You"
"I'll Never Find Another You"
"It's the Little Things"
"A World of Our Own"
"Heaven Says Hello"
"Born to Be with You"
"Only the Lonely"
"Running Bear"
"Since I Met You Baby"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
"My Love"
"Don't Keep Me Hangin' On"
"Endlessly"
"Empty Arms"
"Bright Lights, Big City"
"Here Comes Honey Again"
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
"That's Why I Love You Like I Do"
"When the Snow Is on the Roses"
"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)"
"In the Jailhouse Now"
"Abilene"
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