America's Got Talent season 20

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.

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 For unknown reasons, Jorgensen was later withdrawn from the live shows and replaced by bodybuilder Mike Munz.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.

Participant	Age	Genre	Act	From	Quarter-Final	Result
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	New York City	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

Quarter-final 1 (August 19)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Def Leppard

Quarter-final 2 (August 26)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Flau'jae

Quarter-final 3 (September 2)

Guest Performers, Results Show: Lindsey Stirling & The Clairvoyants

Quarter-final 4 (September 9)

Guest Performer, Results Show: Le Sserafim

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

Finals summary

Guest Performers, Results Show: Eric Lloyd, Richard Goodall, Neal Schon, and the cast of Now You See Me: Now You Don't

Finalist	Performed with	Result
Chris 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.
Ratings