America's Got Talent 2026 ALL AUDITIONS | Week 7

My name is Howard Michael Mandel. Hello. I'm 70 and I'm from Canada. Okay. My first question is why? I love comedy. Yeah This is disturbing. Okay, Howie. Do you think you're funny? Do I do I think do I think i'm funny? Uh, I think a 50-year career would say yes. I think i'm funny. Yeah Here we go You know me and the other judges we have to sit through some pretty cringy acts. I don't know how we do it For lunch today, I couldn't decide if I wanted a pickle with my sandwich or not. I was like dill or no dill Dill or no dill I have a comedy album out. It's on three different formats. You can stream it It's on vinyl and what's the other one? Oh cd If I was on a farm i'd be cowie mandel This is brutal That was not funny did anybody laugh We had so many amazing Contestants you don't have to justify yourself for it being that bad. Okay. It was yeah Where this goes I have no idea. I think we're just gonna go straight to the yes or the no here mel No No, i'm saying no, that's fair. Good night What's your name and where are you guys from we're called the sound and we're originally from romeo michigan right You've been together as this three piece. So we're actually a family. Uh, this is my brother jacob My name is levi and this is our dad ron I'm guessing you've been playing together as a family since you were what knee high since we were very small. Yeah Guessing it's a certain genre of music. Yeah, we're a country band country, right? Okay. Well good. Look the stage is yours All right All right, so we're gonna have to grab you guys's help. All right, just like this. Come on, come on Take me home Life is old they're older than the trees Country roads yesterday yesterday Country roads Did you deliberately give yourself the coolest instrument to play not to your boys because every bass player that's the coolest instrument to have Absolutely. It is and i've got the hair to prove it. So there you go Listen, i'm not really that big of a fan of country music, but this made me so happy your harmonies were just Up at the end if you held so long that our crew came out and was about to take you off the stage We loved it. Thank you. Thank country music That song is one of my favorite you guys being a family. I mean the voices everything was perfect I think america's gonna fall in love with you. I think they all fell in love with you. I fell in love with you Thank you so much I think look everyone's gonna like you. I mean, how can you not? You know being honest that was obviously a very safe nice audition That's the riskiest thing you can do If you make it through to the next round I think you should sing a song which you kind of make into a country song Going forward we have to go beyond the safe Okay, i'm gonna start this off with your first. Yes Sophia. Yes. Thank you so much It was a good audition, uh I think actually i'm going to Say yes I'm so proud you're making me proud. It's michigan in the house. Thank you. Good evening. Hello. Are you a cat? I have a cat My name is cat williams, where do you live? I live in new york city in an alley Okay, and what else do you do? I do stand-up comedy Pretty fun. I think so. I think so All right. Yeah, this is it Some people were asking me backstage if I was nervous i'm like yeah just a litter But i'm serious about comedy i'm not kidding it's either meow or never All right, some weirdos on the internet. They pay for any loose hairs. I cough up. We have no contract. It's just a furball agreement Just a further cat justy me a foley clove picture boring. I want to see some catnip I want to see some catnip I used to work at a printing place. It wasn't my idea to work there. I was just a copycat I was just a copycat, you know, I am not doing this for the money. I'm doing it for the applause But i'm a little nervous last time I clawed my way to the top a fireman had to bring me down it was embarrassing What are we doing? These jokes are hysterical All right, I feel like i'm dying up here. What's going on? It's okay. I have eight more lives I have seven more lives. You don't I have six more lives. You got five more lives four more lives Two good lives good night Thank you uh I genuinely have nothing to say. All right Wait, I think you're the same guy that it came on as howie I know that guy he's still over there. This is two different acts No, you have this I can tell you have the same shape face and you're exactly the same A lot of people have the same shape face. I I think you are well agree to disagree Why don't you have that conversation backstage anyway, we're gonna vote now no No I'm gonna say no Good night You're crazy Yeah, they're crazy. That's that's really crazy. Maybe get another shot. Yeah. Yeah, you know what I mean? I'll give another shot Okay, see what happens. It wasn't funny Yeah, exactly. That's annoying. That's annoying. That's not funny. Hello, sir I want to let you know you are next. What is your name? My name is chris Chris well, you know what sir? This is the safest i've ever felt Funny you are so annoying. I love annoying. Sometimes it's not about a laugh. It's just about being hello Hello, good afternoon Very nice to meet you. So Tell us who you are, please We are los servidores a group of law enforcement that gets together and sings for our community Throughout the southern california area. Oh, wow Wow, well, it's an honor to have you here on our last audition day. Thank you Okay. So how many years you've been doing this? We've got about eight or nine together Okay, you ready? We just got to go grab some stuff and we'll be right back. We're gonna be here. All right Thank you so much That's a tough job to sing and protect you're on their cars it says to serve and protect Got it All right guys you ready you ready i'm ready for some great sounds all right folks, here we go, here we go Is Foreign Thank you We were expecting that No, I thought first of all It was just going to be a choir which we've seen a lot of and then you started to play and I thought this is very happy music And most importantly the audience loved this audition I could tell So what do you think at first when you started I was like, what are they saying? Then I recognized the song walking on sunshine. Yes What I like is that you've taken a song and made it mariachi i've never heard that before yes, I like that a lot. Thank you I loved it. It was amazing for me. I mean rarely get to hear mariachi here on the show So it got me really excited. It was great. Thank you Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, that means you now four yeses congratulations Thank you. Thank you so much That was great. That's good first walked out. I thought oh my god Let me say you arrested the audience You know how many police dramas they make and they're all pretty much the same yes, this could be better Because they're singing Murder murder and mariachi murder tonight at nine. I love it. Hi Hello, what's your name? My name is man ram Man ram and where are you from? I'm from shushan, new york. I live in los angeles And uh, what do you do for living? I'm a carpenter a real carpenter. I'm a real carpenter. That's right Yeah, I build things. All right. And what do you uh, do you believe you can win this thing? Well, of course, yeah gonna have fun and uh showcase some skills. All right surprise us All right, build us something. All right. Be right back Man, okay. So what is this? We all met up to skate one day, um, we had a piece of plywood we wanted to kill some time friends like Just just just skate over me skate over me. I'm a ramp. I'm a ramp When you have a human portable ramp, you start to see the landscape very differently I love the way they're looking at me. Like why are you asking this question? Well, it had to start somewhere I thought it was a really good audition Well, thank you I've never seen a man ram I understand it first. I thought it was comical, but actually it's very practical It's like uh, it's like tony hawk without any bells or whistles Exactly. He never made a buck. This is what he'd be doing I'm gonna say yes Yes I liked it. I love it when my husband builds stuff welcome Very nice to meet you. What's your name, please? My name is sarah hardwig, I am 23 years old and I live in nashville, tennessee Okay, why did you decide to come on the show this year sarah um, I was born blind I was diagnosed with a genetic eye condition when I was five months old and Music has always played an important role. Um in my life and I want to prove to the world that regardless of whether you have a disability or not You can do absolutely anything that you set your mind to Okay, sarah Well, that's really cool because that's going to inspire a lot of people so good for you. Thank you so much, right? Okay It's the last day It's all about you now Good luck Never stay in one place too long a dirt road singing me a siren song. I gotta find a field I need to spin my wheels I got a hankering for four white tires and I can't help it. It's the way i'm wired before you get too close Boy, you need to know I got a heart like It's been drugged through the mud runs on dreams and gasoline And I don't know if it's all that it's needed but as good as it is tough. I got a heart Like a true Come on, let's see if you can knock off the dust. Yeah, shine it up rev it up and let it run Yeah I got a heart like a truck It's been drugged through the mud runs on dreams and gasoline Beautiful and heartwarming and you are the epitome of resilience to show up here and to sing your heart out and to move Thousands strangers in this room and hopefully millions of people at home I love your message and I love your energy and this show is about inspiration and you're inspiring You've got a really good voice young lady Your trills and the way that you control your voice is on point but I feel like you could have given us so much more I think you could go with an even bigger song because you can do it Okay No, no, no, everything you did was amazing. I wouldn't change a thing. Thank you. Sophia your voice The song I think we all fell in love with you and everybody else is gonna fall in love with you. Thank you I understand where mel was going Auditions are our first introduction However, that was a really really good audition. Thank you This boosts your confidence because you really really have a natural gift Yes, thank you you're gonna go bigger and better it's a yes from me I've just calculated you've got 4,230 Thank you for asking and what's your name, please? My name is Aiden Corcoran Okay. So how are you feeling now? I'm feeling good a bit nervous, but but good. That's okay Aiden How old are you by the way? I'm 19. Wow. Wow Have you done anything of this size before? No, never. This is by far the biggest audience i've ever performed for You have an air of mystery about you That's good. Good. Yeah, then we'll leave it at that. Okay. Good luck. Thank you Let's do it. Sophia. I have something for you. No, I know but I don't want anybody here even you to know what this is. I know but is it alive? It's not alive. You're good Okay, sophia. So wash your hands around it. Make sure no one sees And can everyone in the audience think of someone you care about when you have a name in mind raise your hand Howie i'll go like this. Just say stop Stop right here in the in the blue. Can we get you a mic? Can you please stand up and tell us your name? Uh brooke Brooke great to meet you brooke. No one in the world could know who you're thinking of right? No No, okay. Brooke. Can you please just take a deep breath in? And then as you exhale close your eyes And just think of this person. Okay, bro This is this is somebody close to you. This is your best friend, right? Yes Brooke just say the name over and over inside of your head. Okay three souls Tell us all brooke, what's your best friend's name? elia This is america's got talent we have to do better if you have a dollar bill on you take it out hold it up What just happened took place in brooke's mind? So let's do something everybody here can actually see Simon, can you please choose anybody's dollar here that you want point to anyone? Right here, can you please make your way to the aisle? Yeah, uh come right over here Appreciate you choosing someone in the middle It's all good. No, thank you Awesome. Okay. We need to make your dollar bill unique. Okay, so can you please take this sharpie? Take your dollar. Yes, and you're gonna write with the the sharpie your social security number on the bill You have to it's for the thing No, just write your initials something to make it unique Yeah We're good. Perfect J. M. Okay here. Can everybody see we are going to do one more thing to make your dollar unique We do this so there's only one dollar bill in the world with your signature And a corner that matches it perfectly here. I want everybody to see this I am sorry about this next part And it's gone But but it's not really gone because before all of this I gave something to sophia sophia Can you please open your hands? See his signature the jm and this corner is not just a close match sophia Where's brooke? Where's brooke? I'm right here brooke. Do you know your best friend's birthday? Yes, it's february 29th. 2000 February 29th. What year 2000 2000 Brooke, you know every dollar bill Has a unique serial number What is the serial number of the bill that simon chose? No four two two nine Two zero zero zero. Shut up Thank you so much. I'm adi corcoran It's this season, but you see that's magic and mentalism and it was incredible This is just the beginning for you because if you're 19 and you can Do all this on a stage like this even though you were a little bit nervous you like that You're so young And I could tell how much this means to you And as soon as you walked out, like I said, there's an air mystery about you Thank you. Yeah These people watching this Are gonna go crazy in a good way. Howie Yes Yeah, it's about the age First of all, you were nervous. I was nervous. How do you feel? I feel relieved. That was a big yeah Thank you so much. My man. Thank you for bringing your talent here incredible incredible Hello sofia, how are you? Sorry? I'm out of breath. The elevator was broken. I had to take the stairs How many hours have you spent on this stage today here? Just about 15 seconds so far Right your age. Yeah. Yeah i'm lou That's enough Yeah, i'm just happy to be here. I uh, I do stand-up comedy I've been doing stand-up comedy a few hundred years but I will say this is the first time Uh in a on a stage. So yeah I had been All right. Well Speak of the me it is it's great to be here speaking of me You might recognize me from the details Yeah, you like my blazer it's prada obviously I got it at demon marcus they were having a fire sale Don't even drink i'm getting buzzed. What are we doing? You Sorry, my dog lucy sheds everywhere. I'm always covered in lucifer I'm always covered in lucifer Can we get a Can we get a wide shot I gotta hit the gym I gotta work on that six six six pack, you know, but uh Dating right now. My girl's a vegan She prefers to tan. I'm like, what are you doing? We uh, we make prank videos and put them up on the internet together. I don't make any money on our page. It is demonetized This is awesome the last time I was on stage I was in my high school orchestra I was in the horn section You guessed it I gotta go back to hell make sure no one touched the ac have a bad night. She's not for everybody That wasn't comedy Do you know what maybe i'm just tired, but I actually quite like the devil, of course Thank you. You know, a lot of people think i'm scary too and i'm not i'm a good guy. I'm just trying to rebrand What are we doing? Okay, so let's start voting okay go go Uh, yes for me Him with the devil Obviously, you know, uh, i've been having a conversation And he said no I'm gonna say yes Yes, thank you so much guys, thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you I told you i'm just rebranding the rebranding. It's a new page. It's working. Haha You were outvoted Welcome to america's got talent. Hi What's your name and where you from? My name is maria. I'm 18 years old and i'm from bavarian, germany Wow Why you're here today and why america's got talent? So I will Become a physiotherapist because I want to help people Um when I was 10 years old I was very sick I was in the wheelchair for two years Because I was paralyzed Wow, but in this difficult time I watched htt and I saw all this And I saw so many people here on the stage and I was inspired and I wanted to be like them So I want to show my talent for you today Okay. Oh, that's good Such a really sweet girl next door And then you do that So you were paralyzed for two years and you realized you could do this Yeah, I had an inflammation in my spine and then I was more flexible than I was before Wow Howie, what do you make of that? It is wow we've seen contortionists before but you seem to go beyond the Point of where most people bend you're like a living cute little pretzel I'm, so glad you're here. You're that was amazing. Thank you so much I mean it was so crazy to see you like right here doing it seems so easy So effortless you're smiling and standing really cute like it's nothing meanwhile It looks like you're gonna about to break in six pieces It was super fun to see you do it because you're enjoying it That was actually brilliant I mean from your story to your confidence And I always think with an act like this, where's it gonna end? And then you put yourself in a box That's a cool ending Well, let's vote yes to sofia. Yes Simon it's a yes That's like crazy it was like she bent over and then bent more if I was her I would just FedEx myself that's My mom tells me that I was three years old when I wrote my first song I don't remember that The first song I remember writing I was five and it was called. Uh, god is my inspiration What's up everybody, how y'all doing? Y'all all a group here. We're a band man. Talk to me. What's the name of the band? I'm pink beard pink beard and you the star because I see I tried to be an artist Didn't work out. I didn't quite understand black people doing country at the time So I gave up on the idea of like putting out an album of my own and so I just really pursued Being a songwriter But I spent a lot of time talking to artists about just who they are and Over time, I think I just kind of forgot who I was and I became just a songwriter Just last year 2025. I was actually about to literally quit making music. I was like, you know, I can't keep doing this I'm getting too old and this is a young man's game I'm gonna bring you guys backstage now. You can follow me and just as i'm getting ready to quit I hear about an opportunity like this and it sparked I mean, this is obviously a band So let's try my hand at a little magic last act of the day. Yes, sir. I'll be you to take your place How are you? I'm great. Actually. How are you man? I am more excited than I could say Okay, so your name is pink pink, of course Okay, tell us about you. I'm a singer songwriter from birmingham alabama. Uh, yes, sir If you need a ride, let me know I'll take it home with me Right and and this is what you do full-time songwriting. This is what I do full-time I've been writing songs for a long time. Yes, and how's it going? It's been really well for me I don't know if you guys remember the song uh scars to your beautiful by alessia carter Yeah, I wrote that you wrote that I wrote that no way. That's an amazing song. Thank you so much. Thank you so much I mean seriously good. Thank you. I really appreciate that Okay, so you've been writing songs for other artists yes, sir, so why are you here now i'm here because I got something I want to say I spent the last 15 years helping people say what they want to say and i'm so Thankful and blessed that they allowed me to help them do that And I wanted to have the experience of like getting to know what it is to be a front man, right? There you go That's amazing. I don't think it's ever happened before a well-known songwriter has come on And been the performer. This is brilliant. Thank you The song you've written today Is obviously yours, right? Yes, sir. It's called mind lord willing, right? I really really hope this goes well. Good luck. All right Fellas y'all ready? All right, come on now. All right, guy I hope so, too And she wanna go shopping and get crab legs in atlanta and her body say miami But I say that don't matter because she dressed like a city girl and cooked just like my grandma She ain't from tennessee, but she attended my eyes She was independent Still smoking Dress Go-to music, but you made me fall in love with this genre of music You made me audition your voice is amazing the song was amazing your band is amazing All of it was what agt is all about Only was that a good audition. I believe that we just heard a hit Go check the charts tomorrow. I bet this song is charting right now that was um Really really fantastic I think that's a hit song Such an amazing feeling When everything goes right the performance the band the song Everything I just love you I wish we had some golden buzzes. I have one you'd be getting it Let's vote Yeah, hear that song fast Slow, it's just a great song. I love the idea that might have been is like in his top draw for years But i'm gonna hang on to this one myself. It's wonderful. Pinkbeard might be my favorite today Like when you've been writing songs for a long time like the word yes goes a long way All right, so to hear it four times in a row is like ah