The "America's Got Talent: The Champions" finals round is here. The remaining 10 acts hit the stage Monday – all vying for the chance to be crowned the best of the best. As if the competition were not already stacked, the judges brought back two wild cards, who were given another opportunity to battle for the title. Ventriloquist sensation Darci Lynne Farmer did not waste her second chance. The Season 12 winner flawlessly sung Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" through her rabbit, Petunia, all without moving her mouth. "This is your best-ever performance you have ever given. I think you may win tonight," Simon Cowell said. "I think you have a shot at this tonight," Howie Mandel added. The second wild card of the night was NFL player-turned-magician Jon Dorenbos. He wowed the judges with his elaborate magic routine, where he guessed which cards the judges selected tonight, incorporating moments from his previous acts throughout his "AGT" journey. "You have a shot. … That was purely fantastic," Cowell said. Dorenbos also revealed that he experienced some magic of his own: He and his wife are expecting a child. The field was dominated by singers, including Kechi Okwuchi, Brian Justin Crum, Angelica Hale and Paul Potts. But one of the most memorable singing performances came from "Britain's Got Talent" sweetheart Susan Boyle. Boyle sung "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables, the song that turned her into a viral sensation in 2009 when she was auditioning for "BGT." She received a standing ovation. "The word 'champion' isn't even enough to describe who and how you perform. You are more than a champion," Mandel said. Heidi Klum added that Boyle's performance gave her "goose pimples." Fellow opera singer Cristina Ramos added her own twist with her act. Standing on a platform right in front of the judges, Ramos belted out Blondie's "Call Me," switching her persona from an angelic opera singer to a wild rock star. Cowell called her vocals "insanely good," adding that "you may have thrown this whole show up in the air, because anything can happen after that." Singing acts were not the only ones to wow. Magician Shin Lim and sand artist Kseniya Simonova also came to win, executing excellent performances that stunned the judges. Daredevils Deadly Games kept the competition rolling with the "most dangerous routine of all time," which was filled extreme knife-throwing from the husband-and-wife duo Alfredo and Anna. Then they did the unthinkable. Deadly Games invited the judges onto the stage to hold balloons, which Alfredo shot all at once with a crossbow. "I'm just happy to be alive," Mandel exclaimed, while Cowell added: "Under the danger-act category, this is the best in the world." Preacher Lawson was the only comedian to make it to the finals. He joked about everything from the gym to women's fear of being buff. He ended his act by ripping off his shirt (to much applause) to re-enact how a woman feels after lifting one dumbbell. "You guys better laugh at that joke, it cost me $6.95," he deadpanned. Cowell said, "everything about you has gotten better" and Mel B interjected, "and his body got better." The competition is now up to the panel of superfans from 50 states, who will vote to crown the "Champion." The winner will be revealed during the "America's Got Talent: The Champions" results finale on Feb. 18 (NBC, 8 EST/PST). Last week: 'AGT: The Champions': Artist Kseniya's 'brilliant' sand animation wins last Golden Buzzer<doc-sep>After just seven episodes, the “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” ends with the results finale on February 18 that will see the first winner crowned. Over the course of five audition episodes, 50 acts — including five winners from the “Got Talent” franchises in America and Britain as well as eight others from around the world — performed. They were vying for one of 12 places in the final, which aired on Feb. 10. There were three ways to make the Top 12: be the Golden Buzzer pick of one of the four judges or new host Terry Crews; win the most votes in each episode from the superfans, a select group of “AGT” viewers from the across the country who were flown to LA for the tapings last fall; or be one of the two wild cards chosen by the producers. The five acts singled out for the Golden Buzzer were: singers Susan Boyle, Angelica Hale and Kechi Okwuchi; daredevils Deadly Games; and sand artist Kseniya Simonova. The five acts who won the superfans vote run-offs were: singers Brian Justin Crum, Paul Potts and Cristina Ramos; stand-up comedian Preacher Lawson and magician Shin Lim. The two wildcards were ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, who won “AGT” in 2017, and magician Jon Dorenbos. In the final, they faced off against the two acts who got more votes from the superfans. edged them out with the superfans. Farmer was bested by Ramos, the rock opera singer who won “Spain’s Got Talent” in 2016 And Dorenbos was edged out by opera singer Potts, who won “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2007. Follow along with our updating live blog recap. SEE ‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions’: Superfans decided the winner months ago Refresh this page for the most up-to date comments. 8:02 p.m. – During the recap of last week’s performance episode we saw the judges and other champions gush over Angelica’s opening number and thirst over Preacher’s bare chest. Shin was impressed by Kseniya, Preacher was shook by Darci Lynne and Mel showed off her talent for power napping. Heidi could not believe Jon’s magic trick that spanned across seasons and everyone thought Shin contributed to one of the best finals in series history. And singers Brian Justin, Kechi, Paul, Cristina and Susan all made their talent seem effortless. 8:11 p.m. – Before giving us the name of the ultimate champion, Terry promised a night of duets and talent mash-ups to celebrate and honor the series. I’m hoping they slowly narrow down the field of finalists as the show goes on like they do on normal seasons! 8:13 p.m. – Preacher did his best to find a partner to duet with on stage, but his attempts to try the talents of Deadly Games, Darci Lynne, Shin and Paul all failed miserably, but who knew throwing knives and singing the ABCs with a sock puppet could be both sexy and funny? ! 8:18 p.m. – The first true duet of the night was Voices of Hope children’s choir from last season of AGT and Tokio Myers, one of the champion acts that didn’t make the finals. The combination of the choir harmonies and Tokio’s instrumentation was really fun and a great kick off to this concept of mashing up different talents. I love this idea! 8:28 p.m. – The next special performance of the night was from The Clairvoyants. For their “Games of Chance” trick they had Terry shoot a canon of balls in to the audience with only four of the balls having the names of the four judges. The four audience members that caught the judges’ balls brought them up along with an envelope with a picture in it that each audience member had already had. Only four people had envelopes with pictures of the judges inside them. Terry randomly chose Howie out of the four judges–and though Simon, Heidi and Mel’s envelopes brought to them by the people who caught their balls did have their own photos inside, the one brought to Howie did not. Instead, the reveal was that the hot air balloon photo inside Howie’s envelope was actually predicted because The Clairvoyants had a painting of Howie in a hot hair balloon already printed on the backside of their game sign! 8:38 p.m. – In a bit of a history lesson, we got to see footage from the pilot of “Got Talent” from years ago which Simon called awful. Luckily he was able to sell it to NBC and it changed in to what we now know of the series. We also got to hear Howie discuss his elation at getting the call to join the show and learned that Mel and Heidi both “interviewed” for the show at the same time and Heidi was bummed when she heard they had cast Mel until they called her later and said that they wanted her as a fourth judge. Simon’s ultimate vision for the show was that there would be no rules–no age limit or scope of talent, but that anyone could come on and display their talent for a chance to win. 8:42 p.m. – Jackie Evancho returned to the stage for an encore performance after failing to make the list of finalists and to promote her new album “The Debut.” 8:52 p.m. – In celebration of their 25th anniversary in Vegas, Cirque du Soleil stopped by for a performance from their current show “Mystere.” 9:01 p.m. – The next mash-up was a singing duet of “The Show Must Go On” between Cristina and Brian Justin while Deadly Games performed one of their danger acts. The intensity of the song was perfect to accompany the knife-throwing act. It was particularly great hearing Brian Justin sing something so edgy and dramatic! 9:11 p.m. – Terry’s co-star from “Brooklyn Nine Nine” Melissa Frumero joined Shin on stage for one of his card tricks. In the trick he managed to switch cards with her–the queen of diamonds was in her mouth and the two of hearts was in his mouth–without a single sign of how. He also made her card of choice (again the queen of diamonds) appear in a photo that he took of her holding a blank card! I honestly just do not understand how he does any of these things. Amazing. 9:21 p.m. – Rowlf the Dog from “The Muppets” appeared on stage with Darci Lynne and her puppet Edna–you know the one that’s in love with Simon! The three performed an ode to Simon and Edna’s lost love for him. 9:30 p.m. – Before delivering the first set of results all of the finalists got to watch footage from their very first audition for the shows. It was an emotional moment for all of them because none of them thought that the show would bring them to where they are in their lives now, forever changed. 9:32 p.m. – With all 12 acts on stage Terry brought forward Brian Justin Crum, Kechi and Cristina Ramos. Based on the votes of the superfans from the 50 states, the first act to advance to the top 5 (from those three) was Cristina! That meant that both Brian and Kechi were “eliminated” and would not be the ultimate champion. 9:35 p.m. – Next Terry brought Jon Dorenbos, Darci Lynne Farmer and Susan Boyle forward. From those three only Darci Lynn advanced! That means her wild card spot paid off, but how shook are we that both Jon and Susan were eliminated in the process? ! 9:36 p.m. – The next group included Paul Potts, Angelica Hale and Preacher Lawson. From those three it was… 9:41 p.m. – … Preacher! Another showdown between Preacher and Darci Lynne? ! 9:42 p.m. – So that left Kseniya Simonova, Deadly Games and Shin Lim with only two spots remaining in the top 5. The first act to move on was Kseniya and the second was Shin! 9:44 p.m. – Out of the top 5, the act that finished in fifth place was stand up comic Preacher Lawson. Ugh, I wanted him to win! But he got the opportunity to show off so much of his talent both in his traditional act as well as tonight in his acted out comedy bits. Give this guy a sitcom! 9:46 p.m. – And in fourth place it was singer Cristina Ramos. The Spanish singer was proud and grateful for her opportunity to be on the American stage and Heidi thanked her for bringing her talent back to the show. 9:48 p.m. – And in third place it was sand artist Kseniya Simonova. She was Terry’s Golden Buzzer act this time around and her two performances were among the best this season saw! 9:50 p.m. – That meant it was down to the two juggernaut in AGT history, Darci Lynn and Shin. They’re both hugely talented at what they do and have been incredible winners from recent seasons. Between the two which is your favorite? 9:57 p.m. – Based on the votes of the superfans the winner of Champions is… Shin Lim! That makes it back to back wins for Shin after he was crowned the winner just last season and now this. Wow. I really thought it would go to Darci Lynne, but instead she takes second place! Did the superfans make the right decision? In what way would you have voted?<doc-sep>
America's Got Talent is back for its finale Monday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Fan-favorite acts from seasons past have battled it out for over a month, and the time has finally come to crown the ultimate champion. Monday's finale looks to come with a series first–a collaborative act. Deadly Games, Cristina Ramos and Brian Justin Crum will perform for one last time on the Got Talent stage to bring an epic rendition of Queen's hit "The Show Must Go On." The finale also looks to bring back acts who were eliminated earlier in the show. America's Got Talent released a clip of The Clairvoyants' performance Friday and minds were definitely blown. Host Terry Crews' Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-star Melissa Fumero will also make a cameo in Monday's finale. In a newly released clip, Fumero was quizzed on her Crews knowledge, can she prove her close-knit friendship with the energetic host? While Monday will name the ultimate Got Talent champion, the finale will also be a goodbye to long-serving judges Heidi Klum and Mel B. NBC announced a new judge panel February 11; starting next season, actress Gabrielle Union and dancer Julianne Hugh. "One of the many secrets to the success and longevity of America's Got Talent is its fearless drive to reinvent itself," said Meredith Ahr, President, Alternative and Reality Group, NBC Entertainment. "The next evolution of the format brings in fresh expert eyes to join Simon and Howie on the panel. Gabrielle and Julianne are two of the most aspirational women in the business, on top of being electric entertainers with talent across disciplines. I am excited to see how their knowledge, compassion and sheer joy enhance the experience for acts and viewers alike." It was also announced that Crews will continue hosting the reality competition show. "Our millions of longtime viewers have already embraced Terry as the host of 'AGT: The Champions,' and we are excited to welcome Gabrielle and Julianne to the 'AGT' family," Trish Kinane, President of Entertainment Programming, Fremantle North America, added. "They are ready to bring a new level of expertise, energy, entertainment and fun to our judging panel." During the finale, London-born musician Tokio Myers, who was eliminated during episode 5, returned to the Got Talent stage. The 34-year-old delivered an electrifying performance alongside Voices Of Hope Children's Choir to deliver a Chance the Rapper cover. Jackie Evancho, the first winner of America's Got Talent, returned to the stage with a rendition of "Somewhere." At 18 years old, the classically-trained singer has gone platinum and debuted three times on the Billboard Top 100 charts since her 2010 win. Reigning champion, close-up card magician Shin Lim wows audiences once again. With Fumero as a companion, he created magical moments with a queen of hearts—just remember, don't blink! Darci Lynne, the fan-favorite 14-year-old ventriloquist, performed for the last time on the Got Talent stage alongside one Muppet character. Rowlf The Dog, Edna and Darci brought audiences to their feet after serenading judge Simon Cowell. Top 5 Performers Cristina Ramos, opera-rock singer Darci Lynne, ventriloquist Preacher Lawson, comedian Ksenyia Simonova, sand artist Shin Lim, magician Top 2 Performers Out of the top five incredible acts, Darci and Shin remained in the running for the ultimate title. And The Winner Is... After nearly two months of hard-fought competition, America's Got Talent crowned last season's winner, Shin, as the first victor of AGT: The Champions.