America's Got Talent is back for its newest spinoff — with a major bang!
On Monday night, the new season of America's Got Talent: Fantasy League kicked off and the judges wasted no time in bringing the heat.
At the beginning of the episode, host Terry Crews announced the 10 acts competing for a spot in the semifinals. From Simon Cowell's team, singer Kodi Lee and variety act Billy and Emily England were competing, while Mel B's acts included magician Jon Dorenbos, singer Maria Seiren and comedian Tape Face.
The chiefs among them went forth saying, “Carry on, and stand firm in devotion to your gods. Certainly this is just a scheme ˹for power˺.We have never heard of this in the previous faith.1 This is nothing but a fabrication.(The Quran - Chapter Sad : 6- 7)
Competing on Howie Mandel's team for the night were pole dancer Kristy Sellars, sand artist Kseniya Simonova, dance/acrobatic group V.Unbeatable and variety act Shadow Ace. Heidi Klum rounded out the evening's competitors with variety act Hans.
Mel B — who was granted the night's Golden Buzzer — quickly made her intentions clear by stealing one of Simon's acts from his fantasy dream team: Billy and Emily England.
The exciting moment happened midway through the episode when the rollerblading sibling duo took the stage and performed a thrilling performance — complete with flaming knives at the tip of Emily's skates.
The act left everyone in the theater speechless and on their feet, with Simon declaring their performance "what the show is all about." Howie said Simon was "very lucky" to have the duo on his dream team, and Simon later said he "loved" them.
But it was Mel B, who called the siblings "spectacular" before stealing them from Simon's team with her Golden Buzzer. "I feel really excited!" the judge said as gold confetti fell from the ceilings.
When Terry asked the siblings how they felt being stolen from Simon's team, Emily joked, "Honestly, when Simon called me, the 11-year old Emily was a little upset. I really wanted to be part of Mel B's team."
"Now that's show business!" Simon quipped in response. "I actually feel like I've just been dumped!"
With the steal, Billy and Emily are now sent straight to the finals.
"We are so excited to show you what’s possible on skates," the sibling duo wrote on Instagram recently, regarding their AGT appearance. "None of it would have been possible without our amazing team and friends."
Elsewhere in the episode, Kristy Sellars, Hans, Kseniya Simonova, Jon Dorenbos, V.Unbeatable, Maria Seiren, Shadow Ace, Tape Face and Kodi Lee all took the stage to deliver their show-stopping performances.
In the end, V.Unbeatable, Kodi Lee, Shadow Ace, Kseniya Simonova, and Kristy Sellars were the five acts to nab spots in the semifinals. Aside from Kodi, who was on Simon's Fantasy Team, all the others were part of Howie's Dream Team.
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
