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changed things up during the second week of auditions for season 17.Talented songstress Madison «Maddie» Taylor Baez, 11, has been a life-long fan of and came to the show to audition. However, to spice things up a bit, producers collaborated with Maddie to throw the judges a curveball.Maddie posed as an audience member, and during a commercial break raised her hand when the show's warm-up comic asked if there was anyone in the audience who wanted to try their hand at singing.It's a tradition on the show, apparently, and one that most of the judges essentially ignore.

changed things up during the second week of auditions for season 17.Talented songstress Madison «Maddie» Taylor Baez, 11, has been a life-long fan of and came to the show to audition. However, to spice things up a bit, producers collaborated with Maddie to throw the judges a curveball.Maddie posed as an audience member, and during a commercial break raised her hand when the show's warm-up comic asked if there was anyone in the audience who wanted to try their hand at singing.It's a tradition on the show, apparently, and one that most of the judges essentially ignore.

is back, and wilder than ever! The reality competition returned for season 17 on Tuesday and brought some of the wildest auditions to the stage for an exciting premiere.Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum returned to the judges table alongside host Terry Crews as they weighed in and voted on a slew of wild, weird and unpredictable performances.However, there were a few that clearly stood out — and one that inspired the judges to hand out the first of the season's coveted Golden Buzzers.The last act of the night was a young man named Avery Dixon, who hit the stage with an emotional story and a saxophone, and he instantly earned a lot of love before he even played a note.The young man shared his story of being bullied as a child for his voice and his appearance, and admitted that, before he found the sax, he even contemplated suicide. However, he found hope and salvation in his music and it turned his life around.When it came time to show how good he was, Avery blew everyone away with his stellar performance that no one could have known would be as good as it proved to be.«Avery, look, every time I hear a story about a kid being bullied at school, it breaks my heart.

Simon Cowell has seen several confusing auditions during his tenure as a reality competition judge, but none left him quite as divided as this one.MORE: Simon Cowell steps out with fiancée Lauren Silverman for date night ahead of busy weekALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleAmerica's Got Talent's premiere show featured an audition from Ben Lapidus, who came on giving the air of someone about to blow the judges away.VIDEO: Meet Simon Cowell's AGT Golden Buzzer act NightbirdeHe then launched into a rendition of a song about wanting to get more parmesan cheese with his Italian meal at a restaurant, a comedic ditty that featured the recurring lyric: "I always want more parmesan, but I'm embarrassed."The audience quickly started to divide in their take on the song, with a few cheering him on and some booing. Simon quickly reacted by pressing his red buzzer, as did Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara.MORE: Simon Cowell's friend Sinitta accidentally reveals his wedding date - and she's not on the guest listHeidi Klum jived along to the song for quite a bit before hitting the buzzer when Ben started getting more rock-oriented with his performance. Ben Lapidus' audition divided the judges, especially SimonThe supermodel pledged her allegiance to the cause of parmesan as well, but Simon retorted with: "I hate bloody parmesan, it's disgusting."The audience immediately started to boo him, and he maintained that he wasn't interested in putting Ben through.

Howie Mandel is amped for the new season of and the longtime judge has a fairly good idea why the auditions this time around are some of the best in recent memory.ET's Matt Cohen recently spoke with Mandel ahead of Tuesday's season 17 premiere, and the comic teased the forthcoming episodes with three choice words: «Exciting, exciting, exciting.»«This year, it is off the hook. It’s not normal!» Mandel shared. «People are thinking outside the box.

Heidi Klum has turned heads with a reunion many of her fans found very surprising. The America's Got Talent judge attended the Monaco Grand Prix over the weekend and cozied up for a photo with none other than her ex, Flavio Briatore. MORE: Heidi Klum's childhood home is like something from a fairy tale Heidi - who shares her oldest child, Leni, with the former F1 team owner - posed up a storm with Flavio and appeared to be having a great time. WATCH: Heidi Klum poses poolside in a bikini Also in the photos, were her husband, Tom Kaulitz, Flavio's wife, Elisabetta Gregoraci, and model, Naomi Campbell, who also dated the Italian businessman. Fans were stunned at the cozy reunion and commented: "Ex wives club?" and, "3 exes," along with shocked face emojis. MORE: Heidi Klum's teenage daughter looks so different in remarkable new photoSEE:  Heidi Klum wows in string-bikini while watching football Others said they had a lot of respect for the model and thought it was great to see them all getting along. Heidi posed with her ex Flavio BriatoreThe amicable gathering is especially surprising, given that Flavio stepped away from parenting his daughter with Heidi. Her ex-husband and the father to her three other children, Seal, adopted Leni when she was a baby.READ: Hottest celebrity couples at the Super Bowl 2022 - Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck and moreRELATED: Heidi Klum causes a stir with empowering photo during Mykonos tripFlavio told Italy's Il Corriere della Sera: "Leni is my natural daughter, but the three of us happily agreed that it made more sense if Seal adopted her, because a child needs to grow up in a family." Heidi shares her oldest daughter with Flavio The 72-year-old now has a son, Nathan, 12, with his wife, and

Nightbirde stole the hearts of America's Got Talent viewers last year with her powerful - and incredibly emotional - audition.MORE: AGT's Nightbirde emotionally opens up about departure from show after season finaleThe talented singer was battling terminal cancer, and tragically passed away in February, but her legacy has lived on.The AGT contestant is set to be honored in the first show of the new series on Tuesday night, and just weeks beforehand, her family paid a new tribute to her on her Instagram page - which they have kept open in her honor.VIDEO: Look back at Nightbirde's first AGT audtion Nightbirde - real name Jane Marczewski - wrote a song, A Place Called Here, before she passed away that was never released, but her loved ones wanted to make sure that it was seen by her fans.MORE: Simon Cowell pays emotional tribute to AGT star NightbirdeMORE: Sofia Vergara stuns in figure-hugging dress for America's Got Talent auditionsThe post revealed the entire lyrics, which began: "A place called here, is somewhere I don’t know very well."Here is the place between the past and the present. Here is the place where the memories are."Nightbirde's family paid a heartbreaking tribute to the late AGT starThe lyrics also included the lines: "I look far into tomorrow--far ahead in this flat desert.

Britain’s Got Talent star Jonathan Goodwin called his fianceé Amanda Abbington his “ride or die” in a sweet snap of the happy couple shared to Instagram on Tuesday. The 42 year old shared a picture of the pair smiling together as they sat in a car ready to head off on their next journey together. The former stuntman, who is engaged to Sherlock actress Amanda, 48, was tragically paralysed for life when a stunt performance went wrong on the set of America’s Got Talent last October.

becoming paralyzed from the waist down following a stunt gone wrong during a taping of . In his first TV interview since the accident six months ago, Goodwin opens up about adjusting to being wheelchair bound. «I don't really have a great memory ...I know that there was a moment where I knew it was going wrong,» he told  of the near-fatal incident.In October, a spokesperson for  told ET that during a rehearsal for , «an accident occurred in which escape artist Jonathan Goodwin was injured while performing his act.» According to , Goodwin was suspended 70 feet in the air in a straitjacket hanging by his feet from a wire, with two cars on either side of him swinging back and forth. He was attempting a stunt where he would free himself from the straitjacket and land on an air mattress before the cars crushed him. After the accident, Goodwin was in critical condition, and had broken legs and shoulders, a damaged kidney, a punctured lung, fractured ribs and a complete spinal fracture.«The spinal surgeon said that my injury was the worst that he'd ever seen and also told me that there was a really good chance I wouldn't make it through the surgery,» the 42-year-old stuntman told .A post shared by T H E D A R E D E V I L (@jonathangoodwinofficial)Goodwin said following the accident, he told his fiancée of one month, Amanda Abbington, that she had «a get out of jail free card» — but she stuck by him.«Amanda has been there for me every day since and has been and was really my motivation to get through it,» he shared.The stuntman goes on to describe what it's like being paralyzed.

after his on-set injury during rehearsals for , he is now wheelchair bound.“Six months ago I went to rehearse something and left this little hairy monkey waiting patiently for me…he didn’t see his dad again until just a couple of weeks ago and when he finally did, dad had new cool wheels,” Goodwin captioned a picture posted on Instagram of him sitting in a wheelchair, holding his dog. “A lot has changed in the last six months, but love is a constant and I’m very very loved. Looking forward to my next chapters and being a roll model.” Goodwin further clarified the extent of his injuries on his Instagram Stories.

Simon Cowell has high hopes for the new crop of impressive hopefuls on the upcoming season of. However, the outspoken judge says the auditions didn't fill him with confidence at the start.Cowell — who rocked a brace bandage on his hand from when he broke his arm earlier this year — spoke with ET's Matt Cohen on the red carpet at the Season 17 Kick-Off event at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Wednesday, and opened up about his initial misgivings over the level of talent this season.«When [taping] first started — you know, I am always expecting, always hoping, the show can or should should be better year on year.

Simon Cowell down! Complete with a brace on his left arm, the judge admits he’s gotten back on the bike.“I was out on it today. You've got to get back on the bike, literally,” he tells ET’s Kevin Frazier during an event for at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.Cowell shared that he was able to get back on the bike almost two months after his biking accident, thanks to the size of his cast being reduced. “I had a cast from here to here,” he says.

Simon Cowell wept as he was presented with the key to the Las Vegas strip.The America’s Got Talent judge couldn’t hide his emotion when he was given the honour for his hit AGT Live show, and to acknowledge his contribution to Sin City’s entertainment scene after many of the contestants from his talent shows enjoyed huge success in Vegas.But Simon also joked the timing of the accolade was annoying because he’s preparing to get married to Lauren Silverman and he could have had ‘more fun’ if he’d received it a decade ago.He said: ‘So the year I decide to get married you give me the key to Las Vegas…great timing. This is amazing by the way.

Simon Cowell has taken to social media to pay tribute to America’s Got Talent singer Nightbirde. Nightbirde, real name Jane Marczewski, passed away aged 31 on Saturday 19 February after battling cancer. She’d been receiving treatment for the illness, but tragically it spread to her lungs, spine and liver.

Simon Cowell, 62, mourned the death of Jane “Nightbirde” Marczewski after her battle with cancer in social media posts on Tuesday February 22. The America’s Got Talent judge posted a photo of Nightbirde on his Instagram and wrote a touching tribute to the season 16 contestant following her passing at age 31 on Sunday February 20.

Jane “Nightbirde” Marczewski’s family posted one of the last videos that the America’s Got Talent star had taken before her death on Instagram on Tuesday February 22. The video featured Nightbirde laying in bed and talking about how important it is to embrace feelings of sadness and loss shortly before her tragic passing at age 31 on February 20, following a battle with breast cancer. 

Jane Marczewskie was a singer known as “Nightbirde” who became a fan favorite after a stirring audition on “America’s Got Talent” while she was battling cancer.  Jane Marczewskie, known as “Nightbirde,” was a singer who became known after her audition on the NBC talent show “America’s Got Talent.” She sang her original song “It’s OK,” while disclosing to the judges that she was battling cancer.

America's Got Talent star Jane Marczewski aka Nightbirde passed away yesterday at the age of 31 after a brave battle with cancer.The singer-songwriter's family took to her social media to share a final video of hers delivering an empowering message along with their heartbreaking statement.WATCH: Meet Simon Cowell's AGT Golden Buzzer act NightbirdeIn the clip, Nightbirde could be seen reclining in bed while talking about giving people the space to grieve and be sad, made all the more heart-wrenching given the situation."It's scary to go down those dark roads, but you know what, those feelings don't leave you. You have to feel it, you can't fake the rest of your life like nothing bad happened and whistle a happy tune all day," she said.MORE: AGT's Nightbirde emotionally opens up about departure from show after season finaleHer family attached their statement along with the clip, writing: "It's like JANE knew the words she needed to leave us with before she left.

on Instagram, while also revealing it’s his birthday.“Four months later … finally out of hospital. My birthday today” he captioned the photo of the couple wrapped in a cozy blanket and sporting stocking caps.

kicked off its debut season with a bang on Monday, in a two-hour premiere filled with death defying stunts. However, it was a team of tech wizards with an army of colorful drones who managed to truly impress Simon Cowell.The four-man group known as Verge Aero hit the stage to explain their act, which involved controlling 160 drones that are synched up for a choreographed aerial light show!Cowell, for whatever reason, was wildly unimpressed with their pitch, and made it almost laughably clear how bored he apparently was with the idea of dancing drones. However, as the judges — including Cowell, Nikki Bella and Travis Pastrana — and host Terry Crews sat outdoors at night, it was immediately clear just how breathtaking Verge Aero's light show truly was.

has died after a years-long battle with cancer. She was 31.«We, her family, are devastated by her passing and unimaginable loss,» Marczewski's family shared in a statement to . «Those who knew her enjoyed her larger-than-life personality and sense of humor.