Who Magically Won Howie Mandel’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ 2026 Live Golden Buzzer Tonight?

America’s Got Talent Live Shows began tonight with judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara turning over the voting results to America with one exception. Each week one of the four judges will be given the chance to select one act to go straight through to the finals by pushing the Live Golden Buzzer, while America’s vote will determine the three acts that go into the semifinals.

On night one, it was Howie who got to pick from the eleven artists — Ashford Sanders, Brook Lynn, Cris Sosa, Hundred Fingers, James & Marina, Jesse White Tumbling Team, Luke Taleno, Olivia Befus, Royal Lasers, Sando, and The CommUNITY ATL Choir — competing.

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He chose Hundred Fingers, a magic act from Seoul, South Korea, led by Yu Hojin, a magician who appeared on Season 17 of America’s Got Talent, finishing in the Bottom 6 of the Top 11. Yu returned for Season 21 with an all-new act because he felt that he had more to offer, especially wanting to prove to Simon that he could do something bigger.

“I wanted to create a magic super group, something that had never been seen before,” Yu said. “And that’s exactly what I created.”

Hundred Fingers succeeded in winning Howie’s Golden Buzzer during this season’s auditions, but the job is not yet done. Yu wants to win the whole thing.

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“Now we have huge pressure to do better,” Yu said. “We practice and we rehearse many hours – 15 hours six days a week. We are pushing ourselves to the limit. I want redemption. That’s why we are here.”

And the hard work paid off with Howie given a second Golden Buzzer to Hundred Fingers, this time one that takes them all the way to the finale.

“That’s the best thing I’ve seen. One word, magic,” Howie said. Then he added, “I wanted to press the Golden Buzzer. I wanted to press everything. That was a winning performance right there. That could have been a final performance. That was a million-dollar performance.”

America’s Got Talent airs Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC. Streams next day on Peacock.

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