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America's Got Talent (season 1)
The first season of the American talent show competition series ''America's Got Talent'' was broadcast on NBC from June 21 to August 17, 2006. The season went into production a year earlier than planned by ''Got Talent'' creator Simon Cowell. Cowell intended for '' Britain's Got Talent'' to debut before AGT in 2006. However, production was suspended due to internal conflicts within its British television network. David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood and Piers Morgan were the show's first judges, with Regis Philbin as host. This season originally had an early format for live round judging and Wildcard acts, which would be changed after the season's conclusion. The first season was won by singer Bianca Ryan, with clogging dance group All That, and singer/musician duo The Millers finishing as runner-ups within the Top 3 finalists. The season's actual results for second and third place were not declared. The ratings success of this season helped foster the development of other inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrodunk
Acrodunk is a basketball performance squad founded by Jerry L. Burrell in 1994. Acrodunk started out as The High "Impact" Squad with members of Acrodunk still performing for The High "Impact" Squad. Acrodunk is also formerly known as Team Acrodunk. Acrodunk's primary mission is to inspire and impress audiences with variations of the slam dunk. The group performs shows for college and professional basketball games, corporate meetings, festivals, fairs, theme parks, TV shows and schools. The squad made an appearance twice on the television show America's Got Talent. Members of Acrodunk have set numerous Guinness World Records individually and as a team and the team performs worldwide. Team members Each player has a nickname that they are known by during shows: * Jerry L. Burrell (JB) * Gregory L. Mueller (G-Man) * Gregory T. Jerralds (GT) * Jason Skillern (J-Skillz) * Mattew Marzo (M&M) * Anthony J. Grant (Ninja) * Eddie Ray Johnson III (Easy Eddie) * Jesus El (Zeus) * Elijah S. Pric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Ware
Taylor Marie Ware (born September 17, 1994) is an American singer and yodeler from Franklin, Tennessee. Before Ware knew how to yodel, she performed at a county fair at age four. Her talent was singing and playing a fiddle. When she was six she decided to sing to seniors, so she started an Adopt-a-Grandparent program. She taught herself to yodel from an audiotape and instruction book when she was seven years old, after going to a music convention with country singer Naomi Hills. In 2003, at age 9, Ware won $10,000 in the Yahoo! Yodel Challenge and the Sonic Search for a Star. She was later featured in a Yahoo commercial. She also participated in a challenge to beat a Guinness world record. Ware performed on the ''Grand Ole Opry'' with Riders in the Sky when she was nine years old. When Ware was nine, she was given a dog as a gift by Wayne Brady after she appeared on his now defunct television show, ''The Wayne Brady Show''. She named the dog Brady after him. Ware honed her yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rappin' Granny
Vivian Smallwood (June 18, 1933 – July 22, 2017), known by her stage name Rappin' Granny, was an American grandmother who performed hip-hop music. She lived in Castaic, California, near Los Angeles. Outside of being known for portraying "Nano" Williams in ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'', Smallwood was a contestant on the NBC television series ''America's Got Talent'' during the 2006 season. Career Rapping Smallwood was employed as a postal worker and began rapping in the mid-1980s. She took first place in a rap contest at a South-Central Los Angeles roller rink with an anti-drug themed rap. By 1988 she had formed a group with her son called Rappin' Granny and DJ Len. She won a Granny of the Year contest in Pasadena in 1988, performing a rap version of the song "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena". In 1989, she released a little-known, self-titled music video called "Rock-n-Soul". Smallwood was signed to Tandem Records in 1992. She released the single "You Didn't Use Your Blinker Fool" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle L'amour
Michelle L'amour (born April 15, 1980) is an American neo-burlesque performer who grew up in Orland Park, Illinois. In 2006, she performed stripteases on NBC's ''America's Got Talent'', Showtime's ''Sexual Healing'', and in small touring performances. Her tagline is "The Ass That Goes POW!" and she sells related promotional products (e.g. The Michelle L'amour Signature Fanny Facial). Early life and performances Michelle L'amour was born on April 15, 1980, and began studying ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern and lyrical dancing at the age of 15. She began dancing burlesque striptease at age 22. While earning a degree in finance from the University of Illinois, she began her dancing career. Weeks before graduation, she began choreographing for a rock-n-roll revue and developing what would later be her burlesque troupe Lavender (later named The Lavender Cabaret). She won the title of Miss Exotic World 2005 with her Snow White routine, after three years as a burlesque dancer. In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Charles Troupe
The King Charles Troupe (also known as KCT or the KCs; founded as Charles Unicycle Riders) is an American group of unicycling and basketball playing circus performers. In 1969, they became the first known major African-American circus act in modern American circus. Early history The King Charles Troupe was created by Jerry King in the Bronx, New York in 1958, "as a community unicycle club that instilled the ideas of Christian principals, character building and discipline to give neighborhood youth an opportunity to become productive citizens." King was inspired by a performance he saw in 1918 of Ringling Brothers Circus, where he witnessed a man ride a unicycle on a highwire. He taught his 6-year-old son, Charles, how to ride a unicycle in the hallway of their apartment building. King started a club, and his students would refer to him as "the Old Man" or "Mr. Jerry." One of King's students, Albert Owens, was on a unicycle when a basketball rolled near him. While still on the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Johnson (ventriloquist)
Kevin Johnson (born June 7, 1970) is a professional ventriloquist, comedian, and magician. Biography Born in Colorado, Kevin has been a ventriloquist nearly all his life. Kevin started ventriloquism when he was nine years old, after his parents gave him a pull-string dummy for Christmas. Having no formal training, he taught himself the art of ventriloquism over a 4-year period. He developed his technique from parrots. It intrigued him that parrots could speak so clearly without the use of lips. Kevin later re-learned how to speak all together with the use of his tongue and his throat. Kevin was introduced to the stage by his grandfather Harley Noles, who performed magic shows throughout Colorado. He told Kevin, “If you get good enough, you can open for my show.” At the age of 13, he performed in his grandfather's show with a 5 minute act with a wooden puppet (Raymond), that his grandfather made for him. During his college days, Johnson taught and entertained youth at a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Sanchez
Jessica Elizabeth Sanchez (born August 4, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence following her finish as the runner-up on the eleventh season of ''American Idol''. Early life Jessica Elizabeth Sanchez was born in Chula Vista, California, on August 4, 1995, to Edita Sanchez (née Bugay), whose family is from Samal, Bataan, in the Philippines, and Gilbert Sanchez, a Mexican American from Texas and is an aviation ordnanceman First Class Petty Officer in the United States Navy Reserves. She is the eldest of three children, having two younger brothers. Sanchez was raised in Eastlake, Chula Vista. Career 2006–2011: Career beginnings In 2005, Sanchez performed "Respect" by Aretha Franklin on the music television show ''Showtime at the Apollo''. In 2006, she competed on the first season of NBC's talent show competition ''America's Got Talent'', in which she became a wildcard act but ultimately did not qualify for the grand finals. During the 2008 NFL sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Komsky
George Komsky is a Ukrainian-born American tenor. He is best known for his live performances as a solo vocalist, touring internationally with Chris Botti, in the North American tour of the Irish theatrical show ''Riverdance'', and at non-profit concert events. Komsky's performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the San Francisco 49ers NFL game against the New England Patriots was part of a tribute honoring the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, broadcast live to 18 million viewers. Komsky was awarded the Best Operatic Pop Artist Award by Russian American Media in 2014. The award was presented by Rob Tannenbaum, executive director of the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. Komsky appeared on the first season of ''America's Got Talent'' under the name "George Kelly". Early life Komsky was born in Kiev in 1985. His family fled the Soviet Union in 1988 and settled in the Bay Area, Northern California. Komsky showed an interest in music at an early age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Brouder
Corina Brouder is an American singer and harpist, born in The Bronx, New York City. As a child, her sister, Christina, spent some time in hospital after a hit and run incident, and Corina and her other siblings started entertaining her recovering sister and the other children in the ward. Eventually the family found themselves in demand to perform at similar venues, and, calling themselves The Spirits of Gilbride, began performing professionally. The group consists of Corina, Christina, Cornelia, Neil and Mary Catherine. Corina and Cornelia do most of the singing and between them the band play keyboards, violin, harp, guitar, drums, tin whistle, bagpipes and accordion. The group released an album, two videos and singles for Universal Music, and sang the title track on the European version of '' The Little Vampire'' (2000) soundtrack album. Brouder was discovered by John Barry and sang "To Love and be Loved" on his '' Swept from the Sea'' (1997) soundtrack with lyrics by Tim R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitlyn Taylor Love
Caitlyn Taylor Love (born June 16, 1994) is a former American actress and musician. She co-starred in the Disney XD sitcom '' I'm in the Band''. She was the voice of White Tiger/Ava Ayala in the Disney XD animated series ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. Career Caitlyn Taylor Love was born on June 16, 1994, in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Harlingen, Texas. She began pursuing an interest in entertainment at age 10, by competing in the Miss Texas Pageant Talent Division. She would end up winning that division in 2004. She was then invited in July 2005 to compete at IMTA New York where she won Miss Jr. Actress of the Year along with several other acting and singing awards. Love then moved to Los Angeles, California where she was briefly a cast member of MTV's ''Punk'd''. She would achieve more notability by competing on NBC's ''America's Got Talent'' appearing as semi-finalist in the show's first season. In 2009, Love became a cast member of the Disney XD sitcom '' I'm in the Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
