'America's Got Talent' 2020 Recap and Results: Season 15 Judges Cuts

The 15th season of America's Got Talent is getting closer and closer to the live shows.

Auditions are officially out of the way, and on Tuesday's show, judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel will reminisce on all the performances they've seen so far before finally narrowing down the top 10 contestants of the season. Those chosen acts will get their chance to wow the judges again—albeit remotely now that the show is being filmed from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. After that, the judges will determine their favorite five acts to move on to the live shows.

We'll be on hand every step of the way with live blog coverage of all the performances and the five contestants judges choose to move forward to the next round once AGT begins at 8 p.m. ET. If you need to catch up on everything that's happened so far on the NBC competition, check here.

America's Got Talent, Season 15, Episode 9 Live Blog

8:00:

It's showtime folks. The night's episode kicks off with a quick flashback of what we've seen on the show so far including the notable moments when many contestants won judges over with their impeccable talent. Tonight, though, a few acts will have to perform once again to secure their spots in the live shows.

8:02:

The judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel are all back together again. They're filming in an undisclosed outside location with a small few crew members in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Host Terry Crews is there too. And there's a big screen where contestants will connect with the judges for their final performances and feedback via live video.

8:05:

Up first, the judges review all of the acts that have made it through to the second round of the competition. While five acts that have already received golden buzzers are safe to move straight to the live shows, the judges will have to narrow down more than a dozen contestants and choose more finalists to move forward.

8:14:

We're back from a quick break. The judges have deliberated and now they are going to break the news to each of the remaining contestants. The first person they contact is singer Selena, who Simon says is "sailing through" to the next round. Up next, it's magician Jennifer and her dog Daiquiri, who the judges notify will not be moving forward in the competition. Musician Malik makes it through and so do several other acts. Meanwhile, 10 others have been chosen to perform again.

8:22:

Ten more acts get one more chance to move forward in the lives, but only five more spots for the live shows remain. The judges connect with the 10 remaining acts to let them know what's up, and after a quick commercial break we'll get to see exactly what they can do.

8:27:

The first act to perform for their shot at the live shows is salsa dancing duo Simon and Maria. The kiddos bring their A-game for a performance full of tricks and fancy feet work, which they've recorded in a school gym.

8:30:

Heidi loved their performance and says the kid dancers were even better this time around. Sofia really loved their outfits, while Howie says the young salsa dancers kept him smiling throughout their entire performance. As for Simon, he agrees that the pair have improved since the first time they appeared on the show.

"They were kind of perfect today," Sofia says.

8:32:

Next up is hula hooper, Craig Reid. He puts on a high energy performance, working with multiple hula hoops at a time. At one point during his set, he manages to swing at least 10 hula hoops around his hips at a time.

"You look like a man who just got swallowed by a giant slinky," Howie jokes.

8:40:

Mentalist Max Major will get to perform. He's swapped the playing cards out for pictures of the judges, and Simon is going to be his guinea pig. Simon has to answer a string of questions and name the judge he feels the most connected to after answering. Meanwhile, Max has a set of photos, some flipped right-side-up, depicting each of the judges. After Simon answers a question and reveals which judge he feels connected to in that moment, Max moves another upside-down card next to the judge photos as Simon lists them off. At the end of the trick, Max flips the photos over and, to Simon's astonishment, each of the cards matches up exactly as Simon identified them.

8:52:

Singer Shaquira McGrath is up next. She sings Avicii's "Wake Me Up."

"You lit up this gigantic screen and you absolutely commanded it," Simon said.

9:01:

Comedian Ty Barnett is up next. He's telling jokes in front of his friends and family in his garage. Don't worry though, everyone's wearing a mask and sitting at least six feet apart. Ty tells a few funny jokes about his kids and their lacking understanding of financial responsibility.

9:10:

The Brothers Gage, the harmonica-playing brothers from California, will attempt to wow the judges with their favorite instrument. Instead of performing an original song, they're doing a cover of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem." Sofia says the boys make the harmonica sexy, but Simon isn't sure this performance was better than their first.

9:15:

Singer Nolan Neal is up next. The 39-year-old performance a heartfelt cover of Candi Staton's "You've Got The Love." The judges weren't ready for Nolan's performance to end.

"You've made our job incredibly hard, and now I hate you," Simon teased.

Meanwhile, Sofia promises Nolan that she's ready to fight to ensure he makes it through to the next round.

9:24:

Mentalist Ryan Tricks is up next. He enlists AGT UK judge Alesha Dixon to help him with his performance. He wows the judges with a mind trick in which he manages to guess the name of a person Alesha had selected from her phone contact list.

9:34:

The Ninja Twins are back! They know that the pressure is on, but they're positive they'll convince Simon of their talent this around. This time, the twins are singing a cover of Justin Bieber's "Yummy," and they really do sound a lot better during this colorful backyard performance. Simon looks completely appalled (again) and Howie can't stop laughing.

"It's infectious," Heidi said of their performance.

"I don't know what you guys are, but you're super entertaining," Sofia said.

Simon said their performance was "so bonkers, so crazy" that he actually liked it.

"I think you're hilarious," Simon said.

9:43:

It's time for the last act of the night, and it's none other than daredevil Jonathan Goodwin. He's performing the "most dangerous and scariest" stunt he's ever done in his life: He's playing a game of "blindfold chicken" with crossbows, and he somehow manages to dodge every arrow shot at him.

"You're completely nuts," Heidi said. "Simon is right, you are nutty."

Sofia recognized that it would have been horrible if Jonathan had gotten shot, but she couldn't deny how fun it was to watch him judge all those arrows.

9:55:

After much deliberation, the judges have finally decided which five contestants will move forward to the live shows.

Sofia breaks the news to salsa dancers Simon and Maria. They're going to the live shows. As for The Brothers Gage and Craig Reid, Simon reveals they will not be moving forward to the live shows.

Howie tells Jonathan Goodwin that he's moving on to the lives, and Heidi delivers the good news to Shaquira. She's going to the live shows too.

Sadly, The Ninja Twins, Ty Barnett and Ryan Tricks get the axe. But Nolan Neal and Max Major learn from Simon that they will indeed be performing in the live shows.

America's Got Talent, Season 15, Episode 9 Results

It was a long night of good news and let downs, and we even got to see a few last performances. But everyone can't make it through to the live rounds. Below are the names of the acts judges deemed worthy of performing in the live shows.

Simon and Maria—Dancers

Jonathan Goodwin—Daredevil

Shaquira—Singer

Max Major—Mentalist

Nolan Neal—Singer