Simon calls one act the ‘definition of courage’ after they perform an awe-inspiring routine despite injury

Sebastián left the judges stunned after performing a stunning two-person aerial acrobatics after his partner Sonia was injured during rehearsals

America has talent has been enhanced with a new inspiring ‘golden buzzer’ moment!

During the September 3 episode of the hit talent show, Sebastián and Sonia, a duo from Barcelona, ​​Spain, proved that the show must go on after Sonia injured her arm during rehearsals. Despite the setback, Sebastián performed a solo routine to Shawn Mendes’ “In My Blood.”

As he twirled, spun and performed gravity-defying aerial acrobatics, the audience gave Sebastián a standing ovation as they watched in awe. When he finished his routine, Sonia joined him on stage and they shared a kiss before being praised by judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel.

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“A lot of people would have given up,” Simon said, before asking rhetorically, “How can you do this act with two people with one person and still make it incredible?”

“Honestly, I think most people would say, you know what, we had an accident and that’s why we can’t continue. But you did the opposite, you continued,” he added.

As the fans’ cheers grew louder, Simon said that Sebastián deserved a special mention, not “just because” of Sonia’s accident, but because his performance was “the best reaction we’ve had so far.” He then pressed the coveted golden buzzer for the night.

Gold confetti fell and Simon walked onto the stage to hug the overjoyed duo and congratulate them on Sebastián’s performance.

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When host Terry Crews asked Sebastián how he felt, he replied, “Right now we feel like it was all worth it. It was a really tough day, I only had three days to (put this act together) and I (wanted to) just do the best I could.”

Terry then spoke to Simon, who explained why he felt the duo deserved the top honour of the evening.

“That’s the definition of courage. You don’t give up, you don’t,” he said, before giving fans a glimpse of the brief words he exchanged with the pair. “I just said, are you going to make it to the final? And she said yes, so that was by far the best thing tonight.”

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With the Live Show Golden Buzzer in their pocket, Sebastián and Sonia go straight to the America has talent final. They join AIRFOOTWORKS’ who received the Howie’s Live Show Golden Buzzer in last week’s episode.

On August 6, NBC announced that AGT would change the live show format by introducing the first ever Live Show Golden Buzzer. For the first time in the series, all four judges will have the chance to send acts straight to the final with a Live Show buzzer during four weeks of quarter-finals.

After the quarter-finals, 12 acts will advance to the semi-finals, where they will compete for the top six spots based on viewer votes. Those six acts will then join the four Live Show Golden Buzzers in the two-night finale, which begins on Tuesday, September 17 and ends on Tuesday, September 24.

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