AMERICA'S Got Talent judge Sofia Vergara made series history last night when she pressed the first ever live show Golden Buzzer. Sofia, 52, couldn't contain her excitement after one act left her so impressed, she sent the Hakuna Matata Acrobats straight to the finals during Tuesday's two-hour episode. The Modern Family star became the first AGT judge to use the new live show Golden Buzzers after host Terry Crews revealed a major format shakeup that left fans fuming.
The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star announced that "the Golden Buzzer is about to go live", meaning each judge has the power to send one act to the final episode this season. "This summer, anything can happen," Terry teased the live show episodes, before AGT went on hiatus for the duration of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The show was back with a bang, as Sofia reunited with fellow judges Simon Cowell, 64, Heidi Klum, 51, and Howie Mandel, 68, to kick off season 19's first quarterfinal on August 13.
Read More on AGT By the end of the night, the four-member acrobatics group from Tanzania was all anybody could talk about after Hakuna Matata earned the series' first live show Golden Buzzer Heidi praised their "death-defying" performance set to Zayde Wolf's Maniac, as the foursome pulled off incredible headstands and mid-air splits while balancing on top of each other. "The is one of the most difficult, dangerous acts we have seen on a live show," Simon said of their display. "It felt to me like you have arrived.
" "It's death defy.