Spoilers ahead for Episode 5 of America's Got Talent Season 19. As usual, America's Got Talent is packed full of talented singers and musicians in Season 19, with performers like Dee Dee Simon with Dreamgirls and – most recently – golden buzzer-winner Pranysqa Mishra in particular standing out. In the latest episode of the 2024 TV schedule on July 2, a boy band took the stage with a goal of impressing Simon Cowell , a.
k.a. the man behind One Direction.
Results were mixed, although they made a better impression after Cowell insisted they switch songs as is his wont ...
but Howie Mandel's feedback indicated he only thinks one of the five boys has the makings of a star, and it's kind of brutal to watch. The boy band is the latest incarnation of the Puerto Rican group Menudo, with roots going back to the 1970s and once featuring none other than Ricky Martin. The five current members introduced themselves to Cowell on AGT as Ezra, Ale, Andrés, Gabriel, and Nicolas.
They didn't really have a nostalgic backstory as a group, as they explained they met during nationwide auditions, but they selected a song called "Amnesia" to perform in Spanish for the judges. That plan changed before they got too far into their song, as Cowell asked them to change to a different number and they sang "Feelin'" instead. After they were able to finish that number, they got their feedback from the judges, with Howie Mandel powering through the boos from the audience to say this: Here's what I think.
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