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will look slightly different this season thanks to the new Golden Buzzer rule. During season 19, instead of the judges — and — each having one Golden Buzzer, they will have two. (The Golden Buzzer guarantees that an act moves directly to the Live Shows.

) Host will also have his own Golden Buzzer, meaning there are nine opportunities for an act to . “There’s so many times we needed to give a Golden Buzzer and you ran out,” Crews, 55, exclusively told at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium for the . “It’s kind of like running out of Halloween candy.



You know what I mean? And people [are] still coming to the house. And you keep having to apologize. Not the season, not the season.

” Crews noted that “everyone that needs and deserves” a Golden Buzzer “will be able to get one this year.” Mandel, for his part, couldn’t believe the news of the additional Golden Buzzer. “When we first got note of the Golden Buzzer, originally, I thought, ‘Wow,’” Mandel, 68, recalled.

“There are moments where you just go, ‘Wow,’ and your jaw just drops on that desk and you don’t know how to express it and the power of being able to say, ‘Wow,’ with your hand on a Golden Buzzer and push somebody right to the live shows was amazing.” For Mandel, the power doubling makes “this season epic” compared to previous ones. Cowell, meanwhile, may not be as excited about the Golden Buzzer as his .

Cowell, who shares his son with , said Eric is “always curious” about.

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