AGT Season 21 Finalists Revealed Live — Did America Vote In The Right Acts?

The votes are in, and we now know which acts will be competing in next week's Season 21 finale of "America's Got Talent."

Prior to the Wednesday, September 16, results show, four acts — magic group Hundred Fingers, rocker Nene Royal, singer Lai Noelle, and robot dance troupe Unitree — had already secured their spot in the finals after receiving Golden Buzzers from the judges during the quarterfinals.

This left just six open spots for the season's remaining semifinalists — dog group Acro Canine Crew, magician Kameron Marshall, comedic singer Cesar Dias, aerialist Veronika Goroshkova, rapper Luke Taleno, Royal Lasers, dog act Olivia Befus, magic duo Young & Strange, dance troupe Come Here, comedian Daniel Alvarez, magician Geno Ploeger, and singer Travis Garland — to fight for. And fight they did, delivering a night of unforgettable performances on Tuesday, September 15.

With Simon Cowell still on medical leave from the competition, regular judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, and Sofia Vergara presided over Wednesday's dramatic results hour, as host Terry Crews gradually revealed which acts America chose to vote into the finals.

Read on for a complete breakdown of Wednesday's results to find out which acts are competing in the two-night Season 21 finale, beginning on Tuesday, September 22.

For their semifinals performance on Tuesday, the Acro Canine Crew invited "America's Got Talent" viewers to an all-pink sleepover, complete with more impressive flips and tricks from humans and dogs alike. The soundtrack? Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," of course.

"I mean, we've had dogs on the show before, but what you do and what you bring is something so different," Mel B told them after their latest routine. "So fun, so exciting. Your dogs are brilliant, your company is brilliant — I just have the biggest smile on my face. Thank you!"

And we're sure the viewers had similar smiles on their faces as they voted Acro Canine Crew through to next week's finals.

Determined to leave a good impression on the judges and voters, Kameron Marshall returned to "America's Got Talent" for the semifinals with another mind-boggling act, this time revealing a new tattoo that matched the card Sofia Vergara came up with.

"Kameron, you really keep getting better and better and better," she told him. "That is a commitment to tattoo part of your act! I helped you a lot, I did a great job. But I am so proud of you, you deserve to be here tonight!"

Marshall might be regretting that tattoo after Wednesday's results show; he was the first act eliminated during the live broadcast.

Shocker: nothing went "according to plan" during Cesar Dias' semifinals performance of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" on Tuesday. From a wardrobe malfunction to a fall from the stage, it was more of the same shtick we've come to expect from him.

"I said it last time, but you're a clown, and now the surprise is kind of over as far as what's going to happen," Howie Mandel told Dias. Fortunately, he pivoted to compliments from there: "I'll tell you what the joy is — the joy is when you're performing, looking over at Sofia's face and seeing the tears and the laughter and the joy that you are putting on that woman's face is worth more than $1 million."

Sadly, Dias will have to spread his signature brand of joy elsewhere, as the "America's Got Talent" voters eliminated him during Wednesday's live results show.

Olivia Rodrigo's "Stupid Song" provided the soundtrack for Veronika Goroshkova's semifinals routine on Tuesday, which is fitting, as the gravity-defying display was nothing short of stupefying. 

"I mean, I've said this before, but you're so elegant, and what you're doing seems so seamless and effortless," Mel B told Goroshkova, asking if she ever gets dizzy when she's spinning around on stage. The short answer? No, but only after a lot of practice.

And Terry Crews had good news for Goroshkova on Wednesday: she earned enough votes to spin her way right into next week's finals.

Luke Taleno hoped to impress the judges and the voters at home with another uplifting original song, this time titled "The American Dream," during Tuesday's live semifinals.

"You know what? You are the American dream," Howie Mandel told Taleno. "You have had to battle your whole life through your health, and then you manifested yourself last year backstage, telling Simon you were going to end up on that stage. ... You are making your dream come true, and now it is up to America. You've got to keep this dream happening! You are, to me, the new Eminem."

Those words from Mandel only make it more painful for us to say that Taleno was, in fact, eliminated during Wednesday's live results show.

You could say that Royal Lasers took things to the next level in their semifinals performance on Tuesday, performing a video game-themed routine set to Benson Boone's "Mr. Electric Blue."

Covered in streamers, Mel B couldn't stop singing Royal Laser's praises when all was said and done. "I absolutely thoroughly enjoyed that," she said. "By the way, your choreography is on point. The way that you are so precise, following along with [the game], it's just brilliant."

Unsurprisingly, the "America's Got Talent" voters beamed Royal Lasers into the finale during Wednesday's live results show.

The other Season 21 dog act, Olivia Befus, was done playing around when her moment on stage arrived on Tuesday — well, except for the impressive game of volleyball she played with one of her canine companions, set to BTS' "Dynamite."

"My favorite thing about your act is that I can tell that those dogs love you," Sofia Vergara told Befus. "They can't wait to be on stage on with you, and that makes me very very happy. Congratulations!"

Well, the dogs aren't the only ones who love Befus, as we learned when she was became the first act sent through to the finals during Wednesday's live results show.

Claiming to have the "greatest magic prop in 'AGT' history" is a pretty tall order, but that's exactly what Young & Strange alleged in Tuesday's semifinals — but not everyone was impressed.

"You know I love you guys, you know I do, that did not cut it for me," Mel B told them. "Your last performance was so much better. But it's not up to me, it's up to America!" (For the record, Howie Mandel couldn't have disagreed with her more.)

The voters, apparently, sided with Mel B, eliminating Young & Strange during Wednesday's live results show.

Olivia Rodrigo also provided the soundtrack to Come Here's semifinals performance. The dance group moved, posed, and wowed their way through her smash hit "Vampire."

"You are my favorite human dance troupe on this season," Howie Mandel told them. "If they vote you through, your competition is robots," he said, alluding to Unitree. "But you came off like machines. The synchronicity that you [displayed] wasn't human. The way you all move, it was perfection. I wish you luck."

And that luck came in handy! It was revealed during Wednesday's live results show that the "America's Got Talent" viewers voted Come Here through to the finals.

Daniel Alvarez returned for the semifinals on Tuesday with more self-deprecating humor ("I love dancing, because every dance is a lap dance for me") and jokes about his fellow competitors ("It's so hard to compete against dogs, because we're all thinking the same thing... could I pet that dog?").

Alvarez got high praise from fellow comedian Howie Mandel, who said, "I love you, and I think America loves you, and I think this audience loves you."

Maybe Mandel misjudged the love this time around, as Alvarez was sadly among the acts eliminated during Wednesday's results show.

Fall is officially here, and magician Geno Ploeger took the "America's Got Talent" audience back to school with a homework-themed routine during the semifinals on Tuesday. 

Ploeger's routine left the audience roaring — and the judges' heads spinning. "They're chanting his name in here," Sofia Vergara said. "I'm going to say it again, I'm so glad we're not the ones voting or picking tonight. Every act has been spectacular. That was amazing."

Fortunately for Ploeger, the people who were responsible for voting did so in his favor. He was the last act sent through to the finals on Wednesday.

Travis Garland closed out Tuesday's semifinals with an appropriately emotional take on Billie Eilish's "when the party's over," hoping that America would keep his own party going with their votes.

"You know I have loved your voice from the very beginning, and I love how you keep on taking risks," Mel B told Garland. "Now, this song started off not very good, I have to say. But by the middle, when you did the key change and you did all those trills, you got me."

Sadly, Garland will not be singing on the "America's Got Talent" stage again; he was the final act eliminated on Wednesday.

How do you feel about the way Wednesday's results shook out? Vote for the acts you would have sent to the finals in our poll below, then drop a comment with the act you predict will win Season 21.