Million Dollars in next Week's Finals and I know his name it is Merrick Hanna
As a little Kid I was very very shy and quiet I did not talk until I was three
and I didn't have any friends for a long time
he wasn't talking
He didn't want to make eye contact he liked to be by himself
Everyone else had friends on the playground and Merrick didn't and as a Mom that's really hard to see
what really changed everything for me was getting my first few little Toy Robots
I used to imagine that the Robots were all alive and
that they had a mind of their own
The Robots became my best friends.
He would pretend that he, was meeting a new friend and the Robot
was the other friend and they would talk back and forth with each other and that really helped him
Come out of his shell and right after that he started talking to kids at school
We were all in with Robots from that time on! You better believe it! (laughs)
I would say that I'm Robot obsessed
I talked Like a Robot I mimicked the Robot and eventually I started dancing like them. Robots always helped me do what I thought
Was impossible and tonight I hope they can help me make my dreams come true
(crowd cheering)
I was a human
breathing and thinking eating and drinking
Philosophizing now when they asked me I just replied slow and sound like an
IPhone I do not know love
I LOVE THAT VIDOE IT IS SO HOT
inside was a notion
of ...emotion that you cut me open me now that I know this
I am a robot
don't know who sent me, don't know who made me
Everything
okay now, I am a robot *bum bum bum bum bum de bum bum*
I am a robot
I had a fire, .....desire of circuits and wires
inside was an ocean of circuit emotion
you cut me open
*music plays*
I am a robot
(crowd clapping)
Oh my goodness
Heidi what do you think of this Robot Dude this Human Robot
Me? Simon: yes darling, I mean you have Come so far in This Competition and you Really Really
Deserve it I mean you're all on your own on that stage
Simon: well, not quite
Heidi: well yeah, today you had a robot. But You Really Command it Because A lot of the Times There's Many People
Dancing and Helping but it's Really Really up to you and When I feel like I've Seen all of it from you Already you know
You Raise the bar even higher like you did Today so good luck
Thank you. Tara: Simon, what do you think?
Simon: You know, I'm A Huge fan of you Merrick. Look Apart from the fact you had probably the
worst robot I've ever Seen in my life onstage with you. Which actually made made you look better by the way
so that was smart, it's what I like About you you're a really really fun Guy
And You've got something Which is unique
We see a lot of dance Acts on these Shows this is Different it's unique I feel it Comes from you
I Really Really Really Hope, you're in The finals next Week Because I know There's Still more to come from you Merrick, but you've Done Amazing
Amazing. Merrick: thank you, thank you so much
Howie what do you think about Robot Boy
you know I
In this Show more Than the Talent sometimes We Attach a story and Just Hearing your Story for the first Time as Somebody who Started
Their Life With no Expression you weren't Talking you weren't Communicating to show us such Expression
Visually and and With your Body and Everything Is an Amazing Journey so I hope that America Understands that respects That and Votes for that
thank you Howie
Tara: Merrick you were Flying in the Sky he Looks so Comfortable have you ever done that before?
Merrick: No this is the first Time I've Ever Done that and it's Just so amazing Because I just Jump and then I'm soaring through the air
It's incredible!