[cheers and applause]
- Hello, there. - Hello.
- Aren't you all pretty and sparkly?
- Well, thank you so much. - Welcome, who are you?
- My name is Joel Claudio, better known as a twirl act.
- A twirler.
- Yes. - Okay.
- Representing baton twirling.
[cheers and applause]
- How old are you?
- [exhales deeply] I just turned 30 years old.
It's my birthday today.
- Ay, happy birthday. Feliz cumpleaños.
- Happy birthday. - Gracias, Sofía, gracias.
- Happy birthday. - Are you lying?
'Cause that would be a good ploy on this show.
- No, no, no. I can go pick up my ID.
I just-- - I wish I had known.
- We believe you.
- I would have brought you a cake--I love cake.
- What got you into twirling?
- I was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
- But nowadays, I live in North Carolina.
Yes. Boricua.
My sister was a majorette in a local group,
and I was in the drumline,
but I've always been fascinated about dancing and performing,
and I don't know why,
from the moment I saw the metal sticks,
they were like-- that's really cool.
And one day, I picked it up, and from that moment then,
I've never let them go. [cheers and applause]
- Why "America's Got Talent"? Tell us.
- It's been a dream since I've watched this show.
Seeing the first winner, Bianca Ryan,
was truly an amazing experience.
And honestly, I can't sing.
And this is the stage that gives all these variety acts
the chance to show our talent.
- Yeah. - And I believe this
is my time to do it. - Yes!
- Well, thank you so much for coming.
And good luck. The stage is yours.
- Thank you so much. I hope you enjoy.
[cheers and applause]
- I can do that.
- Hmm, I doubt it.
[scattered cheers]
- ♪ Don't stop me now
♪ Don't stop me
♪ 'Cause I'm having a good time ♪
♪ Having a good time
♪ I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger ♪
♪ Defying the laws of gravity
♪ I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva ♪
♪ I'm gonna go, go, go, there's no stopping me ♪
♪ I'm burning through the sky, yeah ♪
♪ Two hundred degrees
♪ That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit ♪
♪ I'm traveling at the speed of light ♪
♪ I want to make a supersonic man out of you ♪
[Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" playing]
♪ Don't stop me, don't stop me, don't stop me ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey
♪ Don't stop me, don't stop me ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, I like it ♪
♪ Don't stop me have a good time, good time ♪
♪ Don't stop me, don't stop me, have a good time, good time ♪
♪ Don't stop me, don't stop me ♪
♪ Oh
♪ Let loose, honey, all right
- Yeah! - [laughs]
- Oh!
- Did he just change his outfit?
- Changed his outfit.
♪
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Oh, I'm burning through the sky, yeah ♪
- Bravo!
- ♪ Two hundred degrees
♪ That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit ♪
♪ Traveling at the speed of light ♪
♪ I want to make a supersonic man out of you ♪
♪ I don't want to stop at all
- Aah! - Aah!
- Yeah! That was fabulous!
- Bravo! Bravo!
- ♪ Ah, da, da, ah, ah
- Oh, my God.
- Did you just change your shirt?
- Yes! You just noticed that now?
- You didn't see him?
- You just noticed this now?
- I did. I was watching the twirling.
- Oh, my God. - Amazing!
- He literally just noticed when you finished--he's like,
"Did he change his top?"
- [laughs] It's magic. - But, you know--
but I feel like you could expand on this.
You should keep changing outfits while you're twirling.
- I'll work on it.
- Because we were both like--I mean,
you give us an outfit change, and we're obsessed.
- He's, like, Mr. Show Business.
- Yes. - I want to do it all.
I want to work everywhere.
- You managed to raise your stick higher
than anyone on the "AGT" stage.
- That's why I was behind the X,
'cause I was afraid I was gonna hit the--
- Never, ever, ever, ever seen it go higher.
I mean, it was stunning.
- Fabulous.
- On top of this,
you have this fantastic personality.
- Yeah. - Thank you.
- Really optimistic.
You can just tell you're a great person.
And that was a great audition.
- Thank you so much. - Amazing.
- Sofía.
- I mean, who would think watching someone twirl,
you could feel all those emotions.
We were excited. We were happy.
- Yeah. - I was nervous...
- Right. - He was gonna drop this thing.
He did it all with the face of passion and happiness.
I loved it.
- This is a dream. Thank you, Sofía.
- Howie. - It's just fun.
You know, that song was good,
and you're, like, a one-man parade.
- Yeah. - And--you really are.
- Exactly. - Yeah.
- And who doesn't love a parade?
You don't need the floats. - I love them.
- You don't need the marching band.
You show up, and nobody's gonna rain on you.
- Amen, thank you. - So let's vote.
I'm gonna kick it off with your first yes--Howie?
- Yes. - Thank you, thank you.
- Sofía. - Yes.
- Simon. - Four yeses.
- Four yeses!
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
- You have the best smile. - Yeah, he's great.
- Bye!
- Yo, yo! Happy birthday!
- Feel like he should be constantly changing,
different pants. - I'm just so excited.
I just can't even express right now how excited I am.
And it's my birthday.