[cheers and applause]
- Hello. - Hello.
- Welcome. - Thank you.
- What's your name, please?
- My name is Celia. - How old are you?
- I'm 36. - 36. Where are you from?
- I'm from Spain. - I knew that.
[cheers and applause]
So you flown in to do the show, Celia?
- Yeah. - Is this your full time job?
- And was an opera singer. - Wow.
- But now I'm a ventriloquist. - Oh, me too.
- Fantastic. - Since two years, yes.
- How did you go from opera singer to ventricle-ouist?
- Good question. [laughter]
- I mean, I was having fun-- having a red wine.
A nice-- [laughter]
And I saw--I saw Terry Fator by chance
in the YouTube, and I say, wow, what is that?
I'm gonna try this.
I'm gonna try this and then I say, I'm gonna go
to "America's Got Talent," and then...
[cheers and applause]
- Terry Fator.
- Well, that--that is quick.
Normally, people take about 20 years to learn how to do this,
and you've done it in two years.
- I try my best. [laughter]
- Well, you better.
Okay, Celia, good luck.
[cheers and applause]
[footsteps tapping]
[audience member coughs]
- I'm nervous for this.
- I would like to show you how a ventriloquist
gets ready before going on a stage.
All the voices you are gonna hear are coming from me.
[audience member coughs]
I have my props.
I have my voice. And now...
I'll find some music.
[radio turns on, static]
- [in radio voice] Welcome to 9:00 radio. The radio--
[radio switches, static]
[Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" plays on radio]
♪ Lovin' you is easy, 'cause you're beautiful ♪
[radio static]
♪ Has anyone ever sung you a lullaby ♪
- Wow.
- ♪ You can fly above the rainclouds ♪
♪ Close your eyes
♪ Let the melody carry you
♪ Leave all your fears behind - Whoa, that's crazy.
-♪ And float across the rainbow sky to once upon a time ♪
♪ I believe in miracles
♪
♪ I believe that love will conquer all ♪
[cheers and applause] - Yeah!
♪ I believe that anything is pos-- ♪
[phone ringing]
Sorry.
Manolo.
[nasal voice] Yeah, hello, hello.
[normal] I can't talk now. I'm in "America's Got Talent."
[nasal voice] Oh, "America's Got Talent"?
"America's Got Talent"? [laughter]
[normal] Yes, yes. I can't talk now.
I'm on the stage right now.
[nasal voice] Okay. And Sofía Vergara?
[normal] Yes, Sofía Vergara. She's here. She's here.
[laughter]
Okay.
We--we talk later, Manolo, okay? Okay.
[nasal voice] Sofía Vergara. Sofía Vergara.
[normal] See ya, see ya.
[cheers and applause] [radio static]
♪ And I believe again the moment when ♪
♪ I saw you here tonight
♪ Now once upon a time
♪ Has never felt more right ♪
[cheers and applause] - Wow.
- ♪ Ah! Ah!
- Oh, here we go.
- ♪ More right!
[music stops]
[cheers and applause]