Hi, Ellen.
How are you doing?
So good to see.
Most of you have been here.
There's a few new faces here.
Yes.
My name is Ty, Tyree Sowell.
Hi.
My dance name is Ty Live.
I'm from the Bronx.
I'm Alexis.
I go by Thrilla.
I'm from Dominican, you know.
Dominican Republic.
Thank you for being here.
These guys, as you know, I mean, I love you all so much.
And congratulations on getting all the way
to the semifinals of AGT.
I mean--
Thank you.
--that's amazing.
So two years ago, we had you on the show.
I saw a viral video and loved you so much,
we built a subway so that you could perform that dance number
on the subway.
And I was just blown away by it.
So I'm just so happy for everything that y'all have done
since then.
Thank you.
We appreciate it.
It's crazy that it's really been two years.
Time just went past so fast.
And you don't know what you did for us, Ellen.
You put us on a high pedestal.
You're one of the most influential people
on this planet.
And for you to co-sign us and bring us on your show
and build the subway, that meant a lot.
You helped us book a lot of gigs.
Yes.
You was-- Ellen show was even the reason why AGT hit us
up and asked us to audition.
So that's all thanks to you.
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I'm so glad.
Listen, the fact that y'all are that talented and I can give
you a platform and let the world see you,
I'm thrilled to do that.
I mean, it's my honor.
So the coolest thing was-- because I was watching--
and your first audition, Simon hit the golden buzzer.
Which, I mean--
Yeah.
It got us feeling like all-stars,
I'm not going to like.
Grandma watches "The Ellen Show" every day.
She's like, oh my God, look at Joel's girlfriend.
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Hi, mom.
Yeah, that was-- I mean, I thought
that was really cool that he hit the golden buzzer.
Yeah, we had no clue we were going to get the golden buzzer.
That's how great--
You don't even know.
You're the one who gave us the confidence
to go out there and just kill it.
That's right.
Before we was even on "The Ellen Show,"
we was just making these subway videos, going viral,
you know, just trying to get some exposure.
You're the one who gave us that confidence that we could
conquer anything in this world.
Ellen co-signed us, then the sky's the limit.
So thank you again.
Thank you.
Well, let me tell you something, you can accomplish anything.
Anyone can accomplish anything you put your mind to.
And I want you to talk about what you're wearing.
Because you wore this on AGT as well.
So tell everybody about the sweatshirts.
See.
Check it out.
See, Ellen, it was my idea to put these messages
on our sweatshirt.
We even put our friend's name.
During quarantine, it's been rough for us.
We lost a lot of our brothers for many different reasons.
And we wanted the people to know that we stand with them.
So we put Breonna Taylor, George Floyd on our shoes
and on our hoodies.
Because there's only one race, and that's the human race.
You know, we're young black African-American men.
We know how it feels to experience
police brutality just because the color of our skin.
You know, we just dancing, trying to stay positive.
But people think the worst of you because where you come from
and how you look.
But that really doesn't matter, you know,
it's really what's inside.
Yes.
And what's important is that every platform
that we get to touch, it's important
that we share our message and let people
know where we stand in this world.
It's a lot going on.
And with us, it's harder for us.
Because we come from one of the toughest cities in New York.
And basically, we know everything that's going on.
Like he said, we all personally experience
police brutality just off of the color of our skin.
So for us to actually make it to places like Hollywood
and the Ellen DeGeneres show, and we
can be able to spread our message and say, hey, you know,
stand up for what's right.
You know, speak for equality and how we're all one
at the end of the day.
Right.
We're God's children.
And show everybody that you are the most talented dancers.
Thank you.
I mean, really.
Y'all are just-- I can't wait for anyone who hasn't seen
y'all dance.
What I love about you too is, I mean, you dance on the subway,
so that's how you make your money.
I mean, you don't just do it for entertainment.
You love it and it's your passion,
but you do it to make money.
And you haven't been able to do that since the pandemic.
And you still give back to your community.
Even though you're not making money,
you're doing everything you can to help the community, which
is--
it just shows you what amazing young men you are.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
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It's amazing when you get to inspire young kids who
look at this show.
And it's like, that can be me.
Just stay strong to your passions.
Yeah.
Here to perform, please welcome Waffle Dance Crew.
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Let's go!
Fantastic.
Yep, look at that.
You guys are amazing.
You didn't win AGT, but our friends
AT Shutterfly love helping create life's
most memorable moments.
And they want to give you, the dance crew, $25,000.
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You can catch the finals of AGT tonight at 8:00 on NBC.
We will be right back.