America’s Got Talent crowned its Season 19 winner last night, and Heidi Klum sure knows how to pick them.
At the conclusion of the reality TV competition’s season finale, host Terry Crews stood on stage with two contestants: Roni Sagi & Rhythm, and Richard Goodall.
Richard Goodall’s first-ever plane trip was to the auditions for Season 19 of AGT, and he instantly captured fans’ hearts with his soulful covers of 1980s power ballads.
Richard famously nabbed Heidi’s “Golden Buzzer,” wowing the judging panel and the audience alike before last night’s finale.
Terry began to announce the winner, leading into an extremely tense pause that felt like it went on forever (it lasted for just over 40 seconds, which is quite a long time when you know millions of people are watching).
Richard Goodall took the title, and performed his audition song, “Don’t Stop Believin’,” along with Neal Schon and members of the band Journey:
