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Season nine of the reality competition series ''America's Got Talent'' premiered on May 27, 2014 and was won by magician Mat Franco. Nick Cannon returned for his sixth season as host. This is Howie Mandel's fifth season, Howard Stern's third season, and Mel B and Heidi Klum both returned for their second season on the judging panel. The live shows were shot from Radio City Music Hall in New York. The season ended on September 17, 2014. Emily West took second place while Acro Army, a gymnastics group took third place. This season saw only one "X" in the live shows. Stern buzzed rollerskater Juan Carlos in the second quarterfinal. The season had fewer buzzes than any other in the series. ==New additions== On April 8, 2014, NBC announced that ''Talent'' returned to Radio City Music Hall for the live shows, which began on July 29. The Las Vegas rounds were eliminated. Instead, the "bootcamp" round of auditions was held in New York City in front of a live studio audience. Stern confirmed on his radio show that after three acts were taped during "Judgement Week", producers scrapped the live audience concept. Others asserted that the reason was because the show was having a hard time filling seats.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXhNmefmjo〕 Also in this season came the initiation of a "golden buzzer"—which was also unveiled on ''that year's Britain's Got Talent''. Each judge was permitted to press the buzzer only once during the season to have an act go through to the next round, typically used when there is a tie.〔http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/americas_got_talent_offers_a_golden_buzzer-2014-04〕 This is regardless of the other judges' opinions. However, rather than sending acts straight through to the live shows as in ''Britain's Got Talent'', an act on which the Golden Buzzer was used would only be given a free pass to the next round of the competition, Judgment Week. That format was added in the next season. Forty-eight acts were sent through to the live shows. The judges chose 47 of these acts, with the last contestant chosen by the general public. For the last slot, contestants uploaded their audition videos to the ''Today'' website, and the top 3 performed on Rockefeller Plaza. Viewers voted for their favorite act to be sent straight to the live shows.〔(Today's Got Talent )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「America's Got Talent (season 9)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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