America’s Got Talent 13 – reality blurred

One of AGT season 13’s finalists, Zurcaroh, received a golden buzzer from Tyra Banks—and also got one on France’s Got Talent. How is that possible?

NBC is extending its hit summer series America’s Got Talent into winter with America’s Got Talent: The Champions, a season that will bring back the best acts from the show’s 13-season life on NBC—plus acts from other Got Talent shows around the world.

America’s Got Talent‘s fifth winner, Michael Grimm, received only about $200,000 as his prize for winning the show, which advertises its prize as $1 million. That’s because he took the lump sum, instead of getting paid over time. During the show’s second season, I analyzed the fine print of America’s Got Talent’s $1 million prize …

about reality blurred

Welcome! I’m Andy Dehnart, a writer who obsessively and critically covers reality TV, focusing on how it’s made and what it means.

I created reality blurred 23 years ago as a place to collect interesting links I found. Today, I review and recommend reality shows, documentaries, and nonfiction entertainment; analyze news and report from behind the scenes; and interview people who create and star in reality TV shows. You’ll also find other people’s insightful takes on reality TV in these pages, too.

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