America's Got Talent season 15

America's Got Talent
Season 15
Promotional poster for season 15, featuring (L to R) host Crews alongside judges Cowell, Vergara, Klum, and Mandel
Showrunners	Jason Raff Sam Donnelly[1]
Hosted by	Terry Crews
Judges	Howie Mandel Heidi Klum Sofía Vergara Simon Cowell (auditions and Judge Cuts) Eric Stonestreet (guest, auditions) Kelly Clarkson (guest, quarterfinal 1) Kenan Thompson (guest, quarterfinal 2)
Winner	Brandon Leake
Runner-up	Broken Roots
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	May 26 (2020-05-26) – September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23)
Season chronology
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Judges and Host for America's Got Talent Season 15

Howie Mandel

Heidi Klum

Sofía Vergara

Simon Cowell

Terry Crews

The fifteenth season of the American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from May 26 to September 23, 2020. Following the previous season, both Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union left the program, leading to both being replaced prior to filming. Heidi Klum was brought back to resume her former role, while Sofía Vergara was hired to join her as a new judge on the judging panel. Simon Cowell missed the live shows, after sustaining an injury in August. While the first two quarter-finals featured guest judges in his place, the remainder of the live episodes were conducted without any further stand-ins.

The fifteenth season was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the United States in 2020, which affected arrangements for pre-recorded and live episodes. While most audition episodes had been filmed by the end of April (despite minor issues), remaining episodes were disrupted, but resumed after safety measures were implemented to prevent the risk of the infection spreading among staff and participants. Format changes included the use of a virtual audience for the live rounds, an alteration in the program's broadcast schedule for that year, and a revamp to the format for the Judge Cuts round that would condense it into a single episode while featuring no guest judges as in previous seasons.

The fifteenth season was won by spoken word poet Brandon Leake, with singing guitarists duo Broken Roots finishing second, and singer Cristina Rae placing third.^[2] During its broadcast, the season averaged around 6.61 million viewers.