WATCH: Long Island Teen, 16, Cured from Blindness Earns Golden Buzzer on America's Got Talent

BY KAREN MIZOGUCHI

POSTED ON JUNE 13, 2017 AT 10:57PM EDT

Christian Guardino brushed off his nerves and blew audiences away with his powerful performance!

The 16-year-old boy from Long Island, New York earned the coveted Golden Buzzer from judge Howie Mandel on Tuesday’s America’s Got Talent with a soulful rendition of The Jackson 5’s 1969 single “Who’s Lovin’ You.”

“You were like a little mouse that turned into a lion. You are one of my favorite contestants I’ve seen this year. Not only in terms of your voice. I just like you. There’s something about you, and it’s just the best possible feeling when we meet someone like you,” Simon Cowell told Christian, who teared up on stage.

And when Mandell asked the singer if he could make one wish come true, Christian said: “Probably the golden buzzer.”

I'm so happy that your dreams came true, @christiansings #AGTpic.twitter.com/fgqDlpguQG

— Howie Mandel (@howiemandel) June 14, 2017

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The Golden Buzzer puts Christian directly through to the hit NBC talent competition’s upcoming live rounds.

'I Really Loved It' Heidi Klum Gives Season's Final Golden Buzzer to 13 Year Old Singer on America's Got Talent

BY KAREN MIZOGUCHI

POSTED ON JULY 11, 2017 AT 9:10PM EDT

Heidi Klum had been saving her Golden Buzzer choice on America’s Got Talent, and she chose a deserving young singer to take straight to the live rounds.

On Tuesday’s episode, the supermodel, 44, finally pushed the coveted button after hearing 13-year-old Angelina Green perform her rendition of The Pretenders’ 1994 hit “I’ll Stand By You.”

“I’ve been singing since forever, but I took it seriously when my parents got divorced and it was really hard for me. Music helped me so much,” Green told Klum and judges Simon Cowell, Mel B and Howie Mandel.

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The Miami, Florida, native dedicated the song to her mother, who broke down in tears while standing in the wings.

“I really, really loved what you just did. To me you feel like there’s an old soul inside of that little 13-year-old body, and I really, really loved it. I loved it so much that I’m going to hit the Golden Buzzer,” Klum said.

BREAKING NEWS: @heidiklum used her #GoldenBuzzer on @AngieGreen! #AGT pic.twitter.com/U8SAWmYgG8

— America's Got Talent (@AGT) July 12, 2017

Breathtaking! ‘America’s Got Talent’ deaf singer Mandy Harvey earns Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer [WATCH]

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“Mandy, I don’t think you’re gonna need a translator for this,” “America’s Got Talent” judge Simon Cowell says to deaf singer Mandy Harvey just before hitting his Golden Buzzer, thereby sending her straight through to the Season 12 live rounds. It was a truly breathtaking moment for the 29-year-old woman, who went deaf due to a connective tissue disorder when she was only 18. Watch Harvey sing her original song “Try” in the viral video above.

“Growing up the only thing I wanted to do was sing,” Harvey says in the emotional pre-taped package. After she went deaf in college, she became determined not to give up on her dream. Thanks to her father’s support, Harvey re-taught herself to sing again with the aid of a guitar tuner and by feeling the vibrations. “Music now isn’t about the sound, it’s about the feeling,” she continues.

After singing “Try,” a song she wrote about never giving up, the teary-eyed “AGT” audience gave her a standing ovation. Harvey then earned an immediate Golden Buzzer push from Simon before any of the other judges — Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Mel B — could even give her a critique. Harvey will be joining last week’s Golden Buzzer act Darci Lynne Farmer in the live shows.

“America’s Got Talent” Season 12 has only aired two episodes so far, but it’s already catching America by storm thanks to its various viral performances. Will all of the renewed buzz help the show earn its first Emmy nomination this year for Best Reality-Competition Program? See the complete “America’s Got Talent” winners list in our photo gallery below, and be sure to watch our fun webchat with Mandel about the new season.

America's Got Talent Host Tyra Banks Awards 'Mind-Blowing' Dance Troupe from Ukraine with Golden Buzze

BY KAREN MIZOGUCHI

POSTED ON JUNE 20, 2017 AT 9:22PM EDT

Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Mel B aren’t the only ones who can send America’s Got Talent contestants straight to the live rounds!

Host Tyra Banks shocked audiences when she pushed the coveted Golden Buzzer for Light Balance, a group of dancers from Ukraine who literally lit up the stage with their intricate choreography and neon costumes on Tuesday night’s episode.

“Stop right now. I’m amazed by you guys. You guys wasn’t this incredible? Like crazy good?” Banks asked the audience before going to the judges’ table.

“One of the most mind-blowing performances in #AGT history,” the NBC show tweeted.

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I have never seen anything like @Light_Balance, and I truly believe they earned #GoldenBuzzer! Right?!?!

— Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) June 21, 2017

That moment when… pic.twitter.com/wTQYjgE9eO

— Tyra Banks (@tyrabanks) June 21, 2017

This isn’t Light Balance’s first time on TV or their first appearance on the Got Talentfranchise. The dancers performed for Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent in 2014.