Simon Cowell vowed to get a tattoo of the word ‘kindness’ on Monday’s episode of America’s Got Talent: The Champions if his favorite act Boogie Storm wins.
The 60-year-old judge has long loved the British dance troupe, which performs in stormtrooper costume, and he’d been rooting for them all season.
Simon had even used judge Howie Mandel’s Golden Buzzer to send the act through to the finals in a move that had viewers and social media reeling.
International edition: Howie Mandel, Alesha Dixon, Heidi Klum, Simon Cowell and host Terry Crews welcomed the top 10 to Monday’s episode of America’s Got Talent: The Champions
Simon became an even bigger fan of Boogie Storm when his son Eric, five, introduced them Monday by appearing on a screen onstage clad as a stormtrooper.
‘Daddy, we can rule the galaxy together as father and son,’ Eric said, to his father’s enormous delight. ‘But first, judge these guys.’
When another dance act, the Denver, Colorado-based Silhouettes, came to the stage, Simon found himself making the unusual bet.
The Silhouettes’ shadow dance ended with the dancers spelling out the word ‘kindness,’ which Simon couldn’t read.
![Dancing stormtroopers: Boogie Storm has been a longtime favorite of Simon who stole Howie Mandel's Golden Buzzer to advance them into the finals](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24591512-7990139-image-a-38_1581406593546.jpg)
Dancing stormtroopers: Boogie Storm has been a longtime favorite of Simon who stole Howie Mandel’s Golden Buzzer to advance them into the finals
![Silhouette routine: The Silhouettes performed a shadow dance that ended with the dancers spelling out the word 'kindness,' which Simon couldn't read](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590522-7990139-image-a-39_1581406612816.jpg)
Silhouette routine: The Silhouettes performed a shadow dance that ended with the dancers spelling out the word ‘kindness,’ which Simon couldn’t read
‘Kindness,’ judge Heidi Klum, 46, emphasized. ‘How would you not see it? How come we see it? I think you should tattoo this on your arm.’
‘If Boogie Storm win tonight, I will get a tattoo,’ superfan Simon vowed.
All of the judges had their own particular favorites on the finals show, in which the 10 best acts from the second season of AGT: Champions were featured.
![Arm tattoo: Heidi suggested that Simon get a 'kindness' tattoo on his arm](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590530-7990139-image-m-41_1581406622133.jpg)
Arm tattoo: Heidi suggested that Simon get a ‘kindness’ tattoo on his arm
As usual, everyone loved Alexa Lauenberger, the 11-year-old German dog trainer whose act with her eight pups thoroughly charmed the judges.
As a cover of Nicki Minaj’s Starships played in the background, the dogs leaped, rolled and danced on a space-themed set, with Alexa playing lead astronaut.
Alexa, the 2017 winner of Germany’s Got Talent, had one dog doing high backflips in the air, then joining all the other dogs in running hurdles.
![Dog act: As usual, everyone loved Alexa Lauenberger, the 11-year-old German dog trainer whose act with her eight pups thoroughly charmed the judges](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590546-7990139-image-a-42_1581406696042.jpg)
Dog act: As usual, everyone loved Alexa Lauenberger, the 11-year-old German dog trainer whose act with her eight pups thoroughly charmed the judges
The dogs also lined up by size and walked with their paws on each other’s backs.
‘You nailed it,’ judge Alesha Dixon, 41, told Alexa afterward. ‘Those dogs, every single one of them, they are champions already, in my opinion.’
But dog lover Simon felt the act hadn’t lived up to previous performances, telling Alexa: ‘Based on that, you’ve just blown your chances of winning the show.’
![Fan favorite: Terry smiled as Alexa spoke with the judges](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590542-7990139-image-a-43_1581406705332.jpg)
Fan favorite: Terry smiled as Alexa spoke with the judges
Next up were the acrobats Duo Transcend, a husband-and-wife team that made the judges gasp by doing a death-defying act blindfolded.
While swinging high above the stage, principal Mary Wolfe dropped out of her husband Tyce Nielsen’s arms, and flipped back up onto him, terrifying viewers.
In a series of swift moves, she also rolled up and stood on his shoulders, dropped down and let him catch her by one leg, and somersaulted to the bar in mid-air.
![The host: Terry also hosted season one of AGT: The Champions](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590536-7990139-image-a-44_1581406718126.jpg)
The host: Terry also hosted season one of AGT: The Champions
![Dynamic duo: Duo Transcend made the judges gasp by doing a death-defying act blindfolded](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590508-7990139-image-a-45_1581406726542.jpg)
Dynamic duo: Duo Transcend made the judges gasp by doing a death-defying act blindfolded
‘Oh God,’ cringed Heidi, clutching her head, as Howie, 64, prayed.
In their video package, the Utah-based acrobats said they had both been athletic growing up, but craved an unconventional form of fitness.
‘When we started trapeze, it was a perfect mix of who we are,’ recalled Tyce, 30. ‘It combines all of our passions: dance, beauty, and athleticism. Danger.’
![Danger act: While swinging high above the stage, principal Mary Wolfe dropped out of her husband Tyce Nielsen's arms, and flipped back up onto him, terrifying viewers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590496-7990139-image-m-68_1581407134221.jpg)
Danger act: While swinging high above the stage, principal Mary Wolfe dropped out of her husband Tyce Nielsen’s arms, and flipped back up onto him, terrifying viewers
The duo got a standing ovation after their set, and Mary sobbed as she hugged Tyce.
‘I think this was the best performance we’ve ever seen from these two, because they took such a ginormous risk,’ Simon observed of last year’s AGT finalists.
‘It was so difficult what you just did, so dangerous… I think you’ve just given yourselves a real shot after that.’
![Getting emotional: Mary sobbed after the duo received a standing ovation](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590490-7990139-image-a-47_1581406767994.jpg)
Getting emotional: Mary sobbed after the duo received a standing ovation
Young singer Angelina Jordan, 13, who’d won Norway’s Got Talent in 2014, also received Heidi’s Golden Buzzer earlier this season.
Her cover of Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road mesmerized the audience, with Howie calling it ‘hypnotic.’
‘You make your Golden Buzzer mama so proud,’ Heidi affirmed. ‘I can see it all the way down to my bones that you are a superstar in the making.’
![Teen talent: Angelina Jordan, 13, who'd won Norway's Got Talent in 2014, performed a cover of Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590544-7990139-image-m-67_1581407122893.jpg)
Teen talent: Angelina Jordan, 13, who’d won Norway’s Got Talent in 2014, performed a cover of Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Simon agreed, saying she’d made unexpected vocal choices, and praising her for ‘making this final way, way better.’
He couldn’t hold back his excitement when he heard Boogie Storm, a finalist in Britain’s Got Talent in 2016, would be performing next.
The stormtroopers rocked the stage with their patented flips and hip-hop dance moves to songs by J. Balvin, Lil Nas X, DMX and DJ Casper.
![Dance troupe: The stormtroopers rocked the stage with their patented flips and hip-hop dance moves to songs by J. Balvin, Lil Nas X, DMX and DJ Casper](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590478-7990139-image-a-66_1581407114627.jpg)
Dance troupe: The stormtroopers rocked the stage with their patented flips and hip-hop dance moves to songs by J. Balvin, Lil Nas X, DMX and DJ Casper
Howie X’d them right away, saying, ‘I don’t get it. The dancing is not fantastic. There’s no message.’
‘Let me tell you the message,’ Simon retorted. ‘That was hope. Hope because this is a group of people who historically are not known as being nice people, but they have flown millions and millions of miles to appear on America’s Got Talent: The Champions.’
‘I really think the dark side has become the light side, and I applaud you,’ he added, standing up and clapping at them vigorously.
![X vote: Howie buzzed in to give Boogie Storm an 'X' claiming the dancing wasn't fantastic and they had no message](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590526-7990139-image-m-65_1581407022483.jpg)
X vote: Howie buzzed in to give Boogie Storm an ‘X’ claiming the dancing wasn’t fantastic and they had no message
The Silhouettes, which followed Boogie Storm, were still reeling from having won Alesha’s Golden Buzzer earlier this season.
In their first appearance on AGT in 2011, ‘we were not that good,’ admitted coach Lynne Patton. ‘Since then, we’ve been like, ”We’ve been given this gift, and we’re going to get better and better and better.”
Their performance was a testament to that, using shadow play to tell the story of a family who’d lost their home and been forced to beg for money before members of their community helped them get the keys to a place of their own.
![Sad story: Silhouettes used shadow play to tell the story of a family who'd lost their home and been forced to beg for money before members of their community helped them get the keys to a place of their own](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590520-7990139-image-a-51_1581406815388.jpg)
Sad story: Silhouettes used shadow play to tell the story of a family who’d lost their home and been forced to beg for money before members of their community helped them get the keys to a place of their own
The dancers spelled out ‘Kindness’ with their bodies at the end of the set.
Simon couldn’t read it, asking his fellow judges repeatedly what it said, as they shouted ‘Kindness! Kindness!’ at him.
When the act finished, Alesha and many audience members were in tears.
![In tears: Alesha was left in tears by Silhouette and their moving performance calling for kindness](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590532-7990139-image-m-64_1581407011072.jpg)
In tears: Alesha was left in tears by Silhouette and their moving performance calling for kindness
‘You’re not just here to win this, you’re here to change the world, and hopefully your world changes because of it,’ Howie told the group
As the dancers beamed, Simon offered a crushing critique, saying that while he loved them as dancers and people, he didn’t think they were as good as before.
‘Absolute rubbish,’ Alesha protested, putting her hand up to silence him.
![Good times: The judges and Terry laughed during the two-hour episode on NBC](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590512-7990139-image-a-53_1581406860280.jpg)
Good times: The judges and Terry laughed during the two-hour episode on NBC
That’s when Heidi teased Simon that he should get a tattoo, and he agreed.
Everyone’s mood lifted when ‘German cabaret star’ Hans came onstage, entering to Mis-Teeq’s Scandalous, which delighted former Mis-Teeq singer Alesha.
Hans, played by Australian Matt Gilbertson, began with a dull cover of Danke Schoen, then switched to a raucous rendition of Jennifer Lopez’s Let’s Get Loud.
![Cabaret star: Hans, played by Australian Matt Gilbertson, began with a dull cover of Danke Schoen, then switched to a raucous rendition of Jennifer Lopez's Let's Get Loud](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590506-7990139-image-a-54_1581406886659.jpg)
Cabaret star: Hans, played by Australian Matt Gilbertson, began with a dull cover of Danke Schoen, then switched to a raucous rendition of Jennifer Lopez’s Let’s Get Loud
Heidi and Alesha jumped out of their seats to dance as Hans ran around, did splits and helped his team keep balloons and confetti circulating in the air.
Violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa, 12, had already made it far on last year’s AGT, but was out to win with an affecting version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah.
Simon said on a previous episode that he thought Tyler might be able to win, and he reiterated it after his performance, calling the song ‘vulnerable’ and ‘daring.’
![Young musician: Violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa, 12, had already made it far on last year's AGT, but was out to win with an affecting version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590484-7990139-image-m-63_1581406998765.jpg)
Young musician: Violinist Tyler Butler-Figueroa, 12, had already made it far on last year’s AGT, but was out to win with an affecting version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
‘What is there not to love about Tyler?’ Alesha asked.
Dance troupe V. Unbeatable, which finished fourth on AGT in 2019, were also back to make their dreams come true.
The Mumbai, India-based dancers, many of whom lived in slums back home, turned in a propulsive performance, throwing each other across the stage and flipping off and over a wide range of objects, from a bicycle to a bedsheet.
![Unbeatable routine: Dance troupe V. Unbeatable, which finished fourth on AGT in 2019, were also back to make their dreams come true](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590504-7990139-image-a-56_1581406913008.jpg)
Unbeatable routine: Dance troupe V. Unbeatable, which finished fourth on AGT in 2019, were also back to make their dreams come true
It was an explosion of light and sound, and Howie, for one, couldn’t get enough.
‘I said it the first time I saw them on AGT,’ he affirmed, wearing a necklace made of flowers that the dancers had given the judges. ‘This is by far the best act that has graced any of the stages from any talent show.’
‘Not only is it the best act,’ he went on, ‘but the people themselves have more passion and more dedication than any group I’ve ever seen.’
![Standing ovation: The Mumbai, India-based dancers, many of whom lived in slums back home, earned a standing ovation from the judges](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590502-7990139-image-a-57_1581406923566.jpg)
Standing ovation: The Mumbai, India-based dancers, many of whom lived in slums back home, earned a standing ovation from the judges
Singer Marcelito Pomoy, 35, who won Philippines Got Talent in 2011, thrilled fans with his cover of Beauty And The Beast, doing both the male and female parts.
After he finished singing, Alesha told Marcelito that he had upped his game, though Simon thought his song choice was too ‘predictable.’
Closing out the night were the acrobats of Sandou Trio Russian Bar, which had made it all the way to AGT’s semifinals back in 2011.
![Both parts: Singer Marcelito Pomoy, 35, who won Philippines Got Talent in 2011, thrilled fans with his cover of Beauty And The Beast, doing both the male and female parts](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590492-7990139-image-m-62_1581406986312.jpg)
Both parts: Singer Marcelito Pomoy, 35, who won Philippines Got Talent in 2011, thrilled fans with his cover of Beauty And The Beast, doing both the male and female parts
Their riveting show found lead performer Cassie Sandou bouncing and tumbling 50 feet in the air off of a thin moving platform, itself placed above 160 spikes.
When she lit the platform on fire around her, the judges winced and they got even more nervous when she blindfolded herself and did somersaults on it.
‘Oh my goodness,’ Alesha said tightly as people in the crowd screamed.
After the audience finished giving the trio a standing ovation, Howie told them they were ‘crazy …crazy amazing.’
![Last act: Closing out the night were the acrobats of Sandou Trio Russian Bar, which had made it all the way to AGT's semifinals back in 2011](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590472-7990139-image-m-61_1581406960075.jpg)
Last act: Closing out the night were the acrobats of Sandou Trio Russian Bar, which had made it all the way to AGT’s semifinals back in 2011
‘You literally lit a fire under this audience,’ he cracked. ‘You really did.’
Simon agreed, saying, ‘I thought I knew where this competition was going to go beforehand. This has completely changed my mind afterwards.’
America’s Got Talent: The Champions will return next week on NBC for its season finale.
![On fire: Their riveting show found lead performer Cassie Sandou bouncing and tumbling 50 feet in the air off of a thin moving enflamed platform, itself placed above 160 spikes](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/11/07/24590480-7990139-image-a-59_1581406940598.jpg)
On fire: Their riveting show found lead performer Cassie Sandou bouncing and tumbling 50 feet in the air off of a thin moving enflamed platform, itself placed above 160 spikes