Spoken word performer Brandon Leake has won America’s Got Talent Season 15. Singing duo Broken Roots finished in second place while singer Christina Rae finished came third. 

Brandon was able to captivate the judges and the audience throughout the season with his emotional spoken word performances. He had even earned a golden buzzer from judge Howie Mandel, earlier in the competition. For the finale, Brandon performed an emotional spoken word piece about his daughter. 

Meghan Markle, who made a virtual appearance during the finale to support one of the contestants named Archie, which also happens to be her son’s name, said, “Just wanted to let you know that we’ve been so moved by your story and we’ve been cheering you on every week and it’s not just because we’re partial to the name.”

Winner of the second season of America’s Got Talent: The Champions, Mumbai based dance group V.Unbeatable collaborated with with Indian dancing duo Bad Salsa Group for a performance in the finals. 

The production of the fifteenth season of the hit reality show, which was hosted by actor Terry Crews and judged by Sofía Vergara, Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum, was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it resumed shooting later after new safety measures were enforced.