Jack Williams, a ventriloquist from Indianapolis, auditioned on America’s Got Talent on this week’s episode that aired on NBC at 8 PM Tuesday, June 14th.

Earlier, in a 4-minute sneak-peak released on YouTube, Williams had been shown giving a packed Las Vegas crowd a rollicking time along with his puppet friend Foster, as the judges all gave them a standing ovation as he ends the performance.

America’s Got Talent is back this summer, for the 17th year in a row. The show has been a resounding success over the years, and has turned many of its contestants into Global superstars. In fact two other ventriloquists- Terry Fator (Season 2) and Darci Lynne Farmer (Season 12), have won America’s Got Talent in the past, and so the latest tag-team of Williams and Foster have their work cut out. 

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Host Terry Crews returns, as do popular judges Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara, Simon Cowell, and Howie Mandel, who have endeared audiences with their captivating and vibrant personalities- as Williams takes the stage in this early release. Heidi Klum starts off by making a guess, thinking that Jack is a magician- owing to the mysterious black box beside him on stage. “Close. I am a ventriloquist”, corrects the contestant. He then pays his odes to fellow ventriloquist and judge Sofia Vergara, as well as to Terry and Darci. In fact, he credits Terry as his artistic inspiration, saying, “Terry was one of the first ventriloquists I ever saw, and when I saw him on this stage I just thought, I just want to do that, that’s amazing. That’s why I wanted to come here today.”

And with this, he starts the audition unleashing his box of tricks on the eager audience! Foster, his puppet mate, and he seem to clash on stage trying to outdo one another in hilarious ways- throwing out challenges, and then tongue-twisters at each other. In the end, Williams has had enough of Foster’s impudence and punishes him by stripping him of his voice. What follows is a hilarious comedy of errors, and the crowd, and Terry Crews, seem to lap it all up. His performance is rewarded with a standing ovation from all four judges. 

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So who is Jack Williams? Jack has been an active ventriloquist for the past 10 years, taking his performing to venues across the Midwest as well as breaking through in the LA circuit. His talents have helped him amass more than 1 million TikTok followers, and he gained special prominence in 2021, after demonstrating how he could uniquely “delay” his voice- by mouthing phrases first and then speaking a few seconds later. Jack has also featured in the popular show “Good Mythical Morning” which is hosted by Charles Lincoln “Link” and Rhett James MacLaughlin in a video that has been seen more than 2 million times.

So what do you think of Jack? Do you believe that he has what it takes to be the next big thing in AGT? The latest episode just aired on NBC at 8 PM tonight, so stay tuned to NBC to learn more about him and his fate, and what the judges have had to say about his performance!