Mayyas win season 17 of America’s Got Talent!
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America’s Got Talent has crowned it’s latest winner!
Mayyas, the Lebanese dancing girl group, won the 17th season of America’s Got Talent. The group won $1 million dollars and will join America’s Got Talent Las Vegas LIVE stage show at Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
The Mayyas first caught the world’s attention during their show-stopping audition, which moved judge Sofía Vergara to press her Golden Buzzer. In the live shows, the group delivered dazzling dance routines that Simon Cowell said would "change the world."
The Mayyas is an all-female alternative dance crew, founded by choreographer Nadim Cherfan, consisting of 36 Lebanese women of different ages. Their main message is female empowerment. The name of their group stems from an Arabic word, meaning the proud walk of a lioness.
During the emotional two-hour finale show, in which the results from public voting were revealed, the 11 finalists performed for a final time on the America's Got Talent stage. Mayyas took the stage alongside Sellars for a mesmerizing performance to a gold lighting backdrop, prompting judge Simon Cowell to give a standing ovation.
"I think that by far, for me personally, it is probably the most impressive, wonderful act I have seen in my years on this show," judge Howie Mandel said. "It's not like anything you can describe. It was amazing. It was just beautiful and mesmerizing and hypnotizing and powerful. Then take into account where they're from and what the culture is, and what they're up against and what women are up against anyhow, all over the world. They need to be the poster people for female empowerment."
