{"id":6933,"date":"2026-06-10T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=6933"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:17:54","slug":"magician-yu-hojin-returns-to-agt-earning-howie-mandels-golden-buzzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=6933","title":{"rendered":"Magician Yu Hojin Returns to \u2018AGT\u2019 Earning Howie Mandel\u2019s Golden Buzzer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>America\u2019s Got Talent <\/em>is back for Season 21 and so is Season 17 finalist Yu Hojin. Shockingly, the now 33 year old magician, is back with a new act that has stolen Howie Mandel\u2019s Golden Buzzer.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yu Hojin Returns to <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Season 17 Magician Yu Hojin returned to the <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em> stage during Season 21\u2019s second episode. He was seen talking behind the scenes with early release magician Geno Ploeger, discussing the fact that it\u2019s his second time on the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While looking back at his Season 17 act, Yu admitted that Simon Cowell thought his audition wasn\u2019t big enough. Now, he\u2019s looking to redeem himself from Cowell\u2019s \u2018no.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"He Came Back To Audition Again And Got The GOLDEN BUZZER!\" width=\"749\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhTJGBnpuSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t stop thinking that Simon said no to me, and ever since then, it changed how I think about magic and performance,\u201dhe said. \u201cWinning <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em> is my biggest dream. This time, I\u2019ve got to take it all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cowell was supportive of Yu returning to the stage, saying that often he tells people to come back and they do better. The act then began with multiple other people joining Yu on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group, deemed \u201cHundred Fingers\u201d took on magic in a performance, similar to both The Mayyas and Murmuration. While performing magic, there was also a choreography element keeping viewers engaged. Cards literally appear out of nowhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Howie Mandel Hits The Golden Buzzer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the act, Terry Crews was seen running behind stage to hit the Golden Buzzer, but Howie Mandel got to it first. Mandel propelled his entire body on to the Golden Buzzer, then screamed in cheer for the act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crews, on the other hand, was upset to see Mandel beat him. Mandel was then seen behind the scenes telling the group he\u2019s \u201cnever seen a better magic act in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cowell then approached Yu. The magician explained to the judge that he wants to win the season and especially wants to \u201cmake something different than anyone.\u201d The judge then called the act \u201cone of the best I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair hugged, before Yu shook the hands of all of the other judges. Behind the stage, Mandel and Crews argued over the fact that Crews was too late to hit the Golden Buzzer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Would you have given Hundred Fingers the Golden Buzzer? <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TalentRecap\">Let us know on X!<\/a> Be sure to tune into <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em> on Tuesdays at 8PM ET so you don\u2019t miss a minute of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s Got Talent is back for Season 21 and so is Season 17 finalist Yu Hojin. Shockingly, the now 33 year old magician, is back with a new act that has stolen Howie Mandel\u2019s Golden Buzzer. Yu Hojin Returns to America\u2019s Got Talent Season 17 Magician Yu Hojin returned to the America\u2019s Got Talent stage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bestmusicauditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6935,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6933\/revisions\/6935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}