America's Got Talent (season 5)

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America's Got Talent
Season 5
Hosted byNick Cannon
Judges
WinnerMichael Grimm
Runner-ups
  • Jackie Evancho
  • Fighting Gravity
No. of episodes32
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseJune 1 (2010-06-01) –
September 15, 2010 (2010-09-15)
Additional information
WebsiteOfficial website
Season chronology
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Season 4
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Season 6

The fifth season of American talent show competition series America's Got Talent was broadcast on NBC from June 1 to September 15, 2010. For this season, production staff introduced two new quarter-finals: one for Wildcards selected from amongst participants eliminated during auditions or their respective quarter-final; and one for participants that auditioned via YouTube, following changes in the online application process. Following the conclusion of the fourth season, David Hasselhoff left the program, with producers replacing him with Howie Mandel.

The fifth season was won by soul singer Michael Grimm, with classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho finishing in second, and blacklight performaners Fighting Gravity placing third. During its broadcast, the season averaged around over 11 million viewers, with its season finale the most watched in the program's history with around 16.41 million viewers.

Season overview[]

Howie Mandel was appointed as Hasselhoff's replacement a week after his departure.

Auditions for the fifth season's competition took place across Winter - mid-Spring 2010, with production staff holding the main auditions that would be filmed within the cities of Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, and Chicago, and at the Universal Orlando Resort. Prior to production starting, David Hasselhoff had decided to leave the program and focus on a new project, leaving NBC to locate a replacement for his role in the judging panel.[1] A week after Hasselhoff announced his departure from America's Got Talent, the network unveiled his successor as Howie Mandel,[2] who had recently finished his fourth season as host of the American edition of Deal or No Deal before its eight-year hiatus began that year.

For this season, the production staff decided to make some changes to the format, beginning with the addition of two new rounds in the quarter-finals. The first new round was arranged for online auditions, which in itself was modified in rules and arrangements. Prior to the fifth season, most online auditions were made via MySpace and did not guarantee that any submissions made would secure a place in the competition. However, these online applications were later changed so that applicants could submit recorded auditions on a special YouTube channel  – eleven of these would be picked by the judges, while a twelfth would be selected by voting from online viewers, guaranteeing a place in the competition via a special quarter-final round. The second new round was a reformatting of the Wildcard system  – unlike the original format, the judges could each pick out around four participants who were eliminated from the competition either at the Vegas Verdicts stage or in the quarter-finals. The decision to include two new quarter-finals to the competition's schedule meant that the number of quarter-finalists allowed to move on to the semi-finals was reduced to around four from each quarter-final  – the top three voted for by the public, and the fourth chosen by the judges from those placed 4th and 5th respectively in the public vote.

Another change in the format was a more deeper involvement of guest performers in America's Got Talent  – while the program had mainly made use of them for entertainment during the Results episode aired after the Performance episodes in the previous season, additional guest performers became involved in the program after the rules on performances in the live grand-final were changed : participants could each conduct a performance alongside a guest performer, with the choice determined by the type of act they performed. Despite arranging a variety of guest performers for this season, production staff were forced to cancel the involvement of Susan Boyle during the results of the Top 10 final at the last minute, due to a legal complication securing the rights to a song by Lou Reed.[3]

Of the participants who auditioned for this season, 65 secured a place in the live quarter-finals, with twelve quarter-finalists in each one - seven of these would later be given a second chance in the Wildcard quarter-final, after losing their initial quarter-final. Around 24 of these advanced to and were split between the two semi-finals, with 10 semi-finalists securing a place in the finals, and 4 finalists securing a place in the grand-final of the competition. The following below lists the results of each participant's overall performance in this season:

  Winner |   Runner-up |   Third place |   Finalist |   Semi-finalist
  Quarter-finalist | Playing card club A.svg Wildcard Quarter-finalist
Participant Age(s) 1 Genre Act From Quarter-Final Result
Airpocalypse 22-40 Music Air Band Seattle 1 Eliminated
Alice Tan Ridley 57 Singing Singer New York City 2 Semi-finalist
Anna and Patryk 12 Dance Ballroom Dancers New Hyde Park, New York & New York City 4 2 Finalist
Antonio Restivo 39 Danger Fire Artist Las Vegas 2 Semi-finalist
ArcAttack 3 25-37 Music / Variety Electric Light Show Band Austin, Texas 4 Semi-finalist
AscenDance 29 Acrobatics / Dance / Variety Rock Climbing Acrobats & Dancers Berkeley, California 2 Semi-finalist
Austin Anderson 31 Comedy Stand-Up Comedian Omaha, Nebraska 5 Eliminated
Booker Forte 21 Dance Hip-hop Dancer Virginia Beach, Virginia 5 Eliminated
Cam Hodges 22 Singing Singer Seattle 5 Eliminated
Cheer SF 19-52 Dance / Variety Cheerleaders San Francisco 2 Eliminated
Chipps Cooney 61 Comedy / Magic Comic Magician Edgewater, New Jersey 3 Eliminated
Christina & Ali 13, 20 Singing Singing Sisters Idaho Falls, Idaho 1 Finalist
CJ Dippa 12 Singing Rapper Denton, Texas 3 2 Eliminated
Connor Doran Playing card club A.svg 17 Variety Indoor Kite Flyer Bend, Oregon 6 Semi-finalist
Da Maniacs 25-56 Dance Overweighted Dance Troupe Dallas, Texas 4 Eliminated
Dan Sperry 25 Magic Illusionist/Magician Las Vegas 5 Semi-finalist
Debra Romer 21 Singing / Music Singer & Musician Kalamazoo, Michigan 3 Semi-finalist
Dylan Plummer 12 Variety Jump Rope Artist Cincinnati, Ohio 5 Eliminated
Eric "Doogie" Horner 30 Comedy Stand-Up Comedian Philadelphia 4 2 Eliminated
Fighting Gravity 19-22 Variety Blacklight Performers Blacksburg, Virginia 1 Third place
Future Funk 5, 10 Dance Hip-hop Dance Duo Las Vegas 1 Semi-finalist
Hannibal Means 59 Singing Opera Singer Vienna, Austria 2 Eliminated
Harmonica Pierre 74 Music Harmonica Musician Tucson, Arizona 3 2 Eliminated
Haspop 32 Dance Hip-hop Dancer Los Angeles (originally Lyon, France) 3 Semi-finalist
Iron Horse 22-27 Music Rockabilly Band Crete, Illinois 2 Eliminated
Jackie Evancho 10 Singing Classical Crossover Singer Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5 Runner-up
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven 27 Danger Extreme Cyclist Talent, Oregon 3 Finalist
Kaya & Sadie 32, 36 Dance / Variety Bellydancing Duo Denver, Colorado 3 Eliminated
Kristina Young 22 Singing Singer Little Rock, Arkansas 5 Semi-finalist
Kruti Dance Academy Playing card club A.svg 15-33 Dance Indian Classical Dancers Atlanta, Georgia 6 Eliminated
Kung Fu Heroes 23-31 Danger / Variety Martial Arts Group Costa Mesa, California 1 Eliminated
Lil Chris 12 Singing Singer Sarasota, Florida 2 Eliminated
Lindsey Stirling 23 Music Hip-hop Violinist Provo, Utah 4 Eliminated
Luigi 20 Singing Singer Highland, California 3 Eliminated
Maestro Alexander Bui 16 Music Pianist Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey 5 Semi-finalist
Maricar 38 Variety Burlesque Painter Los Angeles 1 Eliminated
Mary Ellen 74 Singing Singing Yodeller Manheim, Pennsylvania 4 Eliminated
Michael Grasso Playing card club A.svg 36 Magic Magician & Illusionist Cape May, New Jersey 6 Finalist
Michael Grimm 30 Singing / Music Singer & Musician Hancock County, Mississippi 2 Winner
Michael Lipari & Ashleigh Dejon Playing card club A.svg 29-30 Variety / Danger Aerialists Los Angeles 6 Semi-finalist
Mona Sampath Dance Company 9-31 Dance Bollywood Dance Troupe Sunnyvale, California 2 Eliminated
MURRAY 30 Magic Magician Las Vegas 4 Semi-finalist
Nathaniel Kenyon 19 Singing Singer Baxley, Georgia 1 Semi-finalist
Nick Pike 4 30 Danger Daredevil Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1 Eliminated
NU Covenant 21-27 Singing Gospel Group Cleveland, Ohio 4 Eliminated
Paul Safy Jr. 26 Singing Singer New York City 1 Eliminated
Pizza Patt 27 Variety Pizza Dough Juggler Columbus, Ohio 5 Eliminated
PLUtonic 19-28 Singing A-Capella Group Tacoma, Washington 5 Eliminated
Polina Volchek 24 Acobatics Gymnast Las Vegas (originally Moscow, Russia) 3 Eliminated
Prince Poppycock 32 Singing Opera Singer Los Angeles 4 Grand-finalist
Pup 58 5 Music / Variety Accordion-Playing Dog Redwood City, California 5 Eliminated
RNG 11-13 Dance Dance Troupe Seattle 1 2 Eliminated
Ronith 59 Comedy Impersonator Seattle 2 Eliminated
Rudi Macaggi 43 Acrobatics Balancing Acrobat Las Vegas 4 2 Eliminated
Studio One Young Beast Society 10-21 Dance Dance Troupe Orlando, Florida 3 Finalist
Ryan Rodriguez 29 Dance Dancer Santa Cruz, California 5 Eliminated
Sally Cohn 75 Music / Variety Hand Whistler Portland Oregon 1 Eliminated
Strikers All Stars 22-26 Dance Dance Crew Los Angeles 4 Eliminated
Swing Swift Slide Show Playing card club A.svg 6 30-31 Variety Sideshow Performers Las Vegas 6 Eliminated
Taylor Mathews 18 Singing / Music Singer & Musician Alexandria, Louisiana 4 Finalist
The Hot Shot Tap Dancers 19-25 Dance Tap Dancing Troupe Portland, Oregon 1 2 Eliminated
The South Philly Vikings 16-56 Dance Dance Troupe Philadelphia 3 Eliminated
The Strange Familiar 27 Music Band Woodland Hills, California 3 Eliminated
The Strong Man 43 Variety Strongman Pesotum, Illinois 2 Eliminated
Wreckless 17-26 Dance Dance Crew Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2 Eliminated
  • ^1 Ages denoted for a participant(s), pertain to their final performance for this season.
  • ^2 These participants were entered into the Wildcard quarter-final after losing their initial quarter-final.
  • ^3 For health and safety reasons, ArcAttack had to perform outside the studio for their live round performances; judges were required to view the performance in person, and used hand-carried signs in place of their buzzers.
  • ^4 This participant was originally eliminated during the Vegas Verdicts, but was brought back after another act that had passed that stage was forced to drop out for unknown reasons.
  • ^5 The age of the dog in this act was not disclosed on the program.
  • ^6 This participant initially dropped out for personal reasons, despite securing a place in the live rounds, but agreed to return as a quarter-finalist in the Wildcard round.

Quarter-finals summary[]

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' choice |   Advanced to Semi-finals
  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Quarter-final 1 (July 13)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Selena Gomez & the Scene, and cast of Rock of Ages & Dee Snider

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (July 14)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Kung Fu Heroes 1 Eliminated
Christina & Ali 2 Advanced
Airpocalypse 3 Eliminated
The Hot Shot Tap Dancers 4 Eliminated
Paul Safy Jr. 5 Eliminated
Future Funk 6 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Sally Cohn 7 Eliminated
Nick Pike 8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
RNG 9 Crystal Clear app clean.png Lost Judges' Vote
Maricar 10 Eliminated
Fighting Gravity 11 Advanced
Nathaniel Kenyon 12 Advanced

Quarter-final 2 (July 20)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Cirque Du Soleil, and cast of Train.

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (July 21)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Cheer SF 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Alice Tan Ridley 2 Advanced
Mona Sampath Dance Company 3 Eliminated
Iron Horse 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
The Strong Man 5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Ronith 6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Hannibal Means 7 Eliminated
Wreckless 8 Crystal Clear app clean.png Lost Judges' Vote
Lil Chris 9 Eliminated
AscenDance 10 Advanced
Antonio Restivo 11 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Michael Grimm 12 Advanced

Quarter-final 3 (July 27)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Mike Posner, and the JabbaWockeeZ.

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (July 28)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
The South Philly Vikings 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
CJ Dippa 2 Eliminated
Harmonica Pierre 3 Eliminated
Polina Volchek 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
The Strange Familiar 5 Eliminated
Haspop 6 Advanced
Luigi 7 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Chipps Cooney 8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Kaya and Sadie 9 7 Lost Judges' Vote
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven 10 7 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Debra Romer 11 Advanced
Studio One Young Beast Society 12 Advanced
  • ^7 Because of the majority vote for Jeremy VanSchoonhoven, Mandel's voting intention was not revealed.

Quarter-final 4 (August 3)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Taio Cruz, and Bret Michaels.

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 4)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Da Maniacs 1 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
NU Covenant 2 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Anna and Patryk 3 Crystal Clear app clean.png Lost Judges' Vote
Lindsey Stirling 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Doogie Horner 5 Eliminated
Rudi Macaggi 6 Eliminated
Taylor Mathews 7 Advanced
Mary Ellen 8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
ArcAttack 9 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Prince Poppycock 10 Advanced
MURRAY 11 Advanced
Strikers All Stars 12 Eliminated

Quarter-final 5 - YouTube Round (August 10)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Lin Yu Chun, Evolution of Dance, and David & Dania.

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 11)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
PLUtonic 1 Eliminated
Dylan Plummer 2 Eliminated
Pup 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Cam Hodges 4 Crystal Clear app clean.png Lost Judges' Vote
Ryan Rodriguez 5 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Austin Anderson 6 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Booker Forté 7 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Pizza Patt 8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Kristina Young 9 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Maestro Alexander Bui 10 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Advanced
Dan Sperry 11 Advanced
Jackie Evancho 12 Advanced

Quarter-final 6 - Wildcard Round (August 17)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: LeAnn Rimes, and Criss Angel.[4]

Quarter-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 18)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Kruti Dance Academy 1 Eliminated
Rudi Macaggi 2 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
CJ Dippa 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
RNG 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Harmonica Pierre 5 Crystal Clear app clean.png Lost Judges' Vote
Michael Grasso 6 Advanced
The Hot Shot Tap Dancers 7 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Doogie Horner 8 Eliminated
Connor Doran 9 Advanced
Anna and Patryk 10 Advanced
Michael Lipari & Ashleigh Dejon 11 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Swing Shift Side Show 12 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated

Semi-finals summary[]

Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Buzzed Out | Crystal Clear app clean.svg Judges' choice |   Advanced to Top 10
  Won Judges' Vote |   Lost Judges' Vote

Semi-final 1 (August 24)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Jimmy Fallon, Kylie Minogue, and Recycled Percussion.

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (August 25)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Anna & Patryk 1 Advanced
Christina & Ali 2 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Antonio Restivo 3 Eliminated
Future Funk 4 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Taylor Mathews 5 Advanced
Connor Doran 6 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Lost Judges' Vote
Dan Sperry 7 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Kristina Young 8 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
ArcAttack 9 Eliminated
Michael Grimm 10 Advanced
AscenDance 11 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Prince Poppycock 12 Advanced

Semi-final 2 (August 31)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Cast of Le Rêve, and Jason Derülo.

Semi-Finalist Order Buzzes and Judges' votes Result (September 1)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Alice Tan Ridley 1 8 Lost Judges' Vote
Haspop 2 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Maestro Alexander Bui 3 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
Michael Lipari & Ashleigh Dejon 4 Eliminated
Michael Grasso 5 Advanced
Debra Romer 6 Eliminated
Studio One Young Beast Society 7 8 Crystal Clear app clean.png Crystal Clear app clean.png Won Judges' Vote
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven 8 Advanced
Nathaniel Kenyon 9 Crystal Clear action button cancel.png Eliminated
MURRAY 10 Eliminated
Jackie Evancho 11 Advanced
Fighting Gravity 12 Advanced
  • ^8 Due to the majority vote for Studio One Young Beast Society, Mandel's voting intention was not revealed.

Finals summary[]

  Winner (Top 4 Final Only) |   Runner-up (Top 4 Final Only) |   3rd place (Top 4 Final Only)
  Advanced (Top 10 Finals only) |   Eliminated

Final - Top 10 (September 7)[]

Guest Performers: Enrique Iglesias (Performance Episode); Sarah McLachlan, and cast of American Idiot (Results Show).[5]

Top 10 Finalist Order Buzzes Result (September 8)
Mandel Osbourne Morgan
Studio One Young Beast Society 1 Eliminated
Christina and Ali 2 Eliminated
Jeremy VanSchoonhoven 3 Eliminated
Taylor Mathews 4 Eliminated
Anna & Patryk 5 Eliminated
Fighting Gravity 6 Advanced
Michael Grimm 7 Advanced
Michael Grasso 8 Eliminated
Prince Poppycock 9 Advanced
Jackie Evancho 10 Advanced

Grand-final (September 14)[]

Guest Performers, Results Show: Usher, the Goo Goo Dolls, cast of Cirque du Soleil, David Copperfield, and T-Pain.

Grand-finalist Order Performed with Result (September 15)
Prince Poppycock 1 Donna Summer 4th
Michael Grimm 2 Jewel 1st
Jackie Evancho 3 Sarah Brightman [6] 2nd
Fighting Gravity 4 Lionel Richie 3rd

Ratings[]

The following ratings are based upon those published by Nielsen Media Research after this season's broadcast:

Order Episode(s) Airdate Rating Share Rating/Share
(18-49) 		Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
(Timeslot) 		Rank
(Night) 		Rank
(Week)
1 "Los Angeles Auditions" June 1, 2010 7.4 13 3.6/11 12.35 #1 #1 #4 [7]
2 "Dallas Auditions" June 2, 2010 6.1 10 2.9/9 10.35 #1 #1 #9 [7]
3 "New York City Auditions" June 8, 2010 7.4 12 3.7/10 13.09 #2 #2 #4 [8]
4 "New York Auditions (Part 2)" June 15, 2010 6.2 10 3.0/8 10.55 [9] #2 #2 #4 [10]
5 "Orlando Auditions" June 16, 2010 6.7 11 3.1/9 11.65 #1 #1 #3 [10]
6
7 		"Orlando Auditions (Part 2)"
"Portland Auditions" 		June 22, 2010 6.8 12 3.4/10 11.65 #1 #1 #2 [11]
8 "Portland Auditions (Part 2)" June 23, 2010 7.2 12 3.5/10 12.37 #1 #1 #1 [10]
9 "Chicago Auditions" June 29, 2010 6.0 10 2.9/9 10.23 #1 #1 #2 [12]
10 "Final Auditions" June 30, 2010 7.5 13 3.5/11 12.94 #1 #1 #1 [12]
11 "Vegas Week (Part 1)" July 6, 2010 7.0 12 3.4/10 11.82 #1 #1 #2 [13]
12 "Vegas Week (Part 2)" July 7, 2010 6.7 12 3.4/10 11.95 #1 #1 #1 [13]
13 "Quarterfinals, Group 1" July 13, 2010 6.8 11 3.3/10 11.63 #1 #2 #2 [14]
14 "Quarterfinals, Group 1 Results" July 14, 2010 6.5 11 3.0/10 11.17 [15] #1 #2 #3 [14]
15 "Quarterfinals, Group 2" July 20, 2010 6.2 11 3.0/9 10.48 #1 #1 #1 [16]
16 "Quarterfinals, Group 2 Results" July 21, 2010 5.9 10 2.6/8 10.02 #1 #1 #3 [16]
17 "Quarterfinals, Group 3" July 27, 2010 5.6 10 2.6/8 9.69 #1 #1 #1 [17]
18 "Quarterfinals, Group 3 Results" July 28, 2010 5.7 10 2.6/8 9.76 #1 #1 #2 [17]
19 "Quarterfinals, Group 4" August 3, 2010 6.0 10 2.9/8 10.37 #1 #1 #4 [18]
20 "Quarterfinals, Group 4 Results" August 4, 2010 5.9 10 2.8/8 10.06 #1 #1 #5 [18]
21 "Quarterfinals, Group 5: YouTube" August 10, 2010 6.2 11 2.9/9 10.48 #1 #1 #2 [19]
22 "Quarterfinals, Group 5: YouTube, Results" August 11, 2010 6.2 11 2.8/8 10.67 #1 #1 #1 [19]
23 "Quarterfinals, Group 6: Wild Card" August 17, 2010 6.1 10 2.9/8 10.19 #1 #1 #3 [20]
24 "Quarterfinals, Group 6: Wild Card, Results" August 18, 2010 6.0 10 2.6/8 10.30 #1 #1 #2 [20]
25 "Semifinals, Group 1" August 24, 2010 6.5 11 3.1/9 10.80 #1 #1 #2 [21]
26 "Semifinals, Group 1 Results" August 25, 2010 6.1 10 2.7/8 10.52 #1 #1 #3 [21]
27 "Semifinals, Group 2" August 31, 2010 6.7 11 3.0/9 11.50 #1 #1 #1 [22]
28 "Semifinals, Group 2 Results" September 1, 2010 6.2 10 2.5/8 10.47 #1 #1 #2 [22]
29 "Top Ten, Performances" September 7, 2010 7.3 12 3.3/9 12.35 #1 #1 #8 [23]
30 "Top Ten, Results" September 8, 2010 7.3 12 2.8/8 12.14 #1 #1 #9 [23]
31 "Finals, Performances" September 14, 2010 8.7 14 3.9/11 14.60 #1 #1 #4 [24]
32 "Finale" September 15, 2010 9.5 16 3.9/11 16.41 #1 #1 #3 [25]

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