Terry Fator won the second season of America’s Got Talent. He is one of the best ventriloquists in the world. He chose to try out for America’s Got Talent: All-Stars again. People know that the talented artist got a big deal with “The Mirage” in Las Vegas that was worth a lot of money.
Simon Cowell seems to like Terry, and he starts talking to and greeting the ventriloquist right away. He then tells Terry that he has inspired more contestants to try new things than anyone else on any show in the world. The show’s host, Terry Crews, says, “This man is a Legend.”
Cowell asks Terry why he’s back to compete on AGT. Terry says, “I started to inspire people when I was 15 years old. Now I have a whole new group of people to reach and fans to win over.” He said, “We have to keep making people feel good; that’s why I’m here.”
In a short interview before his show, Terry talks about how hard it was for him when he first started doing ventriloquism. He says, “When I was 10, I started ventriloquism.” When all the other kids were playing sports and doing things that girls liked, I did anything I could to get my puppet in front of people.
Terry says that people only took him seriously after he appeared on America’s Got Talent. After that, he worked at county fairs and elementary schools and wondered if he should quit. But then, when he was 42, he decided to try out for AGT.
In one of the AGT All Stars video clips, Terry can be seen talking to Oprah Winfrey. She asks him, “When you won AGT, did you feel as shocked as you looked?” Terry says, “I was shocked to the core.” The ventriloquist thinks his life is the perfect example of how to go from being poor to being rich.
Terry uses his puppet Winston to sing “The Prayer” in Italian during his AGT: All-Stars performance. The next performance is the classic song “Rocket Man” by Elton John, sung by a puppet that looks like Elton. It’s a performance that will be hard to forget. The song is liked by everyone in the auditorium. Howie Mandel tells Terry, “The fact that you decided to come back and compete on AGT: All Stars is a dream come true for me and everyone watching you at home and in this room. You are a gem.”