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| yna@yna.co.kr 2021-09-02 14:04:35
SEOUL, Sep. 02 (Yonhap) -- The World Taekwondo (WT) Demonstration Team will perform for the finals in “America’s Got Talent,” NBC’s popular audition program.
The Demonstration Team has made it through to the finals chosen by the judges along with the top 3 teams voted by the watchers and 1 team selected by the audiences at site, according to WT Thursday (KST).
On the day before, the team was 6th to perform of the 11 teams for the 1st semi-finals held in the Dolby Theater in Hollywood Los Angeles California where the Academy Awards usually take place.
The host Terry Cruise, a former American football player, introduced the Demonstration Team exclaiming, “My Golden Buzzer, the World Taekwondo Demonstration Team!” and saying that they have appeared in the program with a bigger mission than just winning.
Just after the introduction, a video of children regaining energy practicing taekwondo at a refugee campsite in Syria was sent out in America.
The video was followed up with the Demonstration Team’s performance which started with their narration saying that taekwondo is more than martial arts, that it is a sport delivering peace and hope and that they have come to stand on this stage to give dreams and hopes to the youngsters going through tough times in wars and disasters.
The Demonstration Team overwhelmed the audiences with their smooth taekwondo strokes, jaw-dropping acrobatic and a sequence of slicing up multiple pine boards under the theme of overcoming disasters and living together with hope.
The four judges, stunned by the performance, praised the team.
“This was the best act of the night.”
“Everyone at home and here is going to want to start learning what you do. You guys are like real action heroes,” said the global model, Heidi Klum
10 teams, including the World Taekwondo Demonstration Team and 5 teams who make it through the second semi-finals which is scheduled for next week, are set to advance to the finals in the 15th.
The final winner will be awarded with a million-prize money (about 1.16 billion won).
The World Taekwondo Demonstration Team has a record of having acquired the Golden Buzzer to the finals in “Italy’s Got Talent” in January 2020. Having seen the vidoes, the officials of “America’s Got Talent” sent multiple love calls to the team and they applied for the audition this spring.
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