Here's your sneak peek at Sheldon Riley on the NBC talent competition series America's Got Talent: Fantasy League Episode 2.
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League Judges:
Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel
America’s Got Talent Host:
Terry Crews
Stream America's Got Talent: Fantasy League now on Peacock!
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League Judges:
Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel
America’s Got Talent Host:
Terry Crews
Stream America's Got Talent: Fantasy League now on Peacock!
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00:00 Hello, hello.
00:01 I am so excited for this performance that you're about to do.
00:05 Thank you, Mel.
00:06 But your voice is just incredible.
00:08 But the story is what gets me.
00:11 Like it makes me fall in love with you even more.
00:15 My entire life I've struggled with self-acceptance.
00:18 I've always had a passion for music and performing...
00:21 ..but I hated the way that I look.
00:25 This whole concept of the mask happened.
00:27 I would masquerade my face, but I'd still be able to love what I do.
00:32 # But if teardrops could be born... #
00:35 America's Got Talent was the first time that I really felt validated.
00:39 They just said they loved me.
00:41 They loved my voice.
00:43 Then live shows came and it kind of just crumbled a little bit.
00:50 I had to perform from Australia, which was so hard.
00:54 Going into the semi-finals...
00:56 ..Kristina Ray!
00:58 CHEERING
01:00 It was so heartbreaking.
01:02 I think cos I was on such a roll.
01:04 I felt like I was finding myself through this show
01:07 and it just kind of halted.
01:09 Who is your next draft pick, Mel?
01:12 I'm going with the emotion.
01:14 Oh, I like this guy.
01:16 Yes, Sheldon Riley!
01:18 Wow! That's a good one.
01:20 He's really good. Yes, he is.
01:22 I'm impressed. He looks so good.
01:24 I'm so happy for you.
01:26 AGT completely changed my life.
01:29 I was a grand finalist at the Eurovision Song Contest.
01:31 I've appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Billboard.
01:35 That's kind of why I wanted to come back as well.
01:36 I think the whole world has seen me in these masks for years and years.
01:41 Are you saying you want to...
01:42 I don't know. Well, this is what I want your help with.
01:44 Cos I'm just like...
01:45 I'd love to see your face.
01:48 So if you feel like you want to maybe take it off
01:51 halfway through or at the end.
01:53 Either way, I'm going to be excited to hear your voice.
01:55 I'm glad you're excited. I'm nervous as hell.
01:57 No, don't be nervous.
01:59 I chose him because I think people will really identify
02:03 with his struggles and what he's been through.
02:06 I hope he takes his mask off.
02:07 I've just spent so much time trying to visually be enough
02:12 for people that maybe the talent that I have is enough.
02:16 (CHEERING)
02:18 (MUSIC)
02:20 (MUSIC)
02:23 (MUSIC)
02:26 (SIGHS)
02:27 (CHEERING)
02:37 (MUSIC)
02:40 # I don't want to go
02:54 # But, baby, we both know
02:57 # This is not our time
03:00 # It's time to say goodbye
03:04 # Violins playing
03:07 # And the angels crying
03:10 # When the stars are lining
03:13 # I'll be there
03:16 # No, I don't care about them all
03:19 # Cos all I want is to be loved
03:22 # And all I care about is you
03:25 # You're stuck on me like a tattoo
03:29 # No, I don't care about the pain
03:32 # I want the fire and the rain
03:35 # Just to get closer to you
03:38 # You're stuck on me like a tattoo. #
03:41 (CHEERING)
03:48 (CHEERING)
03:50 I'm so happy, I'm so happy!
03:55 # No, I don't care about them all
03:58 # Cos all I want is to be loved
04:01 # And all I care about is you
04:04 # You're stuck on me like a tattoo
04:07 # No, I don't care about the pain
04:10 # I want the fire and the rain
04:14 # Just to get closer to you
04:17 # You're stuck on me like a tattoo
04:20 # Oh, I don't care about easy love
04:23 # You're stuck on me like a tattoo
04:26 # You're stuck on me like a tattoo. #
04:35 Yes!
04:36 (CHEERING)
04:38 Yes!
04:43 Thank you so much.
04:45 (CHEERING)
04:47 Yes!
04:49 Wow, Mel.
04:55 Incredible.
04:59 Wow, Sheldon!
05:01 How did that feel?
05:03 So good.
05:05 It did? Yes!
05:07 So good.
05:08 I have to say, oh, you're gorgeous, by the way.
05:14 You are! I just wanted to say that.
05:16 You are gorgeous! And I'm not just saying that. Heidi.
05:19 You do look gorgeous,
05:20 and you did a very beautiful rendition with that song.
05:23 I mean, you nailed it, you belted out. I loved it.
05:26 Thank you. Well done. Thank you, Heidi.
05:28 I'm blown away. Howie.
05:29 Yeah, I am blown away, I got to tell you.
05:31 My soapbox in life is mental health.
05:34 And the biggest hurdles that we have in life
05:36 are the hurdles that we have inside ourselves.
05:39 Not only did you step it up from anything you've ever done
05:42 on AGT before, but I think you did something wonderful
05:46 for the world. You really did.
05:48 Thank you.
05:49 I always felt with Sheldon, this was unfinished business.
05:58 And your voice is so distinct,
06:00 and you are a proper, what I would call, front-man singer.
06:05 Thank you.
06:06 So congratulations, and welcome back.
06:08 Thank you so much.
06:09 ♪ Well, there is not much we can do ♪
06:15 Taking the mask off in front of everyone,
06:18 what a beautiful performance.
06:19 I'm so happy that I did it. I'm glad that we did it.
06:21 (whooshing)
06:23 [BLANK_AUDIO]