document_title: America's Got Talent

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text: America's Got Talent

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Duration
Finalists

Premiere
Finale
Winner
Runner-up
Third place

1
June 21, 2006
August 17, 2006
Bianca Ryan
All That
The Millers

2
June 5, 2007
August 21, 2007
Terry Fator
Cas Haley
Butterscotch

3
June 17, 2008
October 1, 2008
Neal E. Boyd
Eli Mattson
Nuttin' But Stringz

4
June 23, 2009
September 16, 2009
Kevin Skinner
Bárbara Padilla
Recycled Percussion

5
June 1, 2010
September 15, 2010
Michael Grimm
Jackie Evancho
Fighting Gravity

6
May 31, 2011
September 14, 2011
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
Silhouettes
Team iLuminate

7
May 14, 2012
September 13, 2012
Olate Dogs
Tom Cotter
William Close

8
June 4, 2013
September 18, 2013
Kenichi Ebina
Taylor Williamson
Jimmy Rose

9
May 27, 2014
September 17, 2014
Mat Franco
Emily West
AcroArmy

10
May 26, 2015
September 16, 2015
Paul Zerdin
Drew Lynch
Oz Pearlman

11
May 31, 2016
September 14, 2016
Grace VanderWaal
The Clairvoyants
Jon Dorenbos

12
May 30, 2017
September 20, 2017
Darci Lynne Farmer
Angelica Hale
Light Balance

13
May 29, 2018
September 2018
TBA
TBA
TBA

text:
Indicates contestant died after competing.
^ A fourth judge was added in season eight.
^ Beginning with season three, the prize includes the one million dollars, payable in a financial annuity over 40 years, and a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip. The length of the headlining stint has varied, with season four's prize including a 10-week schedule[6] and season eleven's lasting three days.[6]
A book was released in 2013 titled Inside AGT: The Untold Stories of America's Got Talent. It describes the seasons, contestants, judges, and production techniques of the show and contains detailed interviews with contestants from all seasons.[7]

text: Judges and Hosts[edit]

text:
Judges/Hosts
Seasons

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Regis Philbin

Jerry Springer

Nick Cannon

Tyra Banks

Piers Morgan

David Hasselhoff

Brandy Norwood

Sharon Osbourne

Howie Mandel

Howard Stern

Mel B

Heidi Klum

Simon Cowell

text: Guest judges[edit]

text: Starting with the tenth season, each of the main judges invited a guest judge to join the judging panel for one night during the Judge Cuts stage of the competition. The guest judges had the ability to employ the golden buzzer to bypass the other judges and advance an act to the live shows. The first guest judge, Neil Patrick Harris, appeared at the invitation of Howard Stern in episode eight of season ten, which aired on July 14, 2015. Michael Bublé appeared at the invitation of Heidi Klum in episode nine of season ten, which aired on July 21, 2015. Marlon Wayans appeared at the invitation of Howie Mandel in episode ten of season ten, which aired on July 28, 2015. Piers Morgan appeared at the invitation of Mel B in episode eleven of season ten, which aired on August 4, 2015.[8] Beginning with the eleventh season the guest judges were announced without any indication if they were invited by one of the regular judges.[9] This continued into the twelfth season when the guest judges were announced by NBC through various outlets.[10][11][12]

text:
Season
Guest Judge (in order of appearance)

10
Neil Patrick Harris
Michael Bublé
Marlon Wayans
Piers Morgan

11
Ne-Yo
Reba McEntire
George Lopez
Louis Tomlinson

12
Chris Hardwick
DJ Khaled
Laverne Cox
Seal

13
Ken Jeong
Martina McBride
Olivia Munn

text: Selection process[edit]

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text: Producers' Auditions[edit]

text: The general selection process of the show begins with separate producers' auditions held in various cities across the United States, some of which host only the producers' auditions, and some of which also host judges' auditions held in theaters. This round is held several months before the judges' audition. Acts that have made it through the producers' audition then audition in front of the judges and a live audience.[13]

text: Judges' Auditions[edit]

text: Following the producers' auditions, acts that are called back are to audition in front of (as of 2013) four celebrity judges and an audience. These auditions are specifically held in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and are pre recorded to be later televised. The announced judges for the Season 13 (2018) are Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Melanie Brown (Mel B) and Howie Mandel. Tyra Banks will be returning to the show as the host. The current date the series is set to premiere is May 29, 2018. At the Judges' Auditions, the four judges may individually register their disapproval of an act by pressing a red buzzer in front of each judge on the judging table, which lights up their corresponding X both at the table and above the stage, this lighting is followed by a quick flash of light on stage and a loud buzzing effect. Any performer who receives X's (3 in seasons 1 to 7, or 4 from season 8 onwards) from all of the judges must stop performing as the stage turns red and is eliminated. Since season three (2008), large audiences that are seated in the auditorium by the separate company On Camera Audiences have become factors in the judging process, as their reaction of clapping or booing way swing or influence a judge's votes. Judges are allowed to express constructive criticism after the 90 seconds of the act are over. If an act receives three or more "yes" votes, they advance to the next round of competition. However, in the majority of the seasons, several acts do not perform in the second round if they do not pass with 3 or more "yes" votes. Many acts that move on may be cut by producers and may forfeit due to the limited slots available for the second performance.

text: Bootcamp[edit]

text: Judgement Week (Seasons 2–9)[edit]

text: From Season 2 (2007) to Season 8 (2013), Las Vegas Week has been an intermediary televised taped round between the auditions and the live shows. This round takes place in a notable venue on the [Las Vegas Strip]. Names for this round in previous seasons have included "Las Vegas Callbacks" (Seasons 2-3) and "Vegas Verdicts" (Season 4) and "Las Vegas Week" (Seasons 5-8). The [Las Vegas] round generally consists of acts performing a second time for the judges (except for Season 4 in 2009 in which only 3 acts needed to perform again), who then pick select acts to move on to the live shows. An act eliminated in Las Vegas Week is not completely excluded from the live show competition, as several seasons have featured contestants being brought back from this round as "wildcard" acts.

text: Prior to the inclusion of this round, the judges would have a list containing a number of acts which advanced past the auditions during each live show. The judges would then pick ten acts from that group each week, leaving several acts without the chance to perform.

text: In Season 9 (2014), acts went to New York instead of Las Vegas to determine a place in the live shows, and the round, for that season, was renamed Judgement Week.[14]

text: Judge Cuts (Seasons 10–)[edit]

text: In Season 10, Judge Cuts format was introduced. One guest judge per round will join the judging panel and help with decisions. Each guest judge was given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the live shows, but they do not receive a red X. Twenty acts are shown each week, and seven advance, including one from the guest judge's golden buzzer. Any act that received all four red buzzers was to be immediately eliminated from the competition. In season 10 (2015), Judge Cuts were held at a Soundstage in Brooklyn. In season 11 (2016), Judge Cuts were held at CBS Studio Center. From season 12 onwards (2017-present), Judge Cuts is specifically held in the NBC Universal Back Lot in a selected sound stage, therefore making the audience smaller compared to both the Judges' Auditions in the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and the Live Shows held in the Dolby Theatre.

text: Live shows[edit]

text: During the live shows, a group of acts ranging from only a Top 20 (Season 2), to as many as 60 (Season 8), compete for viewers' and judges' votes. In the first season, the judges could not end an act's performance, but could either "check" or "X" the performance during their critique. Since Season 2 (2007), judges have been able to end an act's performance early, and the "check" was removed. Generally, acts each perform first in a live round consisting of a series of quarterfinals. In seasons with YouTube auditions, the round of live judging of YouTube finalists takes place then, as part of these quarterfinals. Then there may be additional shows for wild card acts—acts that one or more of the judges select to be given one more chance for audience vote despite previous elimination. From these shows, the existing group is narrowed through votes by the public and/or the judges (depending on the season). Acts then move on to a semifinal round, and even further rounds (such as a "Top 8" or a "Top 10", depending on the season) through a series of weekly shows, which trim the number of acts down each time based on a public vote. In the majority of seasons, judges have had no vote from the semifinals. All these rounds culminate in a live final, which has consisted of anywhere from 4 to 10 acts throughout the seasons. The act with the most votes is declared the winner, given $1 million, and, since Season 3 (2008), a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip.

text: During Season 1 (2006), the studio performance shows were filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. In seasons 2-3 (2007-2008), the studio performance shows were held at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, CA. From Season 4 through 6 (2009–2011), the live shows were filmed at Stage 36 of CBS Television City in Los Angeles. In Season 7 (2012), the live shows were held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. From Seasons 8 through 10 (2013–2015), live performances were held at Radio City Music Hall in New York. From Season 11 (2016) onwards the live shows are being held at the Dolby Theatre.[15]

text: For Seasons 5 through 8 (2010–13), the show also made the winner the headline act of a national tour with runners up following the final show, stopping in 25 cities.[16][17] For season nine, however (2014), there was no tour; two shows were held in Las Vegas for the winner and some of the runner-up acts.[18] (See #America's Got Talent Live, below.)

text: YouTube auditions[edit]

text: From Season 5 (2010) to Season 7 (2012), acts who did not attend live auditions could instead submit a taped audition online via YouTube. Acts from the online auditions were then selected to compete in front of the judges and a live audience during the "live shows" part of the season, prior to the semi-finals. The most successful act of the YouTube auditions was Jackie Evancho, who went on to place second in Season 5 and after the season ended, became the youngest solo artist ever to go platinum in the U.S.[19][20]

text: Before the inclusion of this round, the show had a separate audition episode in Seasons 3 and 4 (2008–2009) for contestants who posted videos on MySpace.[21]

text: Golden Buzzer[edit]

text: Introduced in season nine, the "Golden Buzzer" is located on the center of the judges' desk and may be used once per season by each judge. In season 9, a judge could press the golden buzzer to save an act from elimination, regardless of the number of X's earned from the other judges. Starting in season 10 and onward, any act that receives a golden buzzer advances directly to the live show; and in season 11, the hosts also were given the power to use the golden buzzer. The golden buzzer is also used in the Judge Cuts format.

text:
Season
Judges/Hosts

Nick Cannon
Tyra Banks
Howie Mandel
Mel B
Heidi Klum
Howard Stern
Simon Cowell

9
N/A
N/A
Emmanuel & Phillip Hudson
N/A
Dustin's Dojo
N/A

10
Drew Lynch
Sharon Irving
Arielle Baril
Freckled Sky

11
Dorothy Williams
Grace VanderWaal
Laura Bretan
Sal Valentinetti
N/A
Calysta Bevier

12
N/A
Light Balance
Christian Guardino
Darci Lynne Farmer
Angelina Green
Mandy Harvey

13
Zurcaroh
Courtney Hadwin

Michael Ketterer

text: Season synopses[edit]

text: Season 1 (2006)[edit]

text: In May 2006, NBC announced the new show. The audition tour took place in June. Auditions were held in the following locations: Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Some early ads for the show implied that the winning act would also headline a show at a casino, possibly in Las Vegas; however, this was replaced with a million dollars due to concerns of minors playing in Las Vegas, should one become a champion. More than 12 million viewers watched the series premiere (which is more than American Idol got during its premiere in 2002). The two-hour broadcast was the night's most-watched program on U.S. television and the highest-rated among viewers aged 18 to 49 (the prime-time audience that matters most to advertisers), Nielsen Media Research reported.[22]

text: On the season finale, there was an unaired segment that was scheduled to appear after Aly & AJ. The segment featured Tom Green dressing in a parrot costume and squawking with a live parrot to communicate telepathically. Green then proceeded to fly up above the audience, shooting confetti streamers out of his costume onto the crowd below.

text: In season one, the show was hosted by Regis Philbin and judged by actor David Hasselhoff, singer Brandy Norwood, and journalist Piers Morgan.

text: The winner of the season was 11-year-old singer Bianca Ryan, and the runners-up were clogging group All That and musical group The Millers.

text: Season 2 (2007)[edit]

text: After initially announcing in June 2006 that season two would premiere in January 2007 and would air at 8 pm on Sunday nights, with no separate results show, the network changed that, pushing the show back to the summer, where the first season had enjoyed great success. This move kept the show out of direct competition with American Idol, which had a similar premise and was more popular.

text: In AGT's place, another reality-based talent show, Grease: You're The One That I Want, began airing on Sunday nights in the same time slot on NBC beginning in January.[23] In March, NBC announced that Philbin would not return as host of the show, and that Jerry Springer would succeed him as host,[24] with Sharon Osbourne (formerly a judge on Cowell's UK show The X Factor) succeeding Brandy Norwood as a judge.

text: The season finale was shown Tuesday, August 21, with the winner being Terry Fator, a singing impressionist ventriloquist. The runner-up was singer Cas Haley.

text: Season 3 (2008)[edit]

text: Season three premiered on June 17, 2008. Auditions took place in Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Chicago from January to April. A televised MySpace audition also took place.

text: Season three differed from the previous two in many ways. Auditions were held in well-known theaters across the nation, and a new title card was introduced, featuring the American flag as background. The X's matched the ones on Britain's Got Talent as did the judges' table. Like the previous season, the Las Vegas callbacks continued, but there were forty acts selected to compete in the live rounds, instead of twenty. This season also contained several results episodes, but not on a regular basis. The show took a hiatus for two-and-a-half weeks for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but returned with the live rounds on August 26.

text: Neal E. Boyd, an opera singer, was named the winner on October 1. Eli Mattson, a singer and pianist, was runner-up.

text: Season 4 (2009)[edit]

text: Season four premiered on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. It was the first to be broadcast in high definition. Auditions for this season were held in more than nine major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Tacoma, Boston, and Houston. Los Angeles auditions kicked off the January 29–31 tour at the Los Angeles Convention Center, followed by the February 7–8 Atlanta auditions. New York and Miami auditions were held during March. Tacoma auditions were held April 25 and 26. In addition to live auditions and the ability to send in a home audition tape, season four offered the opportunity for acts to upload their video direct to NBC.com/agt with their registration. This year's host was Nick Cannon. Jerry Springer said that he could not return as host due to other commitments.[25]

text: The audition process in season four was the same as the previous season, but the 'Las Vegas Callbacks' was renamed 'Vegas Verdicts'. This was the first season since season one where results episodes lasted one hour on a regular basis. The title card this year featured bands of the American flag and stars waving around the America's Got Talent logo.

text: On September 16, country music singer Kevin Skinner was named the season's winner. The grand prize was $1 million and a 10-week headline show at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The runner-up was Bárbara Padilla, an opera singer.[26]

text: Season 5 (2010)[edit]

text: For season five, the network had considered moving the show to the fall, after rival series So You Think You Can Dance transferred from the summer to fall season in 2009.[27] NBC ultimately decided to keep Talent a summer show.

text: Open auditions were held in the winter to early spring of 2010 in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and Portland (Oregon). Non-televised producers' auditions were also held in Atlanta and Philadelphia. For the first time, online auditions were also held via YouTube.

text: David Hasselhoff left to host a new television show[28] and was replaced by comedian and game show host Howie Mandel. This made Piers Morgan the only original judge left in the show.[29] The show premiered Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at 8 pm ET. Afterward, Talent resumed the same time slot as the previous season.[30]

text: On September 15, singer Michael Grimm was named the winner. He won a $1 million prize and a chance to perform at the Caesars Palace Casino and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, as well as headline the 25-city America's Got Talent Live Tour along with runner-up Jackie Evancho, Fighting Gravity, Prince Poppycock, and the other top ten finalists.[16][17]

text: Season 6 (2011)[edit]

text: Season six premiered on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, with a two-hour special. Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne continued as judges after taking jobs on Piers Morgan Tonight and The Talk, respectively. On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 27, 2010, Morgan officially stated that he had signed a three-year contract to stay on Talent.[31]

text: The show held televised auditions in Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Seattle, and Houston. Non-televised producers' auditions were also held in Denver and Chicago. Previews of auditions were shown during NBC's The Voice premiere on April 26. Online auditions via YouTube were also held for the second time in the show's run, beginning on May 4. Finalists for this audition circuit competed live on August 9.

text: On Wednesday, September 14, Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., a Frank Sinatra-style singer, was named the winner. Dance group Silhouettes was runner-up.

text: Season 7 (2012)[edit]

text: Season seven premiered on May 14, 2012. The first round of auditions, which are judged by producers, were held in New York, Washington, D.C., Tampa, Charlotte, Austin, Anaheim, St. Louis, and San Francisco from October 2011 to February 2012.[32] The show began its live theater performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on February 27.

text: Piers Morgan did not return as a judge for season seven, due to his work hosting CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight,[33] and he was replaced by Howard Stern. Since Stern hosts his SiriusXM radio show in New York City, the live rounds of the show were moved to nearby Newark, New Jersey.[34] In December 2011, Simon Cowell, the show's executive producer, announced that the show would be receiving a "top-to-bottom makeover", confirming that there would be new graphics, lighting, theme music, show intro, logo, and a larger live audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.[35] On July 2, at the first live performance show of the season, their new location and stage were unveiled in a two-and-a-half-hour live special. A new set was also unveiled with a revised judges' desk and a refreshed design of the "X".

text: On August 6, Sharon Osbourne announced that she would leave America's Got Talent after the current season, in response to allegations that her son Jack Osbourne was discriminated against by the producers of the upcoming NBC program Stars Earn Stripes.[36]

text: On September 13, Olate Dogs were announced the winner of the season, becoming the show's first completely non-singing act to win the competition and also the first non-solo act to win. Comedian Tom Cotter finished as the runner-up.

text: Season 8 (2013)[edit]

text: Season eight of AGT premiered on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.[37] The new season was announced in a promotional video shown during a commercial break for season seven's second live show. Sharon Osbourne initially stated that she would not return for the season,[38] but later said that she was staying with the show "for now."[39] Osbourne confirmed that she would be leaving the show after a feud with NBC on August 6, 2012.[40][41]

text: On February 20, 2013, it was announced that one of the Spice Girls members, Mel B (Melanie Brown), would be joining the show as the new fourth judge. Entertainment Weekly also reported at the same time that NBC was looking at a possible fourth judge to be added.[42] On March 3, it was announced that supermodel Heidi Klum would replace Sharon Osbourne as the third judge.[43]

text: An Audition Cities poll for the season was announced on July 11, 2012. The first batch of Audition Cities were announced as Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland (Oregon), New Orleans, Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville, Savannah, Raleigh, Norfolk, San Antonio, New York, Columbus (Ohio), and Chicago. This season, the auditions traveled to more cities than ever before.[44] America's Got Talent moved its live shows to Radio City Music Hall in New York for season eight.[45] Auditions in front of the judges and an audience began taping on March 4. The show traveled to New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Antonio.[45]

text: On September 18, 2013, martial arts dancer/mime Kenichi Ebina was announced the winner of the season, the first dance act to win the competition. Stand-up comedian Taylor Williamson was the runner-up.

text: Season 9 (2014)[edit]

text: Season nine premiered on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 8 pm ET.[46] The producers' auditions began on October 26, 2013, in Miami. Other audition sites included Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and New York. Contestants could also submit a video of their audition online.[47] Auditions in front of the judges were held February 20–22 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, which also hosted the live shows during season seven. Judges' auditions were held in New York City at Madison Square Garden from April 3 to 6 and in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theatre from April 21 to 26.[48]

text: The live shows return to Radio City Music Hall on July 29. There was also a new twist in the show, where "Judgment Week" was held in New York City instead of Las Vegas. Judgment Week was originally intended to be held in front of a live studio audience, but after three acts performed, the producers scrapped the live audience concept.[14] This season also came with the addition of a "Golden Buzzer," which was unveiled on that same year's Britain's Got Talent. Each judge can press the buzzer only once each season that can save an act, typically used when there is a tie.[49]

text: For this season, contestants were invited to submit a video of their performance to The Today Show website throughout June, and the top three entrants performed their acts on The Today Show on July 23, 2014. The performer with the most votes, Cornell Bhangra, filled the 48th spot in the quarterfinals.

text: On September 17, magician Mat Franco was announced the winner of the season, the first magic act to win the competition. Singer Emily West was the runner-up.

text: Season 10 (2015)[edit]

text: Season ten premiered on May 26, 2015. Producer auditions began on November 2, 2014, in Tampa. Other audition sites included Nashville, Richmond (Virginia), New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Antonio, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Seattle, Boise, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. Online submissions were also accepted.[50]

text: Howard Stern rumored on his radio show on October 1, 2014, that he might not return,[51] but announced on December 8 that he would return for the upcoming season. Nick Cannon returned for his seventh season as host.[52] On February 9, 2015, Howie Mandel said he would return for season ten[53] and Mel B announced the next day that she would be returning as well.[54] It was revealed on February 11 that Heidi Klum would also be returning.[55]

text: It was announced on December 4, 2014, that Cris Judd would be named as a dance scout.[56] He previously worked on the show as a choreographer behind the scenes, and on the New Zealand version of Got Talent as a judge.

text: Auditions in front of the judges began on March 2, 2015, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.[57][58] They continued at the Manhattan Center in New York City and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A special "extreme" audition session was held outside at the Fairplex in Pomona, California, where danger acts performed outside for the judges, who were seated at an outdoor stage.

text: During NBC's summer press tour, it was announced that America's Got Talent would be making their "Golden Buzzer" more like Britain's Got Talent where the contestant that gets the buzzer will be sent directly to the live shows.[59] An official trailer for the season was released, which showed that Dunkin Donuts was the show's official sponsor for the season, with their cups prominently placed on the judges' desk. Dunkin replaced Snapple, which sponsored the show since season seven.

text: On June 24, Howard Stern announced on The Howard Stern Show that season ten would be his last season as judge. Stern said, "In all seriousness, I’ve told you, I’m just too f*cking busy…something's got to give… NBC's already asked me what my intentions are for next year, whether or not I’d come back, I kind of have told them I think this is my last season. Not I think, this is my last season".[60]

text: On September 16, Paul Zerdin was announced the winner of the season, making him the second ventriloquist to win. Comedian Drew Lynch was runner-up, and magician mentalist Oz Pearlman was in Third Place.

text: Season 11 (2016)[edit]

text: America's Got Talent was renewed for an eleventh season on September 1, 2015.[61] The season will have preliminary open call auditions in Detroit, New York, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Jose, San Diego, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Orlando, and Dallas.[62] As in years past, hopeful contestants may also submit auditions online.[63]

text: On October 22, 2015, it was announced that creator Simon Cowell would replace Howard Stern as a judge for season 11.[3] Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel all returned as judges, with Nick Cannon returning as host. The live shows moved from New York back to Los Angeles, due to Stern's departure,[64] at the Dolby Theatre.[65]

text: Auditions in front of the judges began on March 3, 2016 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.[66] The season premiered on May 31, 2016.[67]

text: On September 14, 12-year-old singer-songwriter and ukulele player Grace VanderWaal was announced as the second female and second child to win America's Got Talent (Bianca Ryan, age 11, was first). Magician mentalists The Clairvoyants were runners-up, and magician Jon Dorenbos placed third.

text: Season 12 (2017)[edit]

text: On August 2, 2016, it was announced that host Nick Cannon and all four judges would be returning for season 12.[68] Later that year, on October 4, Simon Cowell signed a contract to remain as a judge through to 2019 (Season 14).[69]

text: On February 13, 2017, Cannon announced he would not return as host for the twelfth season, citing creative differences between him and executives at NBC. The resignation came in the wake of news that the network considered firing Cannon after he made disparaging remarks about NBC in his Showtime comedy special Stand Up, Don't Shoot.[70] NBC selected Tyra Banks as the new host for season 12,[4] which premiered on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.[71]

text: On September 20, Darci Lynne Farmer won the twelfth season, becoming the third ventriloquist, third child act and the third female act to win the competition (second year in a row after VanderWaal's win in 2016). Child singer Angelica Hale was announced as the runner-up, and Ukrainian dance act Light Balance finished in third place. Deaf musician Mandy Harvey and dog act Sara & Hero rounded out the top five.

text: Season 13 (2018)[edit]

text: On February 21, 2018, it was announced that judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel along with Tyra Banks would all be returning. The season premiered on May 29, 2018.[5]

text: Post-show[edit]

text: America's Got Talent Live[edit]

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text: America's Got Talent Live is a show on the Las Vegas Strip that features the winner of each season of America's Got Talent as the main performance.

text: In 2009, America's Got Talent Live appeared on the Las Vegas Strip appearing Wednesday through Sunday at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, in a limited ten-week run from October through January featuring winner Kevin Skinner, runner-up Barbara Padilla and fourth-place finisher The Texas Tenors. It featured the final ten acts which made it to the season four (2009) finale. Jerry Springer emceed, commuting weekly between Stamford, Connecticut, tapings of his self-named show and Las Vegas.[72]

text: In 2010, on the first live show of season five, the winner headlined America's Got Talent Live from Caesars Palace Casino and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, which was part of a 25-city tour that featured the season's finalists. Jerry Springer returned as both host of the tour and the headliner of the show.[73]

text: In 2012, the tour returned, featuring winners Olate Dogs, Spencer Horsman, Joe Castillo, Lightwire Theater, David Garibaldi and his CMYK's, Jarrett and Raja, Tom Cotter, and other fan favorites.

text: In 2013, after the success of the 2012 tour, another tour was scheduled, featuring season eight's winner, Kenichi Ebina, and finalists Collins Key, Jimmy Rose, Taylor Williamson, Cami Bradley, The KriStef Brothers, and Tone the Chiefrocca.[74] Tone hosted the tour.

text: In 2014, America's Got Talent Live announced that performances in Las Vegas on September 26 and 27 would feature Taylor Williamson, the season eight (2013) runner-up, and the top finalists for season nine: Mat Franco, Emily West, Quintavious Johnson, AcroArmy, Emil and Dariel, Miguel Dakota, and Sons of Serendip.[18]

text: In 2015, no tour was held. Instead, three shows were given at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas featuring winner Paul Zerdin, runner-up Drew Lynch, and fan favorite Piff the Magic Dragon.

text: In 2016, four shows were given at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas. They featured the top two finalists for season 11, Grace VanderWaal and The Clairvoyants, as well as finalist Tape Face.[75]

text: In 2017, four shows were given at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas. They featured winner Darci Lynne, runner-up Angelica Hale, third-placed Light Balance, and finalist Preacher Lawson.[76]

text: Holiday Spectacular[edit]

text: NBC broadcast the two-hour America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular on December 19, 2016, hosted by Cannon with performances by Grace VanderWaal, Jackie Evancho, Andra Day, Penn & Teller, Pentatonix, Terry Fator, Mat Franco, Piff the Magic Dragon, Olate Dogs, Professor Splash, Jon Dorenbos and others, and featuring the Season 11 judges, including Klum, who sang a duet with Season 11 finalist Sal Valentinetti.[77] The special drew 9.5 million viewers.[78]

text: Reception[edit]

text: U.S. television ratings[edit]

text: Since the show began, its ratings have been very high, ranging from 9 million viewers to as many as 16 million viewers, generally averaging around 11 million viewers. The show has also ranked high in the 18–49 demographic, usually rating anywhere from as low as 1.6 to as high as 4.6 throughout its run. Audition shows and performance shows rate higher on average than results shows.

text: Although the show's ratings have been high, the network usually keeps the show's run limited to before the official start of the next television season in the third week of September with some reductions or expansions depending on Olympic years, where finale ratings are usually lower due to returning programming on other networks.

text: The highest rated season in overall viewers to date is season four (2009). The most-watched episode has been the finale of season five (2010), with 16.41 million viewers. The series premiere and an episode featuring the first part of Las Vegas Week in season six (2011) have each tied for highest rating among adults 18–49, both having a 4.6 rating.

text:
Season
Premiered
Ended
TV season
Timeslot (ET)
Season
viewers
Season
ranking

Date
Viewers
(in millions)
Date
Viewers
(in millions)

1
June 21, 2006
12.41
Final Performances: August 16, 2006

2005–06
Wednesday 8:00 pm

1

Season Finale: August 17, 2006
12.05
Thursday 9:00 pm

1

2
June 5, 2007
12.93
Final Performances: August 20, 2007

2006–07
Tuesday 8:00 pm

1

Season Finale: August 21, 2007
13.87

3
June 17, 2008
12.80
Final Performances: September 30, 2008
10.23
2007–08
Tuesday 9:00 pm (June 17 – August 5)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (after August 26)

1

Season Finale: October 1, 2008
12.55
Wednesday 9:00 pm
(after August 27)

1

4[79][80][81]
June 23, 2009
11.30
Final Performances: September 15, 2009
13.84
2008–09
Tuesday 9:00 pm

1

Season Finale: September 16, 2009
15.53
Wednesday 9:00 pm

1

5[82][83]
June 1, 2010
12.35
Final Performances: September 14, 2010
14.60
2009–10
Tuesday 9:00 pm

1

Season Finale: September 15, 2010
16.41
Wednesday 9:00 pm

1

6[84][85][86]
May 31, 2011
15.28
Final Performances: September 13, 2011
13.67
2010–11
Tuesday 8:00 pm (May 31 – July 5)
Tuesday 9:00 pm (after July 5)
12.65
1

Season Finale: September 14, 2011
14.37
Wednesday 9:00 pm
(after June 22)
11.49[87]
1

7[88][89][90]
May 14, 2012
10.48
Final Performances: September 12, 2012
11.05
2011-12
Monday 8:00 pm (May 14 – July 3)
Tuesday 8:00 pm (after July 3)
10.48[91]
1

Season Finale: September 13, 2012
10.59
Tuesday 9:00 pm (May 14 – July 3)
Wednesday 9:00 pm (after July 3)
10.58[87]
1

8[92][93][94]
June 4, 2013
12.41
Final Performances: September 17, 2013
11.19
2012–13
Tuesday 8:00 pm
11.22[95]
1

Season Finale: September 18, 2013
11.49
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after July 10)
10.34[96]
1

9[97][98][99]
May 27, 2014
12.00
Final Performances: September 16, 2014
11.46
2013–14
Tuesday 8:00 pm (May 27 – July 15)
Tuesday 9:00 pm (after July 22)
10.31[100]
1

Season Finale: September 17, 2014
12.21
Wednesday 9:00 pm
(after July 23)
10.37[101]
1

10[102][103][104]
May 26, 2015
11.09
Final Performances: September 15, 2015
11.33
2014–15
Tuesday 8:00 pm
10.70[105]
1

Season Finale: September 16, 2015
9.54
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after August 12)
9.07[106]
1

11[107][108][109]
May 31, 2016
11.67
Final Performances: September 13, 2016
13.97
2015–16
Tuesday 8:00 pm
11.71[110]
1

Season Finale: September 14, 2016
14.41
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after July 5)
10.97[111]
1

12[112][113][114]
May 30, 2017
12.37
Final Performances: September 19, 2017
14.70
2016–17
Tuesday 8:00 pm
12.90[115]
1

Season Finale: September 20, 2017
15.64
Wednesday 8:00 pm
(after August 9)
12.00[116]
1

13[117]
May 29, 2018
12.16
Final Performances: September, 2018
TBA
2017–18
Tuesday 8:00 pm
TBA
TBA

Season Finale: September, 2018
TBA

TBA
TBA

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Year
Association
Category
Result
Ref.

2011
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Competition Show
Nominated
[118]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[119]

Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special
Nominated
[120]

2012
Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[121]

Teen Choice Awards
Choice Summer TV Show
Nominated
[122]

Choice Male TV Personality: Nick Cannon
Nominated
[123]

2013
Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[124]

2014
People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Nominated
[125]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Nominated
[126]

2015
People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Nominated
[127]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Talent Competition Show
Nominated
[128]

2016
People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Won
[129]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Talent Competition Show
Nominated
[130]

2017
Critics' Choice Awards
Best Reality Series - Competition
Nominated

People's Choice Awards
Favorite TV Competition Show
Nominated
[129]

Kids' Choice Awards
Favorite Reality Show
Won

2018
Critics' Choice Awards
Best Reality Series - Competition
Nominated

text: Top-selling albums by former contestants[edit]

text: Sales numbers and rankings are U.S. sales only.

text:
Rank
Former contestant
Total US sales
Albums

1
Jackie Evancho
(season 5, runner-up)
3,000,000+[131]

Prelude to a Dream (2009) No. 121[132]
O Holy Night (2010) No. 2 (Platinum certification)[133]
Dream with Me (2011) No. 2 (Gold certification)[133][134]
Heavenly Christmas (2011) No. 11[133][135]
Songs from the Silver Screen (2012) No. 7[136]
Awakening (2014) No. 17[137][138]
Someday at Christmas (2016) No. 93[139]
Two Hearts (2017) No. 100[140] (Evancho's 7th consecutive No. 1 ranking on the Classical Albums Chart)[141]

2
Lindsey Stirling
(season 5 quarterfinalist)
856,000+[142]

Lindsey Stirling (2012) No. 23
Shatter Me (2014) No. 2
Brave Enough (2016) No. 5

3
The Texas Tenors
(season 4, 4th place)
500,000+[143]

The Texas Tenors (album)|Country Roots, Classical Sound: Remastered Special Edition (2011) No. 1 Classical Catalog Albums chart[144]
O Night Divine (2013) No. 13 Classical Albums chart[145]
You Should Dream (2013) No. 111; No. 5 Classical Albums chart[146]
First 5 Years Live (2014) No. 1 Classical Catalog Albums chart[144]
Rise (2017) No. 22; No. 1 Classical Albums Chart[147]

4
Grace VanderWaal
(season 11 winner)
200,000+[148]

Perfectly Imperfect (2016) No. 4
Just the Beginning (2017) No. 22

5
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
(season 6 winner)
156,000+[149]

That's Life (2011) No. 34[150]
Christmas Made for Two (2013) did not chart

6
Bianca Ryan
(season 1 winner)
150,000+[151]

Bianca Ryan (2006) No. 57
Christmas Everyday (2007) did not chart
The True Meaning of Christmas (2009) did not chart

7
Cas Haley
(season 2 runner-up)
40,000+[152][153]

Cas Haley (2008) No. 8
Connection (2010) did not chart
La Si Dah (2013) did not chart

8
Michael Grimm
(season 5 winner)
22,000+[154]

Michael Grimm Live (2007) did not chart
I Am Michael Grimm (2009) did not chart
Leave Your Hat On (2010) No. 101
Michael Grimm (2011) No. 13

9
Neal E. Boyd
(season 3 winner)
6,000+[155]

My American Dream (2009) No. 195

text: Contestants who have competed on other reality shows[edit]

text: This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

text: Many acts which have competed on America's Got Talent but were ultimately eliminated before the final round have either previously competed on or went on to compete in a number of other reality shows, most notably American Idol and America's Best Dance Crew.

text: The following America's Got Talent (AGT) contestants also appeared on American Idol (AI):

text:
AGT
Season
Year
Contestant
AI
Season
Year
Outcome

1
2006
Jessica Sanchez
11
2012
Runner-up

3
2008
Holli Harden
9
2010
Appeared

4
2009
Thia Megia
10
2011
Finished in the Top 11

4, 9
2009, 2014
Kelli Glover
1
2002
Appeared

6
2011
Shevonne Phillidor
15
2016
Appeared

9
2014
Nick Fradiani, member of Beach Avenue
14
2015
Winner

10
2015
Jenna Renae
15
2016
Top 24

11
2016
Sal Valentinetti
14
2015
Appeared

text: The following America's Got Talent (AGT) contestants also appeared on America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC):

text:
AGT
Season
Year
Contestant
ABDC
Season
Year
Outcome

2
2007
Jabbawockeez
1
2008
Champions

3
2008
Extreme Dance FX
5
2010
Competed as Blended Projekt

3, 4
2008, 2009
SQ Entertainment
1
2008
Runner-up

4
2009
BreakSk8
1
2008
Finished in fourth place

4
2009
FootworKINGz
6
2011
Competed

5
2010
Rated Next Generation (RNG)
7
2012
Finished in Top Four

5
2010
Strikers All-Stars
3
2009
Finished in Top Four

7
2012
787 Crew
6
2011
Competed

9
2014
Flight Crew Jump Rope
5
2010
Finished in fifth place, and competed as Saltare

text: The following America's Got Talent (AGT) contestants also appeared on these other shows:

text:
AGT
Season
Year
Contestant
Show
Season
Year
Network
Outcome

1
2006
Tonya Kay, member of Trey Knight's Stilt World
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
1
2006
SyFy
5th Place

2
2007
Tammie Brown
RuPaul's Drag Race
1
2009
Logo
8th Place

2
2007
Tika "Sweetie" Rainn
Flavor of Love
1
2006
VH1
8th Place

3
2008
Derrick Barry
RuPaul's Drag Race
8
2016
Logo
5th Place

5
2010
Justin Hopkins
The Voice
2
2012
NBC
Advanced to Battle Rounds

5
2010
Murray SawChuck
Celebracadabra
1
2008
VH1
Appeared

5
2010
Alice Tan Ridley
30 Seconds to Fame
Pilot
2002
Fox
Winner

6
2011
Dani Shay
The Glee Project
2
2012
Oxygen
Appeared

7
2012
Trisha Paytas
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
2
2007
SyFy
7th Place

7
2012
Horse
American Ninja Warrior
4
2012
G4 and NBC
Competed

7
2012
Bria Kelly
The Voice
6
2014
NBC
Advanced to Top 10 on Team Usher

7
2012
Academy of Villains
Fake Off
2
2015
TruTV
Appeared

7
2012
Lightwire Theatre
Fake Off
1
2014
TruTV
Winners

7, 8
2012, 2013
D'Angelo and Amanda
Live to Dance
1
2011
CBS
Winners

7
2015
Ben Blaque
Britain's Got Talent
10
2010
ITV
Advanced to the semi-finals

8
2015
Alexandr Magala
Britain's Got Talent
10
2010
ITV
9th place

8
2013
Kennedy Davenport
RuPaul's Drag Race
7
2015
Logo
4th Place

8
2013
Tummy Talk
The Gong Show
1
2017
ABC
Appeared

8
2013
Angela Hoover
First Impressions
1
2016
USA Network
Appeared

8
2013
KriStef Brothers
Fake Off
1
2014
TruTV
7th Place

8
2013
Taylor Williamson
Last Comic Standing
7
2010
NBC
Semifinalist

9
2014
Adrian Romoff
Child Genius
2
2016
Lifetime
Winner

10
2015
Leroy Patterson
Solitary
2
2007
Fox Reality
7th Place

10
2015
Myq Kaplan
Last Comic Standing
7
2010
NBC
Finalist

10
2015
Freelusion Dance Company
Fake Off
1
2014
TruTV
Fourth place, appeared as Freelusion USA

10
2015
Piff the Magic Dragon
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
1
2011
2014
ITV (U.K.)
The CW (U.S.)
Appeared

10
2015
Stevie Starr
Britain's Got Talent
4
2010
ITV
Advanced to the semi-finals[156]

11
2016
Cory Kahaney
Last Comic Standing
1
2003
NBC
Finalist

11
2016
Laura Bretan
Romania's Got Talent
6
2016
Pro TV
Winner[157]

13
2018
The Sacred Riana
Asia's Got Talent
2
2017
AXN Asia
Winner[158]

13
2018
Yumbo Dump
Asia's Got Talent
2
2017
AXN Asia
Semifinalist[159]

text: International broadcasts[edit]

text: In Indonesia, the eleventh season has currently been broadcast by NET. since October 22, 2016 every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm WIB.[160] But, since Monday, October 31, in addition to the weekend slot, the show has also been broadcast every Monday to Friday at 5 pm WIB as the replacement of the currently concluded TV drama, the second season of Kesempurnaan Cinta, which was concluded on Friday, October 28, 2016.[161]

text: In the United Kingdom, TruTV, along with simulcasts on the Made Television network, show America's Got Talent, with TruTV showing it from the tenth season.

text: The thirteenth season of the show will air on AXN Asia, together with the twelfth series of Britain's Got Talent.


document_title: Little River Band

question_text: who owns the rights to the little river band

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text: Little River Band

text: History[edit]

text: 1975–76: Early years[edit]

text: Little River Band were formed in March 1975 in Melbourne as a harmony rock group with Beeb Birtles on guitar and vocals, Graham Davidge on lead guitar, Graeham Goble on guitar and vocals, Dave Orams on bass guitar, Derek Pellicci on drums and Glenn Shorrock on lead vocals.[1][2][3] Upon formation they were an Australian super group with Birtles, Goble, Pellicci and Shorrock each from prominent local bands.[4] Birtles had been the bass guitarist in the 1960s pop-rock band Zoot (which launched the career of singer-guitarist Rick Springfield).[1][2] Goble had led Adelaide-formed folk rock group Allison Gros before forming the harmony country rock band Mississippi (joined by Birtles and Pellicci), which had chart success in Australia and built up a strong following on the concert and festival circuit. During 1971–72 the original members of Mississippi also recorded as a studio band under the pseudonym Drummond.[5] They achieved a number-one hit, for eight consecutive weeks, on the Go-Set National Top 40, with a novelty cover version of the Rays' song "Daddy Cool".[6]

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text: Shorrock had been the lead singer of a 1960s pop band, the Twilights, and an early 1970s country rock group, Axiom (alongside singer-songwriter Brian Cadd).[1][2] Both Axiom and Mississippi had tried to break into the United Kingdom record market without success.[1][2] Axiom disbanded after moving to the UK, and Shorrock sang for a short period with a more progressive rock outfit, Esperanto.[1][2] In 1974 Birtles, Goble, Pellicci and Shorrock met in London with Glenn Wheatley (ex-The Masters Apprentices).[1][2][3] With Wheatley as manager, they agreed to reconvene in Melbourne in early 1975.[3] Due to the indifferent reception they had each received in the UK, they decided their new band would establish themselves in the United States.[1][3] Wheatley's first-hand experiences of the rip-offs in the 1960s music scene, combined with his experience working in music management in the UK and the US in the early 1970s, allowed him to help the Little River Band become the first Australian group to enjoy consistent commercial and chart success in the US.[1][3][7]

text: After their return to Australia, the members began rehearsing in February 1975, still using the name of Mississippi. In Wheatley's autobiography, Paper Paradise (1999), he described how they obtained their name: "It was now time to get out of the rehearsal room and play to a live audience – somewhere without any fanfare, somewhere out of the way. I booked the Golfview Hotel in Geelong for the Saturday night of 1 March 1975. While travelling to the venue down the Geelong Road from Melbourne, we passed the turn-off for Little River. From the back of the truck, Glenn Shorrock shouted, 'What about the Little River Band'? And so, that night the Golfview Hotel witnessed the first performance of the Little River Band, albeit advertised on the marquee as Mississippi."[8] On 20 March 1975 they played their first official gig under their new name at Martini's Hotel in Carlton.[9] They played a return gig at the Golfview Hotel five days later.[9][10]

text: Little River Band recorded their first track, a cover version of the Everly Brothers' song, "When Will I Be Loved",[1] at Armstrong Studios, but Linda Ronstadt's version appeared in March 1975 – so LRB did not release theirs.[3] Before the group began playing concerts, Davidge was replaced by Ric Formosa on guitar, and Orams by Roger McLachlan on bass guitar and backing vocals.[8][1][2] In May 1975 they signed with EMI Records and started recording their debut self-titled album (November 1975) at Armstrong Studios in June. The album was co-produced by Birtles, Goble, Shorrock and Wheatley.[2] Tony Catterall of The Canberra Times described it as "one of those flawed creations that inevitably draws a more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger response."[11] Little River Band peaked at No. 17 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.[12] Their debut single, "Curiosity (Killed the Cat)", had appeared in September, reaching No. 15 on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[12] Two more singles followed, "Emma" (January 1976) and "It's a Long Way There" (November 1976).[12]

text: Wheatley had travelled to Los Angeles in December 1975 and touted the group to various record companies until Rupert Perry of Capitol Records signed them on Christmas Eve.[8] Little River Band issued their second album, After Hours, in May 1976 on EMI. It was produced by the band but was not issued in the US until 1980 and then first as a CD in 1997 on One Way Records, with three bonus tracks.[1][2] After Hours peaked at No. 5 and provided the single, "Everyday of My Life", in May, which reached the top 30.

text: 1976–82: Success and changes of personnel[edit]

text: During August 1976, both Formosa and McLachlan were replaced: David Briggs joined on guitar (ex-Cycle, The Avengers, Ram Band) and George McArdle on bass guitar (also ex-Ram Band).[1][2][13] Formosa worked as a session musician and as a composer and arranger; McLachlan joined the Australian country rock group, Stars[2][14][15] Formosa remained in touch with LRB: he conducted and wrote string parts for several tracks on subsequent albums.[16]

text: Encouraged by their Australian success, the band undertook their first international tour.[1] They flew to the UK on 17 September 1976 to play a show in London's Hyde Park supporting Queen. They then opened shows in the rest of Europe for the Hollies during September and October.[1][3] Birtles advised fellow Australian bands that "It's so much easier when you have a product to sell... And the money you make on the club circuit in Australia while establishing yourself is better than anything you can make in Britain, where there is so much competition."[17] In November 1976 they performed their first US concert, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, as the opening act for Average White Band.[1][3] Due to their US appearances and support from FM stations, "It's a Long Way There" reached No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.[18] This galvanised the commitment of the band members to tackle the US record market.[13]

text: Little River Band's second album, After Hours, was passed over in the US by Capitol. The label selected tracks from it and from their third Australian one, Diamantina Cocktail (April 1977), to create Capitol's second US album, also titled Diamantina Cocktail (June 1977).[1][2] The Australian version was co-produced by the group with John Boylan – who stayed on to co-produce their next two studio albums.[2] During the recording there were "frictions and competition between the band members" such that Birtles, Goble and Shorrock each "recorded separately in the studio... as much as possible."[3]

text: The Canberra Times' Julie Meldrum caught their performance in May 1977, which "moved along at a rapid pace and slowed down only once with a few laid-back tracks towards the middle of the set" and they were "tightly disciplined musicians. All the instruments were played clearly and it was obvious that collectively or individually there was nothing that was not world class."[19] Meldrum also reviewed the album, which had "no references to Australia and it is obvious that the band is trying to ensconce itself in the Los Angeles scene... [its] most dominating influences are David Crosby and Graham Nash, and Little Feat."[20] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic felt the US release was "laidback, sweet country-rock, the album has a similar sound to the band's debut, but the melodies are a little sharper and catchier, making the album a better, more fully-rounded collection."[21]

text: In Australia Diamantina Cocktail became their highest charting album, peaking at No. 2;[12] the US version reached the top 50 on the Billboard 200.[18] In January 1978 it was certified gold by RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies;[22] and they were the first Australian band to do so.[1] The lead single, "Help Is on Its Way" reached No. 1 in Australia.[12] Both it and the fourth single, "Happy Anniversary", peaked in the top 20 on the US Hot 100.[18] During 1977 the group toured consistently, mostly in the US, headlining in smaller venues, and appearing in stadiums on larger multi-billed shows supporting The Doobie Brothers, Supertramp, and America.[1] In August 1977 they co-headlined day two of the Reading Music Festival alongside Thin Lizzy.[23] In November, Little River Band supported Fleetwood Mac and Santana at the Rockarena concerts in Sydney and Melbourne.[24]

text: Their fourth studio album, Sleeper Catcher (May 1978), peaked at No. 4 in Australia and No. 16 in the US.[12][18] By May in the following year it was certified platinum by RIAA for sales of 1,000,000 copies,[22] and was the first Australian recorded album to achieve that feat.[3] AllMusic's Mike DeGagne praised Shorrock's vocals, which give the album "the perfect MOR sound, draping the tracks with his cool, breezy style that is much more apparent and effectual here than on the band's earlier efforts."[25] Sleeper Catcher provided four singles with "Shut Down Turn Off" (April 1978) their highest charting in Australia at No. 16,[12] however in the US the highest charting was "Reminiscing" (June 1978), which peaked at No. 3.[18] The album's last single, "Lady" (December 1978), reached No. 10 in the US in early 1979.[18]

text: After Pellicci was hospitalised in May 1978 due to severe burns from an exploding gas cylinder, Geoff Cox (ex-Brian Cadd, Bootleg Family Band, Avalanche) substituted on drums, rather than the group cancelling shows for their next US tour.[1][26] On that tour they supported Boz Scaggs, Jimmy Buffett and the Eagles.[1][26] Cox remained with the group through mid-1978 and played alongside Pellicci after the latter returned, until he was healed enough to continue on his own. Mal Logan (ex-the Dingoes, Renée Geyer Band) joined on keyboards for another US tour which began in late December 1978.[1][2][27]

text: By February 1978 "frictions inside the band continued to brew, relieved a little by a sideline album".[3] Birtles & Goble was a side project formed as a duo to showcase their tracks rejected for LRB releases.[1][2][3] They issued three singles, "Lonely Lives" (March 1978), "I'm Coming Home" (March 1979) and "How I Feel Tonight" (June 1980), and an album, The Last Romance (May 1980).[1][2][3] "I'm Coming Home" reached No. 8 in Australia.[12] Shorrock had a solo single with a cover version of Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover" (April 1979), which reached the Australian top 10.[1][12][28]

text: First Under the Wire was issued as LRB's fifth studio album in July 1979, which reached No. 2 in Australia – equal highest position with Diamantina Cocktail.[12] It was also their highest charting album on the Billboard 200 – reaching No. 10.[18] In November 1979 it was certified by RIAA as a platinum album.[22] AllMusic's Mark Allan described how, with their "mix of harmony-drenched pop tunes and unthreatening rockers, they appealed to a wide audience."[29] Both singles, "Lonesome Loser" (July 1979) and "Cool Change" (October 1979) peaked in the US top 10.[18] Briggs wrote "Lonesome Loser" and Shorrock wrote "Cool Change".[30]

text: McArdle left in late January 1979 to enrol in a Bible college and became a Christian minister.[31] In July of that year Barry Sullivan (ex-Chain, Renée Geyer Band) took over on bass guitar.[1][27] He was replaced, in turn, by Wayne Nelson (ex-Jim Messina Band), later LRB's lead singer, who joined in April 1980.[1][2] Goble was the producer for Australian pop singer, John Farnham's solo album, Uncovered (September 1980).[2] Goble wrote or co-wrote nine of its ten tracks and provided vocals, other LRB alumni used were Briggs, Formosa, Logan, Nelson, Pellicci and Sullivan.[2][32] Farnham had signed with Wheatley's management company.[33]

text: The line-up of Birtles, Briggs, Goble, Nelson, Pellicci and Shorrock recorded Little River Band's sixth studio album,[34] Time Exposure (August 1981), in Montserrat with George Martin (the Beatles) producing.[1][2][3] The Canberra Times' Garry Raffaele felt that the "essence of it all is that it's easy listening, no demands, easing up, slowing down, getting older."[35] By the time it had appeared, Stephen Housden (ex-Stevie Wright Band, the Imports) replaced Briggs on lead guitar.[1][2] It reached No .9 in Australia and No. 21 in the US;[12][18] and in November it was certified gold by RIAA.[22]

text: In August, Nelson provided lead vocals for Time Exposure's lead single, "The Night Owls", which peaked at No. 18 in Australia and No. 6 in the US.[12][18] Raffaele described the track as "the punchiest thing LRB has done for some time but it's still middle-of-the-road pap, hummable."[35] Nelson also shared vocal duties with Shorrock on the third single, "Take It Easy on Me" (November 1981).[1][3][10] According to Australian music journalist Ed Nimmervoll, Nelson's presence was "adding to the problems within" the band; Nimmervoll opined that Goble "agitated within the band to replace Glenn Shorrock with John Farnham."[3]

text: 1982–87: John Farnham years[edit]

text: In February 1982 Shorrock left Little River Band and resumed his solo career but did not achieve chart success in the US.[10] Farnham replaced Shorrock on lead vocals[36] and "Man on Your Mind", the third single from Time Exposure (with Shorrock's vocals), reached No. 14 in the US.[18] In September Farnham told Susan Moore of The Australian Women's Weekly, "Fitting in with the guys hasn't been hard, they have made it so easy for me... But recording and on stage things are quite different from what I've been used to."[36] On covering the previous LRB repertoire he said, "We've had to change the key with a lot of things because Glenn sang in a different register from me."[36]

text: The first single with Farnham as lead vocalist, "The Other Guy" (one of two new offerings on their Greatest Hits album), was released in November 1982, which reached No. 18 in Australia and No. 11 in the US.[12][18] The other track, "Down on the Border", peaked at No. 7 in Australia.[12] The next single, "We Two", from their seventh studio album, The Net (May 1983), reached No. 22 in the US.[18] It had been co-produced by the group and Ernie Rose (Mississippi, Rénee Geyer, Stars).[2][37] DeGagne reviewed the album, which "failed to capture the same success they experienced with Shorrock at the helm. The same type of soft rock fluidity and laid-back charm has been replaced with a sound that seems forced and somewhat strained."[38]

text: In 1983 "You're Driving Me Out of My Mind" became the group's last single to reach the US Top 40.[38] The band moved towards a more 1980s style sound and added a keyboardist, David Hirschfelder (ex-Peter Cupples Band), in September 1983.[1][2] The pressures of success and constant touring took their toll on the band as line-up changes continued. Birtles left in October because he did not like the harder, more progressive musical path that Goble was taking the group and because he had preferred Shorrock's vocals.[10] Birtles contributed to soundtracks for feature films, From Something Great (1985) and Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988);[1][2] he also worked as a session musician.[2][39] Pellicci left in February 1984 for similar reasons and Steve Prestwich (ex-Cold Chisel) was his replacement on drums.[1][2] Pellicci became a session musician: including working for Brian Cadd.[2]

text: Their eighth studio album, Playing to Win, was released in January 1985, which delivered a harder sound with producer Spencer Proffer.[2] The change in sound, along with the unofficial shortening of their name to LRB, confused fans and radio programmers. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane felt it was "a strong album but it failed to halt the band's slide in popularity."[1] It reached No. 38 in Australia and No. 75 on the US charts.[12][18] It is the group's last charting album on the Billboard 200.[18] The title track made No. 59 on the Australian singles chart, No. 15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and No. 60 on Hot 100.[12][18][40] The second single, "Blind Eyes", failed to enter the charts.[12][18]

text: In July 1985 Little River Band performed for the Oz for Africa benefit concert (part of the global Live Aid program) including: "Don't Blame Me", "Full Circle", "Night Owls", and "Playing to Win". They were broadcast in Australia (on both Seven Network and Nine Network) and on MTV in the US. American Broadcasting Company broadcast "Don't Blame Me" and "Night Owls" during their Live Aid telecast ("Night Owls" was only partially transmitted).[41] Farnham left the group following the completion of their short Australian tour in April 1986, which had Malcolm Wakeford drumming in Prestwich's place.[42] Their ninth studio album, No Reins, recorded when Farnham was still aboard, appeared in May 1986 and was produced by Richard Dodd.[2] It reached the Kent Music Report top 100.[12]

text: Farnham explained to Pollyanna Sutton of The Canberra Times why he left, "I was up front and had to be the most liked. There was a lot of pressure because it wasn't, perhaps, working as it should, although there were other contributing things like the membership changes and perhaps the material."[43] Nimmervoll wrote of the Farnham years, "The experiment had never worked. Whatever John's talents, America longed for Glenn Shorrock. At the end of 1985, while LRB was seriously contemplating its future, Farnham took the initiative to start work on another solo album."[3] Farnham continued to be managed by Wheatley – who had also left LRB – and his solo career took off with his next album, Whispering Jack (October 1986).[1][2][3] Hirschfelder, McLachlan, Nelson and Pellicci contributed to the album or the related tour.[2]

text: 1987–98: Shorrock's return[edit]

text: After Farnham's departure, Little River Band were essentially in limbo until 1987 when Pellicci and Shorrock returned at the request of Irving Azoff, the head of MCA Records, who wanted the band on his label.[44] The line-up of Goble, Housden, Nelson, Pellicci and Shorrock established a holding company, We Two Pty. Ltd, with all members as directors in equal share.[10][45] In July 1988 Pellicci described the albums after he had left LRB: "It was an overstatement to say the response to No Reins and Playing to Win was lukewarm — there was no response at all."[46] The revamped Little River Band, augmented by keyboardist James Roche, performed at the opening of World Expo 88 in Brisbane on 30 April, where they were joined by the Eagles' Glenn Frey, who accompanied them that year on tour.[47]

text: The group released their tenth studio album, Monsoon, on MCA in June 1988, which peaked at No. 9 on the Kent Music Report and at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia.[12][48] It was co-produced by Boylan and Goble.[2] The Canberra Times' Lisa Wallace was disappointed, "I fear the album may not live up to expectations... I was one of the silly ones who expected something more, something new... Pleasant it is, technically precise and solid-gold Top 40 stuff, but nothing's changed. The band is no better, and no worse, than it was all those years ago."[49] Its lead single, "Love Is a Bridge", co-written by Goble and Housden was released in May and peaked at No. 7 on the Kent Music Report and at No. 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[12][48][50] It was their second highest charting single in the Australian market,[1] and a moderate Adult Contemporary radio hit in the US.

text: The eleventh studio album, Get Lucky (February 1990) made the top 60 in Australia – their last charting studio album in Australia.[12][48] Mike Boehm of Los Angeles Times caught their gig in May, where "Lead singer Glenn Shorrock was stiff and seemed stuck for words between songs. But he knew what to do when the music started, singing in a comfortably husky voice that resembled Phil Collins in tone and easy pop appeal. Wayne Nelson, the group's Californian, generated more heat in his two lead vocal turns. The three-part harmonies behind Shorrock were exemplary, although the CS&N parallels were unmistakable. Lead guitarist Stephen Housden reinforced the emphasis on melody with his clean, lyrical lines."[51]

text: MCA released a compilation album, Worldwide Love, of tracks from the previous two LPs on their Curb Records imprint in June 1991. Both Get Lucky and Worldwide Love peaked in the top 40 on the Swiss Hitparade;[52] with the latter album also appearing on the Ö3 Austria Top 40.[53]

text: Goble had ceased touring with the group in 1989 and left altogether by 1992[1] as well as signing away his rights to the band's name.[54] Peter Beckett (ex-Player) joined in 1989 to take Goble's place in the line-up. The group went through a series of keyboard players, including Tony Sciuto (1990–1992, 1993–1997) and Richart Bryant (1992–1993, ex-Doobie Brothers).[2] Shorrock left again in 1996; he was offered the option to buy out the remaining members of We Two Pty. Ltd[55] He took a one-third share of the monetary value of the company as he did not want to commit to the band's US touring schedule. Shorrock was replaced on lead vocals by Melbourne singer Steve Wade (ex-Dolphin Street).[1][2] Nelson also left in 1996 and New Zealander Hal Tupea came in on bass guitar.[2] This line-up lasted until late 1997, when everyone, except Wade, started to leave, including Pellicci, who left again early in 1998.[1][2][3] The departure of all original members left Housden as the sole owner of We Two Pty. Ltd and the Little River Band trademark.[45][54][55]

text: 1998–present: Recent years[edit]

text: In 1998 Housden re-established Little River Band with Wade and new contracted members Paul Gildea on vocals and guitars; Kevin Murphy on vocals, drums and percussion; and Adrian Scott on vocals and keyboards (ex-Air Supply) and brought back Roger McLachlan, who returned after 22 years, on bass guitar.[1][2] McLachlan's second tenure was short lived; both he and Scott departed after a year, not accustomed to the band's touring schedule. Nelson returned in early 1999 and Glenn Reither joined on keyboards, sax and backing vocals. Gildea and Wade left next in early 2000 with Australian Greg Hind joining on vocals and guitars and Nelson taking over as lead singer. The line-up of Hind, Housden, Nelson, Murphy and Reither recorded two studio albums, Where We Started From (November 2000) and Test of Time (June 2004).

text: At the end of 2004 Murphy and Reither left and Chris Marion joined on keyboards, while Kip Raines temporarily took on drumming duties until replaced by Billy Thomas in early 2005. Housden left the touring band in 2006, although he still participates in the band's recordings and management. Rich Herring took over lead guitar on tour and Mel Watts replaced Thomas, who had suffered a shoulder injury, on drums in 2007. Ryan Ricks subsequently replaced Watts in 2012. The latter day lineup plays tracks written by Birtles, Goble and/or Shorrock as well as newer material.

text: In March 2002 Birtles Shorrock Goble were formed as a soft rock trio, initially as "The Original Little River Band" or "The Voices of Little River Band"; they undertook a series of reunion concerts performing the group's earlier material.[54][56] By July 2002 a legal dispute over the use of the name "Little River Band" was settled out of court with the agreement that Housden had the naming rights due to his sole ownership of We Two Pty Ltd. and the Little River Band trademark.[56][57][58] A further legal case, which was also settled out of court in mid-2005, allowed the trio to advertise their Little River Band connection but not to perform under that name.[59] Goble, Birtles and Shorrock have shared their frustration through song; Goble recorded "Someone's Taken Our History",[60] Birtles recorded "Revolving Door"[61] and Shorrock recorded "Hear My Voice".[62]

text: In August 2013 the current line-up of LRB, Nelson, Hind, Marion, Herring and Ricks, put out the album Cuts Like a Diamond on the Frontiers Music Srl label.

text: An appearance by Little River Band, scheduled for 12 January 2015 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, was cancelled after complaints from earlier members concerning its promotion as a 40th anniversary performance.[63] Permission for any songs written by Birtles, Briggs, Goble or Shorrock was refused.[64] "We've just had enough of it," Shorrock said. "They've been living off our coat-tails for years."[65] "They are promoting a newly recorded album of their own material, or whatever material they have got. They should do that rather than pretend they are the band that sold 30 million albums."[66]

text: In March 2015 an appearance by the group in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was cancelled after the venue received a cease and desist order from the earlier members regarding the use of their recordings in advertising and the subsequent demands of the present line-up to be paid in full before performing. The venue described this demand as "not only unreasonable, but uncustomary".[67]

text: In March 2015 the controversy over use of the name Little River Band was featured in the Australian current affairs program Sunday Night.[68][69][70] Housden, the legal owner of the Little River Band name, told the Sunday Night program that he would not allow the original members to perform as Little River Band "in this lifetime".[66][71]

text: In September 2015, Little River Band were named as "Casino Musical Entertainer of the Year" at the Annual G2E Awards ceremony at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.[72] LRB continues to tour, mostly in the US, and perform more than 80 concerts annually.[73]

text: As of 2017, the Little River Band continues to tour.[74] re-recording the original members' material[75] and using original members' images and recordings in promotional material.[76] The current lineup's press releases recount the original members' achievements and awards as if they were their own.[77] No current members live in Australia; Greg Hind is an Australian citizen but no longer resides in Australia.[78]

text: In 2017, Little River Band blocked all of Australia from viewing its website.[79]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: The Little River Band are considered to be among Australia's most significant bands. As of September 2004 they have sold more than 30 million records[57] and scored 13 American Top 40 hits.[80] In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, named "Cool Change" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.[81] At that ceremony Goble and Shorrock reconnected after ten years; they proposed a reunion with Birtles to perform their earlier material, which became the trio Birtles Shorrock Goble.[56]

text: At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004, the 1976 to 1978 line-up of the band – Birtles, Shorrock, Goble, Pellicci, Briggs and McArdle – were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.[57][82] They performed "Help Is on Its Way" at the ceremony on 17 October. Shorrock had previously been inducted in 1991 for his work with the Twilights, Axiom and his solo career.[82] Farnham, who had been inducted in 2003 for his solo work, was not included in the 2004 induction of Little River Band.[82]

text: With more than five million plays, "Reminiscing", written by Goble, was recognised by BMI as one of the most frequently played songs in the history of American radio, the highest achievement of any Australian pop song internationally.[83] "Lady" has also accumulated more than three million plays.[84] According to Albert Goldman's biography, John Lennon named "Reminiscing" as one of his favourite songs. May Pang, Lennon's erstwhile girlfriend, said they considered "Reminiscing" as "our song".[85]

text: LRB were mentioned in the 2010 film The Other Guys, when the character portrayed by Will Ferrell played "Reminiscing" while driving. The character portrayed by Mark Wahlberg threw the CD out the window, but Ferrell's character played it again later on and said that he always had six identical LRB CDs in his car.

text: Discography[edit]

text:
Little River Band (1975)
After Hours (1976)
Diamantina Cocktail (1977)
Sleeper Catcher (1978)
First Under the Wire (1979)
Time Exposure (1981)
The Net (1983)
Playing to Win (1985)
No Reins (1986)
Monsoon (1988)
Get Lucky (1990)
Where We Started From (2000)
Test of Time (2004)
Re-arranged (2006)
We Call It Christmas (2007)
A Little River Band Christmas (2011)
Cuts Like a Diamond (2013)
"The Hits - Revisited" (2016)

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text: Top 20 U.S. singles[edit]

text: Little River Band had ten Top 20 singles in the Billboard charts between 1977 and 1983.[86]

text:
Song
Highest position
Date reached
Weeks on chart
Lead singer
Songwriter(s)

"Reminiscing"
3
28 October 1978
20
Glenn Shorrock
Graeham Goble

"The Night Owls"
6
7 November 1981
21
Wayne Nelson
Graeham Goble

"Lonesome Loser"
6
29 September 1979
18
Glenn Shorrock
David Briggs

"Take It Easy on Me"
10
6 March 1982
19
Glenn Shorrock
Graeham Goble

"Cool Change"
10
19 January 1980
18
Glenn Shorrock
Glenn Shorrock

"Lady"
10
7 April 1979
20
Glenn Shorrock
Graeham Goble

"The Other Guy"
11
5 February 1983
18
John Farnham
Graeham Goble

"Man on Your Mind"
14
29 May 1982
16
Glenn Shorrock
Glenn Shorrock, Kerryn Tolhurst

"Help Is on Its Way"
14
19 November 1977
22
Glenn Shorrock
Glenn Shorrock

"Happy Anniversary"
16
11 March 1978
18
Glenn Shorrock
Beeb Birtles, David Briggs

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text: Personnel[edit]

text: Current members[edit]

text:
Wayne Nelson – bass guitar (1980–96, 1999–present), lead vocals (2000–present)
Greg Hind – guitar, vocals (2000–present)
Chris Marion – keyboards, vocals (2004–present)
Rich Herring – guitar, vocals (2006–present)
Ryan Ricks – drums, vocals (2012–present)

text: Former members[edit]

text:
Beeb Birtles – guitar, vocals (1975–83)
Graham Davidge – lead guitar (1975)
Graeham Goble – guitar, vocals (1975–92)
Dave Orams – bass guitar (1975)
Derek Pellicci – drums (1975–84, 1987–98)
Glenn Shorrock – vocals (1975–82, 1987–96)
Ric Formosa – guitar, vocals (1975–76)
Roger McLachlan – bass guitar (1975–76, 1998–99)
David Briggs – guitar (1976–81)
George McArdle – bass guitar (1976–79)
Geoff Cox – drums (1978)
Mal Logan – keyboards (1978–82)
Barry Sullivan – bass guitar (1979–80; died 2003)[87]
Stephen Housden – guitar (1981–2006)
John Farnham – vocals (1982–86)
David Hirschfelder – keyboards, synthesisers, backing vocals (1983–86)

Steve Prestwich – drums (1984–86; died 2011)[88]
Malcolm Wakeford – drums (1986)
James Roche – keyboards (1988–89)
Peter Beckett – guitar, vocals (1989–97)
Tony Sciuto – keyboards, guitar, vocals (1990–92, 1993–97)
Richard Bryant – keyboards, backing vocals (1992–93)
Steve Wade – lead vocals, guitar (1996–2000)
Hal Tupea – bass guitar (1996–97)
Kevin Murphy – drums (1998–2004)
Paul Gildea – guitar, vocals (1998–2000)
Adrian Scott – keyboards, vocals (1998–99)
Glenn Reither – keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals (1999–2004)
Kip Raines – drums (2004–05)
Billy Thomas – drums (2005–07)
Mel Watts – drums (2007–12)

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: APRA Awards[edit]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1982
"Reminiscing" – Graeham Goble
Gold Award[89]
Won

"Cool Change" – Glenn Shorrock
Gold Award[89]
Won

1984
"The Other Guy" - Graeham Goble
Most Played Australasian Popular Work[89]
Won

1985
Special Award[89]
Won

2001
"Cool Change" – Glenn Shorrock
Top 30 Australian songs[81]
listed

text: ARIA Awards[edit]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

2004
Little River Band
Hall of Fame[82]
inductee

text: Australian Rock Music Awards[edit]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1978
Little River Band
Best Live Rock Act[90]
Won

Best Recording Group[90]
Won

Most Popular Group[90]
Won

Glenn Shorrock
Best Male Singer[90]
Won

Best Composer[90]
Nominated

Rock Hero[90]
Won

Beeb Birtles
Best Composer[90]
Nominated

David Briggs
Best Guitarist[90]
Nominated

George McArdle
Best Bassist[90]
Nominated

Derek Pellicci
Best Drummer[90]
Nominated

Diamantina Cocktail
Best Album Cover[90]
Won

Best Album[90]
Won

Glenn Wheatley
Manager of the Year[90]
Nominated

"Help Is on Its Way"
Best Single[90]
Won

text: Grammy Awards[edit]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1979
"Lonesome Loser"
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
Nominated

text: TV Week King of Pop Awards[edit]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1977
"Help Is on Its Way"
Australian Record of the Year[91][92]
Won

Little River Band
Best Australian International Performers[92]
Won

Glenn Shorrock
Best Australian Songwriter[92]
Won

1978
"Reminiscing"
Australian Record of the Year[92]
Won

"Help Is on Its Way" on Paul Hogan Show
Best Australian TV Performer[92]
Won

Sleeper Catcher
Most Popular Australian Album[92]
Won

text: TV Week / Countdown Music Awards[edit]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1979
First Under the Wire
Best Australian Album[91][92]
Won

"Lonesome Loser"
Best Australian Singles[91]
Nominated

Little River Band
Most Outstanding Achievement[91][92]
Won

Most Popular Group[91][92]
Won

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