document_title: America's Got Talent (season 12)

question_text: who came in second and third on america's got talent

question_tokens: who came in second and third on america 's got talent

text: America's Got Talent (season 12)

text: Season changes[edit]

text: On October 4, 2016, Simon Cowell signed a contract to remain as a judge through 2019.[10]

text: Long-time host Nick Cannon announced, on February 13, 2017, that he would not return as host for the twelfth season, soon after he made disparaging remarks about NBC in his 2017 Showtime comedy special, Stand Up, Don't Shoot.[11] Cannon was still under contract to host, and NBC executives did not initially accept his resignation, but they ultimately searched for a new host.[12][13]

text: On March 12, 2017, NBC announced supermodel and host Tyra Banks as the host for Season 12.[3]

text: Preliminary auditions[edit]

text: The season had preliminary open call auditions in Chicago, Austin, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, San Diego, New York City, Charleston, Memphis, and Los Angeles.[14] As in years past, prospective contestants could also submit online auditions.

text: Judges' auditions were taped in March at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The premiere aired May 30, 2017.[citation needed]

text: Golden buzzer[edit]

text: The Golden Buzzer returned for its fourth consecutive season. Any act that received a golden buzzer during the preliminary auditions was sent directly to the live shows and did not compete in the Judge Cuts round. In the first episode of preliminary auditions, Mel B pressed the golden buzzer for 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer. In subsequent episodes, Simon Cowell pressed it for 29-year-old deaf singer Mandy Harvey, Howie Mandel chose 16-year-old former blind singer Christian Guardino, Tyra Banks pressed it for Light Balance dance crew, and Heidi Klum chose 13-year-old singer Angelina Green.[15]

text: Each Judge Cuts act that received a golden buzzer advanced to the live shows without any voting by the judges. During the Judge Cuts round, guest judges Chris Hardwick pressed his golden buzzer for 9-year old singer Angelica Hale, DJ Khaled pressed it for 21-year old singer-songwriter and guitarist Chase Goehring, Laverne Cox pressed it for 9-year old singer Celine Tam, and Seal pressed it for soul singer Johnny Manuel.[15]

text: Death of Brandon Rogers[edit]

text: On June 11, 2017, contestant Brandon Rogers died in an automobile accident. Rogers was an American physician who specialized in family medicine. Earlier in 2017, after seeing YouTube videos of Rogers singing, Boyz II Men invited him to sing with them as a guest in three of their Las Vegas shows. His successful AGT audition aired on July 11, 2017, in his memory.[16] He competed in the Judge Cuts round, but his performance in that round was not televised.[17]

text: Judge Cuts[edit]

text: The Judge Cuts round began on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Like the previous season, one guest judge joined the judges' panel each show and was given one golden buzzer opportunity to send an act straight to the live shows. Twenty acts were shown each week and seven advanced, including the guest judge's golden buzzer choice. Guest judges were not given a red buzzer to use. Any act that received all four red buzzers was immediately eliminated from the competition. The four guest judges were Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox, and Seal.

text: After the Judge Cuts, three wildcards were chosen from eliminated acts to perform in the live shows: Final Draft, Bello Nock and Oskar and Gaspar (who did not perform in the Judge Cuts round). All three of these acts were eliminated in the Quarterfinals.

text:
Key
 Buzzed
 Golden buzzer

  Advanced

  Quarterfinal Wildcard

  Eliminated

  Eliminated Immediately

  Advanced Immediately

text: Week 1[edit]

text: Guest judge: Chris Hardwick

text: Date: July 18, 2017

text:
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result

Cowell
Klum
Hardwick
Mel B
Mandel

Sara and Hero
1
Dog Act

Advanced

The Baker Family
2
Bluegrass Band

Eliminated

Mariachi Nuevo Santander
3
Mariachi Group

Eliminated

The Masqueraders
4
Vocal Group

Advanced

Eric Jennifer
5
Comedian

Eliminated

Harrison Greenbaum
6
Comedian

Eliminated

Dancing Pumpkin Man
7
Dancer

Eliminated

Tom London
8
Close-Up Magician

Eliminated

Eric Jones
9
Close-Up Magician

Advanced

Angelica Hale
10
Singer

Advanced Immediately

Danylo and Oskar
11
Acrobat Duo

Eliminated

Lera and Nika Tomanova
12
Aerial Duo

Eliminated

Yosein Chi
13
Hand Balancer

Eliminated

Darcy Callus
14
Singer And Keyboardist

Eliminated

Carlos De Antonis
15
Opera Singer

Eliminated

Canion Shijirbat
16
Digital Dancer

Eliminated

Just Jerk
17
Hip-Hop Dance Group

Advanced

Maw Kitty
18
Singer

Eliminated

The Singing Trump
19
Singing Trump Impersonator

Advanced

Demian Aditya
20
Escape Artist

Advanced

text: Week 2[edit]

text: Guest judge: DJ Khaled

text: Date: July 25, 2017

text: As of 2017, this is the only Judge Cuts episode in the show's history in which an act with at least one "X" buzzer was nevertheless promoted to the live shows. This was also the only Judge Cuts episode of the season in which an act received 4 red buzzers.

text:
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result

Cowell
Klum
Khaled
Mel B
Mandel

Sammulous
1
Cabaret Singer

Eliminated

Steven Scott
2
Comedian

Eliminated

The Quiddlers
3
Novelty Puppet Group

Eliminated

Str8jacket
4
Dance Group

Eliminated

Solto & T Dot
5
Dance Duo

Eliminated

Junior and Emily
6
Salsa Dance Duo

Advanced

Jokgu and Aichan
7
Piano-Playing Chickens

Eliminated Immediately

Dakota Striplin
8
Singer and Guitarist

Eliminated

Chase Goehring
9
Singer and Guitarist

Advanced Immediately

Azeri Brothers
10
Danger Act

Eliminated

The Godfathers
11
Acrobat Group

Eliminated

Tulga
12
Strongman

Eliminated

Mirror Image
13
Vocal/Dance Duo

Advanced

Evie Clair
14
Singer

Advanced

Kyle Eschen
15
Magician

Eliminated

Xavier Mortimer
16
Digital Magician

Eliminated

Colin Cloud
17
Mentalist

Advanced

Pelican212
18
Family Band

Eliminated

Puddles Pity Party
19
Singing Clown

Advanced

Yoli Mayor
20
Singer

Advanced

text: Week 3[edit]

text: Guest judge: Laverne Cox

text: Date: August 1, 2017

text: This was the first Judge Cuts episode in which no acts received a red buzzer from any of the judges.

text:
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result

Cowell
Klum
Cox
Mel B
Mandel

Oscar Hernandez
1
Dancer

Advanced

Tony and Jordan
2
Digital Magicians

Eliminated

The Naked Magicians
3
Magicians

Eliminated

Jeki Yoo
4
Magician

Eliminated

Herbie Russ
5
Singer And Saxophonist

Eliminated

Mike Yung
6
Singer

Advanced

5 Alive
7
Boy Band

Eliminated

Final Draft
8
R&B Vocal Group

Quarterfinal Wild Card

Brobots & Mandroidz
9
Hip-Hop Dance Group

Advanced

Marisa McKaye
10
Singer

Eliminated

Celine Tam
11
Singer

Advanced Immediately

Aileen George
12
Pole Dancer

Eliminated

Shemika Charles
13
Limbo Dancer

Eliminated

Jay Jay Phillips
14
Comedic Keyboardist

Eliminated

Diavolo
15
Acrobatic Dance Group

Advanced

Jonathan Rinny
16
Balancing Acrobat

Eliminated

Bello Nock
17
Comedic Daredevil

Quarterfinal Wild Card

Daniel Ferguson
18
Singing Impressionist

Eliminated

Preacher Lawson
19
Comedian

Advanced

Billy & Emily England
20
Extreme Rollerskating Duo

Advanced

text: Week 4[edit]

text: Guest judge: Seal

text: Date: August 8, 2017

text:
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes
Result

Cowell
Klum
Seal
Mel B
Mandel

Artyon & Paige
1
Dance Duo

Advanced

Britt Saasen
2
Singer

Eliminated

In The Stairwell
3
A Capella Group

Advanced

Will Tsai
4
Visualist

Eliminated

Henry Richardson
5
Magician

Eliminated

Elena and Sasha
6
Acrobatic Duo

Eliminated

Lost Legends
7
Dance Group

Eliminated

Nick Uhas
8
Scientist

Eliminated

Veronica Gonzalez
9
Foot Puppeteer

Eliminated

Sirqus Alfon
10
Comedy Trio

Eliminated

DaNell Daymon & Greater Works
11
Gospel Choir

Advanced

Pompeyo Family Dogs
12
Dog Act

Advanced

Johnny Manuel
13
Singer

Advanced Immediately

Maria Popazov
14
Hand Balancer / Contortionist

Eliminated

Maxim Popazov
15
Hand Balancer

Eliminated

German Cornejo Dance Company
16
Dance Group

Eliminated

The Honeybee-z Plus
17
Dance Group

Eliminated

Merrick Hanna
18
Dancer

Advanced

Kechi Okwuchi
19
Singer

Advanced

Brandon Rogers
N/A
Singer

Did Not Advance[note 1][17]

text: Jump up ^ Rogers competed in this round before he died, but his performance was omitted from the episode.

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text: Quarterfinals[edit]

text: The quarterfinals were broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles starting on August 15, 2017. They featured the nine golden buzzer acts, the 24 other acts promoted during the Judge Cuts round, and three wildcard acts chosen by the producers and judges. Twelve acts performed each week, with results announced the on following nights; each week seven acts were sent through to the semifinals.[18] Puddles Pity Party and Mirror Image received an "X" in the Quarterfinals. Demian Aditya received "X's" by Mel B and Cowell in the second Quarterfinals.

text:
Key
 Buzzed

  Advanced

 Judges' Choice

  Won Judges' Choice

  Lost Judges' Choice

  Dunkin' Save

  Judges' Wildcard

text: Week 1 (August 15–16)[edit]

text: Guests: Grace VanderWaal, August 16[19]

text:
Act
Order
Performance Type
Buzzes and judges' choices
Result

Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel

Christian Guardino
1
Singer

Dunkin' Save

Artyon & Paige
2
Dancing Duo

Eliminated

In The Stairwell
3
A Cappella Group

Advanced

The Singing Trump
4
Singing Donald Trump Impersonator

Eliminated

Angelica Hale
5
Singer

Advanced

Bello Nock
6
Comedic Daredevil

Eliminated

Just Jerk1
7
Hip-Hop Dance Group

Lost Judges' Choice

Puddles Pity Party
8
Singing Clown

Eliminated

Preacher Lawson
9
Comedian

Advanced

Yoli Mayor1
10
Singer

Won Judges' Choice

Billy & Emily England
11
Extreme Rollerskating Duo

Advanced

Darci Lynne Farmer
12
Singing Ventriloquist

Advanced

text: ^1 After the judges split evenly in the Judges' Choice, Yoli Mayor was announced to have received more of America's votes than Just Jerk, and she advanced to the semi-finals.

text: Week 2 (August 22–23)[edit]

text: Guests: Circus 1903, August 23[20]

text:
Act
Order
Performance type
Buzzes and judges' choices
Result

Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel

Brobots & Mandroidz
1
Hip-Hop Dance Group

Eliminated

Celine Tam
2
Singer

Advanced

Mirror Image
3
Vocal Dance Duo

Eliminated

Johnny Manuel
4
Singer

Advanced

Merrick Hanna
5
Dancer

Advanced

Eric Jones1
6
Close-up Magician

Won Judges' Choice

The Masqueraders1
7
Vocal Group

Lost Judges' Choice

Light Balance2
8
Light-Up Dance Group

Advanced

Evie Clair
9
Singer

Dunkin' Save

Demian Aditya3
10
Escape Artist

Eliminated

Pompeyo Family Dogs
11
Dog Act

Wild Card

Mandy Harvey
12
Singer-Songwriter/Ukulelist

Advanced

text: ^1 After the judges split evenly in the Judges' Choice, Eric Jones was announced to have received more of America's votes than The Masqueraders, and he advanced to the semi-finals.

text: ^2 Due to a technical issue, Light Balance's performance was based on their dress rehearsal.[21]

text: ^3 Another technical issue occurred when the sealed box Aditya was in didn't fall as planned.[22]

text: Week 3 (August 29–30)[edit]

text: Guests: Mat Franco, Piff the Magic Dragon, and Jon Dorenbos, August 30[23][24]

text:
Act
Order
Performance Type
Buzzes and judges' choices
Result

Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel

DaNell Daymon & Greater Works
1
Gospel Choir

Won Judges' Choice

Junior and Emily Alabi
2
Salsa Dance Duo

Eliminated

Final Draft
3
Vocal Group

Eliminated

Oscar Hernandez
4
Dancer

Eliminated

Angelina Green
5
Singer

Lost Judges' Choice

Colin Cloud
6
Mentalist

Dunkin' Save

Mike Yung
7
Singer

Advanced

Oskar and Gaspar
8
Videomapping Act

Eliminated

Sara and Hero 1
9
Dog Act

Advanced

Chase Goehring
10
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist

Advanced

Diavolo
11
Acrobatic Dance Group

Advanced

Kechi Okwuchi
12
Singer

Advanced

text: ^1 Sara added another dog named Loki in her act. Loki performed throughout the rest of the competition.

text: Semifinals[edit]

text: The live semifinals started on September 5, 2017. They featured the 21 acts voted to the semifinals, plus the judges' semifinal wildcard pick. Each week, eleven acts performed; five went through to the finals, and six were eliminated. No acts were buzzed.

text:
Key

  Advanced

 Judges' Choice

  Won Judges' Choice

  Lost Judges' Choice

  Dunkin' Save

text: Week 1 (September 5–6)[edit]

text: Guests: The Clairvoyants[25]

text:
Act
Order
Performance Description
Judges' choices
Result

Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel

Yoli Mayor
1
Singer; performed "Say You Won't Let Go" by James Arthur

Eliminated

Eric Jones
2
Close-up magician: The judges are seated on the stage. A $2 bill in Eric's hand turns into 4 coins. Simon hands him a signed hundred-dollar bill in exchange for the 4 coins. He shakes the coins together between his palms, and one of the coins disappears. Eric gives Heidi the three coins, asks her to focus on one of them, and makes that coin disappear. Howie holds the two coins between his thumb and middle finger, and when he drops them, only one coin remains. Eric then places it onto Mel B's hand, teleports it to her shoulder, and that coin disappears as well. All four coins are found under Simon's 100-dollar bill, and Eric changes them into the $2 bill.

Lost Judges' Choice

DaNell Daymon & Greater Works1
3
Gospel choir; performed "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith

Eliminated

Preacher Lawson
4
Comedian; laments being single, explains why he broke up with his ex-girlfriend, Tyra, and worries about passing his big lips on to his future offspring. He ends with a joke about his reaction to his 4-year-old cousin calling him ugly.

Advanced

Johnny Manuel
5
Singer; performed an original song called "Blind Faith"

Eliminated

Billy and Emily England
6
Extreme rollerblading duo: rollerblades on a high platform in which Emily hangs on to Billy in several positions while they spin around. Billy then flings Emily off the edge of the platform into the jaws of animated dragons.

Eliminated

Evie Clair
7
Singer; performs "Yours" by Ella Henderson

Dunkin' Save

Sara & Hero
8
Dog act: Hero pretended to perform CPR on Sara before she "revives" and they play volleyball together. Guest performer Loki, Sara's younger dog, circles backwards around a standing Hero, who then gets on a skateboard and catches frisbees. Sara and Loki get on a surfboard, and then Hero jumps through a hoop before Sara jumps through the hoop with Hero. The act ends with Loki in Sara's arms.

Advanced

Chase Goehring1
9
Singer-songwriter/Guitarist; performed an original song called "What Is Love".

Won Judges' Choice

Darci Lynne Farmer
10
Singing ventriloquist's puppet, Edna Doorknocker, complains about being stuck in the elevator with The Singing Trump, while gushing about Simon. She then sings "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin to him, eventually cuddling a blushing Simon.

Advanced

Mike Yung1
11
Singer; performed "Don't Give Up on Me" by Solomon Burke

Eliminated

text: ^1 Chase Goehring, DaNell Daymon & Greater Works, and Mike Yung were not initially announced as performing on week one of semifinals.

text: Week 2 (September 12–13)[edit]

text:
Act
Order
Performance Description
Judges' choices
Result

Cowell
Klum
Mel B
Mandel

Celine Tam
1
Singer; performed "How Far I'll Go" from Moana.

Eliminated

Colin Cloud
2
Mentalist; printed thousands of tweets collected from the public, each listing a random celebrity, city and object, on cards (each containing a couple dozen of the tweets) distributed to the live audience members. Judges collected some of the cards from the audience at random. Mel B selected one card from these, and Heidi chose one tweet on the card at random, which contained a unique list: Ellen, Rome, cheese. Cloud demonstrated with prerecorded video snippets of himself and the judges that he had correctly predicted the list. A picture on stage, when flipped upside down, gave the same list in reverse order.

2

Lost Judges' Choice

Christian Guardino
3
Singer; performed "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye.

Eliminated

In the Stairwell
4
A Cappella Group; performed "Castle on the Hill" by Ed Sheeran

Eliminated

Merrick Hanna1
5
Dancer; performed robot-themed urban dance routine that involved some flying.

Eliminated

Mandy Harvey1
6
Singer; performed an original song, "Release Me", while translating the song into American Sign Language.

Advanced

Pompeyo Family Dogs
7
Dog Act; dogs of varying sizes, dressed as Arctic/Antarctic animals such as a polar bear and penguins, performed agility and acrobatic tricks including walking and handstanding on two legs, sometimes in size order, leaping through hoops and over humans, jumping rope with a human and climbing a ladder.

Eliminated

Diavolo
8
Acrobatic Dance Group; dancers rose into the air hanging artfully, or climbing on, and leaping from, various moving, transforming apparatuses, with a post-apocalyptic or futuristic theme.

2

Won Judges' Choice

Kechi Okwuchi
9
Singer; performed "Don't Worry About Me" by Frances.

Dunkin' Save

Light Balance
10
Light-Up Dance Group; urban dance employing darkness and chromatic lights on set and costumes with a video game effect.

Advanced

Angelica Hale
11
Singer; performed "Without You" by David Guetta

Advanced

text: ^1 Merrick Hanna and Mandy Harvey were switched to perform on Week 2 although they were on the Week 1 promo.

text: ^2 Klum's voting intention was not revealed.

text: Finals[edit]

text: The final performances took place on September 19, followed by the final results show on September 20, 2017. No acts were buzzed.

text:
Key

  Advanced to the top 5

  Top 10

text:
Act
Order
Performance Description
Result

Angelica Hale
1
Singer; performed "Symphony" by Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson.
Advanced

Chase Goehring
2
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist; performed an original song called "Mirror".
Top 10

Sara and Hero
3
Dog Act; Hero freed Sara from a glass cube by pressing a button. Hero danced around Sara's legs before Loki ran out and performed alongside Hero. Hero balanced on Sara's feet and put his front legs in the air. Loki jumped over obstacles and ran through a tube, then Loki jumped rope, with Sara and Hero holding the ends. Hero jumped on his hind legs with Sara, then Sara made hoops with her hands for Loki to jump through. The act ended with Hero running up a ramp and jumping high through the air over a ball pit to grab a dangling bone.
Advanced

Diavolo
4
Dance/Acrobat Crew; Two acrobats danced around a door before opening it up to reveal acrobats dancing, jumping and sliding on ramps. They then transferred to a large rocking apparatus, climbing on and leaping off of it, and catching each other, with themes of fire and thunder in the background.
Top 10

Evie Clair
5
Singer; performed "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.
Top 10

Preacher Lawson
6
Stand-Up Comedian; recalled an interaction on the street with a mostly naked man who proclaimed "Black Power" despite being white. He said the man asked to borrow $75, and noted that the man would definitely use it for drugs. He then performed an energetic physical bit, imitating the man by shaking and repeating the same phrase over and over. He ended by making a meta observation that while some audience members die laughing from this joke, others say, "How long is he gonna do this for?"
Top 10

Kechi Okwuchi
7
Singer; performed "Conqueror" by Estelle.
Top 10

Darci Lynne Farmer
8
Singing Ventriloquist; puppets Oscar and Petunia bickered over who should sing for the Finals. The two puppets then told Darci to keep her mouth closed while they both performed a version of "With a Little Help from My Friends" by The Beatles.
Advanced

Mandy Harvey
9
Singer-Songwriter/Ukeleleist; performed an original song called "This Time".
Advanced

Light Balance
10
Light-Up Dance Group; urban dance with chromatic lights. At the beginning, echoing the group's past performances, a dancer in a top hat sat on a chair (Preliminary auditions), followed by a werewolf (Quarterfinals) that seemingly tore one of the android dancers in half, although its top and bottom halves soon rejoined, and ended with a person resembling a video game character (Semifinals).
Advanced

text: Finale[edit]

text: Guest performers in the finale included Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, James Arthur, Derek Hough and Terry Fator.[8] Other celebrity appearances included Marlee Matlin.[26]

text: The following chart describes the acts, appearances and segments presented during the finale.

text:
Act(s)
Performance Description

Angelica Hale & Kechi Okwuchi
Singers; Guest performer Kelly Clarkson sang, with the two contestants, a trio of her song "Stronger".

Chase Goehring
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist; Guest performer James Arthur sang a duet with Goehring of his song '"Say You Won't Let Go".

Sara and Hero
Dog Act; Instead of performing an act, Sara worked to train the Judges' dogs to perform several tricks.

Diavolo
Dance/Acrobat Crew; performed in a space-like setting with asteroids crashing into each other in the background and the dancers jumping off of a moon-like structure.

Evie Clair
Singer; Guest performer James Arthur performed a duet with Clair of her song "Okay Day".

Preacher Lawson
Comedian; Clips were shown of Lawson performing at the Laugh Factory with Judge Howie Mandel and Kevin Nealon.

Darci Lynne Farmer
Singing Ventriloquist; Guest performer Terry Fator, with his turtle puppet, Winston, joked around with Farmer and her bunny, Petunia. The two puppets then performed the comic song "Anything You Can Do".

Mandy Harvey
Singer-Songwriter/Ukeleleist; Guest performer Shania Twain sang a duet with Harvey of Twain's song "You're Still The One".

Light Balance
Light-Up Dance Group; Guest performer Derek Hough led the group in a dance routine similar to the group's preliminary auditions routine.

text:
Key

  1st place (Winner)

  2nd place (Runner-up)

  3rd place

  4th place

  5th place

text:
Act
Result

Darci Lynne Farmer
Winner

Angelica Hale
Runner-Up

Light Balance
3rd place

Mandy Harvey
4th place

Sara and Hero
5th place

text: Top 36 acts[edit]

text:
Key
     Winner
     Runner-up
     Third Place
     Top 5
     Finalist
     Semifinalist (lost judges' vote)
     Semifinalist (lost audience vote)
     Quarterfinalist (lost judges' vote)
     Quarterfinalist (lost audience vote)
 Golden buzzer (Auditions)
 Golden buzzer (Judge Cuts)
 Judges' wild card (quarterfinals)
 Judges' wild card (semifinals)

text:
Name of Act
Age(s)
Genre
Act
Hometown
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Result

Darci Lynne Farmer
12
Comedy & Singing
Singing Ventriloquist
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1
1
Winner

Angelica Hale
9
Singing
Singer
Atlanta, Georgia
1
2
Runner-Up

Light Balance
22-36
Dance
Light-Up Dance Group
Ukraine
2
2
3rd Place

Mandy Harvey
29
Singing
Singer-Songwriter/Ukulelist
St. Cloud, Florida
2
2
4th Place

Sara and Hero
22 & 5
Animal
Dog Act
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
3
1
5th Place

Chase Goehring
21
Singing
Singer-Songwriter/Guitarist
Nolensville, Tennessee
3
1
Finalist (Won Judges' Vote)

Diavolo
21-39
Acrobatics
Acrobatic Dance Group
Los Angeles, California
3
2
Finalist (Won Judges' Vote)

Evie Clair
13
Singing
Singer
Florence, Arizona
2
1
Finalist (Won Dunkin' Save Vote)

Kechi Okwuchi
27
Singing
Singer
Houston, Texas
3
2
Finalist (Won Dunkin' Save Vote)

Preacher Lawson
25
Comedy
Stand-up Comedian
Memphis, Tennessee
1
1
Finalist (Won Audience Vote)

Colin Cloud
30
Magic
Mentalist
Edinburgh, Scotland
3
2
Semifinalist (Lost Judges' Vote)

Eric Jones
36
Magic
Close-up Magician
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2
1
Semifinalist (Lost Judges' Vote)

Billy & Emily England
30, 27
Danger
Extreme Rollerskating Duo
Las Vegas, Nevada
1
1
Eliminated

Celine Tam
9
Singing
Singer
Hong Kong
2
2
Eliminated

Christian Guardino
16
Singing
Singer
Patchogue, New York
1
2
Eliminated

DaNell Daymon & Greater Works
24-59
Singing
Gospel Choir
Various
3
1
Eliminated

In The Stairwell
18-22
Singing
A Cappella Group
Colorado Springs, Colorado
1
2
Eliminated

Johnny Manuel
32
Singing
Singer
Flint, Michigan
2
1
Eliminated

Merrick Hanna
12
Dance
Dancer
Encinitas, California
2
2
Eliminated

Mike Yung
56
Singing
Singer
New York, New York
3
1
Eliminated

Pompeyo Family Dogs
7-35
Animal
Dog Act
Sarasota, Florida
2
2
Eliminated

Yoli Mayor
21
Singing
Singer
Miami, Florida
1
1
Eliminated

Angelina Green
13
Singing
Singer
Miami, Florida
3
N/A
Quarterfinalist (lost judges' vote)

Just Jerk
18-27
Dance
Hip-Hop Dance Group
Seoul, South Korea
1
N/A
Quarterfinalist (lost judges' vote)

The Masqueraders
72-74
Singing
Vocal Group
Nashville, Tennessee
2
N/A
Quarterfinalist (lost judges' vote)

Artyon & Paige
9 & 8
Dance
Dancing Duo
Murrieta, California
1
N/A
Eliminated

Bello Nock
47
Danger
Comedic Daredevil
Sarasota, Florida
1
N/A
Eliminated

Brobots & Mandroidz
16-24
Dance
Hip-Hop Dance Group
Torrance, California
2
N/A
Eliminated

Demian Aditya
36
Magic
Escape Artist
Jakarta, Indonesia
2
N/A
Eliminated

Final Draft
22-26
Singing
Vocal Group
Atlanta, Georgia
3
N/A
Eliminated

Junior and Emily
31 & 27
Dance
Salsa Dance Duo
Los Angeles, California
3
N/A
Eliminated

Mirror Image
16
Singing & Dance
Vocal Dance Duo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2
N/A
Eliminated

Oscar Hernandez
34
Dance
Dancer
Orange County, California
3
N/A
Eliminated

Oskar and Gaspar
Unknown
Variety
Videomapping Act
Unknown
3
N/A
Eliminated

Puddles Pity Party
52
Singing
Singing Clown
Atlanta, Georgia
1
N/A
Eliminated

The Singing Trump
56
Comedy & Singing
Singing Trump Impersonator
Palm Springs, California[27]
1
N/A
Eliminated

text: Ratings[edit]

text: U.S. Nielsen ratings[edit]

text:
Show
Episode title
First air date
Timeslot (EDT)
Rating
(18–49)
Share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
Nightly
Rank
Weekly
Rank

1
Auditions Week 1
May 30, 2017
Tuesday
8:00 p.m.
2.7
11
12.32[28]
1
3[29]

2
Auditions Week 2
June 6, 2017
2.7
11
12.53[30]
1
3[31]

3
Auditions Week 3
June 13, 2017
2.6
11
12.70[32]
1
2[33]

4
Auditions Week 4
June 20, 2017
2.6
11
12.74[34]
1
1[35]

5
Auditions Week 5
June 27, 2017
2.5
10
12.36[36]
1
1[37]

6
Auditions Week 6
July 11, 2017
2.5
10
12.59[38]
1
1[39]

7
Judge Cuts 1
July 18, 2017
2.5
11
12.57[40]
1
1[41]

8
Judge Cuts 2
July 25, 2017
2.6
11
13.08[42]
1
1[43]

9
Judge Cuts 3
August 1, 2017
2.8
12
13.33[44]
1
1[45]

10
Judge Cuts 4
August 8, 2017
2.7
11
13.32[46]
1
1[47]

11
Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Performances)
August 15, 2017
2.8
11
13.44[48]
1
1[49]

12
Quarterfinals, Week 1 (Results)
August 16, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
2.1
9
10.89[50]
1
2[49]

13
Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Performances)
August 22, 2017
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
2.6
10
12.76[51]
1
1[52]

14
Quarterfinals, Week 2 (Results)
August 23, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
2.0
9
10.84[53]
1
2[52]

15
Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Performances)
August 29, 2017
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
2.6
11
13.13[54]
1
2[55]

16
Quarterfinals, Week 3 (Results)
August 30, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
1.9
8
11.07[56]
1
3[55]

17
Semifinals, Week 1 (Performances)
September 5, 2017
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
2.6
10
13.29[57]
1
3[58]

18
Semifinals, Week 1 (Results)
September 6, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
2.1
8
11.99[59]
1
6[58]

19
Semifinals, Week 2 (Performances)
September 12, 2017
Tuesday 9:00 p.m.[note 1]
2.3
9
11.57[60]
1
3[61]

20
Semifinals, Week 2 (Results)
September 13, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
2.1
8
11.59[62]
1
2[61]

21
The Finals
September 19, 2017
Tuesday 8:00 p.m.
3.0
12
14.70[63]
1
4[64]

22
Season Finale
September 20, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
3.0
11
15.64[65]
1
2[64]

text: Jump up ^ This episode was delayed by one hour to follow Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief.

text: Specials[edit]

text:
Show
Episode title
First air date
Timeslot (EDT)
Rating
(18–49)
Share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
Nightly
Rank
Weekly
Rank

S1
Best of Season 12 Auditions
July 13, 2017
Thursday 8:00 p.m.
1.3
6
7.10[66]
2
10[39]

S2
Road to Finals[67]
August 9, 2017
Wednesday 8:00 p.m.
1.3
6
7.01[68]
2
8[47]

text: Contestants who appeared on other seasons or shows[edit]

text:
Demian Aditya appeared as a guest performer on Indonesia's Got Talent.
German Cornejo & Gisela Galeassi ("German Cornejo Dance Company") appeared on and were the tango dancer winners of ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen in 2012, performing after the show in Las Vegas with ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen Live. They also were guest artists in Buenos Aires at the Dance Again World Tour by Jennifer Lopez.
Ezequiel Lopez ("German Cornejo Dance Company") appeared on and was one of the malambo dancer winners of ¡Q'Viva! The Chosen in 2012.
Canion Shijirbat appeared on and was the runner-up of Mongolia's Got Talent in 2016. He appeared on Asia's Got Talent a few months after America’s Got Talent and was given a Golden Buzzer by the hosts.
Nick Uhas was a houseguest on Big Brother 15 and was the second houseguest evicted from the house.
Merrick Hanna auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. He made it into the top 40 at Dance Academy, but was eliminated before reaching the top 30.[69] He has also appeared as a lip sync battler on Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[70]
Artyon, half of the dancing duo Artyon and Paige, appeared as a lip sync battler on Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties.
Darci Lynne Farmer appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016 and on Little Big Shots (UK TV series) in 2017.
Billy and Emily England appeared on Britain's Got Talent (series 9) and reached the Semifinals. In 2008, Emily was the runner-up on Big Brother UK: Celebrity Hijack, competing under the name of "Emilia."
Tony and Jordan ("The French Twins") appeared on series 11 of La France a un incroyable talent(the French version of Got Talent) in 2016.
Chase Goehring appeared on The X Factor (U.S. season 3).
Christian Guardino appeared on Showtime at the Apollo in 2016.
Light Balance appeared on Britain's Got Talent (series 8) and reached the Semifinals.
Junior and Emily appeared on Season 3 of America's Got Talent, but were eliminated before the live shows.
Shemika Charles appeared on Season 6 of America's Got Talent, but was eliminated during Vegas week.
Celine Tam appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016 and Britain's Got Talent (series 10) but had to drop out due to a visa issue.
Vinny Grosso ("The Naked Magician") previously appeared on "Penn and Teller: Fool Us", performing the same routine as his AGT Audition, and successfully fooling the magic duo.
The Quiddlers participated in the third season and appeared on I Can Do That, performing with Ciara and Nicole Scherzinger during their time on the show.
Eric Jones previously appeared on "Penn and Teller: Fool us, and he was successful in fooling them. Kyle Eschen & Xavier Mortimer also appeared on Fool Us (Mortimer twice), but were unsuccessful in fooling Penn & Teller.
Xavier Mortimer auditioned in Season 10, but was eliminated at the judge cuts after receiving four buzzers.
Pelican 212 appeared on Little Big Shots in 2016.
Kyle Eschen appeared on Season 3, episode 2 of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Masters of Illusion, and The World Magic Awards.
Colin Cloud appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2012, but he did not make it through to the live semifinals. Cloud also appeared on Season 1 of Penn and Teller Fool Us. His trick didn't however fool Penn and Teller. At both BGT and Penn and Teller Fool Us he went under his real name Colin McLeod.


document_title: Foster care in the United Kingdom

question_text: when did foster care start in the uk

question_tokens: when did foster care start in the uk

root

text: Foster care in the United Kingdom

text: Foster care in the modern sense was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1853 when Reverend John Armistead removed children from a workhouse in Cheshire, and placed them with foster families. The local council (called unions at the time) was legally responsible for the children, and paid the foster parents a sum equal to the cost of maintaining the child in the workhouse.[1][2]

tag: p

text: According to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service – the agency for England and Wales set up to safeguard and promote the welfare of children involved in family court proceedings – the total number of new care applications between April 2011 and March 2012 was up by 10.8 per cent, rising from 9,202 over the same period the previous year, exceeding the 2008-09 tally of 6,488 by 57.2 per cent.[3]

text: Recent controversies[edit]

text: Proceedings to place children in foster care have increased since 2007 in Britain. The death of 17-month-old Peter Connelly, known as "Baby P", a 17-month-old British boy who died in London after suffering more than 50 injuries over an eight-month period during which he was seen many times by Haringey Children's services and National Health Service health professionals, led to widespread public reaction.[4][5] Care applications surpassed the 10,000 yearly mark in England for the first time in 2012. For the year to 31 March 2015, the number had risen to 12,791, an increase of 15% on the previous year.[6]

text: A convicted child molester was allowed to become a foster parent despite having served three years in prison for sexually abusing a Boy Scout. The convicted child molester – David Mason – was allowed to have a foster child placed with him because the Kent County Council did not have his identity checked. Mason is currently incarcerated for numerous charges including rape.[7]

text: In Nottinghamshire County in the UK an ex-foster father was convicted in 2010 of raping and sexually abusing vulnerable boys for more than a decade.[8]


document_title: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

question_text: teams who have qualified for the world cup

text: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

text: Qualified teams

text:
Team
Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Consecutive
finals
appearances
Previous best
performance

 Russia
Hosts
012 December 2010
11th Note 1
2014
2
Fourth place (1966) Note 2

 Brazil
CONMEBOL Round Robin winners
0228 March 2017
21st
2014
21
Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

 Iran
AFC Third Round Group A winners
0312 June 2017
5th
2014
2
Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014)

 Japan
AFC Third Round Group B winners
0431 August 2017
6th
2014
6
Round of 16 (2002, 2010)

 Mexico
CONCACAF Fifth Round top 3
051 September 2017
16th
2014
7
Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)

 Belgium
UEFA Group H winners
063 September 2017
13th
2014
2
Fourth place (1986)

 South Korea
AFC Third Round Group A runners-up
075 September 2017
10th
2014
9
Fourth place (2002)

 Saudi Arabia
AFC Third Round Group B runners-up
085 September 2017
5th
2006
1
Round of 16 (1994)

tag: table

text:
1: This is the 4th appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union who themselves qualified on 7 occasions.
2: Russia's best result is group stage in 1994, 2002 and 2014. However, FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union who achieved this result.

tag: ul

text: Qualification process

text: The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 32. Even though the qualification process began in March 2015, the allocation of slots for each confederation was discussed by the FIFA Executive Committee on 30 May 2015 in Zürich after the FIFA Congress.[13] It was decided that the same allocation as 2014 would be kept for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.[14]

text: Summary of qualification

text: While all FIFA members entered the tournament, not all competed. Zimbabwe were expelled from the competition on 12 March 2015 for their failure to pay former coach José Claudinei a severance fee and Indonesia were excluded from the qualifying competition following the suspension of their football association by FIFA on 30 May 2015.[3] Kuwait had a number of their qualifiers cancelled for a similar suspension that began while their campaign was underway,[15] which eventually resulted in their elimination.

text:
Confederation
Teams started
Teams that have qualified
Teams that can still qualify
Teams that have been eliminated
Remaining places in finals
Total places in finals
Next matchday
Qualifying end date

AFC
46
4
2
40
0 or 1
4 or 5
5 October 2017
14 November 2017

CAF
54
0
15
39
5
5
6 October 2017
6 November 2017

CONCACAF
35
1
5
29
2 or 3
3 or 4
6 October 2017
14 November 2017

CONMEBOL
10
1
7
2
3 or 4
4 or 5
5 October 2017
14 November 2017

OFC
11
0
1
10
0 or 1
0 or 1
6 November 2017
14 November 2017

UEFA
54+1
1+1
29
24
12
13+1
5 October 2017
14 November 2017

Total
210+1
7+1
59
144
24
31+1
5 October 2017
14 November 2017

text: Note: One team each from AFC, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and OFC will play in the inter-confederation play-offs, scheduled for 6–14 November 2017 (CONCACAF v AFC and OFC v CONMEBOL).

text: Note: UEFA total includes +1 for Russia as hosts.

text: Format

text: The formats of the qualifying competitions depend on each confederation (see below). Each round may be played in either of the following formats:[16]

text:
League format, where more than two teams form groups to play home-and-away round-robin matches, or in exceptions permitted by the FIFA Organizing Committee, single round-robin matches hosted by one of the participating teams or on neutral territory.
Knockout format, where two teams play home-and-away two-legged matches.

text: Tiebreakers

text: In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[16]

text:
Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
Overall goal difference
Overall goals scored
Points in matches between tied teams
Goal difference in matches between tied teams
Goals scored in matches between tied teams
Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
Fair play points

first yellow card: minus 1 point
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
direct red card: minus 4 points
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points

Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

text: In cases where teams finishing in the same position across different groups are compared for determining which teams advance to the next stage, the criteria is decided by the confederation and require the approval of FIFA (regulations Article 20.8).[16]

text: In knockout format, the team that has the higher aggregate score over the two legs progresses to the next round. In the event that aggregate scores finish level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs progresses. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time are played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team qualifies by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out (regulations Article 20.9).[16]

text: Confederation qualification

text: AFC

text: The AFC Executive Committee meeting on 16 April 2014 approved the proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds of the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup, which will be expanded to 24 teams starting in 2019:[17]

text:
First round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup finals.
Third round: The 12 teams (an increase from 10 for 2014) which advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round.
Fourth round: The two third-placed teams of each group from the third round will play home-and-away over two legs. The winner will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the fourth-placed CONCACAF team.

text: A total of 24 teams eliminated from World Cup qualification in the second round compete in the third round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification (which is separate from the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification), where they are divided into six groups of four teams and compete for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The 24 teams consist of the 16 highest ranked teams eliminated in the second round, and the eight teams that advanced from the play-off round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification which are contested by the remaining 12 teams eliminated in the second round.[18]

text: Final positions (third round)

text: The draw for the third round was held on 12 April 2016 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[19]

text: Group A

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Iran
10
6
4
0
10
2
+8
22
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
1–0
2–2
2–0
1–0
2–0

2
 South Korea
10
4
3
3
11
10
+1
15

0–0
—
1–0
2–1
3–2
3–2

3
 Syria
10
3
4
3
9
8
+1
13
Advance to fourth round

0–0
0–0
—
1–0
2–2
3–1

4
 Uzbekistan
10
4
1
5
6
7
−1
13

0–1
0–0
1–0
—
2–0
1–0

5
 China PR
10
3
3
4
8
10
−2
12

0–0
1–0
0–1
1–0
—
0–0

6
 Qatar
10
2
1
7
8
15
−7
7

0–1
3–2
1–0
0–1
1–2
—

text: Group B

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Japan
10
6
2
2
17
7
+10
20
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–1
2–0
1–2
2–1
4–0

2
 Saudi Arabia
10
6
1
3
17
10
+7
19

1–0
—
2–2
3–0
1–0
1–0

3
 Australia
10
5
4
1
16
11
+5
19
Advance to fourth round

1–1
3–2
—
2–0
2–0
2–1

4
 United Arab Emirates
10
4
1
5
10
13
−3
13

0–2
2–1
0–1
—
2–0
3–1

5
 Iraq
10
3
2
5
11
12
−1
11

1–1
1–2
1–1
1–0
—
4–0

6
 Thailand
10
0
2
8
6
24
−18
2

0–2
0–3
2–2
1–1
1–2
—

text: Next stage (fourth round)

text: The third-placed teams from each group in the third round will play against each other home-and-away over two legs to determine which team will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Syria

 Australia
5 Oct
10 Oct

text: CAF

text: The CAF Executive Committee approved the format for the qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 14 January 2015.[20] However, on 9 July 2015 FIFA officially announced that only three rounds will be played instead of four.[21]

text:
First round: A total of 26 teams (teams ranked 28–53) played home-and-away over two legs. The 13 winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–27 and 13 first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The 20 winners advanced to the third round.
Third round: The 20 teams which advance from the second round were divided into five groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

text: Zimbabwe, even though they entered the competition, were expelled on 12 March 2015 for their failure to pay former coach José Claudinei a severance fee.[2] Therefore, only 53 African teams were involved in the draw.

text: Current stage (third round)

text: The draw for the third round was held on 24 June 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[22]

text: Group A

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Tunisia
4
3
1
0
7
3
+4
10
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–1
2–0
6 Nov

2
 DR Congo
4
2
1
1
9
5
+4
7

2–2
—
6 Nov
4–0

3
 Guinea (E)
4
1
0
3
4
7
−3
3

7 Oct
1–2
—
3–2

4
 Libya (E)
4
1
0
3
3
8
−5
3

0–1
7 Oct
1–0
—

text: Group B

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Nigeria
4
3
1
0
10
3
+7
10
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
7 Oct
4–0
3–1

2
 Zambia
4
2
1
1
6
4
+2
7

1–2
—
6 Nov
3–1

3
 Cameroon (E)
4
0
3
1
3
7
−4
3

1–1
1–1
—
7 Oct

4
 Algeria (E)
4
0
1
3
3
8
−5
1

6 Nov
0–1
1–1
—

text: Group C

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Ivory Coast
4
2
1
1
7
3
+4
7
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
6 Nov
1–2
3–1

2
 Morocco
4
1
3
0
6
0
+6
6

0–0
—
7 Oct
6–0

3
 Gabon
4
1
2
1
2
4
−2
5

0–3
0–0
—
6 Nov

4
 Mali
4
0
2
2
1
9
−8
2

6 Oct
0–0
0–0
—

text: Group D

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Burkina Faso
4
1
3
0
5
3
+2
6
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
6 Nov
2–2
1–1

2
 Cape Verde
4
2
0
2
4
6
−2
6

0–2
—
7 Oct
2–1

3
 Senegal
3
1
2
0
4
2
+2
5

0–0
2–0
—
6 Nov

4
 South Africa
3
0
1
2
3
5
−2
1

7 Oct
1–2
Nov[a]
—

text: Jump up ^ FIFA ordered a replay of the South Africa v Senegal match after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the lifetime ban of match referee Joseph Lamptey. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1.[23]

text: Group E

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Egypt
4
3
0
1
5
2
+3
9
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
1–0
2–0
8 Oct

2
 Uganda
4
2
1
1
2
1
+1
7

1–0
—
7 Oct
1–0

3
 Ghana
4
1
2
1
6
4
+2
5

6 Nov
0–0
—
1–1

4
 Congo (E)
4
0
1
3
3
9
−6
1

1–2
6 Nov
1–5
—

text: CONCACAF

text: An amendment to the qualification process for this tournament had been suggested,[24] which would see the first three rounds played as knockout rounds, with both the fourth round and the final round (referred to as 'The Hex') played as group stages. The first round would be played during the FIFA international dates of 23–31 March 2015.[25] CONCACAF announced the full details on 12 January 2015:[26][27]

text:
First round: A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35) played home-and-away over two legs. The seven winners advanced to the second round.
Second round: A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 and seven first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners advanced to the third round.
Third round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 7–8 and ten second round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the fourth round.
Fourth round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 1–6 and six third round winners) were divided into three groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group advanced to the fifth round.
Fifth round: The six teams which advanced from the fourth round will play home-and-away round-robin matches in one single group. The top three teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fourth-placed team will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the winner of the Asian Football Confederation play-off.

text: Current stage (fifth round)

text: The draw for the fifth round (to decide the fixtures) was held on 8 July 2016 at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami Beach, United States.[28]

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Mexico (Q)
8
5
3
0
11
3
+8
18
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–0
1–0
1–1
3–0
6 Oct

2
 Costa Rica (X)
8
4
3
1
12
5
+7
15

1–1
—
0–0
4–0
6 Oct
2–1

3
 Panama
8
2
4
2
7
5
+2
10

0–0
10 Oct
—
1–1
2–2
3–0

4
 United States
8
2
3
3
12
11
+1
9
Advance to inter-confederation play-offs

1–2
0–2
6 Oct
—
6–0
2–0

5
 Honduras
8
2
3
3
9
16
−7
9

10 Oct
1–1
0–1
1–1
—
3–1

6
 Trinidad and Tobago (Z)
8
1
0
7
4
15
−11
3

0–1
0–2
1–0
10 Oct
1–2
—

text: CONMEBOL

text: The qualification structure is the same as the previous five editions. The ten teams will play in a league of home-and-away round-robin matches. The top four teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fifth-placed team will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the winner of the Oceania Football Confederation qualifying competition.

text: Unlike previous qualifying tournaments where the fixtures were pre-determined, the fixtures were decided by a draw held on 25 July 2015, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[29]

text: Current stage

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Brazil (Q)
16
11
4
1
38
11
+27
37
Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

—
2–2
2–1
3–0
3–0
MD18
3–0
2–0
5–0
3–1

2
 Uruguay
16
8
3
5
28
18
+10
27

1–4
—
3–0
1–0
0–0
3–0
4–0
2–1
MD18
3–0

3
 Colombia
16
7
5
4
19
16
+3
26

1–1
2–2
—
2–0
0–1
0–0
MD17
3–1
1–0
2–0

4
 Peru
16
7
3
6
26
25
+1
24

0–2
2–1
MD18
—
2–2
3–4
1–0
2–1
2–1
2–2

5
 Argentina
16
6
6
4
16
15
+1
24
Advance to inter-confederation play-offs

1–1
1–0
3–0
MD17
—
1–0
0–1
0–2
2–0
1–1

6
 Chile
16
7
2
7
24
23
+1
23

2–0
3–1
1–1
2–1
1–2
—
0–3
MD17
3–0[a]
3–1

7
 Paraguay
16
6
3
7
17
23
−6
21

2–2
1–2
0–1
1–4
0–0
2–1
—
2–1
2–1
MD18

8
 Ecuador
16
6
2
8
24
24
0
20

0–3
2–1
0–2
1–2
MD18
3–0
2–2
—
2–0
3–0

9
 Bolivia (E)
16
4
1
11
14
34
−20
13

MD17
0–2
2–3
0–3[a]
2–0
1–0
1–0
2–2
—
4–2

10
 Venezuela (E)
16
1
5
10
18
35
−17
8

0–2
MD17
0–0
2–2
2–2
1–4
0–1
1–3
5–0
—

text: ^ Jump up to: a b FIFA awarded Peru and Chile 3–0 wins as a result of Bolivia fielding the ineligible player Nelson Cabrera. Originally Bolivia had defeated Peru 2–0 and drawn 0–0 with Chile. Nelson Cabrera had previously represented Paraguay and did not meet eligibility rules.[30]

text: OFC

text: The qualification structure was as follows:[31][21]

text:
First round: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, and Tonga played a round-robin tournament at a single country. The winner advanced to the second round.
Second round (OFC Nations Cup): A total of eight teams (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu, and the first round winner) played the tournament at a single country. For the group stage, they were divided into two groups of four teams. The top three teams of each group advanced to the third round of World Cup qualifying. The top two teams of each group also advanced to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the 2016 OFC Nations Cup winner which would play in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
Third round: The six teams which advanced from the second round were divided into two groups of three teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The two group winners met in a two-legged match with the winner advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs, playing the fifth-placed South American team.

text: The OFC had considered different proposals of the qualifying tournament.[32] A previous proposal adopted by the OFC in October 2014 would have the eight teams divided into two groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches in the second round, followed by the top two teams of each group advancing to the third round to play in a single group of home-and-away round-robin matches to decide the winner of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup which would qualify to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[33] However, it was later reported in April 2015 that the OFC had reversed its decision, and the 2016 OFC Nations Cup was played as a one-off tournament similar to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.[34]

text: Final positions (third round)

text: The draw for the third round was held on 8 July 2016 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[35]

text: Group A

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 New Zealand
4
3
1
0
6
0
+6
10
Advance to OFC Final

—
2–0
2–0

2
 New Caledonia
4
1
2
1
4
5
−1
5

0–0
—
2–1

3
 Fiji
4
0
1
3
3
8
−5
1

0–2
2–2
—

text: Group B

text:
Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
 Solomon Islands
4
3
0
1
6
6
0
9
Advance to OFC Final

—
1–0
3–2

2
 Tahiti
4
2
0
2
7
4
+3
6

3–0[a]
—
1–2

3
 Papua New Guinea
4
1
0
3
6
9
−3
3

1–2
1–3
—

text: Jump up ^ FIFA awarded Tahiti a 3–0 win as a result of the Solomon Islands fielding the ineligible player Henry Fa'arodo, after Tahiti had defeated the Solomon Islands 1–0. Fa'arodo failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.[36]

text:
Final
The draw for the final (which decided the order of legs) was held on 15 June 2017 at the OFC headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[37] The winner of the final advances to inter-confederation play-offs.

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

New Zealand
8–3
 Solomon Islands
6–1
2–2

text: UEFA

text: Russia have qualified automatically as hosts. The qualifying format for the remaining FIFA-affiliated UEFA teams was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22–23 March 2015 in Vienna.[38][39] The draw for the UEFA zone took place on 25 July 2015 in St. Petersburg.[40][21]

text:
First round (group stage): The 52 UEFA teams affiliated with FIFA at the time of the draw were divided into nine groups (seven groups of six teams and two groups of five teams) to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the eight best runners-up will advance to the second round (play-offs).
Second round (play-offs): The eight best runners-up from the first round will play home-and-away over two legs. The four winners will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

text: With the admission of Gibraltar and Kosovo as FIFA members in May 2016, both national teams were eligible to make their debuts in World Cup qualifying.[6] With two groups of only five teams in the first round, Kosovo was assigned to group I as it was decided that Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia should not play against Kosovo for security reasons, and Gibraltar was then added to group H.[7][8] UEFA has confirmed that, even after the admission of Kosovo and Gibraltar and with all groups now containing six teams, this regulation has not changed and matches against the teams sixth in all groups will still be discarded.[41]

text: Current stage (first round)

text: The draw for the first round was held on 25 July 2015, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]

text: Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup

text: Possible advancement to Second round (play-offs). The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the Second round (play-offs).

text:
Group A
Group B
Group C

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 France
8
17

2
 Sweden
8
16

3
 Netherlands
8
13

4
 Bulgaria
8
12

5
 Luxembourg (E)
8
5

6
 Belarus (E)
8
5

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated.

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
  Switzerland (X)
8
24

2
 Portugal (X)
8
21

3
 Hungary (E)
8
10

4
 Faroe Islands (E)
8
8

5
 Andorra (E)
8
4

6
 Latvia (E)
8
3

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated;
(X) Assured of at least play-offs.

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Germany (X)
8
24

2
 Northern Ireland (Y)
8
19

3
 Azerbaijan (E)
8
10

4
 Czech Republic (E)
8
9

5
 Norway (E)
8
7

6
 San Marino (E)
8
0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated;
(X) Assured of at least play-offs;
(Y) Assured of at least second place, but not assured of play-offs.

Group D
Group E
Group F

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Serbia (Y)
8
18

2
 Wales
8
14

3
 Republic of Ireland
8
13

4
 Austria (Z)
8
9

5
 Georgia (E)
8
5

6
 Moldova (E)
8
2

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated;
(Y) Assured of at least second place, but not assured of play-offs;
(Z) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play-offs.

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Poland
8
19

2
 Montenegro
8
16

3
 Denmark
8
16

4
 Romania (E)
8
9

5
 Armenia (E)
8
6

6
 Kazakhstan (E)
8
2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated.

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 England
8
20

2
 Slovakia
8
15

3
 Slovenia
8
14

4
 Scotland
8
14

5
 Lithuania (E)
8
5

6
 Malta (E)
8
0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated.

Group G
Group H
Group I

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Spain (X)
8
22

2
 Italy
8
19

3
 Albania (Z)
8
13

4
 Israel (E)
8
9

5
 Macedonia (E)
8
7

6
 Liechtenstein (E)
8
0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated;
(X) Assured of at least play-offs;
(Z) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play-offs.

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Belgium (Q)
8
22

2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Z)
8
14

3
 Greece (Z)
8
13

4
 Cyprus (Z)
8
10

5
 Estonia (E)
8
8

6
 Gibraltar (E)
8
0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated;
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated;
(Z) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play-offs.

Pos
Team

v
t
e

Pld
Pts

1
 Croatia
8
16

2
 Iceland
8
16

3
 Turkey
8
14

4
 Ukraine
8
14

5
 Finland (E)
8
7

6
 Kosovo (E)
8
1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 September 2017.
Source: FIFA
(E) Eliminated.

text:
Pos
Grp
Team

v
t
e

Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification

1
B
 Portugal (X)
6
5
0
1
21
3
+18
15
Advance to second round (play-offs)

2
C
 Northern Ireland (Y)
6
4
1
1
9
2
+7
13

3
G
 Italy
6
4
1
1
10
7
+3
13

4
I
 Iceland
7
4
1
2
9
6
+3
13

5
F
 Slovakia
7
4
0
3
11
5
+6
12

6
A
 Sweden
6
3
1
2
10
7
+3
10

7
E
 Montenegro
6
3
1
2
10
7
+3
10

8
H
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Z)
6
2
2
2
10
8
+2
8

9
D
 Wales
6
1
5
0
6
5
+1
8

text: Next stage (second round)

text: The draw for the second round (play-offs) will be held on 17 October 2017 at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[43] The winner of each tie will qualify for the World Cup.

text: Inter-confederation play-offs

text: The inter-confederation play-offs are scheduled to be played between 6–14 November 2017.[44]

text: The matchups were decided at the preliminary draw which was held on 25 July 2015, at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]

text: CONCACAF v AFC

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

CONCACAF 4th place
Play-off 1
AFC 5th place
6 Nov
14 Nov

text: OFC v CONMEBOL

text:
Team 1
Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

New Zealand
Play-off 2
CONMEBOL 5th place
6 Nov
14 Nov

text: Top goalscorers

text: Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

text:
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
 Ahmed Khalil

text: Cristiano Ronaldo

text: Robert Lewandowski

text: Sardar Azmoun

text:
Romelu Lukaku
 Omar Kharbin

text:
Tim Cahill
 Carlos Ruiz
 Hassan Al-Haidos
 Ali Mabkhout
 Edinson Cavani

text:
Yang Xu
 Mehdi Taremi
 Chris Wood


document_title: Coal Miner's Daughter (song)

question_text: who sang the songs in coal miner's daughter

question_tokens: who sang the songs in coal miner 's daughter

text: Coal Miner's Daughter (song)

text: About the song[edit]

text: "Coal Miner's Daughter" tells the story of her life growing up "in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler", while her father, Melvin "Ted" Webb, worked all night in the Van Lear coal mine. The song depicts the real story of Lynn's life growing up in rural Kentucky, and discusses how she and her seven siblings lived off of a coal miner's salary ("Daddy loved and raised eight kids on a miner's pay"), and that her father always made sure there was love in the Webb household.

text: Subsequent verses recall Lynn's other childhood experiences and hardships, such as her mother reading the Bible by a coal-oil light or having bloody fingers from constantly doing the laundry using an abrasive "warsh" board (this pronunciation was reflective of her Appalachian Kentucky roots),[1] ordering shoes from a mail-order catalog, and working so hard every day that everyone slept because "they were tired."

text: In the song's final verse, the now-adult Lynn returns to her homestead, which has since been abandoned ("Not much left but the floor; nothing lives here anymore ..."). However, she remarks that the "memories of a coal miner's daughter" remain.

text: "Coal Miner's Daughter" was unlike anything Lynn had ever recorded previously. She had become known for her sassy back-talking songs, including "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (an angry-wife's warning to a hard-drinking husband not to come home drunk and intent on making love) and "Fist City" (wherein a married woman threatens her husband's would-be temptress). However, fans quickly reacted to the song with praise and turned the song into one of country music's iconic hits.

text: Chart performance[edit]

text: Lynn recorded "Coal Miner's Daughter" in October 1969, but the song's release was delayed until October 1970. The song slowly climbed the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart during the latter half of the year, and reached No. 1 on December 19 for a single week.[2]

text: In addition to reaching No. 1 on the Country charts, "Coal Miner's Daughter" also was Lynn's first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 83.

text: An album of the same name was also released in 1970, and despite the fact that the title track was the lone single, Coal Miner's Daughter became quite successful.

text:
Chart (1970)
Peak
position

U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[3]
1

U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4]
83

Canadian RPM Country Tracks[5]
1

text: Legacy[edit]

text: "Coal Miner's Daughter" served as the name of Lynn's 1976 autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter: The Autobiography, which Lynn co-wrote. The song title also served as the name of Lynn's 1980 biographical motion picture on her life, Coal Miner's Daughter. The movie starred actress Sissy Spacek as Lynn and Tommy Lee Jones as Lynn's husband. The film's soundtrack featured Spacek singing all of Lynn's hits sung in the movie, including "Coal Miner's Daughter".

text: "Coal Miner's Daughter" helped provide a better understanding of Lynn, and led to the widespread fascination with her life story.

text: The song was listed at No. 185 on RIAA's list of Songs of the Century and was also listed in 2003's TV special at No. 13 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.

text: In 2010 the Library of Congress put "Coal Miner's Daughter" on the National Recording Registry.[6]

text: Cover versions[edit]

text: Few singers have released cover versions of Lynn's hit, as it is a biographical song about Lynn's life. However, there have been several karaoke sing-along versions made in the past ten years.

text: The most famous cover of the song is the version recorded by Sissy Spacek for the motion picture, which is also featured on the soundtrack. The soundtrack peaked at #2 on the Billboard country album chart and at #40 on the Top 200 chart. In Canada the soundtrack peaked at #1 on the country album chart and #23 on the pop album chart. The single off the soundtrack peaked at #23 on the Billboard country singles chart and at #7 on the Canada country singles chart.

text: Loretta Lynn re-recorded the song with guest vocals from Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow in 2010 for Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn. Additionally, this recording was released as a single in September 2010. This version of the song debuted and peaked at #55 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week dated December 4, 2010. They also recorded a music video of the song and it became a CMT top ten hit. Additionally they were nominated for a Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music and a CMT Video award for the effort.

text: Stella Parton, little sister of Lynn's good friend Dolly Parton, also recorded the song on her 2010 album, "American Coal."

text: Lynn re-recorded the song for her 2018 album Wouldn't It Be Great. The album is composed by songs all written by Lynn. Coal Miners Daughter being the closing song on the album just as Loretta does in her live performances.

text: Parodies[edit]

text: The song was parodied as Cow Minder's Daughter by Laraine Newman, who portrayed the fictional east Indian singer "Govinda Lynn" in a skit during episode 20 of season 5[7] of the US comedy series Saturday Night Live, first broadcast May 24, 1980.


document_title: List of countries by oil production

question_text: who produces the most oil in the middle east

text: List of countries by oil production

text: This is a list of countries by oil production, as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2016, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis. Compared with shorter-term data, the full-year figures are less prone to distortion from periodic maintenance shutdowns and other seasonal cycles. The volumes in the table represent crude oil and lease condensate, the hydrocarbon liquids collected at or near the wellhead. The volumes in the table do not include biofuel. They also do not include the increase in liquid volumes during oil refining ("refinery gain"), or liquids separated from natural gas in gas processing plants (natural gas liquids).[1]

text: Under this definition, total world oil production in 2016 averaged 80,622,000 barrels per day. Approximately 68% came from the top ten countries, and an overlapping 44% came from the fourteen current OPEC members, highlighted with blue shading in the table below.

text: For many years, the top three producers have been (alphabetically) Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. Each of these countries experienced major production declines at different times in the past, but since 2014 all three have been producing near their peak rates of 9 to 11 million barrels per day.[2]

text:
Country
Oil Production
(bbl/day, 2016)[1]

-
World Production
80,622,000

1
 Russia
10,551,497

2
 Saudi Arabia (OPEC)
10,460,710

3
 United States
8,875,817

4
 Iraq (OPEC)
4,451,516

5
 Iran (OPEC)
3,990,956

6
 China
3,980,650

7
 Canada
3,662,694

8
 United Arab Emirates (OPEC)
3,106,077

9
 Kuwait (OPEC)
2,923,825

10
 Brazil
2,515,459

11
 Venezuela (OPEC)
2,276,967

12
 Mexico
2,186,877

13
 Nigeria (OPEC)
1,999,885

14
 Angola (OPEC)
1,769,615

15
 Norway
1,647,975

16
 Kazakhstan
1,595,199

17
 Qatar (OPEC)
1,522,902

18
 Algeria (OPEC)
1,348,361

19
 Oman
1,006,841

20
 Libya (OPEC)
1,003,000

21
 United Kingdom
939,760

22
 Colombia
897,784

22
 Indonesia
833,667

23
 Azerbaijan
833,538

24
 India
734,180

25
 Malaysia
661,240

26
 Ecuador (OPEC)
548,421

27
 Argentina
510,560

28
 Romania
504,000

29
 Egypt
494,325

31
 Congo, Republic of the
308,363

32
 Vietnam
301,850

33
 Australia
289,749

34
 Thailand
257,525

35
 Sudan and  South Sudan
255,000

36
 Turkmenistan
230,779

37
 Equatorial Guinea (OPEC)
227,000

38
 Gabon (OPEC)
210,820

39
 Denmark
140,637

40
 Chad
110,156

41
 Brunei
109,117

42
 Ghana
100,549

43
 Cameroon
93,205

44
 Pakistan
84,746

45
 Italy
70,675

46
 Timor-Leste
60,661

47
 Trinidad and Tobago
60,090

48
 Bolivia
58,077

49
 Papua New Guinea
56,667

50
 Uzbekistan
52,913

51.5
 Bahrain
50,000

51.5
 Cuba
50,000

53
 Turkey
49,497

54
 Tunisia
48,757

55
 Germany
46,839

56
 Peru
40,266

57
 New Zealand
35,574

58
 Ukraine
31,989

59.5
 Ivory Coast
30,000

59.5
 Syria
30,000

61
 Belarus
25,000

62
 Mongolia
23,426

63
 Albania
22,915

64
 Yemen
22,000

65
 Poland
20,104

67
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
20,000

67
 Philippines
20,000

67
 Serbia
20,000

69
 Netherlands
18,087

70
 Suriname
17,000

71
 France
16,418

72
 Austria
15,161

73
 Myanmar
15,000

74
 Hungary
13,833

75
 Croatia
13,582

76
 Niger
13,000

77
 Guatemala
8,977

78
 Mauritania
5,000

79
 Chile
4,423

80
 Bangladesh
4,189

81
 Japan
3,918

82
 Greece
3,172

83
 Spain
2,667

84
 Czech Republic
2,333

86
 Belize
2,000

86
 Lithuania
2,000

86
 South Africa
2,000

89
 Barbados
1,000

89
 Bulgaria
1,000

89
 Kyrgyzstan
1,000

91
 Georgia
400

92
 Israel
390

93
 Slovakia
200

94
 Taiwan
196

95
 Tajikistan
180

96
 Morocco
160

97
 Jordan
22

98
 Slovenia
5


document_title: List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

question_text: state with lowest female literacy rate in india 2011

text:
States and union
territories of India
ordered by

Area
Population

Abbreviations
Capitals
Child Nutrition
Crime rate
Economic Freedom
Electricity penetration
Fertility rate
Forest cover
GDP (per capita)
Highest point
HIV awareness
HDI
Home ownership
Household size
Human Trafficking
Institutional delivery
Life expectancy at birth
Literacy rate
Media exposure
Number of Vehicles
Number of voters
Obesity
Open defecation
Origin of name
Places of worship
Poverty
Power capacity
Safe Drinking Water
Safety of Women
School Enrollment Rate
Sex ratio
Suicides
Tax revenues
Ease of Doing Business
TV ownership
Toilet availability
Transport network
Underweight people
Unemployment
Vaccination coverage

v
t
e

text: Literacy rate in India is uneven and as such, different States and Union Territories of India have differences in their literacy rates. The following table shows the 2011 and 2001 census data on total literacy rate, male literacy rate, female literacy rate and decadal difference in percentage.[2][3] According to Census 2011, Kerala has the highest total literacy rate and female literacy rate whereas Lakshadweep had the highest male literacy rate. Bihar has the lowest total literacy rate and male literacy rates while Rajasthan has the lowest female literacy rate.But Tripura State Govt.In 2013 claimed that the state has surpassed Kerala as the most literate state in India, with a literacy rate of 94.65%.[4][5]}} [2]

text:
Rank
India/State/Union Territory
Literacy Rate (%) - 2011 Census
Male Literacy Rate (%) - 2011 Census[2]
Female Literacy Rate (%) - 2011 Census[2]
Literacy Rate (%) - 2001 Census
Decadal Difference (pp)

1
Kerala
93.91
96.02
91.98
90.86
3.05

2
Lakshadweep
92.28
96.11
88.25
86.66
5.62

3
Mizoram
91.58
93.72
89.40
88.80
2.78

4
Tripura
87.75[a]
92.18
83.15
73.19
14.56

5
Goa
87.40
92.81
81.84
82.01
5.39

6
Daman & Diu
87.07
91.48
79.59
78.18
8.89

7
Puducherry
86.55
92.12
81.22
81.24
5.31

8
Chandigarh
86.43
90.54
81.38
81.94
4.49

9
Delhi
86.34
91.03
80.93
81.67
4.67

10
Andaman & Nicobar
86.27
90.11
81.84
81.30
4.97

11
Himachal Pradesh
83.78
90.83
76.60
76.48
7.30

12
Maharashtra
82.91
89.82
75.48
76.88
6.03

13
Sikkim
82.20
87.29
76.43
68.81
13.39

14
Tamil Nadu
80.33
86.81
73.86
73.45
6.88

15
Nagaland
80.11
83.29
76.89
66.59
13.52

16
Manipur
79.85
86.49
73.17
69.93
9.92

17
Uttarakhand
79.63
88.33
70.70
71.62
8.01

18
Gujarat
79.31
87.23
70.73
69.14
10.17

19
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
77.65
86.46
65.93
57.63
20.02

20
West Bengal
77.08
82.67
71.16
68.64
8.44

21
Punjab
76.68
81.48
71.34
69.65
7.03

22
Haryana
76.64
85.38
66.77
67.91
8.73

23
Karnataka
75.60
82.85
68.13
66.64
8.96

24
Meghalaya
75.48
77.17
73.78
62.56
12.92

India
74.04
82.14
65.46
64.83
9.21

25
Odisha
73.45
82.40
64.36
63.08
10.37

26
Assam
73.18
78.81
67.27
63.25
9.93

27
Chhattisgarh
71.04
81.45
60.59
64.66
6.38

28
Madhya Pradesh
70.63
80.53
60.02
63.74
6.89

29
Uttar Pradesh
69.72
79.24
59.26
56.27
13.45

30
Jammu & Kashmir
68.74
78.26
58.01
55.52
13.22

31
Jharkhand
67.63
78.45
56.21
53.56
14.07

32
Andhra Pradesh
67.4[b]
75.56
59.74
--
--

33
Rajasthan
67.06
80.51
52.66
60.41
6.65

34
Arunachal Pradesh
66.95
73.69
59.57
54.34
12.61

35
Telangana
66.5[c]
--
--
--
--

36
Bihar
63.82
73.39
53.33
47.00
16.82

text: Notes

text:
Jump up ^ In September 2013, the State Government of Tripura claimed that the state has surpassed Kerala as the most literate state in India, with a literacy rate of 94.65%.[6][7]
Jump up ^ As per a government report dated May 2014 (based on the 2011 census data), literacy rate of Andhra Pradesh is 67.4%.[8]
Jump up ^ Census 2011 data was calculated for unified Andhra Pradesh. As per Times of India report which quoted the literacy rates of Telangana as 66.5%.[9]


document_title: The Criterion

question_text: who started his career as the editor of the criterion in 1922

text: The Criterion

text: The Criterion was a British literary magazine published from October 1922 to January 1939.[1] The Criterion (or the Criterion) was, for most of its run, a quarterly journal, although for a period in 1927-28 it was published monthly. It was created by the poet, dramatist, and literary critic T. S. Eliot who served as its editor for its entire run.[2]

text: Eliot's goal was to make it a literary review dedicated to the maintenance of standards and the reunification of a European intellectual community.[3] Although in a letter to a friend in 1935 George Orwell had said "for pure snootiness it beats anything I have ever seen",[4] writing in 1944 he referred to it as "possibly the best literary paper we have ever had".[5] The first issue of the magazine, of which 600 copies were printed,[6] included Eliot's The Waste Land. In its first year, it received contributions from Luigi Pirandello, Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, E. M. Forster, and W. B. Yeats.[7] Other contributors over the years included Wyndham Lewis, Herbert Read, John Middleton Murry, John Gould Fletcher, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, and Hart Crane. Nine contributions in 1924 and 1925 were made, pseudonymously, by Eliot's first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood,[8] who suggested the journal's name.[9] The Criterion became the first English periodical to publish Marcel Proust, Paul Valéry and Jean Cocteau.[7][10]

text:
Lady Rothermere (Mary Lilian Share, the wife of the London newspaper magnate Harold Harmsworth, Viscount Rothermere) originally financed the journal, but on reading the first issue, she wrote three letters to Eliot criticizing it, and suggested ideas for later issues, including a story by Katherine Mansfield.[6]
After four years she withdrew her support and the magazine was acquired by Eliot's employer, Faber and Gwyer Publishing (later Faber & Faber). From January 1926, when Faber became the publisher, though January 1927 the journal was titled The New Criterion. The issues from May 1927 though March 1928 were titled The Monthly
Criterion.[11]

text: Some of Eliot's other contributions include his short story "On the Eve", commentaries, and poems, including early versions of "The Hollow Men" and "Ash Wednesday".

text: Together with its rival, Adelphi, edited by John Middleton Murry, it was the leading literary journal of the period.[12] While the former's definitions of literature were based on romanticism allied to liberalism and a subjective approach, Eliot used his publication for expounding his defense of classicism, tradition, and Catholicism.[7] In this contest Eliot emerged a clear victor, in the sense that in the London of the 1930s he had taken the centre of the critical stage.[13]