who won america's got talent 2017 finals
Darci Lynne Farmer
title: America's Got Talent (season 12) text: of the show was the same as in season eleven, and Dunkin Donuts sponsors the show for a third consecutive season. A guest judge joined the panel for each episode of the Judge Cuts round: Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox and Seal. Darci Lynne Farmer was named the winner on the season finale, September 20, 2017. She was the third ventriloquist, third child and third female to win a season of "America's Got Talent". 10-year-old singer Angelica Hale placed second, and glow light dance troupe Light Balance came in third. Farmer won the show's prize of $1 million and title: America's Got Talent (season 12) text: 20, 2017. No acts were buzzed. The season finale took place on September 20, 2017. During the finale results, the top 5 acts were revealed first; then they were eliminated in reverse ranking from fifth place to third place. Darci Lynne Farmer was announced the winner at the end of the finale. She won the million-dollar prize and was set to headline at the PH Showroom at the Las Vegas Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on November 2, 3, 4 and 5, 2017. Guest performers in the finale included Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, James Arthur, Derek Hough and Terry Fator. title: America's Got Talent text: his Showtime comedy special "Stand Up, Don't Shoot". NBC selected Tyra Banks as the new host for season 12, which premiered on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. 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. On February 21, 2018, title: The Sacred Riana text: The Sacred Riana Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani, commonly known as The Sacred Riana, is an Indonesian magician and illusionist. She is best known as a bizarre illusionist, who does occasionally break her creepy ghostlike character offstage, but normally does not. In 2017, Riana joined the second season of "Asia's Got Talent" where she was declared the winner after beating the Filipino hip-hop dance group DM-X Comvaleñoz based on the audience votes in the grand final. There have been over 70 million views on Facebook and YouTube of her magic performances onstage. In 2018, she appeared on season 13 of "America's title: Preacher Lawson text: year, then performed for the first time at age 17. He won the 2015 Funniest Comedian In Florida and the 2016 Seattle International Comedy Competition. After LeBron James decided to join the Los Angeles Lakers, Lawson stated on his Twitter that he had always been a Lakers fan and then he used the hashtag Bandwagon. Lawson appeared on season 12 of America's Got Talent in 2017 and made it through successive elimination rounds, reaching the season finals, where he was one of the final 10. He also appeared in that year's "America's Got Talent Live!" show in Las Vegas that