<Ul> <Li> ◀ </Li> <Li> 2007 </Li> <Li> ▶ </Li> </Ul> <P> The second season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition, premiered on the NBC network on June 5, 2007 with a two - hour episode . Tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer succeeded Regis Philbin as host . Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff returned as judges, joined by newcomer Sharon Osbourne . Brandy Norwood voluntarily stepped down as judge after a wrongful death lawsuit was brought against her for her involvement in a fatal car collision . </P> <P> The second season of the show was originally announced to debut in January 2007, with a timeslot of Sunday nights at 8 p.m.; however, the network substituted another reality talent show, Grease: You're The One That I Want . This season's winner was a ventriloquist and impressionist Terry Fator . </P> <P> The audition process for the second season is very similar to that of the first, except that only a buzzer sounds when the X is pressed . When all the judges X's have been pressed, a lonely blue spotlight centers on the act, indicating they've been struck out . Unlike the previous season, the acts who pass the auditions then attend a Las Vegas boot camp, where they have a chance to perfect their craft . At this point, acts are divided into two groups, music, and variety . The music acts consist of singers and instrument players . The variety group consists of other acts . The music acts perform first, followed by the variety acts . Each act will perform for three minutes, and their performance will not be terminated, as the judges have no buttons to press . After each group has finished, the judges will split the groups into lines, either a yes line, or a no line . The ones who the judges said yes to will go to the short list of 35 acts . The acts which the judges have said no to will go home . After that, the judges will cut the short list of 35 to 20 final acts . </P>

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