The quarter-final and the semi-final
Season eleven premiered on 31 May 2016 and ran its quarter-finals from 26 July to 24 August. Rockett performed in the third of those weeks, listed in the season's records as a ten-year-old magician from Los Angeles, and advanced.
The semi-finals followed between 30 August and 7 September. He appeared in the second of them and went out there. The records keep the round, the age, the city and the result; they do not keep the trick. No source gathered here describes what he actually performed on either night.
A strong year for magic
Magic did well in season eleven. Jon Dorenbos, a magician who had received a golden buzzer from a guest judge, finished third overall. The mime act Tape Face, another performer built on physical misdirection rather than song, reached the final ten. The winner, Grace VanderWaal, was a 12-year-old singer with a ukulele; the mentalist duo The Clairvoyants came second.
That is the company a ten-year-old was keeping. The judging panel was Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell, with Nick Cannon hosting. Golden buzzers that season went to Laura Bretan, Grace VanderWaal, Sal Valentinetti, Calysta Bevier and Dorothy Williams, and, from guest judges, to Jon Dorenbos, Sofie Dossi, Malevo and Jayna Brown. Rockett received none of them; he advanced on results.
The scale of the show
The season eleven finale was broadcast on 14 September 2016 and drew 14.41 million viewers, with a 2.8 rating among adults aged 18 to 49. The semi-finals that Rockett reached were live network television one step below that.
For a child performer, the arithmetic of the show is unforgiving in a specific way: the audition rounds are edited, and the live rounds are not. A magic act that survives into the semi-finals has to work at full speed, once, in front of a studio audience, four judges and a national broadcast, with no possibility of a second take. He did that twice.
What is documented — and what is not
Firm: his age of ten, his act, his home city of Los Angeles, his advance from quarter-final week three, and his elimination in the second week of the semi-finals of 2016.
Not documented in the sources gathered here: his family, who taught him magic, when he started, whether he performed with anyone else on the show, what the routines contained, and what he has done since September 2016. There is no Wikipedia article in his own name — he appears inside the season eleven results tables.
Why the record thins out
A talent show produces a very particular kind of fame: total for a few weeks, then nothing. Acts that reach a final are documented in percentages and viewing figures for years afterwards. Acts eliminated a round or two earlier leave a line in a table and little else, even when they were among the last twenty of thousands.
That is the shape of this record. The season's ten finalists are listed by name, act and age; the semi-finalists are listed by week and result. Rockett belongs to the second group, which is why a page about him can state precisely where he stood in September 2016 and nothing at all about where he stands now. Filling that gap would require reporting that none of the sources gathered here contains.
Watch: Kadan Bart Rockett on camera
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issy Simpson | United Kingdom | Runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2017, aged 8 | Age 8 |
| Ryland Petty | United Kingdom | He reached a live semi-final in Britain at nine and another in America at | Age 9 |
| Kadan Bart Rockett | United States | Magic act, America's Got Talent season 11 semi-finals (2016) | Age 10 |
| Aidan McCann | United Kingdom | Eleven years old, 27 percent of a semi-final vote, and a final where five | Age 11 |
| Jasper Cherry | United Kingdom | Nearly half of everything voted on the night went to one 14-year-old with | Age 14 |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Listed as a ten-year-old magician from Los Angeles in the season 11 records
- Advanced from quarter-final week 3 and was eliminated in semi-final week 2
- Received no golden buzzer; the season was won by Grace VanderWaal, aged 12
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No description of the acts he performed in any source here
- No family, teacher or training detail
- Nothing documented about him after September 2016, and no Wikipedia article of his own
Questions people ask about Kadan Bart Rockett
How old was Kadan Bart Rockett on America's Got Talent?
Ten, during the 2016 season. No source in this record gives a date of birth.
Where is Kadan Bart Rockett from?
Los Angeles, according to the season 11 contestant records.
How far did he get on AGT?
The semi-finals. He advanced from quarter-final week three and was eliminated in semi-final week two.
Did Kadan Bart Rockett win America's Got Talent?
No. Season 11 was won by the 12-year-old singer Grace VanderWaal.
Did he get a golden buzzer?
No. The buzzers that season went to Laura Bretan, Grace VanderWaal, Sal Valentinetti, Calysta Bevier, Dorothy Williams, and from guest judges to Jon Dorenbos, Sofie Dossi, Malevo and Jayna Brown.
What magic did he perform?
No source gathered for this record describes the routines. The tables record the round and the result only.
Is Kadan Bart Rockett on Wikipedia?
Not with an article of his own. He appears in the results tables for America's Got Talent season 11.
Where is Kadan Bart Rockett now?
No source in this record states this. Nothing after September 2016 appears here.
Quick quiz: how well do you know Kadan’s story?
How old was Kadan Bart Rockett during AGT season 11?
Which round did he reach?
Which magician finished third that season?
Sources
- America's Got Talent season 11 — quarter-final, semi-final and finale results — Wikipedia, 2026-09-22
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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