Britain's Got Talent, 2022
Britain's Got Talent series 15 ran in 2022, hosted by Ant and Dec, with David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell judging. The series was won by the comedian Axel Blake.
Petty, billed as a nine-year-old magician, appeared in the second semi-final. He finished fourth on the public vote with 12.4 per cent and was eliminated. In a format where the top act goes through automatically and the judges typically choose between second and third, fourth place is one position outside the cut.
America's Got Talent, 2023
A year later he crossed to the American show. America's Got Talent season 18 ran in 2023, hosted by Terry Crews, with Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Simon Cowell judging, and was won by the dog act Adrian Stoica and Hurricane.
The season results table gives Petty as a ten-year-old magic act from Cannock, United Kingdom. He appeared in the second qualifier on 30 August 2023 and was eliminated in the top five. Simon Cowell sits on both panels, and is the one constant between the two appearances.
Doing it twice, and young
The two shows share a format and an owner but run separate audition processes on different continents, with different audiences voting. Clearing the audition rounds of both inside two years is unusual for any act. Doing it at nine and then ten places Petty among the youngest performers to reach live rounds on either show.
Close-up magic is also an awkward fit for television at that age. The genre depends on proximity and misdirection, both of which are harder to sustain in an arena and under multiple cameras than across a table. Neither results table describes his routines, and this page does not reconstruct them.
What a live round actually is
Both shows funnel thousands of auditions through a judges' cut into a small number of live episodes. In Britain those are semi-finals; in America they are qualifiers. Either way the act performs once, live, and the national audience votes. There is no second attempt and no aggregate score across episodes.
Petty reached that stage twice, on two continents, before turning eleven, and lost both votes. The results are set down here exactly as the tables give them, because the tables are the only sources this record has.
What is documented and what is not
Documented by the two results tables: his age of 9 in 2022 and 10 in 2023, his act as magic, his home in Cannock, his fourth place on 12.4 per cent in the second Britain's Got Talent semi-final of 2022, and his elimination in the top five of the second America's Got Talent qualifier on 30 August 2023.
Not documented in these sources: his date of birth, his school, his family, who trained him, what tricks he performed, and anything about him since 2023. The research record for this page notes that only the results tables were reachable when it was compiled and that a news source should confirm the details. That caveat stands.
Watch: Ryland Petty 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
- Competed on Britain's Got Talent series 15 in 2022, aged 9, as a magician
- Finished fourth in semi-final two with 12.4% of the public vote
- Competed on America's Got Talent season 18 in 2023, aged 10, billed from Cannock
- Eliminated in the top five of the second AGT qualifier on 30 August 2023
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- Only the two results tables were reachable when this record was compiled; no news source confirms the details
- No source here describes his routines, training or family
- Nothing in this record documents anything about him after 2023
Questions people ask about Ryland Petty
How old is Ryland Petty?
The results tables give his age as 9 in 2022 and 10 in 2023, which places his birth year around 2013. No date of birth appears in these sources.
What is Ryland Petty known for?
Competing as a magician on Britain's Got Talent at nine in 2022 and on America's Got Talent at ten in 2023, reaching live rounds on both.
Where is Ryland Petty from?
Cannock, in Staffordshire, as given in the America's Got Talent season 18 results table.
How far did he get on Britain's Got Talent?
He reached the second semi-final of series 15 in 2022 and finished fourth on the public vote with 12.4 per cent.
How far did he get on America's Got Talent?
He reached the second qualifier of season 18 on 30 August 2023 and was eliminated in the top five.
Did Ryland Petty win either show?
No. Axel Blake won Britain's Got Talent in 2022 and the dog act Adrian Stoica and Hurricane won America's Got Talent in 2023.
Where is Ryland Petty now?
Nothing in the sources used here documents anything after the 2023 season.
Is Ryland Petty on Wikipedia?
He appears in the results tables for both series. No standalone English Wikipedia article for him is recorded here.
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Sources
- Britain's Got Talent series 15 — Wikipedia (series results table)
- America's Got Talent season 18 — Wikipedia (season results table)
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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