The quarter-final
The season 19 quarter-finals were run as four shows of eleven acts each. The first took two acts through, the second and third took three, and the fourth took two. Journeyy performed sixth in the running order and was eliminated in the results show of 28 August 2024.
Those are unforgiving proportions: ten of forty-four advanced across the round. An act that reaches the quarter-finals has already been selected out of a national audition process, and then faces a public vote in which roughly three quarters of the field goes out. Nothing about the running order protects a performer at that stage, and nothing about being nine does either.
The season around it
Season 19 ran from 28 May to 24 September 2024 on NBC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, hosted by Terry Crews, with Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara and Simon Cowell judging.
The winner was Richard Goodall, a fifty-five-year-old singer, ahead of the dog act Roni Sagi and Rhythm. Journeyy did not receive a golden buzzer; the results tables record a straightforward route into the live rounds and an exit at the first live cut.
The act
Journeyy is listed as a singer and pianist, performing under a single stage name rather than a given name. The home town on the record is Jersey City, New Jersey.
A nine-year-old who both plays and sings is doing two jobs at once on a stage built for one, and the piano removes the option of moving. The sources gathered here describe the act in those two words and go no further: no song, no arrangement, no judges' comments. What survives of the performance, in the record used for this page, is a position in a running order and a date.
What is documented — and what is not
Firm: the age of nine, the home town of Jersey City, the act as singer and pianist, the quarter-final appearance with a sixth-place running order, and the elimination on 28 August 2024.
Not documented in the sources gathered here: a given name, a family, a school, a teacher, any release or recording, and anything since the end of the season. The research note for this record states that only a results table was reachable, and no news report has been added to it. There is no Wikipedia article under the name.
Why a quarter-final exit still counts
The habit of retelling talent-show runs as either a win or nothing does the format a disservice. Season 19 was decided by public vote across a summer, and the acts that reached the live rounds had been chosen ahead of thousands of others to appear on a network stage.
The documented achievement here is exactly that, no larger and no smaller: at nine, Journeyy was one of forty-four acts playing live in the quarter-finals of the most-watched talent competition in the United States, and the vote on 28 August went the other way. What followed is not in the record, and nothing has been invented to fill the space.
Watch: Journeyy on camera
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Adelekan | United Kingdom | Winning Alesha Dixon's Golden Buzzer on Britain's Got Talent, 2024 | Age 6 |
| Journeyy | United States | Reaching the America's Got Talent quarter-finals at 9 in 2024 | Age 9 |
| Peter Rosalita | Philippines | America's Got Talent season 16 | Age 10 |
| Roberta Battaglia | Canada | A Golden Buzzer and a finals place on America's Got Talent season 15 | Age 11 |
| Calysta Bevier | United States | Winning Simon Cowell's Golden Buzzer on America's Got Talent at 16 (2016) | Age 16 |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Quarter-finalist on America's Got Talent season 19 at nine, eliminated 28 August 2024
- Home town Jersey City, New Jersey; act listed as singer and pianist
- No golden buzzer recorded; season won by Richard Goodall
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No given name is published in the sources used here
- No song titles, family, school or teacher are documented
- Only a season results table was reachable for this record
- No information published after the 2024 season
Questions people ask about Journeyy
How far did Journeyy get on America's Got Talent?
The quarter-finals of season 19, in 2024. The elimination came in the results show of 28 August.
How old is Journeyy?
Nine during the 2024 season. No source in this record gives a date of birth.
Where is Journeyy from?
Jersey City, New Jersey.
What is Journeyy's real name?
No source in this record gives a name other than the stage name Journeyy.
Was there a golden buzzer?
No. The results tables record no golden buzzer for the act.
Who won that season?
Richard Goodall, a fifty-five-year-old singer, with the dog act Roni Sagi and Rhythm as runners-up.
Is Journeyy on Wikipedia?
Not with an article of its own. The act appears in the results tables for America's Got Talent season 19.
What happened after the show?
No source in this record states this. Nothing after the 2024 season appears here.
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Sources
- America's Got Talent season 19 - results and elimination tables — Wikipedia, 2026-09-22
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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