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On Tuesday her acrobatic gymnastics crew, AcroArmy, was scheduled to compete as one of the final 12 teams on the NBC prime time television show "America's Got Talent." Three of the 18 AcroArmy team members reign from the Baltimore area: Twenty-year-old Emily Ruppert, 18-year-old Chrissy Antoniades of Sykesville and 15-year-old Hannah Silverman of Clarksville.

On Tuesday her acrobatic gymnastics crew, AcroArmy, was scheduled to compete as one of the final 12 teams on the NBC prime time television show "America's Got Talent." Three of the 18 AcroArmy team members reign from the Baltimore area: Twenty-year-old Emily Ruppert of Arbutus, 18-year-old Chrissy Antoniades of Sykesville and 15-year-old Hannah Silverman of Clarksville.

This Tuesday's episode of "America's Got Talent" features a Baltimore dance team called Bad Boys of Dance.

Wearing matching bowler hats and pink ties, the four McKenney brothers huddled nervously in the lobby of the Baltimore Convention Center, waiting for their turn to audition for America's Got Talent.

NBC's amateur variety show, 'America's Got Talent,' will be in Baltimore looking for contestants on Jan. 30

Singer, who was 10 when she performed Puccini area on 'AGT,' makes her Baltimore Symphony debut at 13 singing songs from Hollywood and opera.

Andreas "Spilly" Spiliadis, of Baltimore, faced off against Paul "Dizzy Hips," of Colorado, in a hula hoop contest sponsored by an Italian TV show and "Spilly" won. The Arcadia resident also announced he is planning a run for mayor of Baltimore running on an urban farming platform.

On the America's Got Talent finale, the Olate Dogs were named this season's winners

The winner of this year's "America's Got Talent" has pretty much been decided already -- it will be William Close and his earth harp -- and so, we're really watching to see who can continue to hack it, at least.

All the oddballs have been left behind, as they should be, really. That just also means that "AGT" is playing out pretty much how you'd expect it to play out.

Art Modell brought football back to Baltimore and healed a city's wounds, in addition to being a giant in NFL circles.

The second week of the semi-finals is full of acts that could never compete with the ones from the first week

This week, "America's Got Talent," the only place on television left for freaks and oddballs that doesn't demand they have some strange addiction or possess a nickname like "Honey Boo Boo," gave in to the regular guys.

Host Nick Cannon referred to this week's episode as the "first semi-finals." This is just reality TV stringing-along an audience and we've all unfortunately grown to accept it.

Spencer Horsman, brought back by Howard for the wildcard round, who escaped from a vest of locks while wet cement tumbled down on him, was eliminated along with ballsy balancing act Cristin Sandu.

Baltimore escape artist Spencer Horsman returned to "America's Got Talent" last night to try and convince voters he's worth a wildcard spot.

Spencer Horsman may yet escape elimination on "America's Got Talent." Last night, the Baltimore illusionist was one of Howard Stern's picks for next week's wildcard round. But first, we had to suffer through more YouTube acts.

Tonight's episode, a two-hour slog through 12 YouTube acts, began with Nick Cannon apologizing for the show before it even got started.

After a three-week hiatus during the Olympic games, or as I like to call them, "Planet Earth's Got Talent," the seventh season of "America's Got Talent" returns tonight.

Spencer Horsman escaped from a straightjacket and a cube filled with water on this season of "America's Got Talent," but the Baltimore magician didn't make the cut on last night's results episode.

For his act, Horsman wears armor and chain mail, his arms are strapped and locked over his chest and he's put into a bag that is risen 15 feet above sharp spikes.

Only four of the 12 acts will advance to the next round. America's votes will decide the first three acts, and then the judges get to choose the fourth.

It's the second night of the live quarterfinals in New York. Twelve acts will perform tonight, but only four will move on to the next round.

'America's Got Talent' recap: Quarterfinals results

Tonight's first live show in New York kicks off with a half-hour countdown full of outtakes, bloopers and behind-the-scenes clips of the judges.

Baltimore escape artist earns a place in the finals of NBC's 'America's Got Talent'

Thank the gods -- it's the last night of the brutal Las Vegas week on 'America's Got Talent"

Horsman attempts to escape from a water-filled cube

After weeks of open auditions around the country, judges Howard Stern, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel are in Las Vegas to narrow their current talent pool from over 100 to 48.

'America's Got Talent' recap: Mary Joyner sings for tears

'America's Got Talent' recap: Tampa auditions

Lulu, a pleasantly plump pole dancer from Hanover, Md., made quite the splash last night on "America's Got Talent"

Howard Stern, Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne continue their talent search -- this week in Austin, Texas.

'America's Got Talent' recap: Baltimore's Spencer Horsman and more in Week 3

The Baltimore magician slipped out of a straightjacket, avoided almost certain death and will head to the next round in Las Vegas

'America's Got Talent' recap: The auditions in New York continue on night 2 of "America's Got Talent."

'America's Got Talent' Recap: Gymnasts, rappers and dancing dogs perform on week two of "America's Got Talent"

Because two hours of auditions last night weren't enough, the "America's Got Talent" season 7 premiere continued into Tuesday night.

It's clear the producers are making this season -- or at least this episode -- all about new judge Howard Stern.

I will admit it, I came to the season premiere of "America's Got Talent"to rip Howard Stern. But I walk away after two hours with nothing but admiration for Stern and the producers of this winning franchise.

Andreas "Spilly" Spiliadis, a weekly fixture hula-hooping at the 32nd Street Farmers Market, is getting a paid trip to Italy to try to set a Guinness world record in hula-hooping. Italian TV is paying his way.

St. Agnes Catholic School hosted the University of Maryland's Gymkana team to perform and send a message of healthy living to its students. One of the performers is a St. Agnes alum.