answers: Darci Lynne Farmer
context: of the show was the same as in season eleven, and Dunkin Donuts sponsors the show for a third consecutive season. A guest judge joined the panel for each episode of the Judge Cuts round: Chris Hardwick, DJ Khaled, Laverne Cox and Seal. Darci Lynne Farmer was named the winner on the season finale, September 20, 2017. She was the third ventriloquist, third child and third female to win a season of "America's Got Talent". 10-year-old singer Angelica Hale placed second, and glow light dance troupe Light Balance came in third. Farmer won the show's prize of $1 million and </s> Life". The chairman of TeleScope Inc., the company which manages the "American Idol" results, came at the end of the show with the result card. 578 million votes were cast for the season with 63.5 million votes in the finale, and Taylor Hicks was named the winner, the second "American Idol" winner from the city of Birmingham, Alabama (the first being Ruben Studdard), and the fourth finalist with close ties to the city. Note: Bottom 2 indicates that the contestant was 'saved' last. This may or may not indicate his or her actual vote rank. "DialIdol" is both the name </s> Lynne, runner-up Angelica Hale, third-placed Light Balance, and finalist Preacher Lawson. In 2018, three shows were given at the Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas. They featured winner Shin Lim, 4th place Samuel J. Comroe, and three other finalists Courtney Hadwin, Vicki Barbolak, and Duo Transcend, as well as quarterfinalist Hans. NBC broadcast the two-hour "America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular" on December 19, 2016, hosted by Cannon with performances by Grace VanderWaal, Jackie Evancho, Andra Day, Penn & Teller, Pentatonix, Terry Fator, Mat Franco, Piff the Magic Dragon, Olate Dogs, Professor Splash, Jon Dorenbos and others, and featuring the Season
question: who won on america 's got talent 2017