{"id":25449,"date":"2017-09-14T12:36:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T12:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/14\/air-force-academy-singing-group-fails-to-make-americas-got-talent-final\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:11:01","slug":"air-force-academy-singing-group-fails-to-make-americas-got-talent-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2017\/09\/14\/air-force-academy-singing-group-fails-to-make-americas-got-talent-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Academy singing group fails to make &#8216;America&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217; final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vc2H9Q8SpPI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Stairwell, the Air Force Academy\u2019s all-male a capella singing group, saw its run on NBC\u2019s&nbsp;\u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d end Wednesday night, becoming the next-to-last elimination in the show\u2019s semifinal round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The night before, the group of academy students and graduates earned an ovation for its performance of the Ed Sheeran hit&nbsp;\u201cCastle on the Hill.\u201d It was the second live, national-TV outing for the troupe, which reached the semifinals on the strength of a rendition of&nbsp;\u201cSome Nights\u201d by Fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThanks for the journey @agt,\u201d the group wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inthestairwell\/photos\/a.10152422627737877.1073741825.12521772876\/10155039513457877\/?type=3&amp;theater\">a post-show Facebook post<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cIt was unreal.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A viewer vote held after Tuesday\u2019s performances determined the five advancing acts out of a group of 11 semifinalists. 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A fifth graduate is heading to Europe for graduate work as part of a Fullbright Academic Scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had the group won the contest, the $1 million prize that comes with it would\u2019ve gone to fund future In the Stairwell performances, the Air Force said, not to the individual singers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group was formed in 2004 and was named for the dorm location where the original singers gathered. 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