“HE FLEW ACROSS THE WORLD… JUST TO MAKE SIMON COWELL LAUGH.” 😂🕶️✈️ — WHAT STARTED AS THE STRANGEST AUDITION OF THE SEASON ENDED WITH THE ENTIRE THEATER LOSING CONTROL Yukuta, a garbage collector from Japan, stepped onto the America’s Got Talent stage with an act no one could have predicted—a wildly bizarre tribute to Simon Cowell’s “morning routine” filled with chaotic physical comedy, shaving mishaps, and one unforgettable punchline. While the audience erupted with laughter, the judges were completely divided, with one calling it hysterical and another insisting it simply wasn’t funny.

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Shaving, Sunglasses, and Pure Chaos: Yukuta’s Tribute to Simon Cowell Stuns the AGT 2026 Stage

Every so often, an audition comes along on America’s Got Talent that is so utterly bizarre, so delightfully strange, that it defies traditional description. Enter Yukuta, a garbage collector from Japan who traveled across the globe with two simple passions: skincare and his absolute idol, Simon Cowell.

What followed was a surreal, laugh-out-loud tribute act that split the judges’ table right down the middle but left the audience in absolute stitches.

The Act: “Simon Cowell’s Morning Routine”

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Taking the stage to recreate a day in the life of AGT’s most notorious judge, Yukuta delivered a highly visual, physical comedy routine representing Simon’s daily ritual.

[The Anatomy of "The Simon Routine"]
  ├── Step 1: "Put on sunglasses." (Yukuta searches frantically, completely unable to find them)
  ├── Step 2: "Shaving." (A chaotic, blind shaving routine with dramatic sound effects)
  └── Step 3: "Where is my mouth?" (A hilarious, misplaced attempt to find his own face)

Blindly navigating his own face, Yukuta kept the crowd laughing with his deadpan narration, culminating in him looking into an imaginary mirror and declaring, “There he is. Simon. Uh, he’s very good-looking.”

“It Wasn’t Funny… It Was Hysterical!”

When the routine wrapped, the reaction from the panel was immediate, loud, and highly divided. While some of the judges were utterly baffled, others recognized the sheer, unadulterated joy of classic Japanese physical comedy.

  • Howie Mandel’s Rave: Howie was completely sold on the absurdity. “It’s called comedy. It wasn’t funny… it was hysterical!” he declared, enthusiastically handing out his vote.

  • Mel B’s Shutdown: Mel B was far less impressed by the shaving antics, bluntly cutting through the laughter with a swift: “I’m saying no.”

  • Sofia Vergara’s Delight: Sofia was fully on board with the bizarre tribute, laughing along and offering an “Absolutely, yes!”

The Ultimate Verdict

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With the panel split, Yukuta’s fate rested entirely on the shoulders of the man he came to honor: Simon Cowell himself.

Despite the act being a direct, chaotic parody of his own face and morning habits, Simon couldn’t hide his amusement. Breaking the tie, Simon joined Howie and Sofia to give Yukuta the third and final “Yes” he needed to advance.

While Mel B remained unconvinced—insisting to the end, “That was not funny!”—the crowd and the rest of the panel showered the Japanese performer with applause as he headed backstage, victorious.