Richard Goodall takes the crown! Americaās Got Talent 2024 winner with record-breaking votes and $1 million prize

Richard Goodall wowed the judges over the past several months and wowed viewers of the show to keep voting for him after singing songs like Journeyās āDonāt Stop Believinā ā and Survivors āEye of the Tiger.ā
The journey to this point has taken months. Back in May, we learned the West Vigo Middle School janitor was about to make an appearance as a contestant on AGT. It was all thanks to a Tik Tok video of him singing to students.

āShe come up with the kindergarten teachers and they said that it was at 100,000 thousand views and I said is that good and she said that she didnāt even have 1,000 followers. By the end of that weekend, it was a million,ā Richard Goodall explained.
What Goodall could not tell us back then, was that heād received a golden buzzer from AGT judge Heidi Klum. It sent him straight to the quarter-final round.
After succeeding in the quarter-finals, Goodall came home to a welcome back rally at the school heād cleaned for many years. He spoke to students and staff sharing an inspiring message.
āYou can achieve anything you want at any age and it donāt matter what you look like. It donāt matter what color your hair is, what color your eyes are. If you just keep going and perfect what you do, where youāre at eventually at some point, someone is going to notice,ā said Goodall.

It was then back to AGTās semi-finals and onto the finale where he was much loved by the judges.
āHe was a hero genuinely. Heās like the man who stood up for every underdog out there,ā said AGT judge Simon Cowell.
āHe touches my heart, my soul and I just know he touched everyone elseās heart and soul at home too.ā
Heās also loved by many people, but he says, heās not letting the fame effect him.
āIām gonna stay that humble person. No matter what Iām doing or where Iām at,ā added Goodall.
Richard Goodallās journey has been incredible and watch the moment his name was called for the $1 million prize below.
Americaās Got Talent 2024 Finale Poll Results
We had a record number of responses to the finale poll and votes went overwhelmingly to singing janitor, Richard Goodall. Itās clear that the man has PEOPLE.
Richard Goodall ā Singer ā 69.57%
Roni Sagi & Rhythm ā Dog act ā 13.44%
Solange Kardinaly ā Quick Change Act ā 5.69%
Brent Street ā Dance Group ā 3.14%
Sky Elements ā Drone act ā 2.68%
Learnmore Jonasi ā Comedian ā 2.47%
Dee Dee Simon ā Singer ā 0.94%
AIRFOOTWORKS ā Dance group ā 0.94%
Hakuna Matata Acrobats ā 0.74%
Sebastian & Sonia ā Aerial act ā 0.40%
Richard Goodall Is the Peopleās Choice on āAGTā
Before Richard Goodall, Terra Haute, Indiana was known for Larry Bird, who has his own museum in the town. Now Terra Haute has the winner of Americaās Got Talent! He knows the kids at his school he works out and the entire community is immensely proud of him. The singing janitor was something new for Terra Haute to celebrate. He said the community is āextremely proudā of his rise to stardom.
Whatās Next for Richard Goodall?
Itās one thing to be able to share your talent with the world. Itās another when you win a massive cash prize for your talent! Upon finishing his finale performance, Howie Mandel stated that Goodall sang himself to $1 million. Has it sunk in? āNo, it has not sunk in yet. But we, Ang and I, have sat down and talked, and we have a financial plan in place. Weāre going to get us our house and washer and dryer, and but also invest some of the money and be smart about everything,ā he admitted. āAs far as a honeymoon? Richard reveals this was one of them.
So whatās the next big dream for Richard Goodall? He happily said, āHonestly, the skyās the limit.ā Richard Goodall has inspired so many people with his incredible journey on Americaās Got Talent. Now, as the winner, this is his time to offer some advice to those, like him, who might be a bit shy to share their talent with the world. The moral of his story is, āDonāt stop believing.ā