America’s Got Talent: India’s V Unbeatable loses the finale battle, Kodi Lee is the winner

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America’s Got Talent: India’s dance group V Unbeatable came fourth as visually disabled and autistic singer-songwriter Kodi Lee emerged as the winner.
V Unbeatable

TLI Staff

After wowing the judges with their unbelievable flips and amazing acrobatic dance routines for 4 months, India’s dance group V Unbeatable lost the finale battle in America’s Got Talent and ended up in fourth position.

Singer-songwriter Kodi Lee, who’s visually disabled and autistic took home the coveted trophy and $1 million. As for V Unbeatable, they looked literally unbeatable as they gave a power-packed finale performance on Dhating Naach from Shahid Kapoor and Nargis’ Phata Poster Nikla Hero. Mostly known for performing on Ranveer Singh numbers, they made the exception for their finale performance.

However, after making it to Top 5, came the heartbreaking moment when the Mumbai dance group was booted out of competition, leaving some of the members in tears.

“It was a dream for us and we will work hard on our dreams, we will fight for our dreams one day,” said a group member from V Unbeatable after losing the finale battle.

Judge Julianne Hough praised the talented bunch of contestants saying the impact they made every week on the show is beyond winning the show and wished them all the best.

“I just want to say it’s shocking that the impact you have made every single week on the show is above and beyond winning the show. Because I know that you guys are going to have an incredible career ahead. You guys have created a community not just in America, but globally, you have united us,” said Julianne.


Take a look at V Unbeatable’s final performance

Top 10 contestants
V.Unbeatable, the Detroit Youth Choir, Emanne Beasha, Ryan Niemiller, Voices of Service, Light Balance Kids, Benicio Bryant, Tyler Butler-Figueroa, Kodi Lee and the Ndlovu Youth Choir. They also got a chance to collaborate with their favourite. V Unbeatable collaborated with Julianne Hough.

The Top 5
Detroit Youth Choir came second while comedian Ryan Niemiller bagged the third position. Indian dance group V. Unbeatable finished fourth while the Voices of Service came fifth.

The winner
Kodi Lee, who was the favourite for winning the show ever since he won golden buzzer, got emotional when his name was announced as the winner.
“I feel so amazing. … Unbelievable,” Lee said .


Here’s talented musician Kodi Lee’s winning moment


All you want to know about V Unbeatable
V Unbeatable is a Mumbai based hip-hop group consisting of 29 dancers between the age of 12 to 27. Many of them come from Mumbai slums. The group participated in numerous Indian reality shows like Dance Plus 4, India Banega Manch etc before getting an opportunity to showcase their talent on an international platform–America’s Got Talent.

V Unbeatable was one of the favourites to win the show and the voting trends showed that that after Kodi Lee, the Mumbai group had maximum chances of winning the show.

Indian group’s almost unbeatable journey on America’s Got Talent

V Unbeatable started out with Ranveer Singh’s Malhari from Bajirao Mastani in the audition round and their amazing flips and brilliant dance moves left the judges thoroughly impressed.

The talented dance group then flipped their way to earn a golden buzzer from guest judge Dwyane with their rocking performance on Tattad Tattad from the film Ram Leela, which sent them straight to quarter finals.

V Unbeatable got a standing ovation again in the semi final round when the judges were left spellbounded by their spectacular moves to Jashn-e-Ishqa from Gunday.

Also read: Indian dance crew creates history, makes it to grand finale of America’s Got Talent