Dance Crew Honors Friend on 'America's Got Talent' and Gets Golden Buzzer

An Indian dance crew drew both gasps and a standing ovation on "America's Got Talent" on the night of Tuesday, July 23.

Each dancer with V. Unbeatable from Mumbai, India, wore shirts with the name "Vikas" on them to honor a lost member.

"Six years ago, we were doing rehearsals and suddenly the incident happened," one of the dancers explained to the panel of judges before their performance. "He fell down and his body was paralyzed. After a few weeks he passed away."

The spokesman for the group said their friend had dreamed of being on such a stage, so the 29 dancers were doing it for him.

What followed was a breath-taking act that fused dangerous acrobatics with dance, set to an upbeat song.

The judges and audience were kept on the edge of their seats.

Guest judge Dwyane Wade sat with wife Gabrielle Union, a regular judge on the show, and had her put her hand on his chest as he said "My heart is beating at a rapid pace that I haven't felt before."

As a former NBA player, Wade said he understood the sacrifice and practice time the troupe put in to prepare.

"Whenever I hit a game-winner, whenever it was one of those moments, I jumped up on the stand and said 'This is my house,'" Wade said. "And today, on this stage, this is y'all house."

He then hit the golden buzzer, which sent the group straight through to the live shows in Hollywood.

Luke Islam, of Garden City, New York, performed for America’s Got Talent’s last round of auditions. He is an aspiring singer who fell in love with performing while in pre-school, according to his backstage interview before the performance. Luke’s father and mother were also at the audition.

“Luke started singing the moment he learned how to talk,” said Luke’s father. “Luke sings while he’s brushing his hair, putting clothes on, putting socks on.”

Islam confirmed his father’s assessment of him and revealed another detail about his singing habit.

“I sing a lot when I brush my teeth. I don’t know if that’s healthy.”

America’s Got Talent showed old video footage of Luke as a small child, dancing at home with his sister. He told America’s Got Talent that the two often used to perform together at home.

Islam said he has seen a lot of Broadway shows and is always looking for ways to see more.

“When Luke was 6-years-old, I took him to see his first Broadway show, and something sparked,” his mother told America’s Got Talent.

“I love the audience. I love the crowd,” Islam told America’s Got Talent. “I love the stage, the props, the costumes. I want to be up there. I want to do what they do.”

When asked who his favorite show judge was, at first Islam said he liked all of them equally but then revealed his favorite was Julianne Hough. He said that he and his sister have followed the careers of Julianne Hough and her brother for years.

The comment worked out well for Islam after his performance.

Islam told the America’s Got Talent judges he feels he can accomplish his dream to be on Broadway through competing on America’s Got Talent.

Islam's performance shows he is young but familiar with the Broadway idiom and gets much crowd reaction for his soaring voice. He gets a standing ovation at the end.

The judges give praise for the performance. Simon Cowell doesn’t give praise so much as he gives Luke advice for future performances and how to make an impact.

Hough then goes on to thank Luke for being a fan of hers and her brother, as he expressed before he sang. Luke cries while listening to her. She then proceeds to hit the golden buzzer for him.

Luke expressed how he felt about the performance, in his America’s Got Talent Buzzer Reaction video.

“One feeling I’ll always remember is when Julianne hit the golden buzzer. It’s something I would never imagined would have happened. A very good feeling.”

Islam also expressed what brought him to America's Got Talent stage.

"It's very very cool to just see so many talented people on TV, so I thought maybe one of those people could be me, so I just decided to audition, and look what happened."