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The people who call the show rigged most of the time are just butthurt losers that refuse to accept the results. (but I will admit I have been one of those people at some point) Not often do I see comments about the show's contract being the reason for the show being rigged. (This goes for both AGT and The Voice that I watch)

If America's Got Talent were rigged in season 13 Courtney Hadwin would have won for sure right? But not enough people liked her act to vote for her. She made it to the top 10 with enough supporters but there were at least five more acts that received more votes in the end. And I am certain Shin Lim won because he had enough people voting for him, not because he was the 'chosen one'.

I watched Shin Lim's Q and A video on YouTube prior to his win. He refused to answer if AGT was staged/scripted. Why wouldn't he answer that? Probably to avoid getting in trouble with the producers. So yeah, the producers do have control over the contestants and such but I believe the voting results in the live shows are almost always legitimate.