Jonatan Riquelme

Jonatan Riquelme
Information
Age (at audition)	37
Sex	Male
Act	Balancing Acrobat
Seasons	9
Position Reached	Quarterfinalist

Jonatan Riquelme was a balancing acrobat act from Season 9 of America's Got Talent. He was eliminated in the Quarterfinals.

Background

Jonatan Riquelme is a circus performer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a young man in Argentina, he developed talents as a trampoline performer, trapeze artist, balancer and horseback rider. He began performing in 1999 and his act has brought him around the world dazzling audiences in places such as Brazil, Japan, Mexico, China, Puerto Rico as well as the United States and Canada. 1

Audition

Jonatan Riquelme's audition in Episode 905 consisted of his "Aerial Rola bola Act," his building a an unstable stack of three hollow cylinders on a swinging platform, climbing that stack, and then balancing on top of that stack. He also threaded a hoop from one of his arms to one of his legs. Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel all voted "Yes," sending Jonatan to Judgment Week.

Judgment Week

Jonatan Riquelme was selected in Episode 907 as one of eight acts to advance straight to the Quarterfinals without performing in Judgment Week.

Quarterfinals

Jonatan Riquelme's Week 4 Quarterfinals performance in Episode 915 consisted of doing a handstand on a Rola-bola and then building a stack of five hollow cylinders, climbing that stack, and then balancing on his feet on top of that stack, all on a swinging platform. Jonatan did not receive enough votes to be sent to the Semifinals, eliminating him from the competition in Episode 916, instead of Smoothini.

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