Team X-Pogo was a pogo stunt team from Season 5 of America's Got Talent. It was eliminated before the Vegas Round. The group returned in Season 9 as Xpogo Stunt Team, four years later, where it was eliminated during Judgment Week. The group returned in Season 19 as Xpogo Stunt Team once more, ten years later, where it was eliminated in the Deliberations.
Background[]
Team X-Pogo/Xpogo Stunt Team started out as a group of guys who did awesome and extreme tricks on Pogo Sticks. They have been doing tricks ever since they were 5 and 6 years old. The team has performed in some different countries and tournaments. Xpogo is one of the best Extreme Pogo Stick Teams ever. Their ambition is to eventually get Pogo Sticking into the Olympics. They hope to get a manufacturer for the Pogos they use accessible, so that they can teach children how to use Pogos safely and potentially make Pogo Sticking the next big extreme sport.
Season 5 Audition[]
Team X-Pogo's audition in Episode 510 consisted of hopping on pogo sticks and performing backflips with them. Piers Morgan buzzed the act. Possibly Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, and Howie Mandel all voted "Yes," sending the group to the Vegas Round.
Season 5 Vegas Round[]
Team X-Pogo did not compete in the Vegas Round, meaning they were either cut or withdrew before this stage of the competition.
Season 9 Audition[]
Team X-Pogo returned in Season 9 as Xpogo Stunt Team. Its second audition in Episode 902 consisted of hopping on pogo sticks and performing backflips with them. The group ended with a hop over four people (including Nick Cannon). Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel all voted "Yes," sending the act to Judgment Week.
Season 9 Judgment Week[]
Xpogo Stunt Team was sorted into the "Acrobats" category in Judgment Week. The group's performance in Episode 908 consisted of pogo feats such as hopping over each other and on flaming pogo sticks, all to Flux Pavilion's "I Can't Stop." Unfortunately, the fire on the sticks went out prematurely in the middle of the performance. Their audition wasn't strong enough for the judges to send them to the Quarterfinals, eliminating them from the competition along with Contortion Sisters.
Season 19 Audition[]
Xpogo Stunt Team returned in Season 19. Its third audition in Episode 1908 consisted of hopping on pogo sticks and performing backflips and having one member jump over the other three members to DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross’ “All I Do Is Win”. All 4 judges voted "Yes", sending them to the next round.
Season 19 Deliberations[]
Xpogo Stunt Team were not selected to advance to the Quarterfinals, eliminating them from the competition.
After the Show[]
Xpogo Stunt Team auditioned twice on the Italian competition series Tu Si Que Vales, once on the second season in 2015 in which they advanced to the Finals [1]. and again on the eighth season in 2021 but did not advance to the semifinals [2].
One of the members, Russell Kaus, appeared on Game Of Talents in 2021. Additionally that year, member Tyler Phillips would break the record for most consecutive cars jumped over with by a pogo.
Xpogo Stunt Team auditioned for the third season of Canada's Got Talent in 2023. [3]
Later that year members Michael Mena & Henry Cabelus would set the record for highest backflip on a pogo stick.
In 2024, one of the members Duncan Murray reached the Semi-Finals of the 17th season of Britain's Got Talent. Duncan would be accompanied by two more members of Xpogo during his Semi-Final performance.
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