Yumbo Dump was a comedy duo from Season 13 of America's Got Talent. They were eliminated in the Quarterfinals. They returned for America's Got Talent: All-Stars where they were eliminated in the Preliminaries.
Background[]
Yumbo Dump are a comedy duo from Japan, consisting of Go Kashu, "Yumbo" and Daisuke Fujiwara, "Dump". They competed on Season 2 of Asia's Got Talent in 2017, where they reached the Semifinals. They are the third representatives of that season on America's Got Talent, after Canion Shijirbat and The Sacred Riana, and the fourth act representing both seasons of Asia's Got Talent so far. Junior New System were finalists on the first season.
Audition[]
Yumbo Dump's audition in Episode 1302 consisted of making various sounds using their bodies, such as the sound of a drop of water falling on the surface of water, the sound of pulling a cork from a bottle of scotch malt whiskey, cries of dolphins, and the sound of a UFO flying. Mel B buzzed the act. Although Mel voted "No", Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and Simon Cowell voted "Yes", sending Yumbo Dump to the Judge Cuts.
Judge Cuts[]
Yumbo Dump's Judge Cuts performance in Episode 1310 consisted of making noises with their bodies, such as: a whale giving birth to a baby calf, an owl crying in a silent forest and fish flapping about on a boat. Mel B buzzed the act, but Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and guest judge Chris Hardwick gave them a standing ovation. Their performance was strong enough for the judges to send them to the Quarterfinals along with Samuel J. Comroe.
Quarterfinals[]
Yumbo Dump's Week 2 Quarterfinals performance in Episode 1313 consisted of making noises with their bodies such as: a typhoon, a ziptie, and a dolphin love story. Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Mel B buzzed the act (though Mel B and Simon took their buzzers back)., Howie Mandel and Mel B (during the comments) gave them standing ovations. Yumbo Dump did not receive enough votes to advance to the Semifinals in Episode 1314, eliminating them from the competition along with Quin and Misha instead of Noah Guthrie.
All-Stars Preliminary[]
Yumbo Dump's Preliminary performance in Episode AS05 consisted of making noises with their bodies such as: champagne popping, sucking a lollipop, ducks making love and Heidi giving them a standing ovation. Simon Cowell gave them a standing ovation. They did not receive enough votes from the Superfans to enter the Top 3 of the night, eliminating them from the competition.
After the Show[]
Later in 2018 Yumbo Dump appeared on the fifth season of the Italian competition series Tu Si Que Vales [1]
The duo competed on Season 14 of La France a un incroyable talent, where they were eliminated in the Semifinals. They also competed on Das Supertalent in 2019, where they were finalists and appeared on Israel's Got Talent the same year [2].
In 2022, Yumbo Dump competed on Greece's Got Talent.
Also in 2023, the duo auditioned for Spain's Got Talent: All Stars but did not advance to the final.[3]
Trivia[]
- Yumbo Dump is the third act to be buzzed in the Judge Cuts yet move on to the Quarterfinals anyway, following Mirror Image in Season 12, and The PAC Dance Team in Season 13. They were later succeeded by Lord Nil in Season 13.
- Yumbo Dump and DADitude! are the only acts ever to get buzzed by Heidi Klum in the live shows.
- Yumbo Dump are first act in which a judge retracted their buzzer in the live shows until Zak Mirz in Season 20.
- They are also the first act in the live shows to receive both an ovation and a buzz from the same judge and would be followed by Puppet Simon & The Cow Belles in Season 18.
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