America's Got Talent: Kodi Lee is a favorite

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Kodi Lee has been moving the judges and audiences of America's Got Talent.

It has almost become routine: Kodi Lee gives an emotional performance, the judges and audience are in tears, a standing ovation and heaps of praise for the Korean American singer and musician.

Lee has got to be the favorite to be one of the two finalists when America's Got Talent concludes its season tonight (Sept. 18). The only question is, who will be the other act to compete against him.

After 16 long, exciting weeks, America's Got Talent's live finals kicked off Tuesday night with the 10 contestants who have been performing for the past 16 weeks.

The blind and autistic singer and musician delivers a heartbreaking performance of Freya Ridings' "Lost Without You."

The show's panel of judges -- including Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough -- stand, leading the applause.

Cowell, who did similar duty on American Idol, can be acerbic in his comments but Tuesday, he struggles to find the words of praise. "One of the most beautiful things I've ever, ever heard," Simon says. "That was as good as I've ever heard."

The audience ends up chanting "Ko-di, Ko-di, Ko-di."

Kodi Lee Has So Much Love to Give

Besides Lee, another musician, two youth choirs, a singing quartet, a young opera diva, a stand-up comedian, an acrobatic dance crew, a violinist, and a black light dance group will all be vying for the grand prize of $1 million and a show on the Las Vegas strip.

Competition is stiff. They're all good, all really talented. Anyone of them would be deserving of being the champion.

V.Unbeatable, group from India, has been wowwing AGT audiences and drew effusive praise from the judges with its acrobatic style of dance.

"This was the most exciting, the most dangerous, the most thrilling act in the history of 'AGT,' " Howie Mandel exclaimed, while Cowell added: "If we had one, that would have been a golden buzzer performance… You are not a dance group, you are a movement – what I would call a game changer."

"I mean, my mind is exploding!" Julianne gushes. "You absolutely crushed it... you can fly, you can float, you can do it all. It's unbelievable."

Who will named AGT's winner of season 14?  Find out tonight in the live finale, Wednesday (Sept. 18)  at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

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How you can vote on America's Got Talent

Viewers can vote using the America's Got Talent app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play, or by going to NBC.com, or via the Xfinity X1 set-top box.

Voting is open from 8 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 17) until 7 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 18).

And, remember, you can vote up to 10 times per act, so vote early and often!

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