The Story
From the seat to the stage
A year before his audition, Luke Taleno sat in the America's Got Talent crowd and told Simon Cowell to watch for him — he'd be back for a Golden Buzzer. He delivered: performing his original "Seat to Stage" and flipping mid-song into Spanish for Sofía Vergara, he earned Howie Mandel's first Golden Buzzer of the season.
Born in Cuba and raised in Hialeah, Florida, Luke is a bilingual artist and storyteller who turns real life into music — and he bet everything on it, quitting his 9-to-5 with no backup plan. "Seat to Stage" is out now on all platforms, and the Golden Buzzer sends him straight to the Live Shows.
