As we look forward to an anniversary season of America’s Got Talent with Season 20 set to be part of the 2025 TV schedule (likely this spring), we’re still looking back on the incredible Season 19, particularly with winner Richard Goodall’s journey on the competition series. The 56-year-old singer was memorably crowned the Season 19 champion after singing “Don’t Stop Believing” with members of Journey behind him. As he looks to his future career, he’s holding on to that feeling with a few more big acts he would want to work with if he could.
Since his win, he’s been travelling more and even doing gigs in different cities in the U.S. When CinemaBlend asked the “singing janitor” who he’d love to work with next if given the chance, he expressed his dream collaborations with these words:
I would love to work with somebody like Michael Bublé. I would love to work with Foreigner. Their music is amazing. But, like I said before, I'm so happy to work with and meet with anybody who is wanting to [collaborate], because like I said, it's just an absolute blessing to just get up there and make a little bit of money at it, and then bless people at the same time. So yeah, anybody who's willing to work with me, I'm willing to work with them.
Aren’t these great picks? Foreigner is a solid idea, and plays into the taste of music Richard Goodall became known for on the show, but Michael Bublé is an inspired out-of-left-field choice. Bublé is about to serve as a coach on his second season of The Voice, which is also an NBC competition series, so perhaps they could collaborate as some sort of crossover between shows?
When Goodall spoke with us about being suddenly famous following his victory on the NBC hit series. Per the oldest winner of AGT to date, when he goes to Wal Mart, he’s being stopped “every 10 feet” to talk to fans who were moved by his season. When Goodall decided to audition for AGT, he’d never been on a plane before. When reflecting on sharing the stage with Journey, he sounded on cloud nine over the opportunity.
I mean, people say that they have a bucket list of stuff that they wanna do before they go. And, this was a bucket list [item] that was up on a higher shelf that I didn't know about. I mean, how could anybody possibly, someone from Indiana, just a regular person get to sing [with Journey]?
The whole experience certainly surpassed the Indiana-native’s wildest dreams. Goodall was among the Season 19 golden buzzer picks, thanks to Heidi Klum, and he ended up going all the way after winning the affections of not only America, but people around the world. After singing the Journey hit on his audition, it all went full circle when he sang it again for the finale with members of Journey. Check it out below:
What a run on AGT! Goodall shared this update on where he’s taking his music career:
Any downtime that I have that's not doing anything travel wise, I'm working with a local band here that sounds really good. And, kind of doing stuff, not resting, keeping my voice up to shape and doing the best that I can.
Goodall said he’s currently working on original music along with working with a local band to have his own act. When it comes to upcoming Season 20 of the show, he told us he thinks “the sky's the limit” for more unexpectedly talented people, without careers in entertainment like him to win. While we wait, you can rewatch Season 19 on AGT with a Peacock subscription.
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