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'AGT': Season 13 champ crowned as KISS performs during two-hour finale

Shin Lim will receive a $1 million prize and headliner status for a November "AGT" show in Las Vegas.

Spoiler alert: This story contains significant details from Wednesday's Season 13 finale of "America's Got Talent."

"America's Got Talent" Wednesday crowned a Season 13 winner: magician Shin Lim.

The runner-up, dance group Zurcaroh, embraced the card magician after host Tyra Banks announced him as champion at the end of a live, two-hour season finale.

As the credits rolled, Lim told the audience, "Thank you so much, everyone. I love you all so much."

He survived against nine other finalists during Wednesday's two-hour season finale, winning the most viewer votes after Tuesday's live performance show. He will receive a $1 million prize and headliner status for a November "AGT" show in Las Vegas.

About 90 minutes into the show, five acts were eliminated based on viewer votes: singer Glennis Grace; comedian Vicki Barbolak; singer Daniel Emmet; trapeze artists Duo Transcend and singer Courtney Hadwin.

During the final 20 minutes, "AGT" counted down eliminations. Besides runner-up Zurcaroh, violinist Brian King Joseph finished third; standup comedian Samuel J. Comroe finished fourth; and singer Michael Ketterer finished fifth.

Tuesday's performance finale was the most-watched "AGT" episode of the season, averaging 12.8 million viewers in overnight Nielsen ratings. It also attracted the largest number of young adults since the June 19 episode.

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