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“America’s Got Talent: The Champions” crowned magician Shin Lim as winner Monday, beating out singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer.

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Both had won their respective “AGT” seasons.

The entire season was taped several months ago. The voters were a 50-state “panel” of voters. Lim’s mesmerizing close-up card trick won them over.

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Georgia singer Angelica Hale did not make the top five but was in the final 12.

“Being there was just amazing getting to be back,” 11-year-old Hale said in an interview before the finale aired. “The competition was very tough.” Howie Mandel had given her the Golden Buzzer, a moment she called “mind-blowing.”

Viral sensation Susan Boyle, who sang the same song she chose during her opening audition on “Britain’s Got Talent” a decade ago, also didn’t make the cut.

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The top five featured only two singers, including runner-up Farmer, who had her puppet Petunia sing opera.

Ukrainian sand artist Kseniya Simonova came in third. Over-the-top Spanish singer Cristina Ramos landed fourth. And stand-up comic Preacher Lawson landed fifth.

The other seven were not actually “placed” in any order; they were just eliminated.