Fourteen-year-old Lai Noelle from Dallas, Texas, secured a second Golden Buzzer on America's Got Talent's Season 21 live quarterfinals, guaranteeing her a place in the finals after a standing-ovation cover of Elton John's "Your Song". The moment is notable because Noelle already held one Golden Buzzer from her audition earlier in the season, making this a rare double honour that lets her bypass the public vote entirely and proceed straight to the finals.

The performance, broadcast on Tuesday 1 September, drew praise from judges Howie Mandel and Mel B, as well as guest judge Kenan Thompson, who was filling in for Simon Cowell. Thompson pressed fellow judge Sofía Vergara to activate the Golden Buzzer on his behalf, triggering a shower of gold confetti; he described Noelle as "dynamically gifted" with a rare "wow factor". Cowell had originally given Noelle her first Golden Buzzer for her audition performance of Sienna Spiro's "Die On This Hill". Eleven acts performed during the quarterfinal round, with the remaining contestants now subject to the usual America's Got Talent public vote.