This is how 'America's Got Talent' will continue during the pandemic

As production continues to be shut down on film and TV sets around the world, many shows have been forced to get creative in order to come up with ways to safely produce new content while still practicing physical distancing. We’ve seen it with daytime and late-night talk shows that have continued to film from inside the host’s home. Even Saturday Night Live has managed to create weekly skits with its ensemble cast. Now America’s Got Talent is pivoting in an effort to continue with the pre-planned premiere date of May 26.It was announced this week that Season 15 of the long-running reality competition show will move ahead as scheduled. Auditions were previously filmed in February and March at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium but were cut short when production was shut down in early March. That’s good news for AGT hopefuls as the submission period for audition videos has now been reopened.

 

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This summer is going to be aMAYzing! #AGT returns MAY 26 on @nbc!

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In a cleverly-titled new video shared by EW called "The Show Must Go Online," host Terry Crews, along returning judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and new judge Sofia Vergara, all check in from their homes where they are currently isolating. Klum and Cowell are dressed for the occasion in loud, print pajamas and Cowell’s young son makes a quick cameo in his own matching nightwear set. New host Sofia is quick to comment on Klum’s supermodel lighting, which is flawless. In the era of Zoom meetings, we all need a semi-professional lighting setup in our living room.The ideo includes Crews’ announcement that America’s Got Talent will reopen its online submission portal, allowing solo performers and groups who were not part of the pre-taped audition round to still audition for this season. For the sake of safety, Crews added that groups can either audition with a new performance filmed separately or upload an older performance video that was shot pre-isolation. “We’re all in new territory, we’ve never done this before,” added producer and judge Cowell. “We are at home doing this and I love trying things for the first time.”Since the judges will be without access to their giant light up Xs, all four showed off their DIY makeshift stand-ins, which for Cowell includes a mini airhorn. Of course.[video_embed id='1947542']RELATED: Canadian contestant wows American Idol judges[/video_embed]American Idol is the first major reality show that has moved to an at-home format. On Sunday, the singing competition debuted its first episode shot entirely in the homes of the contestants and the judges, including Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryant. Host Ryan Seacrest, who has continued filming his daily talk show Live With Kelly And Ryan, kept the show moving from the safety of his home, where he was backed by a large American Idol sign. That’s exactly how we pictured his home, TBH.The Voice (Mondays at 8 pET on CTV2) is the next show expected to wade into at-home filming. The show’s Live Performances are scheduled to begin on May 4 and although NBC has yet to announce the plan for filming the remaining three episodes of Season 18, Monday's episode ended with a promise from coach Nick Jonas that he would be seeing fans next week. Get ready to admire Blake Shelton’s mullet in all its Oklahoma glory.[video_embed id='-1']BEFORE YOU GO: Watch Katharine McPhee adorably hijack David Foster's performance[/video_embed]