First Contestant Of Season 20: Eric Booker -

Eric Booker finally has time to work on his AGT dream after retiring, and – as Simon Cowell says – he has 2-3 minutes to change his life. But not without a chug of water courtesy of Terry Crews first!

Kudos to AGT for not going with the same-old, same-old to start the milestone season, but... what a choice. I didn't foresee Eric Booker winning $1 million by chugging pickle juice, hot dog water, creamed corn, and hot sauce, so I wasn't shocked by him getting a big red X from each judge.

Still, if there's a golden buzzer for an act that can activate my gag reflex in 2-3 minutes, Eric would get it. Honestly, one of my biggest questions is whether the hot dog water and creamed corn were warmed up before he drank them, and I'm not sure which would be better.

Everybody's Nervous For 20 Years

Even though none of the current judges have been around from the beginning and Terry Crews only took over as host back in 2019, they had a lot to say about feeling nervous to star in the milestone season. Take a look:

This season marks the return of Mel B, who left as a regular judge back at the end of Season 13. She was a longtime member of the panel, so if we had to lose Heidi Klum alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, and Sofia Vergara, I can't imagine a better pick.