Phuket’s Nene Royal set for America’s Got Talent live show

Nene Royal, a 16-year-old singer and guitarist from Phuket, will perform in the live-show round of America’s Got Talent 2026 on 26 August.

The performer, identified in Thai media as Praew–Rattikant Amloy, is one of 44 acts remaining in the competition. She is in the second group, which is scheduled to perform on NBC in the United States at 8pm on 25 August, corresponding to 7am on 26 August in Thailand.

Voting will open after the live show and close at 6pm Thailand time on 26 August. The result is scheduled to be announced at 7am on 27 August on NBC and the Peacock streaming service.

According to the programme’s voting rules, voters must be at least 16 years old and live in one of the 50 US states or Puerto Rico during the voting period. Viewers in Thailand cannot vote directly, and votes submitted using a VPN or other location-changing software will be discarded.

Thai fans with relatives, family or friends in the United States or Puerto Rico can ask eligible voters to support Nene Royal through the NBC voting website, the official America’s Got Talent app or the programme’s official TikTok account. Each channel allows up to 10 votes per contestant in each round. TikTok accounts must be public, and voters must submit one contestant name per comment on an official voting post.

Nene Royal can advance either by receiving a Live Golden Buzzer from a judge, which would send her directly to the final, or by finishing among the top three acts based on the audience vote and advancing to the semi-final.

She previously received four “Yes” votes from the judges after singing and playing guitar on “Zombie” by The Cranberries during her audition. She then performed Muse’s “Hysteria” in the Judges’ Callbacks and was selected as one of the 44 acts in the live-show round.