An Elk Grove resident is one performance away from a share of a million dollars.
, a performance painting group, is in the final round of "America's Got Talent," which airs at 9 p.m. Wednesday on KCRA-3. They're competing with five other groups for the top prize of $1 million and a Las Vegas show.
Garibaldi attended , where an animation teacher convinced him to switch from graffiti to a more law-abiding art form.
"I told him, 'You will pay for doing that, or you can stop doing the illegal stuff and get paid to do it,' " Shawn Sullivan told the Sacramento Bee earlier this month.
held viewing parties at its locations around the region for Garibaldi's semi-final performance, but won't be doing the same this week.
While Garibaldi has received massive amounts of support on social media and from Sacramento-area residents and businesses, he isn't everyone's first pick to win it all. Judge Howard Stern said on his radio show that he thinks stand-up comic Tom Cotter will win the championship, according to Reality TV Magazine. Previously, Stern said he thought massive harpist William Close would be the ultimate winner.
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