The latest season of America’s Got Talent has had some spectacular contestants join the series this year, but who is bigger than Elvis Presley? In a completely unprecedented turn of events, the deepfake company Metaphysic hit the whopping two-part finale with an incredible display of technology that brought the biggest music icon of all time back to life.
Metaphysic lined up their cameras and outfits to make it look like Elvis was alive and well.
The incredible technology and performance group had Elvis deliver a brief introduction about how grateful he was to attend the competition before launching into a medley of his hits.
The act kicked off with “Hound Dog”, complete with shaking hips and lip curls. It really did look like the King had been resurrected.
Fans of the show were left gobsmacked by the incredible technology on display during the show, with one simply saying: “Elvis reborn.”
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Another agreed: “Elvis is back in the building! What a performance by @vfxchrisume and @Metaphysic_ai in America’s Got Talent @AGT. Fingers crossed for the [trophy emoji].” (sic)
Then the recreated Elvis launched into “Devil in Disguise” – but he didn’t do it alone. Instead, he had some unexpected superstar help.
As the stunned audience cheered in delight, Elvis brought out two women as backing singers who were quickly revealed to be deepfake versions of AGT judges Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara.
The “judges” shimmied and delivered their lines dutifully as Elvis welcomed yet another member of the panel to the stage: Simon Cowell.
The real Simon threw his head into his hands as a spectre with his face appeared on the big screen in front of him, crooning along with the King.
Spooky as it was, the fans – and the judges – went absolutely wild at how spectacular the performance was.
These avatars truly looked like the real thing, and the judges could not help but heap praise onto the sci-fi technology on display in front of their very eyes.
Vergara confessed: “It was amazing. I think it’s so much fun when you came into the show.”
Cowell, in particular, had some major words of support for Metaphysic. He said: “This is the most incredible and original act we’ve ever had on the show.”
This isn’t the first time a major celebrity has been brought back from the dead using technology.
Tupac was infamously revived through hologram technology in 2012 for a special Coachella performance.
Elvis’ arrival in the building was a huge success, and likely spurred on by his growing popularity. The singer’s name has been on everyone’s lips since his biopic “Elvis” hit cinema screens.
The Hollywood star who portrayed Elvis, Austin Butler, was praised for his impression of the King – but Metaphysic’s rendition of the star was on another level.
America’s Got Talent concludes tonight on NBC.
