North Bay's Ahren Belisle is not a million dollars richer.
The 28-year-old standup comedian who grew up in North Bay, was one of the 11 final performances Tuesday night an NBC's "America's Got Talent."
However, when the online votes were tabulated, Belisle finished out of the top five and out of the money.
Adrian Stoica and his dog Hurricane claimed the Season 18 win with their unique act.
- First place — Adrian Stoica and Hurricane.
- Second place — Anna DeGuzman.
- Third place — Murmuration.
- Fourth place — Putri Ariani.
- Fifth place — Ramadhani Brothers.
Another North Bay native had success at America's Got Talent. Back in 2017, Sara Carson and her dog Hero finished fifth in the high-profile made-for-TV talent show.
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Belisle, who now lives in the Toronto area, lives with cerebral palsy and uses a computer-generated voice from his phone to help with his comedy act.
His unique act helped him make his way through to the final event and even was able to dodge a technical glitch with his phone to still take his performance out of the park by making the studio audience and the judges laugh at his jokes while poking fun at his own disability and his service dog.
Belisle performed his act three times on the AGT stage including his final performance on Tuesday.
An engineer by day, Belisle has taken advantage of his newly found comedy fame this summer by going on comedy tours which included a couple of stops in North Bay where he performed in front of sold-out crowds at Lou Dawgs in downtown North Bay back in July.
The former Chippewa and West Ferris alum says he took a stab at comedy just over a year ago and has not stopped since.
AGT judge and fellow Canadian comedian Howie Mandell told Belisle during his opening act that he has found a new full-time occupation.
