Las Vegas or Bust
Houston's Miral Kotb and iLuminate dance crew advance to semifinals in America'sGot Talent
- Team iLuminate takes the stage tonight on Americ'as Got Talent.Photo via Team iLuminate/Facebook
- Clear Lake's Miral Kotb is the computer whiz/dance enthusiast behind the team.Photo via Team iLuminate
- Team iLuminate gets a standing ovation in Atlanta.Photo via Team iLuminate/Facebook
In the results episode of America's Got Talent Wednesday night, Houston's own Miral Kotb was in the hot seat as she waited to find out whether she and her dance troupe, iLuminate, would advance to the show's semifinals in Las Vegas.
Drumroll, please . . .
After a popular vote from viewers, iLuminate will move on to compete for the chance to headline a Vegas show.
iLuminate earned a standing ovation from both the judges and the audience during their appearance Tuesday night, performing a dance that was both choreographed and technologically manipulated by Kotb, who created the dancers' patent-pending wireless light suits.
A computer science whiz and Columbia grad, the Clear Lake native has long split her time between her passion for dance and her day job designing corporate software.
Also moving on are step dance troupe Fatally Unique, all-male acrobatic group Zuma Zuma and impersonator Melissa Villasenor. The four acts named Wednesday night will join the top 24 still in the hunt in the talent competition.