Ada Flippa was a novelty act from Season 19 of America's Got Talent. She was eliminated in the auditions round.
Background
Ada Filppa is from Finland. When she was growing up, she always wanted a horse of her own but her parents were scared to get her one. When she was 8 her classmates started riding horses and they would take her with them to the stables so that she could ride a horse alongside them. When she was 15, she won the Finnish horse riding Championships. She has competed in over 200 horse riding competitions.
In May 2021, Filppa appeared on Finland’s Au pairit Irlannissa.
Audition
Ada Filppa’s performance in Episode 1906 consisted of performing a novelty routine on a hobby horse to Michael Sembello’s “Maniac”, however she knocked down two of the hurdles. Although Howie Mandel voted “Yes”, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell all voted “No” eliminating her from the competition.
Trivia
- Ada Filppa is the first televised hobbyhorsing act in the show's history.
