Oxford HS Grad Ava Swiss Competes Live Tuesday Night On America's Got Talent

OXFORD, MI — Ava Swieczkowski, a 2022 Oxford High School graduate, will perform live Tuesday night on America's Got Talent.

Swieczkowski, 18, who goes by the performing name Ava Swiss, was present inside Oxford High School on Nov. 30 when a gunman opened fire inside the school, killing four fellow classmates and wounding seven other people.

Swiss will be one of 11 people performing on Tuesday night's live broadcast, which airs at 8 p.m. on NBC. Tuesday night's episode is the first of five semifinals shows.

Voting opens at the beginning of Tuesday night's show and closes at 7 a.m. Wednesday. You can vote online here or via the AGT app. You can vote ten times for each contestant on the app and ten times for each contestant online.

Swiss and her fellow contestants will learn their fate tomorrow night on the results show.

Over the next five weeks, ten performers — plus one previously eliminated talent — will ultimately make the show's finale in Las Vegas. The top 11 performers will then compete in a two-day finale on Sept. 13 and 14 for a $1 million grand prize and the opportunity to perform in "America’s Got Talent Las Vegas LIVE" at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

On July 26, America's Got Talent aired Swiss' first audition, which was recorded shortly after the deadly shooting at Oxford High School. She stunned judges as she sang "Remember" by Lauren Daigle, a song she said helps her cope with the deadly shooting.

"When I sing ("Remember,") I remember the good, and I remember my community, my family, just the love, and I remember that it's all there for me," Swiss said.

Swiss also sang R&B artist Andra Day's "Rise Up" at a candlelight vigil for the Oxford school shooting victims in an effort to help the community heal.