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Rhythm the Dog Is Really Dancing in Act Sofia Vergara Calls “Magic” (VIDEO)
Roni Sagi and her dancing border collie, Rhythm, had something “really different” from the AGT Season 18 champions, Adrian and Hurricane.
They say every dog has its day, but one pup featured on America’s Got Talent has something else… four standing ovations from the Judges.
The Israeli-born Roni Sagi and her beloved border collie, Rhythm, bow-wowed Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara, and Howie Mandel with a canine routine so impressive that it brought everyone to their feet. Cowell couldn’t help but compare Roni and Rhythm’s dancing Act to the unforgettable AGT Season 18 winners, Adrian Stoica and Hurricane.
Roni told AGT producers she grew up around dogs and took in the 2-and-a-half-year-old black and white border collie in February 2022.
“When I was growing up, every few months, my mom would find a stray dog [and] bring him in,” said Roni. “We would take care of him for a couple of months, and then we would find another home for him, so I kind of grew up with dogs around me.”
Roni knew early on that she wanted to work with dogs, and later discovered “dog therapy” as a means of helping others. Later, she met Rhythm for the first time.
“From the first second, he was a tornado storm running everywhere,” Roni continued. “We literally thought, ‘He doesn’t know how to walk,’ because he was running all the time.”
Roni said it was “so much fun” to have Rhythm as a dancing partner, adding that he helped all her dreams come true.
“He wants to do it all, and he wants to do it now, and he wants to do it as good as he can,” Roni said.