'America's Got Talent' Season 18: Who is Ray Wold? 'Man of Fire' almost missed NBC's talent show as mom tested positive for Covid
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: NBC's 'America's Got Talent' Season 18 has already graced the screens with its first round of auditions. After the power-packed first episode, fans are left wondering what newness will the contestants bring in the upcoming audition rounds. Judges Simon Cowell, Sofia Vergara, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel are back in the new season with host Terry Crews to seek out the most talented contestants who deserve to contend for the prize money of $1 million.
The talent categories that are about to be performed on 'AGT' Season 18 include magic, singing, dancing, comedy, and animals. So, better buckle your belt to witness some out-of-the-box acts. And the one who is surely going to stun the judges as well as the audience with his extraordinary skills is Ray Wold.
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Who is Ray Wold?
Ray Wold calls himself the "Man of Fire," which is apt for his various fiery skills. Whether it be wearing fire-lit shoes, playing basketball with fire, or be it eating fire, Ray is a pro at including fire in his day-to-day life. Besides being skilled in showing off fire tricks, Ray also knows how to play with knives. The self-proclaimed "Man of Fire" knows how to never miss an aim.
Coming to his personal life, Ray is married to Mysha McClain and the couple shares a son named Ray J. Ray's wife is the founder and Director of Education of the school, "Prestigious Academy of Las Vegas."
Fans will get to see Ray giving a fiery performance in 'AGT' Season 18's Episode 2, as teased by the star who uploaded a photo of him being surrounded by fire on 'AGT's stage on his social media. And it seems that Ray will be accompanied by his mother on the show.
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Ray Wold almost missed 'AGT' Season 18 due to Covid
Ray uploaded a picture of him with his mother on Facebook, where both were seen standing in front of the 'AGT' logo on the stage. His social media post garnered a lot of comments as his followers got to know about him being featured in the talent show. Seeing the post, one commented, "Nice to see you!" Ray replied to the user, saying, "Thank you Ruth. We are lucky to be here we were scheduled to shoot last week but mom tested positive for covid We been in isolation for week but we are ok now!" It cleared that Ray had to pause shooting for a few days just before his line-up. Thankfully, Ray and his mother recovered and got back to the shooting. But if things wouldn't have been on track health-wise, Ray would have had to quit filming the show. Another follower asked, "What kind of act did you do on camera? Ray Wold." Ray replied, "we will do a knife act tomorrow." The fan replied curiously, "No fire?" Ray affirmed the user by commenting, "yes Fire!!!!! Are you kidding."
'America's Got Talent' Season 18 releases new episodes every Tuesday at 8 pm ET on NBC and the next day on Peacock.
