Effective period / Period of releases: 2007 - 2009

Fator, who was the winner of Season 2 of America’s Got Talent, is known for his unique combination of singing, comedy and celebrity impressions through ventriloquism. His show at The Mirage, Terry Fator: The VOICE of Entertainment, has been running since 2009, and he’s been awarded Best All-Around Performer and Best Impressionist numerous times. In 2013, Fator was ranked No. 2 on Forbes’ list of the top-earning comedians behind Jerry Seinfeld.

His first job was as a janitor in his hometown in Texas while he practiced ventriloquism. For 25 years, he performed his ventriloquism act at county fairs and venues across the country before his big win at America’s Got Talent at age 42, and then his multimillion-dollar deal with The Mirage. Fator was also the lead singer of a regionally popular band called TEXAS The Band during the late-1980s through 2001. Upcoming projects include a memoir, a novel, a series of children’s books and a country music CD titled It Starts Tonight.

He met his first wife Melinda after she began to follow the country band extensively. They married on January 8, 1991. Melinda left Terry in January 2009 and returned back to Texas shortly after their move to Las Vegas. She filed for divorce in February 2009 in Texas, and a second time in Nevada in 2010. After the divorce was finalized, Fator and Taylor Makakoa, his stage assistant, married in November 2010 in Hawaii. In 2015 they announced their separation.