New Documentary Details V. Unbeatable’s Experience After ‘AGT: The Champions’
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A new YouTube documentary is shedding light on AGT dance group V. Unbeatable’s experience after winning the second season of Champions in 2020. That includes a legal case filed on behalf of group members against their former manager, accusing him of withholding earnings.
New Documentary Details V. Unbeatable’s Experience
V. Unbeatable is an acrobatic dance group from Mumbai, India, who first competed on America’s Got Talent in Season 14, finishing in fourth place. They later returned for AGT: The Champions, and were named the winners in 2020.
In a new YouTube video titled “A Winner’s Life (?),” Benedict Garrett speaks to several former members of V. Unbeatable, showing the poor conditions under which they’re still living in India. Group members have accused their former manager Omprakash Chauhan of defrauding them out of money they earned for performances.
Garrett juxtaposes video clips and audio from the group’s time on AGT (including praise from the judges about their talent) with their current lives. Some of them have as many as five people living in one small home, with family members sleeping on the floor.
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What Did the Group Members Have to Say?
The group members interviewed for the documentary spoke about their experience. One former member, Arjun Vatar, said the group’s manager gave them hope about the future, promising them houses for their families. However, he accused this manager of failing to pay them what they earned.
“After winning America’s Got Talent, we thought our lives would change. But nothing changed. Our lives haven’t changed,” Vatar said, adding of their manager, “Before, he used to come from a poor family. Now he has gone up in the world. He lives in a two-bedroom flat. And we are where we are. We don’t have anything.”
Another member, Anush Kumar, said the group trusted their manager “blindly” at first. However, after several years, they realized he was “not looking after us.” Kumar said that there was “a lot of money coming” for their performances, but the manager didn’t tell them about it.
According to the group’s legal case against Omprakash Chauhan, they were defrauded out of more than $1 million for over 300 performances.
