Boyd to appear on 'America's Got Talent' tonight on NBC

Sikeston, Mo., native Neal E. Boyd will make an appearance as one of the final 10 contestants on NBC’s "America’s Got Talent." Boyd discovered Thursday he was one of the final 10 out of a field of 20. The tenor last performed live on "America’s Got Talent" on Sept. 9, when he sang the song "Mama" by Il Divo as a tribute to his mother, Esther, who was in the audience to see him perform live on the program for the first time. Voting by Internet begins at 8:55 p.m. today and continues through 4 a.m. Thursday. Toll-free phone voting is open starting five minutes before the end of the show and closes two hours after the show. To join a live chat during the show and to find out more about Boyd, go to semissourian.com/boyd. The page is sponsored by Pepsi Mid-America, Montgomery Bank and Southeast Missouri State University.