People love dogs.
But they love one thing more than dogs: the underprivileged.
Of course the janitor who was never on an airplane was going to win!
Not sure this lesson can be applied to finance or politics. But next time this happens in AGT, I know where to place my bet (surely there was a line for AGT in vegas, yes?).
PS. You could have made money with this strategy at least 3 times in AGT.