Rachael Ray: Rachael's Daytime Talkshow

"Our Audience Has Talent" with Jerry Springer

Aired on: January 1, 2009, September 12, 2008

Jerry Springer has faced wild personalities, family dramas and all-out fights throughout his 18 years as host of the Jerry Springer show, but it turns out he's quite a softy himself! He tells Rachael that he recently bought a pig named Bella when she was being auctioned off at a county fair. "They started auctioning her off at $4 a pound," he explains. "They were going to kill Bella!" So Jerry joined the bidding. "We got Bella, but it was $1,000. I said to the girl, 'We're going to buy the pig but you have to let her live. Now I've got to send $100 a month to feed Bella ... I'm going to have to put Bella in the will!"

His newest endeavor as host of the reality show America's Got Talent can also be heart-wrenching when the judges get tough on amateur performers. "This is their big moment," Jerry says about the contestants. "Now is their opportunity to appear before America ... and they really want to do well and sometimes the judges are so rough I really feel bad for them."

Now it's Jerry's chance to be the judge as Rachael hands him a buzzer for a little competition called "Our Audience Has Talent." Four audience members line up to dazzle him with their unique skills, including a beat box performer, a ventriloquist, a Rubik's Cube master, and two roller skating dancers. They're competing for two tickets to the finale of America's Got Talent, with runners-up receiving a $200 dinner at the Strip House.