The Millers

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The Millers are an American blues musical duo originally from Lafayette, Indiana, consisting of Cole Miller on guitar and vocals, and LD Miller on harmonica and backing vocals. Cole is the older brother of LD. They are best known for appearing on the first season of the NBC talent show, America's Got Talent, and finishing as a runner-up behind Bianca Ryan. LD and Cole are also part of The Clayton Miller Band, with Clayton and Larry Miller. Larry is the father of the other three in the family group.

During the audition phase of America's Got Talent, The Millers played "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. LD was singled out by the judges for being the best harmonica player they have ever seen. In the next phase, the semifinals, the judges were again impressed by the performance of LD, who stuck to playing the harmonica. However, Piers Morgan remarked that due to LD's superior proficiency in the harmonica over his own singing and Cole's performance, LD should ditch his older brother if he wants to be a superstar. LD was visibly upset as he cried upon hearing this remark. The judges did select the group as their choice as a finalist. The Millers then played in the finals, and Brandy and David Hasselhoff approved of their performance. Morgan still believed LD would be better off on his own, and gave the group an X. Viewers' votes then determined the winner of the competition: The Millers and All That, a clogging group, were runners-up and were awarded cars. Due to America's Got Talent's presentation of the results, the show never announced whether The Millers landed in 2nd or 3rd place; however, the band's website says they placed 2nd.