It seems that winners don't actually get the million-dollar prize due to taxes and rules, and that also applies to Season 19 winner Richard Goodall. There's a disclaimer that flashes by at the foot of every single episode of the contest that reads in part,

Richard Goodall is the winner of 'AGT' season 19. But there is a complicated reason why the former janitor won't receive the total $1 million prize.

Richard Goodall has been named the winner of season 19 of America’s Got Talent. Known as the singing janitor, he took home the $1 million grand prize.

Speaking to The U.S. Sun following his victory, the singing middle school janitor was asked if he’d be interested in a film about his life, similar to the productions made about Britain’s Got Talent winner Susan Boyle. The interviewer even suggested Zac Efron could play a younger Goodall.

Richard Goodall became the winner of “America’s Got Talent” Season 19, defeating magician Solange Kardinaly, comedian Learnmore Jonasi, and other finalists. Goodall, who has been working as a school janitor in Terre Haute,

Indiana native Richard Goodall was crowned the season 19 winner of "America's Got Talent" on Tuesday night. Here are six facts about the singer.