Merrick Hanna
Merrick William Hanna is a social media influencer, model, dancer, rapper, internet celebrity, YouTuber and TikToker. He became worldwide known for his performances as a contestant in the Season 12 of the “America’s Got Talent” show, receiving multiple standing ovations from the judges. However, Merrick got eliminated from the show during the second week of the semi-finals.
Even before AGT auditions, Merrick had already uploaded some videos on YouTube. Still, Merrick’s social media fame sky-rocketed after AGT. He started uploading on YouTube, Instagram and most importantly, TikTok.
Personal life of Merrick Hanna
Merrick William Hanna was born on 22nd March 2005 in Encinitas, California, USA. His parents are Shawn and Aletha Hanna. Merrick has one brother, Sagan Hanna. Most importantly, Merrick’s grandmother Judith Hanna regularly came to his TV performances. She has been a massive inspiration to him as a dancer. At 80 years of age, Judith Hanna reportedly takes dance lessons four days a week, showing her grandchildren the way one should commit to learning a talent regardless of age.
He started dancing at a very young age, mostly watching dance videos on YouTube. He subsequently posted his dances on YouTube, and a few went viral in popularity when he was just 10 years old. Before he appeared in “America’s Got Talent” Season 12, he auditioned for the show twice and didn’t make it.
He also appeared in a few more TV shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation” and “Lip Sync Battle Shorties” on Nickelodeon.
Merrick has experience in theatre acting as well, being a performer in Shakespeare’s plays “A Winter’s Tale” and “Much Ado about Nothing” with the Intrepid Theater Company. He also worked as a child model for ad campaigns by a few national brands, including GAP Kids, Honda and H&M.
He studies under several studios, including YMCA, Evolution Dancer Center and Culture Shock, but has actually expressed the desire to follow engineering as a career path, apart from his dancing.
The career of Merrick Hanna
Even before Merrick’s first audition, Merrick was already uploading his dance videos on YouTube. However, he got much more popular after his auditions on AGT. He also mentions YouTubers Boogie Frantick, J Smooth and Fikshun to be his inspirations.
During the first round of “America’s Got Talent” season 12, Merrick performed a “flo-bot” style dance to the song “I built a friend” by Alec Benjamin and was sent to the Judge Cuts round with four “yes” votes. Simon Cowell and Mel B particularly admired his creativity and his expressions that added additional value to his performance.
During the Judge Cuts round, Merrick Hanna danced to “Something Wild” by Lindsey Stirling and Andrew McMahon. He got further standing ovations from Simon Cowell and Mel B. and qualified for the Quarter Finals.
He elevated his performance with stunning choreography to the song “Long Boy” cover during the Quarter Finals round, receiving standing ovations again from the two mentioned judges.
However, during the Semi-Finals round, Merrick danced to “iRobot” by Jon Bellion, incorporating special effects to make it look like he was flying. However, the judges did not respond very positively to his performance, and only Mel B gave him a standing ovation. After this performance, Merrick got eliminated from the AGT competition.
Still, Merrick Hanna already established a large fanbase that even started a petition to bring him back into America Got Talent competition. He then started posting on social media and instantly gained many followers.
From here, Merrick’s popularity just snowballed all over YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. He started participating in various dance routines and even decided to invent new ones.
Social media of Merrick Hanna
On 20th August 2015, Merrick Hanna created his self-titled YouTube channel. As of 2022, Merrick gained nearly 2 million subscribers and more than 1.68 billion views. On 21st August 2015, Merrick posted his first-ever YouTube video, “Merrick Watch Me Whip @DanceOn Global Headquarters!” which gained over 69,000 views and more than 2,200 likes. On 14th October 2021, Merrick posted his most-popular YouTube video, “FAIL! Dai didn’t have it We’re good now though Spirit Halloween! #Shorts”, which gained over 133.5 million views and more than 3.8 million likes. Merrick Hanna nowadays posts various YouTube Shorts in a similar TikTok fashion.
Merrick Hanna is famous on Instagram, where he has over 1.9 million followers. He regularly posts his dancing clips from TikTok and YouTube. Merrick gets anywhere from 10,000 and 100,000 likes on any of his posts.
Merrick also has an official Facebook page with over 240,000 followers. However, Merrick is inactive on this platform, as the last time he posted was in August 2021.
On 27th February 2017, Merrick Hanna joined TikTok, which became his most dominant platform. As of 2022, Merrick has over 22.8 million followers, more than 400 million likes and around 3.9 billion views. Merrick regularly participates in dancing routines and participates with famous TikTokers such as Topper Guild and different fellow dancers. Currently, Merrick sits at 93rd most followed TikToker.
How much does Merrick Hanna earn? Net worth!
As of 2022, Merrick Hanna has an estimated net worth of roughly $1 million. Merrick generates his income from various different ad revenue and sponsorships. He could earn as high as $32,000 per sponsored social media post.
Interesting facts about Merrick Hanna
- Merrick’s zodiac sign is Aries.
- His height is 5’3” or 155 centimetres.
- He weighs 50 kilograms or 110 lbs.
- As of 2022, Merrick is 16 years old.
- His full name is Merrick William Hanna.
- Merrick Hanna
- Merrick William Hanna is a social media influencer, model, dancer, rapper, internet celebrity, YouTuber and TikToker.
- In the Season 12 of the “America’s Got Talent” show, Merrick received multiple standing ovations from the judges.
- Even before AGT auditions, Merrick had already uploaded some videos on YouTube.
- Merrick William Hanna was born on 22nd March 2005 in Encinitas, California, USA.
- Merrick has one brother, Sagan Hanna.
- Merrick’s grandmother Judith Hanna regularly came to his TV performances.
- Judith Hanna reportedly takes dance lessons four days a week.
- He also appeared in a few more TV shows, including “So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation” and “Lip Sync Battle Shorties” on Nickelodeon.
- He also worked as a child model for ad campaigns by a few national brands, including GAP Kids, Honda and H&M.
- He studies under several studios, including YMCA, Evolution Dancer Center and Culture Shock, but has actually expressed the desire to follow engineering as a career path, apart from his dancing.
- During the first round of “America’s Got Talent” season 12, Merrick performed a “flo-bot” style dance to the song “I built a friend” by Alec Benjamin.
- During the Judge Cuts round, Merrick Hanna danced to “Something Wild” by Lindsey Stirling and Andrew McMahon.
- However, during the Semi-Finals round, Merrick danced to “iRobot” by Jon Bellion, incorporating special effects to make it look like he was flying. Merrick Hanna already established a large fanbase that even started a petition to bring him back into America Got Talent competition.
- On 14th October 2021, Merrick posted his most-popular YouTube video, “FAIL! Dai didn’t have it We’re good now though Spirit Halloween! #Shorts”, which gained over 133.5 million views and more than 3.8 million likes.
- Merrick gets anywhere from 10,000 and 100,000 likes on any of his posts.
- Merrick is inactive on Facebook, as the last time he posted was in August 2021.
- As of 2022, Merrick’s TikTok has over 22.8 million followers, more than 400 million likes and around 3.9 billion views.
- Currently, Merrick sits at 93rd most followed TikToker.
- As of 2022, Merrick Hanna has an estimated net worth of roughly $1 million.
- He could earn as high as $32,000 per sponsored social media post.
