America’s Got Talent has seen several couples audition together over the years, but it’s rare to see a husband and wife competing against one another. But that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday’s (August 5) episode.

Comedian Matt O’Brien and his wife, Julia Hladkowicz, also a comic, both auditioned for the NBC competition series separately. O’Brien was up first, winning the judges over with his jokes about being married versus being single.

“You are really, really good,” Howie Mandel told the Canadian comic. “You deserve to be here. You’re the kind of comedian that could go really far in this, so I want to be the first one to give you a yes.”

O’Brien received yeses from all four judges and then left the stage to make way for Hladkowicz, who revealed she is also a stand-up comedian

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