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My thoughts on who went through:
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Northwell Health Nurse Choir: Disclaimer I live in NY and thi was the world’s worst kept secret. Loved them.
The Canine Stars: Yeah…..weird.
Peter Rosalita: WOW
Temple London: Wow
Hiplet Ballerines: WOW
Sarah Potenza: WOW
Michael and Angelina: WOW
Acorbat name starts with E: WOW
Michael Winslow: Not a fan
he Owl and The Pussycat: WOW
Aidan Bryant: Meh
CZN: Meh
Lea Kyle: Loved her
Positive Impact Movement: Meh
Gangstgrass: Meh
Alexandra Cote: Meh
The Sklar Brothers: Meh
Jayy: Meh
Thomas Evans: Meh
Tory Vagasy: Loved her
Peter Antoniou: Eh. I’m not sure yet
Victory Brinker: Loved her.
Twirl Act: Iffy
Madilyn Bailey: Iffy
Chapkidz: Loved them
Darrell Thorne: Iffy
Joshua Jacobs: Yeah no thanks
Roy and Judith: Loved them
Donovan: Loved him
Matt Mauser: UNPOPULAR Opinion but I didn’t like him
Cam Bertrand: Meh
Breez Carver: Meh
Gigi Deluxe and Devon: HELL NO
Guapacharros: I am sure there is an audience for this but I’m not it
T.3: Loved them.
Kabir Singh: loved him
Storm Large: Iffy on her.
Klek Entos: WOW
World Taekwondo: WOW
Mr. Cherry and Chikki: Meh
Keith Apicary: Hilarious
Hunter Kelly: Nice Kid but not great
Gerald Kelly: Nice Guy but Meh
1achord: LOVED them
Beyond Belief Dance: Loved them
UniCircle Flow: Wasn’t sure if it was the unicycle or the wholething but it just struck me as a gong show ish act
Korean Soul: Liked them
Matt Johnson: HELL NO. Anxiety overload.
Patrick Kun: Liked him.
Johny Showcase: WTF lol
Gina Brillion: Loved her
The Curtis Family C-Notes: Eh
Les Beaux Freres: Just no.
Dustin Tavella: My early pick to win
Jimmie Herrod: Good Audition. Just nned to see more to really figure out if he is just that or the real deal contender.
Pam and Casper: Hilarious
Shuffolution: Good
Brooke Simpson: Good
Roman Kricheli: Great
JW’s Inspirational Singers of NYC: Loved them
The Amazing Shoji: Loved it.
The Other Direction: Meh
Ryan Stock and Amberlynn: Again?
Josh Blue: HE WON LAST COMIC STANDING SEASON 1 2 or 3. NOT FAIR.
Danila Bim: Loved it
Savanah: Meh
Zac: Meh
Gabriella Laberge: Meh
Medhat Mamdouh: Meh
Sergio: Meh
Pasha and Ailona: HARD PASS
Anna M: Meh
dflex: Meh
KIDJAY: meh
Jonas McEnfro: Meh
Lewberger: THEY WERE ON BRING THE FUNNY. UGH
Anica: WOW
Dylan Zangwill: WOW
Nightbirde: My early pick to win
Sethward: WTF was this.
Bini the Bunn: WeirdA few thoughts:
Were there any actual audiences there? I see in the credits that they use a combination of actual, virtual, and prerecorded audiences, but did any of the acts perform in front of anybody besides the judges?
The Sklar Brothers – I know there is precedent for letting “established performers” on the show – The Pendragons come to mind – but I am not a fan of this, especially as I can think of two TV shows they have pretty much starred in (The Oblongs, and ESPN’s Cheap Seats).
I realize none of the judges were there when QuickChange performed, but I question the wisdom of anybody giving a quick change artist a Golden Buzzer; I would have expected somebody to want to see her perform again, if for no other reason than to make sure every performance is not just a variation of the first one.
You are never going to convince me that Howie giving Tory Vagasy a “no” wasn’t a setup of some sort.
Wait…there’s a seventh Golden Buzzer this year? Does this mean only 27 others will be told that they advance from callbacks, or that there will be only two wild cards from callbacks this season?
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New rule needed – if you were ever a “celebrity” or performer on an NBC show, you are not eligible for AGT. First it was the Penndragons, and now Michael Winslow, who appeared on quite a few episodes of NBC’s Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour.
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Question of the day: were there “callbacks,” or weren’t there? They didn’t end with scenes of contestants being told that they were or weren’t advancing (just one or two receiving what appeared to be Golden Buzzer buttons in boxes, presumably indicating that they had advanced), so I am presuming that there were still too many COVID-19 problems to justify flying the acts back out west an additional time.
At least this year, we don’t have to worry about “wild cards” – at least, not in the quarter-finals (and not unless an invited act has to pull out at the last second).
There is one small problem with the live shows: according to the recent Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Public Order, as of 7/18, everybody at an “indoor public gathering” (including a theater) must wear a mask. The way I read the order, the performers are exempt, at least while performing – but I am not so sure about the judges or Terry.
ReplyCopy URLQuestion of the day: were there “callbacks,” or weren’t there?
Apparently, there were not. According to That Great Source Of Unquestioned Wisdom, Wikipedia, Simon decided to do it the way it’s done on Britain’s Got Talent and have the decisions for the live shows made straight from the auditions.
I can see the benefits of this, but it also penalizes the acts where it would be nice to know that the act won’t be the same thing over and over again – for example, with an act involving pets, can the pets do anything other than what they did in the initial audition?
ReplyCopy URLPlease, please, please, pleasepleaseplease, please, did I mention “please,” please tell me that they didn’t just retcon Nightbirde’s performance out of the season. For those of you who don’t know, Jane “Nightbirde” Marcezwski got Simon’s golden buzzer, but had to withdraw because she has to concentrate on fighting her cancer. How did AGT handle it? By letting the viewers select a “wild card”…but only by saying, “There are supposed to be 36 acts, but the judges could only agree on 35!”
ReplyCopy URLMy thoughts on last nights performances (bolding the ones I want to go through):
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Jimmie Herrod: Easily sailing through to next round. He was that good
Matt Johnson: Did Ok.
Sethward: That Happened.
1aChord: Easily sailing through. They were that good
Gangstagrass: They didn’t do as good as the audition.
Gina Brillon: Nerves got to her but I think she shuld be safe.
Dustin Tavella: Easily sailing through he did that good
Kabir Singh: Did great but won’t go through.
Madilyn Bailey: Did Ok
Beyond Belief Dance Company: Did great but I feel like they will get through by the skin of their teeth
Peter Rosalita: Loved this but a lot of the time I thought “the mom is choosing the songs isn’t she”
The Canine Stars: I am notorious when it comes to animial acts lol. This one I actually liked this timePlease, please, please, pleasepleaseplease, please, did I mention “please,” please tell me that they didn’t just retcon Nightbirde’s performance out of the season. For those of you who don’t know, Jane “Nightbirde” Marcezwski got Simon’s golden buzzer, but had to withdraw because she has to concentrate on fighting her cancer. How did AGT handle it? By letting the viewers select a “wild card”…but only by saying, “There are supposed to be 36 acts, but the judges could only agree on 35!”
The wildcard is clearly going to be either Matt Mauser or Patrick Kun. They seem to have a lot of support
ReplyCopy URLPlease, please, please, pleasepleaseplease, please, did I mention “please,” please tell me that they didn’t just retcon Nightbirde’s performance out of the season. For those of you who don’t know, Jane “Nightbirde” Marcezwski got Simon’s golden buzzer, but had to withdraw because she has to concentrate on fighting her cancer. How did AGT handle it? By letting the viewers select a “wild card”…but only by saying, “There are supposed to be 36 acts, but the judges could only agree on 35!”
Well, they not only mentioned her on the results show, but they interviewed her as well, so she wasn’t exactly “erased,” although they didn’t mention the wild card vote again.
However, they did mention that the “live show” is going to be a “permanent” thing. It’s strange that somebody on the show mentioned the MGM Grand, as the Luxor website says that it will be there, 2 shows a night, 5 nights a week.
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