And we’re kind of unexpectedly back! I thought we may have had the week off, due
to the holiday, but nope! We had twelve
acts perform, and only one was absolutely terrible, so that’s a plus, though it
does make it difficult to choose who is going through. We get four acts moving on, and I will have
my predictions at the end of the recap.
The Distinguished Men
of Brass had an energetic performance, but the song choice was rather
bland, and seemed almost too easy. It
also seemed like they had too much non-playing time, where they were shouting
in unison, which was not terribly impressive on the TV.
Edon sang his
little heart out, but the production values on this show are not very good once
it hits the live shows. The background
music drowned him out for a decent chunk of the song, and it wasn’t a very good
rendition of Bulletproof anyway, so there’s that.
Jarret and Raja
had a fun performance from my perspective, but apparently, the live audience
didn’t think so, as they booed them pretty hardcore. It was slightly campy, but they’re
magicians. If they can’t have camp, the
whole act dies in a flaming ball of fire.
The illusion was a bit small for where we are in the completion, but I
hope they get to move on.
Lil Starr stomped
her way through another routine. She
really is too young to be performing right now.
She needs to hone her craft, and get a bit more light on her feet if she
wants to improve as a dancer. I really
think she would do well to have a story in her dance, as well.
Todd Oliver was
hilarious, and should NOT listen to Howard by making his act more raunchy. He makes his dogs talk. That’s his act, and the jokes he culled from
that were pretty funny, I thought. He
did a lot better than I expected from previous performances. However, he does need to hone his craft a bit
more, his hard consonants were not great.
American BMX Stunt
Team did something I thought was impossible: they made a backflip on a bike
boring. I do think that this may have
had partly to do with the terrible production values again, but I do think it
was mostly the act itself.
Nikki Jensen acquitted
herself well, and gave a good performance, but it wasn’t memorable, and I think
she may have too many things working against her. First, solo singers have a tough time making their
acts big enough for this show, second, her version of the Coldplay song just
didn’t fit with the lyrics, and third, she’s Australian. Not that there’s anything wrong with that,
and her green card status was heavily promoted, but it’s just another thing
stacked against her with the voting public.
The Scott Brothers,
simply put, were amazing. I loved this
act so much. Their moves were unique,
their control incredible, and their story was good. If they can step it up even more, I can see
them in the finals.
Michael Nejad
should never have made it out of the audition rounds, let alone out of Vegas. This act was terrible, and that’s about all I
have to say on it.
787 Crew did
fine. Their routine was proficient, but
not boundary breaking. It was almost
boring, if I am to be honest, and the cameras did not do them any favors at
all. I think the camera men need to go
back to film school, because the constant movement on an act that is constantly
moving makes it really hard to like anything.
Shanice and Maurice
Hayes are the father daughter singing duo that always seem to do “I’m glad
we’re partners” songs. It’s getting a
bit shticky, if not downright cliché.
The act itself was cute, and Shanice’s performance stellar. If they don’t get through, I’ll be very
surprised.
David Garibaldi and
his CKMY’s are another awesome act.
I love the ones where you can’t quite tell where they are going until
they are finished. They stepped up their
game, with a painting from behind, and it was just fun to watch. This was probably my favorite act of the
night.
Should go through Will go through
David Garibaldi David
Garibaldi
The Scott Bros Shanice
and Maurice
Todd Oliver Edon
Jarret and Raja Lil
Starr
Come back tomorrow for a quick recap and a count on my predictions!
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