Music and Performances from America’s Got Talent Semifinals Part 3

Below you’ll find a list of the various performances and music from America’s Got Talent semifinalists participating on September 2, 2008. Here’s a link to find all the AGT Semifinal videos from this batch or feel free to browse through the entire list of AGT music.

Texas State Strutters
General: precision dance team from Texas State University.
Preliminaries, Week 6: Performed to “September” as made famous by Earth, Wind, and Fire Earth, Wind & Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits - September
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed to “Boogie Wonderland” Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits - Boogie Wonderland

Michael Strelo-Smith
General: Opera singer who appeared on America’s Got Talent, Season 2, however, was not passed through to the live shows.
Preliminaries, Not Shown: Passed through.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): sang “Somewhere” from the musical West Side Story Jim Bryant & Marni Nixon - West Side Story - Somewhere (Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon)
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “I Am What I Am”.

Bruce Block
General: Magician/general performer. Appeared in the previous season of the show as well.
Preliminaries, Week 5: Brock lay on a bed of nails and held a board on top of himself for his assistant to dance on and sing “Anything Goes” Ras Kass - Soul on Ice - Anything Goes. Hasselhoff then asked to stand on Brock as well, to establish that the bed of nails was indeed real.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): escaped from a straitjacket
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed an act where he transformed a divided pantomime horse into a small living pony.

Shequida Hall
General: Female impersonator and operatic singer. Able to sing both in a very low bass range and a extremely high tenor range, sounding both male and female in a single performance.
Preliminaries, Not Shown: Passed through.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Passed through.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “I will Survive” Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive: The Anthology - I Will Survive completely in falsetto.

The Taubl Family
General: Family performing group. Singers and miscellaneous instruments
Preliminaries, Week 2: Performed “The Sound of Music” from the musical “The Sound of Music” Angela Cartwright, Bill Lee, Charmian Carr, Debbie Turner, Duane Chase, Heather Menzies, Kym Karath, Nicholas Hammond, Original Soundtrack & The Children and The Captain - The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack) - The Sound of Music
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang and performed to Umbrella by Rihanna Rihanna - Umbrella - Single - Umbrella

Jonathan Burkin
General: Baton twirler
Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Only shown briefly in a montage. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed to “I’m Still Standing” Elton John - Elton John: The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - I'm Still Standing. His performance included large amounts of flames, a sequence with him spinning flaming batons around his neck, and a more traditional juggling sequence with the batons.

Sarah Lenore
General: Singer
Preliminaries, Week 4: Sang “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts - Before He Cheats
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Teardrops On My Guitar” by Taylor Swift Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): “Not Ready To Make Nice” by the Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice - Single - Not Ready to Make Nice

SickStep
General: hip hop dance troop.
Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3):

Matthew Piazzi
General: impersonator
Preliminaries, Week 7: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Did impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson, Vince Vaughn, and George Clooney.

Joseph Hall
General: “young Elvis” impersonator
Preliminaries, Week 2: Sang “Hound Dog” Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - Hound Dog
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - Heartbreak Hotel
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “Jailhouse Rock” Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - Jailhouse Rock