Comments on: Jessica Price’s Top 20 America’s Got Talent Performance

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:18:13 +0000

Having a personal interest in jessica, Sharon’s buzzer made me all nervous for her, but I was glad it didn’t seem to affect her. OF course she didn’t even react to Piers buzzing her.

I generally, agree with him, but I don’t’ think she deserved the buzzer either. But the song choice was not a good choice.

By: Rad Wagner

Rad Wagner — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:53:35 +0000

In case Jessica, Eli, or other contestants read this, and for all interested fans, if you want to see some good performances in competition, go on youtube and watch some of 2008 Britain’s Got Talent. Young performers Faryl Smith and Andrew Johnston were amazing – audition, semi-final and final. Most of the top-8 acts in the final show were fabulous. Piers, Amanda and Simon had lots of insightful comments all season.

Also, In AGT last season, Butterscotch was really impressive. I think “Funny Valentine” at the piano was my favorite.

By: Rad Wagner

Rad Wagner — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:01:46 +0000

On America’s Got Talent, Piers is by far the best judge: honest when necessary, stingy with praise, but gives abundant praise and encouragement when deserved. (On Britain’s Got Talent, his colleagues Amanda and Simon are also very good judges.) However, after telling Jessica Price to lighten up and smile more after her top-40 performance, and then she performed a top-20 song that was happy and bouncy, with a great voice and smile, he buzzed her at the end of it! His critical comments of her performance might be honest, but I don’t think she deserved the buzzer. She chose a light-hearted song and performed it exactly as she should have. I actually loved the non-word be-bop melody she sang at the end over the backing vocals. I hope she gets through and gets another shot. She and Eli are my favorites, although Queen Emily was also very good.

I wish the sound mixer at the theater would dial down the background tracks. It was hard to really hear Neal Boyd’s voice, and others’ vocals were similarly drowned out, I thought. I would much rather hear just the performer. Eli did it right – no background tracks at all.