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Ranking My Personal America’s Got Talent Favorites

I previously projected who I thought would win America’s Got Talent. However, I thought it might be more fun to give my favorite 5 performers from this season of America’s Got Talent season 4. A really hard job to narrow them down to 5, but here goes.

1. Jessica Price – This is really a no brainer if you’ve been reading my blog. I really enjoy listening to her sing and Jessica Price’s first AGT performance will rank as one of my favorite AGT performances ever.

2. Russian Bar Trio – Turns out this is relatively popular, but the fact that I had never seen it until AGT shoots them near the top of my list. Probably the most exciting and jaw dropping act ever done on AGT.

3. Eli Mattson – He had me at Walking in Memphis

4. Junior & Emily – Some absolutely smokingly fast salsa dancing. I know how hard it is to go that fast. Exciting to watch since you can never look away. I would have loved to see what other performances they could have brought to the show.

5. Holly Hardin – What can I say? Not the best singer by any stroke of the imagination. I think I was stolen away by her accent, naivety and pure genuine goodness (or is that the same as naivety?). She wasn’t bad on the eyes either. Regardless, I thoroughly enjoyed all of her performances.

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My Projected America’s Got Talent Winner

I’ve been following the show quite religiously since I have this America’s Got Talent Blog and I am thoroughly entertained by the show. So, you can imagine I have strong opinions on who I think will be the winners of America’s Got Talent. Without further ado, here’s my America’s Got Talent winner projection along with my rankings of the America’s Got Talent Top 5.

Eli Mattson
Nuttin’ But Stringz
Donald Braswell II
Neal E. Boyd
Queen Emily

At the end of the day, none of these performers should feel bad since they are all great. However, this is a popularity contest and I personally think that Eli Mattson is the most popular.

Let’s see your rankings of the America’s Got Talent top 5.

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Russian Bar Trio Injury Update

In my previous post about Donald Braswell replacing the Russian Bar Trio on America’s Got Talent I got to wondering how the Russian Bar Trio is doing and what type of accident happened. You can just see Christine (beautiful name since it’s also my wife’s name) missing the bar on the way down. Can you imagine? Here’s the injury update from the Russian Bar Trio’s website:

Hello Every one.

We just want to say thank you for all your suport. Christine is doing well. She is recovering very quickly. For those who want to know what happened, she just twisted her ankle while jumping down the bar on the edge of this matress. Very stupid incident. So with a twisted ankle you will agree that it hard to jump on this bar. She will be ok probally just a little bit too late for the live final of AGT. So we have been forced to drop out. We are very sorry for all our fans. We promisse you that you will still hear from us. For now until Christine will be ready to be back, we have a backup Flyer. She is doing well. We are still playing in Spain with the backup till the mid of september.

Again thank you very much for your support.

The Trio, Christine, Marco and Yves

A simple sprained ankle from jumping off the bar onto the mat. I hope one day to get a chance to see the Russian Bar performed live.

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Nuttin’ But Stringz Review – America’s Got Talent Top 5

My final review of the top 5 from America’s got Talent is the wonderful Nuttin’ But Stringz. These guys are great to watch and would do an awesome show. I’m sure they could easily fill 90 minutes with stuff.

My guess is that there are at least a few dozen popular artists out there that would love to perform with Nuttin’ By Stringz also. I say that, because being completely honest these guys skill is their violin playing and mixing that with hip hop. Other than a nice little random shout out, I’ve never liked it when they opened there mouth to say something during their songs. Maybe that’s just me.

I would like to hear them perform without a whole background track. I’d be interested to hear how much of the music they’re producing from their instruments versus the wonderful background track. My guess is that they did the background track too, so that’s talent either way but I’d love to just see them do a straight up number with just the 2 violins. Or possibly start out the performance violin a cappella and then add in the cool hip hop like background music. Would show a nice contrast between the various styles.

One question I have about being a headliner in vegas is whether Nuttin’ But Stringz is right for Las Vegas. Living in Las Vegas I can’t remember the last headline musical act that was hip hop. I’m not sure why that is, but I really haven’t seen one like that. I’m not sure how well Nuttin’ But Stringz would do in Las Vegas. For the one America’s Got Talent winner show they’d do great. However, a permanent Las Vegas show I don’t see happening.

While I hate to agree with David Hasselhoff, Nuttin’ But Stringz is indeed nothing but talent. They deserve to win. Just not sure they will win.

Here’s a list of Nuttin’ But Stringz music you can download:
Broken Sorrow Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Broken Sorrow
Thunder Remix Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Thunder Remix
Thunder Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Thunder
Get Low Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Get Low
Suka 4 Her Interlude Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Suka 4 Her Interlude
Beauty from Afar Intro Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Beauty from Afar Intro
Egyptian in the Night Intro Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Egyptian In the Night Intro
Beauty from Afar Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Beauty from Afar
Struggle Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Struggle
Egyptian in the Night Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Egyptian In the Night
Dance with My Father Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Dance With My Father
Suka 4 Her Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - Suka 4 Her
A Nu Day Nuttin' But Stringz - Struggle from the Subway to the Charts - A Nu Day

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