January 19, 2010
Questions for AGT Producers
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For those of you who don’t know, this is just an America’s Got Talent fan site. We don’t represent America’s Got Talent, NBC, Fremantle Media or anyone with the show. We’re just passionate fans talking about Summer’s #1 show. That said, a number of AGT producers have found this site and even answered some questions in the comments before. They’ve said I could reach out to them if people have any questions.
On that note, this is going to be a thread open for questions. Please ONLY post your questions for the producers. I’ll take and compile the questions and see if we can get some answers from the AGT producers. I can’t promise they’ll respond, but I think they will. Also, I’ll filter out any questions that are likely too specific to a person like “Did I make it to the celebrity auditions?”
One of our readers posted these questions in a previous thread, so here’s some questions to get this thing started:
1. What if you make it past the producer audition, where do you (you in general) go and date would be the next audition? (the judge audition)
2. If you make it past the judges, when do you go to Vegas?
3. If you make it past Vegas, when and where do you go? What dates?
4. Are tutors provided for kids under 18 and at who’s cost?
5. Because I am a student, for planning purposes, I would need to know what dates are all the auditions and shows at each stage.
Let’s hear what questions you have for the AGT producers.
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After auditioning, we were told that no one would be told anything there that day. She stated that phone calls would start after the first of the year and as late as Spring. If you were in, you would get a call. If not, no call. She then asked us to leave the room and wait a moment before leaving. One young lady was asked to come back in and the rest of us told we could leave. My question is this… why were they every so often asking for individuals to come back in the room?
How is the background music provided for singers when preforming in front of the celeb judges? I hope it is not karoke because it usually is not in my range or speed. Do we have to sing the same song for the celeb judges we sang for the producers?
Kelli,
It was because they wanted to send these individuals on to audition for the executive producers. If the executive producers liked them then they did an interview.
We want to see the show when it comes to Dallas. Do you have any information on tickets? How much are they? Can we just show up and buy them? What time does it start?
Are there already callbacks for the east coast?
Tickets are being sold in Chicago for AGT in Connecticut.
Dates are for the end of Jan and early Feb. 2010 !
Are people sworn to secrecy if call for audition in front of the judges?
So nervous, can’t stand it.
Sorry, I wrote Chicago…just Connecticut.
Okay, I just answered one of my own questions.
The show in Conn. is a live stageshow at a casino with the top performers of last year’s show, including Kevin Skinner.
Whew…
I am really getting edgy !!
Sorry… I hope I didn’t make anyone faint.
But what I am saying is that everyone was told that NO ONE would get ANY type of answer until after the first of the year… so why would they call someone back in and offer then a second audition then?
i was just wondering if there is a limit from each category that are picked to audition for the judges,for example do you limit the amount of singers or dancers since it is a show of variety?
What time do the auditions start for America’s got Talent?
I just auditioned in Los Angeles this past weekend and one woman out of our group of 10 got asked to come back in after we were ushered out. I think they will have her on the show as one of the gag reels. The rest of us are asked to wait until March.
In Los Angeles the auditions started at 8 am and went past 8 pm. Most people got to the auditions way before 3 am to stand in line. Auditions went in numerical order. After the first 600 of us were given a blue wrist band and a number we were told we could leave for a few hours. When we returned we went back in line and were ushered into a “holding room” for about 3-4 hours and then ushered into another room for for our auditions 10 at a time. Singers with no background music/singers with instruments. Each of us are asked to state our name, age, and title of song. Then we do our thing, watch as others do their thing and get told to wait until March. Fingers crossed!
Kellie,
Nobody knows if they are definitely in or not, but good or bad talent will either start at the executive producer level or move on during the original audition. This is why some people are called back in after the original audition because they will ask you some questions and have you move on to other judges. If the executive producers like you, you will also do an interview. Unfortunately if you are a singer and you only do the basic audition I am not sure if they even tape it, I could be wrong.
I am a producer on America’s Got Talent. I cannot answer all the questions on this page, but will try to take some of them and answer them on the show’s official audition web site in our FAQ section. In addition if you auditioned in a city already, we will update each cities page on the site when calls have finished going out to acts that are moving on to the next round.
Thanks for stopping by. I was going to have a few more come in and let you know about them. Glad to see that you’re proactive in looking to answer people’s questions. Thanks for your participation.
I was wondering:
If they say on the website that they will get back to you by late april, and the judges are ccoming march 25, how does that work? It says it right here:
http://americasgottalentauditions.com/new/dallas
thanks
theyll be having the callbacks even earlier for los angeles in march on the 12th and 13th so im thinking that dallas,portland and la will be called by march,and orlando chicago and ny by april
Cameron,
Makes sense to me. They’ll have the callbacks in March for Dallas, but depending on how the talent works out in other cities they might still call you back and have you go to another city until late April. Especially if you’re not from Dallas specifically, then they can have you audition anywhere.
Just wondering…
If you auditioned once this season, can you audition again this year?
I guess I am on “pins and needles” right about now.
brigitte,
I don’t think there’s a rule about auditioning in multiple cities. In fact, sometimes they like to tell the story of someone trying to audition in multiple places. However, I think that generally they frown upon you trying to audition in more than one city. So, I’d say if you are close to 2 cities and it works out to audition both places, go for it. However, I wouldn’t spend the extra money to fly out to another city just to audition again.
That’s just my opinion. Take it for what it’s worth.
Thanks John,
I do appreciate your advice.
I think the pressure is on me. I don’t understand why we are waiting so long. Especially since some of us auditioned in October.
I auditioned in Oct as well. I get questioned every day from Family, friends, coworkes, etc if I have heard anything and it just puts my nerves in knots. I am not a singer, but a veriety act, so when I auditioned, it was in a room with 3 people sitting at a table with a laptop and one person operating a camera on a tripod. They asked me to start off by telling a little about myself and then start when I was ready. after my audition, they told me that I was free to go and said thank you. I stuck around for a little while to see what was going on around the building, but didn’t really notice anything special. I did see a few people being interviewed, but not very many. I am very hopeful that my audition was unique and enjoyable and that it will get me a call back, but if it doesn’t then I will keep working towards perfecting my craft.
We’ve been traveling around the country…so haven’t gotten to answer more questions.
brigitte asked if you auditioned once this season, can you audition again this year? Yes — you can audition as much as you want whenever and where every you want. You can even send in a video if you auditioned in a city.
To answer multiple questions about the “call backs.”
As it says on AGTauditions.com, will will make all decisions on who makes it to the next round by mid-April 2010. We only call and email acts that are moving on to the next round…sorry we cannot call everybody.
Some calls have already gone out. The reason why we say mid-April is just because, for example even if you auditioned in NYC, if NYC is fully booked, the produers may bring you to another city to see the judges.
Please see our FAQ for answers to other questions.
Thanks for checking in with us. The question about the call backs has been a big one. Thanks for the clarification and the hope that people can be called back to other cities.
I still hope that you can hook me up when you make it to Las Vegas.
If you sang one song and was not asked to sing another..does it mean slim cahnce for a callback..also is everyone taped, i didnt see a camera but it does not mean one was not there.
I was at the chicago auditions and performed, have not heard from anyone, will I be contacted. and if so when. Thanks?
Tex,
Read the comment above from the AGT producers.
To Kelli, and everyone else who auditioned, but was not brought back in, or held back for a second look… If you were sent off without getting a second look you can stop holding your breath, and stop planning your summer around being on a television show. Trust me, you DID NOT make the cut. They didn’t even record your audition if they didn’t invite you in for a second look. For one reason or another, you did not catch the eye of the producers. Sorry, to be the one to break it to you.
Wow Peter, cold, heartless and mean are three things that come to mind. I am glad that you know for a fact that not one single person who auditioned EXCEPT for those who were asked back in are moving on. That not a single person was recorded at the bottom level of auditions. So i will assume that the video auditions that are being submitted until the 31st of March are not being reviewed either and this is all just a rouse to keep the masses at bay.
You know whats funny about all of this…. 2 years ago, Terry Fator auditioned in September and was not asked back into the room after his audition…. In fact he though he was not moving on and did not hear anything until late march that he was advancing. How do I know this? cause I asked him this very question not to long ago myself.
Kelli, don’t give up hope until they post that auditions are closed and good luck to you all.
Peter — Where have you read that I am planning my summer around being on TV? If you could point that out to me it would be great.
I went and auditioned in Philly back in late October. I did it for the experience and to be able to say that I tried. Whether or not I made it isn’t going to change the way I live my life. I know that I can sing… I have playbills from musicals that I was the lead in (ie… Nancy in Oliver! and Buttercup in The HMS Pinafore) and have sang lead in a couple of bands. I enter contests, which I have won a few and placed in a few. Singing brings me joy… it is an everyday part of my life. Being on a TV show (or not) isn’t going to change who I am on the inside. I am not going to cry and through a fit if I don’t get that callback… being there amongst all that talent was good enough for me. And again remember… this is a show about ENTERTAINING America. You could be the worst person who tried out and made it through purely for entertainment purposes. You could be an exceptional entertainer and not make it through cause they already had enough in your “field”… whatever the reason, nobody should feel bad if they didn’t make it; feel good that you had the courage to go and make the attempt, there are a lot of people who won’t even do that.
Believer, Terry Fator was not called back in because he tried out at the executive producer level, which is taped. If you tried out at the executive level you are giving a group name Q or something like that to go to. Therefore, they did not need to call him back in. If you try out at the basic level it is not taped, sorry. I know that it was kind of cruel to say this but people have to realize that there is less than a 1% chance that you will be called back.
Mary,
So, what I hear you saying is….
There’s a chance!! Wow!!
Ok, name that movie?
Well, I know that there was a camera in the room that I auditioned in and besides the people at the table, I was the only person in the room (not a group audition). I am not positive what letter I had on the top of my paper and I only went to one room, but I was taped, so I will take that 1% chance and remain hopeful.
Ok, I don’t get it. I attended the Portland auditions and it was my very first time auditioning in front of anyone. Believer: you commented on how you were the only one in the room and saw the camera as well.
I don’t understand how some rooms were set up diferently. I mean was this room set up for people
who have already sang a previous song, and was asked to sing another song to be taped for the audition? Because, if so, that would be weird for the fact that not one of them ever heard us before if we were singing there for the first time. So how could they determine which people were supposed to be in that specific room you were in? I don’t get it.
Anyway, I have written to the agt email. And I am getting down to the bottom of this question, and will be getting a valid answer from THE SOURCE, and not from a website, that anyone can say anything and people should just believe it…..
Oh good June. No doubt, this site is not the official source and we never claim to be. So, please do go to the source for official information. We just have hear say. Fun hear say, but definitely take it for what it’s worth.
So, now that the disclaimer is out of the way. I’ve read newspaper articles that talked with the likes of Susan Boyle who said they were invited to audition by the show. So, if the show invited certain individuals to audition then they’d certainly be able to direct them to different rooms. They also likely have different places to audition for variety acts versus singers. They also have people submitting videos, so if they’ve already seen a video of you they could send you to a different room too.
Let’s just say the process is much more complex than just showing up and everyone gets seen by the same judges. The rest of the details we are likely to not ever know for sure. It’s fun to try and piece it together though.
June, to answer your question, I am not a singer. When I went for my audition I was considered a veriety act. I was placed in a line of about 20 – 30 people and we were taken to a room on the other side of the venue from where all the singers were performing. one by one we were taken into the room to audition. Inside the room was a dance floor, some speakers and a microphone and at the head of the room was a table with 3 people sitting at it (one behind a laptop) and then one man standing at a camera on a tripod. Upon entering the room, I was asked to stand on a line and when given the cue I was to state my name and a little about me then go ahead and start when I was ready. After I was done, I was told to step outside for a minute and wait. I stood outside the room with a gentleman with a clipboard for a minute until someone came out of the room and said they had everything they needed and good luck.
So, since when is it cold, heartless, and mean to tell someone the truth? And, for the record… just cuz there’s a camera in the room doesn’t mean it’s RECORDING, does it? Sorry to dash the hopes of the masses. Oh, there’s also no Easter Bunny, and your parent’s are both Santa Clause and The Tooth Fairy.
@John — It’s from the movie Dumb and Dumber!!! LoL
Thanks Peter. I only have one parent. My father died when I was five. So, no my parents weren’t both Santa Clause. Jerk.
lol…j/k. Although, telling the truth can be cold, heartless and mean depending on how you do it. It’s not always the case, but can be.
@Kelli,
Winner!!!!!
You’ve won…well nothing except for my adoration.
Well, I am guessing that you (Peter) were one of the people in the room during my audition since you know whether the camera was off or on and whether I am moving on or not. As far as the Easter bunny, I know he doesn’t exist, and Santa is only fictional to people like you who rather be nonbelievers in such things as hopes and dreams.
please call!! i want this!
good luck everybody, i know you all want this as bad as i do.
I am going to assume that the last statement by Peter was deleted, due to a couple of remarks he made. Since I am “lucky” enough to have it in my email, I am going to quote him……….. “Wow. It’s like you guys aren’t even reading what I’m writing?! (Believer, and Kelli) Of course I don’t know if the camera was on. I only pointed out that just because there’s a camera in the room, doesn’t mean it’s recording anything. And Kelli, I never said, or implied, anything regarding your, or anyone else’s talent. All I said was that if you were part of a group of folks brought into a room, and not given a second look by the folks running the audition (by either being asked to come back in, or asked not to leave when the others were excused) then for one reason or another you didn’t spark any interest from them, they did not record you, and they aren’t going to be calling.”………………. Peter, I never said that you did say anything regarding my or anyone’s talent or there lack of. You are not reading anyone’s responses thoroughly, thus telling me that maybe you didn’t pay that close attention during your audition process to even be able to pass on ANY type of accurate information.
Kelli,(Yes, John has deleted the last two things I posted.) All I know is that if you didn’t get asked to stick around, or come back in… they didn’t go back to LA with any recording of your auditon. So, anyone waiting to hear from the show about call-backs that didn’t get that second look can stopping holding their breath. I don’t get why you and “Believer” are so defensive about this. I’m just sharing what little piece of information I have that it would seem no one else posting on this site has.
Gee Peter, maybe it has something to do with the fact that the official web page says ” We have made a few calls to give people the good news, but we are still evaluating auditions and will you will be notified my mid April if you are advancing”. That would lead some people to believe that they are “still evaluating auditions” and will actually still notify people as late as “mid-April”. Maybe some people choose to believe what is posted on the official site verses someone who is not officially a spokesperson for the contest. Or maybe it’s just something called having a dream of anything being possible.
Oh, and since you went on for that “little bit extra”, have you gotten your call back yet or are you still waiting to hear back like those who you say have no chance?
They may still be evlauating auditions, but IF YOU DIDN’T GET BROUGHT BACK INTO THE ROOM THEY DON’T HAVE ANYTHING FROM YOU TO EVALUATE. What is your deal, anyway?! All I did was answer a quesiton posted by someone. For that you called me cold cruel and heartless, and John, the host of this site called me a jerk. You guys want to cling to a glimmer of hope… be my guest. I don’t really care. I was just offering information that you guys didn’t seem to have. Has it occurred to you that the auditions they’re still evaluating might be those submitted by video? (Which they’re accepting until the end of March.) And not that it’s any of your business, but, no I have not been called, and I don’t expect to at this point, since the Portland call=backs are in less than two weeks.
Peter,
They do have something to evaluate you on. They have what they wrote on their papers or typed in the computer. Maybe they want to give a variety act a second look or something. You never know.
I never called you a jerk Peter. Go and reread what I wrote. There’s a lol and j/k after that. In case you didn’t realize it, that meant I was joking with you.
The point is that you are welcome to share your opinion, but when you start stating things as fact for which you don’t know 100% is when it becomes a problem. Share what you think all you want, but let other people think what they want. No harm in that.
John, re-read what you wrote in #39. You did, in fact, call me a jerk. Odd that it only took you three days to forget what you wrote on your own website. And if you, and anyone else, wants to believe that out of the thousands of people they saw during their tour of the country they’re actually going to take a sceond look at someone from their audition archive (let’s just say, for the sake of argument that you’re right, and they recorded EVERYONE) that they didn’t think was worth a second look while they were standing right there in front of them… be my guest. There’s people in the world that believe all kinds of crazy things. I’ll grant you that variety acts might be treated differently, but the VAST majority of the people who audition for AGT sing something. ANd if those singers didn’t get a second look…
@Peter — You are the one not reading things correctly. He did state after the “jerk” comment that he was only kidding, you are choosing not to see that.
How the subject of me even got into all of your ranting and raving is beyond me. If you go back and read your very first post here, comment #28, you sent that message directly to ME. If you could be so kind as to point out to me where I stated that I was “sitting around waiting” for a call, I would appreciate it. I have never once stated that I was sitting around waiting for a call so I could rearrange my entire summer. I have never done anything but state (on any thread in this site) what a great experience it was and what happened during my audition day.
You need to calm down and realize this is just a great place to come to share experiences and to ask questions of those that have had the opportunity of auditioning. Period. Take a deep breath, dude… you are going to explode.
If you go back and read your very first post here, comment #28, you sent that message directly to ME. If you could be so kind as to point out to me where I stated that
Ok, enough banter about other people. Talk about your own experiences and perspectives and stop worrying about other people. Otherwise, I’ll have to start moderating some more comments and I don’t like to do that.
I agree with you, John. I love reading this stuff though… highly entertaining.
By “moderating” you must mean deleting, like you did for two of my posts.
Sorry, Kelli, John, and anyone else who knows that “j/k” is 21st Century shortthand for “just kidding”… News to me. When I want someone to know that I wasn’t serious I actually take the time to type out the words that would convey that. (Just kidding, I’m kidding, etc.)
Peter,
That’s exactly what I mean. Delete, remove, edit, whatever’s needed;-)
No worries about not knowing j/k. Sorry for the confusion, but glad you know now.
Interesting.
So much for the open exchange of ideas. Nice work!