Welcome to Pure America’s Got Talent

PLUtonic
- Flo-Rida: Low

Dylan Plummer
- Flo-Rida: Right Round

Pup
- Johnny Cash: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky

Cam Hodges
- Taio Cruz: Break Your Heart

Ryan Rodriguez
- Black Eyed Peas: Pump It

Booker Forte
- Usher: OMG (Oh My Gosh)

Pizza Patt
- Dean Martin: That’s Amore
- Sean Kingston: Fire Burnin’ (on the Dance Floor)

Kristina Young
- Carrie Underwood: Before He Cheats

Dan Sperry
- Perry Como: Magic Moments

As you’ve probably heard on the show, the winner of America’s Got Talent will be going on a tour of the US. In the past, the winner has usually taken along a couple of the other finalists to perform with them. Plus, I’m amazed at the list of tour locations that they’re going to be performing. I’m from Las Vegas myself and The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is one of the nicest theaters in Las Vegas. It’s where Celine Dion performs. Seriously, that’s Big TIME!

Ok, enough of that chatter. You can see the full list of tour locations below or head straight over to ticketmaster to buy your tickets now.

October 1, 2010 – Oakland, CA – Paramount Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 2, 2010 – Reno, NV – Reno Events Center – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 3, 2010 – Fresno, CA – William Saroyan Theatre Fresno Convention & Entertainment Center – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 6, 2010 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 7, 2010 – Los Angeles, CA – NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 8, 2010 – Las Vegas, NV – The Colosseum at Caesars Palace – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 9, 2010 – San Diego, CA – San Diego Civic Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 13, 2010 – Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 15, 2010 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland by AMC – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 16, 2010 – Minneapolis, MN – Northrop Auditorium – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 17, 2010 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 20, 2010 – Chicago, IL – Rosemont Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 21, 2010 – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 22, 2010 – Indianapolis, IN – Clowes Memorial Hall – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 23, 2010 – Columbus, OH – Veterans Memorial Auditorium – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 24, 2010 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 27, 2010 – New York City, NY – Beacon Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 28, 2010 – Richmond, VA – Landmark Theater – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 29, 2010 – Mashantucket, CT – MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
October 30, 2010 – Atlantic City, NJ – Trump Taj Mahal – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
November 3, 2010 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
November 4, 2010 – Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
November 5, 2010 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum Complex – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
November 6, 2010 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster
November 7, 2010 – Orlando, FL – Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre – Buy Tickets on Ticketmaster

You can also find the America’s Got Talent 2010 tour on Facebook and Twitter.

Sorry for the tardiness… but better late than never, eh?

Anyway… since we already know who the four that were chosen were:
- Alice Tan Ridley
- Michael Grimm
- AscenDance
- Antonio Restivo
Which oddly enough is the same four as dictated by our un-scientific poll

The only addition is any music on the show:

Cirque du Soliel’s “Ka”

Train: Hey Soul Sister

America’s Choice
Group 1:
- Mona Sampath Dance Company
- AscenDance
- Ronith

Group 2:
- Cheer SF
- Iron Horse
- Alice Tan Ridley

Group 3:
- Michael Grimm
- Lil Chris
- The Strong Man

Judges Choice
Group 4
- Wreckless
- Antonio Restivo
- Hannibal Means

Here is the second group of twelve! Could they step up their game? How would they compare to that of last week’s group? Again, out of this twelve, four will be chosen to move on.

Feel free to leave your comments…

You are able to choose up to four acts.

Cheer SF
- Adam Lambert: For Your Entertainment

Alice Tan Ridley
- Gladys Knight And The Pips: Midnight Train To Georgia

Mona Sampath Dance Company
- Bombay Dreams: Bombay Dreams
- Black Eyed Peas: Pump It

Iron Horse
- Brad Paisley: American Saturday Night

The Strong Man
- ?

Ronith

Hannibal Means
- Lion King: Circle of Life
- Lion King: Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Wreckless
- Basement Jaxx: What’s a Girl Gotta Do
- Creme de la Crumb: Merry Go (Many thanks to JoJo for discovering this little gem)

Lil Chris
- Ne-Yo: Closer

AscenDance
- Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars

Antonio Restivo
- Ozzy Osbourne: Crazy Train (according to commentor R.J.)
- Ozzy Osbourne: Let Me Hear You Scream

Michael Grimm
- Al Green: Tired of Being Alone

So the first group of twelve is up… how are they going to do? Out of this twelve America is able to choose their favorite top four to move on.

Feel free to leave your comments… I apologize for the delays for the music, the computer I usually use is occupied so music from Las Vegas week onwards is going to be delayed.

You are able to choose up to four acts.

As a quick note: Twisted Trystan and Krystan had to drop from the competition, so Nick Pike was brought in one week prior to filming to fill out the Top 48. Interesting that they chose a danger act to replace a danger act.

Many thanks to Björn for helping me find the missing ones…

KungFu Heroes
- Marilyn Manson: Rock is Dead

Cristina and Ali
- Rascal Flatts: Bless the Broken Road

Airpocalypse
- Europe: Final Countdown
- The Knack: My Sharona

Hot Shot Tap Dancers
- Madcon: Beggin’

Paul Safy Jr
- Ella Fitzgerald: Cry Me a River

Future Funk
- Walter Murphy: A Fifth Of Beethoven

Sally Cohn
- Mariah Carey: Hero

Nick Pike
- Scooter: Fire

Rated Next Generation aka RNG
- Rihanna: Disturbia

Maricar

Fighting Gravity
- The Glitch Mob: How to Be Eaten By A Woman

Nathaniel Kenyon
- Hinder: Lips of an Angel

Well, the wait is over. Tonight Kevin Skinner was announced as the winner of America’s Got Talent season 4. This wasn’t too shocking for me since I’d already predicted Kevin Skinner as AGT winner earlier today. Sorry, I couldn’t help but brag just a little. Although, a lot of the credit goes to the readers of this site that participated in my America’s Got Talent Winner poll. I’m happy to say that it predicted not only the winner, but pretty much got the top 5 right. Nicely done all of you!!

I really can’t believe that Kevin Skinner won. Somehow his humility and story got into the heart of America and he had them. I’ll be interested to see how much Kevin Skinner improves now that he’s going to have a show in Las Vegas. I’m sure that those producing America’s Got Talent Live in Las Vegas won’t want him to be a headliner in Las Vegas and sing the way he sang in his last 2 performances on America’s Got Talent. A bunch of people in Las Vegas who might have never heard of Kevin Skinner might boo him off stage if he sings like that. Some might think this is harsh, but I live in Las Vegas and at the prices they’re paying for the show there is a high expectation by the audience.

Of course, I think the best thing that Kevin Skinner could do is to take his million dollar prize (really $25,000 annuity every year for so many years if I remember right) and go back to where he knows and love and live a great life. He’s actually the one person on the show that could live very happily on $25,000 a year I think. Maybe that’s why America likes him so much.

I’m not trying to say that Kevin Skinner can’t or shouldn’t try to make it in the music industry. If that’s his dream go ahead and go for it. However, I have a strong feeling that he’s going to end up disillusioned and unhappy working in the spotlight and ugly world we call the music industry. I guess time will tell. Maybe the taste of fame he got on the show whetted his appetite for more. However, my feeling from when I interviewed Kevin Skinner was that he’s enjoyed the experience, but just mostly missed a lot of things from home.

All of this said, I’m sure many Kevin Skinner fans will come on here and tell me I’m wrong. However, I think they’re just trying to say that they love Kevin Skinner and want to hear more of his music. That perspective sounds like its more about them than it is what’s best for Kevin.

It will be fun to see what happens. At the end of the day, Congratulations to Kevin Skinner!! America voted you for the win and so enjoy your time in the spotlight and everything related to the win. I really think Kevin is a good guy. Best of luck to him in the future. We’ll certainly be watching!

I’d been thinking this for a while, but the voting on my poll for the America’s Got Talent Winner just confirmed what I was already thinking and just didn’t want to admit publicly. I think I can safely say that the winner of America’s Got Talent season 4 will be either Barbara Padilla or Kevin Skinner. Everyone else has either fallen off the map (Lawrence Beaman), not had enough exposure (Drew Stevyns), or they just don’t have the wide ranging popularity of these two.

Don’t ask me why these 2 are so popular. They are both really really nice individuals, but they are far from the most talented people on America’s Got Talent. However, they’ve done what you have to do most on America’s Got Talent which is win the hearts of the American people.

Since I’m in the predicting mood, I’ll even go on to predict that Kevin Skinner is going to win America’s Got Talent 2009. Yes, it stings for me to say that since he’s a pretty bad singer. Yes, I couldn’t even bring myself to type that he was a pretty good singer. I had to stick with pretty bad. I think people just love Kevin Skinner’s chicken catcher story. I know I laughed really hard the first time I heard it. I like many Americans also love to see someone come from a chicken catcher to shocking America with a win. That’s the beauty of America and Kevin Skinner seems like a really good guy so at the end of the day I don’t have a problem with him winning. It’s just unfortunate that other talent couldn’t have won.

My question for all of you is assuming I’m right and Kevin Skinner wins, will you be coming to Las Vegas to see Kevin Skinner perform in America’s Got Talent Live? Should we all plan a day to go to the show and we could throw a Pure America’s Got Talent party somewhere in Las Vegas? I’m game if enough people are interested.

The performances are over and now it’s time to vote for your favorite America’s Got Talent season 4 finalists. No, this isn’t official. It’s just for fun, but should give a pretty good idea of who are people’s favorite talent on this season of America’s Got Talent. So, vote for who you want to be the winner of America’s Got Talent.

Of course, no matter who is the winner of America’s Got Talent, we’re going to see most of the above list at the America’s Got Talent live show in Las Vegas.