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America’s Got Talent Poll Predicting the AGT Top 10

UPDATE: America’s Got Talent Top 10 Announced – Great work! Readers of Pure America’s Got Talent predicted 9/10 correct. Jonathan Burkin is the big loser since we predicted he’d make it and didn’t.

Tomorrow night America’s Got Talent will announce the top 10 performers and the 10 performers going home. I figured why wait for tomorrow. Vote in the following 2 polls to see who readers of Pure America’s Got Talent think we’ll be making it to the top 10.

10 Performers from the first night of America’s Got Talent

10 Performers from the second night of America’s Got Talent

I did this as 2 polls, because they said that it will be the top 5 from each night. Also, I want to thank all those of you who voted in the previous America’s Got Talent poll.

America’s Got Talent Top 20 Videos

I previously posted the videos from the first 10 of America’s Got Talent top 20. Here’s the rest of the videos of the America’s Got Talent Top 20 performances: The Taubl Family, Jonathan Burkin, Sarah Lenore, SickStep, Joseph Hall, Kaitlyn Maher, Donald Braswell, The Tapping Dads, Eli Mattson, and Nuttin’ But Stringz.

**Click on the arrows on the sides to skip through the various videos.

I’ll be posting a video of Terry Fator‘s performance on AGT top 20 soon. Also, check out music from Terry Fator’s CD.

America’s Got Talent Top 20 Music

I must admit that I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t get this list posted last night. I had it nearly ready and then my internet went out. Oh well, better late than never. Below you’ll find the list of music from America’s Got Talent Top 20:

The Cadence Performed to “You Really Got Me” by The Kinks

Queen Emily Sang “Hero” by Mariah Carey

– Original Music Video
– Live Mariah Carey Music Video
The Wright Kids Sang “Rockin Robin” by Bobby Day

The James Gang Performed “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles

Daniel Jens Sang “I’m Already There” by Lonestar

– Original Music Video
ZOOperstars! Performed to “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory

– Original Music Video
Neal Boyd Sang the song “Mama” by il Divo

Jessica Price sang the song “Bubbly” by Colbie Caillat

– Original Music Video
Extreme Dance FX danced to the song “Let’s Get It Started” by the Black Eyed Peas

– Original Music Video
Paul Salos sang the song “Come Fly with Me” by Frank Sinatra

You can find the entire list of America’s Got Talent music and songs here.

America’s Got Talent Top 20 Videos – September 9, 2008

Time to take a look at the videos from last night’s performance of the America’s Got Talent Top 20. Some pretty good performances. I must admit that I can’t really think of any of them that really knocked it out of the park. A full review of the performances coming soon along with the music from America’s Got Talent top 20.

This is the list of videos from America’s Got Talent Top 20: Kaitlyn Maher (makes it to the top 20), The Cadence, Queen Emily, James Gang, The Wright Kids, Zooperstars, Daniel Jens, Jessica Price, Neal Boyd, Extreme Dance FX, and Paul Salos.

**Click on the arrows on the side of the video to go to the next video.

I apologize that this was posted late. My internet connection went down last night and so I was unable to post it until now.

Vote for The Final 5 Acts of the America’s Got Talent Top 20

I’m sure many of you have been frantically voting for your favorites from tonight’s America’s Got Talent. The problem is that you don’t get to find out the results of your votes until next week.

So, vote in the following poll for which acts will be the final 5 acts to make it to the America’s Got Talent top 20 (vote for your favorite 5)

Feel free to leave a comment below on who received your votes and who are your favorites.

Next 5 Members In the America’s Got Talent Top 20

Tonight, they announced the next 5 to make it to the America’s Got Talent top 20 (currently only 15 members). I previously posted the videos from AGT Semis part 3 and all the music from AGT semis part 3. Take a look at those to see their full performances. Below you’ll find my personal thoughts about each AGT act.

The 5 members that made it into the top 20 are the following:
Sarah Lenore – Fabulous talent with a huge voice. I have no idea why they gave her the dress she did, because it did nothing but bad for her. However, I still have a little boy crush on Jessica Price. I’m not sure America will vote for both of them.
The Taubl Family – I wasn’t so impressed with them before, but their semifinal performance really was a breathe of fresh air and I could honestly almost see their act as one fit for Vegas. Too bad it’s just almost. I’m not sure they’ll go past the top 20.
Jonathan Burkin – Good old Baton Boy. I wanted to hate him at the beginning of the show when he first performed. He impressed me then, but his act needed some work. His semifinal act was just awesome. It was amazing he never dropped it. I still prefer fire knife dancers to Jonathan Burkin, but he has definitely surprised me with what he’s done.
Joseph Hall – I was so glad that he stayed. I usually hate Elvis impersonators. Maybe because there are so many of them here in Las Vegas. I’m not sure Joseph can really be super successful as Elvis in Las Vegas, but the guy definitely has something about him which is fun to watch.
SickStep – I’ll admit that I was hoping that Michael Strelo-smith would make it over SickStep. They weren’t bad, but after watching so much So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Best Dance Crew this summer, SickStep just seems a step below in my book.

The 5 members who got sent home were:
Michael Strelo-Smith – Michael does talk to much, but I would have loved to see him perform some more. I thought his song selection was horrible, so if only for that I’m ok that he’s gone. He should have sung something that featured his voice and he’d probably still be around.
Texas State Strutters – Horrible outfits. I expected much more, but glad their gone because they aren’t even close to the best sports dancers I’ve seen. Trust me, I’m an expert on sports dancers.
Bruce Block – He really disgraced magicians with this performance. Not even close to previous AGT magician standards
Shequida Hall – Shequida’s shocking talent is to sing the male and the female part of the opera. Shequida’s semifinal performance was so weak and annoying that I’m so glad we won’t have to listen to that singing again.
Matthew Piazzi – Some great voices, but the content and singing was off. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Matthew Piazzi again somewhere down the road.

Music and Performances from America’s Got Talent Semifinalists Part 4

Below you’ll find a list of all the performances and music from the America’s Got Talent Semifinalists part 4. If you’re looking for the AGT Semis videos, you can find them here. Also, here’s a link to a list of all the America’s Got Talent music from previous episodes.

The fourth episode of the live performance semifinals broadcast from Los Angeles, California on September 3, 2008 had the following performances along with links to the music they used:

Dallas Desperados Dancers
General: The dance team of the Dallas Desperados Arena Football team.
Preliminaries, Week 5: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4):

Bryan Cheatham
General: Singer, a former Chippendale dancer
Preliminaries, Week 5: Sang “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang Percy Sledge’s “When A Man Loves A Woman”
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4):

Flambeaux
General: Fire breather
Preliminaries, Week 4: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Only shown briefly in a montage. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4): Received 3 X’s from the judges, who complained his act this time was boring, his timing was slow, and that in general his act was too scary.

Kaitlyn Maher
General: four year old singer
Preliminaries, Week 1: Sang “Somewhere Out There” by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “When You Wish Upon A Star”
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4): Sang “What a Wonderful World” .

Dorae Saunders
General: transexual Tina Turner impersonator
Preliminaries, Week 5: Lip-synced and danced to “Proud Mary” .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed to “The Best” .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4): Performed to “Disco Inferno” .

Donald Braswell
General: Former professional opera singer, his vocal cords were severed in a freak car accident eleven years back. He was told by doctors he might never speak normally again, let alone sing.
Preliminaries, Week 5: sang “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang One Day I’ll Fly Away from the musical Moulin Rouge .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated (Judges Wild Card)
Semifinals (Part 1): Won the Wildcard slot and returned to the competition.
Semifinals (Part 4): Sang “Impossible Dream” by Robert Goulet

Indiggo
General: Romanian twin sisters Mikaela and Gabriela
Preliminaries, Week 1: Sang “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra
Las Vegas Callbacks: Montage shown singing “Viva Las Vegas” . Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4): Sang an original song.

The Tapping Dads
General: A large group of tap dancing dads.
Preliminaries, Week 7: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4): Performed to “Puttin on the Ritz”

Eli Mattson
General: Singer and pianist
Preliminaries, Week 2: Performed “Walking in Memphis” by Marc Cohn .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Your Song” by Elton John .
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed Through.
Semifinals (Part 4): Sang “Nobody Knows it But Me” . Osbourne commented “No dancers, no fire, no backing tracks, just talent.”

Nuttin’ But Stringz
General: Sibling violinists Tourie and Damien. They combine classical music with hip-hop.
Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 4): Their performance earned a standing ovation, including the judges.

Videos from America’s Got Talent Semifinals – Part 4

Here’s the final performances from the America’s Got Talent Semifinals. Feel free to take a look back at videos from part 1, part 2 and part 3 of the semifinals.

The following videos include performances by the following AGT acts: Dallas Desperados Dancers, Bryan Cheatham, Flambeaux, Kaitlyn Maher, Dorae Saunders, Donald Braswell, Indiggo, The Tapping Dads, Eli Mattson, and Nuttin’ But Stringz.

**Click on the arrows on the side of the video to skip to the next AGT video.

My full evaluation of these acts and who got kicked off the show and who made the top 20 coming soon.

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
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed to “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
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” . 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” 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”
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang and performed to Umbrella by Rihanna

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” . 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
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Teardrops On My Guitar” by Taylor Swift
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): “Not Ready To Make Nice” by the Dixie Chicks

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”
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Heartbreak Hotel”
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “Jailhouse Rock”

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America’s Got Talent 5: First Semifinal Group

America’s Got Talent Poll Predicting the AGT Top 10

America’s Got Talent Top 20 Videos

America’s Got Talent Top 20 Music

America’s Got Talent Top 20 Videos – September 9, 2008

Vote for The Final 5 Acts of the America’s Got Talent Top 20

Next 5 Members In the America’s Got Talent Top 20

Music and Performances from America’s Got Talent Semifinalists Part 4

Videos from America’s Got Talent Semifinals – Part 4

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

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