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Final America’s Got Talent Top 20 Music

The Taubl Family sang the song “When You Believe” from Disney’s The Prince of Egypt
Mariah Carey - #1's - When You Believe (From "The Prince of Egypt")
Jonathan Burkin Performed to “Pinball Wizard” by The Who
The Who - Tommy - Pinball Wizard
Sarah Lenore Sang “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Single - Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis - Spirit (Deluxe Version) - Bleeding Love – Original Music Video
SickStep danced to Michael Jackson’s “Blame It On The Boogie”
The Jacksons - Essential Michael Jackson - Blame It On the Boogie
Joseph Hall Sang “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis
Elvis Presley - Elvis #1 Singles - Suspicious Minds
Kaitlyn Maher Sang “Beauty and the Beast” from the movie Beauty and the Beast
Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson - Beauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Beauty and the Beast – Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson
Angela Lansbury - Beauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Beauty and the Beast – Angela Lansbury
Donald Braswell II Sang “The Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera
Original London Cast - The Phantom of the Opera - The Music of the Night – Original London Cast
Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - The Music of the Night – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Tapping Dads tap danced to Sing Sing Sing
Chris Tomlin - Hello Love - Sing, Sing, Sing
Eli Mattson Sang “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
If I Ain't Got You – Original music video
Nuttin’ But Stringz

**I’m still looking for a few of the songs. If you know what they were, let me know and I’ll update the post. I’ll also keep looking and add them when I find them.

September 11, 2008 I Written By

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.

September 10, 2008 I Written By

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
The Kinks - Come Dancing With the Kinks - The Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 (Remastered) - You Really Got Me (Live)
Queen Emily Sang “Hero” by Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey - #1's - Hero
Hero – Original Music Video
Hero (Live) – Live Mariah Carey Music Video
The Wright Kids Sang “Rockin Robin” by Bobby Day
Bobby Day - Warwick-Doo Wop Groups - Rockin' Robin
The James Gang Performed “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles
Ray Charles - 70 Steps To 60's - Hit The Road Jack
Daniel Jens Sang “I’m Already There” by Lonestar
Lonestar - Lonestar: From There to Here - Greatest Hits - I'm Already There
I'm Already There – Original Music Video
ZOOperstars! Performed to “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory - C+C Music Factory: Super Hits - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) – Original Music Video
Neal Boyd Sang the song “Mama” by il Divo
Il Divo - Il Divo - Mama
Mama
Jessica Price sang the song “Bubbly” by Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat - Coco - Bubbly
Bubbly – Original Music Video
Extreme Dance FX danced to the song “Let’s Get It Started” by the Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started (The Urbz Edition) - EP - Let's Get It Started
Let's Get It Started (Edited Version) – Original Music Video
Paul Salos sang the song “Come Fly with Me” by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra - Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances, 1953-1960 - Come Fly With Me

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

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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.

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Jessica Price’s Top 20 America’s Got Talent Performance

Since I’ve been getting hundreds of people visiting this website to see Jessica Price, I decided that I better post Jessica Price’s video from tonights top 20 performance to the song “Bubbly” – Colbie Calait Colbie Caillat - Coco - Bubbly

I personally disagree with Piers that Jessica’s performance was a bit cheesy. It wasn’t really cheesy at all. Plus, if that was a song for selling toothpaste, then I’d buy that toothpaste.

I’ll admit that I didn’t think that this was Jessica’s performance, but her voice was still brilliant. I’m not sure the song choice was the best either, but she did it well. Plus, I was just happy to see Jessica perform again. I agree that I think she could be so much more, but my guess it is more about the person who is “coaching” her than it is all Jessica’s fault. On other reality shows I’ve seen the difference the right mentor can have on a singer and Jessica just needs the right mentor.

Also, I think it was totally lame that Sharon accidentally hit her X at the beginning of Jessica’s performance. Totally messed up and not even an apology!

September 9, 2008 I Written By

Videos of The Wright Kids and Download The Wright Kids Music

A little more information on The Wright Kids: Sage (mandolin/fiddle) is 12, Baruch (guitar) is 9, and Levi (bass) is 6. They have an audio CD called Playing On The Job which has the following songs (with links to download The Wright Kids songs on iTunes)
Fisher’s Hornpipe sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Fisher's Hornpipe
Windy and Warm sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Windy and Warm
Three Men On The Mountain sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Three Men On the Mountain
Star of the County Down sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Star of the County Down
Wayfaring Stranger sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Wayfaring Stranger
Two Little Boys sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Two Little Boys
Talk About Suffering sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Talk About Suffering
Jerusalem Ridge sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Jerusalem Ridge
Where the Old Red River Flows sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Where the Old Red River Flows
Gospel Plow sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Gospel Plow
You Need A Dose sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - You Need a Dose
Mill Towns sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Mill Towns
God’s Coloring Book sung by the Wright Kids The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - God's Coloring Book

In this video, 4 year old Levi Wright sings You Are My Sunshine with 7 year old brother Baruch and 10 year old sister Sage at the world’s largest and oldest fiddler’s convention, the Galax 71st annual Old Fiddlers Convention August 7, 2006. The Wright Kids captured 1st place in Youth Band category.

Here are the Wright Kids doing “Wayfaring Stranger” The Wright Kids - Playing On the Job - Wayfaring Stranger at the 2007 Galax Old Time Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA.

Here’s a video of the Wright Kids competing during the 2007 Galax Fiddlers Convention and performing “Mule Skinner Blues”

In a little more casual setting this video is The Wright Kids playing at pops:

September 5, 2008 I Written By

2 Eli Mattson Songs and an Eli Mattson Tribute Video

Eli Mattson has to be one of the most talented performers to ever show his face on America’s Got Talent. He’s just truly a talent that America’s Got Talent is lucky to have.

Searching a bit on the internet, I found the following videos that are basically soundtracks of Eli Mattson singing.

The first video is Eli Mattson singing 7?

The second video is of Eli Mattson singing All I’ll Be (the sound is a little low on this one and takes a little bit to get going)

I always love to check out the YouTube tribute videos that people create for reality TV stars. This tribute video for Eli Mattson is a funky song, but very appropriate:

Of course, Eli Mattson’s first “Walking in Memphis” Marc Cohn - The Very Best of Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis performance is still the best performance I’ve seen him do.

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Jessica Price Videos Before America’s Got Talent

I’ve been searching for everything I can find about Jessica Price (and other contestants on AGT, but she’s my favorite) and I found a bunch of cool videos of Jessica Price before America’s Got Talent. Here’s my collection so far (let me know if you find any more):

I really really liked this video of Jessica Price, because it shows that Jessica Price really can perform and own the stage. Something she hasn’t been able to do very well on America’s Got Talent because she’s always been so nervous. Let’s hope she can calm down and just enjoy the show like she does in the following Jessica Price coffee house video:

This is a nice casual video of Jessica Price doing a little acoustic guitar while she sings. I like these videos, because you can see it’s really just see that singing is something she does effortlessly. I could see myself just chilling with her for hours listening to her singing:

I found this video of Jessica Price and her band playing an original song. Her band features Mitch Myers on guitar (stage left), Derek Sisson on guitar (stage right), and Johnny Price on bass. The sound and video quality is pretty poor, so take it for what it’s worth:

I also found a nice video interview of Jessica Price with a local Michigan TV station when she returned from taping the show. Interviews like this just make me like Jessica even more.

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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.

September 4, 2008 I Written By

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.

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