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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
Thunder Remix
Thunder
Get Low
Suka 4 Her Interlude
Beauty from Afar Intro
Egyptian in the Night Intro
Beauty from Afar
Struggle
Egyptian in the Night
Dance with My Father
Suka 4 Her
A Nu Day

One thing is for certain about Donald Braswell, there are a TON of American’s that love him. This blog has seen the incredibly passionate fans that love Donald Braswell. He deserved to be back on the show and probably never should have been sent off. I chalk it up to the producers not wanting as many pure singing acts in the top 40. That left Donald Braswell the odd man out.

Of course, I won’t diminish my feelings for Donald Braswell even if he did kick out the most amazing act on this season of America’s Got Talent: the Russian Bar Trio. I’ll be really sad if I never get the chance to see the Russian Bar Trio perform again. The finale of America’s Got Talent or possibly in the next season of America’s Got Talent, but I digress.

You’d be an idiot to argue that Donald Braswell doesn’t have a good voice. He wouldn’t have gone to Juilliard with a bad voice. In fact, he has a very good voice. Personally I just don’t have any solid connection with him. He’s a gentleman, but he never connected to me. I’m also solidly annoyed by the way he tilts his head back as if he’s staring into the sky at something that we’re missing. If I close my eyes, I enjoy Donald’s performances quite well. I guess it’s just his stage presence which doesn’t say winner or Las Vegas to me.

I think I really should like Donald Braswell the way he turned around that audience in the first performance. That was something else to watch and I was impressed by that. However, somewhere along the way I didn’t enjoy him nearly as much. Sometimes being a great guy with a great voice doesn’t always translate to a great entertainer. Personally, I use entertainer for my America’s Got Talent judging criteria and that’s why I don’t think Donald Braswell will win it all.

Now I’m going to go and prepare for all the hate mail I’ll get from the Donald Braswell fan club.

My dear Queen Emily! The first couple performances by Queen Emily she really seemed to knock it out of the park. She absolutely has the instrument to be a great singer, but these past couple performances it was a little too “screamy” to me. It felt at many times in the song that she was trying to sing.

Honestly, I hope that someone like Gladys Knight or Aretha Franklin is watching the show and is willing to take someone like Queen Emily under their arm and help her to become a star. Gladys lives down the street from me and is very busy, so here’s hoping that Aretha will help her out. If that doesn’t work out, then we can always hope that they finally do an America’s Got Talent tour.

Either way, Queen Emily has made a great run and entertained me thoroughly. I can just see her name on the Flamingo in Las Vegas performing every night. She just needs a bit more refinement to be able to do a whole show.

I’m still working to find all of the videos from tonight’s America’s Got Talent finals performance show. I think we can all agree that every person on the show tonight has talent. The question is which one has more talent and deserves $1 million. Take a look and let me know who you like the best. I’ll be posting a new poll soon along with each of the videos as I’m able to find them.

Queen Emily Sang “One Moment in Time” by Whitney Houston

Eli Mattson Sang “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” by Phil Collins

Donald Braswell Sang “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban

Neal Boyd Sang “Nessun dorma” from the opera Turandot

Nuttin’ But Stringz Top 5: Performed an original piece (check out Nuttin’ But Stringz’s album)

The America’s Got Talent Top 5 was chock full of singers and musicians so of course that means the America’s Got Talent finals was chock full of some great music. Here’s the list of music performed on tonight’s America’s Got Talent finals:

Donald Braswell II Top 5: Sang “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban again, this time with choral

Neal E. Boyd Top 5: Sang “Nessun dorma” from the opera Turandot again

Queen Emily Top 5: Sang “One Moment in Time” as performed by Whitney Houston

Nuttin’ But Stringz Top 5: Performed an original piece (their first-ever composition).
(check out Nuttin’ But Stringz music from iTunes)

Eli Mattson Top 5: Sang “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” by Phil Collins.

Here’s a link to all the music from America’s Got Talent.

Tonight, the America’s Got Talent Season 3 Top 5 were announced. That means it’s time to vote for which of the America’s Got Talent Top 5 will win America’s Got Talent Season 3.

A full analysis of the top 5 and the 5 sent home tonight coming soon.