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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

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

There has been a lot of comments flying around in regards to several acts in the supposed “standby” group not really being in the “standby” group despite being televised as such.

One such group is Iron Horse. In the opening scenes they are plainly seen in Group A sitting in the lower right hand corner of the screen (two of the guys were wearing their blue “country-ish” shirts). If you look at the group carefully there are other acts that were in the “standby” show that were really in Group A.
- NU Covenant
- Cristina & Ali
- New Directions Choir
- Strange Familiar

So essentially the majority (if not all) of the Bands/Singing Duos, etc were in Group A rather than the “standby” group. As much as I wished they would not purposely rearrange people that way on television and were instead more straight up with their audience, I would have to suppose they did it this way to keep the audience on their feet in what I believe to be their version of drama.

At the same time, television (as a whole) and in particular reality television, I have found have been disrespecting their audience bit by bit with every passing year… particular when it comes to situations like these when they are trying to script a reality show and fall short because the audience could see which acts were really where and etc.

To me, if reality television producers truely trusted their audience and kept everything true instead of trying so hard to stick with a particular formula (it’s called thinking out of the box, all other industries are doing it) perhaps they will find that the audience they are trying so hard to entice to continue to watch television, will continue to do so.

It’s like any relationship… it starts with trust.

I think it’s really clear that A LOT of people are VERY unhappy with the selections made by the judges (and should we say producers?) of America’s Got Talent. I’ll talk more about other eliminations in a future post, but for this one I want to talk about the travesty that is the Magicians that they selected.

Between Murray Sawchuck and Michael Grazzo the slight-of-hand magician, at least from the performances we saw (which is what the judges are suppose to use) it’s very clear to me who was more skilled. To me it was such a poor decision to take Murray (who no doubt has a better look) over Michael.

The funny part is that the appearing car trick that Murray did is the lamest trick in the book. It’s lame on a number of levels. First, everyone does some form of trick like that. It’s basically been done. Plus, tricks like that on TV are even more lame since you can’t really see what’s going on.

Of course, Murray complained that the slight-of-hand stuff that Michael did wouldn’t work in a big auditorium performance. The funniest part is that in person Murray’s appearing car doesn’t work in a large auditorium since you see them roll the car in. It could only work on TV where they make sure the angles don’t show the car. Totally LAME!

Plus, I actually watched the slight-of-hand work by Michael Grazzo live at the Las Vegas Auditions. I was sitting in the balcony and from an angle. Yet, even from that distance, Michael’s magic was impressive. That’s why it was crazy that Howie said that it was too small. Not to mention, Michael had proven that he could do big tricks too.

Needless to say, I was completely disappointed with this choice. It will be interesting to see what Murray brings in Hollywood. However, I don’t have really high hopes. I just wish I could afford to go to LA and see it live. Time to start taking up donations so I can go cover it for you;-)

And the final list of audition music! Enjoy and thank you so much for being patient with this.

Intro: Europe – Final Countdown

Jimmy Dinh Intro and Close: Nat King Cole – Smile

Belly Dancing Duo Intro: Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss

Yes to Vegas:

Da Maniacs Audition: Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be

No to Vegas: Smoky Robinson and the Miracles – Tears of a Clown

Tap Dancing Sarah Palins Audition: Bobby Darin – Plain Jane

Luigi Seno
- Audition: Maroon 5 – Sunday Morning
- Close: The Calling – Wherever You Will Go

Arthur Nakane
- Intro: Billy Joel – For the Longest Time
- Audition and Close: Dave Clark Five – Because

City Audition Close: Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’

So since I came home late on Wednesday, here are the acts that made it through to Vegas on this final show of auditions prior to Vegas

FINAL AUDITION NIGHT:

Belly Dancing Duo: Belly Dancing
- Kaya’s Website
- Sadie’s Website

Lindsey Sterling: Violinist

Team X Pogo: Pogo Sticks Acrobatics

Updated July 7!!!
Da Maniacs:
- Facebook Page

Rick Smith Jr: Card Throwing Artist
- Cleveland Entertainers: Business

Phil Trau: Tap Dancer
- Bay Area Rhythm Tap Profile

Luigi Seno: Singer/Musician
- Facebook Page
- MySpace Page
- Twitter
- YouTube Channel

Arthur Nakane: One Man Band
- MySpace Page
- YouTube Channel

Here it is! The first post of the music that everyone’s been asking for.

Bear with me as I go through each show again one by one and hope for the best… If you know of any songs that I’m missing or isn’t listed feel free to either leave a comment or simply contact us.

LOS ANGELES DAY ONE:

Intro: Kesha – P. Diddy

Future Funk
Intro and Close: Jackson 5 – A B C
Audition:
- Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe
- James Brown – Call Me Super Bad

Ranse Valentt
Intro: James Brown – Living in America
Audition: Kansas – Dust in the Wind

No to Vegas: Montell Jordan – This is How We Do It
Timur & The Dime Museum Audition: Klaus Nomi – Total Eclipse
Lui Attanasi Audition: Des’ree – You Gotta Be

After the Break: Madcon – Beggin

SwingShift Side Show
Intro and Close: Addams Family Theme Song
Audition: Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King

Ring Masters Audition:
- Rihanna – Hard
- Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be

Yes to Vegas: Kool and the Gang – Celebration
Mona Sampath Dance Company Audition: A R Rahman – Jai Ho from the movie Slumdog Millionaire
Mas Audition:
Kung Fu Heroes Audition:

Haspop
Intro:
Audition:
- Crystal Castles – Air War
- Aqua – Barbie Girl
- Bodyrox – Yeah Yeah (Instrumental by DJ MPA) [Original] [Another Instrumental Version]
- Chris Brown – Forever

LOS ANGELES DAY TWO:

Intro: Metro Station – Shake It

Maricar
Audition and Close: Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha

Evan Berst Audition: James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing
Hannibal Means Audition: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah

Yes to Vegas: Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Michael Lipari and Ashleigh Dejon Audition: Lady Gaga – Romance
Dead Off Center Audition: Kim Wilde – Kids in America
New Directions Choir Audition: Ol Man River from the movie/musical Showboat

No Shade
Interview: Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True [Sound a like]
Audition:
- Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up
- TLC – Kick Your Game
Close: Rihanna – SOS

Noteworthy Audition: Lady Gaga – Poker Face

Michael Grimm
Intro and Close: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – Falling Slowly from the movie Once
Audition: Ray Charles – You Don’t Know Me

More of the New York auditions of America’s Got Talent. Check out the full online streaming episode of America’s Got Talent week 3 night 1. Check out Marianya’s list of the acts from this episode including links to the various online presence of the acts on this episode.

It’s New York City! Which means that this had better be a city full of above average talent… what do you think?

As always if anyone out there have any info to the following acts please either leave a comment or contact us.

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