Day: August 28, 2008 | Pure America's Got Talent

NBC Renews America’s Got Talent for Another Season

NBC announced that they’d be ruining America’s Got Talent for another season. You can see Simon Cowell just licking his chops can’t you? Here’s an excerpt from the announcement as reported by Hollywood Reporter:

NBC has renewed “America’s Got Talent” for a fourth season.

“The production team has stepped up their game creatively as proven by the strong ratings,” said NBC’s president of alternative programming Craig Plestis. “This is the only show where truly unique and talented performers can achieve their ultimate dream.”

“Got Talent” is the most-watched show of the summer and ranked third among programs in the adults 18 to 49 demographic.

I for one am very glad that the show got renewed. I wasn’t really worried about it to be honest with you. I knew that the ratings were doing great. Despite allowing a number of untalented people into the top 40, it’s still very entertaining to watch.

Songs from America’s Got Talent Semifinals – Part 2

The second episode of the live performance semifinals was broadcast from Los Angeles, California on August 27, 2008. Below you’ll find a list of all the music that was performed on the live America’s Got Talent performance of these 10 contestants and their previous performances on America’s Got Talent.

If you’re looking for the video of their performances, you can find it here. Otherwise, you can look through America’s Got Talent music.

Acts that performed include:

* Beyond Belief Dance Company
o General: 22 member dance troupe from Mesquite, Texas.
o Preliminaries, Week 3: Danced to “Fashionista” . Morgan disliked the group’s outfits and makeup, but loved their performance.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Danced to “Don’t Stop the Music” by Rihanna.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Performed to “When I Grow Up” by the Pussycat Dolls

* Paul Salos
o General: Frank Sinatra style singer/performer
o Preliminaries, Week 3: Sang “Fly Me to the Moon”
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Sang “My Way”

* Kazual
o General: A cappella barbershop quartet style group
o Preliminaries, Week 7: Passed through
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Sang “Can You Feel It” by The Jackson 5 . They were heavily criticized that, besides the main lead singer, the others did not have solo quality voices and the group should stick to the other three backing up and harmonizing with the lead singer.

* Zooperstars
o General: Oversized animal mascot versions of various sports celebrities, already a popular act at various minor league baseball games and other sporting events.
o Preliminaries, Week 5: Performed to “Tootsee Roll”.
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Performed to “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.” by The Village People, including having one of the members swallow a second performer into the costume.

* The Wright Kids
o General: Three children who played the guitar, mandolin and upright bass. Bluegrass group
o Preliminaries: Performance was not televised
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Only shown briefly in a montage. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Sang “Daydream Believer” by The Monkees

* Jonathan Arons
o General: Trombonist and dancer
o Preliminaries, Week 1: Performed to “Bad Girls” by Donna Summer.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed to “Car Wash” by Rose Royce.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through[49]
o Semifinals (Part 2): Danced and performed to “Let’s Groove” and “September” by Earth, Wind and Fire

* Daniel Jens
o General: Singer/guitarist who had just returned from active duty in Iraq.
o Preliminaries, Week 7: Performed “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): sang Michael Buble’s “Home” . Forgot his lyrics halfway through.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Sang “Every Breath You Take” by The Police

* Slippery Kittens
o General: A group of high-energy burlesque strippers comprised of mothers.
o Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Performed to “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” by The Andrews Sisters

* Queen Emily
o General: Emily David, singer
o Preliminaries, Week 6: Sang “Chain of Fools” by Aretha Franklin
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “I’m Every Woman” by Whitney Houston.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 2): Sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Diana Ross

Music from America’s Got Talent Semi Finals – Part 1

The first episode of the live performance semifinals was broadcast from Los Angeles, California on August 26, 2008. Below you’ll find a list of all the music that was performed on the live America’s Got Talent performance of these 10 contestants.

If you’re looking for the video of their performances, you can find it here. Otherwise, you can look through America’s Got Talent music.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Derrick Barry
o General: Male Britney Spears impersonator
o Preliminaries, Week 1: Performed to “Toxic”.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed to “Gimme More.”
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 1): Performed to “…Baby One More Time” , received an X from Piers for not “wowing” him
o Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated

* Ronny B
o General: Ron Belala, singer and dancer
o Preliminaries, Week 6: Danced and sang to “All Night Long” by Lionel Richie . David disliked his performance, saying “This is a talent show, not a freak show.”
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 1): Performed “She Bangs” by Ricky Martin . Hasselhoff said in an interview he had “0” talent.
o Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated

* The DC Cowboys
o General: All-male dance troupe
o Preliminaries, Week 2: danced to “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” by Big & Rich.
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown.
o Semifinals (Part 1): Performed to “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins.
o Semifinals (Part 2): Eliminated

Acts that are still in the competition are:

* Extreme Dance FX
o General: contemporary young clog team
o Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown.
o Semifinals (Part 1): Performed to “Push It by Salt-n-Pepa”
o Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.

* The Cadence
o General: Stomp-style percussion group made up mostly of college students.
o Preliminaries, Week 7: Passed through
o Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 1): Performed to “Beat It” as made famous by Michael Jackson
o Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.

* Jessica Price
o General: 24 year old singer
o Preliminaries, Week 3: Sang “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Teardrops On My Guitar” by Taylor Swift.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 1): Sang “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper
o Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.

* Neal Boyd
o General: 32 year old insurance salesman and opera singer
o Preliminaries, Week 1: Sang “Nessun dorma” from the opera Turandot.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Unchained Melody” in Italian.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
o Semifinals (Part 1): Sang “Somewhere” from the musical West Side Story . Was declared the “Michael Phelps” of the competition, and the man to beat.
o Semifinals (Part 2): Passed through.

Only one of the Wild Card acts was a singer. The following is the music for that one Wild Card Act:

* Kyle Rifkin
o Preliminaries, Week 4: R&B singer. Sang “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by The Temptations
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): sang Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love To You” Passed through.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated (Judges Wild Card)
o Semifinals (Part 1): Eliminated again, did not get the Wildcard slot.

Music from America’s Got Talent Las Vegas Callbacks

Below you’ll find the best I could do at creating a list of music from those contestants eliminated during the Las Vegas Callbacks of America’s Got Talent. This list also includes music from the previous weeks from those eliminated in Las Vegas.

Here’s a link to see all the songs and music of America’s Got Talent.

A total of 113 acts made it to the Las Vegas callbacks. From those, a total of 19 of these acts where eliminated without even being given a chance to perform. The remaining 94 acts were trimmed down to a short list of 60 acts in the first of the two callback episodes, and the remaining acts were further trimmed to a Top 40 group in the second episode.

Acts that were eliminated without being given a second performance:

* Chellena Black-Harris
o Preliminaries, Week 2: singer, sang “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke.

Acts that were eliminated after the first cut, but did not make it to the top 60:

* Cafidia Stuart
o Preliminaries, Week 1: 15 year old sang Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing”
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not shown, but was shown being eliminated.

* Holly Hardin
o Preliminaries, Week 3: sang “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” by Jessica Simpson
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “When God-Fearing Women Get the Blues” by Martina McBride.

* Shakes
o Preliminaries, Week 6: 10 year old dancer
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Danced to “U Can’t Touch This” by MC Hammer.

* Mia Boostrom
o Preliminaries, Shown in clip form: Sang “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys while playing the piano.

* Cat Williams
o Preliminaries, Not Shown: Passed Through
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Let The Good Times Roll” by Ray Charles.

* Randy Hanson
o Preliminaries, Week 7: Ozzy Osbourne impersonator. Sharon commented that the only way she could tell him from her husband was if he “dropped his trousers so she could take a look at the goods.” Sang “Paranoid”.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.

Acts that made it to the top 60, but not the top 40:

* David Militello
o Preliminaries, Week 3: 9 year old sang “Ben” by Michael Jackson
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): sang “If We Hold On Together” by Diana Ross Passed through.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated

* Holly Stone
o Preliminaries, Week 7: sang “A Broken Wing” by Martina McBride.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not shown. Passed through.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated

Acts that were eliminated at an unknown stage of the Las Vegas Callbacks:

* Next II None (N2N)
o Preliminaries, Week 2: family boy band performed “Bye Bye Bye” by ‘N Sync
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not shown.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 40, so presumed eliminated by the judges.

* XL
o Preliminaries, Week 6: 25 year old Xavier Lewis sang “Ordinary People” by John Legend
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not shown.
o Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 40, so presumed eliminated by the judges.

America’s Got Talent Music – Week 1 to Week 7

I’d been meaning to post a list of all the music I could find from America’s Got Talent, but just never got around to it until now. So, time to play catchup. Below you’ll find all the music I could find from weeks 1 through 7 of America’s Got Talent. Here’s a link to find all the music from America’s Got Talent as I post each episode’s music in the future.

America’s Got Talent – Week 1
Aired on June 17, 2008, 2 hours. Auditions from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles were shown.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Serious Mysterious Bill Curlee sang and danced to It’s Not Unusual by Tom Jones.

* The Renegades, dance group performed to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”

– Original Michael Jackson Music Video

America’s Got Talent – Week 2
Aired on June 24, 2008, 2 hours. Auditions from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles were shown.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Victoria, the Singing Fairy sang “When You Wish Upon a Star”

* Michael Droll, the “Ozzman”, Ozzy Osbourne impersonator sang “Crazy Train”

America’s Got Talent – Week 3
Aired on July 1, 2008, 2 Hours. Auditions from Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Corky Duke – line dancer danced to “Cotton-Eyed Joe”

* Zane & Stephanie – married singers, sang “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers

America’s Got Talent – Week 5
Aired on July 15, 2008, 1 hour. Auditions from Atlanta, and Dallas.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Michelle Wallace – sang “All by Myself” by Celine Dion.

America’s Got Talent – Week 6
Aired on July 22, 2008, 1 hour. Auditions from New York, and Los Angeles.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Sweet-Lou Fusco – sang “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson

– Original Michael Jackson Music Video

America’s Got Talent – Week 7
Aired on July 29, 2008, 1 hour. Auditions from Myspace.

Acts that were eliminated include:

* Michael Trixx – rock and roll magician performed to “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'” by Judas Priest.

– Live Judas Priest version

NBC Renews America’s Got Talent for Another Season

Songs from America’s Got Talent Semifinals – Part 2

Music from America’s Got Talent Semi Finals – Part 1

Music from America’s Got Talent Las Vegas Callbacks

America’s Got Talent Music – Week 1 to Week 7

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