Tonight was interesting…started strong, got weak in the middle, then finished amazingly. My thoughts:
Anna & Patryk – It was a very good routine. Their movements are so precise, and it was a great song choice and theme. They should be in the finals.
Christina & Ali – It’s a great story, but I don’t think the singing is good enough. I like them when they sing alone, but not together. It’s probably over for them.
Antonio Restivo – A really nice trick, but I wasn’t really amazed during it. I still really like about him, and I think he could be in the finals.
Future Funk – The cuteness is wearing off, and they tried too much to make a story out of it. The older kid had a nice break dance, but the rest was only ok. They’re probably not going to advance.
Taylor Matthews – I don’t know what to make of him. He’s good, but not the best singer. He should lose the backup singers, his voice gets lost in them. Maybe he could make it to the finals.
Connor Doran – Another nice story, but the act didn’t take it up a notch. He definitely should have stuck to the quieter, more reflective music. I like him, but he’s probably done.
Dan Sperry – Are you serious with that trick? I had a flashback to season 2 with the magician Kevin James. I know that there’s some imagination to magic, but we generally know it’s fake and don’t need an obvious way to see that. At least throw up some fake blood or something to make it more believable. I cannot see him advancing at all.
Kristina Young – What was she thinking? If she had livened the song up and went to a pop version after stepping down from the piano, she might have had a shot. However, she didn’t, and completely blew it.
ArcAttack – I was skeptical that they could make the act better, but they did. I still see them as a long shot to win with some of the other acts still active, but they could be in the finals.
Michael Grimm – I don’t think he’s the best singer, but there’s still something I like about him. He’s probably in the finals.
AscenDance – The same as Connor, they should have stayed with the slower, peaceful music. It was nice, but I don’t think it was enough.
Prince Poppycock – Do I need to say anything? I guess I should. I couldn’t stop laughing during this act. Perfect song choice, perfect concept, it was a perfect act. It is going to be tough to top that in the finals. He’s the only slam dunk to make it through of the night.
I think Prince Poppycock, Anna & Patryk, ArcAttack, and Michael Grimm advance by America’s vote. Antonio Restivo and Taylor Matthews finish 5 and 6, and the judges take Antonio to the finals.
Also, in regards to Dan Sperry and Kristina Young, this is exactly what I don’t like about the YouTube quarterfinals. If you want to use YouTube to find talent, that’s fine, but if they had gone the normal route, they would probably have not made it out of Vegas. There’s two spots that could have gone to acts who would have been better at this stage.
The other reason I don’t like it is because the America’s Vote winner of that is almost guaranteed to be in the finals. I don’t like seeing someone come in more than halfway through the show and just taking over, regardless of how talented the person is. Still, in this case, I don’t think Jackie Evancho will win, because Fighting Gravity and Prince Poppycock are both better.
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Ok, is it just me or is anyone else hip to and/or sick of the fake 2 to 1 vote for the judges picks? It’s always one judge votes for one act, then another votes for the other remaining act and the third judge gives the deciding vote. I believe that in actuality, the 3 of them pick the one act they want to put through but to add phony suspense and also not to hurt the other act’s feelings, they pretend that it is a split vote. I can remember in past shows that Piers picked an act and then the very next judge, whether it be the Hoff or Sharon would also pick the same act and the decision would be made with only 2 judges weighing in. Sometimes they even announced that it was a unanimous decision.
This method of each act getting one judge’s vote and then the last one making the deciding vote is getting old. Nobody will ever convince me that Kite Boy ever had a chance with the judges over the two girls.
It amazed me that Antonia got less votes than Connor though.
Prince Poppycock is the male Lady Gaga? Please, Sharon, don’t insult him like that.
Tonight was interesting…started strong, got weak in the middle, then finished amazingly. My thoughts:
Anna & Patryk – It was a very good routine. Their movements are so precise, and it was a great song choice and theme. They should be in the finals.
Christina & Ali – It’s a great story, but I don’t think the singing is good enough. I like them when they sing alone, but not together. It’s probably over for them.
Antonio Restivo – A really nice trick, but I wasn’t really amazed during it. I still really like about him, and I think he could be in the finals.
Future Funk – The cuteness is wearing off, and they tried too much to make a story out of it. The older kid had a nice break dance, but the rest was only ok. They’re probably not going to advance.
Taylor Matthews – I don’t know what to make of him. He’s good, but not the best singer. He should lose the backup singers, his voice gets lost in them. Maybe he could make it to the finals.
Connor Doran – Another nice story, but the act didn’t take it up a notch. He definitely should have stuck to the quieter, more reflective music. I like him, but he’s probably done.
Dan Sperry – Are you serious with that trick? I had a flashback to season 2 with the magician Kevin James. I know that there’s some imagination to magic, but we generally know it’s fake and don’t need an obvious way to see that. At least throw up some fake blood or something to make it more believable. I cannot see him advancing at all.
Kristina Young – What was she thinking? If she had livened the song up and went to a pop version after stepping down from the piano, she might have had a shot. However, she didn’t, and completely blew it.
ArcAttack – I was skeptical that they could make the act better, but they did. I still see them as a long shot to win with some of the other acts still active, but they could be in the finals.
Michael Grimm – I don’t think he’s the best singer, but there’s still something I like about him. He’s probably in the finals.
AscenDance – The same as Connor, they should have stayed with the slower, peaceful music. It was nice, but I don’t think it was enough.
Prince Poppycock – Do I need to say anything? I guess I should. I couldn’t stop laughing during this act. Perfect song choice, perfect concept, it was a perfect act. It is going to be tough to top that in the finals. He’s the only slam dunk to make it through of the night.
I think Prince Poppycock, Anna & Patryk, ArcAttack, and Michael Grimm advance by America’s vote. Antonio Restivo and Taylor Matthews finish 5 and 6, and the judges take Antonio to the finals.
Also, in regards to Dan Sperry and Kristina Young, this is exactly what I don’t like about the YouTube quarterfinals. If you want to use YouTube to find talent, that’s fine, but if they had gone the normal route, they would probably have not made it out of Vegas. There’s two spots that could have gone to acts who would have been better at this stage.
The other reason I don’t like it is because the America’s Vote winner of that is almost guaranteed to be in the finals. I don’t like seeing someone come in more than halfway through the show and just taking over, regardless of how talented the person is. Still, in this case, I don’t think Jackie Evancho will win, because Fighting Gravity and Prince Poppycock are both better.
[…] acts from tonight’s semi final episode, but then I saw that Jason had already done so in the comments of another post. So, I’ll just share his comments for all to see and to comment on. Thanks […]
I just posted this on a different page by mistake, so I’m copying and pasting it here:
Ok, is it just me or is anyone else hip to and/or sick of the fake 2 to 1 vote for the judges picks? It’s always one judge votes for one act, then another votes for the other remaining act and the third judge gives the deciding vote. I believe that in actuality, the 3 of them pick the one act they want to put through but to add phony suspense and also not to hurt the other act’s feelings, they pretend that it is a split vote. I can remember in past shows that Piers picked an act and then the very next judge, whether it be the Hoff or Sharon would also pick the same act and the decision would be made with only 2 judges weighing in. Sometimes they even announced that it was a unanimous decision.
This method of each act getting one judge’s vote and then the last one making the deciding vote is getting old. Nobody will ever convince me that Kite Boy ever had a chance with the judges over the two girls.
It amazed me that Antonia got less votes than Connor though.
Strange and interesting season this year.