PureAGT Season 8, Live Show #4 – SPOILERS!!! Who Made it Through to the Next Round?
I’m starting to feel like a broken record, but I’ll say it once more for good measure: THERE ARE WAYYYY TOO MANY SINGERS IN THE SEMIFINALS ALREADY!!! Oh, and the judges as a unit are total wusses when it comes to the judges’ choice vote – may as well get rid of that, too, and just let America pick it, since that’s the way it’s panning out more often than not.
…that said, I’m happy to say I actually got my top 3 predictions right, because Cami Bradley, Jimmy Rose, and Timber Brown made it through to the semifinals, with Taylor Williamson beating out Chloe Channell for the last spot in the judges’ choice (and yes, the judges were split 2-2, and they threw it to America’s vote…AGAIN).
Notably absent? Aerial Ice…who I thought stood a pretty good chance of making it through. Kind of shocked that they couldn’t even manage to break the top 5. Pleasantly surprised that Taylor pulled out 4th place in the votes – maybe his brand of humor does read better than I initially thought 🙂
Even though they haven’t announced it, I’m fairly sure there’s still going to be a wild card show – if they’re following the same format as last year and do a top 6 in the finals, then they have room for 2 semifinal rounds of 12 finalists…after the last regular quarterfinal next week, we’ll only have 20 finalists, so there must be a wild card week where we pick up 4 more. Then again, I could be totally wrong. What do you guys think, about both tonight’s results and the prospect of a wild card round?
I definitely agree that this year is VERY singer-heavy. Usually, I HATE the singers and wish that the show would spotlight more variety acts. And sadly, America usually opts for the singers (5 out of 7 seasons – sigh…), even when they’re not that great (ahem, Kevin Skinner and Michael Grimm).
Even when the show has great variety acts (Fighting Gravity, for example), the singers still dominate.
That being said, the singers this year are MUCH better than most of the variety acts, and it’s hard to root against them. Cami Bradley knocked it out of the park last night, Forte continuously excels… Sadly, a lot of the acts perpetually stink, so it’s not making it hard for the singers to advance.
I am happy with the results, although I would rather have Aerial Ice go through
I`m disapointed 3 Penny Chorus and Orchestra didn`t advance, but I knew the odds were slim of them making it through to the next round. I prefer Chloe over Taylor Williamson. I`m very happy Timber Brown made it through.I prefer Aerial Ice over Jimmy Rose.
I haven`t heard any news about the wildcard round. If there is a wildcard round, I hope 3 Penny Chorus and Orchestra, Chloe Channell , Aerial Ice and Mitzi Dance School are among those chosen.
@Patrick – Oh I absolutely agree that Cami & Forte deserved to advance – however, I’m left feeling a bit “Errr…really, America?” about the rest of them. Marty Brown absolutely should not have advanced, Branden James is not nearly as good as they are hyping, and I think Jonathan Allen pales in comparison to Forte. Anna Christine pales in comparison to Cami. And I still don’t find AMSC to be a particularly strong choir. I can tolerate Jimmy Rose, but I don’t see myself tossing any votes his way. Of the 16 semifinalists we’ve accumulated thus far, 8 are singers. EIGHT. And I’m willing to bet we pick up at least one more next week, and possibly more in the wild card round. May as well change the name of the show to “America’s Got Singers…and Some Other Talent, But Mostly Singers.”
2 things stood out to me last night. First, the Backstreet Boys are WAAAAAAY past their prime. When a boy band looses it’s teenage girl fandom, it’s best to drop the mic and walk away. The other thing is that I’m sick of Heidi’s mom act. Everything with a kid in it is automatically better, and the danger acts and comedians aren’t “kid friendly” so she votes against them. It’s been going on for a bit now, but obviously last night it really showed. Aso, of Taylor pulled his joke about Heidi being a hypocrite by saying his comedy wasn’t kid friendly and then doing bikini commercials during last nights act, I would’ve voted for him in a heartbeat.
Thank you Matt! My wife and I can’t stand when Heidi pulls her “this is a family show” act…yet she eye humps every guy that is built and takes his shirt off or gets up and dry humps Howard to the Booty song. What’s hypocrite in German? I’m also sick of her “not getting it” stuff to. She’s European and she should admit to not getting American humor because of that rather than being against it because she “doesn’t get it.”
Via google translate, the German word is Heuchler. And maybe since she’s foreign she doesn’t get it, but Ameircan comedy will be anywhere between raunchy and M rated by trade. It’s just natural that the jokes won’t be suitable to take a child to. Nobody in America would take their kid to a Kevin Hart show, for example, because the comedy isn’t appropriate for anybody under 13 at least. But it’s funny.
Agree about too many singers, though I think the talent is better this year. I could do with only Forte in the finals out of all classical singers and only Cami from others.
Would love to see Aerial Ice and Mitzi’s dancing school back.
Ditto about Heidi – Germans aren’t really known for their sense of humor in general.