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America’s Got Talent 5: First Semifinal Group

You are able to choose up to FIVE acts

August 25, 2010 I Written By

America’s Got Talent Semi Final Review

I was going to do a review of the 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 Jason!

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.

John’s Thoughts: I still love Christina and Ali. I can vote for story if I like:-) I think Taylor Matthews also has more of a chance than people are giving him. I also think that Michael Grimm is a sure thing to get through along with Poppycock. Does anyone else want to hear from the other female climber on Acendance? She’s incredibly attractive. Just saying.

August 24, 2010 I Written By

America’s Got Talent 5: The Wildcard Show

The upcoming episode is the WildCard show. Meaning anyone that the judges/producers believe deserve a second chance will get that second chance. In the matter of this season (as far as I know) I mean anyone…

There are a handful of acts that were rejected in Vegas who will get their chance to shine in Hollywood. The majority of the acts are those that had their chance in Hollywood, but in the end were not voted through for one reason or another.

One thing of note is that the only “singer” in the group is the youth rapper. Otherwise most everyone else is a non-vocalist, which is probably a good thing because there are already nine acts that sing that got through.

So providing that there are already 20 semi-finalists, if they choose another four from this crew then that would make it 24 semi-finalists total. That would be 24 acts out of 64 acts that performed in Hollywood as semi-finalists.

So out of all the wild-card acts (there’s no limit to the number of acts you’re looking foward to seeing on stage)…

August 12, 2010 I Written By

America’s Got Talent 5: Las Vegas Auditions Music

Hello all! Here it is the long awaited music from the Las Vegas call backs!

If you do not see a song here that you’re looking for, please let us know and I will do all I can to find it, but no promises, but I promise I will try…

Las Vegas Callbacks DAY ONE

Straight to Hollywood – Katy Perry: Waking Up in Vegas Waking

Magicians
Michael Grasso – Telepopmusik: Breathe Breathe
Murray Sawchuck – Pussycat Dolls: When I Grow Up When
Chipps Cooney Intro – Bach: Air on G String Air

Acrobats/Movement Acts
AscenDance Audition – Master of Confusion: Dinner
Rudi Macaggi – Bond: Señorita Señorita

Classical Singers
Prince Poppycock – Giuseppe Verdi: La donna è mobile (from the opera Rigolleto) La
Hannibal Means – Luciano Pavarotti: Caruso Caruso
Carlos Aponte – Man of La Mancha: Impossible Dream The

Dance Acts
Hot Shot Tap Dancers Audition – The Ting Tings: Shut Up and Let Me Go Shut
Studio One Young Beast Society – Group 1 Crew: Transcend
Lindsey Sterling – Black Eyed Peas: Pump It
Style Pros Crew – Black Eyed Peas: Rockin to the Beat Rockin
Wreckless – Kesha: Blah Blah Blah Blah

Female Singers
Mama T – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels: Devil with the Blue Dress Devil
Alice Tan Ripley – Tina Turner: Proud Mary Proud
April Lane – Whitney Houston: I Have Nothing I
Debra Romer – Jewel: Foolish Games Foolish

Youth Acts
Common ft. Pharrell – Universal Mind Control Universal
Lil Chris – The Temptations: Stand By Me Darling,
Connor Doran – Alexandra Burke: Hallelujah (?) Hallelujah

Novelty Acts
Intro – Entrance of the Gladiators
Sally Cohn – Judy Garland: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Somewhere
Close – Frank Sinatra: Young at Heart Young

Male Singers
Paul Safy Jr – Ray Charles: Georgia Georgia
Keith Urban: Stupid Boy Stupid
Taylor Matthews – Smokey Robinson: The Tracks of My Tears The
Michael Grimm – Otis Redding: Try A Little Tenderness Try

Results
Rob Dougan: Clubbed to Death (Matrix OST) Clubbed
Leona Lewis: Run Run

Las Vegas Callbacks DAY TWO

Danger Acts
Nick Pike Audition Flashback
– Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling I

Jeremy Vanschoonhoven
– Audition Flashback – Kevin Rudolf: Let It Rock Let
– Audition – Taio Cruz: Break Your Heart Break

Dance Groups
RNG Audition – Black Eyed Peas: Imma Be Imma

Musical Groups
Auditions
– The Temptations: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg Ain't
– Rascal Flatts: What Hurts the Most What
– Muse: Feeling Good Feeling

New Directions Audition – The Temptations: The Way You Do the Things You Do The

Cristina & Ali
Audition Flashback – Miley Cyrus: The Climb The
Audition – Carrie Underwood: Temporary Home Temporary

Novelty Acts – Quincy Jones: Soul Bossa Nova Soul

Bands
Strange Familiar
Audition Flashback – Pretenders: I’ll Stand By You I'll
Audition – Joe Cocker: Have a Little Faith Have

Harmonik
Audition Flashback – Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah Hallelujah
Audition – Josh Groban: You Raise Me Up You

Auditions
Johnny Cash: You’re My Baby You're
Katrina & The Waves: Walking On Sunshine Walking

Airpocalypse Audition
– Carmina Burana: O Fortuna Carmina
– Ram Jam: Black Betty from 1977 Black

Male Singers
Auditions
– Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody Unchained

Justin Hopkins – Peter Gabriel: In Your Eyes
Cody Joe Tillman – Dirty Vegas: Days Go By (Acoustic) Days
Luigi Seno – Amos Lee: Sweet Pea Sweet
Nathaniel Kenyon – Rob Thomas: Someday Someday

Close – Coldplay: Fix You Coldplay

Las Vegas Results – Leona Lewis: Footprints in the Sand Footprints

July 17, 2010 I Written By

America’s Got Talent 5: Portland Auditions Day One

Portland auditions… this is new, isn’t it? It was an interesting show overall… I did notice that one of the acts that passed through to Vegas actually auditioned in Chicago (I would know, I was there)… so knowing that kind of makes me wonder how much editing is there over all?

Just some food for thoughts.

As always the acts below are the ones that passed on to Vegas with any links that I was able to find right off the bat. If you have any information to add to the below feel free to either leave a comment or contact us.

Portland Auditions Day One:

Jeremy Vanschoonhoven – Cyclist Stunt Man

Bhangra Empire – Indian Cultural Dance Group
Facebook Page
Twitter
YouTube Channel
LinkedIn

The Strange Familiar – Singing/Musical Duo
Facebook Page
MySpace Page
YouTube Channel

Northwest Dance & Acro – Dance Group
Facebook Page

Airpocalypse – Air Band
Blogger
Facebook Page

Iron Horse – Country Band
PureAGT’s Page: This group actually auditioned in Chicago, so go to the PureAGT post for information about this group.

Connor Doran – Indoor Kite Flier

William Scott Anderson – Magician

Sally Cohn – Hand Whistler
Sally’s Book on Amazon: A Handwhistler: Memories of Creativity and Activism

June 22, 2010 I Written By