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America’s Got Talent Top 10 Announced

Don’t keep reading if you don’t want to know the details of the top 10, because they are listed below. I’ll look for a video so you can see all the reactions on video, but here’s the results from the America’s Got Talent Top 10.

The following are the first 5 members of the America’s Got Talent top 10:
Neal Boyd
Queen Emily
Paul Salos
The Wright Kids
Jessica Price
The following 5 AGT Top 20 were sent home:
Daniel Jens
Extreme Dance FX
The Cadence
James Gang
Zooperstars

The following are the fiinal 5 members of the America’s Got Talent top 10:
Eli Mattson
Nuttin’ But Stringz
Donald Braswell
Joseph Hall
Kaitlyn Maher
The following 5 AGT Top 20 were sent home:
Jonathan Burkin
Sarah Lenore
The Tapping Dads
SickStep
The Taubl Family

I’ll be posting a poll for you to vote on which of the America’s Got Talent Top 10 should win America’s Got Talent Season 3. Yes, I’m completely biased. I’m so glad that Jessica Price is in the top 10. Thank you Piers!!

September 11, 2008 I Written By

America’s Got Talent Top 10 Prediction

UPDATE: America’s Got Talent Top 10 Announced – Great work! Readers of Pure America’s Got Talent predicted 9/10 correct. Jonathan Burkin is the big loser since we predicted he’d make it and didn’t.

In the AGT Top 10 poll I posted yesterday, I’ve received over 3000 votes. Thanks for all those that participated.

The following are the number of votes each America’s Got Talent Top 20 contestants got on the Pure America’s Got Talent Top 10 poll.

America’s Got Talent Predictions for Part 1 of AGT Semifinals
Neal Boyd received 301 votes
Queen Emily received 287 votes
Paul Salos received 184 votes
The Wright Kids received 164 votes
Jessica Price received 154 votes
Extreme Dance FX received 127 votes
The Cadence received 127 votes
Daniel Jens received 87 votes
James Gang received 51 votes
Zooperstars received 28 votes

America’s Got Talent Predictions for Part 2 of AGT Semifinals
Eli Mattson received 360 votes
Nuttin’ But Stringz received 319 votes
Donald Braswell received 250 votes
Jonathan Burkin received 163 votes
Kaitlyn Maher received 156 votes
Sarah Lenore received 124 votes
Joseph Hall received 117 votes
The Tapping Dads received 78 votes
SickStep received 57 votes
The Taubl Family received 54 votes

If you live on the East Coast, you can already verify how good this site’s readers are at predicting the America’s Got Talent Top 10. If you’re on the West Coast like myself, then you’ll have to wait another 17 minutes. I’ll update this once I’ve seen the results.

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America’s Got Talent Poll Predicting the AGT Top 10

UPDATE: America’s Got Talent Top 10 Announced – Great work! Readers of Pure America’s Got Talent predicted 9/10 correct. Jonathan Burkin is the big loser since we predicted he’d make it and didn’t.

Tomorrow night America’s Got Talent will announce the top 10 performers and the 10 performers going home. I figured why wait for tomorrow. Vote in the following 2 polls to see who readers of Pure America’s Got Talent think we’ll be making it to the top 10.

10 Performers from the first night of America’s Got Talent

10 Performers from the second night of America’s Got Talent

I did this as 2 polls, because they said that it will be the top 5 from each night. Also, I want to thank all those of you who voted in the previous America’s Got Talent poll.

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Final America’s Got Talent Top 20 Music

The Taubl Family sang the song “When You Believe” from Disney’s The Prince of Egypt
Mariah Carey - #1's - When You Believe (From "The Prince of Egypt")
Jonathan Burkin Performed to “Pinball Wizard” by The Who
The Who - Tommy - Pinball Wizard
Sarah Lenore Sang “Bleeding Love” by Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Single - Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis - Spirit (Deluxe Version) - Bleeding Love – Original Music Video
SickStep danced to Michael Jackson’s “Blame It On The Boogie”
The Jacksons - Essential Michael Jackson - Blame It On the Boogie
Joseph Hall Sang “Suspicious Minds” by Elvis
Elvis Presley - Elvis #1 Singles - Suspicious Minds
Kaitlyn Maher Sang “Beauty and the Beast” from the movie Beauty and the Beast
Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson - Beauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Beauty and the Beast – Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson
Angela Lansbury - Beauty and the Beast (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Beauty and the Beast – Angela Lansbury
Donald Braswell II Sang “The Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera
Original London Cast - The Phantom of the Opera - The Music of the Night – Original London Cast
Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of the Opera (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - The Music of the Night – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Tapping Dads tap danced to Sing Sing Sing
Chris Tomlin - Hello Love - Sing, Sing, Sing
Eli Mattson Sang “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
If I Ain't Got You – Original music video
Nuttin’ But Stringz

**I’m still looking for a few of the songs. If you know what they were, let me know and I’ll update the post. I’ll also keep looking and add them when I find them.

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America’s Got Talent Top 20 Videos

I previously posted the videos from the first 10 of America’s Got Talent top 20. Here’s the rest of the videos of the America’s Got Talent Top 20 performances: The Taubl Family, Jonathan Burkin, Sarah Lenore, SickStep, Joseph Hall, Kaitlyn Maher, Donald Braswell, The Tapping Dads, Eli Mattson, and Nuttin’ But Stringz.


**Click on the arrows on the sides to skip through the various videos.

I’ll be posting a video of Terry Fator‘s performance on AGT top 20 soon. Also, check out music from Terry Fator’s CD.

September 10, 2008 I Written By

Vote for The Final 5 Acts of the America’s Got Talent Top 20

I’m sure many of you have been frantically voting for your favorites from tonight’s America’s Got Talent. The problem is that you don’t get to find out the results of your votes until next week.

So, vote in the following poll for which acts will be the final 5 acts to make it to the America’s Got Talent top 20 (vote for your favorite 5)

Feel free to leave a comment below on who received your votes and who are your favorites.

September 4, 2008 I Written By

Next 5 Members In the America’s Got Talent Top 20

Tonight, they announced the next 5 to make it to the America’s Got Talent top 20 (currently only 15 members). I previously posted the videos from AGT Semis part 3 and all the music from AGT semis part 3. Take a look at those to see their full performances. Below you’ll find my personal thoughts about each AGT act.

The 5 members that made it into the top 20 are the following:
Sarah Lenore – Fabulous talent with a huge voice. I have no idea why they gave her the dress she did, because it did nothing but bad for her. However, I still have a little boy crush on Jessica Price. I’m not sure America will vote for both of them.
The Taubl Family – I wasn’t so impressed with them before, but their semifinal performance really was a breathe of fresh air and I could honestly almost see their act as one fit for Vegas. Too bad it’s just almost. I’m not sure they’ll go past the top 20.
Jonathan Burkin – Good old Baton Boy. I wanted to hate him at the beginning of the show when he first performed. He impressed me then, but his act needed some work. His semifinal act was just awesome. It was amazing he never dropped it. I still prefer fire knife dancers to Jonathan Burkin, but he has definitely surprised me with what he’s done.
Joseph Hall – I was so glad that he stayed. I usually hate Elvis impersonators. Maybe because there are so many of them here in Las Vegas. I’m not sure Joseph can really be super successful as Elvis in Las Vegas, but the guy definitely has something about him which is fun to watch.
SickStep – I’ll admit that I was hoping that Michael Strelo-smith would make it over SickStep. They weren’t bad, but after watching so much So You Think You Can Dance and America’s Best Dance Crew this summer, SickStep just seems a step below in my book.

The 5 members who got sent home were:
Michael Strelo-Smith – Michael does talk to much, but I would have loved to see him perform some more. I thought his song selection was horrible, so if only for that I’m ok that he’s gone. He should have sung something that featured his voice and he’d probably still be around.
Texas State Strutters – Horrible outfits. I expected much more, but glad their gone because they aren’t even close to the best sports dancers I’ve seen. Trust me, I’m an expert on sports dancers.
Bruce Block – He really disgraced magicians with this performance. Not even close to previous AGT magician standards
Shequida Hall – Shequida’s shocking talent is to sing the male and the female part of the opera. Shequida’s semifinal performance was so weak and annoying that I’m so glad we won’t have to listen to that singing again.
Matthew Piazzi – Some great voices, but the content and singing was off. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Matthew Piazzi again somewhere down the road.

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Music and Performances from America’s Got Talent Semifinals Part 3

Below you’ll find a list of the various performances and music from America’s Got Talent semifinalists participating on September 2, 2008. Here’s a link to find all the AGT Semifinal videos from this batch or feel free to browse through the entire list of AGT music.

Texas State Strutters
General: precision dance team from Texas State University.
Preliminaries, Week 6: Performed to “September” as made famous by Earth, Wind, and Fire Earth, Wind & Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits - September
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed to “Boogie Wonderland” Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits - Boogie Wonderland

Michael Strelo-Smith
General: Opera singer who appeared on America’s Got Talent, Season 2, however, was not passed through to the live shows.
Preliminaries, Not Shown: Passed through.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): sang “Somewhere” from the musical West Side Story Jim Bryant & Marni Nixon - West Side Story - Somewhere (Jim Bryant, Marni Nixon)
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “I Am What I Am”.

Bruce Block
General: Magician/general performer. Appeared in the previous season of the show as well.
Preliminaries, Week 5: Brock lay on a bed of nails and held a board on top of himself for his assistant to dance on and sing “Anything Goes” Ras Kass - Soul on Ice - Anything Goes. Hasselhoff then asked to stand on Brock as well, to establish that the bed of nails was indeed real.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): escaped from a straitjacket
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed an act where he transformed a divided pantomime horse into a small living pony.

Shequida Hall
General: Female impersonator and operatic singer. Able to sing both in a very low bass range and a extremely high tenor range, sounding both male and female in a single performance.
Preliminaries, Not Shown: Passed through.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Passed through.
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “I will Survive” Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive: The Anthology - I Will Survive completely in falsetto.

The Taubl Family
General: Family performing group. Singers and miscellaneous instruments
Preliminaries, Week 2: Performed “The Sound of Music” from the musical “The Sound of Music” Angela Cartwright, Bill Lee, Charmian Carr, Debbie Turner, Duane Chase, Heather Menzies, Kym Karath, Nicholas Hammond, Original Soundtrack & The Children and The Captain - The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack) - The Sound of Music
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang and performed to Umbrella by Rihanna Rihanna - Umbrella - Single - Umbrella

Jonathan Burkin
General: Baton twirler
Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Only shown briefly in a montage. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Performed to “I’m Still Standing” Elton John - Elton John: The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 - I'm Still Standing. His performance included large amounts of flames, a sequence with him spinning flaming batons around his neck, and a more traditional juggling sequence with the batons.

Sarah Lenore
General: Singer
Preliminaries, Week 4: Sang “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts - Before He Cheats
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Teardrops On My Guitar” by Taylor Swift Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift - Teardrops on My Guitar
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): “Not Ready To Make Nice” by the Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice - Single - Not Ready to Make Nice

SickStep
General: hip hop dance troop.
Preliminaries, Week 1: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3):

Matthew Piazzi
General: impersonator
Preliminaries, Week 7: Passed through
Las Vegas Callbacks: Performance was not shown. Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Did impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson, Vince Vaughn, and George Clooney.

Joseph Hall
General: “young Elvis” impersonator
Preliminaries, Week 2: Sang “Hound Dog” Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - Hound Dog
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang “Heartbreak Hotel” Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - Heartbreak Hotel
Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Passed through
Semifinals (Part 3): Sang “Jailhouse Rock” Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 Hits - Jailhouse Rock

September 3, 2008 I Written By

America’s Got Talent Videos – Semifinals Part 3 – September 2, 2008

Part 3 of the America’s Got Talent semifinals happened tonight. I’ll talk about the results from part 2 of the semifinals in another post. In this post, you’ll find all the videos from America’s Got Talent semifinals including performances by the Texas State Strutters, Michael Strelo-Smith, Bruce Block, Shequida Hall, The Taubl Family, Jonathan Burkin, Sarah Lenore, SickStep, Matthew Piazzi and Joseph Hall.


**Click on the arrows to skip to the next AGT video.

I’ll be posting my commentary on these acts very soon along with link to the AGT semifinal music.

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America’s Got Talent Top 40 Decided

Someone has compiled a nice short video of America’s Got Talent top 40 results show. It’s in 2 parts and shows almost all of the top 40.

Part 1 – America’s Got Talent Top 40

Part 2 – America’s Got Talent Top 40 (starts with my favorite contestant Jessica Price)

Here’s the list of acts in the top 40. I’m missing a couple of them, but this is what they showed on the results show:
Jonathan Arons, New York, New York (dancing musician)
Indiggo from New York, New York (twin singers)
Nuttin’ But Stringz, Jamaica Queens, New York (musicians)
Kaitlyn Maher, Ashburn, Virginia (four-year-old singer)
Slippery Kittens, Salt Lake City, Utah (burlesque dancers)
Jonathan Burkin, Clyde, Ohio (baton twirler)
Derrick Barry, Modesto, California (Britney Spears impersonator)
Sick Step, Los Angeles/ Orange County, California (dance crew)
Extreme Dance FX, West Covina, California (dance group)
Neal E. Boyd, Silkeston, Missouri (opera singer)
Eli Mattson, Door County, Wisconsin (singer/musician)
The Taubl Family, New Haven, Connecticut (musicians)
D.C. Cowboys Dance Company, Washington, D.C. (dance group)
Joseph Hall, Lincoln, Nebraska (Elvis impersonator)
Beyond Belief Dance Company, Mesquite, Texas (dance troupe)
Paul Salos, Garland, Texas (Frank Sinatra impersonator)
George the Giant, Bakersfield, California (giant/side show performer)
Jessica Price, Freeport, Michigan (singer/musician)
Alex “Elite” Pyles, Galax, Virginia (martial arts)
Sarah Lenore, Plymouth, Michigan (singer/musician)
Flambeaux, New York, New York (fire performance artist)
The James Gang, New York, New York (performance artists)
Texas State Strutters, San Marcos, Texas (dance troupe)
Ronny B, Honolulu, Hawaii (singer/dancer)
Queen Emily, Stockton, California (singer)
The Cadence, Springfield, Missouri (drummers)
The Tapping Dads, Temecula, California (tap dancers)
Shimshi, Las Vegas, Nevada (magician)
Matthew Piazzi, New York, New York (impressionist)
Kazual, Columbus, Georgia (boy band)
Shequida (Gary Hall), New York, New York (operatic drag queen)
The Wright Kids, Rocky Mount, Virginia (family band)
Michael Strelo-Smith, Castro Valley, California (opera singer)
Spc. Daniel Jens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (singer/musician)
Bruce Block, St. Joseph, Michigan (performance artist)
Dorae Saunders, Columbia, South Carolina (Tina Turner impersonator)
Bryan Cheatham, Dallas, Texas (singer)
ZOOperstars, Louisville, Kentucky (acrobatic dance troupe)
Dallas Desperados Dancers, Dallas, Texas (cheerleading squad)

Now we’ll just have to wait until after the Olympics to see them.

August 8, 2008 I Written By