It's crunch time. Unfortunately, my VCR taped the wrong channel last night, so I have had ot rely on NBC performance clips until the Full Episode is up sometime today. Here is my analysis of the 12 performances:
David Garibaldi and his CMYK's - a very first-class act A+
Lightwire Theater - not as good as prior performance, but good enough to get the nod A
Olate Dogs - total entertainment A
David Hockenberry - I have to admit that I don't like his style of music B+
All That - they rose to the occasional with a high-energy performance B+
All Wheel Sports - it was good despite a major obvious fall on a trick B+
Clint Carvalho and his Parrots - this was a totally new show, very entertaining A
Jacob Williams - lame material; he's definitely gone B-
Shaunice and Maurice Hayes - too much average singing, not enough of the dancing they are particularly good at B
Sebastien - he had major trouble staying on pitch throughout his song; his voice is too immature for prime time B
Magic of Puck - a very routine magic act, but why couldn't he have gone for something more interesting? B
Untouchables - a high-energy performance above what I expected from them B+
The top acts (as also underscored by NBC's placement of them on the
www.nbc.com/agt website) are David Garibaldi and Olate Dogs. For the third spot, it is a battle between Lightwire Theater, Clint Carvalho and David Hockenberry. I think the novelty of Clint's parrot will prevail.