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America's Got Talent
Jeffrey Scott:
I admit, I liked Terry also. As for the cute girl syndrome. Odd how mediocre talent, but cute kid = winner more so than mediocre looks, and great talent.
vanillalatte:
--- Quote from: jeffreysg on May 23, 2008, 04:25:33 PM ---Oh yes, the Duttons? Wasn't that their name? I liked them also. The first season I liked Quick Change. They still astound me.
As for the host, I truly liked Regis. I've never been a Springer fan.
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Ah yes, the Duttons! That's it! I really liked them last year. I also enjoyed those guys on the stilts, can't remember their name either but they were fantastic.
Quick Change was great, but I got tired of the same thing every week so I ended up getting bored with them.
And I'm with you on Jerry Springer. I'm so not a fan of his either. Bring back Regis!
smitty37:
The New York Post has the following article up today...sounds like the show is really good this year...
HOW good is the third season of "America's Got Talent?" It is, without Question, the best talent competition show on TV. Period. That's the good news and the bad news for Simon Cowell, who not only created "America's Got Talent" and exec-produces it, but is, of course, a judge on the hugely successful and now-way-too-slick "American Idol," which just had the worst season ever. The difference between this show and "Idol" is that Cowell is smart enough to let the show stand on its own. There are no overproduced, over-coached, half-baked singers who have the formula down pat. Tonight's auditions take place in NYC, Chicago and LA in auditoriums with audiences of 2,000 (real audiences) who cheer, hoot and boo - sometimes dangerously so. This gives the audition episodes an edge that will keep you on edge. And the talent will astound you. Part of the reason for that is because there is no age limit for tryouts, because there is no age limit on talent. There's an 80-year-old retired waitress all the way down to a 4-year-old little girl singer. Among the highlights you must not miss are the young guy who was ridiculed on a regular basis for striving to be the best baton twirler in the world; the young insurance-salesman/opera singer who'll make you cry out loud; two brothers from Queens who do an astounding hip-hop violin performance; and two horrifyingly bad Romanian twins who look like hookers from outerspace who sing and gyrate to a version of (what else?) "New York, New York" that's so off-key you should put your pets outdoors. The judges have also improved dramatically from the first season. Piers Morgan manages the cranky-Brit thing extremely well without stooping to what Simon Cowell did last year, which was to show his contempt for everyone by practically turning his back on the talent and the viewers. Sharon Osbourne comes off better now that she's relaxed and into it and isn't trying to be the star. And then there's "the legend that is David Hasselhoff," or so they tell us in his introduction. The legend that is isn't the brightest bulb and his attempts at humor are so bad it adds even more fun to the show. And finally, there's Jerry Springer as host and stage mother who cries when people do well. "The judges are standing! Standing!" he cries at one point. At least, I think that's what he said. I was crying too hard to hear him. I love this show.
apskip:
The NBA Finals with my beloved Boston Celtics winning the title and the AFI 10 Top 10 movies of all time were what I was watching and taping, so I only caught views of America's got Talent during commercial breaks during the game. What I saw was a really brutal audition audience in Chicago showing not even the slightest tolerance for amateur performances(shame on them!). I also say a brilliant twirling display by a teenage boy. I am now waiting for www.nbc.com to give me that second viewing chance.
apskip:
NBC has made available only a few performance clips from last night, but I can add to my prior commentary with them. The performances of the following are up there with the twirler:
Neil Boyd - singing opera tenor arias better than Paul Potts(winner of Britain's Got Talent)
Derrick Barry - an excellent Brittany Spears impersonator
Kaitlyn Maher - a 4 year old singer who has a fine voice in relation to her age and is very cute and precocious, but who should not win this competition
Nuttin' But Stringz - old time fiddlers aged 21 and 23 playing the violin with an upscale sound
In addition, I got to see a replay of what I saw last night from Chay Vang, a guitarist who got ripped by the audience and judges' reaction. I must admit that he deserved it by making them wait while he set up.
ADDENDUM added after finding a source which listed additional acts. All of these are going to Las Vegas:
David Martin, illusionist
Scott Land, puppeteer
Plastic Muzik, percusssionists
Jasmin, 4 Asian girl singers
Slippery Kittens Burleque
Polina Volchek, gymnast
Sterling Silver, student cloggers
Cadafin Stuart, 15 year old singer
Side Step, dancers
Extreme dancers FX, clogging/tapdance group
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