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America's Got Talent 5
Kacper:
It was a good show yesterday but some acts were just :groan:
BTW apskip great job on what you are doing about the show on this forum :gj: :rodeo :ty :hearts: :hearts: :jumpy: :jumpy: :tup: :keeta:
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AGT5, Semifinals
Last night was the semifinals performances for half (12) the remaining acts. There were a few surprises, all negative, but as Piers put it there were only 2 outstanding performances all evening. Which were they?
Anna and Patryk - they were cute, they danced well (although not the paso doble they promised) and they got the show off ot a good start
Grade B+
Christina and Ali - I have never liked these two and suspect that their audience is all a function of their handicap. They did OK
Grade B
Antonio Restivo - he was accused by Piers of having using a commonplace magicians trick and lots of fire. His response was that the magician's art is in making people believe. He make me beleive he was sawing Nick Cannon's arm in pieces (can you imagine doing that to phobic Howie?)
Grade B+
Michael Grimm - just an average performance
Grade B
Taylor Mathews - he was too ill to rehearse (a blatant ploy for the sympathy vote?) but performed well although nothing special
Grade B
Connor Doran - the kite flyer was told by the judges that he was boring and had nothing new; it's true
Grade C
Dan Sperry - he is the performer the judges love to hate; he was sub-par last night and will pay the price for not having something a state-of-the-art trick
Grade C
Kristina Young - the judges seldom agree on anything, but they did on how awful her song choice was
Grade C-
Future Funk - the last of the kid acts, these genial twerps are brash and can hip hop dance, but their act is just not enough to make it any further in this competition
Grade B-
ArcAttack - the audience had to move outside to a special theater, then back inside for the judges comments; the judges carefully noted that this performance is spectacular in person but the home viewing audience cannot fully appreciate it; it had all the WOW factor Howie stated he wanted to see
Grade A+
AscenDance - they wanted to speed up their act and it will cost them everything. That faster performance to lower grade music lost the poetry of what they had previously accomplished. There was no longer any WOW factor to AscenDance,
Grade B-
Prince Poppycock - he was transcendant in singing nonsense songs with great exuberance and strutting around the stage like only he can do. This performance should easily move him into the finals where he can return to an opera aria
Grade A
The top 5 acts as graded above and those I expect to reach the finals in 2 weeks are:
ArcAttack
Prince Poppycock
Anna and Patryk
Antonio Restivo
it's a pity that one of Christina and Ali, Michael Grimm and Taylor Mathews will be selected for the final spot. None really deserves it.
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Let's start with my summary comment from my analysis of the Tuesday night performance show: "it's a pity that one of Christina and Ali, Michael Grimm and Taylor Mathews will be selected." I still believe I am right on the relative talent of these performers, but the net impact is that better acts will not get their chance at the finals.
The most obvious of those better acts is ArcAttack. They wuz robbed by the home audience, who could not properly appreciate the overwhelming force of what they were witnessing.
Out of the first group of reported results, Dan Sperry, Future Funk and Kristina Young all deserved their fate of being out.
The home audience called it right on Ascendance vs. Anna and Patryk. AscenDance attempted the equivalent of "A Bridge Too Far" in moving beyond normal boundaries of their act. Anna and Patryk were totally solid and had that cuteness factor.
The next group was Prince Poppycock, Michael Grimm and Taylor Mathews. I expected Prince Poppycock and one of the other 2 to make it, but all 3 did.
The final group would be decided by the judges after the lowest vote getter was eliminated. My analysis said Antonio should be the choice for the finals, but he was voted out by the home audience. The judges went for - yuk - Christina and Ali for the fifth slot. So be it. Home audience, you are getting what you deserve.
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Maestro Alexander Bui - boogie woogie version of Flight of the Bumblebee
Grade B-
Jackie Evancho - the prime talent of AGT5; a modern-day 10 year old Judy Garland
Grade - A+
Fighting Gravity - as good as any of the super performances done earlier in AGT5
Grade - A
Murray - make a locomotive vanish on stage
Grade - B
Nathanial Kenyon - why was he here in the first place?; his talent is very limited
Grade - B-
Michael Grasso - the old switcheroo with his assistant; super execution
Grade - A-
Jeremy Vanschoonhoven - he flubbed in the first 15 seconds, then recovered to give a fine performance
Grade - B-
Debra Romer - clearly outclassed and did not belong here
Grade - B-
Studio One Young Beast Society
Grade - B+
Michael Lipari and Ashleigh Dijon - aerialists with a smooth, sexy act
Grade - B
HASPOP - changed his act to fight a projected figure; this did not work
Grade - B
Alice Tan Ridley - super
Grade - A
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AGT5 Semifinals Results Show
If the American public voted the way I graded these acts based on Tuesday night performances, the top 4 slots would go to:
Jackie Evancho
Fighting Gravity
Alie Tan Ridley
Michael Grasso
and the 5th would be decided by the judges to be Studio One Young Beast Society.
4 out of 5 isn't bad. The actual vote allowed Jeremy van Schoonhoven to make one of the top 4 places. That pushed Alice Tan Ridley into a runoff for 5yh, which the judges decided 2 to 0 for Studio One.
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