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Auditions were held in 8 major U.S. cities: Seattle-Tacoma, Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver, Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles. Host Nick Cannon and judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel return to the show, which begins with the preliminary rounds tonight and will be on all summer on NBC from 8pm to 10pm Tuesdays. When the live shows begin, there will be an additional night added for a results show.

Prophet:
That's interesting...they are keeping all the same judges and the same host as last season.


I also like that they are bringing back the feature which allows anyone to submit auditions via Youtube. It adds a great element and was validated by the fact that last season's runner up was from that category.

I will probably keep up with this season at least. The auditions and early stages are more interesting for me though. Especially since all five winners are singers :P
All of the more unique acts don't seem to have a chance.

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"all five winners are singers"??

It will be news to Terry Fator that he is classified as a singer (which is his secondary performance attribute) rather than as a ventriloquist.

Unique acts always have a chance because the judges love them and push them ahead even if the viewing public does prefer singers. See the next post for my notes on Team iLuminate, which is so unique and interesting that without seeing any acts from the other 6 audition sites I predict that it will be in the finale several months ahead.

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I have decided to only report the acts that are going through to the Las Vegas Round rather than reviewing those not going through as well, although I will report things of particular interest from the latter.

Los Angeles Auditions
Frank - juggled 3 fire torches while making being on a high unicycle appear to be harder than it really is for him; he also had Howie Mandel help him, which Howie regretted after the fire torches came dangerously close to him.

Ryan Andreas - keyboard/singer

Louie - magician

Body Poets - 8  guys doing acrobatics with one doing break dance

Brandon - displays of upper body strength to wrap/unwrap vertical silk cords

Olivia Bellefontaine - a burlesque routine

Deborah and parrot Danny - together 21 years, he has some interesting speech

Frank Miles - juggled 3 500,000 volt stun guns when standing in water


ATLANTA AUDITIONS

Miami All-Stars - 12 male and 12 female dancers doing high-energy moves; teenagers except for founding couple

Scott Alexander - magician

Preston Weber - 12 year old fire eater and juggler

Yellow Designs Stunt Team - using short bicycles and a ramp to do up to a 360 degree loop/180 degree turnaround; this was very impressive

The Sh'? Boys - age 5, 6 and 7 singers and dancers who are quite charming

Team iLuminate - a fantastic group similar to the "in black with fluorescent dots on their uniforms" finalists Fighting Gravity from AGT5; they had a computer specialist who had programmed routines involving lights on their all-black costumes to give exceptional entertainment. Piers called it "the single most exciting act he had ever seen on all seasons of America's Got Talent." It will be interesting to see what variety they can put into their act so that it is not basically a repeat of what they have already done.


There were 2 performers who fell off the stage, one getting hurt, one not and both not going to Las Vegas for low talent reasons. Also, one group convinced Nick Cannon to get the orchestra to replay "Hot! Hot! Hot!" so they could restart their dance after being buzzed off. The result was no different, a quick 3 Xs.


3 acts stood out as ones who should definitely make the top 20 or top 10. Team iLuminate is definitely the front-runner until I see something better. Miami All-Stars energy and synchronization makes them an excellent dance act. In liked the Yellow Designs Stunt Team, but question what they will be able to do for multiple encores.

franxaverian:
I see some great acts last night and I would say, 2 hours of AGT is always better than 1 hour of Glee. I love the parrot!! It's really funny watching 'him'.  :snicker:

I see Brandon similar to Michael and Ashleigh with their air-dance act last season..

My 3 act would be(in no order):
1. Scott Alexander
2. Team iLuminate
3. Miami All Stars

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