Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26835334-20180815181736/@comment-32379541-20180815195654

MegaMan775 wrote: Xtride.bynard wrote: http://www.fusion-arts.com/blog/fire-cyr-wheel-americas-got-talent/ I've seen that article, and I do feel bad for the guy, but it's basically common knowledge that the producers cut acts before the Judge Cuts. It's not even something that the show hides. Think about it; every year, thousands of people audition for AGT, and there are probably at least 200-300 acts that get accepted by the judges every year. In the Judge Cuts, there are only 18-20 acts in every episode, so deductive reasoning dictates that the rest of the acts got cut somewhere in between. I see people try to use that as evidence that the show is rigged all the time, but it's not valid evidence.

However, I DO think that this problem would be nonexistent if the show brought back Vegas Week, where every act had a chance (aside from 2 or 3 that were cut by the judges beforehand). Honestly, I think the only point of Judge Cuts was to bring in celebrity guest judges and attract more viewers to the show. I know this is a bit off-topic but is there any idea as to why the # of judge cuts acts was reduced from 20 to 18?