Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20160825030830/@comment-25581497-20160825201437

In response to some guys' obnoxious opinions, I want to provide some statistics to make sense of what happened in the results last night:

Julia Scotti (eliminated): 2750 likes, 621 dislikes

Malevo (Dunkin Save): 3499 likes, 156 dislikes

Blake Vogt (advnaced): 4712 likes, 702 dislikes

Kadan Bart Rockett (advanced): 5821 likes, 564 dislikes

So it looks like Kadan outperformed Blake (this round) in spite of what some of you say. Still, Blake had a much stronger positive reaction in the Judge Cuts than Kadan. Malevo doesn't have enough Americans voting for them. Julia's routine didn't resonate with enough people.

Predictions for Semi-final 1 (in no particular order):

Top 3: Grace VanderWaal, Jon Dorenbos, Tape Face

Middle 3: Laura Bretan, Blake Vogt, Sal Valenetti

Bottom 5: Deadly Games, Edgar, Lori, Musicality, the wildcard

I am the least certain about Sal being in the Middle 3. Can he pull off a Samantha Johnson and end up in the Dunkin Save position twice? Edgar has done no wrong in their performances, may the family can make the middle 3? I am confident that Grace and Jon will advance and do what they do best. Tape Face and Blake need to do better than in their quarterfinals. Laura is more compelling than Arielle Baril than last season so she will probably make it. Musicallity, Lori, and Deadly Games were (I believe) the acts that received fewer votes from their quarterfinals round (5th, 6th, 7th place).