Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25150955-20180613205702/@comment-34031341-20180623023745

The-Cipher-King-2002 wrote: Seasickspinach wrote: I'm not surprised a dance troupe never won. In fact barely any of them make it past the first round of live competition. A group act has never won AGT because the public votes, whether or not they realize it, based on someone that they relate to. If there's a group of people in an act then it's harder for the viewer to relate to anyone in the group. I think that's partially why Diversity on BGT was so successful because the act was essentially "Ashley Banjo with his dancers." This is juxtaposed with an act like Just Jerk who were basically a group of nameless, faceless people dancing. They danced really well and deserved to move on, but there wasn't that singular person that the American voters latched onto. Well Diavolo and Light Balance DID come really close last season. Yeah dance groups with a gimmick and acrobatic groups also do really well. Especially acrobatic groups. For some reason those never get views / hype anywhere but the silent majority vote them through all the time. AcroArmy for instance didn't even have their audition aired and they literally got 3rd place. The dance crews I'm talking about are like the hip-hop ones like Da Republik that I can almost guarantee won't make it past QF's (maybe SF's if they're on an easy night).