Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1650307-20150905184947/@comment-1609742-20150911074049

104.9.172.65 wrote:

AGT has become a joke. 4 extremely talented female singers and an amazing dance team....and we get 5 clownshow vaudeville acts? A guy who fakes tricks in his belly? Get real....it's an illusion, a trick. You really think he has little hands in his belly tying knots and locking rings? Gimme a break. Then a slow motion "comedian" that stumbles through the least amount of jokes possible. A dragon suited semi-skilled magician with attitude, and whatever else. Oh, yeah....a guy who falls off his ladder two weeks in a row. Who is going to pay to see ANY of these acts in Vegas or anywhere else? NO ONE! A waste of time this summer. Have to disagree with pretty much this entire paragraph.

"4 extremely talented female singers" - Talented? Absolutely. Extremely talented? No way. Daniella's two live performances were VERY messy especially when she attempted high notes. Alicia's Semi performance was very generic, borderline karaoke. Sharon's rendition of "Imagine" was unremarkable. Samantha's Semi was messy and pitchy. Arielle is probably the most deserving of the female singers, but she never stood a chance popularity-wise, nor is she anything we have not seen on the show before. I would gladly take any non-singer and CraigLewisBand over any of these four singers. None of the solo singers are anywhere near the level Emily West or Cami Bradley were at.

"amazing dance team" - I'm not sure which dance team you're referring to, but Siro-A and Freelusion both do deserve to be there. I would personally switch them for BB and Gary respectively, but I like Gary enough to keep him here.

"A guy who fakes tricks in his belly?" - We all know it's not completely real, but you're missing the point of magic acts. It's about the presentation; he is making us believe he is doing all these locking/cutting tricks in his stomach because it's so hard to figure out what he is actually doing. No magician is really magic; if he/she can trick you into momentarily believing him/her, he/she is doing a great job. You're also neglecting his other skills; blowing bubbles through his mouth and filling a bubble with smoke. He is truly unparalleled in his skillset. We could find dozens of other Alicias or Sharons on The Voice or American Idol every year. Even AGT itself has had plenty of other female opera singers. The Regurgitator is in a class of his own.

"Then a slow motion "comedian" that stumbles through the least amount of jokes possible." - He did speed up his jokes though, and they landed with the judges, audience, and America. I get why he's polarizing, but I personally really like him, though I am surprised he's here.

"A dragon suited semi-skilled magician with attitude" - You have no idea how many fans this guy has, haha. Plus, don't discount his magic. He once sold a trick to David Blaine, plus he almost tricked Penn & Teller in their TV show.

"a guy who falls off his ladder two weeks in a row" - Plus climbed to the top of the free-standing ladder, stood on its endcaps, spun on the ladder while climbing it, etc. He fell, but you can't forget his earlier performances. America didn't just vote for him because he fell; the first half of his performance worked perfectly and he had three stellar performances before. I don't believe for a second any singer on AGT has talent that matches that Uzeyer needs.

"Who is going to pay to see ANY of these acts in Vegas or anywhere else? NO ONE!" - This is actually really (unintentionally) funny. Piff in particular has actually had his own Las Vegas residency and has sold out many shows in the UK.

Really, the acts from the show that actually get Vegas shows (Terry Fator, Mat Franco, JabbawocKEEz, Recycled Percussion, MURRAY, etc.) or other high-profile shows (Fighting Gravity, Team iLuminate, etc.) are the variety "clownshow vaudeville acts." I'd rather see these folks on the only show for them than see someone exactly like Alicia or Samantha on The Voice in a couple of weeks.