Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10812216-20180908151649/@comment-26471969-20180912171601

TheSnuggleKinz wrote: Curious Poker Chip wrote: They did not set it up specifically for her to win. Simon Cowell did not invent AGT so that one day some girl named Courtney would win. They are giving her very special treatment though. She went last in the quarterfinals AND semifinals. Even Grace and Darci didn't get that. going to be honest ..................... I think this is the first time any Judge has gone as far as "guaranteeing a win" in the semis, usually they go with "I think you will win it"

not even with Grace Vanderwaal, Fator, Kenichi or Darci Lynne ( or Hale even if she ended up 2nd ) has any judge Guarantee in a semis that an act is the winner.

this season even thought I still think Zurcaroh is the "likely winner" I can't guarantee it as I did correctly after auditions ended with Darci ( I though Hale had a chance but still felt secure Darci will win at the last week and any other year Harvey or Kechi would have had a chance to win it but that year was Darci IMO and 2nd place was Hale ), Vanderwaal ( did not feel nervous when she was with the clayroviants ), Kenichi( the most secure I felt at the final last section ) and I did predict wrong with Emily West ( Franco was a deserving winner but I still feel Emily was the best that year ), Silhouttes ( I love Murphy but still think Silhouttes were better than him ) and Drew Lynch ( but saw Siro-A after auditions as a strong candidate but voters did not like the semis performance which was weaker compared to their other performances and also Zerdin was a strong candidate )

this year I honestly say that there are 5 likely winners ( Glennis, Zurcaroh, Shin, BKJ ( after his semis, before I thought top 10 but not top 5 ) and Courtney ( not so much my opinion but what i expect from voters ) and even thought  Keterer is WONDERFUL ( his emotiona connection projected toward us ) I can see him being somewhere in the top 5 but not the winner ( most likely 3th or 4th, just like I felt with Harvey last year )

I forget why I did not watch the 2012 maybe I did not have cable nor internet at that time?, only saw the finalists acts like weeks if not months after it ended............ Have seen AGT since 2011 ( except 2012 but I did see 1 or 2 of the audition weeks including Olate dogs  )