Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20190829012320/@comment-28819562-20190904024950

My Rankings

11th: Ansley Burns (~) - I'll give her this, to me this was Ansley's best performance to date. I actually liked the song choice. My biggest critique of her thus far has been she has raw talent, but she's been singing terrible cheesy "I'm a cute country girl with an attitude" songs. This one really did showcase her voice well. Did she sing it amazingly, no. Did she do good, I'd actually say yes. Still the weakest of the night, but I'm glad she would (likely) end on a relatively high note. 1 vote. 10th: Greg Morton (~) - So here's my issue with Greg. I think he's a talented impressionist, but I really wish he had some form of narrative mixed with the impressions cuz otherwise it gets very cluttered for me. I have to assume he is going for comedy, and the only time I laughed was at the copywrite joke. 9th: Messoudi Brothers (~) - This was definitely an improvement from their last performance. I have two big issues. I said this before with Matthew's quarterfinal, but the Magic Mike gimmick in acts just completely cheapens performances for me and takes it from a Vegas show to a gimmicky strip club. The more prevailing problem though is they are really good at building suspense, but have very underwhelming pay offs. 3 votes. 8th: Eric Chien (~) - So yeah, this was honestly a bit dissapointing. And I get it, his wheelhouse is close-up magic. I'm not mad he more or less stuck to that, but you need to do something surprising and eye catching and this just wasn't it for me. I will say though, and this may sound rude, but I actually like his performances more when he doesn't talk mainly cuz I feel he's very good at creating atmosphere like that. 4 votes. 7th: Jackie Fabulous (~) - I give her credit, I'm glad she went with a more relatable topic this time. And a lot of her jokes on paper were funny, but she needs to work on nailing her delivery better. The funniest thing she said tonight was the donut's saved my life joke in her opening. 6 votes. 6th: Ndlovu (~) - Another strong and solid performance of theirs, and one that I think could give them a chance at advancing if things go well. It just wasn't my favorite of theirs. 7 votes. 5th: Tyler Butler-Figueroa (~) - Overall this was a solid routine and he's a really strong violinist. But there were some producorial choices that I found questionable. Whether they were made by him or not idk. But my biggest thing was I wish he didn't having the background singing overtop his performance, as it made it that much harder to actually hear his playing. 7 votes. 4th: Light Balance Kids (SO) - Much better. They actually used the lighting to elevate their routine this time. I do see where Julianne is coming from. While I don't think it necissarily detracted from the act, I kinda wish moving forward there's more creativity in the costumes/story lines without relying on brands. 8 votes. 3rd: Robert Finley (SO) - Robert surprised me tonight. Before this he was on the bubble of if I thought he'd go through or not, but I really enjoyed his style and overall performance value. He definitely stepped it up. 9 votes. 2nd: Kodi Lee (SO) - Tonight I'd call his best performance yet. I know some people may say he'll get by based on sympathy votes due to his story. But to me he has the talent to back it up so I ain't mad at it. 10 votes. 1st: Benicio Bryant (SO) - Tonight was Benicio at his finest. This was probably one of my favorite original songs to come out of AGT, and is one I can see myself downloading. He proved me wrong tonight and I'd say earned a spot in the finale. 10 votes.

Top 3: Benicio, Kodi, LBK DS: Tyler JC: Robert (win) v Ndlovu (lose) Bottom 5: Messoudi, Greg, Ansley, Jackie, Eric

Eric could very easily end up in the middle three over Ndlovu. But overall I'd say the only locks are Benicio & Kodi being in the top 3.