Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26983547-20190527152245/@comment-33029617-20190607031224

Time for me to spend time typing up my questionable thoughts on the acts. Yes, many walls of text, but that's because I had a lot to say about many of the acts. Nobody is actually going to read them, but might as well put my opinions out there :/

Jonathan Burns - Personally, I believe this should've been the first act of the season. Think about it, imagine what people would think after they haven't seen the AGT stage for months and then when they finally do, an act like this takes the stage. Kind of a missed opportunity. Anyways, this act was definitely a weird act, but it was hilarious. No idea what he'll do next, but it'll probably be even better. A nonsense act, but a good nonsense act at that.

Benicio Bryant - He has a nice voice, and he sang a difficult song, so that's quite respectable. It's hard to tell if he'll be the next Jeffrey Li though.

Emerald Belles - Unlike a lot of people, I actually enjoyed this act a lot. They didn't lie when they said that they'd be performing a high kicks routine, as their kicks were pretty damn high. I counted at least 70 different people (I might not be a good counter though) and all of them were in pretty good sync most of the time. They created some great illusions, but they might get a little more boring as the competition goes on. Also, a couple of parts were a little messy in terms of sync, like when they turn after leaning when they first form the lines. Also, the leg hold at the beginning looked a little strained. That's not something you want to see in a dance routine.

Messoudi Brothers - Wow, now that's what I call a balancing act. Very interesting to watch, but they will probably be cut in JC due to not elevating their performance.

Bir Khalsa Group - Since we are watching the show a while after this episode was recorded, the novelty of the danger kind of wears off as we know that if something had truly gone wrong, it'd be editted or something. These types of acts are a lot better when being viewed live, but whatever. Very enjoyable danger act. Can't wait to see what crazy thing they do next.

Adaline Bates - Another singer, yes, but she had a nice concept when performing the song, and she executed it well. She has a very good male singing voice. Yeah, there are a lot of acts like this that sing both the male and female parts, but most of them are male. She has a great voice, but it's hard to tell how well she'll do :/

Ryan Niemiller - Normally, I'll watch comedians and think "that was funny" while maintaining nothing more than a grin. However, his charisma got the better of me, and I laughed out loud a few times at his joke. His ability to make us laugh with him and not at him is pretty damn good.

Light Balance Kids - Well, the first thing I can say is that the technology on the suits is pretty good. However, they have a lot to live up to with the name "Light Balance Kids", and unfortunately, they didn't do that in my eyes. They were fine, but I feel like they could've done a lot more effects with the technology like what Light Balance did. Also, since their kids, obviously the dancing won't be as good. Still a good act, just not as good as Light Balance.

Nicholas Wallace - I've never honestly been a fan of acts like these. I'm personally not someone who's very superstitious or somebody into creepy things. His audtition was fine, but something about it felt very phony. Also, he could've done a lot more in his audition.

Joseph Allen - That song was pretty damn good. The lyrics flowed into each other nicely, and the rhymes didn't feel to forced like some other songwriters' do. His voice is also pretty pleasing to the ear. However, I feel as if a Golden Buzzer wasn't really appropriate here. The Golden Buzzer is for the best of the best, and though he was the obvious choice for the Golden Buzzer of the episode, he doesn't really fit the Golden Buzzer quota in my opinion. Still, he's likable, and he'll probably win America over for that.

No act really stood out too much this episode to me. My personal favorite was actually Jonathan Burns, which says something.

'''Also Joseph Allen is better than Grace VanderWaal in almost every way lol. Never was a real fan of hers.'''