Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20160905195102/@comment-26288837-20160907113249

I researched the semi-finals for the first 10 seasons of AGT, and discovered that out of 22 nights of semifinal heats, more contestants performing in the second half of the show made it into the finals than those performing in the first half of the show, on 18 of those nights. Therefore, I suggest that acts that perform 6th-11th have a better chance of advancing than those performing 1st-5th. One need look no further than last week, when Sal was the only act from the first half of performers to make it into the finals. It is highly likely that we will see a repeat of that this week, with Jayna being the only first half performer to go forward, while the other 4 will be second half performances. I hope I'm wrong, though.