Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25433488-20160916020640

Hey all, it's Geometry Dash MegaMan from the comments section of every AGT video (this is a very old wiki account :P)

So...in the last 2 seasons, there have only been 3 quarterfinals and no Top 12. I guess this is because of the new Judge Cuts rounds, but I think this is stupid because it just gives less acts a chance to advance in the competition (especially when the judges constantly complain about having to send people home). So, I came up with an idea for a new setup for the next season:

CURRENT SETUP

Judge Cuts: 80 acts, 4 episodes (20 acts per episode), 7 go through each episode (4 Golden Buzzers)

Quarterfinals: 36 acts, 3 performance episodes (12 acts per episode), 6 go through each episode

Semifinals: 22 acts, 2 performance episodes (11 acts per episode), 5 go through each episode

Finals: 10 acts, 1 wins

MY SETUP

Judge Cuts

So, there are 80 acts that make it to the Judge Cuts after they pass their Auditions. But why only 80? There were a lot of great acts *COUGH COUGH* ELEVENPLAY *COUGH* that never showed up in the Judge Cuts. So, I think they should change 80 to 100, and have 25 acts perform on each of the 4 episodes instead of 20. That way, 20 more acts will get a chance to go further!

In addition, only 7 acts move on out of 20. I think there should be 9 acts out of 25 going through on each episode, or 36 acts total. It doesn't sound like a lot, but think about it: there were 5 Golden Buzzer and 3 Wild Card acts in Season 11. If you add those to the 36 acts that would already go through, that would be 44 acts total! Which brings me to:

Quarterfinals

For the last 2 seasons, there have been 3 quarterfinals with 12 acts each. This never made sense to me, because it just made the competition way harder than it already was, especially since the judges eliminated a lot of deserving acts (still mad about RL Bell ;-;). So with my setup, there would be 44 acts in the quarterfinals instead of 36. 44 doesn't divide by 12, so instead of 3 episodes with 12 acts each, there would be 4 episodes with 11 each. More acts competing and more episodes! 6 acts would go through for each episode, which brings us to:

Semifinals

Pretty much the same as normal, except there would be 12 acts instead of 11 (including a Wild Card) on each of the 2 episodes. 6 acts would go through for each episode.

Top 12

I have no idea why AGT got rid of the Top 12. It was a great way to separate the good from the great, the semifinals from the finals. 6 acts would go through.

Finals

In Seasons 8 & 9, contestants had to recreate an act they had already done, along with a new Finale performance. Why can't they bring that back? I thought it was great to see acts take old performances and make them fresh and original (unless they were singers, then it was really boring :P). Anyway, 1 act would win.

MY SETUP: TL;DR VERSION

Judge Cuts:  100  acts, 4 episodes (25 acts per episode), 9 go through each episode (4 Golden Buzzers)

Quarterfinals: 44 acts, 4 performance episodes (11 acts per episode), 6 go through each episode

Semifinals: 24 acts, 2 performance episodes (12 acts per episode), 6 go through each episode

Top 12: 12 acts, 6 go through

Finals: 6 acts, 1 wins

So what do you think of my idea? Do you like it? Do you think AGT should adopt this? Or did I just waste 20 minutes of my life typing this ;A;  