Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1650307-20200102005018/@comment-40010956-20200129145119

Gleekygal2010 wrote: The semifinal has a good variety of acts: 2 stand-up comedians (Ryan and JJ), 2 magicians (Dania and Marc), 3 acrobatic acts (Duo Destiny, Duo Transcend and Sandou Trio), a dog act (Alexa), a singer (Marcelito), a contortionist (Strauss), a musician (Tyler) and a novelty act (Hans).

Also interesting to note that 3 of the 4 GBs in the preliminaries went to dance groups, Angelina was the only solo act to get one Let's compare that to the results of last season's preliminaries.

6 singers (Angelica, Brian, Cristina, Kechi, Paul, Susan;) 1 stand-up comedian (Preacher;) 1 magician (Shin;) 1 danger act (Deadly Games;) and 1 artist (Kseniya.) Add the wild cards, and we have 1 more magician (Jon,) and 1 ventriloquist, (Darci.)

Also, regarding what Got Talent each act represents, out of the 12 finalists, 4 were foreign acts (Cristina, Kseniya, Paul, and Susan;) and the rest were AGT alumni. This season, out of the 16 semi-finalists, 9 are foreign acts, (Alexa, Angelina, Boogie Storm, Dania, Duo Destiny, J.J., Marc, Marcelito, and Strauss,) compared to 7 AGT alumni; so the foreign Got Talent alumni currently outnumbers the AGT alumni.

Yes, if there is one thing about this season's preliminaries results that I appreciate more than last season's, they are more nationally diverse, just like a talent competition that features "the best of the best from around the world" should be.