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TheFoxyRiolu's Week 3 Quarterfinals Performance Rankings When the singers take over and everything else puts you to sleep.

12. Junior and Emily Alabi I'm sure this kind of dancing is difficult, but I'm getting bored of it. So, so bored. He just kinda spun her around a few times, that's about it. It's getting repetitive and I can't find myself being captivated by it.

11. Oscar Hernandez I mean, I still don't think he should've made it to the live shows in the first place, but I didn't expect much else from his performance. It wasn't bad enough to be buzzed, but it wasn't nearly good enough as a whole to make it through. Still, he kept me miles more entertained than the dancing siblings ever will.

10. Angelina Green Dare I criticize the Golden Buzzer? Her story resonates with me a little bit, but her vocals are in a whole other dimension. When she belts, her full voice is amazing. But, for every good moment, there was another moment where her vocals fell flat. She's far from a bad singer, but she's inconsistent. But what do I care, she's going through no matter what anyways.

9. DaNell Daymon & Greater Works Look, I'd be hard-pressed to fall in love with a choir after The 100 Voices of Gospel, but they didn't really put on an amazing performance. Sure, it's energetic and entertaining as far as show openers go, but the soloists had issues and it wasn't as good as their audition/judge cuts performance.

8. Final Draft I still think they were a shitty wild card pick and that they have no chance to move on, but I won't lie, I did like their performance. It was a brilliant rendition of a song that I usually hate, albeit unspectacular up until the final third of the performance.

7. Sara and Hero Honestly, I wasn't a huge fan of them in the Judge Cuts, but they certainly stepped it up this time. I didn't watch her opening clip, so the addition of a second pupper came a surprise, but I was more focused on how the act itself grew. As in, it took a step up, at least, which can only mean they aren't entirely screwed. With Pompeyo Family Dogs out of the running, who knows? Will Sara and Hero be the first animal act in the semifinals since the dog act that won it all?

6. Oskar and Gaspar Snooooore. I'm sorry, their act is absolutely gorgeous and I'd love them to go through based purely on originality and visual pleasure, but good GOD that was boring. There was more movement and storytelling here, so they're on the right track, but, if America chooses to bring them back, they need to step it up even more. First by ensuring the voters don't fall asleep first. I disagree with the notion that it doesn't require any talent, however.

5. Mike Yung Look, I love this guy, I really do. His raw, raspy voice is one of the most genuine things on this show. Unfortunately, there are about half a dozen little bugs that he needs to iron out if he wants to get any farther. Be it lyrical flubs, falling flat on notes, too much vibrato, et cetera. Still, I love him to pieces, and he deserves to go through.

4. Colin Cloud For such a cool trick, that trick moved at the pace of molasses. It was overcomplicated and slow, but I'll be damned if it wasn't a great trick, though he needs some work in showmanship and generally capturing the audience like past mentalists.

3. Chase Goehring Okay, okay, Chase, you got me. It took me long enough, but I think I get it now. He's a strange Ed Sheeran/Jason Mraz hybrid that somehow gets me bopping my head against my will. I enjoyed this FAR more than his first two performances, and I think I "get it" a little more.

2. Kechi It was just about as spectacular and moving as I expected it to be, which, to be fair, is INCREDIBLY spectacular and moving. On a night of weak musicians, she was someone I could actually look forward to, and she delivered.

1. Diavolo Jesus Christmas, this act couldn't come any sooner in a night full of non-stop music and novelty acts that tuned the audience out. Though it wasn't exactly their most technically proficient performance, they still manage to perform acrobatic stunts in a highly creative manner, while also keeping the audience on the edge of their seat. Hands-down best act of the night.

tonight was, as expected, a horrible night for talent: it was a drag with very little standing-out until the final 3 acts of the night came out and made me happy to actually watch the show.

Kechi, Chase, and Diavolo are the locks here, since they were the acts that actually made the night watchable at the very least, while Oscar, the dancing siblings, and the expendable Final Draft are goners. The other six acts are a TOTAL wild card, considering basically all of them are interchangeable and had their own problems. I had high expectations for Angelina and Colin, but was a tad disappointed by the outcome, while the dog act and Oskar & Gaspar were less unmemorable than I anticipated, so who knows?

I predict:
 * Kechi
 * Chase Goehring
 * Diavolo
 * Angelina Green
 * Colin Cloud
 * Mike Yung
 * Sara and Hero