Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33045419-20170918154735

A lot of people complain about there being too many singers on AGT and given the crop this season, they are right. My opinion of this year's singing talent is that it has been mediocre at best, down right awful at worst.



For me, I rate singers based on a simple metric: if I were in a lounge, with an interesting person whose company I was enjoying, eating some delicious appetizer with a glass of something good, would I interrupt my conversation to listen to the singer on the stage?



This season, none of the singers; not the ones voted off or the ones remaining have reached that level. Darci I would watch, but only because of the ventriloquism, so that doesn’t count. If Darci was just singing, her song choices would leave me cold and uninterested.



Of course, it doesn't help that last season saw numerous singers who were outstanding and memorable. I still prefer Brian Justin Crumb's rendition of Creep over all others. Grace Vanderwaal has enjoyed amazing success and growing fame. I liked all of her songs last year and bought her EP when it came out. I liked Sal Valentinetti, Linkin Bridge, and Laura Breton, for different reasons and still occasionally listen to them on YouTube.

It is unlikely that we would get two year's in a row of such appeal. But even taking this into consideration, the talent this year seems below par when just considering the singing alone.

How about you? Do you agree this season's singers leave something to be desired or do (did) any of the singers this season rock your world? Would you buy any of the performers album's or download their music?

  