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I do think AGT would have two magicians win in a row if they are different enough. Piff's dragon costume is a novelty. I think we can agree that so far, his comedy is his main appeal as opposed to his magic. I'm not sure how AGT would react to two magicians in a row since we are charting new territory after the singer streak.

In terms of magic skill, I wouldn't underestimate Piff. I haven't seen any of his other performances, but he actually once sold a trick to David Blaine. I think he's smart enough to save his best tricks for later. Honestly, i feel like he's already too famous/successful to compete on a show like this.

Dance groups have gotten close quite a few times, so hopefully one actually wins! We haven't even had a group act win since Olate Dogs. I would argue that Freckled Sky had the best audition of the season (it shows on YouTube; most views of any act). It's hard to tell how far they can go because we don't really know what else they have. We will have seen Siro-A 3 times before we see Freckled Sky a second time.

How Benton performs next week will be really telling how far he can go in the competition. I wonder if he can really "step it up" from Judge Cuts.