Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25433488-20180815023849

So if you were in the chat during the live show, people found out that We Three's performance was uploaded to YouTube about an hour before it actually aired on TV, which instantly sent up red flags for a lot of people. And no, it was NOT a video of a dress rehearsal like some people thought. The audience was in the video, the judges were in the video, and I followed along with the video while We Three's segment was on air; everything was the exact same. There is no doubt that the performance was recorded beforehand. The fact that it was uploaded early was probably an oversight on behalf of one of AGT's social media people. Someone in the comments pointed to "the site", which is where production documents from the show are uploaded (I have no idea how this website was found, but I'm assuming it's used by the production staff and they just assumed that no one would find it, so they didn't bother to hide it behind a password or anything). If you look at the section for We Three, it says "PRE-TAPED" on the right side. In addition, it shows that Angel City Chorale's performance was pre-taped as well. (Btw, I didn't find any of this myself. The YouTube commenter pointed these things out). Either way, this means that this wasn't an accident and that the producers knew what they were doing.

That said, I have no idea why these acts were taped beforehand, but there was no mention of them being pre-taped during the show. This looks incredibly suspicious on the part of AGT's producers.

I honestly have no idea why this is the case, but what do you think? Why are these acts being taped beforehand, yet the show acts like they're being broadcast live? 