Board Thread:Fantasy Seasons/@comment-33005189-20180720172505/@comment-34031341-20180726031319

So it's pretty clear at this rate we're gonna have to cut a lot of acts before Judge Cuts. I'm just gonna throw a few names out there just to start some discussion on who we should cut, and this is based on how necessary they are to attributing variety / potential / overall quality.

Definitely Cut Before JC:

-Angelica Hale, good singer, but we have so many not only we've said Yes to but also so many we have to get to. She kinda got through the first time on good will anyway, and there's better child singers later on.

-Sara & Hero, I like Sara & Hero, but we have A LOT of animal acts this year, with Savitsky Cats already in the live shows, and Olate Dogs being 10 times better.

Consider to Cut Before JC:

-Darcy Oake, like singers we have a lot of magicians to get through and frankly he doesn't compare to some of the ones we have. If he takes a spot in JC it'd be almost a waste since there's basically 0 chance of getting through, and it wouldn't really be like variety filler either.

-Grace VanderWaal, Like with Angelica earlier I don't think she even comes close to the other singers we have. The only thing going for her, imo, is the fact that she writes original songs.

-Feng E, Super underwhelming compared to the instrumentalists we have coming up, I still have no clue how he made it through in the first place.

-Stellenbosch University Choir, I like these guys a lot, but we do have two choirs coming up. I'm not sure if they necessarily need another chance in JC, but I would like to give them one. That's why I'm putting them in consider.

But yeah, I do think that Judge Cuts should have some wild, out-there, joke-type acts because I think having 20 completely competent acts competing sort of isn't in the spirit of JC, which is why I think Sethward especially should be part of our Judge Cuts.

Again these are just my opinions, but, at this point we do have to start considering who'd we want / need to see again because the amount of acts we're saying Yes to is insane and it's gonna be a mess just to cut them down to 80 alone.