Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20180808015300/@comment-32379541-20180815190557

Stuey13 wrote: Hi everyone, I'm from Croatia, completely new here and this is my first post. I didn't actually watch all the AGT auditions as we don't have the show on TV here, so I was just casually checking yt for some of them. Anyway, I knew couple of acts from before and I was very hyped for them, namely:

Shin Lim (2 x fooler on Fool Us, and an extraordinary close-up magician, perhaps my favorite card-magician ever, last year he mentioned he would work hard for AGT so I was waiting anxiously for this year's AGT to see what he prepared)

The Sacred Riana (I watched all of her performances on Asia's Got Talent, I love her and I was really glad to see her win the whole thing; I even saw an interview with her where she broke the character, talked normally and laughed, she is really sweet haha. I love her acts and I want Simon to be her next victim, or Mel B again)

Glennis Grace (I follow Eurovision, and Glennis actually represented The Netherlands in Eurovision in 2005. I am really surprised to see an Eurovision contestant perform in a talent show 13 years later, that's a bit awkward. She has a great voice, nevertheless)

As for Quarterfinal 1, these are my thoughts:

10/10: Courtney, Mochi, Shin Lim (Courtney left me speechless, I loved everything she did, her voice + dancing, I thought it was awesome. Mochi is a terrific act and such a sweet guy, I want him to go as far as possible in this show. Shin actually disappointed me just a little bit, but I know he is saving his best acts for when it matters the most, so I'm not too worried for him)

7/10: Amanda Mena, Flau'jae (Amanda did a nice job and I think she is worthy of a Semi Final, but she needs to step her game up if she wants to go further. Was not wowed. I prefered Flau'jae's Judge Cuts performance to this one, but I see so much passion in her, she's just a great character, and I think there is much more to her than just a sad backstory)

5/10: Junior New System, Lord Nil (JNS were fun, I liked the high heels, but I think they can do better. Lord Nil's type of act is always interesting to watch, but I just don't believe for one second that any of them were in any real danger at any moment. I think it's all a bit forced and just a bad acting, his fiance dropping the pin (or whatever that was), him pressing the red button and most likely grabbing the air at the same time at the top of the box, etc etc... It was a step-up from the last act, I'll give him that. The idea of two people saving each other is nice. Wasn't impressed but wouldn't hate to see him go through and get another shot of dying)

4/10: Angel City Chorale (I have to be honest, I am just genereally not a fan of choires on talent shows... I might come as a terrible person to say that, but it's my honest feeling. There has to be something special and magical about a choire to impress me. This was nice, I liked their performance and I liked their subtle choreography and white colors, but that's about it)

3/10: Human Fountains, We Three, The PAC Dance Team (Human Fountains are someone to leave you speechless. I liked the middle part of their performance very much, when they did not-disguisting stuff and had a clever choreography. But the spitting part and the hot-dog part.... I'm torn between laughing and turning my head away haha. I would be their fan if they cut the spitting part out, but... it's who they are. I would have prefered to see that emo comedian Oliver instead of them getting the Wild Card. We Three are a nice act, but a bit boring for me... I didn't feel like they made any improvement and it's not my type of music. They do have a talent. The PAC Dance Team was just ok, a bit confusing routine. The end of the road for them I'm afraid)

2/10: Vicky Barbolak (Please don't hate me, but I didn't get her. It is for sure a cultural or a language barrier. I didn't understand a single joke and didn't find her funny. I prefered her previous performances. This is weird for me because usually I like stand-up comedians and always want them to go further than singers in talent shows. I guess Vicky is just not my cup of tea. 2/10 because I don't want to give 1/10 to anyone...)

Cheers everyone! I would probably agree with most of your opinions here except I actually laughed more at Vicki's jokes last night than I did in her previous performances (especially her audition) though I wouldn't say I'm a fan of her either. I know this is a random question but out of curiosity since you're from Croatia are you familiar with the animated film Lapitch the Little Shoemaker? I'm just curious how popular/well known it is over there.