Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1650307-20150903011206/@comment-26956985-20150904050008

I've had suspicions about this show for awhile. I can't determine if the show's producers manipulate the results or if the people voting just make poor choices.

This is an exerpt from the contract all contestants have to sign "If the voting system “fails,” producers get to decide which contestants advance and which ones get sent home. Contestants may not challenge the producers’ decision." I wonder voting system failure actually means...

From another part of the contract - "Once a person is chosen for the show, they are required to allow producers to shape their personal background however they want, even if the stories they present to the public are not true".

As far as the latest semi's, I thought Siro-A was a for-sure winner, along with Samantha Johnson. And to have Benton Blount advance over Arielle Baril is a crime.

It seems they have one hard-luck story each year. This year is its Drew Lynch. Frankly, if he didn't have his affliction, I think he would have been elminated awhile back. Besides, it's getting more and more irritating the way he laughs at his own jokes.

I think it would be a truer contest to not have any background of the contestants. Just judge them on their talent; would eliminate a lot of sympathy votes. After all, its America's Got Talent, not America's Got Sob Stories.

The way I like to judge acts is would I pay money to see them. Of the acts going thru, I'd only pay to see the two magicians.