Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33005189-20180723205618/@comment-33005189-20180726101322

ThThis judge cuts actually had a lot of variety progress, so when looking to see how they do, well, it's gonna be interesting.

Let's start with the Golden Buzzer, Angel City Chorale, the choir. While choirs don't typically do well, these guys will more than likely find themselves in the semi-finals. Probably a better chance than Voices of Hope, but I can definitely see both of them losing in the semi-finals.

Vicki Barblovak is a really tricky one to call. Comedy, being completely subjective, means that while I'm not necessarily her biggest fan, she definitely has plenty of fans. However, if we look back at Season 11, Julia Scotti had quite a lot going for her (sob story, good jokes) but then found herself eliminated in the bottom 4 of her Quarterfinal. Could Vicki do that? Sure. But I think that even if she does, the judges will possibly pick her as the wildcard, so I'm gonna see the Semi-Finals is where she'll probably finish. To be honest, I could see in the Top 10 if her fanbase ends up being big enough. If I had to guess though, I'd say she's gonna be eliminated either in the Quarterfinal Bottom 4, or Semi-Finals Judges Choice. The reason these two guesses are radically different is purely due to it depends on a) her jokes in the live shows and b) her fanbase size.

Joesph O'Brien, The Future Kingz, and Hans don't require three different paragraphs. They're all Quarterfinal fodder, with Joesph being the only one out of the three I can see sneaking into the 6th-8th bracket, but I really doubt it.

Shin Lim is easy. America would be really stupid if he didn't make it to the Finals. I'm expecting him to be in the Top 3, and he's my prediction for the winner, but it's too early to call.

As for the other magician, Rob Lake, how he does purely depends on what night he is on. I think he should able to easily get through to the semi-finals, even if put with Shin. But the semis? Same night as Shin, and he's done for, maybe being able to sneak into the 4th-6th, but that'd require a big performance. A different night though? That's where things get more interesting. Dunkin' Save would be my bet, with maybe just scraping into the Top 3. So, if same semi as Shin, then eliminated then, but if on a different night, Dunkin' Save.