Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20170809060154/@comment-25150955-20170830150526

FandumbUs3r wrote: Sorry  TheFoxyRiolu   but your analysis is a mess and nearly gave me a headache. Are you ranking the acts by your preferences or by how America is going to vote? It seems you're trying to do both and it's conflicting. You put Sara and Hero at #7 and don't actually mention any problems. (I think we're looking at the AGT's equivalent of Jules and Matisse.) What you say about Oskar and Gaspar is self contradicting (e.g. calling them boring but want them to go through). If I think something is gorgeous it doesn't put me to sleep. You say you love Mike Yung and then you say he has vocal problems. None of the top comments I see on YouTube are complaining or pointing out his vocal problems (unlike Angelina Green). You say 'when singers take over and everything else puts you to sleep' and later say 'on a night of weak musicians'. Your predictions on who's moving on? I'd agree with that.

And thanks Erik10101 for posting that clip of Mike's singing in the subway. I'm sick of the 'terrible song choice' bullshit I here from others here during the live shows (that means you MegaMan775). Yet, that doesn't explain the 'wrong song choice' bullshit reaction to the Puddles live show fiasco.
 * I write my performance rankings in the dead of night, so my mind is a little more tired than it should be. I tend to overlook some things when I write them (I did that A LOT last year), so I apologize for that!
 * My performance rankings are based on how I personally think the acts did. They don't reflect how I believe America will vote, which is why I put my actual predictions after my rankings. As you can see, Angelina Green is #10 on my performance rankings, but she still lands in the Top 5 of my predictions.
 * Sara and Hero's deal is that they don't really do awful or bad in their performances: their performances, every one of them, are kind of average when it comes to the tricks. What gives them the edge is likability and their ability to tell a story. I still stand by what I said: they stepped it up, and are a serious dark horse to go through to the next round.
 * Oskar and Gaspar's performances are visually enticing, but there's a certain lack of bulk to what they actually do. If there were any kind of major movement involved, than it'd be interesting. It's an amazing gimmick that doesn't take full advantage of said gimmick, and it ends up being boring in substance, even if it is pure eye candy. I want more substance to it: they have the visual part down, now they need to improve the storytelling and movement.
 * Mike Yung is one of my favorite singers in the competition, but by no means is he perfect. I can criticize any act if it's worth pointing out, even if I like the act. That's what basically everyone here is doing to Colin Cloud, right? His performance wasn't perfect, but he's also one of the more popular acts around here.
 * Taking any YouTube comments section seriously is a mistake, because there's never anything worth reading in there, especially for AGT videos. I'm a musician, and I have the ability to pick apart just about anything in a performance. I guess that's what being a singer with perfect pitch does: it gives you the ability to not be a total yes-man to every singer.
 * I say the singers took over because JESUS, there was a lot of music last night. Even if there were weak musicians last night, it felt like the novelty was even weaker, save for Diavolo and Colin Cloud.