Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5598112-20190829012320/@comment-33029617-20190904030931

𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 A lot of you are going to think my opinions on this episode are going to be VERY over critical. I slightly agree, but this is by FAR the most important round of the competition. This is the step of the competition where we don't just vote for the seven acts we want to make it through, no. We vote based on which acts we can see headlining Vegas as their on $1,000,000 show. So that's why I'm so critical on this episode, and I'll be just as critical in the next one.

𝑵𝒅𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒖 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒓- The fact that they were in the Middle They were easily one of the best of the night. The vocals were incredible, and they created some GREAT harmonies. The dancing, while very basic, added to their charm. They're just so enjoyable to watch, listen to, and take in. It didn't feel as good as their last performance, but I'll let it slide.

𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔- [𝐗] She really was nervous, but she really doesn't really have a poker-face when it comes to hiding it. The song choice wasn't the best in my opinion, and she kept letting the background track overpower her vocals, which leads to many mistakes (from messing up words to sounding off at points). You can't afford to be the  cute generic child singer who could on the same episode a two other singers who wrote original songs, and giving a performance like that, I really think that she shouldn't make it through.

𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒊 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔- The strength required to do all of these stunts is unimaginable. I thought it was really funny when Sean wanted to go up and join, but was shown back to his seat as the brothers balanced Julianne. While the first trick was kind of unremarkable, the last few were really good (the last one being one of the best balancing tricks of seen, while the one where the accident occured being as nail-biting as hell.)

𝑻𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒓-𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒂- This kid is great and all for his age. I respect him for his story, and for allowing cancer survivors to join him in his act, but this wasn't really a $1,000,000 act for me. Some parts didn't quite sound right, and the background music was really overwhelming his guitar. He just doesn't have as good of a stage prescence as Brian King Joseph, who was much better in almost every way. I know it's wrong to judge someone based off of a previous act's talent, but if BKJ wasn't a million dollar act, then thisI think that if he moves forward, he should really try to lower the background music so that way it isn't so overwhelming and doesn't smother his guitar playing.

𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒈 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏- [𝐗] This guy is a little ray of sunshine to me. That's why I'm so disappointed that he didn't really step it up. I understood a lot of the impressions, but they just weren't as funny as they usually are. I only really laughed at the copyright joke, but it just felt like a cluttered mess of impressions to me, which isn't enough to advance in my opinion.Sure, the voices were more on point, but I don't see this as a $1,000,000 act. I love this guy to pieces, but this just doesn't scream Vegas to me too much. There's only so far you can go with impressions, and I think he should've incooporated some stand-up into his act so that way we got a break from impressions.

𝑲𝒐𝒅𝒊 𝑳𝒆𝒆- I mean, what can I really say? He can transform a song into his own in a good way. He completely owned the stage, and he sang wonderfully. I'm not as wowed as I was with his audition, but I'm still pretty sure he'll pull through, especially based on how loudly the crowd cheered for him.

𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔- [𝐗] This just wasn't a good set of jokes for me. I tried to laugh at some of them, but I just couldn't. Her last joke was the best one by far, but if I were judging a comedy act and I didn't laugh at a single joke, I'd buzz. Comedy is very difficult to perform because you don't know whether the audience will enjoy your jokes or not, but this just didn't work for me.

𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒚- Just like Greg Morton, I love this guy to pieces. However, I thought that Robert Finley actually delivered this time. This song will never top his Judge Cuts or Auditions, but it's still pretty damn good. He can sell his songwriting with a pretty good singing voice, some decent guitar playing to go along with the backing band, and most importantly, a lovable personality. It's really unfortunate that he might not continue, but it would be amazing if he did.

𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒏- [𝐗] I can really appreciate that he took a risk and tried to do something outside of his comfort zone, but this just wasn't it. The music and production along with the unexciting presentation made it feel like something on the History Channel, and not in a good way. There just wasn't enough substance in this act for the magic to save it.

𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔- I was worried that they'd step down yet again, but they actually stepped it up BIG TIME. The dancing wasn't as basic as it was before, and the backgrounds and suits were incredible this time. I really liked the effect during the middle, but I forgot what it was. I disagree with Julianne here, a theme won't spoil an act for me.

𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐 𝑩𝒓𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒕- I mean, I have to respect this kid for writing a pretty decent original song and for singing it well, but it just felt average to me. It could've been a lot more than what it was, and that's what's really bothering me. It's not like it was even bad, it just didn't feel like enough for me. Maybe it was his voice that did it, but it wasn't something that had me and the rest of the room wowing.