Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1650307-20150918183434/@comment-25581497-20150919032041

I'd rather have Simon Cowell at the judging panel than Piers Morgan. Howie Mandel can stay. Female judges? Eh, I don't know. How about just 3 judges.

I like the Golden Buzzer idea. I think the host should be allowed to use the Golden Buzzer too like Ant & Dec have done it on Britain's Got Talent. That way 3 judges hit the Golden Buzzer then the host can use it too.

For the Vegas Round/Judgment Week/Judges Cut round, keep it like Season 10 where there is an audience and the judges can use their buzzers. Allow more acts to pass into the live shows. I like the idea of Top 48 than Top 20 or Top 36 or Top 60. All acts that make it to the live shows should have had their auditions aired on TV and no mysterious wild card acts.

For the live shows format, Season 9 had a reasonable format. Top 48 -> Top 24 -> Top 12 -> Top 6. 20 acts make it to the semi-finals from public vote and Judges' Choice. 4 wildcard acts are chosen by the viewers via online poll, not the judges.

I liked the Snapple Save / Dunkin' Save feature. It brought more suspense and kept the result shows interesting. I'd keep it.

For which acts I'd allow in the live shows: 8 singing acts at max, 8 dancing acts at max, 8 comedic acts at max. The rest of the acts have to be all sorts of variety. No outdoor acts, people won't vote for them.

Those are my ideas for changes. I doubt these changes will take affect, only in my dreams.