Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26835334-20180815181736/@comment-10812216-20180815193056

AGT is sort of rigged based on:

1 - Placement of the acts

2 - milking stories, and giving more spotlight time to certain acts

3 - the judges still have overwhelming power in the form of their critique, which heavily influences votes (if simon never buzzed puddles, he may have won.)