Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32472926-20170816205534/@comment-33045419-20170908163117

Chrisburr wrote: Ben beck wrote: I don't like acts that get through for reasons that have nothing to do with talent.

If the act is talented - even if I don't like it - I can accept them being advanced. But mediocre talents or untalented acts getting through for other reasons, I cannot accept.

For that reason, I did not like Nick giving Dorothy Williams the golden buzzer in 2016.

I disliked Jon Doronbos advancing to the third spot in the finals because of his NFL fame.

This year, the acts I dislike are In the Stairwell (advancing because they are military), Evie Clair (advancing because of her Dad [RIP]); Mirror Image (advancing because the judges had a collective brain seizure); The Singing Trump (advancing because judges...I have no idea why they put that through); Puddles Pity Party (advancing because I suspect the judges just didn't give a damn anymore and had to chose someone).

The only act remaining is Evie Clair and I no longer begrudge her the spot because although I feel Eric should have advanced, I am not such a cold-hearted bastard that I will be sour at a young girl having a moment of glory in the middle of a sea of pain. Last season I did not like Sal Valentinetti period and hated Heidi's constant worship of him, Simon buzzed him in the Quarterfinals, yet he finished 5th, The Dorothy Williams one was a also waste of a golden buzzer alongside Sal! Heidi was very creepy by the Finals; she started coming across as a cougar. Point of order though: Simon did not buzz Sal in the Quarters. Howie said something Simon didn't like and he buzzed that. He even said "that is for you" and pointed at Howie. I agree though that what was essentially a Cruise Ship lounge act finishing in the top five when Tape Face didn't was nonsense.