Argh. I hate America’s Got Talent so much. The icky cloying sob stories, the stupid novelty acts, the Roman coliseum-like audience reactions. Blech.
I’ve been watching it on and off this all season, but turned my attention to it last night, for the inaugural live show, as the first 12 of the Top 48 performed for viewer votes.
You had: differently-abled young songbirds, hand whistler, air guitarists, cute little hip-hoppers, Kung-fu wanna-bes, un-ironic lounge lizard, Scary dance troupe, Underwater sketch artist, oomph-less tap dancers and unimpressive fire dude.
It thought it was mostly pretty lame, as those of you who follow me on twitter already know.
And, uhm, I got into some trouble last night snarking on two young girls who sang a mediocre version of “God Bless the Broken Road”. Both girls have cystic fibrosis, and it’s the only reason they’re on the show. Honestly, I don’t hate the girls, just the way the show patronizes folks with misfortune. UGH.
Four acts will advance to the next round tomorrow during the live results show, and I expect the last two acts to perform last night, Fighting Gravity and strummer Nathaniel Kenyon to advance.
Fighting Gravity do a blacklight act that’s pretty entertaining. Nathaniel was pretty terrible. There are several White Guys With Guitars competing on AGT this year, and only one of them, Michael Grimm, who we’ll see in a future episode, has any real talent.
By the way, remember Carlos Aponte? He was a controversial cut in Vegas last week. Some of the other “Opera” singers who advanced were ridiculous.
Videos After the JUMP…
Fighting Gravity
Nathaniel Kenyon
