I'm going to split tonight's acts into 3 groups. The Good, The Okay, and The Terrible.
THE GOOD
1: Jonatan Riquelme (Danger Act) This was the act I's been waiting
for all season. It was intense, it had me on edge, and I loved every
second of it.
2: Ninna Buri (Contortionist) If this gal asks you if you are a god,
you say "yes." And then watch her perform one of the most gorgeous
contortionist acts you will ever see. She is a living work of art.
THE OKAY
3: Extreme (Dance Group) Performing after the Bad Boys of Ballet
helped this act a lot. It may it so much better than it probably
actually was.
4: Mothmen Dance (Aerial Dance Group)It's a good concept, but they
really didn't take it to the elvels they should have. It all seemed
pretty bland as a whole.
5: Kelli Glover (Singer) She sounded pretty good. But you have to be
a great singer to really stand out on these shows. She isn't great.
6: Emil & Dariel (Cellists) Their rendition of "Can't Get No
Satisfaction" was just, and this is the theme for most of the acts this
season, fine. It was nothing special. Nothing really unique. I've seen
much better covers of rock songs with non-traditional instruments on
YouTube.
7: Jonah Smith: I take notes as I watch and then I type them out
here, I got this guy marked as "Okay" but I'll be damned if I can
remember a thing about him. And I'm typing this just 10 minutes after
finishing the show.
THE BAD
8: Smoothini (Magician) The season's magic acts have been terrible.
Smoothini was supposed to be the saving grace. He wasn't. The tricks
were very good slight of hand tricks, but it's street magic performed on
a stage. It was kind of sad to watch, and having Howie up there made it
worse.
9: Quintavious Jones (Singer) Completely overrated. You could put a
good engine into a car, but it still ain't going anywhere unless it has
wheels. This kid doesn't have the wheels.
10: Once Voice Children's Choir (Choir) This was a mess. The kids
really don't sound that great together and the lead girl's voice just
isn't strong enough.
11: Dom The Bom's Triple Threat (Card Thrower) Another mess. The
only thing this kid's got going for him is, he's a kid. Having watched a
lot of Ricky Jay videos, if this kid was an adult doing all of this, it
wouldn't really be impressive.
12: Bad Boys Of Ballet: This was the most boring act ever presented this season. Terrible.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
America's Got Talent Season 9 Quarter Finals Round 3
Here are tonight's acts from best to worst.
1: Christian Stoinev (Acrobat) I'm more of a cat person, but that dog was pretty damn good. The human is very good as well. Taking the typical balancing act and adding the dog is a recipe for success.
2: Blue Journey (Dance Duo) Another act using background animations to their advantage, they did very well, considering hald of the time they were on the floor. It was a magical thing to watch.
3: Sons of Serendip: (Band) They did a cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and it was a very good cover. I really like the way they arrange the songs.
4: AcroArmy (Acrobats) This was very entertaining. Some dangerous moves and unique positions were displayed. They used "Mind Heist" from the Inception trailer which has been proven scientifically to make anything appear epic when it's being played.
5: Kiernan & Finian Makepeace (Band of Brothers) They did a cover of Ellie Goulding's "Lights." I actually enjoyed this cover. They did something different with it and it worked.
6: Cornell Bhangra (Dance Group) I'm surprised that I actually liked this more than I thought I would. I don't think I could stand too much of it, but it was enjoyable for the small time they were performing.
7: Dragon House "The Agents" (Dance Group) This seemed like the typical slow motion/contortionist dance moves we've seen numerous times on this show. There was no real flow to their performance tonight, it was just there but not really doing anything.
8: Anna Clendening (Singer) Did a cover of Christina Perri's "Human." Because of course she would. I don't buy this chick's deal at all.I felt nothing at all while hearing this.
9: Adrian Romof (Pianist) He can play the piano really well. Whoopty do. Fine, he's 9, a child prodigy, and blah blah blah. It's more fun watching Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia play Heart and Soul on a walking piano than watching this kid play anything.
10: Mike Super (Magician) The "Desmond" act is tiring. The tricks are mundane at best.
11: Paul Ieti (Singer) This was ho hum. I don't like his voice at all.
12: Wendy Liebman (Comedian) Yesterday, the laughter died. Wendy did nothing to resurrect it.
1: Christian Stoinev (Acrobat) I'm more of a cat person, but that dog was pretty damn good. The human is very good as well. Taking the typical balancing act and adding the dog is a recipe for success.
2: Blue Journey (Dance Duo) Another act using background animations to their advantage, they did very well, considering hald of the time they were on the floor. It was a magical thing to watch.
3: Sons of Serendip: (Band) They did a cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and it was a very good cover. I really like the way they arrange the songs.
4: AcroArmy (Acrobats) This was very entertaining. Some dangerous moves and unique positions were displayed. They used "Mind Heist" from the Inception trailer which has been proven scientifically to make anything appear epic when it's being played.
5: Kiernan & Finian Makepeace (Band of Brothers) They did a cover of Ellie Goulding's "Lights." I actually enjoyed this cover. They did something different with it and it worked.
6: Cornell Bhangra (Dance Group) I'm surprised that I actually liked this more than I thought I would. I don't think I could stand too much of it, but it was enjoyable for the small time they were performing.
7: Dragon House "The Agents" (Dance Group) This seemed like the typical slow motion/contortionist dance moves we've seen numerous times on this show. There was no real flow to their performance tonight, it was just there but not really doing anything.
8: Anna Clendening (Singer) Did a cover of Christina Perri's "Human." Because of course she would. I don't buy this chick's deal at all.I felt nothing at all while hearing this.
9: Adrian Romof (Pianist) He can play the piano really well. Whoopty do. Fine, he's 9, a child prodigy, and blah blah blah. It's more fun watching Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia play Heart and Soul on a walking piano than watching this kid play anything.
10: Mike Super (Magician) The "Desmond" act is tiring. The tricks are mundane at best.
11: Paul Ieti (Singer) This was ho hum. I don't like his voice at all.
12: Wendy Liebman (Comedian) Yesterday, the laughter died. Wendy did nothing to resurrect it.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
America's Got Talent Season 9 Quarter Finals Round 2
Oooh boy, this was a bad night. Let's get this over with. Order of acts are listed from Best to Worst.
1: Aerial Animation (Aerial Acrobat) The only act of the night that had some imagination behind it. She could be this year's Kenichi.
2: Andrey Moraru (Hand Balance) He is very good at twisting his body around and doing incredible poses and moves, but I feel if he made the act a little more dangerous, he would really up the ante of entertainment.
3: Darik Santos (Comedian) The judges are spot on with Emo Philips comparisons. This guy seems like he could be Emo's son. But he's not at the talent level that Emo was on his bad days. Darik's jokes are very much styled like Emo's, but Emo's do a lot better job of going to places you don't expect. That being said, Darik did make me laugh a few times during his act.
4: Loop Rawlins (Cowboy) Tonight seemed more of the same, despite the ring of fire, which really didn't do anything. He's very good at twirling the rope around, but he needs to step his game up.
5: Mat Franco (Magician) He's got one thing going for him, he's no where near as bad as David and Leeman. However, his trick wasn't very good tonight. It was obvious Howie was in on the act. Sad.
6: Acte II (Opera Duet) They were the most solid of the singers tonight, but it was a weird opera rendition of "I Will Always Love You." They made it this far in the list just by not sucking as much as the others.
7: Hart Dance Team (Dance Group) They had an interesting gimmick, but they didn't do much with it. It quickly devolved into a typical dance group routine, and we got to much of those as it is.
8: Jacob Curlee (Singer) I was to busy getting over my nausea from hearing about his foster home story again to really listen to him sing. From what I did hear, it sounded mediocre at best.
9: Mara Justine (Singer) When she gets into her lower register, she really sucks. When she gets higher and at her normal range, she only sounds slightly sucky.
10: John & Andrew (Dancers) They move really well together. I don't care that it's two guys dancing, but when two people are dancing, they should be doing something inventive. I saw none of that.
11: Livy, Matt, & Sammy (Band) They did a horrible rendition of Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls." It was an indie band cover and it was as bland as you would expect it to be. This sucked hard.
12: Juan Carlos (Stupid Waste of Time) This was a stupid waste of time.
1: Aerial Animation (Aerial Acrobat) The only act of the night that had some imagination behind it. She could be this year's Kenichi.
2: Andrey Moraru (Hand Balance) He is very good at twisting his body around and doing incredible poses and moves, but I feel if he made the act a little more dangerous, he would really up the ante of entertainment.
3: Darik Santos (Comedian) The judges are spot on with Emo Philips comparisons. This guy seems like he could be Emo's son. But he's not at the talent level that Emo was on his bad days. Darik's jokes are very much styled like Emo's, but Emo's do a lot better job of going to places you don't expect. That being said, Darik did make me laugh a few times during his act.
4: Loop Rawlins (Cowboy) Tonight seemed more of the same, despite the ring of fire, which really didn't do anything. He's very good at twirling the rope around, but he needs to step his game up.
5: Mat Franco (Magician) He's got one thing going for him, he's no where near as bad as David and Leeman. However, his trick wasn't very good tonight. It was obvious Howie was in on the act. Sad.
6: Acte II (Opera Duet) They were the most solid of the singers tonight, but it was a weird opera rendition of "I Will Always Love You." They made it this far in the list just by not sucking as much as the others.
7: Hart Dance Team (Dance Group) They had an interesting gimmick, but they didn't do much with it. It quickly devolved into a typical dance group routine, and we got to much of those as it is.
8: Jacob Curlee (Singer) I was to busy getting over my nausea from hearing about his foster home story again to really listen to him sing. From what I did hear, it sounded mediocre at best.
9: Mara Justine (Singer) When she gets into her lower register, she really sucks. When she gets higher and at her normal range, she only sounds slightly sucky.
10: John & Andrew (Dancers) They move really well together. I don't care that it's two guys dancing, but when two people are dancing, they should be doing something inventive. I saw none of that.
11: Livy, Matt, & Sammy (Band) They did a horrible rendition of Queen's "Fat Bottomed Girls." It was an indie band cover and it was as bland as you would expect it to be. This sucked hard.
12: Juan Carlos (Stupid Waste of Time) This was a stupid waste of time.
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