I skipped the auditions and just started watching with the live shows. (Anything I really need to go back and see? I assume not :) )
Woof, this season is just dire. Both the acts and the overall production values have really declined (and they weren't exactly great the last two years, either). Even ditching the old theme song is a miss (it was no "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" but it's hella better than what they're doing now out of breaks). They've even made me sick of Light Balance.
What the hell was that with Terry and Craig Robinson singing along with a full (and overpowering) vocal track of Vanessa Carlton last week? Like seriously, who greenlit that?
Murmuration was pretty good and clearly the class of the night, but even they feel like a poor man's Mayyas.
Every kid act has been a really tough watch. I felt my soul leave my body during the ventriloquist and magician kids' acts.