Lonesome Rhodes August 14 Share August 14 Now that the Paris Olympics have ended, the show returns to its Pasadena home and also goes LIVE. It's the beginning of the Quarterfinals. Link to comment
ams1001 August 14 Share August 14 I might watch later...I honestly don't know if I care... 2 1 Link to comment
Lonesome Rhodes August 14 Author Share August 14 The excellent quality of the acts this week is vastly superior to the rot we endured prior to the break. At first, I feared this was going to be AGT:AI. Singing and singing and singing. Was Seacrest gonna pop out in a cameo? Ugh. The music was fine. There are other singing shows. AGT is the one outlet for variety. And the variety was astounding tonight. I'm not sure I like the new GB to the Finals. but it was put to good use by Sophia. That acrobat balancing act is great, but there are not a ton of new moves they can add as differentiators. Now, they only have one more routine to create. The dog act really presents a unique skill. Definite Vegas material. Scary girl was well executed. I wouldn't give her a vote tonight, though. The Tina Turner singer was darn good. The Country group was good, but not special. The janitor was aight. It's allllll backstory that keeps him in. He is out of his league. Nice man. The large dance group in blue was in no way up to standard. Howie was right. He finally broke the spell that seemed to be cast - he offered the first bit of negativity. It was remarkable that it took so long. This is gonna be a super tough culling. If there is to be a Wild Card, I'd bet one of them will come from this ep. My bottom two are unquestionably the rapper and the twirler. Darned if I can come up with a solid top 3. Most any combination of the remaining 8 is justified, imo. 1 1 Link to comment
rr2911 August 15 Share August 15 (edited) Does anyone know what was the advantage of receiving a golden buzzer during the "auditions"? Supposedly the GB advanced to the live shows. Guess what? So did the ones that went through the regular way, by receiving at least 3 "yeses"! AGT certainly fumbled on that idea. Anyway, I was shocked that some acts didn't make at least the top 5. Simon's GB band I thought were moving to the semis. The dog act and the country band were good and deserved to advance. Now that dude who sings ballads, I didn't think he would go through. Is it just me or does he always looks miserable. Unhappy. He performances are all dreary. I do like the golden buzzer in the quarterfinals because it basically takes the place of the judges picking the last act to go through the next round like in past seasons. They showed a preview of next week's acts and the only one I liked were the drones. It sure is quiet on this forum now. Only a few of us watching AGT. See you 3 or 4 next week! Edited August 15 by rr2911 3 Link to comment
gaPeach August 15 Share August 15 I thought most of the acts tonight were very good. The twirler guy was not good. Yes, he only dropped the batons, what, 3 times. But if he were an act that people paid to see, dropping the baton would not fly. No Heidi, it did not make it better or special. LOVED the dancing dog act. I hope she goes through. I really thought the balance guys would have gotten some negative feedback so imagine my surprise when they got the golden buzzer. I don't get it. 3 Link to comment
Tango64 August 15 Share August 15 I noticed that the dog had moves where he was facing away from the woman, not looking at her, and then responded to the next cue. That alone is a pretty neat trick for this kind of dog act. The dogs are usually laser focused on the handler the entire time, so having it look away for a time and then stay on track is pretty impressive. 5 1 Link to comment
Lonesome Rhodes August 15 Author Share August 15 4 hours ago, rr2911 said: Does anyone know what was the advantage of receiving a golden buzzer during the "auditions"? Supposedly the GB advanced to the live shows. Absolutely right, if this is all they got. I thought maybe they were advanced to the Semis???? 2 Link to comment
Chalby August 26 Share August 26 On 8/15/2024 at 7:56 AM, rr2911 said: It sure is quiet on this forum now. Only a few of us watching AGT. See you 3 or 4 next week! I agree, it's like it's a cemetery here, with just an occasional visitor. I think the show has "jumped the shark" as evidenced with giving gold buzzers that don't make any act more special, and letting the audience loudly tell us their preferences, when we don't care! Only Howie was fairly upfront. The overall fawning of the judges,was annoying as hell. 2 Link to comment
ams1001 August 28 Share August 28 On 8/26/2024 at 4:20 AM, Chalby said: I agree, it's like it's a cemetery here, with just an occasional visitor. I literally keep forgetting to watch. I come to check out the comments, but I obviously don't have much to add. I see they have episode playlists on their youtube page. I'll go watch some there. I just cannot sit and watch 1-2 hours straight. 2 Link to comment
Chalby August 29 Share August 29 3 hours ago, ams1001 said: I literally keep forgetting to watch. I come to check out the comments, but I obviously don't have much to add. I see they have episode playlists on their youtube page. I'll go watch some there. I just cannot sit and watch 1-2 hours straight. The amount of commercials kills the experience, so I can only watch my recorded shows. 1 Link to comment
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