Alright, people. Tonight was the last quarter-finals round for America's Got Talent. Out of the 48 contestants the judges sent on from Vegas to Hollywood, only sixteen are moving on into the semi-finals. For the past four weeks, the forty-eight contestants were split into four groups of twelve. I didn't see last week's contestants, not that it mattered because none of them mattered to me and I don't even know who went on, but this week's was jam friggin packed.
The first two acts (Da Maniacs and NU Covenant respectively) didn't appeal to me much. Just another dance group and another singing group. Both didn't do that well. Act number three was Anna and Patryk (sick way to spell that, dude). The young dance duo kicked serious butt with a hip hop tap rendition of "Candy Man". Verrrry good.
Act four was also fantastic - Lindsey Stirling. She plays the violin. And hip hop dances. At the same time. Epic? I think so. However, when she dances she tends to lose her beat count on the violin, resulting in a lot of missed notes. But she rocks crazy hard. As much as I'd like to see her again, I'd love to see her improve her act and make a huge comeback.
The fifth act was Doogie Horner. Now I love comedy, but I feel that since comics have their own show Last Comic Standing, I'm not keen about sending him on.
Now, act six. Rudi Macaggi is one of those danger acts, kind of in the realm of sword swallower and fire thrower. Except he does crazy circus/acrobatic stunts like, oh, standing on his head on a tower of wine/glasses like in the pic. Today, he decided to FREAK ME AND EVERYONE ELSE OUT ON PURPOSE by doing a handstand on two vertical concrete blocks over a buzzing saw blade, then pushing over the blocks and driving his head inches above the saw. Everyone thought he fell, everyone tripped out, I cried a little, but it was a brilliant strategic move.
Acts six and seven were singers (Taylor Mathews, who I didn't watch and Mary Ellen, who's kind of a joke of the show). Mathews is probably a hit with the ladies, so I am a bit concerned that he'll go on. Mary Ellen...aye. She's hilarious, but definitely not the winner of this show.
Ah yes; ArcAttack, act number nine. The entire audience had to move outside to a stage built just for their performance since it would've blown every fuse in the studio in Hollywood. With a fascinating rendition of "Iron Man", and a hint of Infamous the video game, ArcAttack utilizes electricity in their performance. They make all of their props, instruments included, to conduct electricity, much like those weird shock globes that change colors.
Ohhhhhhh my favorite performance of the night - act ten. I am erratically in love with Prince Poppycock for two reasons. One, I loooooove his fashion sense. I want his clothes. And wigs. And makeup. Two, his voice is beautiful. I have never loved opera so much. Weirdly enough, I've not exposed myself to much opera outside of the hint of it we get from Phantom of the Opera. If I had this guy's CD, opera would be a new, mostly listened to genre on my iPod.
Act eleven (geez back to back to back here on favorites) was Murray the magician. I couldn't find a good pic of him performing any of his illusions, but tonight's was astounding. In his earlier qualifying round, Murray managed to make a Ferrari appear. Tonight, he made the classic girl in a cage turn into a tiger. Then made the girl reappear twenty or so feet away at the judges' table.
Act twelve was yet another dance act, Strikers All Stars. As you might notice, I don't like dance acts for the same reason I'm not big on comedians or singers in America's Got Talent - dancers have their own show, So You Think You Can Dance(though group acts don't apply there). Singers have the same issue though, since American Idol is also soloists only.
Seven of my ten votes went to Prince Poppycock; the other three went to Rudi Macaggi, since I fear he may have been lost in the insanity of the second half of the talents. This episode is by far the hardest I've had to predict. Out of the four contestants that go on, America's votes pick three, and the judges pick the last. I feel Murray and ArcAttack will certainly go on from votes. I think Rudi will too. Prince Poppycock had better, or I will cry. I'm hoping if America didn't vote for him, then the judges will see he's got the best talent out of the remaining talents.
We'll see tomorroooooow!
What're your talents?
Much Love, God Bless!
EPD
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