We started the top 40 countdown in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 11 with a combination of the pointless elimination of 25 people the minute they stepped off the plane, followed by some people going through to Hollywood, many of whom were rushed right past. Tonight we round out Vegas with the rest of the top 40.
Paradizo have the judges asking: where do they go next? Hoff’s overacting makes it obvious. They’re going through to the next round.
Bollywood group Ishaara and hip hop group FootworkKINGz go next, and both groups advance.
Piano player Jeffrey Ou and singer/harpist Rashida Jolley are up next. One will go through, and one will go home. Rashida has been eliminated. I wonder what would have happened if she just sang or just played the harp instead of both. Jeffrey will be going to Hollywood. He is sad to see his new friend go home.
The alien strongmen have been eliminated. Corey, the brother from the brother/sister act quit, and they tell Kara that she’s not strong enough without him. If you ask me, she carried the duo.
Eleisha Miller had a lot of personality, but her singing just didn’t cut it. Regardless, she is going through to the next round.
Chainsaw jugglers Mario & Jenny, hoping to get through with the freak vote, are advancing to the next round.
Marcus Terrell was given the opportunity to drop his Serenades, but he declined that. The girls are pulling him down, so it’s a no. If he’s not willing to drop them, they are willing to back out. With that offer, Marcus agrees. He is through to the next round.
U4RIA, Breaksk8, and Destined 2 Be are back after having prepared for their dance off. Great, I just realized U4RIA is spelled even more stupidly than the other two. Lay off the text messaging. At least one act will be eliminated. After the dancing, there’s one that the judges really want to put through. The group that goes through is Breaksk8, certainly one of the more unique dance groups.
Voices of Glory are next. They are going to Hollywood by a unanimous decision. Opera singer Barbara Padilla also advances. Both dog acts go through. Charles DeWayne Dorsey, Jr. joins them. The EriAm Sisters and Anthony & Matt do as well. Grandma Lee jokes her way through.
Will Alizma advance despite their lacking singing skills? Their violin playing and looks are enough to get them through to the next round. Now if only they would stop finishing each others’ sentences. They’re so much closer now, as if that’s possible.
Mia Boostrom was eliminated last year in Vegas week. Kelli Glover was eliminated from season 1 of American Idol in the semifinals. Which will face the same fate again? Kelli. Begging and having a breakdown won’t help. Mia, however, has made it this time.
Now that that’s over, we have the complete top 40:
AcroDunk
African High Flyers
Alizma
Anthony Morigerato & Matt Lucas
Arcadian Broad
Barbara Padilla
Breaksk8
Bri
Carol Loo
Charles DeWayne Dorsey, Jr.
Chris Allison
David Johnson
Drew Thomas
Eleisha Miller
EriAm Sisters
Erik & Rickie
The Fab Five
FootworKINGz
G Force
Grandma Lee
Hairo Torres
Ishaara
Jeffrey Ou
Kevin Skinner
Lawrence Beamen
Manuela Horn
Mario & Jenny
Marcus Terrell
Mia Boostrom
Mosaic
Pam Martin & Viva
Paradizo Dance
Pete Peterkin
Pixie Mystere
Platt Brothers
Recycled Percussion
Rockin Rory
Texan Tenors
Thia Megia
Voices of Glory
Not to leave it at that, though, Simon Cowell gives them a call at the end of the episode. He’s just had a look at the choices, and he has a very serious problem. Lame fake out?
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 13, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.