Last night was busier than most as far as actual talent, as America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 7 brought us Tallan Latz, the Platt brothers, and the Spiritual Harmonizers.

Chris Kegley (aka Keg, the Lone Ranger of rock) plans to be like the great rockers of Seattle. Well, his hairstyle is lost in the 80s anyway. I… don’t get it. Why did he only get one X? Piers says he’s the Lone Ranger of rock because nobody wants to play with him. Nobody actually wants to see a one man rock band either.

Kari Callin has been singing for 40 years. Because of the way she looks, nobody believes she’s a singer, but she wants to prove it for herself. She sings Somewhere from West Side Story, and she has potential. Sharon got goose bumps. Piers thinks she has an amazing voice.

A group of students named Reality have that creepy happy song playing in the background, but that’s usually a good sign. They sing Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat from Guys and Dolls. They actually seem talented, but that arrangement just didn’t work. Sharon wants them to go to a retirement home with their routine.

Destined 2 Be are dancers from Indiana. Hoff thought the choreography was terrific. Sharon thinks they have great heart and a great future.

Rashida Jolley sings and plays harp, which she learned from her late father. She performs Killing Me Softly by Lauryn Hill. Not sure what potential the instrument choice has, but her voice is great. Although Sharon thinks she’s beautiful, sings beautifully, and plays beautifully, she’s not sure whether it all works together. Piers thought she made the harp quite sexy.

College roommates Matt and Anthony (no group name) formed a song and dance act when they finally started talking to each other a few months after they began rooming together. Matt plays guitar while Anthony tap dances. Individually, this is quite good, but I’m struggling to see how it goes together. Best tap dancing Hoff has ever seen. Piers has never seen anything quite like that before.

Piano player and singer Mia Boostrom was cut in Vegas last year. She sings Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles. Sharon notices the increased confidence and personality. Piers thinks she’s a much better singer now, though he doesn’t know whether she’s good enough to win. Hoff still thinks she’s got a ways to go.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 9, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

Caitlin and Phillip were sent home in So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 15, which brings us down to the top 10.

Now that just 10 are left, the judges are leaving it in America’s hands, except for the fact that the judges’ comments will heavily influence public opinion. America will be voting for individuals, not couples. This week also represents the formation of new partnerships as the old ones are dissolved to be replaced by partnerships formed at the draw from a hat. Debbie Allen joins the judges’ table.

Top 5 Girls
Style: Bollywood
Choreographer: Nakul Dev Mahajan
Song: Dholna from Pyar Ke Geet soundtrack
Nigel: All five girls had everything.
Mary: Bollywow. Anyone could end up in the final based on that.
Debbie: All inhaled the style, culture, and dress. Best top 5 group of ladies ever.

Kayla Rodomski & Evan Kasprzak
Style: Viennese Waltz
Choreographers: Tony Meredith & Melanie Lapatin
Song: Kiss from a Rose by Seal
Nigel: Didn’t see the difference between that and a fast waltz. Danced well, although it could have been a nightmare.
Mary: Painful watching Evan’s turns and leg action. Not good enough. However, his lifts looked effortless, and he pulled off class and elegance. Kayla never disappoints. Taking it to anothe rlevel.
Debbie: You handled your big woman. Kayla’s beautiful and so powerful.

Janette Manrara & Ade Abayomi
Style: Hip Hop
Choreographers: Tabitha & Napoleon Dumo
Routine: The funkmaster has to hypnotize the girl into being funky.
Song: Love Sex Magic by Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake
Nigel: Both danced great. They’ve got the funk.
Mary: That was funky. Sure was a lot of fun. Well synchronized. Just right.
Debbie: Wore me out. Mesmerizing together.

Jeanine Mason & Jason Glover
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Travis Wall (first time choreographing)
Routine: Childhood friends hooking up
Song: If It Kills Me (The Casa Nova Sessions) by Jason Mraz
Nigel: Fabulous choreography bettered by the two people dancing it. Jeanine will carry a lot of hearts tonight. The first time she’s had a partner to keep up with her technically. Both stars tonight.
Mary: You two are stars. Don’t underestimate Jason’s strength and power. On a new level tonight. Jeanine has not missed a step and keeps growing.
Debbie: A magical pairing. It’s all been said.

Randi Evans & Kupono Aweau
Style: Paso Doble
Choreographers: Tony Meredith & Melanie Lapatin
Routine: He’s the matador, and she’s the cape.
Song: Dies Irae by Karl Jenkins
Nigel: Not sure the dancing was as good as the choreography. Kupono did not carry the strength needed. Little chemistry between the couple. Didn’t feel authentic.
Mary: Did not rise to the challenge. Didn’t believe the dancing, the chemistry, or Randi’s wig. Mediocre will not cut it.
Debbie: Needed more time, but you don’t have any more time.

Melissa Sandvig & Brandon Bryant
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Aquarius from Hair by The New Broadway cast
Nigel: Loved the way Melissa’s ballet style was used, as well as Brandon’s gymnastics. Brought back so many memories from a time long ago forgotten.
Mary: Unbelievable. Stars of the show.
Debbie: So amazingly powerful, technical, yet different. Seemless together.

Top 5 Guys
Style: African
Choreographer: Jeffrey Page
Song: Balant Funk by Ayanda Clarke & Shawn Kelly
Nigel: One of the toughest routines ever. Nobody stood out like a sore thumb. All worked hard and did great.
Mary: So much energy and so exciting. Thoroughly entertained.
Debbie: So pure and so authentic. You can’t just get up and do this. You have to train.

Brandon: 1-888-TEMPO-01
Randi: 1-888-TEMPO-02
Kupono: 1-888-TEMPO-03
Melissa: 1-888-TEMPO-04
Evan: 1-888-TEMPO-05
Kayla: 1-888-TEMPO-06
Ade: 1-888-TEMPO-07
Jeanine: 1-888-TEMPO-08
Jason: 1-888-TEMPO-09
Janette: 1-888-TEMPO-10

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 5 Episode 17, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.

It may not have been clear what to expect from the Spiritual Harmonizers initially, until their lead singer started singing. This group of postal workers from Richmond, VA performed It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday by Boyz II Men in their audition round of America’s Got Talent Season 4.

At age 9, Tallan Noble Latz has more talent than most people whose age exceeds single digits. He’s a rocky blues guitar player. Here’s his performance on America’s Got Talent season 4.

The Platt brothers Cy, Cheetah, and Boone perform their variety act on America’s Got Talent. They group grew up on a small town in the middle of nowhere, which gave them a lot of time to kill and perfect their dancing, gymnastics, and acting.

Last week we saw opera singer Barbara Padilla on America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 6. Tonight the audtions continue.

Government contractor Jeffrey Widom is always humming. It appears he’s singing. Okay, so this is apparently a song by Mr. Bean. And I trust this guy with my tax dollars?

Tallan Noble Latz, age 9, is a guitar player. He’s picked up this talent on his own and has been playing for 4 years. If he wins, he’d like to have his mom quit work so he can spend more time with her. Hoff thinks he’s got a major career ahead of him. Piers’ son about the same age can just about play Three Blind Mice on a good day. Sharon says he’s got the soul and the right vibe.

Retired barber Tony Ferrante, 74 has always dreamed of making it on stage. He dances disco. If he were younger, he’d get more buzzers than just Piers, but he’ll get passed through because they’re inspired by someone his age pulling this off. Sharon was very entertained. Piers doesn’t think this is the next great act in America. Hoff felt like dancing. Unsurprisingly, Tony gets two votes, enough to go to Vegas. Then he calls Piers a little bitch.

Kelli Glover auditioned for American Idol Season 1, where America’s vote cut her after she made the top 32. She’s taken a break for 6 years, but I’m assuming she’s going to have a very strong voice, although I can’t say I remember her from before. She sings Beyonce’s Listen. Hoff thinks girls from Jersey rock. Piers is not sure she’s likely to win the show, but she’s good enough to move on to Vegas.

Pop group the Badd Girls say they’re really good girls. Their music has to be a dance track. They want to get the people in the club moving. They’ll be moving alright. Right out the door. Bad vocals, bad dancing, and a lot less hot than they think they are. Hoff found them to be like cats being squeezed.

Cy, Cheetah, and Boone (really?) are the Platt brothers, who grew up without television, which led them to create their talent. They are a variety act trained in dance, gymnastics, and theater. Piers thinks they’ve got all the tools, but now they’ve got to go away and really think about what their next move is when they go to Vegas.

A group of postal workers from Richmond, VA formed a group by accident one day at work. They are the Spiritual Harmonizers, ages 21-76, and they sing Boyz II Men’s It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday. Hoff thought that was awesome. Piers is normally bored by these kinds of acts but really enjoyed the lead singer.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 8, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.

After forming an alliance with Ronnie and the brains in Big Brother 11 Episode 2, Jessie nominated Chima as a pawn to go up against Lydia.

Laura feels like she just dodged a bullet. While she’s trying to be friendly to everybody, she doesn’t have anyone who’s watching her back.

Lydia’s taking her nomination like a big baby, but in her defense, she feels like she’s been nominated because of how she looks. Jeff, Braden, Kevin, and Jordan all immediately come to her aid.

The fact that nobody cares less about Chima being nominated is not lost on her.

Chima and Ronnie are concerned that Jeff may bail on his own team, a very dangerous proposition. Then again, if you turn on your own team, what are they gonna do? They can’t nominate you, and if they vote you out, their numbers go down one.

Although she’s safe, Laura is as upset as if she were nominated. She feels she’s being judged based on her bra size, but if you get implants that big, you’re pretty much looking for people to judge you. Like Lydia, she did it to herself, and just needs to embrace it or at least expect it. Casey doesn’t have sympathy for her. It’s not easy being pretty and popular.

Realizing Jeff will stab them in the back, Russell and Jessie plan to play nice with Laura. She’s with them, or at least that’s what she’ll say. Not like she has a lot of choice, though. She’s not in real good with her clique either.

Braden is entertaining to his fellow houseguests because he’s not playing with a full deck.

Jessie chooses Russell to play in the veto competition.
Chima picks Natalie via houseguest’s choice. So why not someone from her own team?
Lydia picks Jeff.

So it’s basically everybody against Lydia, with the possible exception of Jeff.

When they go into the backyard, there’s a giant face with a bunch of zits. They are expecting a big mess. They’ll need to get to popping. They will have 10 minutes to gather tiles to spell the longest word. I give credit to the sick twisted mind that came up with this competition. It’s certainly unique, whether it’s revolting or not. Lydia plans to spell the biggest word she knows, civilization. Russell doesn’t care. He’s just going for as many letters as possible. Chima hopes to get superficiality, something she’s seen plenty of inside this house. Jeff just hopes not to embarrass himself. His plan is presumably to spell dog. Jessie already has his word picked out and is satisfied with 4 minutes left. Jessie spelled continously, which is a fairly close attempt at spelling. Natalie spelled last. The only thing preventing her from finishing in last in this competition is people not spelling words right. With 4 letters, she is in the lead. Chima’s word is missing letters in the middle because she was unable to find them all. Russell spelled shotgun. With 7 letters, he’s in the lead. Jeff spelled tectronics, an apparently abbreviated version of technotronics. Would have been better off with dog. Lydia spelled something almost resembling civilization, but there were some gaps she was unable to fill. Did she really think she was going to find those letters? Russell has won the power of veto.

The athletes and Laura believe Jeff threw the competition. I’m not so sure he did, but where he got the word technotronics from I’m not real sure. According to Google, this is a real thing, although the dictionary pulls up no such matches.

Jeff’s spending an awful lot of time with Jordan. Russell considers him useless, so he plans to bury him. He picks a fight with him in the backyard. As seemingly pointless as this fake fight was, once Russell goes inside, Jeff immediately picks a fight with Natalie for no reason. He don’t like her. That’s about all he has to say about that.

Lydia talks to Russell to try to convince him to keep her around. Jordan wouldn’t put him up, but he can’t trust Braden. That said, he denies all responsibility for the nominations, the ones he took all credit for in private. He blames Natalie, which Lydia interprets as her desire for having a strong female out of the house. Somehow, this serves as an opportunity for Lydia to patch things up with Jessie and Natalie. She again mentions Braden, along with Jeff. She’s fully willing to take out Braden. Better him than her.

After their discussion with Lydia, they bring Russell in. They’d like to make a deal with Lydia and put Braden on the block. I wouldn’t trust any deal that comes out of her mouth because she does seem like someone who’s just there to play the game, but it’s not as if Braden will be on their side, so it’s better to have a bogus deal than none at all.

Ronnie realizes that Russell is a loose cannon, so his new plan is to play all sides and get in good with everyone. That plan can only take you so far before everybody starts talking. Even the dumb people realize what’s happening eventually.

With that said, Ronnie runs right to Jeff and Jordan to warn them of the plan, one that they’re very afraid of. Then he tells Braden as well. Now Braden’s acting differently, and Russell’s suspicious. Well, that didn’t take long. Russell knows Braden knows, and he knows the only person who’s been in the room with him.

Russell has chosen to use the power of veto to save Lydia. In her place, Jessie has nominated Braden as planned. These athletes are sure making enemies left and right this week.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 11 Episode 4, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

The tribe shuffle screwed Silas over, and he was voted off the island in Survivor: Africa Episode 5.

Before they left tribal council, as if voting off a member wasn’t bad enough (not that they minded that part very much), Jeff Probst made sure to cast doubt into the tribe’s minds whether there would actually be a merge in three days. They have planned their food rationing according to the assumption of when the merge would be. If the merge is not when they think it is, they have no food.

Tom and Lex don’t like that their fellow tribemates are only doing an hour and a half or two hours at night on watch duty, while they get stuck with three hours or more. Their most recent shift was five hours. Lindsey asks “Was it? Really?”

Boran realizes it’s all about past votes in the event of a 3-3 tie. Unlike the other side where Frank and Teresa needed no convincing at all, they are not considering eating their own.

No eggs yet, so it’s time to kill a chicken, or at least that’s Clarence’s hope because he is looking forward to the slaughter a little too much.

The reward challenge is based on a series of questions about Africa. First tribe to reach the finish gets reward, which is Mountain Dew, fresh pasta, sandwiches, and cookies. Tom sits out for Samburu.

The closest ocean to Kenya is the Atlantic. True or false?
False. Indian Ocean. Both are right.

To save the elephant population in Kenya, military rangers are instructed to shoot to kill ivory poachers. True or false?
True. Both are right.

On safari, the animals known as the big five are the elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, and what other animal?
Leopard. Samburu is correct. Following Kim J’s lead, Boran is incorrect.

Diurnal is a term used to describe what?
Animals that are more prevalent by day. Both are correct.

Kenya’s Lake Victoria is the world’s largest salt water lake. True or false?
False. It’s not the largest, and it’s fresh water. Samburu wins reward.

Now that they know Silas is gone, Lindsey realizes she probably played stupidly with her power trip.

As much as Clarence wants to accidentally kill one of the chickens, the rest of the tribe wants to give them more time to lay some eggs. If they don’t lay an egg, it’s on them. If they lay an egg by tomorrow morning, he agrees to spare them. The next morning they wake up, and Kim finds a single egg. Aw, hell no. They did it just to spite him. After tormenting Clarence for a bit, the others agree to kill a chicken for dinner anyway.

Lindsey believes that Kelly may be fearful of her demise, and thus willing to make a deal.

At the challenge, Kim J kept giving her old tribe a signal of an L. Is she calling them losers? Does she want them to throw the challenge? Oh. Maybe it means Lindsey. Kelly thinks that, also, Kim’s signal for the number 4 is B in sign language, meaning Brandon (she’s right, but, c’mon, really, sign language?). Well, you were on the right track for a minute there anyway.

They suspect that Brandon, on principle alone, has votes from Frank. That may be the safest bet. Brandon hopes they’re dumb enough to vote like that. They know what the last tiebreaker was, so if it’s questions again, that puts ex-Samburu at an advantage, particularly if they go up against Big Tom, who they suspect is not very bright.

Treemail contains a bow and arrow. Boran hopes that Frank, who’s a hunter, can teach them archery. Each tribe has 5 targets ranging from 30 to 75 feet. The first tribe to light up all the targets with flaming arrows will win. Kelly sits out for Samburu. Kim P and Teresa miss. Lindsey hits the target, but Kim J misses. Ethan and Brandon miss, with Brandon just about hitting himself. Clarence and Lex hit their targets. Frank and Tom miss. After a bunch more misses, Ethan connects to tie it at 2. Lex retakes the lead for Samburu. Ethan reties it. Big Tom retakes the lead for Samburu 4-3. Kim J ties them at 4 each. Next strike wins. Lindsey misses. Brandon misses. Ethan hits the target again to win immunity for Boran.

Prior to tribal council, Kelly overhears a conversation Brandon is having. Now maybe they realize Lindsey has votes, as if the L clue weren’t enough. Lindsey’s pissed. She has herself a new plan. Vote out Brandon. She goes to the other side and tells them she wants to get rid of Brandon. The problem with this is that, if she’s lying to them and they vote Brandon, they’re screwed. The other problem is that Kim P will not vote against Brandon no matter what. Then again, there’s Lindsey, who has not yet made up her mind what she’s going to do.

Votes
Tom
Tom
Lindsey
Lindsey
Tom
Lindsey

Because it’s a tie, they will revote, assuming Lindsey sits back down and lets the ceremony conclude. Not that it matters anyway because they aren’t going to change their minds.

Votes
Tom
Tom
Lindsey
Lindsey

In the event of a tie, previous votes count against them. Tom has had 0 previous votes. Lindsey has had 4. She has been voted off the island. Dumb luck that the others overheard Brandon. Would have been more interesting had they continued along their previous poorly planned path.

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