Drew Stevyns, The EriAm Sisters, Recycled Percussion, Barbara Padilla, and Erik and Rickie rounded out the top 20 in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 20. Tonight 10 of the top 20 acts perform to kick off the semifinals. Only 4 will remain standing.
AcroDunk is up first. Their plan for the night is to jump through fire. The fire only lasts for about 5 seconds, but it’s cool when it is going on. Piers calls that one of the most thrilling, exciting, dynamic, dangerous, entertaining things he’s seen on the show.
The Texas Tenors will be taking Hasselhoff’s advice as they sing a ballad tonight. Their song choice is Unchained Melody. It sounds good but… I don’t know how well country and opera really go together. Sharon mostly still just likes the blonde guy in the middle. Hoff calls them the frontrunners to win the competition because they listened to him. Piers, however, believes they didn’t listen to him and were more cheesy than ever, but he thinks they’re right to have done that because cheesy works for them and their performance was brilliant.
Paradizo Dance will have to hope that he’s recovered from having burned his hand on a curling iron. She starts off by standing on his head. How do they do this? Then they do the amazing lifts we’ve come to expect from them. For Sharon, she liked the light-hearted act, but she would have preferred the more romantic dance. Hoff agrees but hopes America votes them back. Piers thinks they’ve forgotten their unique selling point: her lifting him. That’s what I was waiting for, too.
Drew Thomas Magic’s performance tonight will be based on his daughter. Apparently. All I see are a bunch of hot chicks appearing out of thin air. Then the girls disappear and his daughter is holding some dolls. Piers hated it. The music was slow, and the pace was absurd. He thinks he’s a one trick pony. Drew will be doing his own disappearing act after that. Sharon thinks he’s fabulous. Hoff liked the heartfelt change to the show.
Tony Hoard and Rockin Rory are not good enough for Piers, but Sharon defends her decision. Tony had to quit his job from a factory he’s been at for 24 years because they wouldn’t give him unpaid time off when he ran out of his vacation time. Boo. Dude, mention the name of that company so they get the press they deserve. After that performance, Sharon’s been vindicated. Following the compliments, she makes sure to trash Tony’s ex-boss. Piers didn’t buzz, which is new. He was impressed.
The Voices of Glory sing a version of Anytime You Need a Friend by Mariah Carey that’s mostly just okay. Piers likes what they stand for but would like Nadia to do more of the singing. Sharon will see them again at the finals.
The Fab Five have been dancing together since they were kids. Piers maybe would have liked to see a change of pace tonight. He’s not sure they can get through tonight with the standard that’s been set. Sharon calls them very Vegas.
Grandma Lee starts off dancing with two half dressed guys. She knows everybody wants her body. Form a line. She has a warning for the married women out there: laugh it up now because in another 40 years you’ll be like her. Then she pulls off her pants to reveal Piers’ boxers. Sharon loves everything about her and just hopes that people bring her back. Piers invites her to get in his shorts any time. He thinks she deserves to get to the finals.
Arcadian Broad needs to make sure he just dances this time. He will be bringing a partner into the show with him. Potentially huge risk, but it’s mostly just his solo dancing to High School Musical mixed in with background dancers. Piers was glad there was no piano. He has just one question: is he good enough? No. Just too early for him. Arcadian’s defense: he didn’t want to do HSM. The producers made him. That ain’t gonna win you any votes.
Whatever anybody else may do, they’re going to have trouble knocking Kevin Skinner from the front of people’s radars. Tonight he’s singing his dad’s favorite song, Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson. Piers has never seen someone with this ability to move an audience on this show. He’s the favorite to win the competition. Sharon knows he’ll be coming back.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 22, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.