America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 25

Five more acts joined the final 10 in America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 24: Hairo Torres, Recycled Percussion, Barbara Padilla, Lawrence Beaman, and Drew Stevyns. They join The Texas Tenors, Grandma Lee, Kevin Skinner, Voices of Glory, and the Fab Five.

Tonight, the top 10 finalists will perform for America’s votes to win the $1 million prize. NBC has moved the show to Monday to make way for the premiere for The Biggest Loser 8 tomorrow night.

Voices of Glory go first. They sing Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston, taking the judges’ advice and having the boys mostly just stay in the background. Piers has been waiting for it all to click into place, and tonight’s the night that it happened.

Hairo Torres is back to dance again. Sharon thinks he did the right thing by doing an emotional performance with just him and the stage. Piers loves Hairo, but he doesn’t think that routine worked. Without the group, he lost the fun.

Lawrence Beaman is going back old school with My First, My Last, My Everything by Barry White. He’s definitely in his element. Hoff is proud to be part of journey to become a star. Piers wasn’t quite getting that loving feeling like he would have gotten from love god Barry, but the vocals were great.

Barbara Padilla has been one of the clear frontrunners, so she’s got a lot to live up to tonight. She will be singing the song from her first audition. I’m not crazy about the concept of a repeat, but with her voice, I’m not sure how much it matters. Piers thinks that there are millions of people sitting at home thinking she’s one of us and living our dream. Hoff tells her to forget Vegas… she’s going to play bigger halls.

The Fab Five would like to thank their husbands for being Mr. moms and looking after their 17 (so pretty much no birth control in that family) kids between them. They dance to Britney Spears’ Circus, as a circus performs behind them. Sharon felt like she was in Vegas. Piers enjoys the infectious chemistry.

The Texas Tenors sing My Way by Frank Sinatra. Hoff loves that they did it their way. Piers loved that, despite the fact that it was the cheesiest thing ever in the history of cheese.

Drew Stevyns was cut early but found renewed life as a wild card. Now Sharon sees him as the dark horse who may potentially win this thing. He sings I’ll Stand by You by The Pretenders, recently covered by Carrie Underwood to make its return to the charts. Piers thought that was Drew’s best performance, and this could be the night when a wild card goes the whole way. If Sharon were looking for a young guy to be a soft rock singer, she’d pick him, though she’d like to see him in tighter trousers (she’s been looking at his… things all night).

Grandma Lee says she grew up playing pranks in children’s home. Sharon wants to see her move on from the Piers jokes. Grandma’s escorted out by a bunch of buff guys, and she’s pregnant. First thing out of her mouth: she’ll discuss this later with Piers. Her kids are out in the audience sweating like Ryan Seacrest watching Brokeback Mountain. She’s decided she’s over Piers. Now she loves Simon Cowell. Sharon’s accepted that the Piers jokes aren’t going away. Piers just thinks Simon’s already got enough women.

Kevin Skinner is another person who’s been running at the front of the pack since his first performance. Piers doesn’t think he’s yet delivered something that can win this whole competition, though. He sings I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith, turning it into a country song. Piers views him as a rough diamond who probably needs professional training, but he represents the people who are struggling in this country.

Recycled Percussion will be closing out the show, not the closing choice I would have anticipated, but they close with a bang. They perform the song Wipe Out by The Sufaris. Piers would put them in Vegas tomorrow.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 4 Episode 26, where we will find out who the America’s Got Talent Season 4 winner is, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on NBC.