The last of the auditions in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 10 brought us singer Luigi Seno and not much else. Now we’re heading to Vegas. Over 100 acts have arrived to compete for 1 of the 48 spots in the show.
The contestants are divided into three groups. Will they follow last season, where they just cut a whole bunch of random acts on the spot? Group A consists of the judges’ favorites, and they will be performing today. Group B had worse acts, but they will be granted the remaining spots after the first group performs, if there are any. Group C, their journey here ends today because they’re going straight to Hollywood.
The ten acts going straight through to the live shows are:
The Belly Dancing Duo
Polina Volchek
Strikers All Stars
Cheer SF
Haspop
Future Funk
ArcAttack
Da Maniacs
Fighting Gravity
South Philly Vikings
First up are the magicians. William Scott Anderson will be going first. I see he’s still wearing the uniform. Michael Grasso follows him, and he is going for slight of hand this time. Good, but was going small instead of big the right risk to take? Ryan makes a car appear behind a banner. Chipps Cooney is the last magician left, except he’s not really a magician. Piers finds him utterly pointless and not funny.
Harmonica players is apparently a category. Jia-Yi He has brought 5 harmonicas with him this time, but Harmonica Pierre has a gold one.
The acrobats are next. AscenDance go first. Then Michael and Ashley go, and he gets stuck near the end. At least nobody got hurt. Rudi Macaggi doesn’t balance his head on any sports equipment, but he does perform with a chick who’s probably stronger than he is.
Danger is here. Twisted Trystan has his fiancee hammer a nail through his tongue, then he swallows some blades. Ms. Donna again makes the judges fear for their lives, seeing as she’s half blind and dropping things that are on fire. John Beatty can pick up girls, six of them, then he hooks his arms up to motorcycles as smoke from their wheels surrounds him. Antonio Restivo is back to do a magic act that is pretty much the same thing Michael Grasso did in his audition, but with fire and leather and not as flawlessly executed.
The next category is classical singers. Prince Poppycock is back. If only he’d get rid of the ridiculous outfit. Regardless, he’s sick and not singing at his best. Hannibal Means will be wearing a rooster on his head. Carlos Aponte follows him. Howie’s not as impressed, but the other two think his vocals are great.
Dance starts off with the tappers. The Hot Shots realize they crumbled under pressure. Then we move to Bollywood, hip hop, and apparently hip hop violin.
The female singers are the next group. April Lane sings Whitney. Debra Romer is going to nail it, or at least try. She succeeds with her sad song. Mary Ellen missed more notes than she hit the first time around, and she also thinks that Howie’s real name is Holly. Piers wants to know why his X is not working tonight, and her musical torture lasts and lasts until Howie pulls her off the stage after more than 10 minutes (she had 90 seconds).
The kids are going to have trouble standing out because they’re cute since they’re all going to be compared against each other. Connor Doran’s indoor kite flying was worth watching the first time, but how long can it really last? CJ Dippa may well be the next Eminem yet.
There are a pair of comedians, one of whom is named Doogie. Piers liked him better when 3000 people wanted to kill him.
Novelty acts means people who don’t fit elsewhere. The chick in leather and her chest are first. Then we see a whole lotta dogs. And a flaming lasso. One man band Arthur Nakane will be taking another three hours to set up his instrument, and Piers still wants his X back. Sally Cohn is the hand whistler. She’d like to go to Hollywood, to visit.
With the women having already performed, it’s time for the male singers. Taylor Matthews returns with another very original rendition, this time of Smokey Robinson’s Tracks of My Tears. Michael Grimm goes way over 90 seconds, which gets him a warning from Piers.
With the end of the first day, the judges now have to decide who will be advancing to the live shows. 38 spots remain. The acts advancing include:
Antonio Restivo
Ascendance
Chipps Cooney
CJ Dippa
Debra Romer
Doogie Horner
Hanibal Means
Harmonica Pierre
John Beatty
Mary Ellen (what’s the point?)
Michael Grimm
Prince Poppycock
Rudi Macaggi
Sally Cohn
Taylor Matthews
Twisted Trystan & Krystan
In total, 27 acts additional are on their way to Hollywood.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 12, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.