America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 12

Between the first two groups, 37 people advanced in America’s Got Talent Season 5 Episode 11, leaving 11 spots open for the final group of 28.

Danger starts off the night. A martial arts group goes first. Then some knife throwing jugglers. Nick Pike shatters some glass and adds kerosene to it. Then he walks over it barefoot while juggling three objects (one on fire) while blindfolded. Jeremy Van Schoonhoven returns with his bike.

The kids are up next. Northwest Dance & Acro invite Nick to be an honorary member.

Vocal groups are next, and they range from R&B to country to broadway. Amongst them are those with inspirationl stories, New Directions choir and sisters Christina & Ali.

Now the random novelty acts. First is the chick who paints with her body, which Piers calls completely ridiculous. He also hates the guy who drops something and the guy who accidentally pops balloons with fire. The playing card record holder keeps missing his mark, and Howie has to beg him to stop. Ronith is the most ridiculous impressionist ever, but this time he decides to be the most ridiculous actor ever.

Bands are another category. Harmonik are back to represent Haiti. We go from rockabilly to pop to classical fusion. Then we end with Airpocalypse, which is seriously an air band. The actual bands are insulted to be in the same category, but they are quite amused during the performance.

The final category is the male singers, and there is a lot of competition. Luigi Seno realizes he’s the least experienced but hopes his hard work will pay off. Nate Kenyon is less nervous than last time.

Now that all of the acts have performed, the judges have determined the acts going on to the top 48. They (most of them) are:

Airpocalypse (why?)
Ali & Christina
Jeremy van Schoonhoven
Luigi Seno
Nathaniel Kenyon
RNG
Ronith (oh god)
The Strange Familiar

That just about rounds out the 48:

Airpocalypse
Ali & Christina
Alice Tan Ridley
Anna & Patryk
Antonio Restivo
ArcAttack
AscenDance
The Belly Dancing Duo
Cheer SF
Chipps Cooney
CJ Dippa
Da Maniacs
Debra Romer
Doogie Horner
Fighting Gravity
Future Funk
Haspop
Hannibal Means
Harmonica Pierre Herbineaux
Hot Shot Tap Dancers
Jeremy van Schoonhoven
John Beatty
Lil Chris
Lindsey Stirling
Luigi Seno
Maricar
Mary Ellen
Michael Grimm
Murray SawChuck
Polina Volchek
Prince Poppycock
RNG
Ronith
Rudi Macaggi
Sally Cohn
South Philly Vikings
The Strange Familiar
Strikers All Stars
Studio One Young Beast Society
Taylor Matthews
Twisted Trystan & Krystan
Wreckless Dance Crew