The auditions concluded in America’s Got Talent Season 6 Episode 10 with a mix of poor and moderately entertaining performances. Now we finally get to see some talent as the judges narrow down their choices in Vegas week. Some acts will perform on day 1, some will be on standby to perform on day 2 for the remaining spots, and some will be sent straight home.
Captain Stamp, Rhinestone Ropers, Fearless Flores Family, Team iLuminate, Lys Agnes, Melissa Villasenor, Miami All Stars, Professor Splash, Silhouettes, and Squawk Opera are all unanimously going straight through to Hollywood. I’m not sure if that’s a benefit or not, seeing as they’re losing an opportunity to get some valuable screen time. That leaves 38 places for the remainining contestants.
The danger category kicks things off. Charles Peachock goes from juggling with lights to juggling fire… and then lighting his legs on fire. Kevin Shelley stands on swords but fails to complete his trick of getting concrete broken on his back. The Yellow Design Stunt Team is a group of bicycle stunt riders. Frank Miles puts a knife in 1 of 4 styrofoam coolers. How do they find out which one? He has the judges randomly select coolers, then he jumps on them one at a time. After faking us out and pretending he got stabbed, he reveals that all three judges were right in their picks. Too much? Probably.
Now it’s time for the vocal groups: River Deep, 4Play, and Mona Lisa. All good I suppose, but none really stand out. With their nerves getting the best of them, 4Play is going home.
The acrobats are the next group, featuring tumblers, rope jumpers, trapeze artists, and somehow two pole dancers. All quite good.
The magicians go next. Fantastic Fig and his cat Newton go first. Not good enough, even with the cat. Scott Alexander left Vegas about 10 years ago to raise his family. His illusion is to make a woman disappear and then reappear. Michael Turco also makes women appear out of thin air, but he has a noticeable issue with the door getting stuck on his first trick.
And now the animal acts. Jesse the jack russell performs with a shopping cart, jump ropes, and skateboard. Vegas Birds brings along a macau to face off against Echo. All the animal acts stumble pretty miserably, in spite of how entertaining they were originally.
We’re not out of the woods yet with the singers. Now it’s the classical singers: Necessary Diva, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., and Cindy Chang. Early favorite Cindy is heading home.
With the bands, the singing competition continues. This groups includes BGP, Fiddleheads, Poplyfe, and Lost Boys.
During their rehearsal, Fatally Unique suffers the loss of one of their dancers after she falls face first on the stage. LD Dance also sees an injury, but it’s not enough to keep her from dancing anyway. As with LD Dance before her, the injured dancer from Fatally Unique is not going to let a busted lip and fractured nose stop her. Snap Boogie is also among the dance acts.
It’s been about 5 minutes since we’ve had a singing contest, so now it’s the female singers, including Dani Shay (not Justin Bieber). She sings an original song. Big risk, perhaps too big, as her nerves cause her to stop part way through. The judges warn her not to do her own stuff and want to hear something well known instead.
With Dani thinking of her new song, we take a break from music for a bit. So let’s go to J. Chris Newberg… the singing comedian. Still not funny. And then it’s a beatboxing Obama. Geechy Guy turns things around with some actual laughs, a little bit.
Dani returns to perform Trouble by Ray Lamontagne. I don’t think she’ll ever top her very first performance, but she’s still good.
The novelty acts include some guy with a bunch of ping pong paddles, a Tina Turner drag queen, and Those Funny Little People annoying Piers. Tim Fort (Kinetic King) has a larger exploding stick act.
Hopefully the last singing category they could possibly think of is the male singers (based on the promo, the kid singers get the spotlight tomorrow night). Ryan Andreas and Dezmond Meeks are in this group.
The judges have made their decisions. Geechy Guy and J. Chris Newberg are the comedians advancing. Scott Alexander is the lone magician to make it. Poplyfe and the Fiddleheads are going to Hollywood along with a few of the danger acts. Kinetic King and Those Funny Little People will be joining them. Echo is being given another chance. Mona Lisa is advancing, along with Fatally Unique, Dezmond, and Snap Boogie. Pole dancer Steve is going to Hollywood, but his competing fellow pole dancer is not. Landau and Zuma Zuma have made it through. Unsurprisingly, after they dragged it out for half the show, Dani will be in the next round as well.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of America’s Got Talent Season 6 Episode 12, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on NBC.