Wednesday, July 27, 2016

America's Got Talent Season 11 - Live Shows - Quarterfinals Week 1

This is the first week of quarterfinals and also the first week that the show now is televised live. This is the first point where America gets to vote on the acts. 7 acts go through to the next round

Jayna Brown (14) - Singer that was Louis Tomlinson's golden buzzer pick in the final show of judge's cuts. Her and her mom have moved into her grandmother's house after losing their house. Sang "Make It Rain" by Ed Sheeran. I'm not familiar with this song. She had backup singers and and a band on stage with her. her image was projected up on the screen behind with images of rain and water. Studio standing ovation. Simon said that she killed the song and controlled the song. Heidi said that she has the voice of a winner. Said that she has so much maturity and power. Mel B said she was pitch perfect and note perfect. Howie said she was "pure".

I really enjoyed her song @TheJaynaBrown 
-Will move on to next round

Hara - Magician/illusionist. he brought in a projection of his mother. She handed him  box. He told a story with this magic trick about carrying a box through woods and having to overcome obstacles such as fire. He event floated in the air and rode a dragon. I think he stepped it up from his last performance. There was even a projection of "Harawood" on the Hollywood hills.
I believe this is definitely a Vegas show that has no known bounds. There are no limits to what he can do with this. @HirokiHaraMagic
-May go to next round

Outlawz - They feel like the underdogs in the competition. Not professionally trained.Did a ghostbusters themed dance. They came out of a New York subway dancing to "Somebody's Watching Me". I still don't feel that they are a Vegas act. They don't seem crisp. They look like 5 guys that are just having some fun at a school dance and not trying to compete for $1 million. Once they started dancing to "Superfreak", Simon gave them a buzzer. When they hit "Superfreak", I felt that their performance was starting to get cheezy @OutlawzOfAz
-Will not go through to next round

Musicality - Sang "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande. I think they did an improvement over the last performance. They are one of the best singing groups. Michael, the director, is an important part of the group, but they need to be able to do the performance without him. I think that it will really show the group's talent if they can sing witout being directed. Heidi said that this is the best that she's ever heard them. Simon thinks they have gotten better and better  @MusicalityVocal
-Will go through to next round

Laurie Mae Hernandez - Kid comedian that has had excellent auditions up to this point. Her clip showed her watching Howie Mandel stand-up. I don't think she needs to be watching old Howie stand-up. Howie stand-up from the 90s is NSFK. Told some jokes about the Oscars, Howie, and Donald Trump. Everyone laughed at all of her jokes, but I don't think it was as funny this time as the first two rounds. It might have something to do with 1/2 half her jokes having to do with election. I think I'm just numb to everything having to do with the election at this point. All of the judges liked her. Simon called her edgy, cool, and current.
--Will not go through to the next round

Deadly Games - Husband wife duo where he's a knife thrower. They upped their performance this time with him being blindfolded and standing further away. I like that they aren't just a knife throwing couple, they actually do a little performance. She gave him instructions for wear to throw the knives this time. It's still very dangerous, but I think the instructions diminishes that a little. They brought back the spinning wheel of death this week, but added fire to it. He then set his knives on fire and threw them at her. I really like this act and feel that it could do well in Vegas. Heidi gave them a standing ovation. She said he's a real showman, but that the wife is the real star of the act. Simon called it a world class act.
@Deadly__Games
-Will go on to next round

Jon Dorenbos - Magician that does small magic in front of the judges. He has the judges draw something on a piece of paper when he can't see it. He then guess which drawing went with each judge. He then had an envelope in a bottle that had smaller versions of what the judges drew. This is one of my favorite acts of the show. I love magicians and his presentation is engaging. Each act has been exceptional and I'd love to see him go far, but I don't think small magic is a show fitting for Vegas. 
-Goes through to the next round

Daniel Joyner - Singer from Tennessee. Sang "This Thing Called Love". I'm not sure if his mic was not tuned right, but something didn't sound right. I loved that he had a band and backup singers. He moved around the stage and did some moves. He didn't just stand in one place. The song is a good song choice for him, but I think he's the weakest of the acts up to this point. I think Musicality is better than him. Mel B said that she just wasn't feeling it tonight. Simon did not like the song choice and thinks that he is better than the song choice. @TheDanielJoyner
-Will not go through

Tapeface - Tapeface brough Heidi up on stage to do the act with him. He put out a blob of Play-doe and then stood behind Heidi while the song "Unchained Melody" played. They reprised the scene from Ghost. I completely cracked up at this. He then brought out Nick. He then put on a pair of sunglases and "Danger Zone" started playing. He then handed the sunglases to Nick and "Like a Virgin" started playing. He did this a couple of times with various songs playing. So far, this is my favorite act of the night. Tapeface is one of my favorite acts. Simon compared him to Mr. Bean again. @TapeFaceBoy
-Will go through

Dorothy Williams - 90-year old dancer that we saw in the auditions. Nick Cannon gave her the golden buzzer, so this is the first time we've seen her since then. She danced to "Sing, Sing, Sing", even though she didn't realy dance much. She's doing more of a strip tease. I think it's great that someone at 90-years old can dance, but I feel that she took a spot from an act that deserved it more. I think Nick's her biggest fan. 
-Will not go through

Sila Sveta - This is the first of the wild cards that were pushed through without being put through at judges cuts. In fact, they didn't even perform at judges cuts, so they went from auditions to live shows without the golden buzzer. They are dances that uses projection technology to put on the show. I think this performance carries better in person than on TV. We can see some of the tricks now in HD that we wouldn't see 10 years ago in SD. The projections look very cool, but the dance moves don't look spectacular. There was some pixelation in the projections, not sure if this was on purpose or not. Simon said that he didn't like it all. Simon said he liked the audition much better and hated the music choice. Howie said he loved and felt like he was at a different show than Simon. 
@SilaSvetaNC
-Will not go through

Laura Bretan - Child opera singer that was given the golden buzzer by Mel B. She reminds me of Jackie Evancho when she performed on AGT at 8-years old. She sang "The Prayer". She looks different between her auditions and now, but it's probably been 6 months since then. She said she turned 14 since the audition. She has the voice and the movements of a seasoned singer. The maturity her voice makes her one of the best acts of the night. Standing ovation by all judges except Howie. She started crying as the judges were talking to her.  @TheLauraBretan
-Will go through to next round

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