This week’s America
Three acts that probably should have been able to become of the top 4 to advance had difficulties with their routines.
This makes it a little tougher to predict which of the twelve will advance but let’s take this shot anyway.
The surefire bet is Lightwire Theater. They were the anchor act last night and while this act isn’t better than one with a similar concept last year they were still clearly the best of the evening.
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| Lightwire Theater in Action |
As much as I don’t like dance acts, because this lineup was weak, or struggled, I think the young Latin dance troupe The Untouchables will advance.
I think that comedian Jacob Williams will move forward despite a night where he wasn’t as funny as he had been in his prior two performances.
Finally I think that the All Wheel Sports act is the other that deserves to move on even though it’s sort of tough to judge what they do watching on TV. They do bicycle tricks, trampoline tricks and other sorts of acrobatics all at the same time.
One of the acts that I think blew it was escape artist Spencer Horsman. It wasn’t that his escape wasn’t great but rather it was screened and it was hard to tell what was happening as he was escaping from a metal straight jacket from inside a locked bank bag hanging over a bed of spikes. But when he went to escape a screen was dropped in front of him and we could only see a shadow. His underwater escape in a clear glass case was much better since we could watch him and his escape from a straightjacket hanging upside down and done before a giant clamp sprang shut on him was better also.
If people remember those previous acts I think he could sneak in front of the dance group or All Wheel Sports.
If people remember those previous acts I think he could sneak in front of the dance group or All Wheel Sports.
Cristin Sandu does a balancing act that is rather dangerous. Prior to his act last night he stated that either he would succeed or get taken away in an ambulance.
Neither happened, unfortunately for him, and he merely fell while getting his balance on top of a stack of assorted shapes placed on top of each other. Had he managed to stay on top and the fire that was going to be lit was ignited, I think he sailed through to the final.
Neither happened, unfortunately for him, and he merely fell while getting his balance on top of a stack of assorted shapes placed on top of each other. Had he managed to stay on top and the fire that was going to be lit was ignited, I think he sailed through to the final.
Juggling is a very difficult thing to do. Its tough enough to juggle three balls let alone juggle three knives or anything that is on fire. Mike Price, Rockstar Juggler, juggled four knives on a unicycle and five flaming bowling pins. In between those two successfully completed catches, he had a drop. Sadly that will keep him out of the final.
But I know from experience that jugglers don’t really excite a crowd.
Last year at a show a juggler performed prior to me. He wasn’t just a juggler though; he also escaped from a straightjacket while riding a unicycle. This guy was great. He juggled as many as SEVEN balls at once and, from what I have learned, is actually only one of about 50 people who can do it for an extended period of time. (The world record is 11 minutes or so.)
I was amazed by this act that he was performing in front of this rather large crowd. I was going nuts. I was clapping, cheering, jumping up and down. Then I was sweating because this guy was opening up for me and I was doing my hypnosis show.
On this particular night in front of this particular crowd…and I say this because I think in front of many other crowds this wouldn’t have happened, who knows…they just were not enthused by his show. My show actually went over much better and I got a standing ovation from the crowd where I was probably one of the few who stood for this guy’s show.
So once the rockstar juggler had a drop I figured he was done even though his skill absolutely amazes me.
Singers do get a lot of attention on this show and there were two solo acts last night but both fell real short. One was a 15-year old boy named Jake Wesley Rogers who tried to twist a Brittney Spears song into his own and pretty much failed. The other was a drag queen names All Beef Patty who did that song called “Lets Hear it for the Boys,” which was stereotypically cabaret and just bad. Both are good singers but blew it.
The band Wordspit and the Illest were awful. Howard Stern loved them and the fact that they did an original song but it was awful. There is a rapper and a regular singer in the group of ten. I dislike hip hop so I would default to the regular singer to try to like what else was left but he sucked also.
The solo dancer who calls himself “Elusive” was decent but I don’t think he had enough to push through and he isn’t as good as TURF, who advanced previously. Surely he is more athletic than TURF and incorporated that athleticism into his dance but I didn’t go “whoa” like I did when TURF performed. He’ll clearly have a chance to become part of a group and do well in that scenario.
So far I am 8 for 8. I’m not as confident here as in the past two weeks about getting all four correct. But I would doubt seriously that I would fail to get any of the four correct at all.
But I know from experience that jugglers don’t really excite a crowd.
Last year at a show a juggler performed prior to me. He wasn’t just a juggler though; he also escaped from a straightjacket while riding a unicycle. This guy was great. He juggled as many as SEVEN balls at once and, from what I have learned, is actually only one of about 50 people who can do it for an extended period of time. (The world record is 11 minutes or so.)
I was amazed by this act that he was performing in front of this rather large crowd. I was going nuts. I was clapping, cheering, jumping up and down. Then I was sweating because this guy was opening up for me and I was doing my hypnosis show.
On this particular night in front of this particular crowd…and I say this because I think in front of many other crowds this wouldn’t have happened, who knows…they just were not enthused by his show. My show actually went over much better and I got a standing ovation from the crowd where I was probably one of the few who stood for this guy’s show.
So once the rockstar juggler had a drop I figured he was done even though his skill absolutely amazes me.
Singers do get a lot of attention on this show and there were two solo acts last night but both fell real short. One was a 15-year old boy named Jake Wesley Rogers who tried to twist a Brittney Spears song into his own and pretty much failed. The other was a drag queen names All Beef Patty who did that song called “Lets Hear it for the Boys,” which was stereotypically cabaret and just bad. Both are good singers but blew it.
The band Wordspit and the Illest were awful. Howard Stern loved them and the fact that they did an original song but it was awful. There is a rapper and a regular singer in the group of ten. I dislike hip hop so I would default to the regular singer to try to like what else was left but he sucked also.
The solo dancer who calls himself “Elusive” was decent but I don’t think he had enough to push through and he isn’t as good as TURF, who advanced previously. Surely he is more athletic than TURF and incorporated that athleticism into his dance but I didn’t go “whoa” like I did when TURF performed. He’ll clearly have a chance to become part of a group and do well in that scenario.
So far I am 8 for 8. I’m not as confident here as in the past two weeks about getting all four correct. But I would doubt seriously that I would fail to get any of the four correct at all.
So I’m
Done.
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