Does anyone else remember when Who Wants to be a Millionaire first came on the air? Regis was the big thing, and everyone joked about how he “saved” ABC. Watching America’s Got Talent makes me feel like I’m watching NBC’s attempt at the same thing.
Tonight’s episode of America’s Got Talent was more Regis than anything else. After he recapped what had happened so far, he explained that there were 15 acts tonight, but only 10 would perform. This I don’t understand. It has nothing to do with “we only have time for 15” nonsense. If you hadn’t spent 10 minutes recapping, 10 minutes talking about how 5 acts won’t perform, and nearly 15 minutes calling acts out of the audience, everyone could have performed. It’s totally a cop out; a way to un-do the fact that the judges let through some pretty pitiful acts. Come on – no one really wanted to see the 80 year old male stripper again, now did they?
Even with cutting a third of the contestants before we even started, the “talent” was thin tonight. A few acts were good. The first two actually – Taylor Ware (the yodeling girl) and All That (hot guys in jeans clogging) – and it made you think that the whole show was going to be good. But of course, we’re just not that lucky. We had to watch some guy dress up his dogs and a Vegas-style lounge singer. Sigh…
The format of the voting is a little different than on the rest of the Idol-inspired shows. Only two acts go through – one chosen by the judges and one chosen by the audience. The judges already have passed through the Millers (the harmonica kid, who is actually quite good, even though he performs with his much less talented older brother). So “
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