America’s Got Talent is back for its sixth season tonight on NBC at 8p and Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel said this is the best season thus far. A few weeks the judges including Sharon Osbourne and host Nick Cannon met with reporters to preview the upcoming season and the CNN anchor said there was one city that had more good acts than some of the previous entire seasons. Morgan said, “We had better talent in Atlanta over three days than we’ve had in some entire seasons this year, and I have been on every season. And there was one act in particular that I said at the time and I meant it was the most exciting audition I’ve ever seen in Britain or America. The talent level has been incredible this season. People won’t believe what they are seeing.” He didn’t say what that act was, but I wonder if it is the one that Howie described later on. The bald headed comedian described one audition that stood out, “We have a burlesque act who pulls doves out of her privates.” The poor doves is all I can say about that.
But that isn’t the only risky or risque act that we will see during the auditions because here is what Howie told us, “That being said, it’s been the most dangerous year. We have had some thrills and spills that I have never seen before. I mean, I came this close to seeing almost near death experiences right in front of my eyes, and they were not planned. And I don’t know if NBC is going to air them, but I’m telling you that it’s probably the most dangerous show on television, the most exciting show on television, and I’m thrilled to be part of it because to be witness to this besides watching somebody take the journey and come from obscurity to hopefully the next big star, I’m seeing things that I have never seen before. There isn’t a place to see this on television. There aren’t places that have these kind of performances live.”
There really isn’t, so don’t miss a single minute of the show that launched the career of a man who has now made over $100 million for playing his dolls!
All day I have been hearing about Jackie Evancho and how she wowed everyone on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, but I didn’t watch it until now. Now I know how Britain felt when Susan Boyle sang that first on Britain’s Got Talent because that is how I felt when I heard that big voice come out of that little 10 year old girl. Can you believe she is only 10? Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
I am so glad that AGT added the YouTube auditions to the show this season because if they hadn’t we might not have ever had gotten to opportunity to hear that angelic voice. Just wow! She left me speechless.
Just like Dan Sperry left Howie Madel hysterical and Sharon Osbourne in hysterics.
Yesterday was only the premiere of America’s Got Talent on NBC and I already know who I want to win, New Directions Choir. The choir is made of former homeless veterans. Even though these guys were homeless, they have won a permanent place in my heart. Their story how they turned their lives around was inspirational enough, but their voices gave me chills. So adding their story to their voices equaled me in tears by the time they were done. I am really hoping they win because they have such a positive story of going from nothing to something and that is what America’s Got Talent is all about!!!
If I found my winner on night one, I can’t wait to see if there is someone else that can top them. So tune into AGT tonight at 8p and every Tuesday and Wednesday on NBC for what is shaping up to be their best season yet.
BTW is it just me or was Howie Mandel a really great add to the show? I just love the vibe he has added to the show.
Finally New Directions Choir reminded me of the real life story of The Christmas Choir I saw on Hallmark. If you have never seen the movie, buy the DVD or make a point to watch it the next time it on The Hallmark Channel because it is the best holiday movie I have ever seen.
America’s Got Talent is back tonight and tomorrow on NBC at 8p and there is another new face joining the show this season. David Hasselhoff left the show to have his own and even though he left a huge seat to fill, Howie Mandel agreed to do it. A few weeks ago I attended an NBC panel and he told us why doing the show was such a Deal for him, “When I first came out, I was just getting on at The Comedy Store, and then you would get on ‘The Tonight Show.’ I think ‘America’s Got Talent’ in America is the foremost to get that kind of exposure. Even if you don’t go all the way and win, you are getting exposure like you can’t get any other place. So when you asked would I like to do it as a talent? I don’t think there’s any other choice. If you have opportunity to get this kind of exposure on our show, you can only be propelled to something bigger than you already are. So I think it’s a phenomenal vehicle for talent.”
When asked if we should expect more comedians getting through because he joined the show, he said that is sort of a No Deal. “No. I’ve been a fan for the last four seasons, and now it’s an honor to be part of it. I don’t think they’re changing it up because I’m a judge. There are comedians on, but I think the beauty of this show,that it’s an open forum for everything, and that’s what I love about this show is you can be a singer. You can be a dancer. You can be a mime. You can have a troupe. I am seeing things that I can’t even put under a category. It’s not dance. It’s not music. It’s just incredibly and I don’t think from as a viewer, now being on the show, there isn’t more stand-up comedy. There are stand-up comics, but I don’t think — that’s not what this show is about. They don’t want it leaning towards what I do.”
There was also something that he was leaning towards and that was actually joining an act of one of the contestants who auditioned. Fellow judge (and only original member of the show) Piers Morgan had this to say about it, “He decided to get on stage with some weird acrobatic act in a sort of steel wheel. And I am gonna say, for a bloke who is as old as him, he can move pretty good. He started wheeling around like a hamster.” I can’t wait to see that. Howie isn’t the only who lent a helping hand or ball, show host Nick Cannon took part in a more than one. Piers Morgan enjoyed talking about Nick’s misadventures this season, “The big story of this year, apart from Howie joining the panel and being hilarious and irritating in equal measures, is this guy (Nick) is dying repeatedly. This guy is literally lucky to be alive. We had a cyclist who jumped up and down on his bike and missed his lower abdominal regions by two inches, which could have been very distressing to Mariah Carey. We’ve had Nick and another guy who was throwing playing cards at 100 miles an hour. Literally the fastest thrower of playing cards in the world. Cut two sticks of celery in half and missed his neck by an inch. He set fire to the underpants, he was [inaudible], and literally nearly blew himself up in the process. And then in one bizarre scene, a quite slight lady asked Nick to jump up and down on her back and nearly paralyzed himself. So he nearly died and so did she. This guy is a walking miracle.” Sounds like we have some interesting things to look forward to this season, but the one that Piers is really excited for us to see is, “We had a dominatrix in Oregon who piants like Picasso. My favorite act. Really accommodating. Made me laugh.” Yeah those two go together.
See what other interesting acts judge Sharon Osbourne got to experience and we get to enjoy this season Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8p on NBC.
After 4 years of being a judge on America’s Got Talent, David Hasselhoff has announced he will be H-off of the show’s 5th season. The Hoff told People, “I am proud that I was part of making America’s Got Talent the No. 1 rated show for the past four summers. It’s been a rewarding experience and now I’m thrilled to be able to follow my dream to do my own TV show, which will be announced very shortly.†I really hope that his show isn’t a Vareity show of him singing every week, what did we do to deserve that?
David is not the first person to have quit the show, Brandi left after being a judge for the first season and she was replaced by Sharon Osbourne and Regis Philbin also quit being the host that season and he was replaced by Jerry Springer who left the show after 2 seasons and he was replaced by Nick Cannon last year. NBC has not announced who will replace The Hoff, but I am really hoping they get Paula Abdul. Afterall what is she doing now? That and they need an American on the panel because otherwise they are left with two Brits and the show is called “America’s” Got Talent. Piers Morgan is the only person who has been with the show all 5 seasons, what does that say about him?
