Topic: America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent: Quarterfinals - Week 3 Results
Airdate: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 [9-10pm]
Yesterday, I said that this week's results show should be an exciting night. Now, after the fact, it was both exciting and shocking; shocking because of two certain acts who were voted through, and two who weren't. But I'll get to that in a bit.
The first two acts to be called forward by Nick Cannon were Bri and Jeffrey Ou. When their names were called, my jaw dropped, because I thought that both would stay. But I wasn't surprised Jeffrey's name was called, thus eliminating Bri. If you read my performance comments, you know that I voted for Bri. She wasn't perfect (nobody was), but she was one of the only contestants this week who caught my attention. Anyway, back to Jeffrey: Sharon said she was speechless at the results. Now, it was hard to tell if that was a good speechless or not. I'm thinking she didn't believe he would get enough votes due to the technical difficulties. But, like I said, I'm not surprised because I had a feeling people would deservingly give him sympathy votes. 1/1
Ashley Tisdale, the first guest performer of the night, performed "It's Alright, It's Okay." Nothing special. I mean, she's great on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and the High School Musical trilogy, but her voice and the song weren't anything to go gaga over.
They use the same formula during every segment of the results shows, so no surprise that three acts were the next to hear their fate: Jay Mattioli, Dave Johnson, and Lawrence Beamen. It was unbelievably obvious that Lawrence was staying and the other two would be leaving. 2/2
Before going to the next break, Marcus Terell & the Serenades and Mario & Jenny faced the music. Regardless of what I thought about Bri being eliminated, I thought this was the first huge shocker of the evening, with Mario & Jenny advancing. Marcus's voice wasn't perfect, but he had the potential to go far in this competition. And from a comment that Piers made later on in the show, I think that he would agree with me. Mario & Jenny are not good enough to be in the Top 20. It's as plain and simple as that. I believe that David said they could win the competition. Is he out of his mind? The little bit we saw of them this week does not equal a million dollars. 2/3
Before I go off even further on this rant, I'll move on with the next segment: Daughtry!!! The band performed their current single, "No Surprise." There were a couple moments during the song where it seemed like Chris' voice wasn't top-notch (but only a couple, and it was barely noticeable). But this isn't a criticism, because if you follow him on Twitter, you will know that he has been under the weather and even had to cancel at least one show. So I applaud him for not cancelling his appearance. But nevertheless, they were great on the show.
And back to the results: G-Force, U4RIA Dance Crew, and Hairo Torres were up next. None of these three acts were in my Top 20 predictions. Regardless, of the three, I thought U4RIA would be selected. Instead, it was Hairo Torres. He won't make it very far after this week unless he greatly improves. 2/4
Only two more acts left, and now the judges have to choose the final spot: Pixie Mystere or FootworKINGz. All three chose FootworKINGz. I am actually surprised that all three went the same way. Usually, one will choose the other act (usually David).
Week 3 Predictions: 3/5. Unfortunately, my predictions are slowly getting worse over these past three weeks. Week 1, I correctly predicted all five acts. Week 2, four out of five. And this week, three correct. If this pattern holds, then I will only have two right next week. I guess I'll just have to continue to do my best to strategically choose acts, and hope I improve. But even so, this week's three is still good, considering.
This week's performances were a major improvement over last week's disasters. Next week, the final 12 quarterfinalists perform, then this year's Top 20 will be complete. See ya then...
