AGT 2010: Week 3 of Quarter Finals Live Performances & Judges Comments

1. South Philly Vikings: dance group
they looked good in costume, but there was not much substance their dance. Just a lot of walking around. Piers Morgan used his first 'X'.

Piers Morgan: "...it's just overgrown children in robot costumes... I just see a bunch of people who don't sing and don't dance very well..."

Sharon Osbourne: "...I would like to apologize for my English friend.." , to which Piers Morgan corrected her that he is Irish, not English. "...all of you blue collar guys that have no training... I think it's really good entertainment."

Howie Mandel: "... I don't know what category it is... it's amazing what you can do with tin foil and holiday lights... it's like a craft project on steroids..."

2. CJ Dippa: Rapper
CJ is talented at the young age of eleven (or one one, as he told Piers last time). He can rap and he writes his own rhymes. You have to like rap though. He has a big attitude for a little kid. It might help him, it might not. Oh, he can dance better than Bieber too.

Piers Morgan: "... this is my world... on the negative side I couldn't understand a single word you were saying, on the positive side I can't understand any rapper..."

Sharon Osbourne: "... it's brilliant... I didn't realize what good dancer you are..."

Howie Mandel: "...that's whats impressive...the fact that you bring your own original beats..."


3. Harmonica Pierre: harmonica player
This guy is probably the best harmonica player I've ever heard. He went from a classical opening to a version of "Hey Soul Sister", pretty bold since Train was just on the show last week. A good performance tonight, but I'm not sure he deserves a main show spot.


Piers Morgan: "... I know where Howie's coming from... what is indisputable about you is you ...are one of the best harmonica players I've ever seen."


Sharon Osbourne: "... I love what you did ... I love the way you mixed around your material tonight..."

Howie Mandel: "... I think you did fantastically... you are truly and expert and truly a talent... I'm not sure about the harmonica... like the music at my doctor's office..." true.


4. Polina Volchek: Acrobat/rhythmic gymnast
Piers used his buzzer early even after raving about Polina in the preliminary bio. It was a bit of a boring performance with just a couple of giant rubber bands. Oops, turns out they were ropes. Still boring.

Piers Morgan: "... it was boring... I am disappointed because I loved you in the other performances... it was just you and a couple of ropes..."


Sharon Osbourne: "... I don't agree... your timing is always perfect... you are so dedicated... I applaud what you do..."

Howie Mandel: "... I think he's (Piers) totally wrong... I got the message tonight for the kids, to floss right?"

5. The Strange Familiar: band
We have only seen a tiny glimpse of this four member band out of Ohio. They did their own arrangement of "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper. It was a good song choice, but it wound up making them sound like any bar band. The vocals were only okay. I think nerves got to the singer.

Piers Morgan: "...I thought 20 seconds were great and the rest was mediocre... this is not a big superstar band... I would get rid of the band, I think you are a solo artist..." funny, I was going to suggest the band search for a new singer.


Sharon Osbourne: "... I have to be brutally honest with you.. I didn't like your song choice... until you got the chorus you were really in trouble..."

Howie Mandel: "... you were good, but it wasn't 'Wow'..."

6. Haspop: dancer
We have seen nothing of Haspop yet, so this should be something special. Piers described him as half dance, half mime. Oh my! What a dancer he is! This guy reminds me slightly of Robert Muraine of SYTYCD fame. Popping as it should be done.

Piers Morgan: "...based on that performance I would go as far as to say that that was the performance of the night..."


Sharon Osbourne: "...it was absolutely spectacular...the best thing we've seen on the show so far..."

Howie Mandel: "...that's what I'm talking about...that is WOW... I love what you did with the production..."

7. Luigi: singer
Luigi has a voice that does not fit his body. He is a great singer and the contest may again fall to the male vocalists for the winner. <--said before performance. This was not Luigi's best performance by a long shot. He didn't look nervous, but he sounded bad. Piers used his 'X', not helping the situation.

Piers Morgan: ".. I think you're a good singer... as I watched you there were 2 or 3 moments when your voice just wasn't there for me..."


Sharon Osbourne: "... anyone can win, it's still open season... you did start off shaky, but you got into it at the end..."

Howie Mandel: "... there were times that you were flat and being drowned out by your guitar and you could see that..." To his credit, Luigi admitted he felt the judges were completely right. Good man.

8. Chipps Cooney: comedian
Another Howie pick for AGT 2010, Piers Morgan said it all with "he's not funny, he's not magic, he's an idiot". Turns out Piers was right, as he was with Ronith. Howie Mandel wants us to believe that Chipps Cooney knows he's bad and that's the joke. It's still not funny. He garnered an 'X' from all judges tonight. This was for the striptease, diaper and all.

Piers Morgan: "...he did stay in character... when I woke up this morning I thought how could your act get any worse... it was if you took your close off... you have now become the greatest train wreck in the history of this show."
Chipps Cooney responded by singing an Irish Lullabye to Piers while he called for security. Seriously.


Sharon Osbourne: "Do you have a diaper on under your shorts?" Chipps "I'm getting older."

Howie Mandel: "... you should have stayed in the character (the bad magician)..."

9. Kaya & Sadie: belly dancers
These two are great belly dancers, but there are tons of women dancers in Las Vegas. They say they are representing the curvy women, but they are definitely thinner than when they started on the show. Obviously belly dancing is hard work (it looks very very hard).

Piers Morgan: "..after watching the horror of Chipps Cooney, may I say thank you for restoring our faith in flesh....I have to be careful because I just got married a couple of weeks ago..."


Sharon Osbourne: "... belly dancing sells out... you could join them too!"

Howie Mandel: ".. you're going to Hollywood!... I'm a bit confused.."

10. Jeremy VanSchoonhovan: trick bike rider
I like this biker from Talent, OR. Jumping across bars blindfolded... now that was wow for me. You have to like that sort of thing though.

Piers Morgan: "...you're dangerous...you are a natural showman"


Sharon Osbourne: "...you were fantastic.. you are like the new Evel Knievel"

Howie Mandel: "... I hope America senses at home the danger that we feel in here.. it's kinda hip and it's kinda X-Game-ish...I like you."

11. Debra Romer: singer
I really want Debra Romer to go on in the competition, but she has a real problem with nerves. There can be no more deep breaths before starting. She has to come out of it tonight. Sadly, she did not choose the right song. The vocals were awful throughout. It would not have done well in a karaoke bar.

Piers Morgan: gave a standing ovation, (what?)"...I have just watched a young woman who has come to that stage, you sang like a star, you look like a star..."


Sharon Osbourne: "...the confidence was there... your voice is delightful..."

Howie Mandel: "..not only does the camera love you but America loves you... you are growing..."

12. Studio One Young Beast Society: hip hop group
You have to be the best to advance in the dance group category of AGT. No other dance group has advanced to the semi finals yet this season. These guys are good. These guys are probably that good. The only bad part of the performance goes to the NBC production team for hacking the crap out of camera angles and losing some of the best parts of the act (again).

Piers Morgan: "...I can see the dedication that goes into this... you just ended on a brilliant high..."


Sharon Osbourne: "...very few dance groups have come on this stage and shown us their personality..."

Howie Mandel: "... you brought it...that was the best dance crew performance that I've seen on this stage...you really do eat, breathe and pee dance..."


That's it for tonight's live performances on AGT 2010. The highlights for me were Haspop, Jeremy Vanschoonhogan and Studio One Young Beast Society (or SOYBS). The judges pick may come down to Kaya & Sadie and CJ Dippa. Tonight was a mixed bag on AGT though and the judges seemed to hear differently. I went 4/4 last week on picks, I don't hope for as much this week.

Who did you like tonight? Leave a comment!

Tomorrow night we find out the 3rd group to move on to the semi finals. Jabberwocky and Mike Posner will also perform.
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