Last night's AGT

[apocalypsos]

This is Thia Megia. Every year we get a young girl with a phenomenal voice and she's the one we get this year. :D

The rest of the videos won't allow embedding, at least not the ones with the best look to them, so here's links:

-- Kevin Skinner, the scruffy guy from the commercials, performing "If Tomorrow Never Comes." I'm not a huge fan of country, but he's fantastic.

-- Jay Mattioli, who's a really good magician. His second illusion's not quite that original, but his first one's really cool and he's got amazing stage presence.

-- The Fab Five, a family dance troupe. They're very good, although they keep shouting as they dance which was throwing me the hell off.

-- Carol Lugo, who's a hilarious dancer. She's not professional, obviously, but she's so much fun to watch it doesn't much matter. :)

Comments

[pandorablu.livejournal.com]

My jaw dropped when Thia started singing. She's just... she's 14! Her voice isn't supposed to sound like that! And I wanted to run up and hug Kevin, I don't even know why. His voice was pure country, but when he was talking I was exactly like Piers, "This can't be good."

Jay's first trick actually bored me for some reason, and even if the "guy in a smooshed box" trick isn't original, I kinda liked that one more.

... I don't comment on dancing unless it completely and utterly blows my mind. It's why I still haven't watched a single epi of SYTYCD.

[cmstephens.livejournal.com]

Skinner was a qualifier from around here, first via a try-out at Harrah's in Metropolis, IL, and then in Chicago.

Last year's qualifier from around here: Neal E. Boyd, the eventual winner.