The day's final contestant is nurse Terri. She wants to sing for the judges, and to put it nicely she more than fufills the frumpy older woman demographic that America's Got Talent is now required to meet under the Boyle Act. Piers tells Terri she can't be any worse than what they've been seeing all day, then asks for something interesting about her. What is this Piers, a first date? It's so random what they ask to whom. BUT WAIT! Turns out our Terri is seventh cousin to Celine Dion herself! Further, she plans on singing a little Dion, and I can't help but feeling like no matter which way this goes the next family reunion is going to be awkward. Terri starts to sing, and I have to admit that the producers really did pull a fast one on me here because she's awful. Usually your talented recapper can call these things before they even converse with Cannon, but I definitely had Terri pegged as good. Sharon makes a big show of fake suicide because they've had no talent this entire episode, and both she and Piers get up and start to walk away. And talented or not, this seems a bit rude to do to someone performing. Hasselhoff pushes all of the Xs, and Terri is finished. She walks away extremely dejected and I'm already dialing several suicide watch numbers because I think Terri was really emotionally invested in this. Nick Cannon awkwardly attempts to comfort her. The day is ruled a disaster, a date that will forever live in infamy in an otherwise-proud America's Got Talent history. "Remember Celine Dion's cousin in Los Angeles?" we'll be asking each other in fifty years. "Times were tougher then."
After the break, the judges have somehow found the strength to sit at a table for another day and bitch a little bit more about the lack of talent, which is growing more and more hypocritical. Some fool alerted the lowly auditioners that the judges are in a bad mood, and so now we get a few shots of them huddling together and burning offerings to Sharon. Bri from Vegas is up next, and luckily she brought some backstory about a stutter when she was younger, music helps her deal, yadda yadda, yadda. Bri is also apparently really smart (or so conveniently posed photos would have you believe) and she and her mom are extremely nervous about what Sharon the rocker is going to say. She finally takes the stage, and quickly any favor she had with me by announcing that she plans on performing a Jonas Brothers' song. Bri starts to play and she has an absolutely AMAZING voice, with a pretty decent keyboard to match. I'm a little bummed that our LA talent had to come from Vegas, but I'll take her anyway. Sharon says she loves her (which we viewers know was the important comment for Bri), Piers and David like her talent, and all three agree they're happy she's there.
David shifts up his catchphrase a little by reminding us the show is about America's Got Talent (I think that's the actual name of the show, but I'm not gonna argue with the Hoff when he's catchphrasin') and he thinks she's definitely talented. The judges vote her through, and Bri is off to celebrate with Ma. It's kind of anticlimatic that she lives in Las Vegas. Her Round 2 should be in New York or something. Lord knows this show likes to skip around geographically.
Up next, the Junior Flight Attendents are in town and ready to audition. It's a little boy named T.J. (and don't get me started on the gender issues that he's going to have) and a bunch of little girls. The kids are dancers, and one of the little girls hams it up by saying that being on the show is the "most best thing" that ever happened to her. Damnit, why is incorrect grammar so cute in children under ten? So the children, whom I now must legally refer to as "adorable" take the stage and give their names to Piers, but which I mean T.J. gives his name and the rest of the girls stay anonymous. The kids dance and energetic but pretty uncoordinated dance, but because they are adorable the crowd loves them. David says they are an inspiration and then asks if they want to go to Vegas in creepiest way possible, and after Sharon and Piers agree they're moving onward.
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Loved Lawrence! I'd say he is in my top five acts as of right now.
Did anyone notice that the dance crew that was barely shown was named Iconic. I couldn't tell for sure, but I think they are the same crew from season 1 of America's Best Dance Crew. Can anyone confirm?
1 of 1 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on July 9, 2009 9:03 AM