Standard video package of the acts we saw last night. Standard Nick Cannon promising that everything goes to a whole new level. Standard tease of what we'll see tonight. Standard opening credits. This show clearly isn't titled America's Got Originality for a reason.

Nick welcomes us from some dark theater corner that he's been banished to. It turns out he's actually in the middle of a crowded theater, but I've already set my joke up, damnit. So we're BACK in Houston for some reason, and there's a bunch of shots of radio DJs talking about what a big deal this is. I'm not sure why they're making these obseravations now and not, say, last time we were in Houston, but I guess it just goes to underscore the ridiculous jumping around these producers are doing.

So there's some more talk about how great Houston is, lots of people in cowboy hats share their (gasp!) love of Texas, and good grief, this show is starting to add a lot of filler. I thought they were pretty good about this kind of thing in the beginning, but we've really begun to emulate the DWTS Results Show mentality with this video packages.

Finally we're out on the stage and Nick, after some general rabble-rousing, does the standard judge introduction. Piers and Sharon get the usual cheers, but for some reason we are then treated (subjected) to a video of David driving up in his finest cowboy hat. He does some strutting and posing that I'm sure sits really well with Piers and Sharon, who are actually trying to host a damn talent show. David dubs himself "The Hoffrider" (I title I'm sure that guy in love with Hasselhoff from a few shows back wishes HE could have. Look out!) and FINALLY Nick pronounces us ready to go.

Up first from Houston tonight are the "Texas Tenors," three guys who wear cowboy outfits and presumably sing opera. One of them tells us all about how they're just three guys from the South who are tight on dough and excited for the opportunity, which is actually how this other video that I watched online today started. They give their name to the judges, the audience pretends to be excited about opera, and Sharon starts grilling them about what they do for a living. Two are unemployed and one owns a small business (and THAT'S got to cause some tension), and Sharon is satisfied enough with these answers to demand that they remove their hats so she can "get a look at them." After informing the boys that she could find a job for them (oh, Sharon, Ozzy's Cut List just keeps getting bigger and bigger) we're ready for some wild operatic melody!

Well, thank God, we immediately learn that the Tenors is just a name these Texans wrassled up for alliterative purposes. They give us a good, heartfelt country song, and I guess it's decent, but I'm coming off Lawrence's "Old Man River" from last night's show and this just isn't doing it for me. They cut to Nick who says something generic about whether or not they can go to Vegas, and dear readers, I'm always conflicted about recapping Nick's little asides. On the one hand, they're extremely annoying and contribute NOTHING to the show (hence my hatred for Nick) but on the other it seems overly generous of me to compensate for his own faults as a host. If I don't give you the most accurate representation of his hatability as possible, you won't write your congressman as concerned citizens and Nick will never learn. But then again, isn't it my duty to spare you the awfulness of watching Nick Cannon in his entirety? The complicated ethics of the recapper...

So bottom line, David likes them, Sharon keeps up the passive-aggressive flirting by telling them how "rough" they are (emphasis mine), and Piers says he enjoyed it like the audience. Three Xs, and the Tenors are moving on. First commerical break!

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