PureAGT Season 8, Semifinal #2 – SPOILERS!!! Who Made it Through to the Next Round?
Anyone else totally OVER the judges’ choice and how they continually cop out on actually making a choice? I think they’ve only not done the dreaded 2-2 split twice this season – once for Chicago Boyz in quarterfinal #3, and once for Catapult in last week’s semifinal. Why even have a judges’ choice when they’re just gonna throw it right back to America???
…so now that my rant is over, let’s get down to brass tacks, shall we? The six acts that advanced to next week’s top 12 are Branden James, Chicago Boyz, Kristef Brothers, Jimmy Rose, Kenichi Ebina, and D’Angelo & Amanda (who beat out Anna Christine in the judges’ choice by virtue of having more viewer votes).
Fairly predictable, except for one – WTF is Branden James still doing in this competition??? Who the hell is voting for him? The guy is a decent singer – but we have GREAT singers this season. Without sad backstories. I hereby officially dub Branden James the most overrated act of season 8….good luck, buddy. Forte is probably going to make you look like a complete rookie next week. Kenichi, Chicago Boyz, and Kristef were all pretty much guaranteed a spot (although I found it funny and a little bit adorable that the Kristef Brothers couldn’t hear that they made it through 😛 ); and I’m glad that Jimmy beat Marty. Still not a super-twangy country fan, but I much prefer quiet, humble Jimmy to Marty’s “Look at me! I’m just a funny, good ol’ boy from Kentucky! Hee hee!” act. SUPER glad that D’Angelo & Amanda made it through over Anna Christine – the latter is talented, but seems to lack polish; the former are consummate professionals and hopefully have some other tricks up their sleeve for next week’s top 12.
So what are your thoughts? Did the right acts make it through tonight?
Branden James? I honestly didn’t think he was going to make it through. He didn’t have a bad performance, but it wasn’t amazing.
I’m happy with the rest that made it through though. I’m really glad we don’t have two country singers in the top 12.
You are really glad that a couple of children’s birthday party magicians are still in this competition? All they did last night was perform “tricks” so basic that any 12 year old who has taken any interest in magic knew exactly how it was done. Who cares if they did several in a row? It is like asking someone to perform simple 1 digit numbers addition and considering it a challenge because they have to do a bunch in 10 seconds. Easy is still easy no matter how fast you do it.
What’s with the attitude, lakawak? U mad bro? I suggest you hone your reading comprehension skills, because you just made a ton of incorrect assumptions based on what I wrote. Didn’t say anything about being “really glad” they’re still in the competition – all I said was that they ended up turning out the best of the wild card acts (true) and that I enjoyed their performance (true). Also didn’t really praise the fact that they were doing the tricks in rapid succession – what I DID say was that I thought it was a better strategy than the long, confusing, convoluted trick they tried to pull of in the quarterfinals.
I liked Leon & Romy last night. GET OVER IT.
Brandon stole a spot from Anna, but it’ll be over soon. Forte mauls him next week.
Kenichi, Kristef Brothers, and Chicago Boyz were a homie. Surprised that Jimmy Rose made it, he really needs to step up his game. Really 4 singers in the top 12? Booring! Glad D’Angelo and Amanda made it 🙂 but really… Brandon James?? Love the personally but next to Forte he’s a goner. So it looks like the top 12 are…
Taylor Williamson
Forte
Collins Key
Cami Bradley
Innovative Force
Catipult Entertainment
Jimmy Rose
Kenichi Ebina
Kristef Brothers
Brandon James
Chicago Boyz
D’Angelo and Amanda
I personally am rooting for 5 out of the 12 acts. I hope Kenichi Ebina, Collins Key, Taylor Williamson, Chicago Boys, or Kristef Brothers win it all.
Honestly I’m annoyed by the amount of singers in the
Top 12, I want to see a variety of talent. If you want to sing go to X Factor or American Idol.
In my opinion, Innovative Force, Catipult, and Branden James are gonna be the first 3 out.
gimmie* not homie
I would have liked to see Anna Christine make it over Jimmy Rose–even at 11 she’s a much better singer and more polished than Jimmy Rose. I agree about Branden James–I was surprised that he was voted through since Forte is far better than he is. I’d like to see either Forte (who I love even though I’m not generally an opera fan at all) or Kenichi win it all. I think Kenichi is the most imaginative and talented of all the non-singing acts.
I too would have liked to see Anna Christine make it over Jimmy Rose. I loved the Chicago Boyz high energy performance. I enjoyed Branden James-my favorite of all his performances. Next week, I think the odds are slim that Branden will advance because of his tough competition from Forte. Since 3 Penny Chorus and Orchestra have been eliminated, Forte is my favorite act and I think they will be in the top 3.
d’angelo and amanda should of never gotten through over anna. it really confuses me that howie opted to choose them even though he bashed them last night. anna christine gave the best performance of any child act this season and she was robbed. polish? really courtney? d’angelo and amanda are cute that’s it i’m sick of these kid acts who do things adults do but there better because of thier age. disgusting! i am sick of the tirade aganist singers! who cares about variety! shouldn’t it matter that the most talented person should win. ugh. now that’s out of the way i am fine with everyone else getting through.
Yeah, Brendan – I thought D’Angelo & Amanda had POLISH. That’s my opinion…and I’m beginning to think I need to refresh everyone’s memory on the commenting policies, because some of you are getting awfully aggressive and borderline rude with your comments. There’s a polite way to disagree and an impolite way to disagree. And saying you’re going to “slit your wrists” if D’Angelo & Amanda and Innovative Force don’t go home? Really, Brendan? Little melodramatic. Throwing some punctuation into your comments wouldn’t hurt, either, as I often have a hard time reading yours.
Im happy with who got through. I agree with Emily Peterson that if I wanted to watch singers I could watch American Idol. It stinks that 5 out of 7 winners in previous seasons were singers. Before the semi finals I thought 6 or 7 singers would be in the top 12, so I’m happy with only 4 singers. Anyway:
Kenichi Ibina, Chicago Boyz, and KriStef Brothers were obvious and I’m glad they went through. I hope one of them wins this season.
I didnt think Justin Rose was all that great but I wasnt surprised he went through.
I didnt think Bradnon James shouldve gone through I wish John Wing went through we was one of my favorites, but I wasnt surprised he was eliminated.
I thought that D’Angelo and Amanda were better than Anna Christine, so I was glad they won, but Anna Christine was better than Brandon James.
What about Timber? He definitely deserved to go through…
You totally missed the point, Brendan. Comment moderation it is, then.