America’s Got Talent returns with more acts trying to make it on the show. We return to Atlanta, Georgia for like the fifth time but hey who is counting. First up was a guy who looked like a security guard who had an odd talent. He sang opera….. just like a women. She, I mean he, got three Xs from the judges since they wanted him to sing like a man. Next up was a young girl who performed with her dad. The duo performed some sort of karate act with the girl beating up the dad. She flipped and performed other stunts, even after getting an X fro Piers mid way. Piers gave her a no while David gave her a yes. Sharon was the deciding vote and moved her on to Vegas.

Being in Atlanta we were bound to have a few country singers. Sarah was the first in the bunch and she was a bit plain but sang well. The three judges loved her and said she had talent, moving her onto Vegas to pursue her country career. A few others then moved on in a quick recap. A fire act, a pole dancer and some tribal dancers moved on to Vegas. A dance troupe who were all family were then up. They performed well together and the judges felt they had great energy. The judges loved them of course and they moved along to Vegas as well.

Auditions then move back to New York for even more excitement. The James Gang was the first to perform and they seemed promising. The group sang some jazz but more contemporary and danced around. It was rather entertaining and the judges agreed as all three moved them on with a yes to Vegas. A  young girl was up next who was adopted from China. She’s a contortionist and at 11 she’s pretty amazing at it! Everyone loved the girl and thank God she moved on to the next round of the show!

Two polka dancers were up next. It was a bit odd to see them bouncy around but hey whatever they do to keep them happy. The audience hated it and all three judges Xed them at the same time. None of the judges let them go through along with the next few acts. A strange singing guy, a ventriloquist and three strange singing ladies rounded off the crazies who obviously wouldn’t go on to Vegas.

The last act was the one they’ve been promoing all week with the judges and audience crying. Kyle is an R&B singer who had to sing to provide for him family. He teared up before singing but sounded great and shows he’s dedicated his life to singing. The crowd went crazy when he finished along with the judges. If everyone wasn’t crying they sure started when his mom rushed the stage. Jerry even shed a tear as they passed Kyle onto Vegas as we all expected.

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With the auditions in New York for America’s Got Talent over we move to Chicago. It seems the talent is much different this time around as the first act showcases a burlesque of mothers. They were VERY “Vegas” and although they were “rough” according to Piers they were moved on to well…. Vegas. With the first audition being passed through does this mean Chicago will actually produce amazing performances?

Apparently not as a “homemade guitar” sent one make packing early. He wasn’t the only one as the crowd basically forced the judges to stop some horrible acts. A singing Santa, a few singers and a “stage actor” turned the crowd into a raging rampage that booed and booed and booed. Just when you thought the crowd was so horrible a male baton twirler came onto the stage and cheers rang out. It was more a fire spinning act then baton and was pretty good. I mean if that crowd was cheering it HAD to be good.

Quickly moving on from Chicago, the search for America’s best talent was moved to Los Angeles. LA has to have some good, and bad, talent since everyone who wants to be anyone heads there. The first “performer” is male Briteny Spears impersonator who reminded me of Chris Crocker a bit. Coninsidence, I’m not sure. Since he looked and lip synched like Briteny the new “Boy Shakira” was moved on to the Vegas auditions.

Some great acts were then run down as moving on as well. A hula-hoop dancer, a tap dance troop, a fifteen year old singer and a dance troop all moved on, making LA one of the better auditions so far. That ended fast though with one strange audition. A group of dance teachers sucked, and had no chance of making it through. Another “dance” group reenacted Michael Jackson’s thriller and was High School Musical gone bad! The lack of dancing dancers continued to go on stage and I must say, I expected much more from LA! One last dance act, a power tap/clogging group made it on to the stage and totally made up for those who sucked before them! Of course Piers didn’t like them, but winning the Apprentice doesn’t mean you know squat about dancing!

The end of LA showcased Neil, an opera singer. It seems he was on the show to make his family happy and show people that you can get past poverty and other issues. Of course since they spent so much time on his story it’s obvious he was going to be good. Although I’m not sure how well America will embrace an opera singer it was a great moment as the crowd stood to support him. Hopefully more auditions like this will occurr at the final audition locations and more amazing (and not so amazing) acts will be performed!

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Why is it that every British guy on a reality show always seeks to be the most evil person there? Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsey and now Piers Morgan. I must say after not watching the Apprentice since season one, I was skeptical to watch this celebrity version since most celebrity shows fail. Thankfully it caught my attention as it was even more entertaining then I remembered it and was surely a great season.

The night began with both Trace and Piers still facing off at the charity auction. I loved how they added the laughter from the crowd over the pre-taped moments. It gave it a comedy type feel and there sure was a ton of it! The charity event went pretty smoothly but one thing kind of felt strange to me. It wasn’t really about the items they were bidding on, once again, but rather huge celebrities dishing out thousands of money for the ’cause’. Piers had three donations at $100,000 which gave him a sure win. Hell even one donation of $100,000 would have been enough.

When it came time to crown the winner, everyone wanted to see Trace win. Maybe it was the fact Piers is British on an American show or maybe because he was so evil on the show itself, but everyone there seemed to hate him. When it came down too it though, Piers did in fact take home the win. Although I hate saying it, he did deserve it after all the challenges he won and money he raised. In the end none of the celebrities stood a chance against him (no not even you Carol) and he probably would have won against anyone. Luckily there is a new season already being planned for next year and Trump told us that he’ll “be around for a long, long time” so I guess that means at least a few new season. Hopefully they can get an even better cast next time. Just bring back Omarosa again and I’ll be sure to tune in!

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