Got Talent?
I’ve been watching America’s Got Talent on and off. Some of what I didn’t catch on NBC, I caught on Bravo. The format of the show really confused me. When they got to some sort of ‘semifinalist’ show, it made it sound like they were choosing the two finalists then. The judges choose one and we choose one. Except it turned out to be only one of several semifinalist episodes. Then there was a wild card show, just to confuse things further. I have no idea how many rounds the finalists actually ended up going through.
Some acts I wanted to see more of didn’t make it to the final. But Quick Change did. For those who weren’t watching, they’re a quick change act. Real original name, yea? The guy changes his outfit like once, so mostly it’s the chick changing into different dresses. Piers, the requisite mean British judge, was constantly saying they kept giving him the same show and he was bored of it. Everyone else was really down on him. It’s a quick change act, so what did he want, them to do something else? This is the act, this is their talent, yadda yadda.
Well, Piers was right. They might change the outfits and the music, but it’s the same act. They don’t even do the changes in different ways. They kept pulling out the same methods of disguising it. Confetti over her head. Her wrapped up in a big cloth. Yawn. And Piers had a point where he said the acts that cry get people to vote for them, apparently, because she cried like crazy and left the stage and yet they’re in the finals somehow.
They say they have a 90 minute act. I can’t picture it! 90 minutes of what we’ve seen? Dullsville.
I could think of several ways to make the act different. They could’ve brought out a kid. They even have a 13 year old they could’ve used! They could’ve tried it on animals. They could’ve employed a pair of twins. Twins are always useful. Or a whole ‘chorus’ of people changing. Or maybe something involving a manequin. Tons of things! Instead they just changed the clothes and the music. So lame.
So, take heart, Piers, I agree with you!
