America’s Got Talent: New York Auditions
The last night of auditions for “America’s Got Talent” was in New York. And New York did have talent! There were some good acts that went through tonight to Vegas and a few that were really, really bad.
First, the ones that made it to Vegas. Rubberboy, the contortionist, was painful to watch, but oddly entertaining. Byrain, the singer for rapper Abenz, made it through, but unfortunately, Abenz did not. There were two boy bands – Odysy and Ahmir – that made it through. Ahmir seemed to be the better of the two – even the Hoff admitted it. Philadelphia Plowden was a hilarious comedian – the first we’ve seen this season that was truly funny. The 3 Redneck Tenors were a surprise! I thought it would be a joke act, but they were actually good singers. The Illmatic Styles were a dance troupe that featured Luke “Lazy Legs,” a guy who was born without many muscles in his legs. But he was an amazing dancer – even with crutches! Julienne Irwin, a 14 year old singer, was like a breath of fresh air – good and modest! Anthony Reed was a good magician. I had to rewind the DVR three times to watch him change one dove into two. The Glamazons – big girls in lingerie – made it through to Vegas, but frankly, I’d be glad to not see anymore of them. Maybe it was the lingerie, maybe it was singing Lady Marmalade (which should be against the law for anyone but Patti LaBelle), but I didn’t care for them.
The bad – oh, the bad was bad. Sexy Techno Boy wasn’t sexy and his dancing was subpar. Hippie singer Sunshine wasn’t screeching, but her singing wasn’t great either. Even thought twin sisters Shad-Dai pleaded to sing another song, Piers was very quick in his “no!” The Pennsylvania Hand Band was just absurd. It never ceases to amaze me what people will do just to get on television!
And finally, what blog would be complete without mentioning the Diva of “America’s Got Talent” – Leonid the Magnificent. Yes, Leonid was back this year and more magnificent than ever. Well, at least until his headdress got caught up in ropes at the end of his act. Despite Hasselhoff saying he’d leave if Leonid went through to Vegas, Sharon and David voted him through. When Leonid told the Hoff “Go to hell, I know who I am,” it was just classic!
No show next week (except maybe reruns), but in two weeks, it is off to Las Vegas!
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June 28th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
I saw this comic I know, Ricardo Aleman on this show, but they didnt air his set! He was the one that insulted David and Piers. He has a clip of that on his website FunnyMexican.com… hysterical!
July 1st, 2007 at 6:46 am
I’m from the Pennsylvania Hand Band. Despite how we came across on the show, many of our fans are accomplished musicians. For a better perspective of what we do check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO5W2aYOLD0
Thanks…