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Only 3 can go through! Who do you want?

Sorry this is late, had a few things to take care of post-show, but I thought I'd start doing this for the live shows! Here are my opinions of each act:

The CommUNITY ATL

I thought they were pretty solid. The soloists were off vocally at a lot of times but it sounded good when they sang together, and the stage presence was decent. I did like the song, but that wasn't the strongest choir performance.

James & Marina

It just took SO long with zero payoff. I actually thought it could be creative at the start because of the painting idea, but there was nothing impressive and no wow moments throughout. For all that time, there should've been something to make it worthwhile. They just squandered that opportunity. Simon was right about the delivery as well - very boring.

The Jesse White Tumbling Team

To me, that was way too short. I think they could've done more. They reached some impressive heights, but I don't think it was enough after what we saw last time. Just not enough growth or variety - doing flips higher and higher for a minute or two isn't the most impressive thing compared to other acrobatic acts, especially without any real change between performances.

Ashford Sanders

Man that was... disappointing. He had so much potential, and maybe it was nerves, but that was a miss. There were a lot of off-key moments in his singing, and it wasn't a great song choice either considering he did a ballad last time. I think also that his stage presence could maybe be more compelling with a different type of song, so I wish he did something upbeat.

Sando

This belongs on TikTok. There's almost no actual dancing talent here. Even the clock didn't work well. Nothing about this is impressive, and I don't understand how the judges love this act as much as they do.

Hundred Fingers

I love the change from cards to fans and masks, I think that was a great move and the whole thing ended up being super creative. That said, there were some lulls in the first half of the performance, and I thought the synchronization could've been better. I was just more enraptured the first time. Even though there was more going on this time, and it was still a spellbinding performance, I do think it was cleaner and more cohesive in the auditions.

Brook Lynn

I'm sure that was hard, and I want to give her some grace because I can tell she was really nervous especially following the Golden Buzzer. It's great that this was an original, and I think her voice is beautiful especially because she pours so much emotion into it. I think her nerves were still showing and her last performance was more captivating, and it was also a little harder to hold attention with this song.

Royal Lasers

I'll just get it out of the way, I don't appreciate the use of AI, and I think that it's the absolute antithesis of a creative act like this. Separating that from the talent, however, that was an exceptional act. So creative and so entertaining. I loved the sort of story and thought it was just brilliantly executed. I would see this as a room in Vegas. Definitely one of the standouts.

Olivia Befus

I do love her and I like that there was a theme, but I did find the story (if there was one) hard to follow, and I'm not sure the rest made up for it. She repeated most of the tricks from last time and didn't really bring anything new that was impressive, so I think she underperformed a bit.

Cris Sosa

I think he's extremely likeable with such great stage presence. Really funny guy with great material, but I think the nerves got him a little bit. There were some awkward sort of pauses or gaps between the jokes where he would just take a moment too long of silence, and I think it broke the immersion for the audience as well as his flow, but otherwise the physical comedy was epic.

Luke Taleno

A very compelling performance with unbelievably good stage presence. He reminds me of NF with the inflection in his voice and the overall style. Not the most amazing or fast rapping, but definitely passable. I found the song a *bit* repetitive during the chorus and not quite as fast or hard-hitting as it could've been, but solid nonetheless.

Finally at the live shows! Here are the acts tonight:

Ashford Sanders

Brook Lynn

Cris Sosa

Hundred Fingers

James & Marina

Luke Taleno

Olivia Befus

Royal Lasers

Sando

The CommUNITY ATL

The Jesse White Tumbling Team

Here we go again!

Appearing:

ACRO Crew, Dog Act

Aggy, Poet/Comedian

Community ATL Choir, Choir

Josh Sherman, Trumpeter

Kev Adams, Comedian

KOSÉ 8ROCKS, Dance Group

Lai Noelle, Singer

Luke Taleno, Rapper

Nolan Ross Palmer, Danger Act

Tyrone and Margo, Knife Throwing Duo

Unitree, Robot Dance Group