Who moves on tonight? I say: Sarah Lenore, The Taubl Family, Jonathan Burkin, Joseph Hall and…Sickstep. Considering the competition, it’s not like it takes a master prognosticator to figure it out…
It just happens to be EVERYONE’s dream to make it to Vegas! But which of last night’s 10 acts will be sent home tonight?
After the recap, host, Jerry Springer, announces that Bruce Block is ill and won’t be attending the show. But who cares. He’s been eliminated. The Texas State Strutters and Jonathan Burkin take center stage. Of course, Jonathan Burkin advances to the next round. All hell would have broken loose otherwise. Sarah Lenore and Shequida take center stage. Sarah Lenore advances to the next round. Matthew Piazzi and Joseph Hall take center stage. Joseph Hall advances to the next round. The Taubl Family, Michael Strelos-Smith and Sickstep take center stage. America decided that…The Tauble famile advances to the next round. The judges choice (they choose between the 5th and 6th place finishers) is between Michael Strelos-Smith and Sickstep. Ha ha. Michael must be regretting mouthing off to the judges right about now. Piers chooses Sickstep. He tells Michael he’s not half as good as he thinks he is. Sharon also goes with Sickstep. Sickstep advances to the next round.
More re-cap and VIDEO after the JUMP…
And the acts moving on are: Sarah Lenore, The Taubl Family, Jonathan Burkin, Joseph Hall and Sickstep! And I win a cookie, ’cause I was correct!
The Dallas Desperados Dancers - Gah. Another Texas dance team. I don’t care, I don’t care, I don’t care. Why is this show filled with the equivalent of high school drill teams? It must be the T&A factor, not so much that they’re going to move on. Piers didn’t like them tonight, though he did in the past. Sharon says, “It’s not good enough…not going to get a headlining act in Vegas.” Oh, so that was Sharon who buzzed them. Hoff says they missed a little bit of their edge and precision tonight.
Bryan Cheatham - He’s an ex-Chippendale’s dancer turned singer. Ohhh. Mom and Dad did not approve of the Chippendale’s deal! He quit his job dancing and now he feels clean! Hallelujah. Unfortunately, it appears that singer in second spot = cannon fodder. And like the other second spotters before him….there goes the buzzer!…he’s pretty dreadful. Piers says he’s improved, but he’s only good enough to be a headline act on a cruise ship. Sharon says he’s got to cut the cheese, the winking…you’re not using your soul. “Cut the crap, and you’d be good,” she adds. Hoff says he nailed it in the second half.
Flambeaux - It’s some sort of fire-eating act, but seriously, what the hell was that? First he burns his clothes off. After, he stalks around the stage eating fire. There are dancers and singers around him also doing weird things with fire. Really, pretty pointless and stupid. And I don’t believe for a minute that it’s dangerous, because I’m sure they are all covered with flame retardant. Piers says, “You’re wacked…your act is like walking intro a weird druid glen…it’s time to stop.” Sharon thought the timing was off and it was slow and boring. Nooooo. Hoff says, “The point is to bring people into Vegas, but I think you’d scare them away.
Kaitlyn Maher - Adorable 4 year old who should be at home playing with toys. She’s cuter than a basketful of puppies and kittens, as she sings “Wonderful World”. She remembers all the words too! But, seriously, what 4 year old is headlining an act in Vegas? And how will they break the news to her when she’s finally eliminated? Bah. I blame the parents. Soooo…how do the judges critique the cuteness? Piers says, “You look like a princess tonight…you have more charm, more star quality than all the acts I’ve seen.” That’s how you do it, you don’t talk about the performance at all! Sharon actually gives her some constructive criticism. “Maybe next time you can do some movement…move around your arms.” Hoff says, “You should run for president…you bring us all together”. Little Kaitlyn just keeps repeating “thank you…thank you…thank you…” over and over again, just like mommy told her to. She obviously has no comprehension of what the judges are telling her. Now it’s off with mommy for hours and hours of practice…to incorporate those arm movements!
Dorae Saunders - He’s a really really shitty Tina Turner impersonator. Dorea drops down to the stage on a big disco ball while Tina Turner’s “Disco Inferno” plays. Why would America want to see bad, out-of-shape drag queens lip syncing? I suspect they don’t. Piers tells Dorea he looks fabulous. Liar! Then, Piers adds that he can’t put him through because he doesn’t actually sing. Then why did you advance him? Dorea thinks he’s just like Audrey Hepburn and Angela Bassett–actresses who lip synced in movies. As if that’s the same thing. Sharon, inexplicably, loves him. Calls him a superstar! WTF? Hoff says “Only in America can a transexual play to 20 million people.” I hate to break it to you Hoff, but I think Dorea still has a dick.
Donald Braswell - He came back in a wild card after the fabulous Russian Bar Trio bowed out due to injury. His backstory is that he’s singing again after an accident that cut his vocal cords. He sings “The Impossible Dream”. Natch! He’s actually better than some of the singers they put through. But, that’s probably why he didn’t make it in the first place. He doesn’t make great cannon fodder. Still, nice vocal tone, but his phrasing leaves a lot to be desired. Donald thanks America for voting him back in. Piers says, “America was absolutely right to vote you back in.” Sharon says, “You sang beautifully tonight.” But then she hints that he might be a little old-fashioned and then tells him to lighten up. Hoff says, “You nailed it, man.”
Indiggo - These two aren’t for real. Are they? They can’t be. This is a put on. They sing an original song, “I don’t need no Georgie Clooney.” It’s the worst song ever. Piers says, “The sooner you are shipped backed to Romania, the better…you are the worst dancers and worst singers in the entire competition.” I’ll bet they aren’t even Romanian. Sharon says, “You’re darlings…where did you get that awful song?” and they explain the song was written by a German. “A bloody German!” says Sharon. “Watch it,” says Hoff. And then, “I like watching you.” Creepy!
The Tapping Dads - They tap so they can practice with their daughters. Or something. Gah, these acts are so freaking lame. They dance to “Putting on the Ritz” in tuxedos and top hats. If Frankenstein had come out to dance with them? I’d vote for that. Ha ha…for you fans of Young Frankenstein… Anyway. Yeah. Lame. I can’t believe I’m sitting through this. Piers asks, “Would you like me to judge you as good dads or dancers?” After he gets the go-ahead he says, “If Fred Astaire could watch that, he’d turn in his grave.” Then, Sharon gets really really fake mad at Piers. Then she says, “What you lack in technique, you make up for in heart.” Doesn’t this contradict what she said at the top of the show about the bar being set higher at this point in the competition? Hoff screams, “I find you highly entertaining.” Of course he does!
Eli Mattson - The only singer in this bunch with true superstar talent, and he doesn’t have the freaking pimp spot? What the hell? This show sucks. I don’t recognize the song he’s singing but it’s fabulous. Eli’s performance is mesmerizing. He’s way too good for this shitty show. I’m actually pissed he’s even on it. Piers says, “I have one word for you…sensational.” Sharon says, “Just your voice, piano… that’s all you need. A star.” Hoff says, “Top 10 baby.” That’s all? Top 10? I say he should win. Eli and baton-boy, Jonathan Birken should be Top 2. The judges make a lot of noise about all the crazy acts…and here comes a contestant who actually has talent! Well, whoop-di-do. The crappy talent is the point of this show–you put them through. Methinks thou dost protest too much. ETA: The song is “Nobody Knows”. Written by Babyface, it was sung by him, Tony Rich and country artist Kevin Sharp.
Nuttin but Stringz - However, these guys, from the mean streets of Queens (really?) who play Hip Hop violins are a very unusual act. And actually, they are pretty compelling. They are talented violin players and they manage to incorporate Hip Hop elements into their playing very creatively. It’s pretty intense stuff. Piers says, “You guys are my favorite act in the competition.” Sharon likes their tone and loves the crossover. Hoff says, “You move us with your music.”
Jerry Springer rambles on and on to kill extra time…and were done. Next Tuesday, we find out who moves on to the Top 20: I say: Kaitlyn Maher, Donald Braswell, Eli Mattson, Nuttin’ But Stringz and–moms all over America are furiously voting as we speak–the Tapping Dads.
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LMAO, it’s like someone told this little girl to say “thank you” after everything the judges say. Cute. :)
lol Sarah beat me to it…
Mom to Daughter: “Now hunny, don’t be like stupid Opera man last night, just say thank you after the judges say anything to you.”
Having said that, i mean, i could probably find 100 4 year olds that cute who can do that. brother. but im sure she will make it. I mean, all you had to do was show me her opening package and i could have told you she makes it through. “When I’m on stage, I feel like a big princess!” It’s sad that a talent competition has to resort to this. I was praying Pierce would buzz her…rofl. but i think we all knew that wouldn’t happen.
BUt a deff shoe-in for the finals.
Hopefully it gets better than strippers, flame-throwers, 2nd rate dance troops, and 4 year olds.
ps. She-He count: 3 and rising…
wait!- she (or he???) is lip-syncing!!!!
eta: thank you piers! and it is a guy…ok. what was i thinking anyways, of course its a drag-queen, why else would he have gotten thru.
ELI WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
ELI FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK THE GOOD LORD FOR YOU, ELI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing, amazing piano playing. Great voice. yes!
FINALLY!!!!!!@@#&#^@%^!*@#
(zooperstars for 2nd!!) lol
yeah, like Lisa said
and Duke
Lisa- The LONG wait is over!!! He shoots and SCORES!!!
ELI FTMFW!!!!!!!!!
Ok now that I got my Eli rush out, lol…
The little girl: Ok she is cute, but a million dollars cute? No. A vegas contract for her to do 1 1/2 hour shows? No. Please get real.
Indiggo: Please GO. I think this is the first time I have heard the whole audience booing an act and rightly so. Please get off my tv.
Eli…. This kid has so so much freaking talent just jumping off of him.
MJ, I hope you have Eli’s performance!
We can all do a happy dance!!! LOL at you all!
He was worth the wait!!!! I’m so happy for him right now. I don’t get why he did not get the pimp spot, hope it is not because of Neal aka TCO.
*sigh*, I am going to vote.
I think (if my memory serves me correct) ELi sang Nobody Knows It But Me…and I think Babyface sings it. But he totally did it his way. major props.
(i hope im right)
Duke you’re correct
I love Eli! I got in 3X10 votes through 3 different email accounts and 10 through my cell phone. Unfortunately my land line crashed. I hope its because Eli is getting tons of votes. I’ll keep trying on that one.
I believe Eli sang in the fourth show so he would not color all the other performances. He is by far the most talented. How can we get more support for him?
Thank you MJ for the video!!!! You are the greatest!
woohoo!
and i got 8×10 votes for Eli…2 land lines, 3 cell phones; then a car ride to the grand parents house for 1 land line, and 2 cell phones.
I wish idol voting was like this. I think it would encourage more people to vote, and give a better idea of favorites.
Which is the pimp spot? I think putting him next to last tells me all I need to know: the producers know we’re talking about him, and they’re making us wait.
Another lovely performance, and the judges were spot-on in their “thank god you’re here after all that dreck” comments. I adored the little look over his shoulder as he sang the last few words. That kid truly loves what he does.
Forgot to tell mj…
the song he sang was a big hit many moons ago by R&B dude Tony Rich, then a country artist named Kevin Sharp did quite well with his version. You should check them both out. Eli definitely put his own spin on it.
Tony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CA2Pi4gYxQ
Kevin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJ7gRmaFUo
The judges put all those craptacular acts through in the first place. Now they’re complaining LOL. Just like the judges on AI.
The pimp spot is the very last spot.
Thanks for the song info.
MJ- You are and shall remain The Blog Goddess!! Thanks for the Eli vid hookup so quickly!! YOU RAWK!!!
Duke- GAH!!! You are making my look like a slacker. Should I beat on my neighbors door and demand the use of their phone??? LOL
Lisa- It was well worth the long ass wait…GEESH!! At least now we only have a week to wait for more ELI!!!!
wjmtv- The Pimp Spot is the last spot on the show.
I haven’t been posting for this show, but I’ve been following the Eli love. I voted 10 X 2 for him (phone and email). I stopped short of using hubby’s phone, son’s phone, my four other email accounts, and hubby’s email account (won’t use my son’s email, cause I don’t want him getting on any spammers’ lists). I’m saving the BIG GUNS for when Eli might actually need the extra votes. No way he’s not getting through. So far America has pretty much gotten it all correct. And he just has to make it into the top 6, really, to advance. Because if heck freezes over, and he somehow ends up in 5th or 6th place, then the judges decide, and you know they’d vote him through. I predict he’ll be at least one of the top two or three vote getters tonight, though. (Hmmm … Eli, Nuttin’ But Stringz, Donald Braswell, Kaitlyn Maher, and yeah, you’re probably right, mj: The Tapping Dads.) I missed the first three acts, but it doesn’t sound like any of them were any good. At all.
btw, Kaitlyn is a real cutie, but her rehearsed thank yous were getting a bit … scary.
I so agree. That guy is going to be big. He’s a Billy Joel for sure. He really is mesmerizing. I mean talk about soul! WOW. I am so hoping he’ll catch on even if he doesn’t come in first. That guy is so talented. Hopefully this exposure will propel him into a star because if he doesn’t make it there is something terribly wrong.
I sure hope that NBC releases Eli’s full version of Your Song some time soon because I am slobbering to hear it.
Love this guy.
Eli is just in such a different league than the other acts. I don’t even think there’s a competition. He is really fantastic.
Anyone have mp3’s on this guy?
Baxter,
Ironically, I thought of doing that…but then decided against it seeing that I might be living next to my neighbors for several more years and wouldn’t want them to think I’m..well..strange, lol
but i think Eli will sail thru to the next round w/out a moments hesitation.
Wow…ELI!! ELI!! ELI!!! ELI FTMFW!!!
you guys make my 10 x 3 votes, my cell, landline and computer look bad!!
haaaaaaaaaa
WHY do I feel so compelled to watch this perfectly AWful show? I know. I know. It is my talent show addiction. It. Cannot. Be. Stopped.
I will say that I have a soft spot for Donald B. But Sharon was right-on with her comments about how he would play, a la Robert Goulet, in this day and time.
Eli is so prostituting himself on this show! He is far and away a talent who deserves better. Reminds me of Taylor, who just didn’t fit with that style on American Idol, but brought people to who he was and is as an artist. Ditto Eli. But on such a show??? OY!
Someone please, please remove this 4-year old automaton forthwith. She totally creeps me out. (See Eli comment above. He has to be competing with this??? And a fire eater? And endless dance squads???)
I do like the two violin guys. Sharon again was on the money. They are not only talented, with very cool sounds, but the tone from the violins is really amazing.
PrplDva,
There’s supposed to be an album out there somewhere, but I haven’t been able to find it. You can listen to four original songs from it on his myspace. My favorite is “And I’ll Be.”
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=261228170
as has been stated before, MJs reviews are more entertaining than the show!
I have watched bits and pieces these past two nights hoping to catch this Eli but couldn’t sit thru the dross. Thanks for the clip, he’s amazing, surprised he didn’t try out for idol?? (or did he, I haven’t been following) He sounds a bit like Elton John. I really enjoyed his performance and can see what all the hype is about.
The cute 4 yo who can’t sing? Agree, how are they going to tell her she is out.
I loved the guys with the violins, wow, that was intense! They could start a whole new music genre, classical hip hop!
But other than them, this show is such a suckfest!!! MJ should have some sort of medal of honour for sitting thru it for us. :)
The third season was so lame compare with season 1 and 2. In season 1 and 2 at least they still got a good non music act, and lots of them worked in Vegas now.
Like: season 1: the Quick change who Piers hatedbut they werer really good although once you see their act, it will be pretty boring. They had tons of job though they didnot win.
PS: British Got Talent also got similar act but not half as good but made it to top 20.
The acrobat act (I forgot the name) where a man throw his partner up and down real high and gracefully. They joined Cirque du soleil and had even performed in So you Think australia as guest star.
The magician (the best so far in this show) who failed to make it into the top 10 also made it into Vegas.
The juggler , (the best juggler in the show) who juggler everything from bowling pin to people.
Season 2:
The 4 karate guy who was real good at what they were doing. British Got Talent also got the same act but only half as good.
The 4 guy who wore very high prop. They were quite good but failed to make into top 10.
This year the only good non music act was only Jonathan, the baton twirler. The kid really got some move. He can had a career in Vegas if he kept improving.
So my prediction:
Top 20 will had 13 singers including impesonator who sing , 4 group dancers including the mascots group , one baton twirler, duet musician and I forgot one that pass in first show.
Except for a major major disaster, like the singers pick horrible songs and sing very very bad, my prediction for top 10:
8 singers including Eli of course, Jonathan the baton twirler and Nuttin But String.
Altho Sick Step still had the chance to made it to top 10 if they can gave some real sick move cause I know they can. For those of you who didnot know. Sick Step was the group whre Hok and Ryan SYTYCD came from.
I do not know why they mostly dance in here then do the sick move like they do in SYTYCD auditions cause American teenagers just love B-Boys move like they showed in MTV Best Dance CRews.
If Sick Step didnot raise their game , they will not made it into top 10.
My Top 4 prediction: Eli , Jonathan, Sarah L and Nuttin But String
again its not easy cause I think top 4 will filled with all singers though I only like 2 of 13 of them.
but my guts tell me America will choose: Eli (hopefuly), Queen Emily, Neal and the girl singer who sing in the first show.
I do not think that pimp spot will matter much in this show if you can performed really really well cause the competition in this show is not as tough as A Idol. NOt even half close this season.
Terry Fator the good example. He got maybe 15 seconds scenes in Vegas week episode, he never got any pimp spot before final 4 (if I am not wrong) , casue the producer probably just wanted singers to win in season 2. But he just kept performing real good and he was really talented at what he did.
So Eli can still win even if the producers were hell bent to championed Neal the so so opera singer, Queen Emily with the sob story and Joseph Hall . (He need to take more dancing and vocal lesson) All Eli need to do is pick songs real wisely and showcase his vocal and he can win.
And if Eli had enter American Idol, how on earth NIgel and Simon didnot at least put him thru to top 24??? Cause his vocal was much much better than lots and lots of male Idol finalist.
Forgot to add about the Taubyl Family, I dont know if they come out with this idea or they just did it accidentally when they sing Umbrella.
Did you notice that the 3 main vocalist when they sing Umbrella were the 3 teenagers brothers and not the sisters or mixed.
What a genius! Considering Jonas Brothers was the hottest boy bands now in US. And just be fair, you didnot need to sing real good to had a number 1 album in US. Jonas Brothers were the example. I had heard they sing live few times. In Dancing with The Stars and SYTYCD, and they had so many picthy issues.
If the Taubyl Family wanted to win real bad, they had to keep the strategy, 3-4 brothers were the main vocalist, others sisters and parents were background music players. Kept choosing the hottest song in US.
If they did this, they had a chance into top 8 or even top 4.
If they chose oldies unpopular song again, hmmm maybe only top 10.
Family acts always had lots of people votings. Season 1 had 2 family acts in top 4 and season 2 had 1 family acts in top 8. And we maybe had 3 family acts in top 20.
At least decent family acts and not as bad as Indigo bad.
hcpoirot, the magician from Season 1 is Nathan Burton. For some inexplicable reason he didn’t make top 10 but he’s actually done VERY well in Vegas. (I live in LV.) I fact, I just saw his face pasted all over the Flamingo Hilton on my way to school today. He’s probably doing oodles better than that kid who won S1.
Terry Fator is also doing extremely well here too. But these are acts tailor made for the Vegas crowd.
I have a friend (an amazing singer) who has always been just a bit too old for Idol (even when they raised the age limit, he missed out), but as DUMB as AGT is, we may have convinced him to audition next year. For nothing else then, if you win, you get a cool million bucks.
ELI MATTSON SONGS TO PURCHASE/DOWNLOAD
I found this site to buy three of Eli Mattson’s songs as mp3s:
http://www.guraristudios.com/Elimattson.html
Lacy Lee
Baby Doll
All I’ll Be
$1.25 each.
reinharv,
Thanks for the link. That is one niiiiiiice pic! :)
Interesting to note… “Lacey Lee” on the Gurari site is called “7″ on his myspace. Wonder which version is the more recent? (Or maybe 7 is the track # on the album and something got left out somewhere….)