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Round of 5
September 24
Gordon: This is Gordon Pepper. Usually at
this time, myself, Jason Block and Don Harpwood would be recapping the
finals of America's Got Talent. Instead, we're watching George Bush talk
about having a last second economics bailout to fix what some idiots did
on Wall Street. I have one thing to say. If Roger Dobkowitz was
president, this would never have happened.
Jason: Thank you Price is Right Fanboy(TM)
(BVN Hamsters: 17 Minutes Later)
Gordon: And....we're live!
Don: Thank goodness!
Gordon: It may be a condensed 43 minutes...and it is! Fortunately,
there's only 5 acts to perform.
Jason: Not as much filler.
Gordon: And I'd like to thank George Bush for doing SOMEthing right
today - eliminating 17 minutes worth of fill time.
Jason: Yay!
Gordon: But we still get the opening filler from the 5 finalists.
Jason: Boo!
Gordon: But now - here come the finalists!
Jason: Yay!
Gordon: First up - Nuttin But Stringz, who promises to do the best song
ever. They play the first song they've ever written.
Jason: I like the flashy outfits
Gordon: They have people with umbrellas descending, and then dancing.
Jason: This is very indicative of a Vegas performance. I like this.
Gordon: One thing I notice - they play every song in the same key - D
Minor.
Jason: How in the blue heck do you know that?
Gordon: I have perfect pitch. :) I'm not a music major for nothing.
Jason: Bring that up again, mind you. :)
Gordon: The audience screams. I think it was good.
Don: I really enjoyed that act.
Gordon: Piers says that's not much wrong with a country that can produce
NBS. He says that unless someone comes out and blows him away, he's
looking at the winner of AGT. Sharon thought they were fantastic. David
says Nuttin But Vegas. I think they get a contract, regardless of
whether or not they win.
Jason: I agree. They are fantastic.
Don: Definitely.
Jason: Next is Donald Braswell.
Gordon: And he...goes back to a song that got him this far. This is 'You
Raise Me Up'
Jason: He is making a risky move by doing this.
Gordon: Let me go on record even before he sings to say that this is a
horrific choice of song.
Jason: I hate this song. I hate Josh Groban. And I hate him doing it.
Gordon: I hate his pitch - very very flat. X
Jason: X
Don: X
Gordon: He gets the chorus behind him and he's cracking on the high
notes.
Jason: That was bad.
Gordon: Sharon says he was nice. Not million dollars nice, but he's good
in Broadway. David says he stepped it up and he's ready to go to church.
David is delusional. Again.
Jason: Yup.
Gordon: Piers says he's an amazing story, and whatever happened, he has
done himself proud.
Jason: Um...no he hasn't.
Gordon: I think he did himself proud by getting this far. I think when
he listens to himself tonight, he's going to realize that he made a
serious error. That could describe Neal E. Boyd's choice last week. He
promises not to hold back. He goes back...to his original song that he
sang when we first saw him - Turandot's "Nessun Dorma.”"...At least he
went to opera.
Jason: You see this is a choice that could be a good thing.
Gordon: I don't think it's good enough. It's safe and I think he killed
himself last week. And I don't think this is a good song choice at all.
Why, you ask? Because Who has heard this song? There are MANY popular
opera choices. I think he could have nailed the opening to Carmina
Burana, which everyone has heard. THAT would have been a great song
choice. This is...just there. And we get sparklies behind him to end it.
Jason: That was....OK.
Don: It was alright. But alright won't win it.
Gordon: David thinks it was great and that he's going a long way,
regardless of if he wins this competition. Piers...agrees with David?
Sharon says it was sensational and she's never heard it sung the was he
sang it. I'm not going that far. I do say that he did a good job and
that definitely is better than both Braswell and NBS so far.
Jason: That's true.
Gordon: Next up - Eli Mattson. His Million Dollar song - Against All
Odds, by Phil Collins. I hate to do this to my favorite, but he's
mangling one of my favorite songs, missing both the lyrics and the
pitch. X
Jason: Big time X
Don: Eh, wasn't that interested in that one. X
Gordon: Piers says the odds against him winning have shortened. I
disagree. Sharon says he has a great voice and is a great musician.
David says he's the dark horse and rambles on while getting the name of
the song wrong. Have David and Paula Abdul been dating lately?
Don: lol
Jason: Maybe drinking from the same cup.
Gordon: Finally, we have Queen Emily, who sings 'One Moment in Time'.
She sound very very good...until she screeches out that last note. Ow.
Jason: Ouch, that note killed it. She BLEW the money note.
Gordon: Where did that last note come from?
Jason: That came from Eli Mattson sticking in the rear end with a stick
pin. :)
Gordon: Piers called it her best performance, but he thinks she will
struggle against NBS. Sharon calls her a diva and said she nailed it.
David calls her a princess and says her whole run was fantastic. Ok
kids. You've heard all of them. Who performed the best? Who's winning
it?
Don: I'm thinking that NBS could win this.
Jason: If I were a betting man. It would be NBS.
Gordon: Here's my thoughts. First of all, I don't think any of the
performances tonight were million dollar caliber.
Jason: Agreed.
Gordon: I think that the best performance, if we're judging tonight and
only tonight, goes to Neal E. Boyd. BUT I don't think he wins. This
eerily reminds me of this past American Idol, where David Cook had it
wrapped up before the finals. I think Eli Mattson and NBS will be the 2
finalists. I think Mattson will win, and I think that tonight didn't
matter.
Jason: You may be right.
Gordon: We'll see who is right in 7 days. For the donut and the cuckoo,
this is Gordon Pepper, signing off. |
