I felt so bad for her. And even worse as I laghed my ass off as I rolled it back 4 or 5 times, slow-mo'ed it, etc. Thank you DVR!

I noticed how Brandy got all indignant over Piers telling the 12-year-old that her song wasn't that great, yet she was the one who crapped all over those little girls in Sugar & Spice.

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Please tell me Bianca didn't get voted in by America... please.

I just found out that Bianca was picked.

[Darth Vader]Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo![/Darth Vader]

Piers challenges Hasselhoff to sing...

This show has officially "jumped the shark."

Just watched last night's show with Michelle's new performance. Brilliant
!!!

from NBC press release:

BURBANK, Calif. – August 3, 2006 – "America's Got Talent," the show that brought the variety format back to television as well as the most-watched show of the summer, has an exciting assortment of special performances lined up for its live-results show airing Thursday, August 3rd (9-10 pm EST). Additionally, the eighth act to move on to the final stage of the competition will be revealed.

"America's Got Talent" judge David Hasselhoff will sing his European single, "Jump in My Car" with his former "Knight Rider" co-star, "K.I.T.T." making a special appearance as well.

Hasselhoff was pathetic.

For those who missed it, you can catch the video on NBC's AGT page.

My wife and I laughed at all the kids in the audience covering their eyes.

I'm officially done with this show. Total waste of time. I honestly could care less if any of these people win the million bucks.

Some of the acts deserve $100,000, but not a million. Maybe they'll give each of the finalists a check for $100k and save us the pain.

I'll be traveling during the Wildcard show next week, but I hope that the quick change couple and Bobby Badfingers get through.

Damn producers. They put Michelle and Lilia in the same show so they'll split the horndog vote.

The quick changers are cool and everything, but they've made an obvious mistake in each performance. Piers proclaiming them "perfect" is pretty silly. And Brandy telling them to change their hair and costumes? How dumb can this girl get? That's precisely what they did do. In the first act, Dania started with dark hair and used a bunch of different costumes.

And shame on America for voting through Celtic Spring just because Piers is a dick.

Hasselhoff

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I cracked up when Brandy said that...Change their clothes??? Ha Ha...that's their whole act..!
Just curious..what was their obvious mistake?

In the first one, they made two mistakes. When they used the ribboned hoop, you could see the bottom of her dress falling through the ribbons, and then on the big finale, you could see the top of the dress start early, before the confetti falls. In the semifinals, they screwed up the first iteration of the red spinning fabric and revealed the dress change too early.

None of those are big deals or anything, and their act is really great, but it's silly when Piers goes on about how they're absolutely flawless. Of course, considering the excessive praise they're giving to merely above average singers, it fits with the show.

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Was it just me, or did Hasselhoff lip-synch that entire song?

Not sure, could be his face lift is so tight it makes his lips move funny.

I don't think Hasselhoff sang a word last night - what is up with the Germans?

Anyway - Brandy the Dog Faced Girl seemed perfectly clueless on the tradition behind Michelle's act - it was well done (perhaps a bit more risque than I expected), clever and incredibly sexy. I thought it was funny to see those cutaways to black children covering their eyes during Michelle's act when 99% of R & B and hip hop videos look like porn trailers.

There is very little "talent" on this show. If anything, they should just be rewarding the most entertaining act, and so far my money's on The Passing Zone - thay haven't disappointed yet.

Finals are tonight.

And Quick Change still had virtually the same act, with a Brandy bit tacked on at the end.

I find that the more times I see their one-note act the more obvious it becomes how they do their trick and the less impressed I become.

Definitely a one-trick pony.

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me four times, and I stop being fooled.

I agree. First time I was blown away. Now, I'm bored. Cant even watch it for more than 30 seconds. Not worth 1 million...I didnt watch it tonight..tell me, did they end with the confetti bit again?

Yep. And that comedy-magic duo (forget the name) ended their set with the one guy dumping a brown paper bag of confetti over the other guy. It was pretty funny

That was great. I would love to see Passing Zone walk away with the $1M.

My rankings:

1. Passing Zone - They have been consistently entertaining the entire time. Loved the confetti bit at the end.
2. All That - I normally don't like clogging, but they make it look cool.
3. At Last - I could have done without the drums and dancers.
4. Realis - Stylish.
5. Bianca Ryan - Flubbed up at the beginning of the song, but did well. That voice shouldn't come out of that girl.
6. The Millers - Fire the brother (and his intelligible vocals). Yeah for John Popper Jr.!
7. Rapping Granny - Hip-to-the-hop-to-the-dislocated-hip. She was better this time around, but not nearly good enough to win.
8. Taylor Ware - What do you get when you throw "Hee-Haw", Amanda Bynes and the Price is Right's "Cliff hanger" game into a blender?
9. Celtic Spring - Meh.
10. Quick Change - I agree with Piers. He's arrogant.

Speaking of John Popper, wow, he has really lost some weight!

Ironic that now he is no longer morbidly obese his career has declined and he is now stuck guest-mentoring a kid on a reality show.

He used to be #1 on my dead pool, but now he looks pretty healthy. Did he have gastric bypass?

I would not have even known he was John Popper if they hadn't said that was him.

Passing Zone gets my vote.

Not that I'm really going to vote ....... or that I'm admitting I watch this show.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure he had gastric bypass a few years ago. Blues Traveler is still around. I saw them on Austin City Limits last week. I wouldn't be surprised if he already knows that kid. I've seen those two on tv before, probably a couple years ago.

Bianca Ryan is the big winner. I haven't been watching for the last few weeks, so I don't know how good or bad she was. The Blue Man Group performance was pretty cool tonight.