whotony

You have to wonder how that kind of trick gets messed up in the way it did.
He is the one that does the forced n7mber pick so how did he end up with two 8s?

windom

Simon picked two numbers, both of them were 8s because that was the only number he was allowed to get. He put one of his numbers back in the box and it must have ended up in the section of the box that held only the 20s somehow. When Heidi picked her number from the 20s section she got the 8 that Simon had put back.

whotony

Ah. Yes. Exactly how it happened.

Josh-da-man

I think Simon handed the second number back to Dorenbos.

I think the bad had different compartments or something, and maybe Simon getting the double number threw him off and he offered Heidi the wrong compartment? Or she somehow managed to get a hold of Simon's second 8?

windom

So The Mayyas won. They also wont Arab's Got Talent. Do they divide the money between the 36 of them? If they take the yearly payment that would be less than $700 each before taxes per year.

I finally figured out that I've always misunderstand the title of this show. I always thought that "America's Got Talent" meant America Has Got Talent, but it's actually America's "Got Talent". "America's" is possessive and not a contraction. Basically, this is America's version of the "Got Talent" format. So it doesn't really matter that many of the contestants, and all of the judges, aren't from the U.S.

DWilson

Mayyas were also in "Britain's Got Talent: The Champions", though they did not win.

Josh-da-man

They do these [Insert Country]'s Got Talent shows all over the world, and it's not unusual for the same acts to get shuffled around between them.

whotony

I’ve seen that at least one act was on another Got Talent this year which is fine but Simon indicated that he had never seen them before.

Wish I could remember the specific act.

emachine12

For logistical and financial reasons, Simon is not a judge on every version of Talent.

whotony

The one I saw was Simon. Probably Britains got Talent. Was an act in this season that he said it was new to him even though he saw them before.

DWilson

It used to be that if an act was popular on BGT he'd copycat it in the US, -at least that's my take. He did that with the office worker opera singer (Paul Potts (UK)/ Neal Boyd (US)) and after a dog act won BGT ("Pudsey"), The Olate Dogs won the following season in the US.

etching

Saw the finals tonight. Not a big fan of having 11 in a final, would rather see five or six instead.

Was hoping for Kristy Sellars to win, oh well...

BTW, are the Mayyas the first large group act to win AGT?

windom

Can we change the title of this thread to "...season 15 and beyond"?

This season is already a joke. They had balancing act of three women who fell down three different times, but they still got put through. Probably because they were Ukrainian and super hot also. Actually, I'm glad they got to advance because like I said...they were super hot.

Also, there was a pseudo metal band that Sofia's husband had hired to play a party before.

whotony

A new season started?

Goldberg74

Done.

whotony

You don’t know Steel Panther?
Hair Metal band from the 80’s.

Never made it big but had a following.

windom

I think I've probably heard of them at some point. Are they a band that actually put out albums? Or just a novelty act?

whotony

About as real a band as any of those metal hair bands in the 80’s were.

Josh-da-man

They're a real group who puts out albums and goes on tour (I saw them open up for Judas Priest about ten years ago).

But they're also a comedy act. Sort of like Spinal Tap. But without a movie, and with actual musicians and not SNL cast members who can moonlight as musicians.

They're intentionally over the top and silly.

And they're also raunchy as fuck. Watch some of their videos on Youtube like "Gloryhole," "Poontang Boomerang," and listen to "Girl from Oklahoma."

I can guarantee that they won't be playing a lot of songs from their catalog on NBC.

GuessWho

You're off by 20 years.

Began in early 2000s as a local cover band in LA named Metal Skool.

In 2008 they changed name to Steel Panther & switched to original music so they could release albums.

GuessWho

I predict we'll be getting their Backstreet Boys cover

JeffTheAlpaca

It is a first they are airing a live show at 5pm on the West Coast.

Don't know if it is a one off or they will do more shows like this but wonder how many people would watch around 5pm with the sun still out and people still on the freeway after their work shift is over.

American Idol has done some 5pm shows in the past.

GuessWho

This season likely already has its winner.
Nobody's going to vote out the blind, autistic girl that was adopted by a gay couple.