NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ can only be described as a cross between ‘American Idol,’ ‘Star Search’ and ‘Showtime at the Apollo.’ It’s hard to take a show seriously when an opera singer is followed by a dog-dancing act.
Overall, judges David Hasselhoff, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan, seem to love, or at least like, every performance, including the truly mediocre. So, this review will focus on the few acts the judges didn’t give a ‘thumbs up’ in the quarterfinals round.
The first act to get a strike from one of the judges was the African High Flyers, an acrobatic group from Kenya. Their routine rivaled that of a high school cheerleading squad, certainly nothing to write home about.
The judges detested Coney Island Chris, who promised a life risking performance, but instead delivered a generic comedy act that left the audience silent. The only moment that earned a laugh was when Hasselhoff expressed his disappointment that Coney Island Chris didn’t set himself on fire.
‘America’s Got Talent’ quarterfinals pulled in 4.03 million viewers to score a 3.1 rating, coming in just below Hell’s Kitchen, which brought in 4.5 million viewers and a 3.5 rating, according to TV by the Numbers.