What Is Going On With America's Got Talent??

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AMERICA'S GOT TALENT AND WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT!! :)
I often hear that the show has gotten a little out of control in the "emotional moments" department. Seems like a lot of folks hold the opinion that it's become more about sappy stories and less about talent lately. The Golden Buzzer has taken over our society in a way that we never could have imagined! Let's see if there's any truth to that.
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0:00 America's Got Talent
1:48 The Newest Season
12:10 Sponsor
13:23 The First Season
28:36 How do they compare?
Outro song: 8 Bit Universe - "Fight Song"

[@ScottCramer]

Too many violin fans in my audience, I’m gonna need you all to find a new hobby immediately please 😡

[@AdrianCosman]

Violin fans aren’t gonna like this one Scott

[@sjberntson7606]

So no lie I'm an uber driver in sioux falls sd and they were doing early on auditions in town. I gave a ride to two of the producers.. and the whole time I got to be a fly on the wall in their conversation and from what I heard it's all completely pre planned every act and performance. The dance "groups" are professional dancers put together who didn't know each other before the show

[@andrewjustandrew]

I feel violinated by this comment 🎻😳

[@violadabratsche4914]

You're right, violas only

[@ScottCramer]

@@andrewjustandrewHow dare you.

[@Valmerix]

"it doesn't matter that you fell down what matters is that you got up" uhh is this a talent show or a keep trying show

[@zekrom6537]

imagine all the past contestants who got kicked out cause their act slightly failed HAHA they didnt tell to those aww keep trying we let you trough haha some of them are not even given 5 seconds before being kicked out its a joke seriously this show

[@channel45853]

@@zekrom6537or the people who got kicked out after not even being given 10 seconds to perform.....

[@Dondizle]

I remember watching a season on BGT years ago. Amanda Holden, one of the judges, told a contestant his act was too "nerdy." He played a laser harp he invented out of old video game parts. I thought he was good. He was just nervous.

[@Man-ej6uv]

yeah that felt weird. and i'm ukrainian. they should've been disqualified. just because they're from here doesn't mean they have to be babied

[@mbdg6810]

You do have to keep trying a talent to be talented. But yeah after 2 tries they should be gone.

[@lordburgendy6108]

There's nothing that pisses me off more than a judge smacking another judge's buzzer.

[@DParkerNunya]

Everytime I've seen it happen I've gotten viscerally angry

[@mbdg6810]

Exactly. It’s the most condescending thing

[@vivid_blossoms]

Sometimes it’s better that way

[@DParkerNunya]

@vivid_blossoms No there's not. What is the point of both having a competition and having multiple judges to begin with

[@jessy7093]

Its all predetermined lol

[@TheOriginalItsCake]

You know Dr. Doofenshmirtz would win purely off of dramatic backstory

[@Auroraen]

i mean im pretty sure he would lose to a baking soda volcano

[@SolaceMcfly]

​@@Auroraendefinitely

[@buggart]

​@@Auroraen and Roger

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

As a Doofenshmirtz fangirl I’d hit the golden buzzer for him immediately 😁

[@garrettcopher5213]

I would have him win purely based off of how long and full his backstory is.

[@cdaaat6036]

"I actually broke the record for youngest person when i was born in 1993" **crowd goes ooohhh** GOLDEN BUZZER

[@ephgm]

Does that mean he was born super premature? Or was he actually the youngest person in the world on that one particular day?

[@cdaaat6036]

@@ephgm good pt lol.

[@vinzo0913]

I just have a quote from Arin "Egoraptop" Hanson stuck in my head now; "At age 6 I was born without a face"

[@satgurs]

@@ephgm Everyone is the latest person born at some point in their lives, making everyone the youngest at some point.

[@cdaaat6036]

@@satgurs that's the joke lol

[@nhp2514]

"What you've done tonight is more dangerous than anything I've ever seen before," proceeds to show clips of them doing an average highschool cheer team's routine

[@JoshNBANFL]

😂

[@Atetrigrams]

My middle schools cheer squad did more dangerous things than this.

[@juicebox7372]

​@msjkramey Dude tone it down this post was about an over reaction. Put this on a thread that was concerned with what you're saying

[@slicingonions4398]

For real they did nothing that a highschool cheerleading team doesn’t do

[@bugbread]

@@msjkramey I didn't read it as a flex, just an example of how dangerous routines like this are very common. If anything, I think they're doing the opposite of flexing -- they're not saying "my middle school's cheer squad was of an amazingly high level and did things even more dangerous than this group of Ukrainians, who are themselves doing mind-blowing stuff" but the opposite: "my middle school was ordinary and did the same kind of thing as middle schools across the country, and the Ukrainian team was doing stuff that didn't even rise to that base level." To be clear, I'm not disagreeing about the rest of your comment. I'm not saying that because dangerous cheer routines are common that they're somehow a good thing. I just think you misread the above commenter by seeing their comment as a flex.

[@fatguy9]

“My parents died before I was born” Gold Buzzer

[@AdderTude]

That one African talent show clip: "My mother died before I was born. This song is one my mother taught me when I was three. She's standing right over there." 🤣🤣

[@AnnaZverina]

"It all began on the day of my actual birth. Both of my parents failed to show up."

[@RetuRn-el7gg]

😂

[@dracodracarys2339]

"I had to eat my way out of Mom's corpse like a parasitoid wasp larva." Judges: (hit golden buzzer)

[@mooshyshoomy]

@@AnnaZverinathen he was raised by wild ocelots

[@valenciasainz]

*"I didn't talk to my parents for the first 2 years when i was born."* *_GOLDEN BUZZER_*

[@cdaaat6036]

It was so bad... I used to have to be carried around. With the help of my family, I finally learned to walk and speak english

[@spartanbeast3575]

​​@@cdaaat6036"Sadly I was from a country that did not speak English, so I couldn't speak your very wonderful language for 2 decades" - random guy from the middle of Africa or Asia or sumn.. GOLDEN BUZZER

[@cdaaat6036]

@@spartanbeast3575 I imagine the judges then speaking broken [insert auditionees language] and then the auditionee smiling and everyone in the audience being oblivion

[@spartanbeast3575]

@@cdaaat6036 🤣🤣

[@redfirework3690]

@@spartanbeast3575 erm ackchually, alot of countries in africa like nigeria or drc have a lot of english speakers.

[@kelseybaloney4984]

They should do categories instead, really. You can’t compare singing to acrobatic acts. You just can’t. I’m so sick of singers beating out everyone else

[@frankwest5388]

Singers are way more marketable. If someone is an acrobat you can’t sell their music. It’s that easy

[@zvezdoblyat]

Can you imagine an Olympic gymnast getting a gold metal because "it doesn't matter that you fell down, it matters that you got back up"

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

If that's all it takes, then I'm an Olympic Gymnast.

[@orionthatman9390]

AGT has always been the shittiest and least serious competition show haha

[@rickwrites2612]

Bro that actually happens. You dont seem to be familar with how womens Olympic gymnastics works. Falling does not mean you are out, it makes a score deduction against the score of what you attempted. And in certain situations you may get to ignore a score of one attempt. In either case, you win based only on your total final score, relative to the your competitors. That is why such importance is placed on getting back up after a mistake, rather than the mistake itself. It isn't a platitude. Its not even just professionalism, though there is that. Sure its also about not to fear falling, not just physically but you cant socially fear it. But most importantly, thr emphasis is on immediately getting back up, BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL WIN. Ill even give you a famous example, Kerri Strug in 1996 Olympics. I remember watching it on TV at 16 but its well known, you can watch ot on here im sure if you search "Strug vault 1996" . You get 2 vaults and they drop the lowest one and give you the higher score. Her 1st vault she underotated this made her fall and hurt her ankle Her coach Bela Karolyi said " Kerri you need you to go one more time. We need one more time for gold. You can do it!...You better do it". She got back up and walked slight limp to the start and ran and did the vault again, landed perfectly enough, and then knelt and crawled to coach because it totally blew out her ankle. But she had won America the Gold. BECAUSE SHE GOT BACK UP, BRO. cheers

[@zvezdoblyat]

@@rickwrites2612 of course I'm not wrong. You're talking about a minor mistake; a stumble on the beam, a misstep on the landing, a hand slipping on the bar. But if a gymnast walks on stage and completely fucks up every aspect of their routine, the judges will not be kind no matter if they get injured or how bad the injury is. But forget that, if this particular performance was in the Olympics, they would not have made top 20, or would have even been disqualified.

[@buttholeweeb621]

💀

[@reagansido5823]

"At age 6 I was born without a face." Standing ovation Huge uproar of cheers Gold Buzzer

[@KomaValorina]

So what you're saying is Doofenshmirtz has a chance?

[@lightning0938]

​@@KomaValorina of course he does, he can build a "inator" live on stage. A getmeintothenextroundinator

[@Loserville3922]

@@lightning0938perry the platypus musta destroyed the goldenbuzzerinator

[@gingeremu4475]

ah, arin hanson... a man with such a truly horrific backstory. im surprised more people didnt reply actually knowing the quote

[@ViktorErikFade]

Nice grumps reference

[@evanbrown7325]

I'm not even half way through, and I've noticed that several of the acts aren't even from America. It's not "America's Got Talent" it should be called "People who traveled to and are auditioning in America that have some degree of talent maybe"

[@frogloti6319]

Damn i just noticed that too

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

True lmao. Why call it America's got talent when some of the talent isn't America's at all? 😂

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

I know some American acrobats who went on Italy’s Got Talent too. There’s not a ton of talent nationalism I guess 😂

[@alexlee4154]

When britains got talent was still culturally relevant I used to call it "Britain's running out of talent"

[@FrostyFlakeesalt]

None of the judges are American either

[@andy.morris]

I was on the newest season of AGT (Michael Myers piano act). From what I understand, the judges have no expectation of who the contestants are and the producers have no idea how the judges will react. I do believe that the judges and producers have mutually agreed to really lean into “sappiness” as much as possible, however.

[@kevinvitale8980]

It’s what brings in the audience and ratings…. Period.

[@leonfire99]

I believe thats true for most performances. But like storage wars there are some real acts and some planted acts to make for better television. How in the know the judges are is debatable.

[@rareblues78daddy]

"I was on the newest season of AGT..." Opinion = immediately disregarded. You're obviously part of the problem. Get a real job and just play for fun

[@thebeaverkidd2970]

@@rareblues78daddy “Get a real job and just play for fun.” You should tell that to all the people who’s music you listen to.

[@calcium_deficiencyyy]

​@@rareblues78daddyhope you don't listen to the radio or Spotify and I hope you listen to movies on mute because every single musician in movies(both singers and orchestral players) do that stuff as a job that you don't believe exists

[@lumenlights3384]

i've said this for years, but they should not allow singing acts on this show. there are a million singing talent shows already, if i'm watching america's got talent i wanna see someone jump 10 cars with a dirtbike or something. singing is SO BORING.

[@jordanbee4035]

when I used to watch the show with my family we would literally record the episodes so we could fast forward thru the singing

[@Anna-B]

Especially since the x factor is practically the exact same show. One for singing and one for everything else seems perfectly fair

[@tableswithoutchairs1168]

I love the singing but I agree there is too much. Def cut out the ones with the “mid” voices like Summer Rios or whatever her name is and show the unique cool voices like Roland Abante

[@uhoh2017]

And they almost always win. Every single time. Part of why I stopped watching years ago

[@notthegreatestdetective]

i definitely think there should be alot less of it, maybe the weirder singing acts should stay like that guy who sang like fictional characters doing popular songs, but people trying to sing as a professional should go to other shows

[@Astriddddddd]

I went to a recording of AGT a few years ago and it lowkey ruined everything about it. Us as the audience were heavily encouraged to scream and applaud and basically go crazy for every single act no matter what. They also took a ton of extra takes of fake audience reactions, where we were all supposed to do a standing ovation, then boo, then act disgusted, etc. We had a shot were they told us to use our phone flashlights and sway them in the air as if there were a heartfelt song playing. We even did a fake golden buzzer take. We would be told what emotion we were portraying, then have to act like we saw the best act ever or the worst act ever for twenty seconds until they told us we could stop. (It's actually quite hilarious because if you look at the audience in the final cut of any gameshow the audience will be throwing their hands up, falling over, etc. which is something people just don't do in real life... But it looks good on camera) A guy over the loud speaker would talk nonstop about how we have to "act big if we want to be shown in the final cut!" And basically say the more we overact the more they'll want us to be in the show. The acts were also very fake. At the end, the audience was told that if we have children with us, we should leave the show now. They knew that the next act would be voted out by the judges and that the "contestant" would then start cussing them out and throwing a fit. They basically just told us it was fake by asking kids to leave. There was an act from a different day of filming (btw one episode of the show is several days of filming) that was being refilmed that day and we were told how to respond to it ahead of time. I guess I knew it was all fake ahead of time, but seeing it in person, and how they don't try to hide it at all in tapings, was truly fascinating.

[@JuliaDelbel]

I've been as well, but to a live taping. They did the same thing with the cheering. I noticed some acts were better in person and others were worse.

[@alex_squeezebox]

That’s interesting, thanks for sharing your experience. I’m honestly not surprised

[@tacosyk]

Wouldn't be surprised if thats true for every show with this sort of live audience.

[@JuliaDelbel]

@bibliobibuli_ Oh the acts were real but they did highly suggest we boo the judges for any negativity and stuff like that.

[@JuliaDelbel]

@@tacosyk From what I've heard it seems to be.

[@vinhix]

I wish there was a version of Got Talent, where there're no stories allowed. You just enter, say your name, and do your thing, no yapping your sob story. Just raw talent, and the market is so saturated with this sobbing garbage everywhere, that I bet it would be quite popular 🤔

[@kmmk5022]

Honestly they need to do that season 20

[@here151]

“State your name” “Robert, innit” “And what we doin today?” “Juggling, innit”

[@ZAKass409]

If someone fails three times in a row on live television, it's in the script.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

I think they were trying to make it look legit. Even my dad wasn’t buying their bullcrap. He couldn’t even understand why they were sent through and meanwhile back then I was completely brainwashed by the show and said something a long the lines of “they made mistakes, I love that they show that people aren’t perfect!” Now I’m starting to see through the lies. (I’ll prolly still watch tho 😂) I had a feeling all along it was scripted in some way tho.

[@ZAKass409]

@@DoofenSpyroDragon16 Absolutely. Three times is too much of a coincidence to be real. There's a saying that there's no such thing as coincidence

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

@@ZAKass409 coincidence? I think not. That’s a popular one too 😁

[@marioelburro1492]

And given the state of their country, they got a pass from pitty which sounds a bit harsh but that's how this show kinda works as well

[@Hitchcock00Starlet]

Steel Panther, a professional band that's been making a living for decades, being on a talent show is really unfair.

[@vinregret]

I’ve always found it interesting how they try to portray a lot of the acts as homegrown, only now being discovered, maybe just the way I interpreted it but it’s interesting finding out how many of them already have touring shows, how many of the singers already have albums out, as well as people with internet followings that clearly got scouted out by producers

[@ChadVanHalen5150]

Ya I was thinking maybe Scott didn't realize they were supposed to be like... A musical act break or something... Had no idea they were supposed to be "competing" Like they headline theater sized venues on tour here in the States regularly, I think overseas they even play bigger rooms. Not exactly an undiscovered band haha

[@jspihlman]

Yeah I've noticed this new trend of like people just becoming reality TV stars in the performance realm where like you'll see a singer compete on American Idol, then the Voice, then AGT and even some of these people having already had a semi-successful career as a singer/musician even sometimes already having a record deal and albums they've put out. It seems sort of like cheating because they've already got a leg up and some recognition behind them.

[@ashleyduckworthyt3224]

My mom has seen them twice I think. Always reallllllly crazy great feedback from everyone. They’re so beyond talented

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

I went to one of their live shows in Hollywood like fifteen years ago for a friend's bday. They're more a comedy/parody act than just purely a hair metal cover band. Their show felt like getting transported to the 80s and we all actually had an amazing time. We were absolutely wasted though so that may have had something to do with it.

[@butoutofcontext]

I hate that there are so many child singers who sound so average but because the judges don't wanna be mean to kids they send them through.

[@drydryb0nesshorts]

Omg fr😭😭 On bgt the British version they literally sent a kid to the final for talking about climate change in an explorers costume 😭😭😭

[@gabbycraft7035]

Honestly kids shouldn’t really be on the show because they’ll possibly end up getting roasted by the community.

[@adamlambboy8332]

I don’t even think they should allow child acts. They should be at home being kids, not coached by their parents to make money on national television.

[@rustyhowe3907]

@@adamlambboy8332 Agreed in full, it's almost guaranteed success to use kids but when they grow up they have bitter things to say as adults about what they went through.

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

Exactly then they grow into adulthood and finally get told to stop 😂

[@oklol7799]

If you think AGT is bad now. BGT was this bad YEARS ago. I still remember like 6-7 years ago, they let a jumping hype man who did nothing remotely impressive through, and that same year on AGT Simon had to BEG a third judge to say yes to a dog having an epic sword fight with the trainer. I was like “WHAT?!” BGT stopped trying years ago, and AGT tried a bit longer before they turned into this

[@BrainL101]

But the sword fighting dog was epic tho, wasn't t it?

[@Locket.L]

Who is the “jumping hype man” from 6-7 years ago?

[@dorjjodvobatkhuu6457]

It's everywhere

[@lifeisbeautifuldarlinimlovinit]

And then last year on Britain's Got Talent the winner was just a guy who swang hi vis Jackets around to the same song, where is the talent 🤬

[@thatoneguy9582]

shout out to the act in the current season that’s literally just people singing in a not very special way but with AI in the background!!

[@theworldsgreatestjidiot9667]

14:52 Jesus christ that snapping is better than anything that has come out of AGT in the past four years

[@grfadams219]

The new seasons of AGT is basically small children + tragic backstory= ratings gold

[@notthegreatestdetective]

seems that way, should rename it America's Got Heartstrings

[@Fletchayabetcha]

buzzer gold even

[@april_]

My family records it so we can fast forward through all the sap and filler

[@angelsinger4574]

It’s a modern Queen For a Day.

[@kaceo.damondaze5270]

Any reality show competitors, talent competitors, The Bachelor,” contestants etc…with a pretty good life pre competition are not gonna win.

[@aronastron9538]

In that first guy's defense, Itzhak Perlman is one of the most famous violinists in the world.

[@FrankYammy]

Second guys

[@user-xz6qc5ej2r]

Then what is he doing performing for peanuts as the follow-up[ act for " person in inflatable dinosaur costume writhes on the floor for 3 minutes " lol? im sorry for bein so talented, Scott is right. the guy sucks lol

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

@@user-xz6qc5ej2r the guy he's talking about is howie mandell's cousin the contestant mentioned seeing live, not the contestant on the show.

[@mcrawfish]

Was about to comment this- plus Howie isn't even closely related to him, they're distant cousins. It's about as much of a coincidence as telling someone you met a celebrity and they're like, "My mom went to college with them!"

[@beardalaxy]

@@mcrawfish i mean hell, people didn't know for the longest time that gerard way and joe rogan were cousins.

[@snowboardgurl4545]

I've been calling it America's Got Sob Stories for years.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

"Americas got feelings"

[@snowboardgurl4545]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar There's something I find absolutely amazing about the combo of your name (what do they call those? Handles? Tags?) and a comment about feelings. 😂😍

[@baconman6209]

America gots sad backstories

[@snowboardgurl4545]

@@baconman6209 I could sound like a tone dead dying cat and still get the golden buzzer. I got sob stuff for days. 😂

[@zaheersarang6466]

I've given up on these talent shows because nowadays its a singer who wins or gets the golden buzzer because "Oh I'm a blind orphan who has one arm because my father chopped it off with a machete and my mother overdosed on french toast and now i look after my brother as we live in a box under a bridge with our pet homeless woman and her yeast infection"

[@LorenIpsum75]

Great Post! 💯🤣

[@cainster]

You mean Kodi Lee, right? You know that's a fake arm he's got, don't you?

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

🤣

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

I don’t think Kodi Lee has a fake arm, he just has autism and he’s blind. He’s probably one of the few authentic ones imo.

[@cainster]

@@DoofenSpyroDragon16 Ummmm...I was making a joke. Hello, McFly??

[@SentienToast]

AGT isn't a competition TV show anymore, it's a feel-good TV show.

[@notthegreatestdetective]

that pretty much sums it up

[@samu-chan]

if you're supposed to feel good watching it then why is everything on it so sad and sobby

[@LePetitNuageGris]

@@samu-chanI think they’re referring to the whole sad story, but happy ending because the judges tell them they can be whatever they wanna be and slam that golden button. Lol

[@notthegreatestdetective]

funny, good observation@@samu-chan

[@shipper-of-heart8898]

I remember one guy who had a stutter and claimed it happened after getting inured while serving overseas, and iirc he was pretty talented at singing...but then they found out something like, either he never served or he was never injured

[@AlexLee-je5jg]

Golden Buzzer Starter Pack: - Singer - Sob/Tragic Story - Children - Disability - Race - Dogs - Live in a country with an ongoing war

[@CaptainObvious55]

And disability

[@AlexLee-je5jg]

@@CaptainObvious55 oh yes! Thanks

[@mihailmilev9909]

153 2 4d18h

[@mihailmilev9909]

​@@AlexLee-je5jghi from 18h ago 👋

[@Tasz_]

Name checks out ​@@CaptainObvious55

[@bravefearlessswift2997]

It’s been this way for a bit.. I auditioned for AGT in 2014. They have about 2 or 3 auditions before you make it to the “TV auditions” which I’m sure most people know. Out of a room of 25 or so people that all stand in there while you’re performing, I was the only one who got a same day callback. While I was waiting in the callback room with my dad, we saw a man wearing a baby costume and we were so curious what his talent was. Singing! He was super nice and was trying to be gimmicky to get their attention. In the “callback” room they put me in front of a backdrop and recorded me, and there were more “judges”. They were asking me things like what do your friends think about you singing, what is your family like, etc. They definitely were looking for more “sap” from me or some sob story, and being I was 12, I didn’t have one at the time 😂 Needless to say I did not make it past that last audition, but I turned on AGT later on that year in the summer. Lo and behold, the man I met in the baby costume made it to the TV audition and onto at least the next round past that! Still was a super cool experience

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

I’m glad that it seems you at least had a positive experience!

[@angieakasara]

What does sap mean

[@lindaseidel8121]

​@@angieakasara looking for more "sap" looking for something interesting or sourcy or spicy

[@lord_ozymandias]

@@angieakasara”sap” in this context means something emotional. if this person were to have a sappy backstory for example maybe they could say their mom died or they had beaten cancer - those kinds of events that make you go “aww” or feel things in ur heart. that’s what AGT wants because sappy stories sell

[@samfeldstein4498]

That's cool you got to meet Aaron J Field

[@Deano_P]

The standing ovation is over used. 😂 Every act gets a standing ovation. 😊

[@mykeonthemic3234]

I was in the audience one year a group of people were standing and jeering for one act then a ripple effect happened where everyone was doing it too. Individual people in the audience have no opinion, it's either whatever the judges likes or the majority likes🙄🙄

[@TiktokBurnedMyCrops]

That first guy sounded like he was skinning his violin alive. It hurt my ears.

[@antisocialal4799]

True, it sounded terrible.

[@user-nd2jq6cs6y]

It was the worst violinist they've ever had on a talent show.....remember the Asian woman many seasons ago on bgt? Remember the 2 African Brothers that both played violins and both got DOWN and dancedbut? On agt?

[@Neif181]

+ Lindsey Stirling who the judges didn't even like (also a dancing violinist) @@user-nd2jq6cs6y

[@almathebirdlord]

Hi, I used to be a violinist (did a few years of playing in middle school and high school) and God the violin acts on this show kill me sometimes. I have so much beef with Tyler Butler Figueroa who got by with frankly meh playing but a sob story about cancer. Kudos to you for finding something that makes you happy and beating cancer but the playing isn't good 😭

[@yeetdragon2413]

not only was the tone terrible but it also didn't even seem that hard to play

[@purplecat4977]

I'll bet I can pinpoint the exact moment when the sap started. It was in I think X Factor, when the woman came on and was awkward and pretty plain looking and people were starting to snicker at her and then she started singing 'I dreamed a dream', which was absolutely the perfect song for someone who had just been lowkey bullied and knocked it out of the park. People were crying, like the kind of tears you can't fake, and the entire internet lost its freaking mind. I don't watch those shows, and I don't use Facebook and somehow I STILL saw it on repeat. I think that was the moment when all of the talent shows learned the all important lesson that sex might sell, but sap sells more.

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

Susan Boyle

[@notthegreatestdetective]

i def agree sap sells more than anything, and nowadays sex doesn't sell much at all, or so i hear, people would rather cry over a sob story, even a fake one, than be titillated

[@majtravien4381]

small correction, that was BGT

[@coolbeans5911]

​@@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin Susap Boyle

[@alexx123ify]

Lol I think you're right

[@bat8559]

The parrot is actually really impressive. It can take years to get birds to say words on command, and a vocab that extensive + that clear is very, very rare among even African Greys.

[@rachelmcdonough1506]

I’ve auditioned for AGT and American Idol and it is ABSOLUTELY chosen in advance by producers. General auditions are for random people with headsets and they find the best and worst to move on to the televised auditions. At American Idol the “judges” were talking to their friends and on their phones the whole time, didn’t listen to us sing at all, and just chose people at random.

[@suprisedbeeiscute]

When I was born I couldn't see I couldn't hear I couldn't talk I couldn't even walk... *_GOLDEN BUZZER YOU WIN_*

[@A_Viewer]

You see, I was born at a very, very young ag

[@KadenHartley]

Que in "fireworks" by Katy Perry while golden confetti drops down on your head 🫡🫡🫡 🎊🎊🎊

[@RearAdmiralTootToot]

The irony that the person who couldn't talk, is talking.

[@Acheron-IX]

OMG THATS SO INSPIRING *presses gold buzzer*

[@SolaceMcfly]

Yhwach

[@ratrat9241]

7:12 japanese humor relies heavily on absurdity, american humor relies heavily on sarcasm and relatability. ofc his act didn’t work here lol

[@vi0let831]

I guess Japanese humor is more appealing to me then lol

[@valhatan3907]

As south-east asian Ex-colonised by Japan and ate western media growing up, I appeal to both😂

[@tony16991]

Want to see absurdity? Watch Jackass. Don't give me this mediocre unfunny act and call it humor because it's "regional"

[@ratrat9241]

@@tony16991 jackass is ridiculous but the point is watching them do crazy/impossible stunts. and people find the injuries entertaining. they're daredevils. for a lot of japanese humor there is literally no point (which ironically is the point)

[@tony16991]

@@ratrat9241 Maybe you haven't watched Jackass enough. And no, a lot of Japanese humor is not literally having no point, it is infact "fall down haha" humor that the Japanese enjoy. Stop the cope.

[@sunalisharma1827]

17:55 he got sent to the next round because he juggled three knives without dropping them. The judges made him promise he wouldn't drop them and he didn't. So he got sent to the next round.

[@townhall05446]

I never like it when a contestant has to bring up their sad sad story, their dying parent, etc. and it's automatically a win for them.

[@dooplets._.5776]

Simon Cowell looks like a Muppet

[@LaEmporoar]

I feel like ive seen a puppet version of him on something

[@PeterGriffin11]

Plastic Surgery messed up his face.

[@noelle-cece-11]

he looks like a Dr. Kim patient

[@JayG5]

He's a Muppet of a man

[@joehill6068]

@@LaEmporoar Bo Selecta?

[@scares009]

I don't think the sap-o-meter was flawed at all; it demonstrated perfectly what it was built to demonstrate: that the modern seasons of the show are way too full of themselves

[@justinwatson1510]

I could tolerate them being full of themselves, but I hate that they exploit human suffering for drama / ratings.

[@trala8911]

@justinwatson1510 I once met a lad who had been on the U.K. version singing. He’d gotten through to be on the show, but they’d wanted him to talk about how he was in foster care after his parents had been killed in a car accident, and he was offended that they seemed to care more about his “tragic back story” than his actual talent, so he pulled out.

[@astrowolvez]

Definitely feels like you have better chances if you have a sob story.

[@BT-ex7ko]

​@@astrowolvez In the end its about views, not talent.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

They're just chasing ratings like emotionless robots without a concept of integrity. They've figured out what gets the most views, so that's what they keep forcing into their "reality" shows. They might as well write these shows with ChatGPT. I'm willing to bet no one would even notice the change.

[@wjgthatsit2357]

“I was raised in a nation… where every sixty seconds… a minute passes…” *ALL FOUR JUDJES PRESS THE GOLDEN BUZZER*

[@AnonyBoiii]

“I was born at a very young age!” _Gold Buzzer_

[@Joe90h]

I think it's mostly a change in demographic. The show used to be car crash television with an audience of texting teens laughing at the mean comments of the judges. Now it's a show for mild tempered nannas who say "Aww" Whenever somebody comes even close to shedding a tear.

[@aprilmeowmeow]

Yeah. The target audience is now my friends 60 year old mom who claps at funny baby and animal videos on tiktok

[@starsnipe-yp5hx]

I mean the mamas are the old texting teens

[@av2279]

And these nanas are the same ones who will hypocritically complain about other content being bain rot. I don't know what you call content like current AGT, but it's basically the same thing.

[@shaansingh6048]

@@starsnipe-yp5hxnah, it was for millennials now it’s for gen x

[@ysn12288]

Any POC or "oppressed peoples" almost automatically go through. Unless they're asian. But if they're disabled or something then.. yep. Also this year the abundance of UKR performers who ALL went through. Because heroic. The guy who won this year was a dog show? Wtf was this. This is was the first year I've fully watched cuz my dad has always watched it and he's been ill, so I put it on TV every week for him and stay to watch.. its unbearable. Esp cuz there are still incredibly talented acts that show up... and NEVER get thru..

[@This_Is_VeryNotFine]

crazy part of the failed gymnastics act is, the stunts they were able to pull off, many high school cheerleading squads do regularly. Like not even the competitive ones.

[@user-nd2jq6cs6y]

They weren't good at all even on their moves they didn't fall on. It's just OMG UKRAINE VIRTUE SIGNAL PANDER TOXIC POSITIVITY STUNNING AND BRAVE etc

[@tigerwoods373]

I'm just surprised they didn't throw a talk about how we must support Ukraine or we are pew tins ally. I guess clapping like a bunch of seal just because they're Ukrainian is enough virtue signaling. It's supposed to be subtle

[@user-nd2jq6cs6y]

@@tigerwoods373 clapping like seals lol basically

[@Alex-K94]

"Whats your talent?" "76 Years ago someone died in my family" *all judges cry* Simon: *ANNIHILATES GOLDEN BUZZER*

[@toronto2112]

Even the other juggler was yelling about sending the good juggler through, and that's his direct competition XD

[@jonahwardell1060]

Oh my gosh, since the moment Rachel Platten released “Fight Song,” it’s been an absolute plague on AGT. I will never get that ear worm out of my head thanks to Simon Cowell and fellow producers

[@DH-dl3ll]

I HATE that song 😂

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I actually started watching because Simon became a judge. Cuz of that, some contestants became my favorites like Grace Vanderwaal, Tape Face, the Outlawz, Sofie Dossi, who I’ve crushed on and followed her channel since!

[@missmeg1091]

I don’t even watch AGT and I somehow knew that was the song he was talking about.

[@cooliostarstache5474]

Stand By You and Better Place are way better

[@notthegreatestdetective]

lol so true

[@Maria_745]

It's like the Key and Peele sketch "who thinks they can dance" where the contestant keeps one upping his sad stories to get through except now the hosts are briefed with the sad stories beforehand and automatically like it

[@cooliostarstache5474]

It's like the reverse of that X Factor sketch by Studio C

[@quadzilla7572]

Joseph!

[@shawklan27]

Brilliant sketch

[@Evil_Befall]

Joseph be like "My sister shot my brother while my cousin beat my uncle." "Put myself through school by renting my body out as a heroin suitcase." 😂

[@KIT4RK]

“I was born at a very young age” 😢 judges: OMG, so brave. here, a golden buzzer🎉🎉🎉

[@franzpattison]

10:13 The only thing I can say about present-day Simon is he looks like that guy in that one moment of Midsommar where it looks like someone cut his face off and sewed it back on, except it's just somebody else wearing the guys face. And that's what I think of when I look at Simon's face. Like bro, I think your flesh mask is starting to decompose, please get out of my nightmares.

[@4271Dreamer]

I remember being a little kid wanting to go on AGT, and thinking to myself, “hmmm but I don’t have a sad story to tell. I need to think of one.” 😂 even then I could tell what had the advantage and what didn’t!

[@duck2659]

Yea its so stupid

[@timeblade]

“My name is Sophia and I have stage one pancreatic canc-“ *GOLDEN BUZZER SOUND*

[@992turbos]

Most of the contestants aren’t even from America

[@4271Dreamer]

@@992turbos that’s something I’ve noticed and always been confused by! Doesn’t really make sense

[@defectiveaffect]

I had the same thought as a kid 😂 !! I actually asked my parents what divorce was (seeing a kids story feature it) and unfortunately learned my parents were in fact divorced- very upsetting but now thinking of it makes me laugh harder than hell

[@gabbyslife1394]

I auditioned for americas got talent in 2017 (I think). And it was so much different than people think it is. Theres 3 rounds of auditions before the “tv” auditions. You go in and sit in a random room with a group of 10 people, do whatever you do in front of a camera, and then leave. There were people there with little kids that were crying and didn’t wanna be there. So when you see people who are really bad on the show they chose those people who were really bad for tv, they went through rounds of auditions telling them their good and then they get on tv and get shat on and expect them to not be upset.

[@mybluguitar6051]

Another issue is that for the tv auditions, they make them wait for 8 hours before their audition. So of course as their waiting, some people may come off as irritible or awkward in that time period. The cameras are on them the whole time and through selective editing, make them come off as awful people. This happened to Tara Simon, who is a vocal coach on youtube.

[@lucassmith1886]

I did the same thing and never got a call back, just about a 3 minute thing in front of a camera crew and sent on my way

[@jameshyman418]

in the uk's version there was a vocal coach that went in and gave cheryl cole some crap and threw her name sticker at her saying she wasn't a number but a person ... then whilst watching the american version that same female came in sporting an american accent ... also look into the welsh pink singer who was told to do pink by the staff and she kicked right off ... it's always been a farce

[@ryanelliott4470]

@@lucassmith1886 your talent sucked🤣🤣🤣

[@akulahirpada1993]

Pretty sure all of the talent reality shows are like that. You have to go through multiple auditions in American Idol or X-Factor before going in front of Simon & co. So those terrible auditions are just there to be humiliated publicly.

[@Softfeather_wcue]

“My wife died before the wedding” *GOLDEN BUZZER*

[@WeAreTheInsurgents]

Big respect to that woman who called out the show for marketing itself as a talent show when it's mostly a glorified singing show

[@ilikepinktings5627]

To make the first performance even better, the guy isn't even playing the violin correctly. He's moving the bow using his shoulder rather than his elbow. Along with that, he seems to be playing on the A string which is definitely not as high as what it sounds like he was playing. It's a terrible day to be a violinist 😭😭

[@leojahn7676]

Have to disagree on the A string bit, sounds like he's playing D C Bb A Bb D D in first position on the A string which checks out. His technique is definitely a bit wack tho lol

[@slashbat2375]

I know next to nothing about the violin, but tell me why it gave me fiddle vibes

[@cannibal_redneck7109]

​@@slashbat2375 The violin and the fiddle are technically the same instrument, it's the genre being played that separates them. Fiddles can sometimes have lower bridges to help with double stops but by and large they're the same.

[@maxowens3621]

it sounds way more like fiddle to me than violin (I know same instrument but different style of playing)

[@seanraymond4358]

I used to play viola, and yeah... I just, it hurt my soul

[@GemAndMoth]

Maybe I’m too cynical, but I have this sneaking suspicion that Simon has realized or was told that actually they get more views now if you’re nice and add to the sap and that’s why he does it.

[@justrudystuff9939]

My family always assumed that social media is what ruined the show's ability to be mean.

[@Smileyreal]

@@justrudystuff9939the boomers will always blame everything on social media but its definitely because of viewers and ratings

[@notamberp]

@@justrudystuff9939….let me guess, “people are too sensitive now” ?? 😂 people like you are so predictable.

[@mikec2845]

​@@notamberp well, yes. but also you get a bunch of shit for being an asshole which doesn't read well for brands. back in the day it only mattered if you caused a reaction, but now produced media is held accountable for the messages they broadcast. even if you're being held accountable by teenagers on Twitter lol

[@thehousecat93]

@@notamberppeople are too susceptible to reality tv soundtracks and manufactured sap. media literacy is in the absolute gutter. what should cause eye-rolling and disdain gets millions of views. it's no better than the downright meanness of old reality tv; it's just as cynical and loathsome.

[@galacgacwatson3102]

Fun fact about that rock group: *Every single one* of their songs is explicit. I'm actually very impressed

[@ChadtheHammer]

I'm sorry, but that magician in the microwave turning black was fucking hilarious. 😂

[@UltraEggoWasTaken]

Former AGT auditioner here! I tried out for the show back on (I want to say season 4 or 5. It’s been a while!) and here is what I can tell you: So first off, to even make it to the beginning stage, you have to audition to audition. Everything is super curated by the time you see the first episodes. Everyone has already been sifted through to some degree. On the audition form, page one had you fill out a bunch of basic info like Name, Age, Location, Some Descriptive Details, and a small spot to put your talent. BUT THEN: The entire second page was devoted to “Your Story”. Like multiple paragraphs worth of lines to write. It was kind of overwhelming, since younger me didn’t exactly have a heartbreaking tale of woe. I was just a kid who enjoyed singing and performing in theater. And that’s pretty much all I had to put on that section. I wasn’t even thinking of lying. And I kid you not: when I went to pass in my form, I was immediately denied. Didn’t even get to sing. Because I wasn’t story-worthy or an inspiration, then they didn’t care. The show is 100% sappy stories over actual talent whenever possible. Was I frustrated and bummed? Of course. But I just moved on and didn’t watch the show ever again lol.

[@fem1n1new3nd1go]

They should rename the show to "America's Got Tragedy". Jokes aside, sorry that you couldn't showcase your talent. That must suck. :(

[@AdderTude]

They should do a show that's actually talent-focused and not predetermined beforehand based on feel-good stories.

[@MrGronka]

Just in case no one's said it to you - as someone who has plenty of sob stories, I hate that this happened to you. This "pity me" facet of society is incredibly destructive and crying while watching TV is so fake and doesn't help anyone. Real emotion would be volunteering, not watching TV And like, if you have a "good life" but worked your way through college or became a young parent, you might be overcoming more real hurdles than someone who went bald at age 7. The grind is harder than those moments of pain. For me, at least

[@cherryfries623]

When I was 10 and 11 (about 12 years ago) I auditioned for AGT twice and actually got to audition. I’m not so sure why you were immediately denied because I also did not have a sappy backstory at all either LOL

[@kleefairy]

Lmaoo. This reminds me of when I auditioned for The Voice kids. I was a better singer objectively than the other kids in the small group we were arranged with for this one talent agent to audition for. But for some reason, I was the only one who didn't get in. They didn't tell me why. But I had a feeling it was because I didn't share a sappy story about my life nor how badly I wished to meet the judges (was also not a nepo baby). I still laugh about it to this day. 😂

[@southparkfirefly]

Let's be honest those acrobats only got through because they were from Ukraine, it's just a twisted corporate way to "show support" to Ukraine. If they were American they'd have been kicked out after the first fall. I hate it when companies do these false support things if they really supported Ukraine they'd donate some of the proceeds to charities that deal with Ukraine war efforts but that's never going to happen.

[@marlonmontelhiggins8570]

​@@Othillde - Yeah. Sam Ryder would've won if it weren't for that.

[@SupremeRTS]

False support is really the worst. Like when companies change their logos for pride week. Ukraine really does deserve our support, but not like that. That's fake support

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

"I hadn't talked to my parents for 2 years after being born" - AGT judges start crying

[@KlaviceGavin]

I have glass bones, a broken spine, a ruptured pancreas, and I was brutally beaten mortal kombat style by a nun because I come from South Africa. Oh and I also have a dog bring me everything and even wrote this audition tape for me. *GOLDEN BUZZER*

[@redwine.99]

Hate to be that guy, but Itzhak Perlman is a genuinely brilliant and well known violinist in the classical music scene... so I wouldn't say it's too unrealistic that the guy in the 2nd act was inspired by him to play violin. But him being Howie's cousin is definitely a big coincidence

[@zoblad3557]

I had to look it up, but yes, Itzhak Perlman is Howie Mandel's cousin. I don't think it's unrealistic to assume random violin guy didn't know Perlman and Mandel were related, that isn't exactly common knowledge. It's possible random violin guy name dropped Perlman so he'd appeal to Howie, but I find that unlikely. I think it probably is just coincidence.

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

Just say you're inspired by Yoyo Whatshisname like everyone else and play your song.

[@user-ex9ti7ds3m]

I wouldn’t have been able to say “violinist” if asked who that was, but I’ve heard of him before

[@CabinetGremlin]

finger snapping guy has infinitely more sense of rhythm than violin free bird guy, he should have won it all tbh edit: my guy was so off-key i thought it was the wrong song

[@devforfun5618]

free bird ? i thought it was chop suey

[@samu-chan]

free bird? I- wtf

[@stanleyhudson5684]

the disrespect 😤

[@user-xz6qc5ej2r]

whats funny is free bird is such a garbage song that was never hard to play - its just LONG AND DRAWN OUT. like the non radio stairway to heaven. funnier still, is he totally would hav played against free bird, or even somehting as memetic as bohemian rhapsody 0- bc fellow kids y'know lol

[@samu-chan]

@@user-xz6qc5ej2r THAT. WAS. NOT. FREE. BIRD.

[@Minjiji_kim]

No cuz atp they’re overusing the “never in my life have I seen this”, like how many times are you gonna say that abt the same stuff?😭

[@_danbren]

24:35 AYO NOT MUCH TO BE SAID?!?

[@norceenhamdi]

LIKE????

[@n50409]

It's a comedy

[@UnclePhil73]

I’ve always thought it was ironic that talent in America is judged by a panel populated by a Canadian (Howie), Brit (Simon), German (Heidi), and Colombian (Sofia)

[@Kaytlynne]

They all live in america though. There are so many people from other countries living in this country so them being from other countries isn't a big deal

[@mikec2845]

America is a country of immigrants, that's what makes it America. Edit: In retrospect using the term America instead of USA feels weird lol. Not all of the Americas are as diverse, but my point still stands

[@timhefty504]

Exactly! I've thought that for a long time too. Howard Stern and Brandy were the only actual American judges (is Hasselhoff German or America?)

[@RustyNips]

What about all the non American acts like the cheerleaders from Ukraine or the Japanese butt helicopter guy

[@zekrom6537]

@@RustyNips also lets not forget how often nowadays the winner of a certain country got talent travels to a different country to participate there then even the judges mention that oh so you the winner of xyz country got talent and came here and another sob story type of shit... winners of other country shouldnt be allowed to participate elsewhere

[@MelancholyBushwa]

What really sucks about the Golden buzzer was that it was originally used as a way for one judge to veto the decision of the other three and send an act through to the next round. But now it's just used as a gimmick for sob stories and to present a clear favorite contestant to the audience to make them feel like they should win.

[@Tiffany-ov2jf]

That wouldve been sooo much better

[@ExaltedUriel]

Can each judge still only use it once per season or did they get rid of that too? Because I felt like that at least made it somewhat "balanced" , but it feels like half the time I see it now they press it when they're going through anyway just for the hell of it.

[@kaykutcher2103]

Amber Heard: My dog stepped on a bee. Golden buzzer intensifies

[@AdderTude]

@@ExaltedUriel It's only once per season. In BGT, Ant and Dec (the presenters) also had their Golden Buzzer moments, as well.

[@joebob2311productions]

I KNOW RIGHT. Ive said long ago. If they all agree then wtf does the golden buzzer add to it

[@bluekewne]

Defunctland put it best when he did covered the American Idol Experience at Disney World: talent shows like AGT/BGT/American Idol/etc are a product of their time of the 2000s; now with KZbin & social media you can just put your talent out there & if you hit it off then you're basically gold (especially as more & more Americans ditch cable TV for streaming)

[@LeoFan93]

Interesting fact about Rappin' Granny. Most people who grew up in the 90's recognize her as the grandmother from Big Bad Beetleborgs. She also had a few bit parts here and there on sitcoms in the early 00's before AGT.

[@Randuski]

wait, steel panther was on americas got talent? wtff. they’re like an actual huge band haha why are they here

[@Ramonatho]

Was just about to comment this. They're like, actually already big.

[@-insertpunchlinehere-]

Some people may go on just for laughs or extra publicity. Lewberger (a comedy group with one of the Try Guys) was on the show for only laughs and comedy

[@alexhutchings4815]

I've seen them live like 4 times. Was just as confused.

[@hambonepunk86]

Oh, good, I thought it was just me!

[@Shoulderpads-mcgee]

It pissed me off when they showed up. I don’t even like it when a previous got talent winner from another country comes onto agt, much less people who have made it in the industry. A few years back they had on a guy who was in all the police academy movies and I disliked that too. Agt is supposed to be for the underdog weirdos

[@alex_squeezebox]

When they boo those musicians after a few seconds it makes me so mad. Being a musician myself, I know how much work it takes to prepare a piece and I can’t imagine getting thrown off the stage just at the beginning. If I were in the audience I would boo the judges for doing that!

[@devforfun5618]

even worse because obviously the best part of any performance isnt going to be in the first 5 seconds, you need to prepare the audience

[@Mars-dw2zc]

yeah like they let super mediocre or shitty acts thru but dont even give others the chance to actually perform?

[@jasonnelson5745]

The producers tell the audience to boo

[@alex_squeezebox]

@@jasonnelson5745 I’d boo the producers too lol

[@doris1505]

@Griis-yr6iei felt the same way!

[@ryleyt3752]

I actually know the guy at 21:53 that was on American Idol, lol. He still talks about it all the time.

[@Space-Milk]

18:42 That kid was SHOOK

[@blending_in]

Lmaoooo thank you for this I don't know how I missed it

[@jammindragon1812]

I haven’t finished the video but my biggest peeve was when they’d be like “I’ve been shot down my whole life.” But when you actually look them up they’re models, professional singers, actors, winners of previous shows. Etc etc

[@cameronharding2878]

"I've been shot down my entire life except that big chunk of my life recently that I wasnt shot down"

[@MelodicDragon97]

Right! And I feel like the point of these talent shows is to help unknown talent make a name for themselves. All of these new contestants are already successful so what's the point

[@Sad-Lesbian]

I didn't grow up in America and never really watched American talent shows, but the ones I grew up with almost always had a singer as the winner. There are already enough singing competitions out there, so having a singer win a general talent show was always just really boring to me.

[@Shoulderpads-mcgee]

I liveblog this show alongside a small community of agt fans are we all hate singers so much lmao. Every year a singer doesn’t win is a victory for us even if the act isn’t out favorite lol

[@Sparx632]

Singers on Britain’s Got Talent (the version I grew up with) have always been the bane of my existence for the exact same reasons you hate them.

[@katherinesmallbean3594]

I think that singers just shouldn't be allowed on, unless they are something unique like a singing ventriloquist.

[@Wren.Illustrates]

my family actually jokes it's "America's got Singers" because its similar here lol

[@hanzquejano7112]

The first four winners of Pilipinas (Philippines) Got Talent are singers. We were really pissed off.

[@jomarcentermjm]

8:18 considering, a group from a Philippines won the first Asia got talent with a shadow show. This guy must have thought "Man, I should try it and see if I can win"

[@karakreativevlog]

"My cousin's best friend's mother has cancer." Sent through.

[@MeepsNcheese]

I'd argue that Japanese helicopter man actually won because he has the most screentime this video out of all the acts featured

[@portalbuilder7021]

Any publicity is good publicity?

[@daysandwords]

LOL, I am so on Scott's level. "This is a competition... It DOES matter that you fell down."

[@colindarcas6532]

Say it with me now "We have a bottle" "It turns into a glass"

[@via-anghelmagahum2586]

One of the things I loved about the Voice was during auditions the judges only heard the voice so they didn’t see what they looked like or hear a sad backstory. Here, it’s so obvious they are a show built solely for entertainment by always favoring people with sad backstories with talent but not enough talent to back it up

[@hanzquejano7112]

Imagine a blind audition for a dancing act.

[@tommyhetrick]

"Bit of a sad story, but with a happy ending" this guy knew what to tell the producers to get in

[@JCJutson]

or the producers knew what to tell them to say to get good ratings

[@Eren-px2sr]

I like how the show's called "america's got talent" yet like 80 % of the contestants aren't even from America.

[@triplekmafia4932]

80% of Americans are now like Spanish, Asian, African, etc

[@Eren-px2sr]

@@triplekmafia4932 That's what western media wants you to think. In reality, over 50% of americans are still white.

[@groovydakota]

A lot of times the crowd “reactions” are pulled from the crowd warm up where they make the crowd cheer jeer aww etc and then they edit them in however they want on these shows 😂 usually the crowd is paid extras or at least in part especially if filmed in LA

[@boobloom1016]

As someone who has friends who have been on these shows and worked BTS, your theories are correct. All the auditions are pre determined through videos first, the judges are basically fed a script on who to let through (primarily based on the individuals sap story) & they purposely put bad acts on the stage for "drama". As to why we dont see many good sincere acts these days is because many artists and musicians have caught wind of the manipulation & abusive contracts that come with these kinds of shows and deem it not worthy of their talents. Plus thanks to the internet people can persue their creative dreams more independently. Making Simon Cowell redundant.

[@090909092135]

I wonder if it's mostly in America's shows or if it's every country's shows. I've watched other countries Got Talent, and unless they spoke English I couldn't understand them, and BGT has some soppy stories here and there, but I feel like they have more actual talent and it's not just soppy. But could be wrong.

[@neivilde.1242]

i could swear the three ukranian acrobats were just on france's got talent, and also fell there

[@kajsakarlsson9553]

Did they get sent through?

[@neivilde.1242]

@@kajsakarlsson9553 i think they were sent for the deliberation step but ultimately were cut before the next televised step

[@myyoutube7366]

good

[@squiglemcsquigle8414]

Ukraine is the new in sob story now that the war has stabilized on the border

[@mandalynn410]

3:44 big sign above his head that says APPLAUSE

[@RooiRokBokkie]

Help! I can't see it

[@mandalynn410]

​@@RooiRokBokkie I'm sorry I was being sarcastic haha

[@RooiRokBokkie]

@@mandalynn410 Goddammit😄

[@TheBestCat1290]

IKR?? I remember in 2020 and being so frustrated when that guy who was falsely imprisoned made it so high in the leader board JUST CAUSE OF HIS BACKSTORY!! It's not fair on everyone who doesn't have a sob story. So glad I am not alone in feeling this

[@KittyGamingtheBestYoutuber]

everyone has a sob story and who is to say even someone with a perfect life the next day after the show season is over a horrible accident doesn't happen to them? that is why u can't judge for that. and not everyone wants to say all their personal life for the tv. if you want a show to make sad stories ok but why can't we have a talent show since all I hear people complain about with this show is how sappy it is but yet they keep doing it???

[@TheBestCat1290]

@@KittyGamingtheBestKZbinr I 100% agree!!

[@justanotherday08]

Whats annoying is having a talent show originally meant to shine everyday people who have unique talents and then proceeds to let people who are already well known to compete its basically a one hour long commercial at this point unfortunately lol

[@cainster]

oh come on Michael Winslow is the bomb. I could always watch that guy even if he is now in his 90s. Or whatever age he is these days.

[@janaekelis]

even watching season 1, that is violently 2000s tv, it sucks how rude they were to someone who didnt do the traditional x factor performance

[@spikeisking007]

Most of these singers are already professional performers.

[@posiepie6613]

So fun fact- all these acts just end up on college tours, I work as a planner at a college and every other act that agents send to us has *AMERICAS GOT TALENT FINALIST* Or something like that- there are like 3 mega college agencies that sign half these acts

[@liamcarlson9127]

I used to absolutely love this show in the mid 2010s. I never missed an episode and was so excited each summer for when it'd come around again. Right around 2019 ish something changed and it just seemed like "Americas Got Talent" turned into "Americas Got Sad Stories", and those sob stories were starting to seem like the only reason you went on to the next round. After a few years (mid 2023?) I happened to tune into an episode to see if things changed, and not only was there "sap", but the auditions were awful to the point it was just cringey. RIP AGT.

[@skyguy1236]

and trust me i watched DVR recordings as a kid in 2016 and it was already pretty sappy and stuff by then

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

Remember that time they hired a single mom from Amsterdam, the Netherlands to do her Whitney Houston act on AGT? She got in trouble for attacking staff in a supermarket in Amsterdam after they dared to tell her son to stop smoking in the store. Literally physically attacking some shelf stacking kid. And she brought some friends along to that store.

[@josephaceves6094]

😂

[@phoenixgirl70]

What turned me off any of these shows was when my friend auditioned for American Idol. I’m talking about the bad singers the judges would rip into. Every contestant sings for a group of different people/producers multiple times over weeks rejecting ppl until they have enough ppl for the show. Now the really bad ones keep getting passed through so they feel really good about themselves. My friend got cut right before going in front of the celebrity judges, and she could actually sing. But the bad singers, excited that they actually made it so far, gained confidence, told they were great the show, really thought they had a good chance. I mean they beat out tons of people, right? Then when they’d perform for the judges they’d get ripped a new one and would be completely blindsided. Thats why so many would keep trying to sing, or look shocked or would have a breakdown as the judges laughed. And the cameras would follow them while the contestants were crying, confused, angry…it was so cruel it makes me feel sick. Then people watching the completed show would think, wow they’re nuts, how could they think they could sing? It was all planned. And the cameras would follow them as they cried, or broke down in anger. The more unhinged the better. My friend was so happy she didn’t make it when she saw how slimy it all was. Then the William Hung situation just reeked of racism and just laughed at him. He thought he made people feel good with his singing but so many people were just laughing at the guy. I’m sure he made pocket change from his album. And some may say “well he got famous” like that means anything. Especially for the wrong reasons. It wasn’t inspirational. It was exploitation.

[@helixxia9320]

Holy shit

[@bobthebuilder3609]

Can sum1 give me tldr?

[@mcloughlinguy4127]

@@bobthebuilder3609just get a better attention spam

[@iamacatperson7226]

​@@bobthebuilder3609They send the really bad people onto the show and then rip into them after theyve gainrd enough confidence to think theyre good

[@dancemacabre26]

I misheard sap-o-meter as sappho-meter which just sounds like an alternate way to say gaydar lol

[@mrh8142]

When you're only good at identifying lesbians

[@colinouille2786]

lets goooo!!!!!

[@annymus4502]

@@colinouille2786 LET'S GO, LESBIANS!!!

[@BeyondBaito]

YASS-O-meter

[@DreamyToast1]

How to not win America's Got Talent: Live a normal life without a sad backstory. (Make sure you don't fail your act, if you're lucky one of the judges instantly disqualifies you without giving you a chance.)

[@chriss4365]

They are afraid to get sued for telling people they suck.

[@rr2109]

I'm outraged that bad violin dude got through when on the same stage by some of the same people told Lindsey Stirling she wasn't good enough. THE AUDACITY.

[@allbymyshelf4125]

I think she even got told she sounded like she was drowning rats or something - the fact that this guy not only got through, but wasn't roasted is insane.

[@Nicholas-ze5vv]

What makes it worse is that he said he "idolizes" Itzhak Pearlman, yet he played some random EDM thing or whatever it was.

[@GenghisKhanrad]

Ahh, yes, the "Japanese Ass Helicopter" - my favorite adult position. Pretty sure that's in the Kama Sutra.

[@s-viper1462]

Haven't used that technique since the Heian Era

[@NiIog]

7:50 LOL I REMEMBER SEEING THAT AS THE FIRST THING I TURNED THE TV ON TO AT A HOTEL.

[@kevinshikaido7463]

It all started on the day i was born, both my parents failed to show up Golden buzzer