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Semifinals Recap | Season 21 | America's Got Talent · AGT Time Pod - America's Got Talent Fancast

• Cody: Everyone, welcome back to another edition of AGT time. Well, once again I brought my fraternity bros with me. Of course it's AGT commenter. AGTCommenter: Shadow Gino. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: the frat bro. Was what were they a fraternity or was it just college buddies? I feel like he just said college buddies. Yeah, Cody: Yeah, i it might have been just college buddies, yes. Yeah. AGTCommenter: I'm trying to remember. That's very where you're from. Down south, fraternities and sororities. Yeah. Fraternities, Cody: Okay. Yeah. And and East Coast. And East Co east Coast. Yeah. AGTCommenter: sororities are huge down there. The university I went to, we didn't we had them, but there was no house. Cody: Mm-hmm. Okay. AGTCommenter: So you'd be you be in the brotherhood or the sisterhood, but there we wouldn't live together outside of you Cody: So AGTCommenter: could rent a house together or something, but there was no sorority or fraternity house. The other universities in in town did. Cody: So in North Dakota State the the stories don't put together little rush dance videos at the beginning of the s you Okay. AGTCommenter: They might. I didn't go to NDSU, I went across the river in in Cody: Okay. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Moorhead, so but yeah, so that's a that's a life the rush, the what whatever you call it, the all of the terminology that's used for that. That is very not up here. Now Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: Wisconsin it might be very much I'm I'm guessing it might just be big state schools, certainly, I feel like it's really big deal. But Penn Cody: Yeah. Yep. AGTCommenter: State's had some some was in the news, one of their fraternities was recently about the their their drug ring that they were running. Cody: Ha ha. AGTCommenter: but yeah, so shout out Gino, shout out the guys, the boys, we'll talk about that performance. it's great to be here. My first recap episode of the season. First first one. Cody: Yes, welcome. You know, so for for it being your off season, you've been on quite a bit. AGTCommenter: I have but it's been so it's been very low lift until and this Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: isn't but tonight'll be the first time I've been on like a really long 'cause if I look, I've been on obviously the draft is one thing, but that's that's no different than every year. But otherwise it's like I came on and gave my midseason thoughts, which is what we always did. I did the one live show act revealed episode with you, but that wasn't really an a a performance episode. I've done the pregames and the postgame show, which are th you know, thirty, forty minute pods. We did an emergency, so I have my my volume is higher, but they've been they're very again, very low lift. so this yeah, Jay is what's Jay got going on tonight? He's got an event. Cody: So yeah, so he said he's got homecoming parade that he's gotta AGTCommenter: yes. Cody: that he has to fulfill I guess his either I don't know if it's his fatherly duties or if it's educational as a as an educator duties. Not sure. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Always a very fun time of year. Homecoming, the you know, the fall's kicking in and stuff, but Cody: Yeah. Are you familiar with the the mum's like Texas homecoming? Have you looked ever looked this up? No no no no no. It's AGTCommenter: Texas Longhorns homecoming? Cody: the state of Texas, like homecoming for high schools in the state of Texas. AGTCommenter: I'm assuming it's out of control. Yeah, yeah. Sure. Cody: It's out of control. And it's been that way even when I was in high school. So the big thing in Texas is the mums, like the flowers, you know, the mums. AGTCommenter: Mm-hmm. Cody: And so every year for home homecoming in the state of Texas, like the the girls, they just it just goes nuts. Like they're they're massive. They're they're literally sometimes they're like giant. I mean, they could be three, four feet wide. They basically AGTCommenter: Sure. Cody: cover their entire body. They're being held up by giant straps, they're probably even strapped to their It's crazy AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: what the like the parents and whatnot are doing for the girls at homecoming in in the state of Texas. Everything's bigger in Texas. So AGTCommenter: Everything's bigger in Texas, Cody. Everything's bigger in Texas. that's funny. Yeah. So I'm happy to fill in tonight to to help out Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Jay. I told Cody beforehand we we were kinda getting ready to prep for this pod, and we all know Jay's the way he runs these with the with the in depth. I this is gonna be if you listen to Cody and I's season rewatches that we did, the full season ones this past off season last couple of off seasons, this will resemble that. There's some we'll talk about the performances, but it's not gonna be Cody: Yeah, you can find us on our socials at AGT Timepod. You can email us AGT timepod at gmail.com. Check out our website, AGT timepod.com, and you can find Commenter out there at AGT Commenter. AGTCommenter: So semifinal I almost said semifinal one. There is only one. Cody: Yeah. well according to Howie, he wishes there was a separate sep semifinal. Yeah. AGTCommenter: I do too. There should be multiple semifinals. That's doesn't make sense. It's not how it's not how it works. Semi is half. Cody: Yeah. Yes. AGTCommenter: part. This Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: is just a version. Yeah, I don't get me started. This isn't almost the finals. But semifinals, we're here 12 acts performing for six spots to join the four golden buzzers in the finals. Starting to get real. The competition Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: is we we have our top 10 now set. And this was this was a very Described it as meh. This was a I just felt like a bunch of acts just kind of performed how I thought they were going to. I'm gonna do a little segment on it later, but a couple that overperformed and a couple that underperformed, and I thought it just ended up being kind of an average episode. I ended up having it if I looked at my scores, I think I had two quarterfinals that I thought were better than this and two that I thought were worse than this. So I think it's right smack tap in the middle of the five live show perform performance episodes we've seen. To me, the results were not particularly shocking. This just kinda ended up being a a a a twenty four hour stretch of like, yeah, it's kinda what I expected to happen. Assumed these acts were gonna perform to that level, assumed these acts were gonna go through, and that's just kinda how it worked out. I don't know if you felt the same way watching it, like this just kind of ended up being there wasn't a ton of fanfare, maybe. Cody: It it met expectations, right? It it well it whelmed. It whelmed. It whelmed. AGTCommenter: It did. Certainly didn't exceed. It whelmed big time. Cody: So it it met my expectations. That d everyone did exactly what they're supposed to do. There AGTCommenter: Yes. Cody: was not anything that just like you said, blew me away. But I had fun watching it. I I thought it was a good episode, very above average. I think probably placing it right in the middle of the quarterfinals is fair. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: there was no one that was like, Okay, I can't s I mean, other than maybe Cesar Diaz sa says sorry. Cesar Diaz? Ces Cesar? Cesar. Cesar. Cesar Diaz. Yeah. Other AGTCommenter: Caesar. Caesar. Yeah. Yep. Cody: than maybe him being here, but once he performed, I was like, okay, it still entertained me. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: I I was entertained throughout the entire two hours. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: I agree. It's it maybe this is the best way to put it. An unbelievably forgettable episode of America's Got Talent. I Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: will not remember not only the episode there wasn't really a performance that I'm gonna remember. That two years Cody: Right. There's no memorable performance. Right. AGTCommenter: from now I'll be God, you remember that. Remember back in season twenty one semis that when so and so did such and such and such, and we'd be like, that's there there wasn't any of that this year. But there also that can also be rememberable because something was so horrible. And there's not that either. So Cody: Mm. There's no upside down piano. None of no there's no there's no the jelly bean was it the O's Jelly Bean trick thing? Gumball sorry, gumball, you're right. So AGTCommenter: The gumball, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. There's no trailer nasty here. Th nothing sh it is Cody: No no trailer nasty. No Paul Zerdon and the Yeah, so AGTCommenter: it's like if it was a dinner, it was like a a grilled chicken breast, some white rice, Cody: Sure. AGTCommenter: and and and some, you know, th there's there was no color on the plate at all. It was still a a perfectly good meal, but boring. and and boring in that nothing exciting, but like you said solid talent, solid AGT, you couldn't have I couldn't be subbing in for a more unexciting re like recap because it's just Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: what we thought it was gonna be a week ago, which is fine. Cody: The most exciting the most exciting part for us is when we get to results. At least for you and I. The most exciting part for AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: you and I is when we get to results. So AGTCommenter: And I'll say this, I f I did find it slightly surprising that everyone did just kinda do what we thought, 'cause there's only one singer. And that's usually where it that happens, is Steve and I talked about this. Singers are just they're incredibly reliable that they're not gonna s blow up and bomb and and things are gonna go crazy. So when there was only one, it it actually kinda was a powder keg. When you have ten or eleven acts of dogs and aerialism and magic and comedy and The fact that everybody for the most part just kinda went out and did their thing, I actually think it's kind of express impressive. But Cody, where's Simon? W you and I talked about this a little bit last night, but Cody: Yeah. No no man. AGTCommenter: if if people didn't listen to the to the the instant reaction, I think this is important. What are they gonna do? What are they gonna do? Is he going to be here next week? Cody: I I think they have put him on IR. I think he's done for the season. Just it was just wild that there wasn't even a mention of from Terry. Hey, just I don't know if you guys noticed, but Simon's still not here. Simon wish you well. You know, get healthy, get get well. But we're gonna go with the three judges tonight. No guest judge tonight. It's wild. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: It's so weird th it's it is. And it's so weird that they're leaving the empty chair. It's kinda ominous. It's like he died. It is. Cody: So I was thinking about this. As I was watching the episode, I thought, why don't they remove the chair and just spread them out and make it look like an even three? But I was I was watching a video and I sent this to you guys. There was a video that came out about like the sound engineering of AGT. It's a fascinating watch. If you're a sound AGTCommenter: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Cody: person or a technical person, it's a great watch. And as I I think AGTCommenter: Did you retweet it or repost it or anything? Was it a TikTok? Cody: it is, it's a YouTube video. Yeah, it's a YouTube video. And I'll I'll make AGTCommenter: YouTube video. Yeah, you should post it. Cody: I'll make sure to put it out there. But one of the things that they showed is like the the microphones on the the little the table there. It looks like they're in place. Like they're locked in place. Maybe they could do something to kind of whatever. But it seemed like those microphones were there. And it would look weird if they took just took the chair up. There's four still four microphones there. I at it's the the balance would still kind of be off somehow. So I don't know. Maybe it's an immemorium chair. I don't know. I mean he's not dead, but still it's like AGTCommenter: That's what it feels like. Yeah. you could just bring in a three person table too. Cody: They they could maybe replace the table. I'm not sure what the wiring or whatnot situation would be, but yeah. Did d yeah, do AGTCommenter: Mm. Yeah. I I yeah, it's just w it's interesting. And Cody: they do they roll in the Sharon Hoff and Brandy or Pierce table? Yeah, yeah. AGTCommenter: That's what I'm saying. It's somewhere. It's somewhere. They still got it. They gotta but yeah, so we I really do like a three judge panel. Cody: Yeah. Do you take Simon's X down? I mean AGTCommenter: Ever. If he if this is if he never comes back, if they go three next year, they won't. But yeah, Cody: Yeah. Okay. AGTCommenter: I I I hope this isn't the end of Simon, mostly because I I think there's if he doesn't if he's not here next week, I think there will be rampant rumors out there that he's done with the show forever. Cody: Agree. Yeah, I think you're right. AGTCommenter: And I hate that, not because I'm fine if he shuffles in and out. I he's been here a long time. I'm not I don't think he's you know the show will will live on without him. It lived with Before he got here it'll live after he leaves. Cody: And and he's he talked about, you know, what's the show gonna be like when he leaves. So he's already looking AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: at his resic strategy. AGTCommenter: We didn't get a send off then. And he deserves a send-off. he created the Cody: Right, exactly. Exactly, yep. AGTCommenter: show, he's done this is season his eleventh season that he's done, I think, or twelfth. Yeah, eleven. Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty one. Yeah. This is his eleventh season. That's not nothing. So Cody: So he's done over two hundred, two hundred and fifty episodes. AGTCommenter: Yeah, twenty twenty to twenty three a season for eleven years. Yeah. So Cody: Mm. Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: yeah, probably twenty one to twenty four, something like that. So well, he missed a few here. He missed a bunch in fifteen. So probably about two hundred episodes. Yeah. It's Cody: Fifteen, that is true. Yeah. AGTCommenter: probably about two I mean two hundred episodes. So I hope it's not his last year. I hope they do a farewell season. He deserves a farewell season. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Whenever it's Howie's last season, he deserves a farewell season. but anyway, where's Simon? We'll but we'll see. Maybe he'll be back next week. if he's back, the entrance that he's gonna give himself, they're gonna be Cody: I know. AGTCommenter: fanning him with with leaves as he's walking in. They might carry him in on a throne. I think it's entirely possible. So, Cody: D d I was gonna say do they carry him in on something? That'd be the better thing. AGTCommenter: but should we get into some performances here, Cody? All Cody: Yes, yes. AGTCommenter: right. So we are gonna open the night. Cody, we did our predictions last week. we're not gonna talk about how like well we did, we'll we'll save that for the We'll save that for the oops, for the pregame show. But there's a lot more coming. Cody: Yeah, yeah. If y'all like us, just wait. There's gonna be more of us in a few days. So AGTCommenter: but we both I shouldn't say we. I thought Beefus was gonna open the episode. I said the wrong dog act. I was on the dog thing. I think I think Cody: Okay, yes. Yeah Yeah. AGTCommenter: that was in it was in my head because I just assumed they were gonna I like this opener that it's bright, it's fun, it's bubbly, it's happy. That's what they went with with this performance. Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: But we get the canine crew. Team team Cody and commenter Terry Terry, right? Terry's gold buzzer from auditions one. Yeah. Cody: Yes, yes, yes. AGTCommenter: Yes. Yes. Them and Royal Lasers, right? Cody: Yes. Yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: They are going to be performing, they've got Girls Just Wanna Have Fun behind Great song choice. You can't Cody: Yes, yes. Great song choice. AGTCommenter: help but bump around and and and and put a smile on your face. They're going with this slumber party theme. It's very fun. There's there's bunk beds and they're in their p they're in their PJs. this is Rinse and repeat for the K9 crew. I'm not saying they've done the same thing, but just they are they're they're calling halfback dive every time they perform. They're like, Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: we're gonna be fun, it's gonna be bright, it's gonna be colorful, it was all pink, the dogs are gonna run around, we're not gonna do anything crazy, but Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: it's just the theme of the episode. Down the middle, eye formation, ready set hut, halfback dive. That's what it is, and it worked. And and I thought it was a perfectly solid performance. What'd you think of the canine crew? Cody: No, I thought it was fun too. It's like you say, bubbly, it's bright, it's whatnot. The the great thing about this act, and we've talked about it, the mix of the dogs with the acrobats, the acrobats can do different things each performance. The dogs will do the same things. But because the girls do different tricks each time, it makes it look like it's fresh. AGTCommenter: They're they're able to makes mark the differences and and yeah. Cody: Correct, yes. Yeah. AGTCommenter: And the theming is is different enough, but Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: the the music is really important to this act and they get ya Cody: Yes, it is. AGTCommenter: it's a happy performance. I can s I have no problem believing people at home are are ooing and awing and loving this. The the Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: kids are adorable, the dogs are adorable, the song works, it makes you feel good. I what a pick. Great pick by us, because this act has has been Cody: No, yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: exactly what we were hoping it was gonna be. Cody: Yeah, they're they're not the silhouettes who are trying to make you cry. They want you to have fun. AGTCommenter: I would agree. I would agree. Yeah, there there's there's no deeper meaning. They're not trying to tell a story. I was watching it, you know, I d I I was skimming through it today, watching it back, and I like, is there nope, nope, this is just this is what it says. It's slumber Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: party, it's beds, and that's it. So kudos to them. Best act of the night so far. Unquestionably. Unquestionably. Cody: So far, yes. Howie tells us that. Howie tells us that. Yes. Yeah. AGTCommenter: any other thoughts When it got done, were you like, Let's go, that was great for our team. They did what they needed to do. Did you feel confident they were going through? Cody: Yes. I felt really good. I'm like, you know, it's still early. There's still a lot of show left. It's early as it can be. There's still a lot of show AGTCommenter: It's as early as it could be. Yeah. Cody: left. I'm like, you know what? They did what they were supposed to do. They let off the show. They got everyone excited. Let's go. AGTCommenter: I agree. I was I was really pleased. you can never go wrong just doing a performance that's gonna put smiles on people's faces, and that's what they went with. So shout out to the canine crew. A great performance. anything else on on the dogs? We got more dogs coming, so if you are a Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: fan of the dogs, stick a stay tuned. still stay tuned because there's almost everything else is non dogs. So Cody: If you're not a fan of the dog, still stay tuned. Yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: Cameron Marshall. Another team Cody Commenter Cody: Ha ha. AGTCommenter: act our our s not really he's somewhat sleight of hand, somewhat prop magic, but but kind of a combo. I'm gonna throw this at you, Cody. I think we have an epidemic on our hands this Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: here in season twenty one. I think the magicians are using the audience too much this season. Cody: It did seem that way, yes. AGTCommenter: I don't love audience participation with magicians. I just it's weird that it it's almost impossible to have it feel like it is organic without them being involved. I I want you on the stage if you're gonna help. I'm I don't love bringing audience members. you've got four per three in this case, three perfectly good judges. You got a great host side stage to help. You've got good help. Cody: Well you got you got Terry. Yeah, you got Terry. Yep. Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: every Cameron Marshall in this episode uses the the audience. Our guy Gino uses the audience. Now some of the audience was you know, his buddies, but and Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: obviously Young and Strange, the other magic act also I mean the whole act was audience based between the two kids that they used. It's a it's a pro I I just let's get back on the stage or at the judge's Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: table and let's live within the confines of the show. I don't know. I I'm probably being nitpicky or or whatever, but this performance just it didn't get me super excited and I'm kinda sick of the camera turning. I'm sick of not having the camera on the stage during Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: these magic acts. I don't know. Cody: I I kind of felt the same way when he started like, using the audience again. Okay. who was it that used Keenan? Was is I couldn't remember, was it Gino or Cameron? Which one used Kenan? And and I say was probably Cameron. AGTCommenter: Cause that was what? That was quarterfinals one? No. Yeah. Two? Cody: One or two, two, two, with Keenan. AGTCommenter: Yes. Let me pull up oops. Let me pull up quarterfinals two. While you while you Cody: Yes. but anyway, when and and AGTCommenter: vamp. Cody: it it didn't even use Keenan the whole performance, used it for part of it. 'Cause AGTCommenter: It would have been Gino. Cody: the 'cause the second half went and and we're gonna get a message from Gino correcting us too, so which we appreciate. So AGTCommenter: Yeah. Quarterfinals three. and Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: it was Cameron it was Cameron Marshall. Yep. Yep. yeah. Yes. Yep. Cody: Okay. yeah, because how Heidi was in four. Yeah, yeah. so so anyway. And and Keating was only used for half the performance. Second half he went to the audience again. so I'm I'm kinda with you. I was like, no, let's let's get back to this back to the stage. I really like when the judges come up and do it. I don't want the judges doing it a lot at the table either, particularly if they're from far away. I think I've talked about this before. If they're on the stage Don't do the judge's stuff from far away. I like either right up next to them on the table or bring them on the stage. AGTCommenter: I agree. And I'll say this. This theater stinks. It's it's a it's an old, kinda crappy theater. It it's not when you Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: flip the lights on, it's ugly. The seats are old, Cody: It is. AGTCommenter: like I I I don't we don't this isn't the Dolby. If we were at the Dolby, it's a different story. It's a much classier like this is a performing arts center. Like it's it it's not like wow, my gosh, they're in such a they're look at this, look at this beautiful venue. It's kinda it's kinda dumpy. So let's just stick to the stage. But was there anything within this performance that you really liked or that stood out to you? I didn't take a ton of notes on it. I I I feel like I I was kinda done with them last round. So this was kind of Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: more of the same for me. Cody: Yeah, I I I yeah, I was not impressed by this at all. AGTCommenter: He was a surprising advancement in the quarterfinals. We were you Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: and I were like, wow. All right, well this is this is gravy right now 'cause I don't think we saw the vision. we took him what? We took him thirty fifth overall, so we didn't have a ton of confidence in him. But he's just he's clearly and obviously he's the first one of the night, but as the night goes, at best the second best magic act of the night, and I think the th the third. I I think it's the the worst of the three magic acts of the night, so that's never a good sign when only six when only six are going through. But anything else on Cameron Marshall? I have the canine crew one him two so far. Cody: yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: I have them in my final rankings, they're next to each other. So all right. That's gonna take us to from the Bach brothers, the most shocking advancement. Cody: I'll I'll sorry, I'll I'll I'll just say I had him I had him eleven and I had the canine crew where I put them three. So yeah. AGTCommenter: wow, okay. At least to us the most shocking advancement of the quarterfinals, Mr. Cesar Diaz. And I Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: say that, and I mentioned this last night, not only was it the most shocking for us, it was also the most shocking for Cesar Diaz. If you watch the results, Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: he's like, Excuse me? Check that again. How? Cody: It was f it was fun. It was fun it was fun being here, but then the I'm going through? Okay. AGTCommenter: wow, okay, yeah. So w we were not the only ones who were who were shocked by Cesar Diaz going through. he is going to Cody: I will I I I will say commoner. That's kind of his shtick though, right? Is like being surprised and like playing things off like yeah, so yeah. Okay. AGTCommenter: It is. And and maybe I'm falling for it, but man, it did just seem like because it didn't feel the same last night. He didn't seem to be like pouting like, I'm going home. Last night. But maybe, I don't know. He is gonna be performing What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Do you remember I wrote in parentheses, season five. Do you remember this song got used by by a singer? Do you remember? Cody: I remember it being used. I don't remember the who who did it. Okay, yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: Mr. Taylor Matthews, Matthews with one T. he did it. Very different rendition than than what what Cesar did. We're gonna see his underwear in this performance, Cody. We're gonna oops, we're gonna he's gonna fall through the stairs. The tie gets caught, he's got the in the the equipment, the camera, whatever. it's he can sing. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: He can he can really sing. So there are there is entertainment value to him. I've and I've been racking my brain on why I don't like it as more than I should, 'cause again, he I don't know. I'm just like Is it too predictable? The the the woe is me bit is Cody: Well yeah. AGTCommenter: funny when you don't know the woe of the woe is me bit is coming. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Is that is that just what it is? I 'cause there should be I feel like I should be more entertained. Cody: We we know the stick d we we know the stick now. We know the stick. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Yeah, he never brought in a foil, somebody to do it to him. Cody: Nope. AGTCommenter: He never overcame. And like Ta-da. And maybe that's what next week would have been if he would have advanced. But this was the third because he was he was not callbacks, correct? So this was Cody: No. AGTCommenter: our third performance we saw of him. Is that correct? Live show acts revealed. He is straight yeah, he was straight through. So we've seen him three full times. Cody: Here's a here's a here's a jud here's a judge's choice. AGTCommenter: He was Judge's favorites plus. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: Judge's choice is results. Judge's favorites is reperform. Judge's favorites plus is straight through. Come on, Cody. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: It's not that hard. Do I need to make a flow chart for you? Cody: I d I don't know why I get it wrong over time. AGTCommenter: Every time I might have to get a flow chart. Yeah, I don't know. I just and I've been racking my is it because he's is he too classical? Should he sing more modern music? I don't think that's what it's missing either. I think this is right, yeah. Cody: No, no, that's that yes, that's h the classical stuff is his thing. That's what he does best. AGTCommenter: Is it not should it go worse for him? Is it not going bad enough? Right. That's what I'm saying. Cody: What does like set himself on fire? I mean, what does he do? It's like AGTCommenter: Can you start drowning? Like at some point getting your tie stuck in the camera is I mean, it's very sh it's almost it's three stooges. I I I I I need it to be more grave, I think. I don't I don't know. Cody: Mm. AGTCommenter: There are things I do like about him. I'd love to see him come back in four years and just sing and see how well it goes 'cause he's got Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: a great he's got a lovely voice. But what were your thoughts on on Cesar? Cody: One my favorite things about him is he uses production. I mean, he is AGTCommenter: Sure. Cody: great at using production and breaking the fourth wall. Where AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: where it's, hey, the the person brings the was it the sword, the axe, shovel, whatever it was, out AGTCommenter: Yep. Cody: to him in the last one, the bubble machine guy. This one, the camera person's interacting with him. I love that stuff. And so when he's he's now bringing in production to show that he's not just on the show, they're part of the show. which I I think is brilliant. but I I agree with you that it seems like now it's kind of this we that the goofs that he's doing are different each time, which is great. He's got he's got he's as well he's a that that that that quiver that quiver is pretty AGTCommenter: You've got a never ending li Rolodex of things that can go wrong. Sure. Yeah. Cody: Pretty deep, right? As we as we say. yes, you're right. Never ending Rolodex of stuff that he can do. The song choices I think fit him 'cause his his style of dress is more classical, mid twentieth century, you know, s jazz bar, you know, lounge, those types of things. And AGTCommenter: Yep. Cody: then songs he picks I think are great. But I just think there's a lot of other acts that are much more in much much better and much more entertaining. AGTCommenter: Yeah. I y I like your point. He does break that Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: fourth wall. What he does in these the tension is when you get into semi like the the live shows at this point, the tens these acts are so wound up. Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: And he kind of he lets the air out of the room. In a in not like a the tension kind of goes away 'cause it's so goofy and ever the the the production team is running all over the place. Like it becomes an highly unprofessional production, quote unquote. And it kind of it kind of eases the tension, but Yeah, I he's not a paper plate act, Cody. Cody: Okay, yeah, 'cause he's got so much he can do. AGTCommenter: You 'cause we coined that in season thirteen. Rewatch. I wanted to see him more than once. He is I think he's a red solo cup act, like you coined the red solo. Twice was Cody: Okay. Okay. AGTCommenter: good. Part of it is just he if he's not gonna diversify the the types of the we it's like a story we already know the ending to every time he comes out. We're just rereading or re-watching the same thing. So if he can't change up the result, whether it's like I said, I think honestly, I think if it just would have kept like, if he would have been in a neck brace, but you know, like could it have carried over? Could the injuries that he If he suffered some injuries in quarterfinals, could he have come back last night and then had the the cast on his arm or the neck brace on as a callback to the week before? It's three stooges, but there's just one of And yeah, he's a clown. I mean he's a clown. It is what it is. But you ha we pulled Mel B's comments. Let's hear first time tonight from Mel. Cody: Well L B he literally stepped down on the stairs as he was coming in, so AGTCommenter: Good one. Well done. Peter Sellers. Cody. Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: How much do you know about Peter Sellers? Cody: I I think I know more than I can remember at this point, if that makes sense. Like AGTCommenter: So he he's a he's a BBC guy, so he's a British guy. That's why obviously Cody: Okay. Okay. AGTCommenter: for name's actually Richard Henry Sellers, but Cody: Melbeast. Okay. AGTCommenter: he he came to prominence on the Goon Show. and then he was Inspector Cousteau. Inspector Cluseau on the Pink Panther series. Married four times Cody: That's right. Okay. Wow. AGTCommenter: in Passed away in nineteen eighty, so R.I.P. R. I. P. to Peter Sellers. But yeah, I'm guessing that kind of slapstick, you know, tragedy comedy type of type of type of deal. But do you agree with Mel's sentiment? Cody: I I think she I no, I I think she's wrong on the song choice. I think the song choice AGTCommenter: I agree. Cody: is is perfect for him. Do not do modern stuff. AGTCommenter: I would agree. Huh. I would agree. Anything else on Cesar? I have worst of the three so far. Cody: let's see, so find my chart here. I did too. I haven't bought in the list. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Okay. I don't have them last, but I have worst so far. It's gonna bring us the night's about to kick in. I think the best act of the night, I think there's a real argument for best talent of the season or right up there. It is our team member, Miss Veronica Gorish Gorishkova. Am I saying that right? I've Cody: That's right. AGTCommenter: just called her Veronica. Loved. Loved the song choice. Rodrigo. Olivia Rodrigo. I love a re Cody: Okay. Okay. AGTCommenter: Olivia Rodrigo. Stupid song by Olivia Rodrigo. The she's spectacular. The aerial stick is such a unique twist Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: on this type of act. It it kind of has unlocked a whole new version of we see this act a lot. It's become like a a staple of AGT is somebody flying around the theater 30 feet above the the stage. This is this has unlocked a whole new thing. I I I'm fascinated to see if this grows. She has been the ultimate just go about your business act of this season. She just shows up, performs, is great, gets the votes, and just advances on. No one has anything bad to say about her. She just is solid. Showed up, got a golden buzzer, went to quarterfinals, and just did a good performance, advanced. Did a good performance advanced. Very, very, very reliable act. When she goes, no hands, so she just. She's just wrapping her legs around the stick. Sh unbelievable. Unbelievable. I She is. I I think it's Cody: Mm hmm. Yeah. She's like a little spider up there. Yeah. AGTCommenter: it's it's a prop that's not supposed to be elevated. Like that is supposed to be planted to the ground. A stick. Like it Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: it's very, very, very interesting. I hope 'cause this could happen. She's gonna she obviously she makes the finals. She better not change. Or if she Cody: No, no. AGTCommenter: does as long as it's only adding like if she brings a ring and does both the stick and the ring, I'm fine with. But that that that stick better still be here. What do you think of Veronica's aerialist performance? Cody: Yeah, it's it's great. And every time I watch her, I find something new that I that I really enjoy about her performance. the the one that's on the stage and they kind of showed a little bit. If you really pay attention, you can kind of catch this. So the one on the stage, it's got a little like ball joint like on AGTCommenter: Mm. Cody: the stage. And so then there's the bottom of the stick has a ball. And so that's how she's able to kind of do the ground stuff. 'Cause that ball it's kind of locked into the ball joint there on the stage, and then she can swirl all around it there on the stage and and do whatever she needs to do. And then she goes to the ones next to the judges' table where then she goes like up in the air and does all the stuff. But the grip that she's got AGTCommenter: Mm-hmm. Cody: on that, because it's it's vertical. So she could s it's it's like a fireman's pole. She could eat there's AGTCommenter: There's nothing to hold on to. Cody: nothing to hold on to. No. So it's not like a ring or a bar or anything of that nature. So the grip she's gotta have is absolutely incredible. Not only with her hands but with her legs. It's it's insane. It's absolutely insane. AGTCommenter: It's it's insane and and you're hitting it. A ring you can lay on. A Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: a bar you can lay on. Silks you can you wrap it around yourself. Y there's nothing you there's nothing with the st you just have to hold it. Cody: No. Yes. Gravity is working against you on this thing. Yeah. AGTCommenter: It is in the rethinking of this type of act, she's added a degree of gif difficulty that I felt like we were running out of ways to make this more impressive from a degree of difficulty the last handful years since she figured it out with this stick idea. Man, love love having her on our team and and she has just been a breath of fresh air in this season. 'cause this hasn't been a overly impressive physical feat season. The last handful last seems like four or five years we've had incredible hand head balancing and aerialism and acrobatics. So don't really have that this year outside of her. So we have go ahead. Cody: I was gonna say I'm excited to see when we get to at some point when you talk about your leader leaderboard, where she falls in leaderboard with aerialists. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: Yep. AGTCommenter: Yeah. She's great. we have Howie's comments. Let's hear from Howie. Cody: Pun intended. Yeah. AGTCommenter: upon very intended, I like the point he made. I for I was gonna talk about it. Sh there was she did like a fast spin at one point coming down. So we've seen acts do this when they take like straps and they're able to wrap up and then she did it with the stick. It was it's like a ballerina. Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: It was awesome. I I love this. Anything else on on Veronica. Best act of the night by far. Okay. Cody: Yes, absolutely. By far. Yep. I had her number one on the night. Yeah. AGTCommenter: I had her number one of the night. it it's there's some other acts I did like. No one s I don't think sniffed it. I think this was really the only I think elite elite performance of the evening. So but it was exactly what I thought she was gonna do. Like I I thought she was gonna be this good. And that's just how good she is. Alright. She met expectations, which is great. Anything else before we move on? Cody: Yes, yes. Yeah. She met expectations. No. AGTCommenter: Sticking with our team, man. They were front and loading the episode. It was just one after another. Couldn't catch Cody: They I don't I don't get it, but whatever. Okay. AGTCommenter: my breath. It is new American citizen, Luke Toleno, Tolino Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Toleno. he is he's originally from Havana, right? Isn't that what he said? He's Cuban. Cody: Yeah, cubid. Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: Yeah, yeah. And now from he Hialia, is that Hialia? Is that how you say it? Florida? I think is what Cody: I'm not sure. Not sure. AGTCommenter: he said. I on Monday, passed the citizenship test and became an American citizen, came back on Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Tuesday and rapped his original song, The American Dream, Love That our team is the team of immigration, new citizenship, the American Cody: That's right. AGTCommenter: dream. We embody Cody, the American dream. It's who we are. he brings the energy. You know who he reminds me of from last season? He reminds me of Micah Palace, where I'm not loving the talent. It's similar to the to the dogs at the beginning, but but he's he's fun, he's exciting. You don't get bored. Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: He won't let you be bored. If it was just if he got rid of the fanfare, it would be very boring because I don't think he's a particularly awesome rapper, the song I don't really care about. But at least there's a lot going on, it's fun. What'd you think of of Tolino? Cody: He's grown on me throughout the season. And I think AGTCommenter: I agree. Cody: I I think at the early in the season I was not a fan of his. And I think a lot of it was the Josh Blue connection and just that, hey, the story of you were in the audience and you said you're gonna be here, the Josh Blue, and da da da da and all that. And I was like, okay, we gotta deal with all this now. But as the season's gone along, I kind of forgot about the Josh Blue stuff. I forgot AGTCommenter: I agree. Cody: the whole story from him sitting in the audience, all that. They kind of brought it up and reminded us again here, huh? Jordan Blue. AGTCommenter: Jordan Blue? Jordan Blue? Cody: I said Josh Blue. Jordan Blue. Yeah. Yeah, not yeah, not AGTCommenter: Twice and I didn't catch it. J Jordan. Team agency commenter, by the way. Cody: not Josh Blue. Not the comedian Josh Blue. Yes. Yes. Okay. AGTCommenter: Yeah, the cerebral palsy comedian. Yeah, very different acts. Cody: Okay. Jordan Blue. Thank you. so I'd kind of forgotten about that. So as the season's got along, I've just enjoyed his talent. Not worrying about, AGTCommenter: Agree. Cody: you know, the whole thing. And agreed. I I mean, I think the rapping's pretty good. It's not what Chris Turner does, which I think I enjoy more. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Well man. Cody: I'm just I'm just a fan of the improvisation part of it. But Luke Tolano is is fun. He's exciting. He knows how to use the stage. He he can write decent rap songs. yeah, and that's kind that's kind of it. And thank you for I mean, welcome to the US, Luke Toleno. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Yeah, great. You pull the clip. Is this a performance clip or a pre yeah, okay, let's hear Cody: Yes. Nope. It's a performance clip. Nope. AGTCommenter: that. Cody: I like like the beat of the music that he's mixed kind of some Latino Cuban music in with his rap songs. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Yeah. I agree. Yeah, it's very Miami. It's very Pitbull. It's Mr. Worldwide. How he Cody: Yes. Yes. Okay. AGTCommenter: and we have his comments, but he keeps comparing him to Eminem, and I'm like, first of Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: all, one, Pitbull is a far better comparison. It's it Cody: Comparison. Right. He's AGTCommenter: sounds similar, it's it's from the same cloth. He's not. And Cody: Yeah, he's not Michigan. He's not eight mile. AGTCommenter: Eminem's arguably the greatest to ever do it. So let's not let's not Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: do this. And The one thing I think that would have taken Luke to the top if he could have done the fast rapping that an MM does where it's bit you're like, I think I heard what he said, but also I can't believe somebody can talk that fast. Not you can't just do it, you have to be able to, but we don't see that on this show very often. maybe if ever, but you you did pull Howie's comments, so let's hear from. Cody: Find it when he's like, You're manifesting all this, but it's up to America to vote him through. AGTCommenter: Yeah. this whole bit of like the serendipity thing that he's backstage and I don't know. I'm with you. that part I can do without, but yeah, the manifesting once the live show stops starts is kinda over. But yeah, he's not the next he's not the new MM. Let's let's Luke, I had f up to this point third on the night. Cody: I didn't fifth on the night. AGTCommenter: Of the five. Cody: Of no, of of the whole night. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Got it. Okay. Yeah, I had Veronica and the Canine crew ahead of him so far. Cody: Yep. Yeah. So so far I've got Veronica, Canine, Luke Tolano, yep. Beefus. No, not Beefus, yeah, and then Cameron. Yes. Cameron then Caesar. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Okay. AGTCommenter: Yep. Cameron. Nope, no beef is yet. Beefus is coming. Yeah. I think we have the same order so far. I think it's actually pretty clear, but okay. Next up is light balance. Nope. Oops. Next up is Royal Lasers. Cody: Not fighting gravity? AGTCommenter: Man, are they a shot for shot remake of of Light Balance? We talked about it last night. I kinda like it. Because the nostalgia of it. I I like familiarity. I I Cody: I love the technology. I mean just yeah. AGTCommenter: I have no problem they're gonna be a finalist. I have no problem with them being a finalist. I think this is a night I think it's a good act. It's light Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: balance, but it is slightly rethought. It's a do you recall front pictures in our season thirteen rewatch? To Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: me it's a combo of These of those two. They have the light balance Cody: Yes, yes. AGTCommenter: version and there's a front pictures piece to it too. I think this is been a very solid, consistent act. The game w they were kinda playing a video game, this right? The it looked like it kind of reminds you of mo of like Super Mario. I don't was it Super Mario, is that what they were kinda going for? Cody: Yeah. I don't think they were going for that, but yeah, there's some there's some Super Mario like the stars. Yeah, yeah. So. AGTCommenter: The stars yeah, yeah. which is very fun. What do you think of the name? Royal Lasers. Cody: Royal lasers? Yeah, I don't know. I I think I thought about Right. And I I Luminae Yes. Yeah. Yes. I don't know. And they're not royalty. Well there no, there's lasers. There's a lot of lasers. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Cause light balance was awesome. It's a perfect name for what they did. Yeah. Front pictures even. There's no lasers. Right. So there's no Sure, but it doesn't it's not the lasers you necessarily think of if an act comes out and be hey, we're royal lasers. You're this act you're you're noticing the dancing with the lights and the and the technology. If I ask somebody like, hey, what do you remember about royal lasers? I don't think anybody's talking about lasers. They're talking about the outfits and the cowboy hat with the the light balance of it all. But yeah. Yeah. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. And they're not royalty. AGTCommenter: They're not royalty and the lasers are not what you're necessarily showing up for. But Yeah, the the video game type theme of it. I like the at one point it felt like it was like a cowboy theme 'cause they all had cowboy hats on, which I kinda liked too. I thought this was very good. I I thought this was, again, exactly what I thought they were gonna be able to deliver. I was very confident that they would be one of the six best of the night, and this was I felt like just right where they needed to be. What'd you think of Royal Lasers? Cody: I have fun watching them. Again, I I enjoy the technology. I think the dancing's really good. They've got what five of them now. They started out with the AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: three in the auditions and there's five of them now. The The graphics are really good. I think that's kind of where and we haven't at least I haven't seen Light Balance since I saw them in Vegas. And so the technology, I'm sure they've improved their technology as well. But if you compare the graphic And the projection technology to what Light Balance did, I think it is ahead of what was going on back then. But yes, AGTCommenter: Certainly. It's been nine years. Cody: sure, a lot of technology has advanced in nine years. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: so but they're fun to watch. Yes, they were literally backup dancers for Light Balance in the Vegas show. But I still enjoy it. I don't really care. I'm starting to get to the point I don't care that they're basically a I mean, they're not a rip off. They're They have a AGTCommenter: No. Cody: relationship with light balance, so Yeah. AGTCommenter: I was thinking about this, 'cause we've we gave some flack to our guy Gino about his ripping off of Matt Franco. It just I don't know why, it's different. I don't know Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: they don't do a light balance performance. They just look like them. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: They use the same technology idea. But Cody: Y be be beefus looks just like other dog acts you've seen, so Yes. AGTCommenter: If I pulled up a light balance performance and a Royal Lasers and played side by side, they're not a shot for shot remake. Gino did a shot for shot remake of Matt Franco. So I I could any Cody: Yes. Yes. And he's learned from that. He took our feedback and he's he's he's learned from that, so. AGTCommenter: I thought it was smart. It worked. It got him in the door. It made people remember Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: him. It it it pulled out some nostalgia things. And now he's his own guy and he's doing great he's doing great performances. Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: But I could feel at somebody was gonna be like, hey you guys, like you're all in on the nostalgia of this and then you spent, you know, two months dogging on Gino for cosplaying as Matt Franco. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: It is different and I think there was a place for both of them, but yeah, it is a little bit different. But this was yeah, this was really solid. happy that they're a part of this season. Anything else? I don't have a ton else on Royal Lasers. I'm excited to see if they can make a run next week. Cody: Yeah. No, I had him fourth, fourth overall for the night. AGTCommenter: I had him fourth all the night, I have him second best that we've seen so far. So we have very similar feelings about this episode at this point. But Cody: Yes. I'm gonna dog on production for just real quick. They took us out of the illusion. They AGTCommenter: Yeah, they always do. Cody: they always do. I don't know why, but they went to a shot behind they panned a shot at behind the judges. I'm like, Why are you doing that? It looked great where you were, just leave it leave it there. I felt like I was immersed in the environment and then boom, I'm behind the judges. I'm like, Well, I'm out. Sorry. AGTCommenter: I don't I'd love to to get in a room and find out what they think that's accomplishing or gaining. What what do we what are they like, if we don't do this, America's gonna miss what? What do they think we're missing out on if they don't cut away like that? I don't get it. I don't understand the thought process, I don't understand the theatrics of it, I don't understand it. I don't know. I it maybe it's Cody: No. We know we're watching a show. We don't need to see that the judges are there. We know we're watching AGT. So Okay. AGTCommenter: Yeah. I agree. I d I don't know. I just I wish they I wish they would just be a little bit less We're gonna see the judges in a minute. A ton. So. alright. Anything else? They were great. Cody: Yes Yes Nope no AGTCommenter: It's gonna take us to the old Beefus. Beefus of Beefus in the Buttheads, our gal, our dogs, Echo, Phoenix, and Zeke. Great dog names. Echo's a great dog name. Beautiful dogs. Cody: Yes. Great dog names. Beautiful dogs. Beautiful dogs. Yes. AGTCommenter: This is The second best dog act of the season. Is what it is. I like the canine crew better. I Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: she's doing a beef beefus is doing a great job. Cody: She's doing great. AGTCommenter: I can't believe her last name is pronounced beefus. It's Cody: Ha ha ha. AGTCommenter: just perfect. Cause she is the least beefus person. She's like a she's Cody: She's adorable. Yes. AGTCommenter: a she yeah, she's an adorable, sweet young girl and then is Hi, my name's Olivia Beefus. And it's like, okay. It just sounds like Beavis. And Cody: Ha ha. AGTCommenter: but she's gonna be her and the dogs, they got a little sports theme going on. It's a very sporty performance. They're Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: gonna be performing they got a little BTS behind them, Dynamite. I'm sure our K-pop fan Ryan, Minnesota Ryan, would be a Cody: yes. AGTCommenter: was excited to hear a little K-pop. this is a classic run-of-the-mill dog act. Cody, this is this would have Cody: This is Sarah and Hero in AGTCommenter: well, it you would have seen you you could copy paste this performance into season three and it would look exactly like a dog act would have looked like in season three. This this has advanced zero from the dogs we saw in 2008 to what we see now. I wrote down this is your mother's dog act. People, you Cody: Ha ha ha. AGTCommenter: know, the saying this is not your mother's whatever. No, this is your mother's dog. This is Good. This is Americana version of a dog. I mean, it is, and America loves the dogs, Cody. They love Cody: Yes, they do. Yes. AGTCommenter: the dogs. Great pick by us again, but there is not one notable, exciting, memorable thing about what this performance was. It is it is meat and potatoes. What'd you think of of Beefus and and the three and Echo, Phoenix, and Z? Cody: I hate to ask. Is she a pap is she a paper plate? AGTCommenter: So we talked about this. Paper plates are reserved for very unique yeah. 'Cause a dog act is it's a d we see we see them all the time. Yeah. So Cody: Yeah. I got that that's right. That's that's true. You're right. Okay. Yes, they're dime a dozen. The same all the time, you're right about that. No. I'm I'm with ya. I really like this the dogs in general. They have a lot of personality. She's great. What she's doing with them is great. I think I'm hoping she continues to do this 'cause I think at some point She is going to be a really good dog trainer. I mean like real AGTCommenter: sure. Cody: and that's not a sarcat. I think she's gonna be a really, really good dog trainer. and so I hope she continues to just rescue dogs, train them, grow with them, do these shows, 'cause she's gonna be really good at this. And she's learning. I think she's gotten better since auditions, but you're right, it's still very, very much the same. So AGTCommenter: What was there a trick that stood out to you? Cody: I c I mean I can't pick one out right now. Well she did she AGTCommenter: That's good. Cody: did put the dogs on a tennis racket. So one of the dogs did stand on the tick yes, yes. So there was that. Yes. AGTCommenter: I did like the I liked the tennis racket, yeah. But but yeah, so I'm glad that she's on our team, obviously, because she just keeps moving on. This is we could do a lot worse than than Beefus. this could have been Akira. So like Cody: Excuse me. AGTCommenter: we could do a lot worse, but yeah, this was This the seventh act of the night. It right smack dab in the middle of the episode, and it's right smack dab in the middle of just average, average, average Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: AV AGT, and that's just fine. anything else on on Beefus's performance? Cody: I had her eighth overall. Eighth on the night. AGTCommenter: I had her t I had her tenth on the night. I have her Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: of the axe we've seen so far I only have her aga ahead of Cesar. Okay. Cody: Okay. I I I want her to have and I hope she does this in in the finals. I want her to have a little more personality when the judges are tired. I know she just went through a very rigorous routine, a lot going on, she's probably very tired, but it didn't seem like she showed a lot of excitement or personality. during the judges portion, the judges comments portion. I want her to show a little bit more of that. She seemed like she was just kinda staring down and not really like giving anything any reaction to their comments. Even though some of them were good comments. I want her to do a little bit more of that. Like show some personality. So yes. AGTCommenter: She needs some media training. She's a little, yeah. We I would that's what we're here for. As the leaders of the team. It'd be great if we could get our crew our team on for a Zoom call, you know, a riverside call and be like, all Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: right, here's, you know, here's what to look for. Let's, you know, Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: don't waste that minute you get with the microphone in front of your mouth. Like, someday, someday we will, we will go. Leave an imprint on one of these a like Gino, it feels like maybe we had a little influence. I don't know. We'll have to ask him if we c if he comes on, if he's listening. But Cody: I hope so. I hope so. Yes. You know, go you go back to the days of like the Tom Cotter days where the people had to call in, they had to give the number and they had to you know, they all held up their little number that they were. So he raises raises his shirt, it's AGTCommenter: Yes. Right. Take advantage of that knee miller. Cody: written down on his chest, you know, that type. So Yeah. AGTCommenter: Ne Nee Miller talked about how important that, you know, that 90 seconds that he got extra post performance. Don't waste it. Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: Alright. It's gonna take us to Young and Strange, the the magic version of the passing zone. They are gonna use the kids in the crowd for this performance. I didn't catch names. Did they give I don't think they gave names of the kids, did they? They did. Cody: They did. Mel like maybe Malia, Maya. They they did. I just AGTCommenter: Okay. Cody: didn't write I didn't write down. AGTCommenter: the kids are basically going to be the they're kind of a prop within the the thing, basically showing that the kids can do the trick and they put the one kid the the the boy inside of the the you know behind the curtain and stuff. It was very, very elementary magic. It Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: just I did like the bit where sh they ask Mel to think of the first animal they think in the jungle and she says lion and he comes out he's a parrot and he's like, What the call dang it. That's funny. That's what I love about these guys. Cody: Yeah, yeah, yeah. AGTCommenter: I just wanted to be the two of them, maybe use a judge or Terry, and just have them do a nice, solid wow, that was good magic trick, and mix that with their elite, really good potential of banter. They just seemed they went it was like they decided to go on a limb. This is a trick you do as a part of your one hour show. Cody: That's was gonna kind of be my point. This felt like this is an act that a trick that you do during the show. I thought it was brilliant. I thought it was brilliant to use the kids at this point in the show because you're now showing, hey, we don't do just these other types of tricks. We engage and we involve the audience in our shows. Now, these kids, 100% plants. Like, it's not even there's no there's no chance that these were AGTCommenter: Yeah. They couldn't have sprinted out of that aisle faster. They're like, yeah, this is my cue Like yeah. Cody: Correct. These kids That's right. They she knew do she knew to stand there. She knew all 100% plants. They are those two kids are part of the trick. Done. It's don't there's no there's no if, ands, or buts about it. I thought it was brilliant to use them. I like it's a very elementary trick. It's supposed to be. It's supposed to be a trick that we know how it works. The kid goes out of the back, he disappears, he goes up the balcony, it's all done. She does all the whatever it may be. I we've talked that they are more than their magic. They're like a piff. They're like a passing zone. They are more than just the magic. They're the banter. They're the comedy. They're the the the involvement with the kids. There's more and they're they're expanding on that. They're showing, hey, we've got this breadth of stuff that we do. We don't just bottle ourselves up in this. So all the people that are saying, this was lame, this was dumb, this was elementary. No, this was brilliant. This was amazing to bring these kids in and do this to act at this point in the show. AGTCommenter: Disagree. I think it was stupid. This Cody: Okay, fine. AGTCommenter: to me, like I said, the reason I I didn't say this is part of your one hour show as a compliment. I'm saying is leave this in your one hour show. Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: This is I need you to grab they're on stage in live shows, if they would have gotten three, they get nine minutes. Ten to tw nine to twelve minutes. You better grab the twelve best minutes of that hour. And I can't imagine that if you're in the crowd at their show That this was this was three of your best 12 minutes. That's my point, is in football, on offense, you've you've you've plays on your your s your your your play sheet that the offense coordinator has in a section called shot plays. Or we're calling these because we're trying to score a 60-yard touchdown here. We're not we're only calling a couple of them a game. We can't just chuck 60-yard bombs all game. We gotta fill Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: in in between the the four shot plays we call. We have to call the halfback dives and the the the hitch the hitch pattern and I you better bring if you want to win this show, you need to bring your four shot plays. And this was a this was QB Neil. You need it, need it on the sheet, gotta bring it, need it in the hour show, but this was like, you said they are much more than magic. But what's the best thing that they're much more of? It's them. It's their banter. And that felt like l went away in this 'cause they were they were sh they they were like chaperones of kids like Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: I get it. For the hour show, this is very fun. But I just would have to imagine that if I went to an hour show of these guys, I don't think the thing I would remember most was when they brought those those two kids up from the crowd. I I just would have to imagine they would have better material over that sixty minutes. And man, I had high hopes. Cody: Yeah. And and in the and in the hour show, they can bring a random kid up because they'll have time to kind of work with them and deal with all the nonsense that kids do. They had to bring these two particular kids up 'cause they did only have that compressed time. They had AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: to bring kids up that were ready, knew what to do, and knew the motions, how to get up, how to move whatever it needed to be done. These kids had to be ready for it. So I thought it was I I was perfectly fine with these two kids that were prepped and ready to go being part of the show. AGTCommenter: And I think it is no better sign that I think this was a mistake. They didn't go through. And I would have I would have bet good Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: money before the night that they were wanting to be now, that said, I have them fifth on the night. I still thought they should have went through Cody: Yeah. Okay. AGTCommenter: and beef us went through basically and I thought one, two Which two went through? Yeah. Yeah. Either way. So I don't know. I just Yeah. Maybe I I just Cody: Ha AGTCommenter: I wanted this to be a killer Owen and Cody: Sure. AGTCommenter: John up on the stage putting stickers on each other's shirts. Yeah, messing with Simon. Obviously Simon's Cody: Ju juggling the judges. Yeah. AGTCommenter: not there, but like and this turned into like, Who are these kids? Why are they on the sta I don't know you. It's the same as the magic Cameron Marshall, like, use the people that we like, that we know, that have the person that are parts of the personality of the show. And We have Mel's comments. Let's let's hear let's hear from Mel. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: that she she used my thoughts and as we know Mel has always been the kind of the wise, smart judge. I'm always I always want to be aligned with Mel, so I'm happy. She's articulate. Yeah. Cody: Very she's very articulate, knows the English knows the English language. AGTCommenter: did you catch her trying to say the word cut? That did not c Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: was like I don't even know what you said there. but yeah, Cody: No. AGTCommenter: so Yeah. Again, I still think they were, you know, top five of the night, but again I think we had a lot of below average acts in this and again, th the parrot thing made me li was it a parrot? Is that what they're going two cans, something, whatever. The Cody: Sure. Yeah, I think so. Sure, yeah, yeah. AGTCommenter: fruit of the loops fruit loops, guy. Fruit of the loops, fruit of the loom plus fruit loops. Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: F Fruit Loops t shirts. but yeah, so anything else on Young and Strange? Great good conversation. Okay. So you so you Cody: I had them seventh on the night. I had seventh on the night. I had them right outside the top six. AGTCommenter: So you thought this was brilliant and you thought they were outside the top six. Cody: I thought s others were better. I thought others were better. I had right outside the top six, but I thought others were better. AGTCommenter: Okay. Just when you start throwing the word brilliant around and then then Cody: I thought the I thought it was brilliant for them to use it. Yes. I'm not saying it was the best act of the night, but I thought it was brilliant for them to do this. Hey, who are you talking to here? AGTCommenter: No, I I'm not asking it to be the best either, but if it's brilliant and you don't even think it should have gone through in an average episode, I I don't know what to tell ya. but all right. Come here. I know, I know. Our g our crew, our dance crew, come here. Cody: Yes. Yes, yes, I said. AGTCommenter: We love them more, Rodrigo. The best song choice of the night by a mile. Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo. It's a classic. I love I love when these dan I want two things from these acrobats or dan these non-singing background tracks acts. Either use a remarkably recognizable popular song, or use a song that is just like the perfect it sets the perfect mood for what you're doing. So do a transcend uses it, Sophie DOFC used it. That song where it's like, I just died in your arms tonight. That's not a radio song, but man, does it work for what those guys are doing. This I don't know if this is the greatest song ever to dance to, but man, is it popular and it worked. I really liked them. I wanna throw this at you, Cody. Cody: Okay. Yeah. Okay. AGTCommenter: Did Avant Gardy walk so they could run? Cody: Ooh, yes. I that's a good point. I want guard ooh, I want guardy? I wouldn't compare them to Avantgardi. They're not AGTCommenter: Okay. I wasn't sure if if it was a good comparison. Cody: they're no, they're they're not quirky enough to be Avantgarde. AGTCommenter: Is it more of a murmuration to you? Would you take this over murmuration? Cody: Yes. It's more of a murmuration. Brent Street I would say them murmuration of Brent Street are kinda in the same category. Yep. No. No. No. AGTCommenter: Okay. So not Avant Gardey. Ca. I wasn't sure. I like their outfits seem to be a little bit maybe not. I don't know. Cody: I don't think the sty I mean yeah, I don't think they're the same style. Dance style. Okay. AGTCommenter: Yeah, it just I thought of it, but I think you're right. I think it's less avant-garde. But There's not they don't the one thing that I th I and I don't know if I want them to do it, but there's no story that they're trying to tell. They're just trying to dance for you. And they're and they're Cody: No. AGTCommenter: really good. What'd you think of of Come Here? Cody: They are really good. I really enjoy watching them. Glad they're on our team. I've not been a fan of like the murmuration Brent Street, but I really like them. There's just something about them that I like over the other two. Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Yeah. We got twentieth with our one, two, three, four, five, six, seventh pick in the draft. I thought they were the second best of the night, behind Veronica. Cody: Yes, yes, that's right. AGTCommenter: I I thought they and this is not biased but but the fantasy league I that just think they put on a really nice performance. Cody: I'm really surprised that Ryan well, I don't know where they were on Ryan and Steven's draft board because Steven did the drafting but AGTCommenter: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, this feels like something he would have he would have wanted. Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: 'cause we took them twentieth. They picked sixteen they took Mackenzie's soul sixteen with mage sense. They got Gino one pick after so we took Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: we took come here and they took Gino, so Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: but alright. Anything else I th that was quick. They're solid. They're they're just Cody: Get there. AGTCommenter: been consistently great. They're gonna I think have a real chance to compete, I think for like fourth or fifth next week. I don't think they're gonna be in the competition to win the show. I don't know if anybody but one is going to be, but I I like them. We do have Howie's comments on this, so let's hear from Howie. Cody: How are we liking robots more than this? AGTCommenter: He said their main competition is the robots. This or the robots? What w what are you taking? Cody: I'm taking the robots too. Yeah. Okay. AGTCommenter: Really? I think it's clear that this is a better act. Interesting. Okay. Acro crew or this? Cody: This. Yeah. I had I had to think ab I really had to think about it. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Yeah, I think that's fair. Have you seen have you seen some of the chat? There is some of the eliminated acts are beefing with the with the the robots. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: Basically, like I think it's really stupid that the billion dollar AI company is trying to win a million dollars on AGT. Cody: yeah, 'cause yeah. AGTCommenter: Like, what do they need what do they need four hundred grand after taxes for? Basically Burton Byron is like doing a TikTok campaign being like, no one vote for the AI. Like this is this is a gazillion dollar company. It's interesting. We we don't see this. Usually there's a lot it's very grace a lot of grace Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: when you're eliminated. I don't it's not a the worst point that's ever been made. It'd be like if Bezos Cody: Ha ha ha. AGTCommenter: came out and was like, I'm gonna sing and try and win AGT. He's like, What do you need the million dollars for? Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: but yeah, no, interesting. I'm anti I'm anti the robots. That's kind of part of it for me. I just don't this is it's this is a human talent show, in my opinion. and and the Cody: Dogs. AGTCommenter: trained by humans and the Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: humans. We don't just send dogs out there Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: and be like, no one, no one's no one can help. I know that other people are dancing with the robots too, but yeah. You don't program a dog. You gotta teach it, you gotta train it, you gotta yeah. Alright. Anything else on come here? It's gonna take us to Cody: I had them yeah, second on the night. Yeah. Yep. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Yeah, second on the name. Mr. Daniel Alvarez, the the lone remaining comedian in the competition. This didn't go well. it felt like he forgot parts of the set at times. The pauses were very anytime you're dealing with long pauses, you're you can be pretty confident that the comedian is the the the mind's going a little blank. He's forgetting what Cody: Yeah, long AGTCommenter: was supposed to come next. Cody: long pauses and there's no laughter. 'Cause sometimes AGTCommenter: Well Cody: you're standing there waiting like waiting for laughter to stop. AGTCommenter: It even it's even just if the laughter ends and he's still paused. Yeah. So there was still Cody: That's what I mean. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: laughter in between. It wasn't it wasn't because it was weird. It wasn't a total bomb. Because people were still laughing, but he would tell a joke, he would get a a a perfectly average laugh, and then there'd be the pause. It would have been way worse if he would have told a joke and it was just silent. So at least he had that in there. It was like a semi-bomb. Cody: Okay, yeah. Sure. Yeah. AGTCommenter: I felt bad, because I do like him, but you could Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: tell it just his brain kinda went blank. And there was times he couldn't get it back on track. It was really awkward. this was as cl this was like I said, it wasn't a total bomb because he was getting laughs. But once you start to forget the set, it it's just a really hard act to not be sharp on. It's hard to recover. I I've liked him for the most part. I think his set I l I've loved that he's used the context of the season to to build his sets. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: I think that's really smart. It's you have now related to 100% of the audience. Every joke you're telling, the people watching get it. You've alienated no one. Because if you're watching the show, you know what he's talking about. It's really smart. I I think this Cody: Yeah. It is. AGTCommenter: is I think the comedians should do this all the time. If I tell if if he tells a joke about Royal Lasers, every single person that's in charge of voting to advance you through gets that joke. If he tells a joke about being in a wheelchair Very few people voting get that joke. Now I get it, th that's also funny, but that's basically my point is being as relatable as possible pff it's like going it's like going to a Microsoft company conference and just telling jokes about Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer the whole time. It's gonna kill 'cause the material makes sense to everybody there. So I I think I've liked that part of it. A little bit. Yeah it Cody: He's basically doing a roast. He's basically doing a roast. Yeah. AGTCommenter: yeah, it's it It feels like he's just telling inside jokes. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: That's there's nothing better than an inside joke. I'd love you love Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: being a part of like I'm I'm in this. I get that. You Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: you that don't watch the show, you don't get it. I think it's genius. He just unfortunately Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: kind of lost his way a little bit in this. Cody: And it shows that he can make the joke up almost on the fly. Like it's not something it's not a joke that he has written and scripted and he's been practicing. No, he wrote this some like was it last last week? It was basically about an act that had just performed. Yeah. So AGTCommenter: Correct. Yeah. So I I no, and I again I've liked that. I think that's something that more comedians should do. It doesn't need to be your whole set, and he hasn't done that either. He's just had portions of it that are relating to this. So I think that's smart. But Cody: Especially as you introduce especially as you're coming out and you're opening it up. That that gets AGTCommenter: Correct. Yep. Cody: the people that gets them back engaged of you're doing a callback of something that just happened. Yep. Yep. Yep. AGTCommenter: Yeah, it's a great icebreaker. It gets everything started. a nice season for him. He should be proud. I think he's done a good job. He's made he made the semis. I I think I think there's a real chance if that the set would have I don't think the material was the problem. I think he lost his way. Mine, like I said, went blank, little braid fart. If he just would have kept the performance cohesive, I think he had a perfectly chan good chance to be in the top six. And I think more often than not, the reason comedians go home is it's just not funny enough. I don't think that's necessarily his issue. I think he just had the had that. But anything else on Cody: Yeah. And sometim if you you have a bad night it can it'll impact you, so AGTCommenter: We will. It's it's this isn't a seven game series. If you don't play well, you're going home. You don't have to it's Cody: No. It's Sickle elimination. That's right. AGTCommenter: single elimination. So shout out Daniel Alvarez. a a good season. So anything else on on Daniel? Bis Cody: Had him ninth on the night. AGTCommenter: I had last. I Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: it was the only performance that made me cringe. Anytime there's Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: awkward silences, that's not for me. I'm bad at that. I get cringy and if you make me cringe, it's a good way to shoot yourself to the bottom of the rankings. So Alright. Next up, our guy, not on our team. God, if he was on our team, this would be the best. Mr. Gino Plagger. hopefully he's listening, Gino. Heartland, Wisconsin native. out there in southeast Wisconsin in the Milwaukee area. That Wisconsin accent comes through, baby. It it pops out. You get some of the some of the Wisconsin in his voice every now and again. Makes it makes me feel at home. it keeps you know. He just keeps getting more comfortable. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: He was a nervous wreck in auditions. Went Cody: Mm-hmm. AGTCommenter: fine. Just did a Matt Franco performance. And since then he just every time he shows up, he feels like the most professional solo magician. He's he's he's moved past everybody else as the season is gone. I I thought this was a step back from last round in terms of the trick. I thought last round was better, but he just keeps getting more comfortable. I hope he can re step up the magic again in the finals, because I think If he does, I I think he belongs in or has a very good reason that he should be in the top five of this season. But I liked last round's trick better. I I think his showmanship just keeps improving. What'd you of Gito? Cody: Yeah, I'm gonna take credit for him advancing through the not me personally. I'm gonna let the pod take credit for him advancing through the s the season 'cause we gave AGTCommenter: I think that's fair. Cody: feedback and he accepted that feedback and then it's not that's right, so yeah. Yes so AGTCommenter: I don't see how we wouldn't take credit. That's that would be crazy of us not to. hard to be humble when when this happens. Cody: having said that, Gino, wasn't a fan of this performance. I didn't AGTCommenter: Yeah. Cody: think the hat trick was very I didn't think that was anything spectacular. I did like the the dudes with the Yeah, yeah, or uncover Yeah. AGTCommenter: That was like your dad's magic trick that he did when you were like four and be like, How did ya get that in your hat? Cody: And and uncovering the jack of diamonds, whatever it was. So uncovering AGTCommenter: Yes, yep. Cody: that from the front of your hat. I did like the dudes wearing f had future on their chest. I thought that was kind of cool because that was AGTCommenter: Yeah, yeah. Cody: a Mel B word. So that was kind of fun to to entr to bring his buddies in and have them do that. But other than that, I didn't I mean, I didn't think a lot of it was that great, to to be honest. I I was tuned out on a lot of his performance. I don't I hate that. I hate that. I think he is I AGTCommenter: Yeah. I like last round better. Cody: I did like last round better. I agree. I do really like him now. He's grown on me as well, just like Luke Tolino has. He's grown on me throughout the season. But I agree that I think he did take a step back in this performance. AGTCommenter: Yes. And but I also know going into next week we've seen the better version. And if he can just if he can just go back to that and and and maybe even improve on a little bit, he's gonna have a real chance to be a top five, top three on the season. I 'cause America clearly likes him. They're they're liking the magic this year and they like him clearly the best of the solo magicians. I still thought it was I had it third on the night. I still like I like him. I enjoy when he's on stage. I think his showmanship is really good. I thought the future bit was w what worked, although I didn't love the c I'm sick of the crowd stuff, but I bounce back and forth with him and Royal Lasers for three four. I don't think I c I don't see a world where I could drop him below four. 'cause I have young and strange fifth and then everybody, you know, from down there. I I that was kind of my thought. But I'm glad he went through. I don't know if this like I said, this was not his best, but it was good enough and that gives him a ch chance to put on a really great performance next week. anything else before we get to the comment clip? Cody: I had him sixth on the night. So AGTCommenter: Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So So you where'd you have Young and Strange? Seventh? Okay, so you still had him ahead of that magic performance. Yeah. Best magician of the night still. Okay. Cody: Seventh. Mm. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: let's hear you pulled Mel B, so let's hear let's hear from Mel. Cody: There was a I think it might have been on Reddit, somebody had posted a a picture that was like, What we all see magic on AGT and it had like him and it had, you know, O's and and Matt Frank and had, you know, the great magicians. And then AGTCommenter: Mm-hmm. Cody: it was like Mel B sees magicians and it was like a Harry Potter poster. So it's like AGTCommenter: Yeah, yeah. She's easily wowed. yeah, I wouldn't I don't think it was the best act of the night, but but yeah. Anything else on Gino? Cody: I was a little amazed that she was not that she didn't want to see the guys with their shirts off. AGTCommenter: Well Cody: I was surprised that Mel B didn't want to see the guys with their shirts off. AGTCommenter: Did she say that? Cody: She she told yeah, that that was the hey s guys, sit down, it's a family show. W cause they had their shirts off. And I'm like, AGTCommenter: yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cody: with with the two gold buzzers she gave and just AGTCommenter: Yeah. Yeah, they weren't her they weren't those guys. Those are her guys. but alright, shall we move on? Last act of the night. Cody: I guess so. Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Mr Travis Garland, our dancing former dancing with the stars singer? Cody: I don't know. Maybe. AGTCommenter: I mean they're they're two they're gonna end up two episodes into their season without so they they did Tuesday and Wednesday, yeah. Cody: Yeah, so I asked Cory about I asked Cory I reached out to Corey and just asked her what they they do and she said they have backups. They have band. So but AGTCommenter: Yeah, well yeah. Well I mean you can't you you gotta have some backups if you got, you know, injured or something. Someone's gotta be able to sing the songs. Cody: Yeah. So it sounds like both he and Dancing of the Stars might be AGTCommenter: Parting ways. Cody: parting ways, yeah. So I mean it makes sense if he wants to advance his career. Yeah. Right. AGTCommenter: It makes sense of why he's on this show that that crosses over with Dancing with the Stars. So Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: but yeah. Alright. Travis Garland, he's gonna performing When the Party's Over by old William Eilash, Billy Eilish. What were you familiar with this song? Cody: Did not know this song. No. AGTCommenter: I was also not familiar with the song. I wish he wouldn't have made me familiar with the song, not because it's a bad song, but because this was a horrific song choice. This did not go well. I had him checked as he'll perform well, very good chance to be top six. We were right on it. We both thought he'd be the closer. This made the most sense as the closer, big voice singer. You just put it there, it makes sense. He was terrible for a good chunk of this performance. And Cody: Mm-hmm. Yeah. AGTCommenter: and this isn't like, here we go again, Travis Garland, terrible. He's been good. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: This just sucked. Cody: It was shaky at the beginning. He was swerving all over the place at the beginning of the song. AGTCommenter: w I felt it I couldn't tell what happened. This was the biggest letdown of the night by a mile. This was this was crazy. You pulled a clip. I'm is this a performance clip? Yeah, let's I I'm afraid, but let's let's Cody: Mm-hmm. Are you yes? AGTCommenter: hear it. It's a there's an SNL skid in there. That you c y you could have been if you would have like, Hey, that was that was Will Forte on SNL in two thousand and s eight, I'd have been like, yeah, I yeah. very funny. Well done, Will. Cody: Mm. Ad Adam Sandler and the opera singer? Yeah. AGTCommenter: What happened? I he was just the obvious Cody: Yeah. Is that AGTCommenter: closer and this fell flat. Cody: Is that his range? I don't remember the other songs very well. AGTCommenter: That's the thing. This isn't victory brinker where we've just been like she sucks and she sucked from day one. This guy was good. Nene's Cody: Right. Yes. AGTCommenter: been the like you could very like if you wanted to tell me this is the best voice of the season, I would have been like, You're not wrong. He's great. This was like this was comedic. It was the outfit was bad. I don't know. If I'm If I'm Ryan and Steven, I'm like, what the What? Like furious. He should have been one of the six best tonight. He's one of the six best talents that's in this episode. Cody: Yes. Yes. AGTCommenter: And I didn't even I had him twelve eleven. I had him ninth on the night. Didn't even wouldn't Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: even have thought that he should be in the into the final. Yeah. Cody: Yeah. I had him tenth on the ninth. Yeah. AGTCommenter: This was the only shock of the episode. I I talked about off the top that there was nothing shocking. This shocked me. This just and I don't know if it was song, if he was ner the song certainly, but I don't know if he was just really nervous. Something. But this was this was tough. That's what I'm s I agree. Like Cody: He he's a pro. There's no there's no way he could be nervous. Yeah. AGTCommenter: it couldn't have been the stakes. Like this is there's a Yeah, he was like, Cody: Was he thinking was he thinking about dancing with the stars during that? He's like AGTCommenter: I miss my peeps. I don't know. This we didn't need to do an investigation. Cody: no. AGTCommenter: Did he throw the competition? Like Cody: Did he pull a a John Dornboss? AGTCommenter: Conspiri A conspiracy commenter might be all over this. I I might need to do a commenter investigates I I Cody: S so he can get back to his DWTS? AGTCommenter: something happened. This was a bummer. and it got it it it ridded the season of singers outside of the ones that got golden buzzers. We're done. He's he was the last message. I pulled Mel's comments. Let's hear from Mel. She's right on it. And I think it's important. She did make there was good moments. The key change worked. He had he had a big note that worked, but it was if this was a hundred and twenty seconds, a hundred of it was pretty rough. anything else on Travis Garland. This was this was crazy. I'll I'll remember this being what happened. This is the what happened moment of the season. Cody: Yeah. I'm glad you c you mentioned the like his his out his outfit, 'cause I thought that same thing. I was like, what is this outfit he's wearing? AGTCommenter: Yeah. Yeah. too bad. he he he's better than that. that was not a I don't think that was a great representation of how good of a singer he actually is, which is too bad. all right. Anything else on the night? Should we go through our power rankings quick? Cody: Sure. AGTCommenter: Veronica, I had his best of the night. Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Come here, second. I had Gino Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: third, Royal Lasers fourth, Young and Strange fifth, the the cr the canine crew, sixth, Tolino seventh, Cameron Marshall eight. Garland nine, Beefus ten, Diaz eleven, and I had Alvarez at the bottom. Cody: Yeah, top two are the same. Veronica come here, Acro, Royal Lasers, five, Luke Tolino, then Gino, seven, Young and Strange, eight, Beefus, nine, Daniel Alvarez, ten, Travis, eleven, Karen Marshall and twelve, Cesar Diaz. So Yes. AGTCommenter: Yeah. Should we do a quick results look? we obviously did this last night, so we don't need to spend a ton of time on. I'm more just gonna read the six. Is that cool with you? Cody: Yeah. That's perfect. Yep. AGTCommenter: Veronica's headed through, come here's headed through, Royal Lasers, Geno, Acro Canine Crew, and Beefus. That's the six that are that are into the finals to join Nene, Hundred Fingers, Lay Noel, and Unitree. Did any of those six surprise you? Beefus probably? Cody: I think Beefus was pretty much the only one that surprised me. Yeah. AGTCommenter: And I'm not dying to put somebody else in that didn't go through. Cody: No. AGTCommenter: Young and Strange, maybe, just 'cause I would like to see if they could be better next round. But otherwise I don't know Cody: I yeah, just I would like to see them again. Yep, yep. I think that would be the No. AGTCommenter: if anybody could be mad they didn't go through. Cody: I would give Daniel Alvarez I mean, he didn't probably earn it, but I would give him another chance. Yeah. AGTCommenter: sh sure, yeah. Yeah. So that's our ten. I'm gonna tell ya let's do this. I'll save that. Underperform, overperform, properly performed, Cody. By underperformed, I have three acts that I thought underperformed. Young and Strange I thought underperformed, I think you'll disagree. Cause you thought it was brilliant. Okay. Cody: that is true. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Daniel Alvarez underperformed. And Cody: Yes, that's correct. AGTCommenter: Travis Garland wildly underperformed. Cody: Yes, that is correct. AGTCommenter: Those are the three I had underperformed. Would you nominate anybody else into underperformed? Okay. I had two overperformances. I thought Tolino was better than I thought he was gonna be. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: And come here. The only two overperformances of the night where I walked away going, Well, that was better than I thought it was gonna be. Cody: No, I think everyone met my expectations. No, right, right. I AGTCommenter: You had zero overperformances on the night. Yeah, then I had the I had both dog acts, Cameron Marshall, Veronica, Royal Lasers, and Gino, I thought did what I thought they were gonna do. Okay. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: My top ten. If the season ended, they decided, hey, nope, we're not doing a final. Everybody go vote. Too bad. Budget, budget cuts. Can't do another Cody: That's right. AGTCommenter: show. Nene, I have is one right now. I have Veronica two. Hundred fingers three. Come here four and Royal Lasers five. That's my current top five heading into finals. Any major gripes, hey, what what the heck are you talking about, commenters there? Okay. Cody: No, no. I think it's a very sound selection. AGTCommenter: Okay. I have Lano L six, Geno seven, the Canine Crew eight, Unitree nine, and Beefus ten. Cody: Yeah. I think we have a really good top ten. I I I know some people don't think so with two dog acts. but I think we have a great variety. We're not heck it's an unbelievable AGTCommenter: It's it's unbelievable variety, yeah. Cody: variety. We we're not heavy sing people always talk, hey too many singers. Well guess what? You got two. No. So you got AGTCommenter: Not this year. Yeah, not this year. Cody: two. and one is a musician and not a hundred percent singer. So really only one true solo singer in the whole bunch. AGTCommenter: Two true solo singers. She's a solo singer. I I I'm done with the Cody: But she but I don't I don't think she would perform without the guitar. Yeah. AGTCommenter: F sure. yeah, maybe. It'd be different to she I to me writing the song would be more of a outlier than playing the playing the instrument. Maybe, I don't know. She is a sick guitar player though. Yeah, yeah, really, really good. Yeah. So Cody: agreed, yes. It's like AGTCommenter: I think it's more of a she also does this, but she's clearly a solo singer. But yeah, I'm with ya. Cody: Sh okay. AGTCommenter: Yeah, it's it's an it's a fascinating variety. She's not your run of the mill solo singer. There there's a Cody: No, no. AGTCommenter: right. So even even the solo singers have a little bit of little bit of non classic stuff going there too. It's a good top ten. I like it. There's no one Cody: Mm-hmm. I do too. AGTCommenter: that I'm like, we've got to watch them again. Beefus, maybe, beefus makes you feel good. I don't love Unitry. Those two probably. But the the other eight, certainly, I'm like, I'm looking forward to this. There's Cody: Yeah. Yeah. AGTCommenter: not a let's look at like last year. Cody: We don't have we don't have drones. We don't have AGTCommenter: Yeah. Last year's final was what? Oops. There's no sorry, Cody, there's no Mama Duke d Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: in this. There's no there's no Micah Pallas. you know, two years ago I feel like there's somebody I'm thinking I mean we've had bad finalists plenty of times. Cody: light wire. So we had is it is it light wire the same as Royal Lasers? AGTCommenter: maybe, were they? who did we have? learn more. Learn more Jated him. Like, there's none of those this year. So I'm I'm happy with that. But but yeah, no, it's it's gonna be interesting night. We'll do a whole preview episode on it this weekend, and so everybody look out for that. But anything else on s on on season twenty one semifinal episode. Cody: Mel B had an interesting outfit choice. And then she she's she's almost went AGTCommenter: Interesting hairstyle too. Yeah. Cody: back to her season twelve look. Yeah. AGTCommenter: Little bit. Yeah, short hair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. I mean she wears a lot of wigs or extensions. Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: I it felt like this was probably more of her natural cut, but I just am fascinated to find out if Simon's gonna be here next week. It's I'm waiting on beta. And if he's not, I Cody: Yeah. AGTCommenter: think I will have to hold off of my vote for the Hall of Fame. Cody: Okay. Okay. AGTCommenter: You just can't miss this much. You have two seasons basically you haven't you've missed, basically. Cody: Two live sh yes, 'cause two full live shows. AGTCommenter: He was here for Q F one. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: And then missed the rest. And he missed the whole live shows in season fifteen. So there's two seasons two of two s over two seasons he's been at one live show. So yeah, it is what it is. But that back. Cody: Do they make an announcement? Like if he comes back, do they make an announcement? Hey, Simon will be back this week. AGTCommenter: Anytime something's happened, they have. Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: Nothing happened this week, so they didn't they didn't say anything. But when there's been a guest judge, they have. So Cody: Okay. AGTCommenter: I h I would love to know. I I know they apparently think no one needs to know anything. They don't care about us. Can would love to know. would love to know what's going on. But should we should we fill in the people of what the rest of this next week's gonna look like for the pod? So you and I will be back this weekend, Cody, to to Cody: Yes, yes Yes, yes. AGTCommenter: preview this this finals and Make our picks. I've made my picks. I have my top five picked and I have my opener and closer picked, Cody. So I am ready. I'm ready to rock there. Tuesday night. Am I am I rocking this? Should I s should this is a new. This is a new Cody: Go, whatever you want to do, man. Yeah. AGTCommenter: we're trying out. Great what better time to beta test than finals night? So Cody and I have talked about over the last couple weeks of next year, season twenty-two. The one thing we feel like our coverage is missing is being current on performance night. Tuesday night happens, we don't say a peep. Wednesday night happens, we hop on, we talk about the results, but we really don't talk about the performances. Then you and Jay come on and do an awesome recap. And your recap, like what we just did, covers in this case, six of the acts that we talked about are just out of the competition already. Quarterfinals, eight of or seven of them are out of the competition. So we feel like we're maybe not entirely current on talking about performances. And so old commenter, Tuesday night is gonna test out his first ever solo pod. Yeah, Cody: Yeah, you got a taste of the chair that one night and all of a sudden AGTCommenter: I'm I'm I'm I've yeah, I've got a little power. Got a little power and now I I want more. it's gonna be just me. And who knows? Could be thirty minutes, could be six could be a hundred and twenty minutes if I'm not careful. It might be midnight and I'm still going. No one to cut me off, Cody. No one to cut me off. No one to tell me I'm dumb. I'm the smartest guy for however long I'm on here. I'm excited. I'm excited. It will not it'll be it'll be minutes after the episode ends. So it'll be very, very Cody: Are you gonna take calls? AGTCommenter: Would love to take calls. Cody: Ha ha. AGTCommenter: but it'll be very there won't be a ton of thought that's going into the recap will still do the deep dive that you and Cody: Yes. AGTCommenter: Jay do. This is just more what I'm looking forward to be able to doing is kind of make tweaks. It won't I won't change my actual picks that we locked in the pregame, but now we'll s actually see the episode and be like, all right, this is what I think is gonna happen. things like that. And then obviously We'll get results on Wednesday and the whole at least I so I assume is going to be the whole fantasy crew will be on to hopefully, assumingly, crown Cody and Commenter, the champs Cody: It's AGTCommenter: this year. We're we're sitting pretty there, and talk through that. And then you and Jay will be back to do the recap. And then finally, we will wrap the season coverage with Cody and I'll come up and come back and do one last wrap up next weekend to talk through. How great was how good was season 21? Where are these acts on leaderboard? Where what's the historical, you know, kind of ramifications and relevance of this season? And we'll have a new winner, Cody. And it's always fun when there's a new winner. Twenty the 21st winner is gonna we're gonna find out in in five days, and it's gonna be or six days, and it's gonna be fascinating to know. Think we kind of know, but we'll see. So anything else? America could surprise Cody: America could surprise us. America could surprise us. AGTCommenter: us. So If you're listening and you're like for my solo episode, send some questions. Would love to have some thought starters. Otherwise I'm just gonna get on and it's gonna be a lot of word salad and just a brain dump. So 'cause my my head's gonna be spinning. We'll just got done with ten performances and I'm gonna try and contextualize it at least something some way. So should we get out of here? Alright. Cody: Let's get out of here. So you can find us on our socials at AGT TimePod. You can email us agt timepod at gmail.com. You can check out our website, agt timepod.com. And of course you can find commenter out there at AGT Commenter. Everyone have a great night.