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Quaterfinals 1 Recap | Season 21 | America's Got Talent · AGT Time Pod - America's Got Talent Fancast

• Cody: Hey everyone, welcome to our live show edition of AGT Time. The guy that bounces around the stage is here, along with Jay: Along with the co-host that's joining Cody tonight is... Beat Beat Beat J Back Cody: Jay, so you told me last year now you sat in the audience last year and you told me last year that you wanted to be on the stage this year and now here you are. Jay: that's kinda how it went, yeah. Cody: So Jay, we're at the live shows. We made it. Jay: We've made it to the live shows. It has been not as long as it's felt some previous years. I think they they kept our additions nice and tight. And yeah, we're up to the lives. It's fun to fun to beat to the meaty part of the season. Cody: Even though I wasn't a fan of the callbacks, that format of the callbacks, it is nice to have that middle that middle tier, that middle s part, phase, whatever, whatever you want to call it, that's not nine or ten auditions. You c it kind of it feels like it breaks it up, even though it's the same number of episodes, it still feels Jay: Yeah. Cody: like it's broken up a little bit more with something different. Yeah. Jay: Yes, yep. And I am I'm completely okay with that. Cody: Yes. Yep. But we're here. We're glad to be here. like you say, it it feels like the summer's already kinda chugging along, like we're in the we're almost in the back half of the summer here. Jay: We are we definitely are. I mean, as a teacher, here in Iowa, we go to school after the state fair is over, and the state fair is over on Sunday. Cody: Okay. Jay: So it's gonna it it's it's coming up here real, real fast. Cody: So your state fair is getting ready to end and ours here in the in the in our region is getting ready to start. Jay: Okay. All right. Are your kids already back to school? Cody: Kids are back to school, yes. Jay: Yep. Okay. yeah. It's it I I guess that's you know, big big state fair in Iowa here said d d we gotta have the kids we we can't have starting school already. State fair has to take precedence, so that's that's how it is. Cody: Yeah. Yep. Yep. All those fe all those future farmers gotta show off their pigs and sheep, right? Jay: That's it's very true. Cody: So Jay: without the kids at the state fair, like there are definitely holes that would be left. Cody: Yes. Yeah. so quarterfinals one, just kind of general thoughts. What did you think of quarterfinals one? Jay: It felt weak. Cody: Okay. Jay: it didn't feel like the best of what the quarterfinals could be. But i I and and I will go through some rankings at the end, kind of like our our hive brain power rankings and we'll see how this week stacks up to future weeks and I'll I'll just leave that dangling out there. Cody: Yeah, I'm excited to hear that. I I'm excited to hear what you put together. I I kind of agree with you 'cause on paper it looked like it was gonna be a pretty strong quarterfinals and typically they try to put quarterfinals one as a strong one to get people back interested in the in the season. It kicks it off. Hey, we're we're here, get some momentum going. I'm not sure they like let me down, but just I didn't feel like everyone really performed as they should and Commoner and I talked about a little bit in the in our in our new postgame. It's now the postgame. so we talked a little bit about that Wednesday night that you know, hey, you know, you go into this and you expect everyone to like just n knock it out of the park and and and just be top tier. And and they're not going to be. You have to know, hey, looking at the the roster, looking at the night, hey, who's gonna Who's gonna come in and give it all and who's not and who do you expect to not perform well? Jay: Yeah, yeah. Cody, you reminded me golly, it was probably twelve years ago or so. I went to the Iowa Nebraska game in Nebraska. And Cody: Okay. Jay: after the game, you know, you you turn on the radio on your drive back home and you listen to the the post game talk. And in Nebraska there's a radio show called the was it the Big Red Overreaction, which I think is is excellently named, but like Cody: Okay. Jay: One of the great cell phones. Like, do they not hear themselves overreacting? Like it's Cody: Yes. Jay: it it's just it it it cracks me up. So if you feel like renaming it the overreaction, or or some play on that, I think that that could be could be well deserved. Cody: Yep. let me give some business real quick, Jay, and then let's let's get into a recap. How about that? Jay: Let's do it. Cody: so you can find us on our socials at AGT Time Pod. You can email us AGT timepod at gmail dot com. You can f go to our website, AGT timepod dot com, check out the Hall of Fame. We got Commenters blog is out there. Masking your homies been contributing some things. we've got the got hit Commenters Leaderboard is out there. So Lot of good things. but yeah, go go check that out. you can find Commenter out there at AGT Commenter and of course if you if you want to chat to Jay, just come through us. Come through the pod. We'll get everything to him. Yeah, not a problem. Or or you can message Jay: That's a great way to do it. Cody: or you can message Scott as well and get get to him through Scott. Jay: Probably just as easy. is Masked's Cody: Yeah. Jay: singer homie, is he gonna join us on the pod someday? Cody: maybe, we'll see. Yeah. Sure, sure, yep. Jay: All right. Okay. I'd love to see him contributing. That's awesome. So thank you. Thank you to him and everybody else who's out there listening. rate, review, subscribe. That's the best thing you can do for a podcast. You've heard it a million times, but it really does mean the world to us. Cody: Yeah. Okay, let's get into it. Quarterfinals won. Jay: Okay, first act of the night. First act of the live shows. We're gonna go we're gonna punch you right in the nose with the community at L. This is the choir from Atlanta. they they're gonna sing Natasha Beddingfield's Unwritten. And I know this song. I like the song. I I could not have come up with the name N Natasha Bettingfield Cody: Yeah. Sure. Yeah. Now I'm I'm familiar Jay: No chance. No chance. Cody: with the song as well. It's a great song. Jay: Yeah, yeah, it it's it's got the right kind of feel, the right kind of groove. It works well for the choir. I love that. I think Cody that this is one of those songs that is not on your playlist, but it is in the library. Cody: So I I went and looked 'cause when they sang it, I was like, I've gotta have this song and I went and looked. It it's not even in the library. However, I will say this. I will say this. I do listen to it quite frequently on Spotify. So I think that I'm going to find a way to get it I've got to get it into the library and on the playlist. So Jay: Okay, so I I I will read you the words off my page. I Cody: Okay. Jay: think this song is in the library but not on the playlist, but after Tuesday it's now on the playlist and has two plays. Those are the Cody: Yes. Jay: exact words on my sheet. Cody: Yeah, it it it is a frequent listen on Spotify, I will say that. it will make an appearance in the playlist very soon. Yes. Jay: Okay. All right. That's that I I feel like I thread that needle really well. Cody: Yes, I I think you did very good, yes. Jay: Okay. I up on the stage, there's gotta be about fifty of they're all dressed in this baby blue, they've got this yellow rose or flower, the highlights, the costuming, their their styling is awesome. I think they look great, I think they sound great, I think they're cool. let's let's hear a little bit about what they sound like, Cody. Cody: I like it. Jay: I like it too. Does performance order matter? Cody: I I think in some parts it does. as we'll kind of see in the results, I think it did for voting. I think it's important that you start the show off right with the right act to get to get everyone going, to kind of get the night pumped. and I think this was a great act to put first. This gets the not just the night, but the whole live shows. It's like, okay, here we are. Let's go. Let's get this thing started. And they brought the energy, they brought the excitement. I'm I was totally stoked for the rest of the night after hearing this. Yeah. Jay: Yeah, yeah, I think it like it's a really great feel good act. It's it's what AGT wants to be at its best. they represent Atlanta well. It's just the perfect way to start the live shows. So I I I am very happy with with that performance. Howie says the performance could launch them into full time. Mel says they bring so much fun and energy with their harmonies and vibe. And let's hear a little bit about what Simon has to say. Ha ha ha. Cody: First off, I love that callback that that Howie did. 'Cause remember Jay: Yep. Cody: when J J Jimmy Harad sang tomorrow a few years ago and Simon's like, Jay: Yep. Yep. Cody: I hate that song. I I think that I thought that was a fantastic callback by Howie. Yeah. Jay: Yep, absolutely. And that's that's why he's the best. it is that fair like should Simon have made that comment? Cody: No, it doesn't matter whether you actually like the original song or not. It's did the song fit did did they sing it well? Does it fit what they did? Did they accomplish what they were trying to accomplish? Your personal feelings of a song should not matter. Jay: Yeah, I I completely agree. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Jay: I and I I wish that he hadn't have hadn't said that. I think that it was was bad for them. it unfair. It that Cody: Yeah. Jay: feels unfair. Cody: Agreed. Completely agreed. I like that they when they sang it, they gave good tribute to the the Natasha Bettingfield's version, but also definitely put their own spin on it. All the harmonies they put in there, the key changes, it def they definitely made it their own, but at the same time gave an homage to the original. Jay: Yep, yep. And a couple of really great soloists along the way too. Cody: Yeah. There's w the the main guy at the beginning, the way that the camera angle was, he's kinda got double buns in his hair. I thought he had like Mickey ears on. Jay: Yeah. Yeah. yeah, what are those there's a there's a word for those that style of buns. Cody: Okay. Jay: but I I've not seen a man pull them off Cody: Right. Jay: well and I'm still not sure that I have. Cody: Yeah. Jay: So but that's is a choice that he made and it was memorable. So that's Cody: Yes. And I think it yeah, it was memorable but think it paid off. Yeah. Jay: that's kind of what you're going for is memorable. let's move on to another act. speaking of minds, we're gonna go to James and Marina. Cody, I was looking at the wiki. they were on just a few years ago, as Mind to Mind. Cody: Yes. Yes. Jay: they they changed their name and threw me off a little bit here. Cody: Okay. Yeah. No, they they're they're repeat repeat customers. Jay: Very much they are. James got his leather jacket on, like a deep maroon color. Marina's dress matches. They they look fantastic. sitting on the table in front of the judges are four canvases. Terry Cruz throws a teddy bear into the audience. Throw the teddy bear, throw the teddy bear. the person who ends up with the teddy bear, her name's Anna, and Marina draws a Scorpio symbol, and of course Anna's astrological sign is the Scorpio. her birthday is November 15th, which is exactly what she had guessed. yada yada yada. Anna's gonna end up on stage sit sitting on the on a chair with James and Marina on either side of her, and and her favorite judge, Mel B, standing right behind her. And when she reveals the picture that Sophia had handed out it is a picture of that exact setting, them sitting standing in that exact way. not sure how they did that. I've I've got some some guesses, but all in all, like that wasn't a bad trick. It was just so slow. Cody: I mean yeah, I think I've seen several people say that it wasn't a bad trick, and I just I think that because their presentation wasn't very good, it feels like it was not a good trick. Jay: The trick the trick is good, but Cody: Okay. Jay: the presentation is bad. Cody: And here's here's where I here's some problems that I see with the trick. One is you know, astrological sig astrological signs. They didn't validate anything. They just they just took the they just took the they just driver's license right, right. Jay: No, no. They didn't say, Yeah, let's look at your license and confirm it. Yeah. Cody: You know, when the clairvoyants did it, they had in their finals, they had Victor, Victor, whose I think birthday is March twelfth. It was either March twelfth May twelfth. And They verified it. They hey, here's his driver's license. It says it right here. And so they they backed up what they said. They just kinda took these girls word for it. The second thing, Terry didn't put a lot of effort into throwing that bear. Jay: No Cody: It was a very soft soft handoff to that front row with those three girls. Jay: Well, it was random. You gotta randomize. Cody: Okay. Yeah. Jay: But but then it was tossed a couple more times. So it like Cody: Sure. Okay. Jay: that that felt random, but again, there's there's ways that you can get around the randomness, I guess. Cody: Yeah, yeah. Th those were my big problems. And then at the end, hey, who's your favorite judge? Mel B, of course. And so then Mel B comes up, they do the the painting thing. It just it wasn't delivered very well and I didn't have high expectations going in for them to begin with. Jay: Yeah, if they could and you've been on all season long about their delivery. It's a little too slow. It's a little Cody: Yes. Yes. Jay: it's it's not not necessarily slow, but there's there's some things that are missing that it's it's kinda Cody: Yeah. Jay: hard to put our finger on. Cody: And it's not just slow, they have pacing problems just in general. I think in their audition they were going too fast. Like she was just rattling Jay: Maybe Cody: things off, this and this and this and this. There was no mystery and the word I keep using is mystique. and and so they they have just a pacing issue with their performance in general. Jay: Yeah. Yep, I think that that's a that's a good way to narrow it down there. let's let's let's go to Judge's comments here. and you've actually got what Howie says for us off the bat. Cody: I love I love how Terry just like immediately interrupts like, Nope, we're going to Sophia. We're not dealing with we don't have time for this. Yeah. Jay: we don't need to but I I did not mention that Simon did press his buzzer in the middle of it and Marina had to recover eloquently to you know, like i it was like, you know, as she was working on her image that she was drawing, like she she did a okay job of not being too rattled, but it was a a rattling buzzer that he did in Cody: Yeah. Jay: the middle of the performance. Cody: It's interesting that Howie had to ask for permission to press it. Is this a is this a new thing that they aren't gonna do it now or Jay: Well, i Simon just did, but Simon has Cody: I right, but Simon Jay: butter et buzzer etiquette is out the window with Simon. Cody: Yes. Yes. So I just wasn't sure like if they had a talk before the season. Hey, okay guys, we're not gonna press we're not gonna press the red buzzer during live shows this year. Jay: if that were the case they would have unplugged Cody: Maybe so. Jay: but it's it's not that hard to do. We've seen it done on accident, so Cody: Yeah, Mel B unplugged it to plug in her cell phone. Yeah. So Jay: Yeah, yep, that's right. yeah I don't know. So should should red buzzers be eliminated in the live shows? That's my question to you. Yeah. Cody: are you that that just okay. I didn't know if you're asking actually asking or if that was a rhetorical. I think it's fair game. I do. Now, I think it has to be pretty bad. Like I think it has to be one of these I think this is an example of it. hey, you're you're just you're either going too slow, you're not performing well, you sound awful, like just it it has to be something that's almost egregious in order to to to do it. We've seen we've seen judges do it just because either they were scared that something was happening or they just didn't like it to begin with, that type of thing. Jay: Yeah. Cody: Which I don't think is fair, but I think this is this is fair game. Jay: Okay. Do you think that Howie has overused it in the past? And Simon said, Come on, man, lay off the gold the red buzzer so much. Cody: That may be part of it too. He's like, yes. Now so the the time he's been on this show is almost an adult at this point. Jay: A long time. There you go. Cody: So Jay: yeah, I don't know. Like we never s I don't know. red buzzers are a part of the show. I just said, is it fair that Simon said I didn't like the song? is it fair that they are able to press red buzzers? I don't know. I'm I'm a little little torn on it all. It it doesn't feel fair for the judges to put that much of a thumb on the scale. Cody: Fair. Okay. Yeah. Jay: let's let's let's move on with Judge's comments here. Sophia says the audition was better, but she loves them, and then we've got Simon's comments here. Let's hear how he responded to Howie. Yeah, that's tough. Mel on the other hand, she's up on stage with him. She was a part of the act. She says that her hair in the picture was just decided on a half an hour ago, and that's how her hair looks in the painting. So not bad. She's she's impressed. Cody: I guess. Yeah. But her her hairdresser put it together pretty quickly 'cause this was this was only twenty to twenty twenty five minutes into the show. Jay: Yeah, yeah, that's yeah. She she didn't say, ooh, see that that guy in the ATL choir, I want it done like his. that's Cody: That's right. Jay: so yeah, the I mean half up, half down kind of thing. It wasn't anything that looked like it was too hard, but yeah, I I guess, you know, tough tough judging for James and Marina, not feeling good about it. this was team I-35, their second pick onto their team, fourth pick overall. Cody: Yes Yes Not not a wise pick from from them. Jay: No, turns turns out not to be. and I'll also mention the community ATL choir was their fifteenth pick overall, the fifth pick onto Team I-35. So it's all been I-35 through two acts, and the third act is another one. It's the Jesse White tumbling team. Cody: Yes. Jay: They were their twenty-seventh pick overall, the ninth team onto I-35. these are the tumblers from was it Chicago? And Cody: Yes. Jay: Mr. Jesse White himself is ninety-two years young, and he is going to come stand out on the pads while they jump over him, they trampoline off and and do flips over top of him, tumbling across the stage, tumbling down the aisles. some of the younger or some of the bigger guys hold some of the younger members like up on their shoulders. And they're jumped over top of them, so they're flying real, real high. Jesse White himself salutes the camera while the rest of the action happens in the background. What did you think of the Jesse White tumbling team's performance? Cody: fun to watch. They're a fun crew to watch. do they have a lot of range? Not a lot. Not a lot of range. they've kinda got a low ceiling. But they are they are a l do what? Yeah th they do. They have a low ceiling. Jay: They literally require a high ceiling. Cody: not I mean not that high of a ceiling because they don't really jump that high. but they're they're fun to watch. They're a good crew. I didn't ha I had they they gave me the proper expectations. They they did everything that I expected them to do. They met that's right, they met expectations, yes. Which is Jay: They met expectations. That's absolutely just fine. One thing they didn't do, and I a little bit appreciate, is bring up the team member who had passed away since auditions. Cody: I was actually a little shocked that that wasn't mentioned. I figured they would definitely talk about it in their intro package. I don't know if I have Jay: I think maybe they felt it was more honoring not to use that as a crutch than to use it. Cody: And and that's fine, yes. And that's fine. I'm I'm okay with it. I'm just surprised that it that they didn't do it. 'Cause I'd figured this would be something AGT would want to do. And and maybe you're right. They said no, we don't wanna do it. We don't wanna make him almost like you know, we don't wanna do this for him or we don't wanna we don't wanna do any of that. And that's fine. I'm okay with it. I was just Jay: Yep. Cody: surprised. So Jay: Yeah. I I was a little surprised, but I I think maybe pleasantly surprised that they didn't make just use it as a crutch, use it as a tool. Like, no, Cody: Sure. Yeah. Jay: it's actually a real person, and we can we can honor him by not using his memory that way. Sophia says they bring a lot of energy, she loves what they do for their community. Simon says he loved their audition, but this was even better, they're an inspiration. so we're we're past spicy Simon, I guess. Cody: Yes. He was in a mood t he was in a mood Tuesday night though. Jay: He he was. Cody: Yeah. Jay: Mel says it looked terrifying and she loved it, so she didn't look away. And Howie says this was twice as fast as the last act. He points out how high and accurate the jumps were, and he congratulates Jesse White for starting it all. So pretty high high praise from the judges for the Jesse White tumbling team. Cody: Yep, and it'll reflect in results. Jay: Yeah, yeah. all right. Well we are done with Team I thirty five for a moment. the Team Bach second choice, sixth choice overall, Asprid Sanders is gonna come out fourth. he's the the the big black guy s gospel singer. I feel like he had a lot of potential. he chose a song that is it's called Ilium by Teddy Swims. No, Ilium and Teddy Swims called All That Really Matters. not on the Cody Patterson playlist. Cody: Was not familiar with the song. Jay: All right. before we listen to it though, I gotta say in his intro package he says he woke up blind one day with a blood pressure of two forty over one ninety. Cody: That's really high. Jay: I'm not a medical professional. Cody: Do we need to get one on the c do we need to call one? He he might be in bed by now. Jay: I I I will just say I understand that that's not good. Cody: No, that's not good. That's really high. Yes. Jay: That's like blindness inducing. Cody: Yes. Jay: so i get your meds, take your whatever's you gotta do to keep that cholesterol down, get that blood pressure under control, 'cause that's that's that's tough on a body. Cody: Yeah. they mentioned in his package again that he that about his ki his restaurant and I was like, restaurant still closed, man. So it's like Jay: That's all. Cody: It's still closed. Jay: I believe he said it's good food that's not good for you. Cody: Yes, that's correct. Jay: and I I I wonder if maybe that had something to do with his blood pressure. Cody: Maybe so. Yes. You think he samples a lot of his own cooking? Jay: but let's let's hear a little bit let's hear a little bit of Ashford Sanders singing All That Really Matters. Nothing not to like about it. He's got a a beautiful tenor voice, he's likable, he's relatable, he's got the good vocal runs. Like I I like it. When I drafted him, I'm thinking this guy, he's got Richard Goodall upside, right? They were saying if they had a golden buzzer, he would have had it. He's i it just felt like what a great choice. Didn't didn't hit a helm run this week. Cody: There were some problems. There were some problems in the performance. A lot of pitch issues. Felt like he struggled some notes some. I'm with you. I was kind of had a little bit of some higher expectations on him. I thought he was going to come out and do really, really well. I wasn't very high on him in auditions, but I was like, okay, I think there's something there. And let's see what he can do. But I don't think he I don't think he meant it. I'm glad you guys I I think that Ashford is very Bach to the future. Bach Broskies. I think he's v very much you guys. and and I think he was a little enjoyable, but not great. Jay: Yeah, yeah. He he went down in a in a box of glory. Howie says he's really good, he likes Teddy Swim's version better, and this was not golden buzzer worthy. Mel says he's a fighter, the song was a bit of a risk. Sophia says he's adorable, she loves the song, he owned the song, and then let's hear what Simon had to say. Cause Simon always loves a moment. Cody: He does. He'll always like to say, I think that what you just had was what we call a moment. Jay: It's like y we could just have an AI Simon at this point, right? Like just kind of plug in the Cody: Yes. Jay: yep. Plug in the the high flying phrases and hit play. See what happens. yeah, it was it was fine. not feeling great about my choice, but I'm also not seeing a lot here tonight that I'm like you know, there's there's gotta at least be some points with with Ashford. I'm not feeling like Cody: Mm. Jay: it's a total loss. Cody: Yeah. It's still still early. Jay: All right. Let's Cody: Still early and still had to see what was coming up. Yeah. Jay: Still early in the night and you know, we we asked does does the order that you perform matter and like four, five, six right in the middle of the night might not be the best spots to perform. but let's move on to fifth act of the night. Sando. He's our dancer who lays down on his back and shuffles across the stage. this is Team I thirty five, the forty fourth pick overall, the fifteenth one onto their team, the last pick. it it wasn't even a pick. It was just Cody: Yeah. Jay: just given to them. Cody: That's right. Mr. irrelevant is what Jay: So, Cody: we call it in football. Jay: Mr. Irrelevant, the last one off the draft. he's going to be joined with like twelve backup dancers this time. at at the callbacks it was two and now we're we're going up to twelve. no drone. Cody: No drone. No. Y you should use drones. There's one drone and it did a wide shot. Jay: Meat. they laid down, they bounced around the stage. they laid down in the form of a clock, and he like sidewind did like in a rotating manner, like the hands of a clock. they do some breakdancing. One guy crossed the stage doing a handstand on a hoverboard. Cody: Okay. Jay: That's yeah. That's what happened. Cody: Of of the one hit wonders, I think that I still prefer B double O T Y. Jay: Mm, you know, the one that hits my brain the most often is the Parmesan. I Cody: Yes. Yep. Jay: we go through a ridiculous amount of Parmesan in our Cody: Yeah. Jay: house. And it I'm i every time I'm thinking I always want more Parmesan, but I'm embarrassed. Cody: Ha ha ha. Jay: So I'm I'm I'm trying to own it. I'm trying to let the world know that we go through a lot of Parmesan and and and it's okay to love Parmesan. Cody: It is, that's right. Jay: but that's that's a side conversation. thoughts on Sando before we talk judges' comments. I don't I don't have much to say. It's not Cody: No Jay: that great. Cody: No, it's not that great. It's a one trick pony. There's it's not interesting. It's it's great for about ten to fifteen seconds. I think what that that's what Sophia said, right? That it's great for about ten to fifteen seconds and then it's it's n he can't do this for an hour. Jay: No. No. And if that happens to be on your rubric, that's really tough for Sando. Cody: Yes. Jay: But like, am I entertained? For a moment, I am. And then I'm kind of my my mind wanders. Cody: Yes, yep. Jay: Well, you know, Grumpy Simon, he did not have nice things to say about ATL choir, James and Marina, or Ashford Sanders. So what's he gonna Is he gonna lay into Sando tonight? Cody: That is all he's interested in, Jay is the views. Jay: Man, I don't know. That was what do you do with that? Like I don't know, man. It's I I I disagree. What am I supposed to say? Cody: What do you what do you disagree with? Jay: That it was by far the best act of the night by a mile. Cody: right. But again, he's only looking at the views. He only cares about the tens of millions of views that it's gonna get that night. Jay: I guess. Is that what yeah. That that's where the that's where the bread is buttered. Cody: That's the new bar. That's the new goal. Yes. Jay: so you only need to be good for fifteen seconds. You need to get the views, get the clicks. Cody: Yes. Yes. That's right. Jay: I don't know. Mel says the dancers added a lot, but she still doesn't get it. Sophia says the move they do is so weird, they're able to do their weird move and make it interesting for the whole performance. Howie says the clock move was the viral moment. Cody: maybe. Jay: Yeah. I don't know. Do you think it's gotten tens of millions of views? Cody: it's a good question. I can check on that while we move. Jay: We'll have to go to our our resident medic and big board Cody: That's right. Jay: purveyor to see. tens of millions feels like a lot. Cody: It is a lot. It is. Especially, you know, in like twenty four hours. Jay: While you're looking that up, Cody, I'm gonna move on to the sixth act of the night here. This is Hundred Fingers. It is ten magicians, each with ten fingers, making a total of one hundred fingers. One of them was on AGT before. So they do magic and Cody: Well, not one not one of them, Jay. The leader, the main guy. Who Jay: Okay, fine, I don't does it matter? It's it I I I just want to say we know where the name came from. Cody: Yes. Jay: Because they literally have a hundred fingers. Cody: if this is correct on the YouTube channel, it's only got fifty thousand views. Jay: Okay. Well the Cody: Asht Ashford has sixty nine thousand views. So Jay: Okay. I would be curious to know like TikToks. Like that's that's the short form video, but we Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Jay: don't really need to to go there. I'm not that interested. I've I've moved on to Hundred Fingers. Cody: Okay, fair enough. Okay. Jay: Okay. So here's here's my my my take on it. Okay. Cody: Okay. Jay: If you think of them as a magic put them in the magic category, they are below average. And that's fine. Cody: Okay. Jay: Put them in the dance category, right? Compare them to other dance acts, and it's like, this actually holds my attention way more than any other dance troupe does. And I kinda like it. Cody: Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep. Jay: So if if I just like reframe it as a dance group that also does these magic things on the side, I'm like, hey, that's that's kind of enjoyable. Way to take a fun spin on dance. Cody: That's the proper way to look at it. They're a dance group that does magic. and and that's the way you really should look at them. They they are very synchronized, they do everything to music. They're a dance crew. Jay: Yep. I but like in the category magic, it's kind of not that good. Cody: No, but they're in the category dance. They should not be c considered magic. They're a dance crew that does magic. Jay: Well the the very unofficial AGT fandom wiki has them listed as magicians. Cody: Yeah, probably because he is mainly a magician, but they're really a dance crew. As as Jay: All right. Well that's fine. Cody: as as the number one team the number one act on team Cody and Commenter, we declare them a dance crew. Jay: Yeah, the offseason Warriors, I Cody: That's right. Jay: I should mention this was your number two pick overall, the fifth Cody: Yes. Jay: overall, number two onto your team. they they showed up well. much better than my number two pick or even I thirty five's number two pick. Cody: Yeah. Jay: So yeah, I think if I reframe it, I kinda like it. Cody: Yep. And they do fire and they have swords. So Yes. Jay: Also that, yeah. What's not to love? also I think it's probably better live. Cody: maybe. Sure. Jay: Howie is going to jump on the golden buzzer like he did last time. claims that he's a germophobe, so he didn't want to hit it with his hand, he hit it with his belly button instead. and he says one word, magic. Cody: Dance. Jay: Ha ha I I guess you're gonna have to have to fight him over what w what they Cody: Maybe so. Jay: how they categorize. Cody: Howie's planking top tier. Top tier planking. He's bringing it back. Jay: yeah, that was a that was a thing for a minute, Cody. Not Cody: Yes. Jay: for like twenty years, but people were planking all over the place. Cody: That's right. Just in the middle of a park, at school, whatever it may be. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. Yeah. There's a thing to plank on, I'm planking. Cody: Yep. Jay: We should bring back planking. I'm I'm for it. Let's let's do it. Cody: Howie's trying. If anyone can do it, seventy year old Howie can do it. Jay: Yeah, put it in our send a message at AGT time pod. We'd love to see it. lo love to see your your planking video or or planking pictures. we'll we'll we'll share it out far and wide. Speaking of far and wide, Brooklyn comes from overseas. I don't remember what country. Cody: she's from the Netherlands. Jay: The Netherlands not the Nether Regions Cody: No. Jay: From the Netherlands, gonna sing an original song. Let's hear a little bit of of Brooke Lynn's performance. Okay, all right. Well, I I don't feel like this was a strong performance. I do feel like it was an emotional performance. Cody: yeah. I I'm with you that I didn't feel like it was a great performance either. She kinda kinda let me down, but I proud member of the off season Warriors. Love having her on my team. Commenter really wanted Jay: Tenth tenth one on your team, twenty ninth overall. Cody: Yep, yep. Commenter really wanted her, and that's great. And I'm I'm happy that she was a member of our team. I was not impressed by her callbacks. And even her audition I didn't feel like was great. He loves her and I think that's I I love that. But I was kinda let down in this performance. I didn't I didn't think it sounded great. I thought there was some pitchiness in it. There was times I didn't think she really enunciated the lyrics very well. not not a not a great performance. Yeah. Jay: Yeah. Scott pointed out in our audition or in our draft that like there's there's a fine line between good and great in the singers and i it's really hard to tell with one performance if they're good or great. So I I think that Brooklyn might just be a little too inexperienced. Sophia says it was amazing. She felt her confidence. Mel says her voice is amazing, and her song connected with her. Howie says she's like a blossoming flower, and her struggles with mental health speak to his his soap box of mental health. And Simon says her original song sounds like a James Bond soundtrack. Cody: Okay. Yeah, there's there've been some great artists that have done James Bond soundtracks. Jay: Yeah. Yeah. kind of that minor key sort of big big numbers. She she has the chops. I think with a little bit more time she'll be she'll be great. All right, let's move on to another I-35 team, their third team drafted, ninth overall. It's the Royal Lasers. Cody: You mean light balance part two? Jay: no, it's no, that was light balance kids. This is Cody: well okay, part three. Jay: that's yeah, I get I they are exactly as good as light balance. They Cody: Yes. Jay: are exactly as good as light balance kids. They they Cody: Okay. Wow. Jay: they actually just are light balance. Cody: They they r they literally are. I mean they said they back up they were backup dancers for Lightbounce. So Jay: That's it's yeah, like what the it is what it what it says on the box. Cody: Mm. Jay: just e exactly what you're gonna what to expect. Cody: Light Bal and and I don't know this. I'm probably I'm just making this up. Light Balance sound it it seems like Light Balance licensed out their technology to Royal Lasers. Jay: Yeah, which like we've seen it, right? Cody: Yes. Jay: A few times. Th Yeah. Cody: It's it's good. I enjoy this type of act. Jay: No, the light balance part three was when they came back for champions and it was some kids and some adults. That was part three. So Cody: That is true. Okay. Jay: we're we're on to the fourth iteration of this. Cody: Yes. I I like this type of act. I think the dancing's really cool. The of course the lighting and the computerization, all of that stuff's really cool. They've brought in some additional effects. They even kind of did some com like computer generated stuff like on the s screen, that's some 3D like superimposed Jay: Yeah, yeah. Cody: on the screen that I doubt was that you were able to see there in the theater, which seems a little weird. So Jay: I it's hard to say what what they could see in the theater. so okay, you said the dancing is good. And I I feel like that is my biggest disconnect with these acts. It's like the dancing is acceptable and it's I'm made to believe it's good because of the distraction of the lights. Cody: Okay. Jay: Right? They they can flash up my body in whatever place it's in like it it's about the lights and the synchronization of the lights and I I I don't have to move my body the right way the entire time. I just have to be there for a moment when it's when it's happening. I feel like it it takes away from like what dance is supposed to be. Cody: sure, but I think being in the right place at the right time is also a very important part of the act. Jay: It it that's a hundred percent of what the act is. Cody: Yes. Jay: being in the right place at the right time and also flashy lights. Cody: And then big, big graphics on the screen. Jay: Big old graphics. they they do one thing. I said the best move was they like their bodies stayed in place while the background moved behind them to make it look like they were falling. Right. Cody: Mm-hmm. Jay: Kind of that that Christy Sellers move when she slides down the pole Cody: yeah. Jay: and it looks like she falls extra fast, extra far. I was like, okay, Cody: Yep. Did Jay: like I I I appreciate some of the things that they're able to do. I just like I I feel like Me and my buddies could do a pretty good rendition of this. We don't have to be professional dancers. If we have the technology, like the technology's carrying the the load. Cody: I sure I I just think still being in the right place to make sure you're in the right position at the right time. It y gotta be under the right lights or you're not gonna make it Jay: Yeah. Yeah. If you're gonna if you're gonna run those drones, you gotta be in the right place to press that button at the right time. Like that's that's a little bit. Cody: And a little bit different than that. It's a little bit a little bit different. You gotta hit you've gotta be Jay: all right. Cody: o you gotta hit those spots without knowing where on the stage you are. Jay: t I mean there's Cody: It's dark. Jay: They use light up tape, you know how it works. You you've been backstage. Cody: Did you like the Terry demon that they did? Genie, whatever it was that they did? Jay: Did I like the Terry Demon genie? Cody: Ha ha Jay: I I'm gonna I I I didn't. It was Cody: Okay. Jay: it felt pedantic Cody: Okay. Jay: Like I dunno, judges love them some judges but Cody: Sure. Jay: Terry Cruz isn't judges. Cody: No, but I I liked it. I thought it was we don't get we don't get Terry interacting in a lot of acts. Jay: No, not a lot. Cody: So when he kinda does stuff like that, I kinda get a kick out of it little bit. Jay: Yeah, that's fair. all right. Let's let's hear judges' comments. Let's hear what what Simon had to say. Cody: What is he talking about? A man and a cat? Jay: I don't know. i what I heard was he was starting to get bored. Cody: Yes. Jay: it was it the Terry Cruz, the man and the cat? I don't know. Cody: No, I think he's saying that when the show when AGT started, like twent Jay: yeah. Cody: twenty one years ago, that we s I think what he's he's what he said, I mean not what I think, what he's saying is that when we started with this show it was very basic. Like we didn't have any Jay: Yes. Cody: of this these really cool things. It was basically people singing, we had some jugglers, it was very rudimentary. Jay: I I recall one one magician who maybe a magician, I don't know, a a sleight of hand artist, a a a card manipulator who prestidigitator, maybe is a good word. it was like an old man and he had a deck of cards and he was like, Judge, say a card, and they would say eight of spades, and then he would hold up the eight of spades, and then he'd put it back. And then Cody: Yeah. Jay: He'd say, say another card, and they would say, Queen of Hearts, and then he would hold up the Queen of Hearts. And I think he just like knew exactly what, you know, twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven cards felt like, and he would just, you know, find that exact card. He just had them in a certain order and he would hold it up. And that was that was his act. And there was a cat sitting on his head or on his shoulders or something while he did this. That's that's what I recall. That's what I recall. Cody: Yeah, yeah. Sure. Sure. Yeah, I I I get what he's trying to do. He's just trying to say that the you know the the acts back then were very basic. They're they're not as sophisticated as they are now. but just like we started with a man and a cat. I'm like, what? What are you talking about? Jay: Yeah. d I think that's that's that's what that was an allusion to. I'd have to look in the wiki to see who that was specifically. But no, I'm sorry. I got distracted in a little bit in the middle of that getting my my dog to be quiet here. So that's that's Cody: okay. We're gonna we're gonna get to dogs here in a moment. Jay: all right, all right. Let's let's move on then to the dog act of the night. we got Cody: There it is. Jay: Olivia Beefus. this is the thirteenth act on to team off season Warriors, thirty-eighth pick overall. she is going to do some dog tricks. dog tricks that we've seen before, dog trips that we've seen her do before. I don't know. Zeke does a handstand. It's cute. Yeah. Cody: Bounces off of her. Goes in and out the legs. Yep. Jay: I yeah, it's it's very much a a If I had a student show me these dog tricks, I'd be like, hey, that's really, really good. but this is America's Got Talent, and we have seen so much better. Cody: as a proud member of Team Cody and Commenter, I was k excited to see this. Dogs. Yes. Jay: That got drafted thirty eighth out of forty four. What like you can you can you don't have to sugarcoat it, but go ahead. Cody: I was excited to see her and and Zeke and and and see look at them do their tricks. They did it with like a race car theme. Jay: Yes. There was a race Cody: Yes, yes. It's a race cart. Jay: car theme. Like the props and her outfit were race car themed, yes. Cody: And that's about it. Yes. Jay: I I d the tricks were the same tricks. Cody: Yes. I like that she she met my expectations, I'm gonna say. Jay: I yes The problem is that your expectations were thirty-eighth out of forty-four. Like th Cody: Yes, that's correct. Jay: that Yeah. I like all that to say, like, it is cute, right? It's she's cute, the dogs are cute. You can't be mad at it. Cody: Yeah, right. And and we'll find out in results that she exceeded expectations. Jay: Sh yes, that is that is the case. Mel says the joy of watching her with her animals is so much fun. The dogs obviously enjoy themselves. Sophia loves that she isn't a professional. It makes her original and authentic. Howie says she stepped it up each performance. It's gotten better. Simon says it was fantastic. The dogs and her were both great. He thinks the public's gonna vote for her. Cody: yes, that would be correct. Jay: All right. Okay. well here we go. The yes. Cody: Yeah. America loves dogs. Amer America loves dogs. Yes. Jay: The second act of team Bach to the Future is Chris Sosa. He was our fifth pick onto our team, thirteenth pick overall. He's the Latino comedian. is gonna talk a little bit about how his dad trained him as a boxer growing up. that's how he learned to get beat up. tells the story of learning to box against another little kid that they called the shark. And on the spot, his dad said, Well, you well My name's the the killer dolphin. And then he sort of walks through a bout against the shark, but he makes dolphin noises throughout. it's it's kind of funny. I enjoyed this probably I think his best set yet. having knowing a little bit of what to expect from Chris Sosa, I felt like this was a good one. This was a good one. So what did you think of Chris Sosa's performance? Cody: I really enjoyed his performance. I really like him. he's he's got the he he can tell the jokes, he's got the physical comedy. I like the storytelling. He does some callbacks. I think he's kinda got it all. I I really wanted to see him move on. yeah, he brings the family members into it. Love that he's his dad's a former boxer because he can tell all those stories. He's he's really, really good. Jay: Yeah, and I feel like you know, we're we're just getting to know him. There's this whole trove of stories that he's gonna be able to tell us, should he have the opportunity to move on. Cody: Yeah. I got I got a question for you, Jay. So is th Jay: Tell me, ask me. Cody: is this the theater that you went to? This is. Jay: This is, yep, the Dolby Theater. Cody: It looks for some reason I don't know why this is the this is not the W Theatre, this is the Pasadena Performing Arts Center. Jay: Or I'm sorry, yes, the the Pasadena Civic Center. I'm sorry, yes. Cody: Okay, yeah, yeah, okay, okay. it for some reason looks smaller. Is it really this small? Jay: That is the size. It is not a huge venue. Cody: Okay. Jay: are you saying like the audience size or the stage size? Yeah, Cody: Yes. No, the the audience size. Jay: audience that's yeah, it's it's not huge. I think it seats about three thousand. and it's it's it's intimate. when we went for performances on Tuesday, we were up in the balcony and we had a a good view of the stage. So it was a great I I don't know that there's a bad seat in the house. and then for the afternoon or the the Wednesday results show that we were there, we were up closer to the front up by the judge's table, kind of by yeah, by the stage. So it was it was good all the way around. Cody: I'm just not sure they've ever done this. It feels like they turned the lights up in the house for this episode so you could really see the audience. So it kinda gave me a new perspective on the size of it. Just I don't remember them lighting the audience up as much as they did in this this show, this episode. Jay: Yeah, or maybe it was just a different shot, like a a one kind of wider angle shot. I don't know that we've ever seen that wide of an angle before. And it kinda gave you a f a s sense of the entire room and you say like, it's actually not that big. Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Jay: So Judge's comments. Howie says the physicality, the sound effects, he liked them. They're like he's likable. Sophia says she loves it and his personality is fascinating. Mel says she was laughing. She wishes he had more time because he seems to just get funnier as he goes. And Simon says he naturally has it. He enjoyed watching his parents in the audience as much as watching him perform, and this was better than the audition. Cody: I love that his parents got into it. I thought that great. It was great. Jay: Yeah. i he he mentioned right off his parents are divorced and they weren't sitting by each other and that's probably best. So just Cody: And the Jay: like take taking a dig at your parents while they're there in the audience, like that's you know, I I there's there's some some comedy to that. Well done. Absolutely I Cody: Yeah, and they seem they seem to enjoy it. They seem to like I mean, it's probably not the first time they've heard him tell that joke. Jay: no doubt, no doubt. so yeah, Fine performance for for Chris Sosa. I'm I'm feeling good about having him on the on on Team Bach. next act of the night here is Luke Tolino. Last act. He is the rapper who came to watch Jordan Blue perform last year and Jordan Blue, is that right? Cody: Yes. Jay: Yeah. And told Howie that he was gonna be on the stage th this year and he's gonna sing an original song called Fighter. And let's hear a little bit of Luke Tolino's performance if you got it. Cody: I like that. Jay: It's not my style. It's fine. Like Cody: Sure. Yeah. Jay: it's it y it and y this is what I usually say about this kind of act. If you like that kind of act, you probably liked that. Cody: Yeah. I liked it 'cause he's on our team. Jay: yeah, I should mention the eleventh act on to team off season Warriors, thirty second pick overall. Not a high pick. Cody: Not a high pick. But I th we we Jay: But a golden buzzer, right? Cody: think we go yeah, we think we stole him late. We we think we got him as a steal. That was our fifth golden buzzer in our Jay: yeah. Cody: in the draft. Jay: golden buzzers are dime a dozen. Who Who'd whatever. The golden buzzer doesn't mean anything anymore. yeah, I don't know. People who love this are gonna really enjoy it. People who don't enjoy this kind of music, this isn't gonna gonna win over. Cody: Yeah. I think it's got a big following. Jay: It it's got a big following. And like the message if if you don't love this kind of music, but you like a a message of, you know, a fighter, of you know, somebody who pulls themselves up, who, you know, finds their way through, who, you know, keeps on digging, like that's you know, maybe the message connected with you. And you're like, you what, I'll throw him a couple votes. Cody: There you go. Yeah. Jay: So Simon says what he does cannot be faked. he was it was a step up from his audition. He has a special talent. Sophia says the songs are meaningful and authentic. Mel says his passion was great. And Howie says he's gonna start spelling L T. And he says, I'm gonna call it right now, you're moving on. Cody: Lawrence Taylor? Jay: No, Luke Tolino. Cody: No, but L T is Lawrence Taylor. Jay: I don't know who that is. Cody: Famous linebacker, played for the Giants. Jay: neat. The I I I had the opportunity to join a fantasy football team v draft this week with other elementary teachers and I don't want to. And I I was like, maybe maybe I could have Commenter run my team for me, but then I was like, no, that that still sounds like more work than I want to do. Cody: Ha ha ha. Jay: so Cody: You you signed up for the site, commenter. Here's the login. Go have fun. Jay: Yeah, I I don't know. so there you go. Mm L T is the new Cody: I'll tell you, Jay, that even if you do the bare minimum on a fan like you every week you just at least check it to see, okay, who's on a buy, who's injured, like I'm again, bare minimum just to make sure you've got roster spots filled, it's still a lot of work. Jay: Okay. Alright. Well I'm i I'm I'm happy to not be a part of it. So that's Cody: Okay. Yeah. Jay: but that's me. Alright, that is that is the eleven acts of the night. it did not feel like the strongest night of performances. Cody: No, it didn't feel like they gave their a plu I mean they're not gonna put all the great performances in week one. That's that's too bad. They're gonna spread out, but even spreading out it didn't feel like they gave they put the even of the bad ones, they didn't feel that like they put the strong bad ones in this one. Jay: Yeah, yeah. All right. Well let's let's whiz through the results show here. You guys already talked about this, but Cody: Okay. Yep. Jay: just for for kicks, group one comes out, it's Olivia Beefus and James and Marina. The act going into the top five. I I thought it might be a neither of you. Cody: Yes. Yeah. Jay: But the act going through the top five is Olivia Beefis. James and Marina, thanks but no thanks. eulogy for James and Marina. Cody: Mm, work on your pacing. Jay: Yeah. Yeah. Work on your pacing. There you go. All right. out comes community ATL choir and Luke Tolino. I was thinking community ATL choir, even though Howie already sent LT through to the next round. Cody: Yes. Jay: what were you thinking there? Cody: I think it's a big shock that ATL didn't go through. I mean I'm happy that Luke T Luke Luke Tolino did go through 'cause he's on our team, got his points. But at the same time, I Jay: Yeah, yeah. Cody: was really hoping that I had high hopes for ATL to be in the finals. They're a Jay: Yeah. Cody: really good crew. Jay: Yeah, community ATL choir is eliminated here. They don't make the top five. Eulogy. Man, that's a tough result. I I liked them more than Cody: Yeah, it's a very tough result. Jay: I liked Luke. Cody: yeah, I I did too. I I will say I like them more than I like Luke. Yep. Jay: So that's that's rough. Group three, Royal Lasers come on out along with Asphrid Sanders. the act going through to the top five is Royal Lasers. You know, Asphrid Sanders, I'll I'll say he had Richard Goodall upside. I was seeing that in like he reminded me of Richard Goodall. And I I wanted him to to capture that know, th those good feels that America still has for for Richard Goodall. egg on my face. bad draft by me. Cody: It's okay. Can't win all. Jay: Can't win them all. All right. Fourth act, fourth one going through the top five. We're gonna call out Brooke Lynn of team offseason and Chris Souza, team Bach. Top five is Chris Sosa, Brooklyn. she's team off season W Warriors eulogy for for Brooklyn. Cody: Very happy to have her on my team. just a little disappointed in her performance. Jay: Little little too too green. little coaching could go a long way. All right, and then our we're down to our last two. We got Jesse White tumbling team for team I-35 and Sondo for Team I thirty five. The top five team is Jesse White. So Sondo is eliminated. I'll say i a little bit too one dimensional. Cody: Yeah, that's exactly it. Jay: He he does a thing, he does it really well. It's actually kinda cool. Cody: Yes. Yes. Jay: But it's just the one thing. Cody: It's just the one thing, yes. Jay: So there you go. All right. So we're going to eliminate two more of these, getting it down to our top three going through along with the hundred fingers golden buzzer. The first eliminated is I think it's Chris Sosa. Well, I guess how'd they do it? It they they announced who was going through. So Cody: They just this was going through, right. Jay: eliminated Chris Sosa, our comedian. Man, like Team Bach went all in on comedy. I was hoping that like garnering the Latino vote was gonna gonna be good for us. maybe he needed to throw a wider net. I don't know. but comedy's hard. It's subjective. we there's a reason why we haven't seen a comedian win AGT yet. And the other eliminated teams, Jesse White tumbling team. I mean y I'll I'll I'll say it it's not a surprise that they were eliminated. only surprise is that they made it into the top five of the night. Cody: Yes. Jay: So that is Cody: But but you know, without a strong night to begin with. Jay: on on a on not strong night. So axe going through to the semis. We got Olivia Bifus Bifus? Beefus the fuss? Cody: I've heard I've heard beefus and beef beef both. I've heard both of those. Jay: All right. Royal Lasers is joining her along with Luke Tolino. So two acts for the offseason Warriors, one for I thirty five, along with the Hundred Fingers, which are team off season Warriors. So pretty good showing for you guys. Cody: Yep. current standings. Did I have that? Do you have that in front of you? Jay: I can pull it up here quick, I think. We've got the Cody: So me and Commenter at ten. Jay: Ten points. The golden buzzer was big points. Surprise, golden buzzer. Cody: Ryan and Steven at four points. Jay: Must be nice. Cody: Yes. And Bach Brothers. Still working on You guys got a lot later on. Jay: We only had two acts tonight. Cody: Yes, so to get fifty to get points from fifty percent of your axe is pretty good, right? Yep. Jay: That's pretty good. That's pretty good. Cody: Yep. Jay: there's you know, slow and steady, I think is start slow, taper off. Cody: Yep, that's what I t tell commenter. Let's not let's kinda you know, let's let's let's let's not get ahead too much or let's not take this one week at a time, right? Take it one week at a time. We got a good lead, Jay: One week at a time. Cody: but let's let's come back next week and it's a whole new it's a whole new week. Jay: Alright. All th there you go. Yep. Cody: All the Royal Lacers are on us. Jay: yeah. So there is looking ahead to next week, we've got eleven more acts coming on. I've got let's see here. Week One, I-35 had five acts, offseason had four acts, Bach Brothers only had two. week two, I-35 has four acts, off season has four acts, Bach brothers only have three. Week three, I-35 has five acts, offseason has three axes, Bach brothers have three acts again. And then on week four, I-35 only has one act, offseason has four act, which leaves six for the Bach brothers on week four. Cody: Well, I hope you all can get points from your six acts in week four. Jay: I w I sure hope so. Like Cody: Who's yeah? Jay: by definition, we can't get points from all of them. Cody: Right. Jay: No, we could. If if one's a golden buzzer and the other five make the top five, that would be there you go. Cody: That's true. Okay. Jay: We could. Cody: And then and then those and then obviously those three of those would then go through. Jay: There you go. Cody: Yeah. Jay: So while I was looking at who has teams, which weeks, and and trying to sort that all out, I decided to do a little bit of a math problem for myself here and figure out which week performances were gonna be the highest rated based on the order that we drafted them. So each act has a number based on their draft order, one through forty-four, right? this week I I put in all the numbers, came out to two hundred twenty two, divided it by eleven acts, we got twenty point eight. Right, which is less than than twenty two. You would think that twenty two would be the the average for the night. Week two the average came out to twenty three point nine. It's gonna be the weakest weakest performance, weakest set of acts. Cody: So you you want a you want a low you want a low num we want a low number. Jay: You want a low number because that means that it was highly highly sought after axe, highly highly drafted axe. Cody: Drafted. Got it. Okay. Jay: Week three is a little bit better at twenty three point four. And then week four is the second best week, twenty two point five. So according to this this ranking, this metric, week one was the best week of performances. Cody: And that's interesting 'cause typically I think that's what AG the what you just said, I think is what AGT tries to do. Put all the put good ones in week one to get everyone back in the swing of live shows, get everyone excited, and then it tapers off for two and three, and they kind of then bring more back in f week four to get ready for the next round. Interesting. Huh. Jay: Yeah. So that is that's how our numbers played out. but I'm a little disheartened. Like if this was the best week of qualifiers, like that doesn't Cody: Yeah. Yeah. Jay: feel very good. Cody: Well, but maybe we just drafted wrong be the thing. Jay: Maybe we just drafted wrong. I I while I was playing with Go ahead, go ahead. Cody: Yeah. Now so you know but like but like James James and Marina brought you know, Jameson Marina being drafted f five, four, drafted four. Yeah, Jay: Yeah. Cody: that's gonna bring that number up, down? Jay: Drafts yeah, it's it's gonna bring that number down and and improve its its score. so Cody: Right. Right. Even though they're not a good act even though they're not a good act. Jay: Drafts four, five, and six we're all on tonight's. none of our number one choices are up against each other. Nene is gonna be next week. I thirty five's first choice overall is gonna be week three, and your guys' number one choice is gonna be on week four. Cody: Yep. And the acts that went through Olivia and and Luke, they were down in the thirties, right? Yes, Jay: They were way low, yeah. Cody: so Jay: So just goes to show you we know nothing. Cody: We know nothing. Jay: If if you thought that we had any kind of insider knowledge, this should Cody: Yeah. Jay: prove definitively we do not. Cody: That's right. Jay: okay, while I was playing with this, I I just threw threw a few more numbers in. This is this is really dry. So if you want to skip ahead a moment, Cody: Yeah. Jay: please do. But Cody, I'm I've I've already started talking about it and you're on the other end of the microphone, so you gotta listen here. Cody: I'm here. Jay: so What I did was I ranked how each team should how how excited each team should be for their their week of performances based on how they drafted the acts. Okay. So again, low number is better, right? So team I thirty-five drafted their number five, their number two, nine, fifteen, and three. gave them a total of thirty-four draft points for week one. averaged out to six point eight. Right. Anything less than seven point five on a you know out of fifteen, right? Anything less than seven point five is good. Right. You you should be pretty excited about that week. Cody: Okay. Okay. Jay: team off season, you guys you you scored a nine. Not a not a high point. Cody: Hey. Jay: and our two acts it was our number two and our number five overall. So we had a seven points, a three point five We we should have been thrilled with these two acts. And we got a point. Cody: I will say after the results, I am ecstatic for these acts. Jay: Yeah, yeah. So my my numbers again, like just kind of throw in some how how do things work out with how we drafted them? Cody: Yes. Jay: According to this metric, not well. Cody: We have said, at least I have said, we do not know what America thinks. Jay: Yes. all Cody: This is Jay: right. Week two should be a good week for me, because I'm gonna I'm gonna say this. It's our number one draft. I-35 had a average draft of nine point seven five, offseason Cody: Goof. Jay: Warriors had an average draft of eight, and the Bach brothers are gonna have an average draft of seven. Cody: Okay. Jay: week three, I-35 had a seven point eight, off season has a six point seven, and Bach brothers have an average of ten point three. So that's that's that's a low one. We've got 11, 7, and 13 that week. So and then week four, I-35 only has one act. They drafted them eighth for an average score of eight. offseason Warriors, you've got four acts that have an average score of eight. And the Bach Brothers six acts have an average score of seven point six seven. So that is that is Way inside baseball for you. Cody: Yes, love it. Jay: Thank you for listening. If you want further explanation, reach out to us at AGT Time Pod and I'll Cody: Yes. Jay: I'll I'll send you all my numbers. Cody: There you go. Jay: Okay, Cody, listener mail. Cody: Listener mail, yes. let's see here. D see let me get those questions back up and a couple of these are repeats from last night, but you have not had a chance to answer them. So we will ask you this. Which act do you think fell the farthest farthest, farthest from their initial audition, Jay: Furthest? Cody: and which act improved the most? Jay: Okay. I I've got two names in mind for who fell the furthest. Ashford Sanders. Again, I thought he had that good all upside, but he he did not bring it this week. and Brooklyn, I felt like she had a really excellent audition and was unable to to find it to bring to the stage after the audition. So I'm not sure which one fell further. maybe according to my rankings, Ashford. Cody: Yeah, I could see that. Yeah. Jay: which act improved the most? you know, again, it might be clouded by my by Team Bach, right? When you put him on your team, you say, like, all right, I'm all in for this guy, and then you you look for the good in it instead of looking for ways to dis be discouraged by it. Chris Sosa, maybe, was the one that I I went from the most like ho-hum about to I really enjoyed that performance. Cody: Yeah. Yeah, I think I'm with you on that one. I think he is the most improved. community ATL, I was not high on their audition, so I think that they what they did was more improved than what they did in their audition. as far as who fell the farthest, I think everyone else kind of just did what I expected them to do. Jay: Okay. All right. So nobody fell the furthest. Cody: Yep. I don't think so. I think as far as the only ones that kind of exceeded my expectations, I think Chris Sosa kind of did and ATL did. So yeah. Jay: And ATL. All right. Yeah, ATL definitely is w an honorable mention for that category. Cody: Yep. the other question, what's your favorite thing about the live shows? Jay: I love that the judges no longer have the golden buzzer. they're no longer just gonna force things through. It's really up to America's vote. Cody: Well, that's what they told us in the press release, at least. Jay: Yeah, and that's what I love. Cody: The press release someone in the press release in the PR office did not actually talk to anyone that's, you know, in production. Jay: I I don't know. Like what whatever's happening there, bad job. okay. Alright. Yeah. Okay, that's that's my funny answer. Cody: Left hand not knowing what right hand is doing, right? Yeah. Jay: my real answer is like live T like sports are one of the few things that draw eyeballs to the TV anymore. live TV, right? If it's NFL, NBA, NHL, Olympics, right? They draw eyes. This is like it's my Olympics, right? It's the live shows. Anything can happen, right? Cody: Yes. Yep. Jay: You can you can have a a total bomb on the stage. Maybe Zeke is gonna come out there and drop a deuce. I don't know, man. Like it could Cody: Ha ha Jay: happen. like it Cody: You can get shot in the neck with a flaming arrow. Jay: You can get shot in the neck with a flaming arrow. Like I love that. I Cody: Ha ha ha. Jay: I like the the stakes it not like the stakes are high, like the stakes are high because it's live. And Cody: Yes. Yes. Jay: that's my favorite thing about the live shows. Cody: Yes. I think that that is the correct answer. There's so many variables, so many unknowns. Anything can happen. acts that you think are a shoe in to go to the next round, go home. crappy acts that you think should go home. Move on. just there's just so much that can happen, and I think that's the best part of the show. Of the live shows, yeah. Jay: Yeah. A as much as I am I am entertained by the show, like I I love being entertained by acts. Like this this speaks to my soul. but now like I'm entertained by acts and like the stakes are real now. Cody: Yeah. You you y there's no editing that's helping them like there is in the audition. Right. So Jay: Yeah, yeah. so that's that's that's my answer. And I I'm Cody: Yeah, that Jay: I'm thrilled to be on this ride with you, Cody. Cody: Yep, great answer. Great answer. Well, that's all I've got. Commenter and I will be back for a preview for quarterfinals two this weekend, so stay tuned for that. Quarterfinals two will happen on Tuesday. Corey will be here with me Wednesday night for the postgame. Yep. Jay: very good. All right. Cody: And then you and I'll be back next Thursday to recap quarterfinals two. Jay: For the the AGT time overreaction. Cody: That's correct, yes. Jay: Or postgame, whatever. That's fine. Okay. Well, Cody, thank you so much for for bringing me on, letting me do my thing and and nerd out a little bit on on some some live shows here. I am really looking forward to seeing what these next three weeks hold. our our girl, Nene, is is on next week. I'm just if if she doesn't make it through, I I don't know that I'll I I don't know that I know anything if that's the case. So Cody: Right. Yes. Yeah. It'll be interesting. Again, live shows. Anything can happen. Anything can happen. Jay: Anything can happen. So let's do it. 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