#well clearly jd isn’t the only one who pulls this move on stage

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Very tasteful, Todd. Never stop being yourself.

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America’s Got Talent: Season 15 - Auditions 7

Okay, so there were a LOT of acts to talk about tonight, due to the overall format...

I've been wondering how I would cover the online auditions I watched before the season even started...It is a completely different stage, and therefore it's hard to compare the acts to the ones that actually appeared on the AGT stage...What's more, they didn't show the entirety of the acts they showed on Youtube...Plus, they have taken down the videos I've watched before and replaced them with the more heavily edited ones...

Right now, I still don't know what I should do...So I'm gonna be a little weird (since tonight's show was REALLY weird), and not talk about the online auditions this week...Next week will be the “Best Of” compilation, so I think that will be a good time to talk about the online auditions, and in fact see if I can find copies of all of those videos I saw before...

Until then, while they're still fresh in my mind, I CAN briefly talk about the ones they showed that WEREN'T in the old videos...Not much to say about them overall; I don't remember the guy who caught the arrow...

But I WILL point out Bello and Annaliese Nock returning as a duo (which is interesting since I remember when I pointed out earlier this season that the Bello Sisters sounded like Annaliese teaming up with two sisters I didn't know about to try the show again). They show a lot of promise, but seeing that they only showed a brief clip of them, it looks like their bad luck on this show is likely to continue...

And speaking of returning contestants: I'm not sure, but the leader of Dance Town Family appeared to be that dude from Miami All Stars who keeps coming back with multiple variations of the same act...It's been some years since those three straight seasons of the guy, but it looks like this attempt isn't going to work quite as well as those other ones...

Onto the part of the show I'll be focusing on this week...I'll start by saying that Voce Nova might have been a bit obnoxious, but they really were no worse than some of the other “acts” that passed tonight...They're in the same boat as Anthem and Aria the other week, in that they are incredibly cheesy and campy, but they were talented enough singers and were at least a LITTLE entertaining...

Whatever, let's get on to the passing acts already...

10: Chicken Scratch Sam. Oh, good, the guy from “Toy Story 2” found work after Woody and Buzz ruined his business...

9: The Ninja Twins. I actually REALLY wanted to like these two...Maybe if they weren't constantly talking over each other and everyone else, they wouldn't have given me such a headache...But I guess their silly song was catchy enough...Still less annoying than Mirror Image...

8: Kameron Ross. I was bored...He did little for me with the track, and he was only slightly better a capella...I hope he doesn't make the live shows, because I'd rather not root against the Heartlanders who will inevitably flock to the voting lines for him...Then again, maybe the homophobes in the Heartland will counter it...Nah, there will be plenty of LGBT people and other “sympathetic” voters who would make up for it...

7: Siena Uremovic. Would be filler on a better night...Moving on...

6: Alex Hooper. Maybe it was the lack of an audience to spread negativity through boos, but this guy's jokes seemed to land a lot better this time! If his whole act is gonna be roasting the judges, then I'm all for it!

5: John Hastings. I guess we still have our TRADITIONAL stand-up comedian quota to fill for this week...(Seriously, this has gotta be a record for most comedian auditions in a season!) I'm kinda losing track of which ones stood out the most, but this guy might be one of my favorites so far! As usual, nothing gut-busting, but there were some memorable bits, like the farting homeless guy...I guess we'll have to wait and see how the comedians all compete against each other in Judge Cuts...Usama Siddiquee is still my favorite so far...

4: John Sevier Austin. (Shrug) It was pretty cool! I don't know how he pulled that off!

3: Lightwave Theatre Company. I guess we WERE missing our obligatory multimedia act of the season...I can't say this impressed me to the same degree as most others of their type; The puppets were creepy-looking (not helped by the black backdrop, which also made it difficult to see them), some of the movements were awkward (the girl puppet's legs were bending in a weird angle much of the time), and it was the typical “heartfelt��� schmaltz we're used to seeing on this show, specifically from “storytelling” acts like this one. But I'll give them this: They were pretty memorable! ...Which is a LOT more than can be said for most of the other acts tonight...I'm still a sucker for multimedia acts, which is the main reason why this places as high as it does...

2: The JD Marching Band. I suppose this works better for a football stadium or the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but I still enjoyed the hell out of these kids! A nice little wake-me-up during such a sleepy night...Also interesting how they seem to push their token white kid to the front much of the time...

1: Sheldon Riley. I guess this goes to show that image can mean everything when you compete on this show...Without the crazy getup, I probably would have waved him off as another very impressive but relatively unremarkable singer (at least compared to some of the others). But he really does have a solid voice, and that coupled with his presentation made him by FAR the most memorable act of the night! I actually really like him! Not quite my favorite singer, but nonetheless, he has my support!

I guess the last auditions tend to be pretty lackluster, as it's usually just a bunch of last-minute afterthoughts that they didn't feel like airing before...But since this was clearly the last audition chronologically (not counting the last stretch of the show that I'm saving until next week), there does seem to be less of an excuse...

Whatever, I'm just about done with these auditions anyway...Tune in next week as I go over the online auditions, and maybe talk a little about the “Best Of” show, if there's anything worth talking about...

Until then, stay safe and stay sane!