America's Got Talent

Too bad the show started by American Idol judge, Simon Cowell who happens to be the executive producer here isn't aired in Malaysia but I guess that it wouldn't be as popular as the Idol show which has gathered some sort of a cult following around the world and sprouted into copycats of the show with the same idea/ concept in so many countries. Take our country as an example....Fly Idol...Digi Talent or whatever and etc. So the show is made up of three judges Pier, David Hasselhoff and Brandy with Regis as the host.

But anyway the show isn't all about singing only because the main idea of the reality series is to showcase your talent which is obviously not just singing. The show also has magicians, tricksters, tap dancers, juggling circus acts, acrobatic acts and weird stuff like using fingers as instruments and Mark da Knife. If you follow the highlights online, than you would know what I mean.

What really caught me about the show since it started were performances from At Last, an acappella group with a mixture of hip hop, beatbox and the old conventional acappella style. Talking about beatbox, this guys are just awesome doing the boop...doop....chea...da bum bum...da bum bum cha bum bum cha....ok watever... all with their mouths in their version of "Ain't No sunshine". I gotta learn that man....

Another pretty unusual performance is from Taylor Ware who is really impressive with her yodelling. I can't how believe how she would be able to learn yodelling from an instruction book after going through the whole thing after a few times and she's so darn young....

Muz be some talent...I hope she makes it to the finals and make more variations in her yodelling. I like her first yodelling the best.

Another one was an entire family of tap dancers who happens to be quite good in the violin playing and tapping at the same time. They are not tight enough in their rhythm, not sure why. Maybe it's a bit too complicated. Not too sure how far they will go but I like them. Alright, I didn't have time through other talents simply because there are so many of them and it's time consuming. So those are my shortlisted candidates for finals.

The other one was the Millers, they too are good but I really wander whether that dude with the harmonica can play as funky in songs other than their Sweet Home Alabama which was pretty impressive. Somehow, I feel that it's because of the harmonica that sets them apart from other bands in the competition.