I love watching America's got talent. Some people are really talented, some people are totally clueless about what a talent is, and some people are just attention whores. The winner of this contest will have a headline show in Vegas and $1 million dollar. Actually after further review, the winner does not really get $1 million as promised; They get a lot less. Click
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One thing that irritate me about this show is the contestants. Before they go on audition, they should really think whether their "talent" is really worth for people to watch in a headline show in Las Vegas. A headline show in Vegas would last at least 45 minutes, so if your talent is only to do one particular thing and you can't improve much on it, you're only going to bore the audience in Vegas i.e. NOT going to win the show, don't even bother trying out. Sounds harsh? A little bit, but it's Vegas. Las Vegas is packed with people with talents coming from all over the world to perform and amazes other people from all over the world who comes to see them.
Here are some acts/talents that would never win America's Got Talent:
1. Tap Dancing.
Tap dancing is great and require a lot of effort, but it will never win AGT especially if the contestant is performing alone. It's just not Las Vegas material. Who would watch 45 minute of a one person doing a tap dance? Unless you're a tap-dance enthusiasts, you'd get bored after 13 minutes of tap-dancing MAX!
2. A Solo Juggling Act
So you're in Vegas, guess how many people in Las Vegas can juggle? LOTS!!! Don't even bother applying if you're just going to juggle a set of balls, pins, swords, cats, a chain saw on a unicycle. We've all seen that at Circus Circus.
3. A monotone magic show/ Old tricks
Same reason as number two. There are so many great magicians in Vegas, if you're going to perform the same old magic tricks like pulling stuff out of a hat, making a girl inside a box disappear/stab the box with swords then split the box into two, you're not going to win. You gotta be to at least almost as good as Criss Angel or David Blaine to win.
4. Dog agility show
Sure your dogs are cute, can catches discs, and jump through some loops, but people want to see YOUR talent, not your dogs' talent. It's true coaching these dogs require a lot of talent, but during the performance, the dog is the center piece of the act and people forget about you. Plus if people are really interested in watching dog catching discs and other stuff, the dog agility competition would get more coverage on TV.
5. Harmonica
I don't care how good you are at playing a harmonica or four harmonicas at a time, but after listening to two songs, I would most likely be done and get bored with it. A harmonica sounds almost as annoying as a Vuvuzela after a while.
Honorable mention:Little kids performing anything.These kids are the cutest, energetic, and very talented; waaaaaaay more talented than most of the older people auditioning for the show. However, they aren't gonna win the show (other than the first season winner) because they are too young to be performing a show in Las Vegas on a nightly or even fortnightly basis. They got school to go to the next morning, homework to do after school, studying for tests, and hanging out with friends. Just wait til they finish high school at least, and then try out.
That's all I can think of right now, if you want to audition, think whether people would like to pay money to see you perform for at least 45 minutes. Be honest and don't be bias about it, you're only wasting the judges' time if your talent is not Vegas worthy.
One thing I don't understand about some contestants: If their talent is singing, why don't they audition for American Idol? OR if their talent is dancing, why don't they audition for So You Think You Can Dance?
