‘AGT’ goes live without injured Simon Cowell, without an audience – and with a surprising new judge [Video]


this week: With COVID-19 still apparently affecting all TV productions, that means there could not be a live studio audience yet. Instead, a virtual Zoom audience (imagine) Brady Bunch grid the size of a wall) knocked and cheered the participants on. And many of those contestants did not perform directly before the judges, but at various open venues scattered throughout the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and backyard. (AGTLive performances normally take place indoors at LA’s Dolby Theater, but not this year.) Children’s dancers Simon and Maria crave a retro routine at Mel’s Diner, hog act Pork Chop Revue wades down Western Street, and sassy sisters Double Dragon parade from Western Street to Mexican Street, for example. Ukulele prodigy Feng-E even had to apply his achievements in his native Taiwan due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, but he received the most brilliant set-design treatment of all. “Data-reactid =” 38 “> Simon was the only one who did not fill a seat AGT this week: With COVID-19 still apparently affecting all TV productions, that means there could not be a live studio audience yet. Instead, a virtual Zoom audience (imagine) Brady Bunch grid the size of a wall) knocked and cheered the participants on. And many of those contestants did not perform directly before the judges, but at various open venues scattered throughout the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and backyard. (AGTLive performances normally take place indoors at LA’s Dolby Theater, but not this year.) Children’s dancers Simon and Maria crave a retro routine at Mel’s Diner, hog act Pork Chop Revue wades down Western Street, and sassy sisters Double Dragon parade from Western Street to Mexican Street, for example. Ukulele prodigy Feng-E even had to apply his achievements in his native Taiwan due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, but he received the most brilliant set-design treatment of all.

That, despite all these obstacles (and one last sniff, when Bello’s father / daughter dares to step in) Bello & Annaliese Nock also injured his back and had to withdraw from this week’s league, causing Annaliese and her rapidly recruiting brother a retooled do “double-wheel of death from fire” routine that almost went into disaster), the show went on. And it was a very entertaining show. Kelly really seemed to enjoy herself, and they fit right in. , especially when criticizing singing performances like Shaquira McGrath, Roberta Battaglia, or Archie Williams. Simon missed this week, but hopefully he will return soon – if Kelly lets him have his seat back, that is.

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I personally would like Double Dragon to make it through, but I think voters will dismiss it as a novelty act. Hopefully, the suggestions from Sofia Vergara and Howie that the ‘Bang Bang’ twins will get their own sitcom as a reality series will be taken seriously by the NBC brass.

now. But voting on Wednesday’s results shows to find out, and to see Kelly back in Simon’s chair. “Data-reactid =” 53 “> Of course, with an all-bets-inside-off season like this, it’s almost impossible to predict exactly what’s going to happen America’s Got Talent now. But voting on Wednesday’s results shows up to find out, and to see Kelly back in Simon’s seat.

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