Judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff continued to whittle the acts down from 160 to 40 without missing an opportunity to reduce the contestants to tears. I will be so glad when this part of the show is over.
In part one, the judges told three dance groups, Breaksk8, Destined2Be and U4RIA, that they couldn’t determine which of them should advance to the Top 40. They gave all three groups the same musical track and challenged them to create a new routine in 12 hours. We didn’t get to see any of the full routines. The segments shown made it pretty obvious which group was going to win. Breaksk8’s routine was in sync while the other two groups were shown to be struggling with the choreography. Breaksk8 advanced.
Sent Home
In addition to U4RIA and Destined2Be, we saw the following acts eliminated:
Rashida Jolly – The soulful, singing harpist. This one bummed me out. She’s unique AND talented. I really wanted to hear her again.
Christopher & Laura Camp – The non-kinky bullwhip act.
Due Design – The buff, bald, new age acrobats.
The Flash – Acrobatic jugglers.
The Kalinins – Father and son acrobats.
Arthur Gulkarov – How do I describe Arthur? Let’s just say he was a contortionist dressed in a very gold costume.
Kara & Corey Britz – Actually, only Kara was there to get eliminated. She said her brother had received another opportunity that she told him to take even though it might cost her the competition. It did. I felt bad for her and I was disappointed. We only got to hear a couple of seconds of their act but they sounded quite good.
Kelli Glover – I’ll talk more about Kelli later on but, suffice it to say, the poor girl was raked over the coals.
Of course, this only scratched the surface of the 120 acts eliminated. Most of them didn’t get shown and many didn’t even get to perform during the audition shows. Amy Armstrong, who I’ve been waiting to see since week one, was nowhere to be seen. Obviously she was cut, but we never saw how or why. I’ll hazard a guess that we didn’t see it because they had no real rationale for cutting her except that they wanted a certain number of “weird” acts in the final 40 slots. The good news is that Amy, probably like several of the acts who were treated poorly by AGT, have loyal fans who do appreciate their talent.
The Rest of the Top 40
18) Breaksk8.
19) Paradizo Dance – husband and wife acrobatic dance team. I swear, I thought David was going to hyperventilate from all the melodramatic sighing he did before finally putting this pair through.
20) FootworKINGz – a hip hop dance group.
21) Ishaara – a Bollywood dance group.
22) Jeffrey Ou – a classical pianist we only heard briefly. I’ll give him this, though; he’s certainly a lot classier and more sensitive than the judges. Jeffrey was called in at the same time as Rashida Jolly. He was told yes and she was told no. He didn’t celebrate in front of her. Instead he was supportive and comforting to her and even cried over how hurt she was.
23) Eleisha (with an “E”) Miller – The 8 year old singer who seems a bit over-caffeinated. The judges cut more talented kids (Tallan Noble Latz and Ciana Pelekai) but kept Eleisha? Clearly there were motivations other than finding “the best new act in America”. Through no fault of her own, Eleisha is now the new face of why this show shouldn’t include little kids.
24) Mario & Jenny – The chainsaw juggling act.
25) Marcus Terell – This interaction with the judges was particularly cruel. There is no doubt in my mind that the judges (and producers) wanted Marcus so they set up a scenario in which he would have to abandon his backup singers (The Serenades) or they would have to bow out themselves. The girls did step aside to give Marcus his chance and, of course, the tears flowed.
26) Voices of Glory – The 3 siblings who sang “God Bless America”. After using these kids in promos for what seems like months now, they were a shoo-in.
27) Barbara Padilla – The lovely opera singer and cancer survivor.
28) Chris Allison – The glass eating guy. I’ll repeat my earlier critique – YUCK!
29) Rockin’ Rory – The Frisbee catching acrobatic dog.
30) Viva – The dancing dog.
31) Carol Lugo – The 62 year old ”dancer”. She was funny the first time around but I don’t think there’s any chance that this act will hold up.
32) Charles DeWayne Dorsey - The young, good-looking “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” singer.
33) Pixie Mystere – The dance/acrobatic team of little girls wearing body stockings with metallic polka dots. Please, please, please put these kids in different costumes.
34) An acrobatic group I just couldn’t identify. I do not understand why the show didn’t list the names of the acts on screen. At least let these poor people get some publicity.
35) The EriAm Sisters – The 3 adorable girls who sang “I Want You Back”.
36) Bri – Singer and keyboardist who looks a bit like Alanis Morissette.
37) Matt & Anthony – a.k.a. the act with no name who played guitar and tap danced. I love these guys.
38) Grandma Lee – The 75 year old comic who hit on Piers.
39) Alizma – What a shock. The pretty, blonde triplets advanced to the next round. At least they have more talent than the twins from last season.
40) Mia Boostrom - This was the final torment of Vegas week. Mia came before the judges with Kelli Glover. The judges basically had these poor girls begging to be put through. Kelli was nothing short of devastated when she was told no. Her emotions were very raw. By the time she was exiting she was getting angry and she had every right to be. It’s just not right to toy with people this way. Meanwhile, Mia was told yes but not until after the judges had her sobbing too. Seriously, I just wanted to slap all three of them.
The show ended with Simon Cowell calling the judges to announce that “we’ve got a problem”. My guess is that they really have a carefully orchestrated situation. Last season the audience was allowed to vote someone back into the competition and that person (Donald Braswell) ended up in the Top 5. I think we’ll be having another vote.
I hate Vegas week. I hated it last year and it’s even worse this year. It’s a non-stop exercise in dream crushing cruelty. Except for 3 of the dance groups, none of the participants needed to be in Vegas. The decision about which of the (over 160) acts would make it to the Top 40 were based solely on the original auditions. It could have been done with Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, David Hasselhoff and the show’s producers sitting in a conference room with a TV. Instead, all 160 acts flew out to Vegas and a quarter of them were cut before even getting out of the airport. I sincerely hope AGT paid for all those airfares. One of the acts cut immediately was the Lake Houston Performing Arts Center dance group of 8-14 year old girls. I have no problem with the choice not to put them in the Top 40. Frankly, I didn’t think they should have made it past the first round but imagine the money it took to fly all those kids, plus their chaperones, to Vegas. Even if AGT did foot the bill it’s still absurd. Hey, if they didn’t pay all that money out in airfares, maybe they could pay their million dollar prize out in less time than the current 40 years! No, all that money was invested so we could watch a couple of hours of people (and children) sobbing as they got their hearts broken.
I’m not going to try and recap this mess chronologically. I’m just going to do my best to list who made it and who didn’t. That, as it turns out, is challenging enough because the show didn’t use a graphic to show each act’s name. Jeez, at least give them a little publicity for their trouble!
Cut at the Airport
In addition to the Lake Houston kids, the judges cut:
Jay Mattioli – The magician with the levitating microphone stand.
Tallan Noble Latz – The 9 year old guitarist who was, by far, the most talented kid we saw during the auditions.
Kari Callin – The singer who the judges used as an excuse to tee off on cruise ship entertainers. After telling Kari in the auditions that she was too good for a cruise ship, they cut her from the show without a second listen.
Ciana Pelekai – The 8 year old who sang “At Last”. I said in my audition recap for Ciana that I didn’t like little kids on the show because I have no desire to see them hurt when they get cut. Unfortunately I was right and little Ciana was in tears over it. It can’t be good to put kids through this.
Sent Home
Keith Johnson – After being jerked around by the judges (who’d obviously already made up their minds), Keith reacted to being cut with a look that walked the line of hurt and pissed. He initially refused to talk with host Nick Cannon but did eventually give AGT the teary comments they so crave. Keith, you had every right to be mad. I don’t know if you should have been in the Top 40 (we didn’t get to hear much of your singing) but you certainly deserved better than to be used as an emotional punching bag.
Tony Ferrante – The 74 year old dancer who looked like Elvis. It was silly that he made it past the first round, and I was glad he wasn’t going to take the place of a more deserving act, but I still ended up feeling bad for him. I think they really did get the poor guy’s hopes up.
Joseph Constantine & KC – They appeared in front of the judges alongside fellow magician Drew Thomas. Drew was the choice to go to the Top 40 and it was the right call. The truth is that Joseph shouldn’t have been sent to Vegas in the first place. It was a sympathy pass that ended up just being mean.
Spiritual Harmonizers – The a cappella group that met as postal workers.
The Lollipop Girls – The burlesque act from the final audition show.
There were also a couple of other dance groups and a belly dancer that were sent home but I just couldn’t remember their names.
Top 40 – So Far
1) Pete Peterkin – The Obama impersonator.
2) Arcadian Broad – The “Billy Elliot” kid.
3) Acrodunk – The basketball dunking/acrobatic group.
4) The Platt Brothers – The dance/mime/acrobatic group.
5) Recycled Percussion – The group that drummed on ladders.
6) David Johnson – The comic who sang a love song about The Hoff.
7) Thia Megia – The 14 year old who sings like Jennifer Holiday.
8) G-Force – The 7-11 year old sisters who look like a Disney act.
9) Erik and Rickie – The 8 year old Ballroom dancers.
10) Mosaic – An a cappella singing group.
11) The Texas Tenors – The 3 tuxedoed cowboys who really should have been heard a second time before going through to the Top 40. They had some real problems with their blend and, if that hasn’t been fixed, they shouldn’t have gone through.
12) Manuela Horn – The yodeling dominatrix.
13) The Fab Five – The 5 sisters from Utah who clog/tap dance.
14) Drew Thomas – The magician with 3 gorgeous assistants – one of whom is his wife.
15) Hairo Torres – Breakdancer.
16) Kevin Skinner – The “Chicken Catcher” singer.
17) Lawrence Beaman – Another singer who, along with Kevin Skinner, was tortured for the final five minutes of the show by the judges. It would have been absurd if they hadn’t been put through and, in the case of Kevin Skinner, there would have been a meltdown on the message boards.
Three dance groups, Breaksk8, Destined2Be and U4RIA were called before the judges and told that they weren’t sure which, if any, of them to put in the Top 40. They were given a challenge of creating a new routine in 12 hours to the same musical track. It seems we’ll be seeing the results in the next episode.
Wow. That was an annoying hour. I’m so not looking forward to part 2.
After last week’s double elimination, only 7 contestants remain. Host Marissa Jaret Winokur showed up at their loft to announce that the show would be assigning dance styles this week. Each person drew their style and movie song choice from a bucket of popcorn. Some were thrilled and others were panic stricken.
I have to say, I could really see a difference in the appearance of each contestant this week. Hopefully they could see it too.
Shayla & Mario: Shayla was still battling her ankle injury this week which limited what she could do physically. She was assigned a hip hop routine to “Low” from “Step Up 2″. Her partner did a great job with the choreography. The focus always stayed on Shayla and the moves were interesting. Shayla doesn’t have Pinky’s sharpness in hip hop but she did still do a very credible job. Mayte Garcia scored the dance an 8 saying she appreciated how Shayla was fighting through her injury. Lisa Ann Walter called Shayla a star and gave it a 9 adding that it was great to see her do something other than sexy. Danny Teeson gave Shayla an 8 commenting that she was starting to separate herself from the rest of the pack. Average: 8.3. On the scale, Shayla lost 5 pounds for a total of 2.60%. Total Score: 10.90. She was beyond thrilled.
Pinky & Mr. Lucky: When last we checked in with Pinky she was down to just 951 calories a day and wasn’t losing much weight. Of course not! She was in starvation mode. She met again with the show’s nutritionist (Meg Werner Moreta) who said Pinky was eating too much peanut butter and jelly. How much PB&J can someone eat on 951 a day!?! Pinky said that, this week, she was making a point of eating all her fruits and vegetables. Pinky was assigned a tap routine to “Shout” from “Animal House”. She’s a very gifted dancer but Pinky was out of her element. You could see the effort behind every step. None of it looked natural. Mayte called the performance “OK” and gave it a 6 because of the lack of connection between the partners. Lisa Ann said she did see a connection but added that there was a bit too much Latin influence which caused Pinky’s upper body to be too loose. She gave it a 7. Danny liked it but didn’t love it and gave it a 7. Average: 6.7. For the week, Pinky lost 4.2 pounds for a total of 2.35%. Total Score: 9.05.
Miles & Michelle: Miles isn’t a trained dancer (he said he’d never had a lesson) so this week’s routine was tough for him. He said he was trying to just stay focused – particularly on his eating. He was much more concerned with being sent home because of a lack of weight loss than for low dance scores. Miles had to do a Jazz routine to the theme from “Fame”. How do I say this gently? It was clearly a routine choreographed by a girl who wasn’t remembering that her partner was a man. It was all rather silly and sloppy. Mayte gave it a 5 saying it looked like a dance recital. Lisa Ann also gave it a 5 saying it just didn’t do anything for her. Danny (whose face was priceless as he watched) said he “absolutely hated it.” He gave it a 6 because Miles was at least trying. Average: 5.3. On the scale, Miles lost 6 pounds for a total of 2.48%. Total Score: 7.78. He was not a happy camper. Miles, buddy, your partner let you down this week.
Mara & Paul: Mara has a very touching back-story. She lost her brother to complications from diabetes and is diabetic herself. In just 5 weeks she has lowered her blood sugar levels to the point of not needing her medication. She was assigned a Tango to “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” from “The Wedding Singer”. Mara has a big, boisterous personality so the constrained nature of the Tango had to have been a challenge. It started off weak but, once Mara got to her solo section, it all kicked into high gear. Mayte gave it an 8 saying she loved the connection. Lisa Ann also liked the sections that had Mara dancing separately and gave it an 8. Danny gave it a 7 saying he loved the routine that Paul designed. Average: 7.7. For the week, Mara lost 5 pounds for a total of 2.03%. Total Score: 9.73.
Ruben & Hilary: Ruben was feeling very positive about himself. He was feeling healthier and could see the physical changes in the mirror. He wasn’t, however, feeling too good about his dance. He had to do a Foxtrot to “Old Time Rock and Roll” from “Risky Business”. I think they had the toughest song/dance combination. They did their best to put some appropriate personality in the routine but the traditional Foxtrot steps just looked out of place. Mayte enjoyed seeing Ruben’s obvious love for dancing and gave him an 8. Lisa Ann gave it just a 6 saying she was disappointed by the lack of passion, power and actual Foxtrot steps. Danny gave it an 8 saying he had very low expectations for the routine but was pleasantly surprised. Average: 7.3. On the scale, Ruben lost 10.3 pounds (Wow!) for a total of 3.64%. Total Score: 10.94. He’s lost a total of 41.8 pounds since starting the show!
That left Trice and Alicia in the bottom two for weight loss and Miles in last place on the leader board.
Trice & Jesus: Poor Trice. She had to do a Fosse style dance to “All That Jazz” from “Chicago”. Bob Fosse did not choreograph for voluptuous women. Supermodels were probably too curvy for him but Trice gave it her best shot. Several of the moves looked awkward (how could they not?) but she nailed the personality of the dance. Mayte congratulated Jesus on the job he did training Trice. Lisa Ann liked that Trice was still able to bring the joy and fun even while focusing on her posture. Danny said Trice made up for her flipper like feet with performance and style. For the week, Trice lost 3.9 pounds for a total of 1.55%.
Alicia & Italo: Alicia took previous criticism from the judges to heart and worked on strengthening her core. She had to dance a Jive to “Maniac” from “Flashdance” and she went for it with all the classic moves and even the torn sweatshirt. My problem with it was that she did it all with a rather angry look on her face. Mayte said she could see improvement with Alicia’s core but she needed to also focus on staying with the beat. Lisa Ann somehow saw joy (?) in the dance but noted that some of the Jive steps were not as complete as they should have been. Alicia got a little defensive over that remark. Danny was bothered by the lack of actual Jive steps. For the week, Alicia lost 4.2 pounds (which is a good number for someone in the bottom two) for a total of 1.76%.
Miles, Trice and Alicia lined up for the final results.
Alicia: Mayte – 7, Lisa Ann – 7, Danny – 6. Average: 6.7. Total Score = 8.46. She was safe.
Trice: Mayte – 7, Lisa Ann – 8, Danny – 6. Average: 7.0. Total Score: 8.55.
Miles was going home. He was sweet, gracious and funny in defeat. I’m going to miss him. Trice, on the other hand, seriously lost points with me by going crazy with her celebration right in front of Miles. Honey, that wasn’t your moment. It was his and you just looked thoughtless.
Next Week: It’s Swing dancing and the person who finishes in the top spot will get to make a call home.
Bonus footage and sneak peeks are available at Oxygen’s website here:
Posted on July 27th, 2009 by Princess Kitty in Television
“Entertainment Tonight” has a collection of interviews with the cast and executive producers of “Ghost Whisperer” at the San Diego Comic-Con. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jaime Kennedy, Camryn Manheim and Christoph Sanders give scoop about the birth of Melinda and Jim’s baby and the 5 year time jump the show will make so that the kid will be interesting.
J Love also discusses her new comic book series, “Jennifer Love Hewitt’s The Music Box”. The premiere issue is set for November, 2009.
Posted on July 26th, 2009 by Princess Kitty in Television
The cast of the (thankfully) renewed “Chuck” made an appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con and they opened in perfect “Chuck” fashion – with Jeffster! Buy More’s own Jeff and Lester rocked the house with “Fat Bottom Girls” and, thanks to YouTube, we can witness the fun.
The show’s creators also announced a new website for the show: http://chuckmeout.com/
There are several cute videos posted already but you do have to sit through some commercials to watch them.
Posted on July 25th, 2009 by Princess Kitty in Music
I know. Me posting a video by Eminem is nothing short of bizarre but the shots of Tiger Stadium being torn down pushed all my buttons and I was wiping away tears by the end of it. Eminem’s lyrics, and certainly his original video, for “Beautiful” are self indulgent to say the least but placing the song in this broader context worked for me.
Warning: This is still Eminem so the language contained in the video is definitely R rated.
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by Princess Kitty in Talk Shows
I’ll jump on the bandwagon! This video has been everywhere today and deservedly so. Can you imagine what the reception was like?
The bride and groom were on the “Today Show” this morning (see clip below) and the whole wedding party will be on the show tomorrow (Saturday, 7-25) to recreate the dance.
Whew! We’re finally at the end of the audition phase. The show jumped around to all the audition cities for this wrap-up.
What do you know? They finally started a show with a good act – and then Piers lost his mind and X’d them! Breaksk8 does breakdancing while wearing roller skates and I thought they were quite impressive. For some inexplicable reason, Piers Morgan thought the roller skates made the act less interesting. Sharon Osbourne wisely said yes to the group immediately and, after much hemming and hawing, David Hasselhoff also agreed to put the group through to Vegas. Considering some of the silly acts this trio has already approved, it was ridiculous for them to be dithering over these talented guys.
The show then launched into a speed round of successful acts including an a cappella group named Mosaic, a burlesque dance group named The Lollipop Girls (insert eye roll here), a musical act that drummed on ladders called Recycled Percussion and a pianist named Jeffrey Ou who played classical music with the enthusiasm of Jerry Lee Lewis. There was also another dance group (SQ Entertainment) that used chairs in their act which, for some reason, Piers seemed more impressed by then the roller skates. You do have to wonder what these judges are thinking sometimes.
The above acts all had very little screen time but it was much, much more than the next poor group got. There were at least 6 acts that only got to be seen celebrating being passed to Vegas and this made me scream at my TV. One of those acts was Amy Armstrong and I’ve been waiting all season to see her. Years ago I did some theater with Amy and I know firsthand how tremendously talented she is. “Entertainment Tonight” ran a clip of her audition in one of their stories about AGT and, as always, she sounded great. At first I was tempted to blame this all on the Susan Boyle interview that took the last 15 minutes of the episode but that wasn’t the real problem. No, the real culprit was the absurd amount of time the show has devoted to uninspired bad acts. As I’ve said before, I’m OK with the train wrecks that are funny and show some effort but there were way too many this season that were just plain dull. Anyway, I hope Amy gets some decent airtime in the next round because she deserves to be heard.
Now that I’ve vented, let’s get back to the show -
Koshka Raenelle – Once again, I wish I could have heard more. She obviously has a powerhouse voice. Some of the notes sounded quite exciting but Koshka also sang a few that seemed off. Chances are that was just bad editing.
Ciana Pelekai – An 8 year old girl who sang “At Last”. She was quite good and cute as a button but I’m just not comfortable with little kids being on this show. It’s hard for me to believe that being put in this kind of high pressure situation is good for them. Yes, her little smile was precious but, at some point she’s going to get cut, and I truly have no desire to watch that happen.
Joseph James (a.k.a. JoJo) – The screechy choir director. David was spot on when he said this guy’s voice was like the squeaking of air escaping from a balloon. I couldn’t tell if the man was being serious about the audition or not.
That led to a parade of bad acts including a couple of guys fighting with each other while playing the piano (Brian and Anthony Lockard) and an opera singer who was accompanied by an electric guitar (Inara Darko). That was actually a rather clever idea but the song choice was not good.
Beale Street Flippers (pictured above) – These guys were great. It was a combination tumbling and dance routine and they honestly looked like they had springs for ankles. It was a whole lot of fun.
As I mentioned above, the final 15 minutes were given over to Meredith Vieira’s interview with Susan Boyle. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Susan has had a makeover – but nothing dramatic. She still looks like herself and came across as shy and unassuming. I’m in this lady’s corner and I hope her CD sells like crazy. I certainly intend to buy it.
In the preview for Vegas Week we found out that these crazy judges have passed through over 160 acts. I fully expect them to repeat last season’s cruel trick and cut a bunch without giving them another chance. I’m also going to bet that they will make several other choices that will infuriate me as they whittle it down to 40.
To end on a happier note, let me pay some respect to Breaksk8:
The MySpace auditions. Ugh. My least favorite part of the AGT audition process. Apparently people submitted audition clips via MySpace and, after what I can only assume was a night of heavy drinking, the producers picked this set of acts to appear on the show. Yes, there are talented people on the internet – but you wouldn’t know it from this.
The torturing of host Nick Cannon, judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff AND us began with:
Jerry “El Vegas” Katz – An Elvis impersonator accompanied by two tone deaf showgirls. David said he didn’t hit the X on Jerry because he wanted to know what was going to happen next. Once it was over, David still wasn’t sure what had happened.
This debacle was followed by The Jumping Eagles, a group of teenage jump rope enthusiasts who kept tripping, and Shaun Berkey, a bad singer who didn’t even have the redeeming quality of being funny. The segment ended with Shaunie, who seemed like a drag queen that forgot to put on a wig and make-up.
Ashley Groff – Avril Lavigne meets “The Exorcist”. She vacillated between a thin, reedy voice and a satanic scream. She was awful but definitely funny.
Ishaara – A Bollywood style dance group. I’m lukewarm about this act. They danced and lip synced to the “Slumdog Millionaire” song “Jai Ho”. The dance was fun and well executed but it was a little difficult to get excited about this version. Piers called it “original” and “fresh” except that it wasn’t. Frankly, it was a bit like watching the backup dancers in the Pussycat Dolls video. Anyway, I’m hoping to be more impressed with them in the next round.
The Flash – Acrobatic jugglers who only got a couple seconds of airtime. They looked good and were very cute despite wearing some horrifying costumes.
Duo Design – A new age circus act that was freaky and amazing. It began with one of the guys balancing his full weight on the head of the second guy (see picture above). Piers actually X’d them but did have the good sense to wait until that part was over so no one would get their neck snapped. David and Sharon did end up putting this pair (and their fabulous pecs) through to Vegas.
Eddie & The Puppet Divas – Actually, there was only one puppet diva – Tina Turner. The thing is, neither Eddie nor his puppet danced anything like Tina.
Marcus Terell & The Serenades – This was a tough one. Marcus is a talented and engaging singer but The Serenades were weak. The judges were absolutely correct when they said the girls were bringing down the act. It was like they weren’t even trying to blend with each other. The group was put through to Vegas and I really hope they listened to what was said. If they are going to stay as a group then The Serenades have a lot of work ahead of them.
Charles DeWayne Dorsey – Normally this would have been the final act of the episode. Charles is a handsome young man with a solid voice and keyboard skills and a devoted mom looking on from the wings. Everything AGT loves. I suspect he’ll be around for a while. My only suggestion to him would be to cut back to just two names. I can’t help but think “serial killer” when I hear three names and Charles is much too cute for that.
A montage of other successful acts followed including a hip hop dance crew named Encore, a standup comic (Alycia Cooper) who only got to tell one joke and N2UN (pronounced “In Tune”) a piano and violin duo. There was also a brother and sister musical act that really should have received more airtime (Kara & Corey Britz). The couple of bars of Kara’s singing that we got to hear sounded exceptional.
Heavy Vee – This was an odd choice to end the episode. Vee can move but she didn’t really have a dance act. She just seemed to be winging it. Nick came out to dance with her after she got X’d by all three judges and that was cute. She seemed like a sweet kid so it was nice to see her leave on a high note but it certainly wasn’t much of a closer.
Picking a video for this one wasn’t easy but I went with Charles because he was the best of the bunch:
