The judges on America’s Got Talent make Paula Abdul look tough, but I’ll say this much for ‘em: At least they chose the Millers, the best of last night’s 10 semifinal acts (watch ‘em all here), to advance to the series’ finals. Indeed, while I wouldn’t rank the harmonica among my top 20 instruments, little LD Miller (pictured) rocked that mouth organ almost as hard as Meryl Streep rocks Prada. (For those of you who haven’t seen either, that would be wicked hard!) As for Piers Morgan’s argument that the brotherly duo would be better off as a solo act, let’s not discount Luke Wilson look-alike Cole’s raspy-voiced charms; sure, the kid’s the star, but to paraphrase a line from Chicago, he simply cannot do it alone.
Of course, with the judges giving the Millers their nod, it’s going to be a very close race for the audience choice. I’m praying it’s not yodeler Taylor Ware. For one thing, nothing creeps me out more than hearing a child say, ”I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life.” Um, no. Just… no. Secondly, yodeling? Really? I’d rather see plucky harpist Corina Brouder give an encore performance (as long as she promises to use her hairbrush the way God intended) or perhaps All That, although the herky-jerky camera cuts made it hard to tell just how good the carefully coiffed cloggers really were. (Was I the only one who saw more than a few out-of-sync hand movements goin’ on?) I’d even take hula-hoop specialist Hoopalicious — for her name and her quotability. A woman who’ll admit to a national TV audience that she makes her parents proud by paying the rent ‘’shaking my booty inside of a hoop” ought to pull more votes than junior high Xtina wannabes or a guy who thinks putting costumes on dogs is an actual skill. So who’s your pick to join the Millers in the finals? All must be revealed.
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Thank you for mentioning the “herky-jerky camera cuts”. This is very irritating on both this show and So You Think You Can Dance. Do they have a 9 year old kid with ADHD running the cameras? They zoom out, they zoom in, they go low, they go high, they shoot from the left, they shoot from the right, they show one person/two people/one and a half people. I was beginning to think I was the only one who noticed this.
Most of the acts were pretty good, but I still don’t think I’ve seen a million-dollar-good act. They’re entertaining enough not to make me turn the channel, but that’s about it. They should pick the top five acts and split the million between them.
Piers is a joke telling the Millers to disband. Quick, name 5 solo harmonica stars. It is not a solo instrument and needs a singer/guitarist to work.
question: why no “so you think you can dance” coverage on popwatch? it’s totally lived up to — and surpassed — its role as american idol hiatus filler.
John Popper or Tom Cochrane need to take LD under their wing. The chances are good that like the Finn and Van Halen brothers, they will form their own band and perhaps get a good singer. They have potential of becoming a decent blues band.
I don’t think that the yodel girl should have gotten through – it should have been the cloggers “ALL THAT”
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LD of the Millers is the most amazing act I’ve seen in my life and I’m sixty. That kid has got music in his bones. The brother ain’t bad either in my opinion. Their act belongs together. GO LD!!!!!!
Corina’s hair was gorgeous. Don’t know what you
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