So, this summer Jared and I got all excited about the show, America’s Got Talent. For some reason, we think it’s pretty awesome. We got hooked last year when we saw Terry Fator the singer/ventriloquist (if you have NOT seen Terry Fator, you are really missing out! Last year, we went to Utah’s State Fair where he performed for a hour and a half and it was absolutely AWESOME.) But I digress.
So Jared and I were hopeful that this year would be as promising as last year, and all in all, it has been. There’s always a few choices that the judges make that make me go “HOW DID YOU GET THE POSITION OF JUDGE?! COME ON!” but there was a surprising lack of that. And so then it got to the point where America votes. And they did a pretty good job… up til tonight.
The options were Queen Emily (awesome Diva singer), Eli Mattson (talented singer/piano player), Neal E. Boyd the crybaby, Donald Braswell the musical theatre guy, and Nuttin But Stringz, the amazing R&B violin playing brother duo. Straight out, I wanted Nuttin But Stringz to win. They were so creative, and so talented, and I absolutely loved the music they played. I was absolutely shocked by the results… Queen Emily left first, followed by Donald, then Nuttin But Stringz. I thought “Well, Eli’s got to have this in the bag!” But no. When they announced that Neal won first place, I thought I might just die.
My faith in the American Public has been officially broken. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?! Seriously- he can’t even go 10 seconds without crying. I didn’t let Jared watch Neal’s finale song… let’s face it, he would be crying to hard to be any good anyway. I have nothing against opera; he has a pretty decent voice, but America made a big mistake tonight. Maybe there was a fluke with the voting system… or something.
I know I’m not the only one feeling this way. Right afterwards, Jared found this blog link, which made me feel a little better:
http://blog.zap2it.com/ithappenedlastnight/2008/10/americas-got-ta.html
Okay. Well, I think I can go back to grading again… now that I’m calmed down a bit. 🙂 Thanks for listening to my rant about stupid shows and the crazy people who vote for them. lol.
Oh my friend Sarah was super mad that Eli didn’t win over the crybaby guy too! Interestingly enough she was telling me about it… right when I read about it on your blog! Dun dun dun! Crazy huh!
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