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Learn more- The seventh and final week of opening auditions on "America's Got Talent" proved, mostly, that what happens on MySpace should stay on MySpace. After visiting six cities across the land, Tuesday night's episode gave a chance at the $1 million prize to people who had uploaded their auditions on MySpace.com. It would be the last chance for contestants to make it to the Vegas callbacks for a shot at glory.
The result was mixed, but mostly unfavorable as only a couple of heartwarming stories emerged from a crowd of mediocre or worse performances.
Best of the night: The biggest crowd pleaser of the night went to the show's big finish, Army Sgt. Daniel Jens, whose story of spending 15 months in Iraq, got the crowd on his side quickly. Jens said his guitar playing and singing helped keep morale high for him and his fellow soldiers in the desert and that he was proud to have a chance to perform in front of such a large crowd and on national television. Jens sang Edwin McCain's "I'll Be," with Bryan Adams-esque gusto and earned himself a trip to a more desirable desert location in Las Vegas.
A tear-jerker of a tale came from Holly Stone, a 44-year-old nurse who said she'd always wanted to be a singer but had to give up those dreams when she got pregnant at 18. Stone gave the baby up for adoption and ended up using MySpace to find her long lost daughter. The social networking site also scored her the audition on "America's Got Talent," and she made the most of it by singing Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing." Judge Piers Morgan said he honestly wasn't expecting much, but praised Stone's performance and gave her an enthusiastic pass to the next round. David Hasselhoff cried out that "only in America" could someone find their loved one online and then parlay that into a national TV performance and a chance at $1 million and a show on the Las Vegas strip. That's probably true.
A percussion group of six guys banging on drums and buckets blew the crowd away with its precision and high-energy display. Judge Sharon Osbourne actually gave the group a "no" vote because she didn't think the act could sustain a 90-minute show. The Hoff was totally behind the group and Piers, while skeptical, decided to give them another shot in Vegas and voted "yes."
The most fun of the night came courtesy of Randy Hanson, a 47-year-old carpenter who offered up an Ozzy Osbourne impersonation that had Sharon questioning what her eyes and ears were showing her. "Could you take your trousers down so I could check you're not my husband?" Sharon asked. Far be it from the judges to have Sharon ask the guy to drop trou and not send him to Vegas. He got through.
Worst of the night: The night started badly with a hobbit-looking, self-proclaimed "rock 'n' roll magician" named Michael Trixx. He strung together a bunch of amateurish gags -- a feather turning into a baton, matches turning into handkerchiefs, making a burning candle disappear -- to the tune of Judas Priest's "You've Got Another Thing Coming." The only thing he had coming was a trip home.
Eloy Rendon reinforced Rule #1 on "America's Got Talent": Spoken word doesn't fly. Especially when it's "motivational" spoken word talking about holes in people's souls. He was quickly buzzed and booed off stage, but we've got a pretty good hunch he'll get over it.
Just plain weird: A mother-daughter act that wasn't too specific about its talent proved to be the oddest performance of the night, whistling "Climb Every Mountain" from "The Sound of Music." Mom, age 79, and daughter, age 38, forced some piercing sounds out of their pursed lips for much longer than necessary as the crowd booed mercilessly and eventually to to chanting, "Off! Off! Off!" Piers called the act "irritating, pointless, childish and a waste of our time." Harsh, but true.
On to Vegas, baby! The episode wrapped the preliminary audition process and next week brings the Vegas callbacks, where more hopes and dreams will be smashed and others will continue on the road to $1 million.
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