AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
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08-19-2009 9:00PM
08-25-2009 8:00PM

5 MORE ACTS JOINING THE TOP 20 ARE REVEALED LIVE - The votes are in and five more acts from the previous night move on to make up the top 20. Those acts will continue their pursuit of the million dollar prize and will be one step closer to becoming the most talented person in America. Nick Cannon hosts and David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne also star as the celebrity panel of judges.
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'HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL'S' ASHLEY TISDALE AND GRAMMY-NOMINATED ROCK GROUP DAUGHTRY TO PERFORM ON 'AMERICA'S GOT TALENT' LIVE RESULTS SHOW AUGUST 19
Published: August 17, 2009

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – August 17, 2009 – NBC's "America's Got Talent," the number one show of the summer, will announce the next five acts to move into the Top 20 on its live results show, Wednesday, August 19 (9-10 p.m. ET). The show will also feature live performances from the rock group Daughtry and "High School Musical's" Ashley Tisdale. Daughtry will sing their No.1 hit single, "No Surprise," and Tisdale will be singing her new single, "It' Alright, It's Okay."

Chris Daughtry, from North Carolina, formed the band Daughtry with bassist Josh Paul from LA, drummer Joey Barnes also from North Carolina, guitarist Brian Craddock from Virginia, and guitarist Josh Steely from San Diego at the end of 2006. Daughtry, a19/RCA recording artist, currently tops the chart with its second album and has achieved global success with its self-titled debut. A hit in both artistic and commercial terms, the band's Grammy-nominated, quintuple-platinum debut accomplished the rare feat of charting three #1 hits. With release of "Leave This Town," Daughtry is back at #1. The band recorded the album's 12 songs in Los Angeles with returning producer Howard Benson (All-American Rejects, My Chemical Romance). The entire album features inspired performances by the quintet held together by anthemic hooks, impassioned vocals, and lyrics laced with wisdom found through searching horizons and rearviews. The songs shift smoothly from powerful arena-rock ("No Surprise," "Ghost of Me"), to hushed ballads ("September") and emotional mid-tempo rockers ("Life After You," "Learned My Lesson"). "Leave This Tow" also includes the country-influenced "Tennessee Line," that features vocal harmonies by country-music superstar Vince Gill. For more information, please visit www.daughtryofficial.com.

Ashley Tisdale has quickly become one of Hollywood's brightest talents on both the silver screen and on television. Best known for her role as Sharpay Evans, Tisdale starred opposite Zac Efron in the original movie musical, "High School Musical," directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. The film premiered in January 2006 and was the highest rated telecast in Disney Channel history. Tisdale made music history by becoming the first female artist to ever debut with two songs simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ("Bop To The Top" and "What I've Been Looking For," both from the RIAA triple-platinum certified "High School Musical" soundtrack). Tisdale recently won a MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance: Female for her performance in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" and can currently be seen in the 20th Century Fox feature film Aliens in the Attic from producer Barry Josephson. Tisdale's sophomore album from Warner Brothers Records, "Guilty Pleasure," was released in July and her debut album "Headstrong" for Warner Bros. RecordsM, has sold over a million copies worldwide.

"America's Got Talent" is produced by FremantleMedia North America and Simon Cowell's SYCO Television. Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz ("American Idol"), Jason Raff ("Momma's Boys") and Scott St. John ("Deal or No Deal") serve as executive producers.

We're open, and the acts in the voting are:

FootworKINGz, Chicago, Illinois (Dance Ensemble) 01/ on to the semi-finals

G-Force, Amherst, Ohio (Girl Band) 09/ going home

Lawrence Beamen, Walnut Creek, California (Singer) 12/ on to the semi-finals

Hairo Torres, Grants Pass, Oregon (Breakdancer) 08/ on to the semi-finals

Mario & Jenny, Las Vegas, Nevada (Comedy Variety Duo) 11/ on to the semi-finals

Bri Bernstein, Las Vegas, Nevada (Singer/Musician) 05/ going home

Dave Johnson, Renton, Washington (Acoustic Comedy) 07/ going home

Pixies Mystere, Cape May, New Jersey (Dance/Contortionist Group) 03/ going home

Jeffrey Ou, Carrollton, Texas (Pianist) 10/ on to the semi-finals

Marcus Terrell and the Serenades, Kansas City, Missouri (Singer) 02/ going home

And the Wildcard acts are:

Jay Mattioli 04/ going home

U4RIA Dance 06/ going home

Looking forward to see Daughtry perform tonight.

omg i'm shocked

I'm glad Jeffery wasn't robbed because of that technical malfuction- Sharon probably thought that would have cost him the spot...

I'm actually upset Jeffrey went through.

Sure it sucked what happened to him, but ***IT WAS HIS OWN ACT'S FAULT*** his dancers kicked off the mics. It wasn't NBC's fault, it was their mistake.

The reason i'm upset is because, even though i thought he was good and had potential, i had him in maybe 7th or 8th place. But because people felt bad for him, 1 act who didn't deserve to go home tonight will go home. I don't think he was top 5 material.

oh well.

wake me when the guest act is over.

It was America's decision though, and they voted him through, you can't fault him for that, it was a toss up and the consequence of them all performing live. People were told to vote based on the first half of his performance, not the technical difficulty.

I wish we could know the vote count. How do we know this is on the up and up. How is it determined who is paired with who for elimination.

I'm willing to bet he doesn't personally know the dancers...

Tisdale isn't that good, I couldn't even finish watching her so called performance.

I'm pretty sure they were added in by the producers or something.

Jeff Oh truly deserved to move on to the next round. I was really shocked and disheartened by Sharon Osborne's reaction to Jeff being chosen over Bri. I consider Sharon Osborne to be one of the more understanding and compassionate judges of the three, yet she was very disrespectful to Jeff and his talents. Jeff was not competing against Bri, but rather Bri got fewer votes overall. I think Jeff and his fans deserve an apology.

this is a mercy killing...

Hey Hoff,

my mother and I are sitting and watching the live results show as i am typing this. I am very disappointed in Sharron's reaction to Bre being eliminated.

She was very rude to Jeffrey Ou who beat her out for the spot, and we were SHOCKED!! I would like to know what in the world she was thinking, and why she would think that it is acceptable - at any point, no matter how she felt about the situation - to be so cruel.

Jeffrey Ou has just as much talent as Bre. I would like for her to think about how she much of an impact that she has on how Jeffrey will feel now, and what that will do to his confidence in his talent.

thanks,
Courtney

The producers acutally pick out the stuff for a lot of the acts. Whether it be add dancers, extras, the song choice. As noted by the hoff last season when that girl sang Bleeding Love. He made a comment about having been given a tough song to sing.

At least she isn't lip-syncing like Mr. Hoff did in season 1...


I laughed when those two were paired up against Lawrence...

They were still a part of the act.

Here's my problem. I feel too many people here are saying:

"Oh My God, that's so unfair what happened to him! Let me vote for him Because I feel bad!"

Whereas, in all honnesty. Jeffrey should probably be thinking right now "Thank God that happened last night. There's no way I'd be top 5 if not for all the pity votes"

He's good, but wasn't top 5 last night. I'm disappoitned Marcus and the Serenades were voted away, yet Jeffrey is still here.

Wow neither Marcus or BRI made Top 6?
Looks like America has finally started losing the heavy favoritism for singing acts.

I agree. I switched over to the Octomom special.

Maybe everyone poured their votes into Lawrence...

If this is strictly based on what would work in Vegas, then Mario and Jenni have this won. Their type of act is exactly what Vegas is.

I don't think any performer could be bad enough to make me do that!

Uh, I would have to say she was!

No real surprises tonight so far.

Gah!! Our local channel is having serious weather related issues and keeps losing signal so I'm missing it!

I pretty much agree with that, but most viewers don't vote with the "Vegas act" mentality in mind. They simply vote for who they like more.
I don't think Mario & Jenny have enough appeal to AGT's core voting audience to actually win this thing. I always assumed that the mass majority voters are in the over-35 and female with children crowd. Not exactly the types to choose scary, circus type acts.


Awesome, Hairo goes through!

How ridiculous. Bri going home and Jeffery Ou going through. Anyone agree?

These little girls (Pixie Mystere) better get through!

Wooohooooo!!! Hairo went through!!!! All my votes went to him!!!

Footwork Kings advanced.

Yes, I totally agree with that. Bri sang off pitch through half of her song. Jeffrey is far more talented. It's about time that America came to their senses long enough to recognize that somebody performing classical music can be more talented that another mediocre pop singer. Don't we have enough of those already?

Aw, I feel sorry for the little girls... I hope they come back next year!

This is so stupid! Stop letting the judges choose between 5th and 6th place, and put 5th place through. This is such BS! By the way Sharon, in a competition the best act should win because they're the best, not because the other act is young so they have more opportunities left in the future. Such crap!

I have to agree with the judges, those little girls were too young for Vegas, and they'll have plenty more chances ahead of them. FootworKINGz already proved they have a Vegas worthy act.

No I don't.

I much prefered Bri.

and Marcus Terrell too

No way! Jeffrey was way better and so talented.

Hello David,
I am truly shocked Bri didn't go through. Everyone here is shocked. We already had our final 2 picked and She was definitely one of them. You have any comments? Think there may be a way to get her back in?

Wow...interesting choices by America but I like it! I was glad to see Jeffrey go through over Bri who I thought was very overrated by the judges. She has talent and will probably have a career but she just didn't sing very well last night, IMHO. The non-thriller of the night was Lawrence in the group with David and Jay. Did anyone really think Lawrence wasn't going through? I was also surprised that Marcus didn't do better in the voting, but very pleased that Mario and Jenny went through. Hairo was also a surprise, but I really like him as well.

The judges had a tough call to make, but they made the right call regardless of their reasoning. I agree, youth shouldn't be the deciding factor. Honestly, I thought FootworKingz were just a slight bit (a very slight bit, mind you) better than the very talented Pixies.

Again, I wish a couple of these acts had been on last week's show.

That's how I saw it. I agreed with the judges as well (for once).

I didn't really think Bri was all that great, honestly.

Isn't that what I said?

Then why let them compete at all? I'm so sick of this with this show. They have had so many extremely talented kids this year, and yet, they keep cutting them in favor of older, less dynamic and talented acts. If you're not going to keep them because they're young, then don't let them compete. They may think they're doing them a favor now, but really they're giving them a complex and a horrible explanation that doesn't make any sense!

My reaction was less shocked and more pleasantly surprised. I didn't think Bri was that good.

Really? Never mind what I said then...

Marcus! wow you were robbed. I thought you were amazing and I have to wonder how in the world Marcus came in below 6th in voting....oh well. Other than that I am pretty satisfied with the results.

I don't quite understand that, either. Maybe it's to be nice since the show does say "All ages can try out for the show!".

I didn't think Bri was good, but I really liked Marcus. I hope he comes back next year or auditions for American Idol (without the back-up singers).

Regarding paring of acts (or groups or whatever one wishes to call them) . . .

I do not know for sure, but the following must be the way it works.

The top 4 vote getters go to the next round, thus, the top 4 vote getters cannot be parried together when the show is teasing the audience as to who made it.

The only two groups that MUST be paired together to “be selected” are the 5th and 6th vote getters and the judges get to make that decision.

For example, if the top 4 vote getters are

(1) Lawrence Beamen
(2) Hairo Torres
(3) Mario & Jenny and
(4) Jeffrey Ou

These acts cannot be paired together during the show where the results are given. Thus, the producers of the show select the losing acts to “pair” with the winning acts to add drama.

Thus, Lawrence, for example, may be paired with the 7’th and 8th vote getters. The only drama is trying to figure out who America voted for. In this case, there was little drama as Lawrence was sure to win.

Thus Jeffrey was not competing against Bri during the results show. Bri simply did not get enough votes and the producers just happened to pair Bri with a winning act which happened to be Jeffery. Bri could have been paired with Lawrence, and if so, would Sharon still give Jeffery grief?

I can not see the show as I am out of town at the moment but if Sharon Osborne gave Jeffrey Ou any crap for making it to the next round, Sharon was way out of line and should be removed as a judge. Such behavior should not be tolerated.

America is entitled to their opinion and America voted Jeffrey in and Bri out. IF Sharon Osborne has a problem with such results, her beef is with America, not one of the acts.

Again, if Sharon Osborn gave any winner grief, including Jeffrey, Sharon should be removed as a judge. It is not Sharon jobs to gave Jeffrey (or any act) grief for America voters choices Jeffrey has a chance of a life changing event andto win a million dollars. Such behaivor from a judge is simply unacceptable and something an apology will not correct. I have not seen the event, but if things are as bad as have been implied, Sharron has got to go.

Or they could do an "American Kids Have Talent!". More money for the producers, etc.

They did that already. It was called America's Most Talented Kid but it didn't last very long.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Talented_Kid