America's Got Talent - 2009 (07/29/2009)

Second round of the Vegas Verdicts - hopefuls being sent home. There should also be a challenge of two dance groups from Indiana, and another.

Anohter montage of the acts and judges deliberating. We can't go by which acts are shown and which are being described.

Gymnastic dance pair (Dave and Zoe) the one where she (very small) holds him (very large) up. David: We really don't know what to do with you. Can you sustain a show for an hour. Piers: It may not be enough. (Judges chat.) David: Ok. We know you act is different, but it's a million dollar competition. We've made our decision. *Sigh*... You're going through to the next round. Sharon: Practice, practice, practice.

Isharra (The Bollywood Dance troup) and Footworking (from Chicago). Piers: We've gotta make tough decisions. We've made our decision. We've worked out who we thought would go through. We're sorry, guys, cause you're gonna have to leave Las Vegas... ... ... 'Cause you're going through to Los Angeles... BOTH of you. (I HATE when they do that!)

Break.

Jeffery Ou(?) (Piano player), and Rashida (harp player). Sharon: You're both great musicians. We have a harpists and classical pianist, here. One of you is going to go through and one of you is going home. All right. The decision is ... that... Rashida... you will ... not be going to... LA. You won't be going to Hollywood, at this time. Jeffery, you are going through. (They've become friends... It's hard on them both, but Jeffery seems to be taking it harder.)

Quickies: Not going through: The whip act. Acrobatics. Arthur (strange contortionist. The brother (guitar) and girl (singer)... The brother got another opportunity. She let him go. She knew it would hurt her chances, this year.

The little girl who sang "Proud Mary" (giggle-box! LOL). Eleisha. Piers: You were very, very funny in your audition. How do you think your singing went. We thought about you a lot last night. (Oh, boy, she said.) In the end, we all figured what to do. What we decided, Eleisha, is you're going to go to the Top 40.

Break.

Husband and wife jugglers. Sexy and dangerous. Piers: This is where it gets tough for us, particularly for you two, since Vegas is the dream. I'm afraid we're gonna have to see you in the Quarter-finals.

Marcus Terrel & the Serenades. Piers loved him, but not the girls, at the MySpace auditions. Sharon: Marcus, we think you're a great singer. Ladies, we spent a lot of time going over and over your tape. You did, Marcus, but the girls didn't. It's the girls pulling you down. You need high-class backup singers. Marcus says, "It's hard to take, because until I met these girls, I didn't have a direction." Judges say no to the group. The girls say, "If we pulled out, would you take just him." Marcus: I'm going to leave that opportunity up to the ladies. Sharon: Marcus, you will be going through. The girls say, "If we can't all go through, I'd want it to be one of my friends." Marcus goes through alone.

Break.

U4Ria, BreakSk8, Destined 2 Be. After 12 grueling hours, they do the challenge. They have issues, because these groups don't have one choreographer. They know at least one act will leave the competition. Piers: We can put through one of you, we can put through two of you. We can't put through all of you. A montage of the challenge acts. They all feel the pressure when the judges call them back. Sharon: Right now we feel very strongly that there's one of you we want to put through. The other two didn't match up. The group we are going to put through right now, is BreakSk8.

Break.

The Voices of Glory (the brothers/sister trio). David: Well, you guys knocked us out with your talent, but do you have enough to go through. We came to a unanimous decision... And we absolutely agree with you... We love you... You absolutly deserve it.

Quickies - All go through: Woman opera singer... Two dog acts, one from Indy... The old lady break-dancer... PixieSix... A couple of singing acts... Singer and dancer friends... The old lady comedian...

Triplet Violinists: Piers: Voices aren't good enough. Violins, you will make it. Sharon: You are talented. I have to be brutally honest with you. I think you have a long way to go to perfect your act. (the girls start saying they'd do more...) Girls, you know what? We've made our decision. You're going through.

Break.

(Now... How many are left... Only a few more minutes left in the show. They're NOT going to end it on a downer...)

39 acts moved on. Everyone else had to go home.

16yo Mia made it to Vegas last year, but not further. 26yo Kelly who was sent home from American Idol's 1st season. One more spot. (Didn't they do 41, last year?) Both girls are very emotional. Piers: Lots of great female singers. It's not simply a question or either or. We couldn't decide if we should put both of you through, or one of you through. Kelli... For you, the answer's no. She breaks down, saying Please... Sharon: Come here and sit down. You're not a failure. Piers: I'm really sorry. Kelli says "It's not fair" when she goes out into the waiting room. Piers: Mia, it's tough this year. I'm afraid you're going to have to go through. She's in.

That's it. The ones who made it were on stage. Simon calls the judges on the phone on the plane: I've just seen your choices for the Top 40. And we have a problem here. (Simon throws a curveball.)

That's it. Next week, the live quarter-finals from LA.

Full show link: http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/video/episodes/?vid=1140369#vid=1140369

See you then.