The live shows of “America’s Got Talent” Season 18 begin on Tuesday, August 22 with the first “Qualifiers” round. In this stage of the competition, the acts sent through by the judges during the “Auditions” phase will perform again for a chance to advance to the finals. Of the 55 acts we know advanced to this round, 21 incorporate some form of singing in their overall talent. That’s over a third of the acts still in the competition, leaving us to wonder whether singing acts have a distinct advantage when it comes to the world’s biggest talent show. In terms of winners, it’s been four years since the last singer, Kodi Lee, claimed victory.
In the first six seasons of “AGT,” all of the victors worked within the singing genre on their way to claiming the championship. Bianca Ryan, Neal E. Boyd, Kevin Skinner, Michael Grimm and Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr....
In the first six seasons of “AGT,” all of the victors worked within the singing genre on their way to claiming the championship. Bianca Ryan, Neal E. Boyd, Kevin Skinner, Michael Grimm and Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr....
- 8/18/2023
- by John Benutty
- Gold Derby
She’s become a household name by playing a wide variety of roles, from Fatal Attraction’s psycho homewrecker to a long-subservient spouse in her new film, The Wife. And Glenn Close’s achievements are even more impressive considering she grew up as part of a cult in which, she said, according to The Daily Mail, "everybody was supposed to say the same things and act the same way." When Glenn was seven, her parents — pioneering surgeon William Close and former socialite Bettine Moore — forced their family to join the Moral Re-Armament (Mra), a right-wing religious group that was "devastating to a child," said Glenn. "It meant that at a time when you're trying to figure out who you are, you're being told instead who you're supposed to be." Glenn and her father, Dr. William. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Glenn found an escape when she started to study acting at...
- 10/7/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
He’s got a reputation for being outrageous, inappropriate, and downright bawdy, but Howard Stern showed another side — warm, honest, a little bit sentimental — as he made his debut at the America’s Got Talent judges’ table during the show’s Season 7 premiere on Monday.
Oh, sure, Stern still brought the occasional shock to NBC’s cheesy variety show. After asking one deluded singer if his mom or dad had ever dissuaded him from pursuing his music dreams, the guy responded that his parents were dead. “And they died of embarrassment?” Stern deadpanned, scoring a mean but solid laugh. Earlier, when...
Oh, sure, Stern still brought the occasional shock to NBC’s cheesy variety show. After asking one deluded singer if his mom or dad had ever dissuaded him from pursuing his music dreams, the guy responded that his parents were dead. “And they died of embarrassment?” Stern deadpanned, scoring a mean but solid laugh. Earlier, when...
- 5/15/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
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