by  Arthur Perkins
 
If they mentioned where these auditions took place I missed it. It sounds from the entries like it's somewhere in California. The script writers give Nick Cannon an excellent opening line: "the good, the bad and the downright crazy." He goes on to refer to "rules, buzzers and judges" all being maintained. 
 
 
We start tonight with the judged lesser acts not going to Las Vegas:
 
Jerry Katz aka El Vegas said he was doing 2 classic Elvis songs and started in on "All Shook Up (check for being by Elvis), then Glory, glory Hallelujah (which has no Elvis content that I know of) and excerpts from several other patriotic songs. Sharon asks Jerry "what went wrong?" but he refuses to admit that anything did
 
Jumping Eagles 7 performers age 16 to 19 -  this was embarrassing at how inept this group was at jumping one long rope stretched across all of them
 
Shaun Berkey - 27 yom singer who was just terrible. How did he get on stage when they have rigorous tryouts to narrow the thousands of acts to a manageable number. The only answer can be that somebody wanted to showcase just how bad he was.
 
Don Baldaramos - 61 yom Shakespeare reciter; I actually thought he did OK and rated a positive vote but neither the audience nor the judges agreed with me.
 
? - 27 yom; a singing, dancing glitter dispense with no discernible talent whose name I wrote down but cannot decipher (but looks like Shone)
 
Ashley Groff- 18 yof; she sings for a bit, then her inner something takes over and in a simulated male voice from a horror film she cackles a short period of time
 
Eddie and the Puppets - 52 yom puppeteer who works with a full-sized inflatable-like Tina Turner; he sings "Rolling on the River"
 
Heavy Vee - dancer that is massively overweight and just doesn't move that well ; she claims she was born to dance but the judges did not agree. After she is judged, Nick goes onstage to dance with her. It really changes nothing.
 
Here are the acts moving ahead:
I Shaara - a dance troupe of 10 aged 18 to 23 who did Bollywood-style dancing. Dancing and singing are huge in Bollywood movies and this troupe does no more than a short lip sync before concentrating on dancing. That is a good move because they are talented dancers with excellent synchronization. Piers calls it an exciting original act.
 
The flash- I saw only their brief juggling and acrobatics; they looked pretty good
 
Duo Design - 2 male age 33 to 41 acrobats who perform shirtless; they do one vertical handstand off the top of the other's head, then they do a horizontal version, then a double horizontal version. I was impressed and so were David and Sharon. Piers calls them "oddly compelling" but he votes against them. A 2 to 1 vote sends them to Las Vegas anyway.
 
It's time for a brief break and David claims that it's time for the weird and the needy.
 
Marcus and the Serenades - 3 20s females join age 20s Marcus; they sing rock and roll and soul while prancing around on-stage. Piers calls Marcus a genuine talent but he doesn't think much of the talents of the 3 women. I thought they were OK. David piles on and said he loved it but the singing of the women need to improve. Sharon says the female vocals need to be fixed.
 
Charles Dorsey 21 yom singer and keyboardist. He has an excellent voice. Sharon says he needs to keep smiling and show his star quality. Dorsey's mother is there and she refers to his "gift to the world".
 
Encore Dance Troupe 16 to 23
 
Alice Cooper 38 yof is a stand-up comedian that only was telecast for one joke, but it was a good one.
 
N2UN 13 yom violin and 36 yom keyboard
 
Kara and Corey - 23 yof and 29 yom brother/sister- singer and guitarist that have good but not exceptional talent