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America's Got Talent 7
America's Got Talent 7America's Got Talent 7 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Season seven of America's Got Talent, a reality television series, premiered on May 14, 2012. Judge Piers Morgan left the show after season six and was replaced by radio personality Howard Stern, as announced on his Sirius XM radio show on December 15, 2011. Because of Stern's commitments to his radio program, the live (post-Las Vegas) episodes moved from Los Angeles to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey. The show is broadcast in several timeslots throughout the season, initially showing on Mondays and Tuesdays, but later switching back to its original timeslot of Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The season ended on September 13, 2012, with Olate Dogs announced as the winners of the season. Olate Dogs are the show's first non-singing act to win the competition. Snapple is the official beverage sponsor of America's Got Talent. Its product was on the judges' table throughout the season. After much confusion and rumors, it has been officially announced that this is Sharon Osbourne's last season with the show. Preliminary auditions}} Producers' auditions were held in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Tampa Bay, Charlotte, Austin, St. Louis, and San Francisco.Live theater auditions took place in the following cities:
Las Vegas WeekThe second round of competition, held in Las Vegas, aired from June 25-27, 2012, in a three-night special. The round was held at The Venetian and The Palazzo resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. 112 acts passed through from the audition rounds to Las Vegas Week, and competed for 48 slots in the live shows. Similarly to previous years, the judges divided the acts into two groups: the "Judges' Favorites" and "Standby Acts". In addition, six acts were either immediately eliminated, or sent directly to the next round of competition. The judges also had the option of eliminating an act immediately if they felt their performance in Las Vegas was well below par.Immediate decisionBefore any rounds of competition began, the judges called six acts which were not listed as being "Judges' Favorites" or "Standby Acts". Three of these acts were immediately eliminated, and three acts were sent straight from Las Vegas Week to the live rounds without any further performance because of their superior auditions.Advanced
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Group A: Judges' favoritesThe judges' favorites were deemed more likely to succeed by the judges, performed on the first two days of competition, and were given the opportunity to take as many spots in the Top 48 as possible. Twenty-five of these acts advanced to the live shows.Advanced
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Group B: Standby ActsThe Standby Acts were deemed less likely to advance by the judges, and performed later for the remaining spots not already taken by the Judges' Favorites. Twenty of these acts advanced to the live shows.Advanced
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Unknown decisionSeveral acts were unable to compete in Las Vegas Week for personal reasons, or were not seen during the airing of the episodes. These acts were therefore automatically assumed as eliminated from the competition.
QuarterfinalsThe Quarterfinals began on Monday, July 2, 2012. This round includes the Top 48 acts which passed through Las Vegas Week, the acts that passed through the YouTube audition rounds, and a Wild Card show featuring previously eliminated quarterfinalists brought back by the judges.
Top 48, week 1 (July 2-3)Guests: Cirque du Soleil: Zarkana, will.i.am
Top 48, week 2 (July 10-11)Guests: Gavin DeGraw, TRACES
Top 48, week 3 (July 17-18)Guests: Ashleigh and Pudsey, Havana Brown
Top 48, week 4 (July 24-25)Guests: Cher Lloyd, Cast of the Tony Award-winning musical Once
YouTube Snapple Special (August 14-15)Guests: Gabby Douglas, Karmin, The Crazy Nastyass Honey BadgerThe YouTube Snapple Special aired on August 14, following a 3-week hiatus for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It allowed viewers the chance to vote for their favorite potential acts on the show's YouTube channel that they wished to see compete in the live shows. Twenty acts competed for twelve spots, with eleven contestants selected by the judges, and one other contestant (Drew Erwin) selected by the viewers.
Wild Card Show (August 21-22)Guests: Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, Cast of Bring It OnFor the wild card show, the judges each selected four eliminated acts and brought them back for a second chance to perform. Four of these acts advanced to semifinals. Osbourne announced after the show on July 25 that she would be bringing back All That! as one of her wild cards. The other eleven selections were announced on August 15th, during the YouTube Snapple round. This was the season's first live show without any buzzes, and none of the other live shows after this round had any act buzzed.
SemifinalsThe semifinals began on August 28. 24 acts who advanced from the quarterfinals will be split into two groups, and perform in two consecutive weeks. Three acts advance each week to the finals.
Round 1 (August 28-29)Guests: Neon Trees, Steve Harvey
Round 2 (September 4, 6)Guests: Train, Nathan Burton, Haunted by Heroes with Dee SniderThe results show for the second round of the semifinals was postponed until Thursday, September 6th due to the Dallas Cowboys-New York Giants football game broadcasting live on Wednesday. The following acts performed on September 4, 2012.
FinalsThe two-night final aired on September 12-13, 2012, with six acts competing for the $1 million grand prize.The following acts performed on September 13, 2012. Guests: Justin Bieber, Big Sean, Green Day, Joan Rivers, OneRepublic, Ne-Yo, Flo Rida, Frankie J, Blue Man Group, Burton Crane
Round chartThe following is the list of the 48 quarter-finalists who passed through Las Vegas Week, plus the 12 contestants that were picked from the separate YouTube auditions, and two Wild Card Acts that were eliminated in Las Vegas but invited to the quarterfinals in week six by the judges. There were 24 semifinalists.Italics indicate that the act was selected in week five from the YouTube auditions and did not compete in the preliminary auditions or Las Vegas Week; therefore, the quarter-finals were their debut on the show.
ProductionSimon Cowell, the show's executive producer, also announced on The New York Post in December 2011 that the show will be receiving a "top-to-bottom makeover", confirming that there will be new graphics, lighting, theme music, show intro and a larger live audience. Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel returned as judges, in addition to Nick Cannon who returned as host. Promotional videos began airing during the Super Bowl, promoting Howard Stern as a new judge.On December 19, 2011, executive producer Simon Cowell revealed plans to add a fourth, younger, female judge to the panel. He stated in an interview that he thought that four-person panels "leave less room for error". However, on January 9, 2012, Stern announced on his radio show that there would not be an additional judge, and no fourth judge was added. NBC released several promotional videos on April 13, 2012, with shots of the current season, displaying changes in the show's set. Additional changes in the live show set were unveiled in the live show on July 2, 2012. The new set for the live show shares similarities with Britain's Got Talent, in addition to a brand new judges' table with a revised design of the "X". ControversiesTim PoeThere was a controversy surrounding Sgt. Tim Poe's audition on an episode of Talent that aired on June 4, in which Poe had an audible stutter, and claimed that he had gotten the vocal impediment from an injury sustained after being hit by a grenade while serving as part of the Minnesota National Guard's forces in the War in Afghanistan. Investigations by the Associated Press found the claim to be false, and the Minnesota National Guard confirmed that Poe had never been injured in Afghanistan. However, Poe did produce military documentation stating that "injury and disease occurred as a result of a hand grenade exploding to the right side of his head," but both the US Army and Minnesota National Guard were unable to verify these claims.Poe sang the song "If Tomorrow Never Comes" by Garth Brooks, and won praise from all three judges. There were questions as to whether Poe would have to be disqualified from advancing to further rounds, but it was revealed during Las Vegas Week that Poe had not been advanced to the live shows. Howard Stern has called the lie "wrong on so many levels". On November 15th, 2012, he responded to these accusations on an episode of Dr. Phil Sharon Osbourne's departureOn July 24, 2012, Sharon Osbourne announced via Twitter that she would not be returning to America's Got Talent in season eight. The next day, however, Osbourne announced that she was unsure of whether she would return for another season.
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