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Learn more- Jerry Springer welcomes us to Atlanta, our first location, and we're introduced to Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff, who look ready to send some folks to Las Vegas.
Billy Dodson Our first Georgia contestant is Dodson, a 29-year-old health inspector who looks very much as if he could be a bouncer on Jerry Springer's daytime show. But surprise, surprise, he fires off a fully soprano rendition of "Habanera" from the opera "Carmen." Piers hits his buzzer by word No. 5 and Sharon barks that "he should sing like a man." The vote: NO.
Alex Pyles Toothy and southern-accented Pyles is next. The 10-year-old and her father (notable for facial hair that belongs in the WWE) essentially perform a mediocre up tempo fight scene with daughter fighting off father with several graphic faux kicks to the groin. One assumes her talent is some combination of self-defense and martial arts. Piers buzzers rather quickly, but David thinks Pyles is "very cool and very different." Sharon is on the fence, eventually letting Pyles talk her into the second vote after promising even more fake attackers down the road. The vote: YES.
Sarah Lenore 19-year-old Lenore is the first contestant we're supposed to really care about, and over soft music we hear she has left both family and puppy to pursue a dream of singing. The "American Idol" similarities leave subtle behind with Lenore giving a capable rendition of Carries Underwood's "Before He Cheats." All three judges are modest fans and the young blonde is through to Sin City. The vote: YES.
Vignette of "YES": Flambeaux, a 41-year-old Performance Artist fire-breathes to what, according to editing, is a standing ovation. Jerry's mouth is agape and Sharon is "going to say yes." Nicole Romana follows with a pole routine that makes one strongly doubt her job title of 'Fitness Instructor.' Despite removing none of her clothing the lithe 32-year-old is put through. David thinks Giwayen Mata , an approximately eight-member female dance troupe is "awesome and what this show is about."
SQ Entertainment We're back to full routines with this 11-member group of cousins that performs a dance routine which looks like an amalgam of gymnastics and breakdancing. Despite one dancer inexplicably wearing oversized Mickey Mouse gloves, David likes the "energy and choreography" and it's a "definite yes" from Piers. The vote: YES.
The James Gang We're now in New York City, and our first contestants are the Harlem based group that comes out of the subway wearing 1930s style outfits. T.J.G. tells us they rap and sing and call themselves a "mash-up of old and new." The foursome delivers easily the most entertaining performance of the night, dancing and singing an apparently original song in front of a DJ. If a group could succeed both on the Apollo Theater stage and in "O Brother, Where Art Thou," this is it. David calls them "a great representation of what this town is all about" and the guys are put through unanimously. The vote: YES.
Victoria Jacoby If you happened to be thinking, "It sounds like the only thing this show needs is an 11-year-old contortionist who was adopted from China as an infant," you're in luck. The show's second fifth-grader creepily bends her way into the judges hearts, doing things I'd prefer not to describe lest I lose my dinner. David found her "absolutely fantastic" and Sharon believed Jacoby "really deserved to be here." The vote: YES.
Polka Today We go from good to bad, beginning with the self-described "No. 1 polka dancers in the country," a 40ish married couple that apparently thinks mixing ballroom, country line dancing and polka is going to impress the judges. Ah, no. Booing from the crowd quickly ensues, and three buzzers come almost simultaneously after about ten seconds. An almost angry David says, "It kind of looked a little bit to me like you were in a blender." We get another zinger from Sharon, who responds to David's thought that the couple at least looked to be having fun with, "You can have fun with a sack race, but we don't want to see a sack race, do we?" No, Sharon. No we don't. The vote: NO.
Vignette of "NO": Mr. Phil is the first snapshot of failure. The 59-year comes out in a plaid jacket and large novelty bowtie, singing an original song it's difficult to take seriously. The only amusing part was Pier's buzzer, which prophetically came before Phil had begun to sing. Peter McIntosh, an effeminate ventriloquist with no compunction about blatantly moving his lips, got into a brief obscenity exchange with Piers before leaving us stage left. We're not shown enough of 29-year-old mother Ursula Knudson to know exactly what her high-pitched singing was all about. We do learn that David thought it was "the worst act I ever saw." Rachel Star, a 22-year-old Caucasian college student, jumps up and down on broken glass while rapping. As cool as that sounds, Star got only a "Security!" from David. 51-year-old camp counselor Debra Weiner wouldn't leave the stage after her rendition of "Dancing In The Street" didn't past muster. This led to David awkwardly dancing her off stage.
Kyle Rifkin Jerry's soothing voice and gentle piano music is our clue that the much-teased Rifkin is the show's emotional climax. The 36-year-old tells us that after his abused mother left home, he was forced to use singing contests to help put food on the family's table. Now on his feet, reunited with his mother and employed as a wedding singer, Rifkin nearly breaks down before starting a strong "Aint Too Proud to Beg." Eventually Rifkin's mother leaves a weepy Jerry to join her son on stage as applause and judge hyperbole rains down. The vote: YES.
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