After two months, 9 episodes of auditions, and no fewer than ten golden buzzers, America’s Acquired Expertise is shifting ahead into the stay reveals of the 2025 TV schedule. The stay quarterfinals are all the time a step up from the auditions, however I am wanting ahead to this spherical much more than traditional as a part of the milestone twentieth season. The lineup for the primary night time of stay performances is fairly stacked, and AGT is about to begin heating up… which simply jogs my memory of what occurred in Season 19 that was like a bucket of chilly water. However let’s begin with the positives!
America’s Acquired Expertise’s First Reside Quarterfinals Episode
The judges narrowed down the pool of performers who’d excelled within the auditions to 44, though technically ten of them have been already predetermined resulting from golden buzzers. This implies 4 weeks of stay reveals main as much as the Season 20 finale in September. On the entire, I am on board with the primary batch of 11 who will retake the AGT stage within the first stay quarterfinals episode on August 19 (and streaming subsequent day with a Peacock subscription). Have a look:
- B Distinctive Crew – Dance Group
- Charity Lockhart – Singer
- CitiLimitz – Singing Group
- Jourdan Blue – Singer
- Lightwire – Projection
- Loco Pop Familia – Dance
- Phobias – Magic Act
- Shuler King – Stand Up Comedian
- Sirca Marea – Acrobat
- Steve Ray Ladson – Band
- Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras – Band
There are definitely some standouts within the first crop of performers, and I do not simply imply Tom Sandoval and the Vanderpump Guidelines scandal that adopted him to AGT. There aren’t any fewer than three golden buzzers within the group: Mel B’s Charity Lockhart, Howie Mandel’s Jourdan Blue, and Simon Cowell’s LightWire.
Plus, there is a good number of acts on this group. Season 20 hasn’t been the strongest for magicians and get up comics, so I am not stunned to solely see certainly one of every, however I am undoubtedly glad that the primary night time of stay reveals is not going to have solo singer after solo singer.
Nevertheless the subsequent performances play out, solely three rivals will likely be superior relying on who will get essentially the most votes from viewers, though every of the judges has one other golden buzzer for the spherical. I am assuming one choose will hit per week for the sake of stability, however the truth stays: a lot of the stay present rivals will not be shifting on.
What I Hope Goes Otherwise With AGT Reside In 2025
Except for the stunning Richard Goodall final 12 months, am I typically annoyed when the quarterfinals are filled with singers when there are music-focused reveals like The Voice and American Idol on the market? Undoubtedly. Am I typically a grouch about youngsters getting superior, though I do know I in all probability would not have the guts to ship them residence both? Sure. Do I really feel like golden buzzers are much less enjoyable now that there are ten of them within the auditions alone? Sadly so, and I do not assume I am the one one. However these are all simply petty grievances that do not cease me from tuning in.
There’s only one factor from the Season 19 finale that I am nervous about occurring once more as Season 20 shifts from pre-taped to stay. The pacing for the previous few episodes final season simply wasn’t nice, to the purpose that the finale was full of loads of filler between Terry Crews’ bulletins of who was shifting on, and champion Richard Goodall solely had moments to have a good time his win on digicam on the very finish.
Now, I do not think about even in my wildest desires that any actuality competitors present would lower down on filler content material to pad out outcomes episodes late in a season, however I nonetheless bear in mind attending to see Richard Goodall’s preliminary response to his win, however then the episode ending very abruptly. I am actually simply hoping that everyone will get their due within the stay reveals rounds, particularly because the performers’ fates are actually within the arms of voters from residence.
Tune in to the primary night time of America’s Acquired Expertise Season 20 stay quarterfinals on Tuesday, August 19 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, adopted by the primary stay outcomes episode of the season on Wednesday, August 20 at 8 p.m. ET. You can too stream the episodes subsequent day on Peacock, however that largely means being lower out of the voting course of, so I all the time suggest watching AGT‘s later rounds stay if doable.