Actual Talent Sneaks onto America's Got Talent Premiere
America's Got Talent, which kicked off its fifth season last night, is usually associated with the Cirque du Freak school of showmanship, the kind of magic, mayhem and fire-hocking you might see in traveling carnival or an embarrassing Pink video. Maybe the addition of Howie Mandel to the judges' panel has added a new layer of, ahem, cleanliness to ATG, because an actual talent launched off our screens like a feisty farmhand leaping off a hay loft. Thirty-year-old Michael Grimm is a guitar-clasping folkie with a Hurricane Katrina back-story and a tip can full of earnestness. But even better, he's a superior singer to Lee DeWyze and he resembles a post-Knight's Tale Heath Ledger. Read: Chilling perfection.
A triumph. Ray Charles-meets-Daughtry-and-could-be-played-by-Joseph-Gordon-Levitt. I'm in.
Fuddy-duddy Piers Morgan may have his first Susan Boyle-level protege in Grimm -- and who knows, maybe he even likes Burger King that way too. Last season's countrified winner Kevin Skinner may have delighted viewers with his sincerity and subtlety (particularly when compared to all the dance troupes and magic acts), but Michael already seems more bankable. For one thing, I'd already rather hear his Lite-FM cover of U2's "Beautiful Day."
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I was flipping channels and caught this. SO glad I did. He brought chills.
His voice made me cry.
That's a man a woman would love to love!!! Heartbreaker...
Jackie Evancho is great, but I believe is a little too soon for her, she needs a break to grow up a little bit more and have a little fun as a kid. I am a choreographer and show business is going to take away from her the childhood games and the time to spend with family and friends, show biz will keep her on the go and also school wich is a personality developer will be cut off her life. Let a star br someone who has mature enough to face the hars life of a show tour and let kids play artist in front of a mirror. Jackie Evancho will be a great star no effort, but we can not condone another Britney future because her childhood was thorn apart by show biz and media. Let the best one win. They all are great in their area and already winners.
Olha esse meu background... olha esse meu Heath Ledger s2 caralho, como eu amo ele!