Does America Have Any Talent Left?

America's Got Talent premiered its second season last night and after watching the whole two hours i have a few things to say about what i saw during those 120 minutes...

- i thought it was pretty funny when the hoff made some comment about being with another man and then made sure to say right away afterwards that he was straight. he should have confirmed whether he was sober or not: also, if anyone caught his performance on the show last season - who is he to judge talent?

- i said this last season and i'll say it again: i hope the show doesn't just turn into another singing competition. we have enough of those. this is where all those other talents can "shine" and the judges should realize that rather then dismissing so many things that are just different (did anyone else think that colorful colon (as the hoff called it) was actually pretty cool?)

- 2 british judges on America's Got Talent


- people are putting themselves out there and when the judges start buzzing them before they even perform at all is rude and arrogant (elvis guy wasn't good, but he deserved his few seconds). the show says it is open to anyone, so that is what they are going to get. and again i mention the hoff's performance last year that for sure would have nto got him through to the next round had he been a contestant.

- the judges get all up on their high horse when a bad act comes out, but that's what makes the show fun and they know it. they are getting payed to sit there, hit a button and say 'yes' or 'no'. that is a damn good gig and they should relax a little (if they were as funny and witty as The Next Best Thing judges they could get away with being mean, but they aren't)

- that ventriloquist girl was good (piers has such a stick up his ass).

- he was so mean to that young singing girl. calling a little girl charmless is not constructive or funny. piers is the kind of judge that would probably put alec baldwin through to the next round for that angry message he left his daughter.

- that whole sharon storming off the set thing was great tv, but it just shows even more how these shows are becoming more about the judges then the performers.

hey, i kind of like the show, and jerry springer is a fine replacement for regis. i like that it showcases variety rather then just singing and dancing like we see all the time, and i just hope that it isn't a singing or dancing act that wins the $1 000 000 this time.