via press release:
| 2012 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST GABBY DOUGLAS TO APPEAR ON ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ LIVE RESULTS SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 FROM 9-10 P.M. ET |
| Results Show Will Be Preceded By a Special Recap of Tuesday’s YouTube Snapple Performances from 8-9 p.m. ET |
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New York, NY – August 14, 2012 – NBC’s top rated show “America’s Got Talent” will welcome two-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas to an already action-packed results show on Wednesday, August 15 (9-10 p.m. ET.) Douglas returns from the London games with a gold medal in the team gymnastic competition and in the individual all-around competition. Wednesday’s results show will also feature an exclusive look at a day in the life of judge Howard Stern. American pop duo Karmin will perform a mash-up of their platinum hit single “Brokenhearted” and their new single “Hello.” NBC will air a special one-hour highlights show from 8-9 p.m. ET tomorrow night recapping Tuesday’s YouTube Snapple show. Highlights will include performances from the YouTube COMMUNITY's fan-selected act and 11 additional YouTube acts chosen by the show. “America's Got Talent" was created by Simon Cowell's SYCO Television and is co-produced by Syco TV and FremantleMedia North America. Simon Cowell and Georgie Hurford-Jones (“Britain's Got Talent”) are executive producers for Syco TV and Cecile Frot-Coutaz ("American Idol"), Jason Raff, Ken Warwick (“American Idol”) for FremantleMedia North America. For artwork and a complete press kit from the show please visit the NBC Universal Media Village website at http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/ Please like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/nbcagt and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nbcagt |
To be charitable, last night’s YouTube round was underwhelming. That was a bad restart after the the Olympics hiatus.
I believe these YouTube performers should be the first live show, with winners getting to ‘quarterfinals’ instead of directly to the semi-finals.
They need all of the numbers they can get but I already predicted before that Gabby and McKayla Maroney would be used on people’s programs for ratings.
Is Gabby going to “perform” a gymnastics routine?
To me, there were only three standouts last night: Clint Carvalho, Bria Kelly, and Academy of Villains, the latter being the only GREAT act. I am hoping these three are among the four that are voted through.
That having been said, to JR, I would have to say you’re right in that Gabby Douglas would perform a gymnastics routine. I mean, what else could I think of that she would do?