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"The judges&amp;#039; favourites have all performed on America&amp;#039;s Got Talent now, but there are still some spots left in the live shows - it&amp;#039;s time for the standbys to take to the stage! So street performer Turf might want to get to bed - he&amp;#039;s out performing at 1am on the Vegas strip and has to be woken up by a producer the next morning. Ouch! But with all the standbys finally present and correct, things can get under way. And we&amp;#039;re going to start out with the hopefuls in the Magic category... Magic First up in the magic category are Hawley Magic, who perform an impressive levitation act, but Howard wishes they&amp;#039;d shown there were no wires involved. Still, Howie thinks it was a good illusion. They&amp;#039;re followed by a very nervous Giani, who &amp;quot;predicts&amp;quot; the number, place and name thought of by the judges. The only problem is that he mishears Sharon&amp;#039;s city Milan as Bilan. Oh dear. The magic category wraps up with Jarrett &amp;amp; Raja (&amp;quot;we always thought of ourselves as the next Siegfried and Roy&amp;quot;), who put on an impressive show by conjuring up a whole orchestra! It certainly adds to Giani&amp;#039;s nerves.  Bands The All Ways are up first in the Bands, which seems like Howard&amp;#039;s pet category. They&amp;#039;re feeling confident because Howard wants a rock band, and that&amp;#039;s what they are! Their cover of &amp;#039;Fighter&amp;#039; certainly makes some of the other bands feel a bit nervous. But Wordspit the Illest are still feeling pretty good - the Emily Anne Band, watching backstage, say it would be hard not to pick them. And the judges seem pleased, too! We also get to see The Hillbenders and cute Dillon Havins and Friends. Then it&amp;#039;s on to The Emily Anne Band, who are feeling nervous but put on an entertaining show - the lead singer (Emily, I&amp;#039;m guessing) has a distinctive voice. Finally, it&amp;#039;s the Distinguished Men of Brass, who lost their jobs at a theme park. &amp;quot;All we had was each other,&amp;quot; one of them explains. And they put on a good show, too! &amp;quot;They have it,&amp;quot; Howard says, though Howie complains that they didn&amp;#039;t &amp;quot;step it up&amp;quot;.  Danger &amp;quot;The reason why I&amp;#039;m over here,&amp;quot; Nick explains, opening the category, &amp;quot;is because there&amp;#039;s a cobra over there.&amp;quot; Yikes! It must be the danger round. We see Cliff&amp;#039;s Demo Team, the stunning Lion Dance Me and shudder-inducing scooter riders Kota Sports (Howard thinks they stepped it up). Then it&amp;#039;s time for Serengeti Steve - the owner of that cobra. He&amp;#039;s brought with him one of the deadliest cobras in the world - you&amp;#039;ll basically suffer instant death if it bites you. Okay then! Much of the entertainment with Serengeti Steve is watching everyone else freak out (&amp;quot;Are we far enough away even though we&amp;#039;re like 30ft?&amp;quot; asks one nervous contestant.) He begins the act with Madagascar cockroaches, before releasing the cobra, taunting it, and kissing it. Yikes! But Sharon thinks the act started &amp;quot;horribly&amp;quot; and Howie thinks he&amp;#039;s learning how to put on a show - he&amp;#039;s really an animal expert. Howard thinks he stepped it up, though, and says the night will be &amp;quot;torture&amp;quot; if the others don&amp;#039;t agree with him. Ah, judge spats. Lovely. At least the other contestants seem impressed with Steve: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re a little crazy. I like it.&amp;quot;  Kids Here come the kids! They all seem to be sizing each other up, but first onto the stage is adorable dancer Lil Babywockee (who&amp;#039;s really good friends with fellow competitor Lil Starr - &amp;quot;I hope she just tries her best, that&amp;#039;s all she needs to do&amp;quot;. Adorable). Lil Babywockee is great fun but once again the judges are split! Will Lil Starr fare any better? Sharon thinks she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;proficient&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;so damn cute&amp;quot;, but Howie points out that if they want her, they have to get rid of someone else. We also see Danielle Stallings singing, The Cos Fam dancing, Tevin McGuire performing &amp;#039;Turning Tables&amp;#039; and Unity In Motion&amp;#039;s dance - though they make a couple mistakes! Next up are the Williams Bruthuz, who got an X from Howard in their audition. Still, they think they&amp;#039;ve worked something out that will please him more, and they&amp;#039;ve also changed their routine after seeing the competition! That might be a problem, since they apparently make a couple of mistakes (though they&amp;#039;re hard to spot in my view). The judges agree that the nerves must have set in for them...  Circus Skills It&amp;#039;s time for some aerial acrobatics! Summer Lacy is first to take the stage and decides to show the judges something new, instead of repeating her chain work from last time. Instead, she performs with rings and even hangs from the ring on her neck! It seriously has to be seen to be believed - Howie says it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;amazing to watch&amp;quot;. The other acts feel a little nervous, too, but the Benn Mendoza Circus take to the stage with an &amp;quot;intense representation of Alice In Wonderland&amp;quot;. Unfortunately, Howard and Howie agree that the act should stick to aerial contortion instead of including dance as well. Finally, Rebecca and Donovan have a go but even in their sparkly nude suits they&amp;#039;re nervous - they&amp;#039;re doing something &amp;quot;more exciting, super fast-paced, dangerous&amp;quot; this time round and Rebecca&amp;#039;s going to be up pretty high. In fact, we see Donovan spinning Rebecca around as she holds onto a rope pretty high up and becomes almost horizontal. It&amp;#039;s simple but boy, is it effective. And Rebecca knows they went fast: &amp;quot;It felt like I got punched in the nose.&amp;quot;  Have they impressed the judges? Howard seems pleased - he points out that they&amp;#039;re &amp;quot;diverse&amp;quot; as they did something different from their audition. And Sharon says she was &amp;quot;just blown away&amp;quot;. Howie doesn&amp;#039;t seem to get the appeal, though!  Rap Oh dear, there&amp;#039;s a bit of tension in the rap category. Rob Hayes and The Rhythmatist are not happy that they&amp;#039;re up against people like Granny G and Burton Crane. Maybe they&amp;#039;re just intimidated... But Granny G and Burton Crane talking about blood pressure is kind of adorable. Anyway, Rob&amp;#039;s up first, followed by The Rhythmatist, and then Svet (who also plays the fiddle.) But Burton&amp;#039;s not impressed with Svet - he couldn&amp;#039;t hear the words! Granny G wins over Sharon with her rap about, um, her breasts (which involves her ripping off her clothes to unveil a sheer slip!) The Rhythmist isn&amp;#039;t so impressed: &amp;quot;If Granny G&amp;#039;s a threat to me, then I retire.&amp;quot; Burton Crane&amp;#039;s next to give it a go, and he raps... to the same tune as his audition. Referring to that first rap, Howie muses: &amp;quot;It is a catchy tune. The question is, &amp;#039;What you gonna do?&amp;#039;&amp;quot;  Dance The dance category is always tough, so who&amp;#039;s going to make it through? We get to see the Scott Brothers, Battle Born, Old Shoes New Shoes and the Lisa Clark Dancers. The Scott Brothers, for example, impress Sharon with their confidence though Howie points out that the dancers are doing tosses and people are flipping. Next up are Inspire The Fire, but they&amp;#039;ve not had an easy ride what with missed flights, injuries and sickness. They manage to pull it together for a fun performance, though, and Sharon loves their &amp;quot;enthusiasm&amp;quot;. Howard &amp;quot;keeps thinking recital&amp;quot;, but Howie&amp;#039;s on Sharon&amp;#039;s side - he loves them. Novelty The novelty category is certainly, um, diverse. There&amp;#039;s everyone from &amp;quot;virtual ventriloquist&amp;quot; John Pizzi (whose sense of humor doesn&amp;#039;t go down particularly well with the judges) to David Garibaldi and his CMYK&amp;#039;s, who do impress with their amazing painting and showmanship. Michael Nejad skilfully plays &amp;#039;Bad Romance&amp;#039; on unusual instruments, we see the Rock Star Juggler Mike Price, and The Two Bits do their best to entertain the judges (including by doing the splits!) Last up is Big Barry, who performs &amp;#039;New York New York&amp;#039;. Howie loves him and thinks it&amp;#039;s funny. Howard does not.  Single Dancers Lindsey Norton admits that she might be a bit of an odd-one-out in this category, as the other three standbys are all hip hop acts! But her performance impresses Howard, who thinks she stepped it up (though Howie disagrees). Meanwhile, Elusive speaks about how he used to struggle with the other kids at school because of his impaired hearing. But Howard isn&amp;#039;t sure whether he holds up against the other dancers. The real drama, though, comes from Turf and Stepz. The two dancers actually know each other from previous dance battles - Turf is the best in California, while Stepz is the best in New York. They&amp;#039;re on good terms though, so it really feels like friendly competition (though of course the stakes are high). Like when Stepz is performing and Turf says he&amp;#039;s using too many props but not dancing enough, but the way he says it, it seems like he&amp;#039;s worried about his friend. When Stepz dances a little more, Turf seems much happier. Turf, on the other hand, puts in a magnificent performance that&amp;#039;s hard to watch but also makes it impossible to look away. He twists and contorts and dances and it&amp;#039;s really something. The judges seem impressed too, though they question whether America will connect with a lone dancer and whether it&amp;#039;s too intense and dark. But it&amp;#039;s clear that this means a lot to both Stepz and Turf, who becomes tearful backstage.  Decision Time All of the acts have performed, now, so the judges have some tough decisions to make. After arguing a lot, of course, Howard even starts bargaining, begging the judges to let one of the acts take the final spot since it&amp;#039;s his first season. Then it&amp;#039;s just time to deliver the verdicts, and there&amp;#039;s bad news for people like Serengeti Steve and Lil Babywockee. On the other hand, it&amp;#039;s good news for acts such as Big Barry, Jarrett and Raja, and Donovan and Rebecca. But the big grudge match, Stepz vs Turf? There&amp;#039;s only one spot left, so it&amp;#039;s going to one of them. In the end, we discover that Stepz is going home... and Turf is going through! Stepz takes it really well: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s going to shut it down!&amp;quot; While Turf&amp;#039;s thrilled - he&amp;#039;s chasing his dream. So that&amp;#039;s it - next week, when America&amp;#039;s Got Talent returns on Monday, we&amp;#039;ll be going live! Exciting, right? Who&amp;#039;s your favorite? The Top 48 are:   787 Crew  All Beef Patty  All That  All Wheel Sports  American BMX Stunt Team  Aurora Light Painters  Ben Blaque  Big Barry  Cristin Sandu  Danielle Stallings  David Garibaldi and his CMYK&amp;#039;s  David The Bullet Smith  Donovan and Rebecca  Edon  Elusive  Eric and Olivia  Eric Dittelman  Hawley Magic  Horse - The King of the Nut Shots  Inspire The Fire  Jacob Williams  Jake Wesley Rogers  Jarrett and Raja  Joe Castillo  Lisa Clark Dancers  Lightwire Theater  Lil Starr  Lindsey Norton  LionDanceMe  Michael Nejad  Nikki Jensen  Olate Dogs  Rock Star Juggler Mike Price  Sebastian El Charro de Oro  Shanice and Maurice Hayes  Spencer Horsman  The All Ways  The Distinguished Men of Brass  The Scott Brothers  The Untouchables  Tim Hockenberry  Todd Oliver  Tom Cotter  Turf  Ulysses  Unity In Motion  William Close  Wordspit the Illest "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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