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"The sixth season of the NBC competition continued tonight with Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne at the judging table in Minneapolis, Minnesota. However, Piers Morgan is stuck out of town for the first half of the show because of a blizzard and therefore contestants will need two &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; votes to make it through during that segment. Here&amp;#039;s what the panel had to say about some of the acts: The Highlights: Echo of Animal Gardens: The colourful parrot sings and speaks Spanish as well as impersonating other animals, a trick that gets laughs and much applause from the audience. Sharon thinks it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;just incredible&amp;quot; and is speechless, which Howie agrees with but questions whether the bird has more material to bring to the shows.  Lys Agnes: The 27-year-old singer performs a moving rendition of &amp;#039;Ave Maria&amp;#039; which earns her a standing ovation from the audience and judges and moves her to tears. Sharon admits that she didn&amp;#039;t expect her to be so good but &amp;quot;got goosebumps&amp;quot; from the performance. Howie notices how emotional she seems and tells her that she is &amp;quot;absolutely stunning&amp;quot; and that it would be &amp;quot;hard not to love [her]&amp;quot;. Those Funny Little People: The variety act - dressed in complete gnome costumes - perform a dance and rap to Vanilla Ice&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Ice Ice Baby&amp;#039;. Piers buzzes &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; halfway through, though the audience seems to like them. He later calls them &amp;quot;one of the most pathetic things&amp;quot; that he&amp;#039;s ever sat through. Howie admits that the group scares him but finds them &amp;quot;interesting&amp;quot; and thinks that they bring something different to the show. Sharon was &amp;quot;thoroughly entertained&amp;quot; and praises their &amp;quot;uniqueness&amp;quot;, ultimately sending them through. Walt Winston: The 49-year-old singer-songwriter performs an original song which gets an immediate &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; from all three judges. Piers thinks that it would make people &amp;quot;cry&amp;quot;. Sharon says that while he&amp;#039;s got a lot of heart and was entertaining, he couldn&amp;#039;t ultimately win the $1 million (\u00A3609,000). Howie mocks the song, entitled &amp;#039;Truck Drivers Aren&amp;#039;t Supposed To Cry&amp;#039;, but Walt is given another opportunity to sing it before being sent home. Silhouettes: The student dance group, ranging in ages from 9 to 18, perform behind a screen which casts their shadows to the audience. Howie calls it an &amp;quot;amazing, original concept&amp;quot; and thinks that it told a &amp;quot;beautiful story&amp;quot;. Piers thinks it is &amp;quot;one of the most brilliant things&amp;quot; he has seen in a long time and is impressed because the act &amp;quot;came out of nowhere&amp;quot;. Sharon admits that the group &amp;quot;pulled us in&amp;quot; from the beginning and praises them for &amp;quot;perfectly executing&amp;quot; the routine. The Kinetic King: The &amp;quot;chain reaction exploder&amp;quot; builds an elaborate stick maze with then explodes like dominoes much to the delight of the audience and judges. Howie thinks that it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;phenomenal and unique&amp;quot; and proclaims his love, while Piers agrees, calling it &amp;quot;very impressive&amp;quot;. Sharon thinks it&amp;#039;s a bit weird but is entertained and ultimately likes the act.  Other acts who succeeded in grabbing a ticket to Vegas included drag guitarist Mrs Smith, St Luke&amp;#039;s Bottle Band and illusionist duo The Halls of Magic.  However, heavy metal singer and performance artist Gasmask 90 Seconds, skin piercer Miss Cherries Jubilee and singer Sid Yiddish failed to impress the judges and were sent home empty-handed following their auditions.  America&amp;#039;s Got Talent continues next Tuesday on NBC. &amp;gt; America&amp;#039;s Got Talent: Los Angeles auditions recap &amp;gt; America&amp;#039;s Got Talent: Atlanta auditions recap &amp;gt; America&amp;#039;s Got Talent: Seattle auditions recap &amp;gt; America&amp;#039;s Got Talent: Houston auditions recap "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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