America's Got Talent

With America's Got Talent returning to the air tonight (Tuesday), producers are assuring viewers that they are not going out of their way to discover an American Susan Boyle. In an interview with USA Today, executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz said, "The worst thing we could do is find our own version. The more you try to engineer it, the less you achieve on the desired outcome." Piers Morgan, who appears as a judge on both the British and American versions of the show, added, "We didn't want to fall into the trap of looking at every middle-aged woman as the next Susan Boyle. That would be pointless. ... With Susan, it was a moment of total surprise and electricity." But new host Nick Cannon said that Boyle's performance on Britain's Got Talent did seem to widen the range of talent who showed up at U.S. auditions. "We definitely saw a

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It's another season of "America's Got Talent" and boosted by the impressive discovery of 47-year-old Susan Boyle over on "Britain's Got Talent", the show has brought in a variable range of talents to its premiere on Tuesday, June 23. The first episode filtered talents in cities like Chicago, New York City, and Seattle.
The first bunch of people who auditioned came from N.Y.C. but not much talent were found in the city. A singer named Ray did a rendition of Elvis Presley's "A Little Less Conversation" but the judges sent him packing. There were also a fire dancer, a guy who strummed his guitar while unicycling and a white rapper. New host Nick Cannon wondered where all the talents had gone.
The show then moved on to Chicago where a man named Moses demonstrated his backwards ability. He wore his jacket backwards and turned his feet 180 degrees, walking back and forth.
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Nick Cannon has revealed that his wife Mariah Carey is confident about his job as the new host of America's Got Talent. The presenter told People that he hopes to bring "more swag" to the role and that Carey believes he will succeed. Cannon said: "She sees how crazy and silly I act around the house and she's like, 'If you are doing any of that stuff then it's going to work'. "I'm always running around the house singing out of pitch at
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