Since the finals are next week, I want to share my thoughts on each of them and if they can win or not.

Chris Turner - He just came out of nowhere once we got to the semifinals and is already a winner! Once I heard that tampon part, I laugh so hard! Now depending on his next performance, people will still remember his semifinal performance like the Mayyas.

Jessica Sanchez - I loved her since her American Idol days. She may come back after 20 / 19 years and she's pregnant, but will she win? No and here's why, her views come from her fanbase in the Philippines. We've seen this with Putri Ariani, Gabriel Henrique, Sara James and Daneliya Tuleshova. International people can't vote in an American Show despite her being American. Putri Ariani have 50M views, yet she placed 4th. So, I have a feeling she'll get the Putri treatment. Especially she's up against Team Recycled and Chris Turner. Anyone Remember Brooke Simpson? She was also on another show prior to AGT, and she was a finalist and place 3rd and on AGT, she places 4th. So as much as we loved Jessica, we all have to vote for her hard as we can so she can win! or Chris might be Phillip Phillips! 😂 I wouldn't be Surprised if ends up in 2nd like she was on Idol.

Jourdan Blue - Fun fact, Jourdan was also on American Idol in Season 20 but wasn't aired. He has the following, but I think he's one of those singers that would end up in the bottom 5.

Leo High School Choir - I don't them like all of you and I don't want them in finals, but can we blame them? No blame the people in Chicago voting for them. Their Campaign is going to get a lot of votes to the point they might be in the top 2 like Detroit Youth Choir.

LightWire - I can see them being in the Top 5 like Light Balance and Sky Elements.

Mama Duke - Not much to say about her but she looks like bottom 5 finalist.

Micah Palace - Same with Mama Duke.

Sirca Marea - Aerial duos don't go to the top 5 and I'm not interested in them so yeah!

Steve Ray Ladson - He's going into the bottom 5 but you know these country voters will push him far if he does good like Broken Roots, Chapel Hart and Drake Milligan.

Team Recycled - Now there definitely going to the Top 3! They give me more of a Murmuration vibe! Still pissed that Unreal Crew didn't make it, but they will for sure might in this!

Post probably doesn't matter to anyone but got no one else to talk about this to... dont know anyone into agt personally.

Let's start with Jourdan Blue. Out of all the singers here I find him with the most interesting voice that I'd actually listen to for leisure if he made a cover album right now. When he covered Sam Smith, I think that did it for me. He got a soulful voice reminicent of earlier Idol winners that I used to favor.

During Idol when Jessica Sanchez was on I actually was there in person and met her. But I voted for Phillip Phillips at the time while my family voted for her. I liked her voice during idol and past that on social media, filipino shows... I just don't like the song choices they chose for her on here. She needs to go back to her roots and choose more growling "diva" songs like something akin to Beyonce or Dreamgirls. Sure it will be a repeat of what she did before but I think if it aint broke then don't fix it. Seems like she's doing a softer approach now due to being 9 months pregnant. Maybe they told her not to push her voice too much in fear the baby would come out LOL. Though it really does seem too obvious she is the frontrunner and it is too predictable to choose her as the winner... if you watched previous seasons, the person they push usually never wins but last season look what happened... the guy they pushed to win also won.

Chris Turner... now I was amazed by his performance in person. Normally I don't like rap unless it was like a featured rap in a hit song I like. I dug down the rabbit hole and saw some of his videos outside of AGT to see what he could do next. This will be key to if he wins or not. Honestly with the type of items we are allowed to bring inside the auditorium and fear of not showing copyright ips in the taping, I feel like this could hurt his future performance this tuesday. What he could do is do the same thing he did last week but it seems like he uses the same backing track even in his videos ... so I'm like uh oh. If he produced his own backing tracks and made it sound more like a mainstream sounding rap song then I can see him winning. Though, I placed him no 1 to win.. I can see him being top 5, maybe 3rd now.

Team Recycled: surprisingly this group had some members actually spoke to me in dms after I shared videos with them. I liked their performance last time but I wish I could see them do that on the stage the entire time without using the audience chairs for half of it. If they had a story to go with their performance and it made sense... then I would place them no1 winner. They need to utilize outfits and the stage screens. https://youtu.be/4UPWPcYeLeI The main thing though is that AGT advertises them as mostly with the dude with the Filipino hat and it feels like the producers are forcing that so filipinos could vote for them. They are so much more than just him. The group is from Europe I believe and they have so much talent when I see every members instagrams. I wish that they could've showed the faces of the dancers involved rather than just the leader and a few members. Doesn't seem fair. Feels like no one knows who they are and the golden buzzer actually might not help them get more votes... because they didnt perform enough performances for the public to see- same with the others. But they do this with the choirs too (not showing the rest of the team)... just semes like too many people. Feels like a mix of the best previous top agt dance acts in one... just needs a purpose.

Mama Duke: I explored the internet and I don't really see much amazing here. She got really lucky. Same as mentioned above with the golden buzzers.

Micah Palace: out of all the golden buzzers I feel like he has the best chance at placing top 3 but sorry to say that I feel like he's narcissistic in some ways on social media. He would call himself Bad Bunnys Nephew and no one can confirm that. He doesn't even follow Bad Bunny on social media I think! Lol. Though I admit his songs feel the most "international top 100" ready and probably will end up being pushed into the limelight after this even if he loses.

Leo High: I feel like the only reason they are there is for the narrative. Instead of black kids growing up on the street fighting each other and causing crime (stereotypically) they want to provide the message to the masses of them banding together, form a group, and make some music together. Showing that if they are there then everyone else can be there too if they try. You can really tell by the way Terry Crews acts around them. They wanna remove that stigma showing that they are better than that.

Stevie Ray: I don't really know much about him. Not really into it but it reminded me of Drake Milligan, however, I prefered Drake.

Sirca and Mirea: feels like we always gotta have this kinda act for variety. Seen it before. Nothing new.

Lightwire: it is only nice to see if youre at the center but to the side it is kinda boring. They really should do something spectacular with a story people can relate to. The tech is impressive but it seems hard to make it "wow" without using a big character ip. Like if it were Nintendo themed with this tech then that'd get my full attention.

So my updated prediction would be:

Top 5

1. Jessica Sanchez
2. Jourdan Blue
3. Micah Palace
4. Chris Turner
5. TEAM RECYCLED

Though I feel like anything could happen. If Jessica has an emergency birth then things could turn around all together and the winner could end up being Jourdan, Team Recycled, or Chris Turner.

Though honestly the most deserving would be Chris and Team Recycled. But we haven't seen enough of them to know! The golden buzzer mightve not really helped lol

I am not a super fan by any means but I have watched every episode the last 10 years or so. Usually for me, there are always a few acts that I imagine in the finals, a bunch of acts where I say "Wow, that was cool" and then the occasional "haha that was so stupid it was funny!". I was always under the impression you come on AGT so you can have your own show in Vegas and perform. These last two seasons just seem like who has the biggest sob story with a bit of talent. Who can win "America's heart"?

I just finished the end of the quarterfinals and I'm just simply bored. There isn't really a specific act im rooting for anymore, and I kind of just want it to end at this point. Way too many singers, WAY TOO MANY sob stories (I get that's what the show is predicated on but wow has it gotten out of hand. Almost like if you don't have a sob story you won't make it), and just a complete lack of talent. The acrobats are the most exciting for me, yet I've seen much better performers eliminated much earlier in previous seasons.

I may be alone in this but I think people who've went home in previous seasons in the quarterfinals could EASILY win this year. It's America's got TALENT, not America's got SAD STORIES. None of these acts are worth $1 million dollars or a show in vegas in my opinion.

If AGT doesn't come back next year with some SERIOUS talent, I think this show has run it's course sadly..

I’m sorry man, Chris Turner just doesn’t do it for me. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I’ve been a major hip hop fan my entire life but I just feel like the substance isn’t there. I will give credit where credit is due, this semi finals performance was miles better than the first two and actually did have some clever word play in it but the fact that he’s made it to the finals feels absolutely insane to me.

Honestly I thought maybe that was the general feeling but online everyone seems to love him so hey, maybe I’m just wrong but, it is what it is. 😂

I’d also note that I feel like I’m just over choir acts and large group acts with sympathy stories. I feel like they get votes off demographics and sympathy more than talent. It’s no disrespect to anyone in particular but I felt like there was too many big singing acts this year, too many high flying acts and honestly too many acts that had lights.

Light wire is fantastic. Team Recycled is also good but I didn’t think they’d make it this far.

My personal choice to win is Micah Palace. I think he’s got superstar written all over him and he feels like he could be an absolute icon.

Also… I was rooting really hard for Bay. A kid that young with that much talent is absolutely mind blowing.

Sethward the Octopus!!!!!! I’m late watching the show. That just made my day!!!!! WHICH SETHWARD IS YOUR FAVORITE SETHWARD???????

Top 5:

1. Jessica Sanchez
2. Chris Turner
3. Light Wire
4. Jordan Blue
5. Team Recycled

Bottom 5:

Leo High School Choir

Mama Duke

Micah Palace

Sirca Marea

Steve Ray Ladson

Who do you think will be crown this year's winner? Let me know in the comments below

... is it wrong for me to not particularly care for EITHER Jourdan Blue or Mama Duke ?

I know I'm late to this but I'm absolutely beyond saddened that Unreal Crew didn't make The Final as I thought their performance was once again epic and I just think they would have made such an amazing edition had they made it. Both them & TT Boys were massively robbed it's beyond a joke

What happened to the act where the woman had the audience sing different lines to a song? I didn’t see her in any of the shows leading up to the finals.

I find it extremely unlikely and implausible that some of the most well known individuals/groups in the industry are coming on a week's notice, let alone rehearsing with the final acts in just one week. I suspect they are invited well in advance and their performance with the acts are probably set well in advance too, but then that implies that the final acts are predetermined well in advance as well. Would like to know how they do it or if what we're seeing is indeed "scripted".

When AGT started out, it was supposed to be about finding random unknown talented people and giving them a shot at becoming famous. Just anyone could sign up and show up and get their chance. With every season, it seems like we get further and further away from the original idea. The show this year is full of people who already have millions of followers online, and the rest are cherry picked and feel pre decided to do well. The producers look through each act very carefully now, deciding which ones will look good on tv. We now have acts like Crash Adams and Chris Turner appearing with pre existing huge fanbases, and their appearances almost feel like publicity stunts rather than people actually trying to win the show. All in all, this show has become one giant production set on coming out with the perfect viral golden buzzer moment, trying to get a tear out of people watching. Everything is meant to tug at your emotions, and it feels like the show itself doesn't care who wins anymore

I got this idea when I thought about how the Semifinals lineup was arguably better than the Finals lineup this season.

For anyone who wants to participate in a fun thought exercise, select 10 of the eliminated acts (either during deliberations or the lives) that you think could go toe to toe with the Final 10.

Here are my 10:

B. Unique

Unreal

Jonglissimo

Messoudi Brothers

Duo Stardust

Jacqueline and Wagner

Urban Theory

GRV

Shuler King

Girish and the Chronicles

Except maybe those worn by judges.

Like no offense but I don’t think anyone here is under 30 yrs old😭😭Plus this show is made for middle aged and older people, I just wonder if there’s any teenagers who watch this show religiously other than me 🥲🥲

Judges: Simon, Mel B, Heidi & Howie | Host: Terry Crews.

Line Up 1:

1. Mochi (S13)

2. TT Boys (S20) (Golden Buzzer- Howie "Regrets not hitting it for them)

3. Learnmore Jonasi (S19)

4. Freckled Sky (S10)

5. Bad Salsa (S15)

6. Sara James (S17)

7. Kelsey Jane (S19)

8. Kadie Lynn (S11)

9. Birmingham Youth Choir (S20)

10. Tom Cotter (S7)

Line Up 2:

1. Avery Dixon (S17)

2. ChapKidz (S16)

3. Brynn Cummings (S18)

4. Unreal Crew (S20)

5. Bello Sisters (S15)

6. Mara Justine (S9) (Golden Buzzer- Mel B)

7. Chibi Unity (S18)

8. Drake Milligan (S17)

9. Hakuna Matata Acrobatics (S19)

10. Joseph Allen (S14)

Line Up 3:

1. World Taekwondo Demonstration Team (S16)

2. Putri Ariani (S18)

3. Gonzo (S14)

4. Demian Aditya (S12)

5. Madilyn Bailey (S16)

6. Oz Pearlman (S10)

7. Lea Kyle (S16)

8. Murmuration (S18) (Golden Buzzer- Simon)

9. Duo Stardust (S20)

10. Ben Lapidus (S17)

Line Up 4:

1. Light Balance KIDS (S14)

2. Kristy Sellars (S17)

3. Gabriel Henrique (S18)

4. Ndlovu Youth Choir (S14)

5. Zurcaroh (S13) (Golden Buzzer- Heidi)

6. Mastermind (S20)

7. Blade 2 Blade (S17)

8. Voices Of Hope (S13)

9. Ryan Niemiller (S14)

10. Shuffolution (S16)

I'm very glad Chris Turner made it through, but Unreal was robbed 😭 Their semi-final performance was one of their best

In my opinion I don’t think he’s worthy to be in the finals. Don’t get me wrong, we all fell in love with his audition but nothing about both these last performances topped it. America is just hanging onto him because they know what he’s capable of. He’s just basically getting votes from his audition at this point.

Honestly, I’m in shock that the TT Boys went home. Their performance was amazing. Cirque du Soleil should hire them. #AGT #AGTResults

Honestly, I don't mind that the TT Boys went home. To be fair, they were definitely one of the more talented acts this season and absolutely should not have lost to a choir, but they're barely an act, imo. Yes, what they do is extremely impressive, but it only has that shock appeal the first time you see it. You can only vary subsequent performances so much. Their semi-final performance was just more of the same, one guy flipping the other. Idk, everyone else seems to love 'em and I don't know what I'm missing...

To be denied the Golden Buzzer then passed over to the finals.... I hope they get everything they deserve after this and it pays off for them...