NBC’s summer hit America’s Got Talent has offered up countless impressive acts during its decade-long run … but there was one on the show Tuesday night that in my opinion topped them all. In fact, it was so amazing that it doesn’t seem adequate to qualify it against other AGT acts only, so let me say this: It was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen on television – and, in part, on Instagram – period. My neighbors and I were as slack-jawed as judges Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel, and host Nick Cannon, at the end of the segment.
Currently in its quarter-final rounds, during which home viewers choose the top 24 acts from among the hundreds that have been jockeying for recognition throughout the summer, AGT on Tuesday brought back several promising performers from recent weeks gone by, each one hoping to move forward to the finals. (AGT, incidentally, is still serving summer-long sponsor Dunkin' Donuts extraordinarily well. Just look at how those DD cups glow in the photo below of Nick Cannon with singer Alicia Michilli, another performer on Tuesday night's show. Year to date it's the most effective DVR-proof product placement of 2015, as noted in my column of June 23.)