Eminem's performance completely impressed the three judges and won over many fans at the scene.
The three √ scores naturally allowed him to easily advance to the next round of the competition.
"Alright everyone, let's give a big round of applause to welcome the next contestant. He's Paul Verhoeven, the street ventriloquist from New York State!"
As Will Smith's high-pitched voice fell, the second contestant came on stage.
Paul Verhoeven, the ventriloquist!
He was a popular contestant on the original "America's Got Talent" stage, and his ventriloquism style of performance was full of humour and weirdness.
After introducing himself on stage, he immediately began his performance today.
Paul said, "Now I want to invite David to cooperate with my performance. I hope you can agree?"
"Why not?"
Upon hearing this, David, one of the three judges, immediately spread his hands and laughed. Then he stood up and walked onto the stage amid the cheers of the audience.
Paul sat David on a chair set up on the stage and said, "Please sit down, David. Tonight on America's Got Talent, you'll be a ventriloquist. Just sit here and look straight ahead. I'll do all the talking, okay? Okay, now you need to wear this half-face mask. It has a movable mouth, and of course, I have a remote control."
"Well, let's first find a voice, a voice similar to yours, a masculine voice."
"Are you okay now?"
As soon as the words fell, David, who was sitting on the chair, opened and closed the mouth of his half-face mask, as if he were talking. Of course, the voice that came out was not masculine at all and sounded very much like SpongeBob's voice.
"Yes, I'm fine, hehehehe~!"
Suddenly, there was laughter at the scene.
Judge David also had a look of despair on his face and looked at the ventriloquist Paul.
"Okay, let's play now. I don't want to be a judge, I want to be a contestant. Can you be a judge for me? You can comment on me!" David said again.
Well, that's not what David himself said at all.
Instead, it was Paul who spoke it out using ventriloquism.
At the same time, he still speaks in SpongeBob's tone.
"You want me to comment on you?" Paul said in shock.
"Yes, you sit in my judge's seat, now!" David said again.
Well, Paul didn't hesitate and sat down on the judges' table amidst the laughter of the audience. Of course, this was also part of his performance.
"Holy crap! Can you play like this?"
Well, this is the natural reaction of many viewers nowadays.
It was 1997, and even in America, where entertainment was extremely developed, there were very few variety shows that were run like this, let alone a talent show that was the first of its kind.
The contestants waiting backstage were immediately delighted.
"We can get the judges to cooperate with the performance!"
The next performance, of course, was Paul using ventriloquism to direct David, making him do a series of hilarious actions.
"Hello, David, what are you going to perform today?"
"I dance!"
Make the judges dance?
Are you sure?!
In America, where entertainment is everything, audiences naturally enjoy playing pranks on judges.
Prank the judges?
Well, this is a very cliché thing, but this happened in 1997, and pranking the judges was not cliché at all, but rather felt very fresh to them. Where had they seen this before?
The laughter at the scene instantly became louder again!
Judge Pierce laughed and said, "I can't wait any longer now."
Sharon Osbourne on the side also laughed and said: "I want to see David dance now, too.
"
"OK? David, are you sure you want to dance?"
"Yes, first I need to stand up."
Judge David stood up helplessly and, following Paul's ventriloquism, opened his arms and announced, "Dear audience friends, I'm going to perform a twerking dance for you now~!"
Puff~~~!
In an instant, the scene burst into laughter again!
David had no choice but to follow the instructions.
"Okay, now I'm going to move my hands and my feet and turn around and wiggle my butt!"
There is no doubt that the ventriloquist Paul's performance was outstanding and won applause from many audiences.
Kyle, who was on stage, smiled and shook his head.
In fact, Kyle had seen many ventriloquism performances in variety shows in his previous life, and he was no longer interested in them. However, this did not mean that the audience had also seen them!
Of course, even among many excellent ventriloquist performers, Paul is considered to be an extremely outstanding one.
Paul's performance this time naturally won the recognition of the three judges.
The contestants who came on stage one after another showed off their unique skills.
Acrobatics, talk shows, singing, robot dance, imitation shows... the numerous talent shows dazzled the audience and judges, and won applause again and again.
However, some are applauded, some have unsatisfactory results.
For example:
A white woman appeared on stage, and her performance was a rapid blink! In one minute, she blinked rapidly more than 200 times. Such a skill was naturally speechless, and the judges gave her three Xs without hesitation.
Then there was a black guy who showed off his unique skills in swearing!
Continuously swearing and cursing.
This is even more speechless.
Bodyguard Adam couldn't help but ask Kyle why such a bizarre performance could be on the stage of the talent show.
Kyle rolled his eyes at him in annoyance!
Why?
Red flowers need green leaves to support them!
Although some contestants' performances are speechless, they have their characteristics. Programs that can make the audience laugh and feel speechless are also useful in some cases.
....
Backstage.
The contestants waiting to go on stage were nervous, but also watched the performance on stage with interest on the TV screen.
Galifianakis, the overweight man in the movie "The Hangover," laughed and said, "I didn't expect there would be all kinds of contestants!"
Beyoncé also smiled and said: "No matter whether we can advance in the end, it is worth the trip to see so many great performances on the spot."
Good sister Kelly Rowland curled her lips and said, "That won't work. We will advance."
In the first recording, the last person to appear also performed a talk show.
The contestant, named Howie (Howie Mandel), is an unknown radio host from somewhere in Canada.
"Huh?"
"I didn't expect it to be him!"
Kyle looked at Howie Mandel with a little surprise.
Kyle had met Howie Mandel in his past life. He was a judge on the later seasons of America's Got Talent in his original time and space. His iconic bald head and humorous style were loved by many viewers.
After 2005, the game variety show "Deal or No Deal" hosted by him on NBC TV won the ratings championship of NBC TV programs that year, making him famous.
Of course, it was 1997, and Big Bald Hoy was not famous at all.
He is now participating in the talent show to become famous.
Kyle was naturally surprised by his appearance.
Although Kyle is nominally the chief planner of the "Talent Show" program, he can't take care of everything personally and remember all the information about the 200 preliminary contestants clearly.
Time passed slowly, and the recording of the first episode ended amid the enthusiasm of the audience.
"Rayleigh, is it okay to edit the content of the first episode of the program before the 15th?" Kyle asked the program director.
Rayleigh nodded immediately: "No problem at all!"
Having received Rayleigh's affirmation and the good atmosphere at the recording site, Kyle is now looking forward to the performance after "America's Got Talent" is officially broadcast.