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[edit] Las Vegas Callbacks

Part 1 of the Las Vegas callbacks was broadcast on July 10, 2007. The 70 remaining acts were trimmed down to a short list of 35 acts.[1]

Part 2 of the Las Vegas callbacks was broadcast on July 11, 2007. The "short list" of 35 acts was then reduced to a Top 20 to be voted on by the viewing audience.[2]

Acts that were eliminated during the callbacks included:

  • Ada Lynn
    • Chicago auditions: 80-year old singer/comedienne.[3]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
  • Bruce Block & Skippy à la King
    • New York auditions: a talking rabbit ventriloquist act. The judges liked the act in general, but thought the actual material was weak.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Originally planned to have a lady dance on him while he lay on a bed of nails. After his assistant cancelled at the last minute, he regrouped and said he would pull a rabbi out of a hat, but actually made his head vanish.[1]
  • Byrain Wynbush
    • New York auditions: The Roxbury, Massachusetts, resident started the day as backup singer to rapper Abenz, who was eliminated. Wynbush, however, was invited by the judges to audition on his own. He returned to sing "Treat Her Like a Lady" with little preparation time and was passed through by the judges.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang "Superstar".[1]
  • Christian Atayde Stoinev
    • Chicago auditions: The Big Apple Circus performer was only shown briefly in a montage and was not thoroughly named at that point. Acrobatic balancing act with his chihuahua.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Scooby, the dog, had been injured a few days earlier by a bite from a larger dog, and was unable to perform, forcing Stoniev to perform his balancing act solo.[1]
  • Diana Augone
    • L.A. auditions: 75-year-old who sang and danced to "Last Dance" by Donna Summer.[5]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
  • Granny Pearl
    • L.A. auditions: standup comedian.[5]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Made jokes about what she would do with the million dollars if she won. The jokes fell flat with the judges, who commented about it being the "same shtick".[1]
  • The Great Throwdini
    • New York auditions: A knife throwing act performed by a reverend and his assistant.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage. One of his knives did not stick in the backboard (as was the case in his New York audition), and the judges were unimpressed that the act was essentially the same as the first time.[1]
  • Ivan the "Urban Action Figure"
    • L.A. auditions: acrobatic dancing.[5]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Attempted to jump a series of chairs, but the trampoline he was using buckled causing him to crash through the chairs and fall to the floor. he remained motionless on the floor. After a bit of time and medical attention, he got back up, dazed but otherwise apparently OK. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution.[1]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Returned to be officially eliminated. He was welcomed to return and try again next year.[2]
  • Jabbawockeez Crew
    • Dallas auditions: a group of male hip hop dancers.[7]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown dancing briefly in a montage.[1]
    • The Jabbawockeez were also featured on America's Got Talent, and during the time they lost one of thier member named :Mohammad Faizan also known as "unknownjoker". Before the Jabbawockeez audition for America's Got Talent, "unknownjoker" Left the crew and left to Canada.


  • John Mitchell
    • Chicago auditions: baton twirler.[3]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Morgan referred to him as the most improved act from the first round.[8]
  • Jordan & Nasko
    • Dallas auditions: father and son hand-to-hand balancing act.[7]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
  • Liang Patti
    • L.A. auditions: Chinese acrobat, balanced eight spinning plates on sticks throughout her act. Morgan buzzed her to see whether she would react but she didn't drop any plates during her performance. She began crying on stage when he gave compliments on her training; then Hasselhoff went on stage to hug her.[5][9]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
  • The Magic of Eli Kerr
    • L.A. auditions: a magic and illusion act featuring fire eating and girls disappearing and appearing.[5]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage. He had prop malfunctions while producing his assistant from a shadow box.[1]
  • Nicholas Marks
    • Dallas auditions: flamenco guitar player who advanced to the second round as a solo performer one year after his performance with wife Ari was rejected by the judges.[7][10]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
  • Philadelphia T. Plowden
    • New York auditions: standup comedian.[4][11]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
  • Rhythm Extreme
    • New York auditions: a Stomp style percussive group.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.

Acts that were advanced to the "short list" but not brought into the "Top 20" include:

  • The Magic of Anthony Reed
    • New York auditions: a magician from Las Vegas, Nevada who worked with doves and combined them to make a duck.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performed the Aquarian Illusion.[1]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated by the judges in favor of his mentor, Kevin James.[2]
  • Cocoa Brown
    • L.A. auditions: Standup comedian.[5]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Though they told her that she was "the funniest comic we saw," the judges eliminated her.[2]
  • Fallon Franklin
    • Dallas auditions: a 25-year old singer who sang "Who Will Save Your Soul" by Jewel and played guitar.[7]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): [13]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Eliminated by the judges.[2]
  • Illmatic Styles with Lazy Legz (Luca)
    • New York auditions: Consists of acrobatic dancers from Montreal, Quebec who want to inspire people. Luca was born with a condition called arthrogryposis: he has very little muscles in his legs.[4][14]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[1]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[2]
  • Leonid the Magnificent
    • New York auditions: Performed with two girls dressed up like lions. Much like Boy Shakira, he was put through over the objections of Hasselhoff, who threatened to quit the show if the other two judges advanced him to the next round.[4][15]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Judges made the choice to "treat him as a performer rather than a joke," and eliminated him. Backstage Leonid vowed not to try again, saying "Enough is enough."[2]
  • Lil' C
    • L.A. auditions: An 11-year-old rapper/dancer. He was told that he should just stick to dancing by the judges, as his rapping needed work.[5][16]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[2]
  • Michael Strelo-Smith
    • L.A. auditions: an elementary school music teacher sang "This is the Moment" from Jekyll & Hyde, which, coincidentally, Hasselhoff once starred in, a cappella.[5]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Sang "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban.[1]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Commended by the judges for following his dream, but eliminated.[2]
  • Mr. Big "Who's the Guy" Beal
    • Dallas auditions: played "Pick Up the Pieces" by Average White Band on the saxophone while dancing.[7][17]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[2]
  • Odysy
    • New York auditions: Four member hip hop boy band that sang "Real Love" by Mary J. Blige.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Not shown, but did not make the Top 20, so presumed eliminated by the judges.[2]
  • The Rascals (not to be confused with the '60s group)
    • Dallas auditions: A trio of teenage male rock singers.[7]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Only shown briefly in a montage.[1]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Told they had "bright futures" but were "not yet ready."[1]
  • Sage
    • New York auditions: Seven year old Sage and his grandfather from Novato, California. Sage sang while both played the piano to Cab Calloway's "St. James Infirmary Blues". They were put through by Osbourne and Hasselhoff, while Morgan said beforehand that they were nowhere near close to being a million dollar act. Criticism was harder on the grandfather, who remarked as he left the stage that Sage went on, but that he himself had been fired.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised, but from photos on the AGT web site, it was apparent that Sage is now competing solo, without his grandfather.[18]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): Told by the judges, "this isn't the end, it's the beginning." Eliminated.[2]
  • The 3 Redneck Tenors
    • New York auditions: Acapella close harmony singing, while dressed as rednecks, performed Beethoven's 5th Symphony.[4]
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 1): Performance was not televised.
    • Las Vegas Callbacks (Part 2): After being told they were eliminated, responded by saying, "You're crazy. We're everything your show's all about."[2]