America’s Got Talent: Should The Sacred Riana be wild card?
Or … are we? We don’t think that it has too much to do with her being on another show already or the production being a little bit weird last night — even if the cut to commercials was super-sudden and confusing. We think that it mostly just has to do with Americans like things that they are comfortable with. The average AGT voter through the years has been known to default on singers whenever given the opportunity to do so, and with last night being so uneven, that is precisely what happened. Many singers, who were at least decent, got in over some variety acts who stumbled.
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While we do love Riana and don’t mind the whole “scary” part of it (which is probably what turned off most family viewers), we think that last night wasn’t her best performance. There wasn’t enough magic in the act and the end of it, while creepy, wasn’t really a traditional magic reveal. We think she probably should have found a way to combine her style with a little more magic skill, but we’re not entirely sure that voters would have picked her anyway.
So, is there a chance that Riana could be a wild card down the road? We do think that it’s a pretty strong possibility, given that she not only is talented, but she is a big sell to the show’s social channels. She brings in a ton of traffic to AGT and its social channels, in part because of her popularity all over the world.
We do at least know this: With there being 21 acts being put through via results shows, we’re pretty confident that there will be anywhere between one and three wild cards. We’ll see precisely what happens on the other side of next week.
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Anonymous
September 6, 2018 @ 12:28 am
Yes, Riana should definitely be brought back…….As a retired woman who seriously dislikes “horror” movies, etc., she was a refreshing, different act. Some of those acts that the judges put thru once or twice were rediculous as far as talent goes. Bonnie
Desmond
August 29, 2018 @ 2:44 pm
I really think they should bring her back as a wild card. I don’t actually think most Americans know she won Asia’s Got Talent…. In my experience Asian horror and American ghost horror are different… Asia is a lott more into it and believe a lot of ghost legends which makes her effect more scary… I’ve seen a full complete show of her and she is awesome…I’ve also seen her out if character in regular clothes and she’s actually gorgeous…I think they need to give her another chance…by the way Mel B is not alone…she picked on one judge during Asia’s Got Talent…Angoon….she’s like the Beyonce of Asia…
Frank
August 28, 2018 @ 7:26 am
Why are American sheeple so scared of this act from the Sacred Riana? It’s just an act and a fantastic act at that. I love that she puts creepiness to it, like that she keeps everyone in suspense waiting what would happen next. I know Howie was so focused on her second and third performances waiting in suspense what she would do. I think someone is going to surprise us all in the coming days. I know Mel B is getting annoyed and irritate, did you see how her and Heidi hugged when Riana left the stage? Ha, that’s so unprofessional.
Desmond
August 29, 2018 @ 2:47 pm
100% agree Frank…I’ve seen every performance when she won Asia’s Got Talent…and seen almost everything she’s done anywhere….Asia gets her..I don’t think America gets her…
Carol B
August 26, 2018 @ 3:54 pm
Please wild card to Riana!
Adam Mapes
August 25, 2018 @ 5:31 pm
I agree with everonr that the sacred riana got robbed and she does deserve the wildcard. If not everyone should boycott agt until they bring her back.
David
August 24, 2018 @ 5:22 pm
Yes she needs to be brought back. a lot feel she was cheated due to the conflict with the way the commercial was cut in. She is very talented and a huge fan favorite around the world.
Sri John Martino
August 24, 2018 @ 12:36 pm
Yes, bring her back, bring her back, bring her back!!!
Maryan
August 24, 2018 @ 7:57 am
She needs to be brought back as a wild card.
She brought an excitement to the show this year and was the best thing it had going this season. Something different for a change so many other acts are the same old same old. Can’t believe she was voted off.
Bring her back.
Jan
August 24, 2018 @ 5:26 am
I love Riana’s performances, and I think her last one showed enough magic tricks, but in order to really “wow” them, Riana has to come up with illusions that aren’t easy to figure out. I didn’t need that from her, because she entertained me, and I just love the creepy horror stuff combined, but others do need her to freak them out with awesome illusions.
So, yes, I hope she’s a wild card winner. If she is, she has to improve on illusions, or she won’t make it.
FrankG
August 24, 2018 @ 1:16 am
Yes Riana deserves another chance because Simon Cowel was blaming her for the stage sets not operating properly when she was not even on the stage then they cut her performance short with. a commercial.
Diana is a good entertainer, so give her a wild card.
UTC
August 23, 2018 @ 6:57 pm
The Sacred Riana really deserves to move forward. The wildcard must be hers!!!!
Azroy
August 23, 2018 @ 11:25 am
She really deserves it despite the so called ‘sabotaged’. Period.
Big D
August 23, 2018 @ 10:25 am
Sacred Riana got jobbed by that commercial cut that stepped on the last few seconds on her act. That had to cost votes. Bring her back! If they can give the Human Fountains a second chance, they sure as hell can do the same for her.
MarkP1950
August 23, 2018 @ 9:52 am
She was disrespected twice by Simon. And Mel B has no sense of humor. Yes, she DOES need to come back. She came all the way from Indonesia brought all her equipment. Let them know on the AGT twitter page. I hope that she has a show in Milwaukee…
Again hit complaints on AGT Twitter page.
Liv Stark
August 23, 2018 @ 8:45 am
Yeah I would definitely love to see her back
James Aldrich
August 23, 2018 @ 2:39 am
I think your comments are spot on and I’ve been a talent judge and private voice and piano educator for over 30 years. Riana deserved to get in the semifinals regardless of any perceived glitch. Many are saying her her act was planned to end that way and are displaying production notes from the show as proof. We’re there better acts on this given night that were better than Riana? Perhaps…but not enough acts to keep her from advancing. Micksyla sung s tough song and had problems with it. She moved on. Da republic is a great dance team but to put them up against the 3 guys that put on an amazing and unduplicated show, in a tiebreaker was injustice. Both easily could have advanced but given that a choice had to be made, dancing is easier than the technology that the other act performed. And yet the dancers moved on. Hmm. Many questions. I’ve been correct roughly 80 percent of the time in choosing winners of each stage since AGT first aired. Besides Riana losing, I never imagined all 3 singers advancing. All did, but I felt only Glennis deserved to-despite a terrible wardrobe choice. The cats were predictable and the 2 sumo sound effect guys prob had no chance given their performances. The gymnasts did the same drop that they did a few weeks ago when his wife was accidentally dropped…and I believe it was from a higher elevation. That plus their backstory of him going blind almost guaranteed them to the semifinals. I agree with that decision. So as usua, ssome of the acts I liked made it and some did not. I can deal with that. But I’ve never wanted an act to go through more, that didn’t, as much as Riana. And that includes all 13 seasons of the show. Can she still compete as a wild card? Perhaps. Should she? Without question. Opinions vary and voters disagree. But Riana deserves better, not only on her own merits, but also based on those that actually made it to the semifinals. Maybe voters were turned off by the edgy and creepy subject matter. But if she did it well, she did better. Or at least good enough. She won Asia’s got talent. And they got it right. I hope America gets the chance to redeem themselves.