‘America’s Got Talent’ Season 12 Episode 13 Betting Odds
–’America’s Got Talent’ has returned for its 12th season on NBC.
–This is the first live show of the season after 12 weeks of taped footage.
–Episode Thirteen will air Tuesday, August 15 at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
The SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS coverage of ‘America’s Got Talent’ will be at full force throughout the rest of Season 12. This is the first live show after 12 weeks of taped audition footage and the format will continue for the rest of the season. The live broadcasts emanate from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
As we noted at the outset of our ‘AGT’ coverage earlier this Summer there’s no set number of finalists. You’d hear the term ‘Final 36’ tossed around often but now that the smoke has cleared we’re left with 33 contestants remaining. Broadly speaking, ‘America’s Got Talent’ uses the familiar reality show format that mixes the result of the judges’ evaluations with an audience response component. There are a few twists, however, that have become a recurring feature of the show but also could be changed at any time:
–The X: As you’ve probably surmised, the ‘X’ is bad news for contestants. The X is symbolic of a judge’s extreme disapproval of a performance. It operates in much the same way as the ‘gong’ on ‘The Gong Show‘. Only one judge’s ‘gong’ could end an act’s performance on ‘The Gong Show’ but on ‘America’s Got Talent’ it takes an ‘X’ from every judge. In most cases, this means that the act gets ‘the hook’ and is eliminated from further competition but there are some exceptions.
–The Golden Buzzer: The ‘Golden Buzzer’ was introduced in Season Nine and conveys god-like powers of salvation on the judges. Each judge can use one ‘Golden Buzzer’ per season but when they do here’s what happens–the act in question cannot be eliminated regardless of the number of ‘X’s’ and more significantly they advance directly to the live show. It should be noted that the host of the show enjoys this awesome responsibility along with the four judges.
–Audience Reaction: The viewing audience doesn’t have any god-like powers of salvation such as conveyed by the ‘Golden Buzzer’ but they do have the ability to influence a judge’s vote with their reaction to a performance. In actuality, since reality shows have no problem making up or modifying the rules as they go along a strong ‘pop’ from the audience can save an act from elimination.
SEASON TWELVE SPECIFICS
The host for Season Twelve is former supermodel Tyra Banks. This is her first season as host replacing Nick Cannon who had held the position for the previous eight seasons. Originally, it was announced that Cannon would be returning for Season Twelve but a nasty show biz spat between himself, NBC and the show’s producers left him on the outs. Here’s the storyline–Cannon announced in mid-February that he would be resigning as host citing the old standby ‘creative differences’. Some media wags suggested that it was a ‘you can’t fire me because I quit’ situation. Cannon had reportedly made disparaging remarks about NBC in his Showtime standup special. NBC refused to accept Cannon’s resignation and there was some speculation that he would be sued for breach of contract. Ultimately, cooler heads prevailed and the network settled on Banks. The four judges are familiar faces on the reality show circuit and return for the second season as a group. They are Mel B (aka the artist formerly known as ‘Scary Spice’ from the Spice Girls), Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell. guaranteed a spot in the Final 36 (or whatever number remains at the start of live programming). They are the only contestants that have thus far advanced out of the audition stage.
‘America’s Got Talent’ has been a huge ratings winner for NBC in Season 12. The show was the highest rated non-sports program of the month in June and more impressively appears to be keeping it’s audience from one week to the next. There’s a good chance that the show will receive another ratings bump once live broadcasts begin on August 15 and that would be ‘gravy’ for the producers since the show has been dominating network ratings ever since the season began.
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‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12
Darci Lynne Farmer: +175
Angelica Hale: +500
Mandy Harvey: +1250
Celine Tam: +1500
Preacher Lawson: +1750
Colin Cloud: +1750
Puddles Pity Party: +2500
The Singing Trump: +2500
Merrick Hanna: +3500
Chase Goehring: +3500
Evie Clair: +4500
Billy & Emily England: +4500
Kechi: +5000
Yoli Mayor: +5000
Mike Young: +6000
Greater Works: +6000
Johnny Manuel: +6000
Light Balance: +7500
Just Jerk: +7500
Christian Guardino: +7500
The Masqueraders: +7500
Oscar Hernandez: +7500
Angelina Green: +7500
Mirror Image: +7500
Demian Aditya: +7500
Diavolo: +7500
Pompeyo Family Dogs: +7500
Artyon & Paige: +7500
Eric Jones: +7500
Junior & Emily Alabi: +7500
Sarah Carson and Hero: +7500
Brobots & Mandroidz: +7500
In The Stairwell: +7500
THE WINNER OF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WILL BE?
Male: -135
Female: +100
Group/Other: +450
THE SECOND PLACE FINISHER OF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WILL BE?
Male: -155
Female: +175
Group/Other: +250
THE THIRD PLACE FINISHER OF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WILL BE?
Male: +105
Female: +500
Group/Other: -150
THE WINNER OF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WILL BE?
Age 21 or under: -135
22 or older: +100
Group: +450
THE WINNER OF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WILL BE?
Singer/Musician: -250
Dancer: +300
Magician/Ventriloquist: +450
Other: +850
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
WHICH SEVEN ACTS WILL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND?
Darci Lynne Farmer: -200
Angelica Hale: +600
Yoli Mayor: +900
Puddles Pity Party: +1150
Preacher Lawson: +1500
The Singing Trump: +1750
Billy & Emily England: +2250
Just Jerk: +3500
Christian Guardino: +3500
Artyon & Paige: +3500
In The Stairwell: +3500
WHICH ACT WILL BE THE ‘JUDGES’ CHOICE’?
Darci Lynne Farmer: +150
Angelica Hale: +300
Preacher Lawson: +750
Puddles Pity Party: +900
Yoli Mayor: +1250
Christian Guardino: +1250
The Singing Trump: +1250
Billy & Emily England: +1500
Just Jerk: +1750
Artyon & Paige: +3500
In The Stairwell: +3500
WHICH ACT WILL RECEIVE THE ‘DUNKIN SAVE’?
Christian Guardino: +250
The Singing Trump: +450
Yoli Mayor: +500
Angelica Hale: +700
Preacher Lawson: +900
Puddles Pity Party: +900
Darci Lynne Farmer: +1250
Billy & Emily England: +1500
Just Jerk: +1500
Artyon & Paige: +2150
In The Stairwell: +2150
WILL HEIDI KLUM USE HER ‘X’ IN EPISODE THIRTEEN?
Yes: -275
No: +225
WILL MEL B USE HER ‘X’ IN EPISODE THIRTEEN?
Yes: -300
No: +270
WILL SIMON COWELL USE HIS ‘X’ IN EPISODE THIRTEEN?
Yes: -250
No: +210
WILL HOWIE MANDELL USE HIS ‘X’ IN EPISODE THIRTEEN?
Yes: -180
No: +150
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN RATINGS WILL BE?
Over 2.65: -130
Under 2.65: +110
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN SHARE WILL BE?
11: -150
Not 11: +130
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN TOTAL VIEWERSHIP WILL BE?
Over 13 Million: -130
Under 13 Million: +110
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN TOTAL VIEWERSHIP WILL BE?
Higher than Episode 12 (Over 13.32 Million): -120
Lower or Equal to Episode 12 (13.32 Million or lower): +100
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN NIGHTLY RANK FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 WILL BE?
#1: -750
Not #1: +600
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 EPISODE THIRTEEN WEEKLY RANK FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 14 THROUGH AUGUST 20 WILL BE?
#1: -350
Not #1: +300
WILL ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ FINISH THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS THE HIGHEST RATED NON-SPORTS PROGRAM OF THE MONTH?
Yes: -150
No: +130