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"It seems like the quarter finals round on America&amp;#039;s Got Talent just keeps going - and indeed, we&amp;#039;re slowly continuing to inch closer to the semi-finals. This week, the final step. It&amp;#039;s the Wild Card show, where 12 previously eliminated acts get a second chance to take the stage with the hope of grabbing one of four remaining places in the next round. But who will it be? Stay with Digital Spy live from 8/7c to find out!   21:58Well, that&amp;#039;s all for tonight. Only four of these acts will get through, and admittedly, the decision will probably be a bit harder than usual. So long as the dog gets through, I&amp;#039;ll be happy. To find out for sure, join us tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 22) at 9/8c for the results! 21:56He sets up several arrows, facing one another, to go - and then puts a bag over his head, an apple on top of it, and shoots an arrow blindly, setting off a domino effect of the others. It works, of course, and the apple is shot and Ben is still alive. Howard is excited by it and calls it &amp;quot;phenomenal&amp;quot;, saying that he deserves a spot in the semi finals. Sharon agrees, as does Howie, yada yada. That&amp;#039;s it! 21:51There&amp;#039;s one more contestant tonight, and Howard&amp;#039;s picked Ben Blaque, the archer who&amp;#039;s finally turning the arrows on himself. It&amp;#039;s so dangerous, apparently, that he almost considered not doing tonight&amp;#039;s trick. Uh oh! 21:46He&amp;#039;s singing &amp;#039;Unbreak My Heart&amp;#039; by Toni Braxton... in Italian... as an opera. I mean, this is a disaster, but bless his heart for trying, I suppose. Howie thinks that he deserves to be there (I disagree) and says that he was the biggest surprise of this season given that his look and his voice are pretty disparate. Howard was &amp;quot;transfixed&amp;quot; by his voice the first time and says that he redeemed himself tonight and did a &amp;quot;terrific&amp;quot; job.  Sharon calls it &amp;quot;sensational&amp;quot; and thinks that Andrew is a star (WHAT?), revealing that a friend of hers bet her a plate of pancakes (again, WHAT?) that Andrew would be the winner and while she initially disagreed, she now owes him a short stack. 21:41Let&amp;#039;s just talk about this - Andrew De Leon, the opera singer, is Howie&amp;#039;s next pick to come back. I mean, you know, whatever. 21:35Sharon thinks that she did &amp;quot;really well&amp;quot; and utilised the stage really well - especially considering she&amp;#039;s a solo act with no one else to help her. However, she admits it&amp;#039;s a &amp;quot;tough show&amp;quot; tonight - basically, she&amp;#039;s trying to let her down easy.  Howard says she&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;beautiful to watch&amp;quot; and graceful, but echoes Sharon&amp;#039;s thoughts about it being a difficult evening, adding that she might get overlooked as she didn&amp;#039;t do anything &amp;quot;crazy&amp;quot;. Howard tells her that she deserved to be here but agrees with the others - it might be tough for her to move forward. 21:33Lindsey Norton, the young dancer, is getting another chance, now. She&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;going big&amp;quot; tonight so hopefully she doesn&amp;#039;t go home, but to be honest, it looks pretty much the same as all of her other routines to me. Lots of flexibility and some acrobatics but not much excitement - and sorry, but definitely not worthy of its own show in Vegas. 21:24Howie says it&amp;#039;s a great act because he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;hysterical&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;put it all out there&amp;quot;, plus he applauds the friends for their stunts and Horse for appearing in his underwear. Lord. Howie is speechless, calling him &amp;quot;nuts&amp;quot;. Sharon says only that she feels like she&amp;#039;s watching a home video of drunk kids on spring break. I don&amp;#039;t think that&amp;#039;s a good thing. 21:22Fine - this time, he&amp;#039;s swinging into bars (via his crotch), jumping down onto wooden blocks, and generally acting like an utter arse. He&amp;#039;s even got friends with him this time who throw themselves onto tables of mouse traps and the like. 21:20It&amp;#039;s time for Howard&amp;#039;s next act, and he&amp;#039;s brought back... Horse. Yes, the guy who gets hit in the crotch repeatedly. What a waste - he&amp;#039;s not going to the semi-finals. It&amp;#039;s base, it&amp;#039;s boring, it&amp;#039;s not clever. I refuse to speak more about it. Ha! 21:14Howie calls him &amp;quot;more than a singer&amp;quot; and instead an &amp;quot;entertainer&amp;quot;, saying he can spread his wings further than mariachi and he will be a star. Sharon loves him, saying that he took a big risk with his song choice but that everything he and his band did was &amp;quot;superb&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot;, as well as &amp;quot;emotional&amp;quot;. Howard can&amp;#039;t believe that a 10-year-old carries himself so maturely but urges America to vote for him. 21:11Sebastian &amp;quot;El Charro De Oro&amp;quot;, the mini mariachi singer, is back! He&amp;#039;s absolutely adorable and a total sweetheart, so I hope he manages to make his way to the semi-finals. Tonight, he&amp;#039;s singing a more uptempo song, mixing Frank Sinatra&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;New York, New York&amp;#039; with traditional mariachi. I&amp;#039;m not a massive fan of it, but he&amp;#039;s still cute. 21:04Sharon doesn&amp;#039;t know what to say, as it&amp;#039;s something she&amp;#039;s never seen anywhere in the world. She calls it &amp;quot;breathtaking&amp;quot; and calls their timing &amp;quot;superb&amp;quot;. Howard recognises that it takes &amp;quot;tremendous strength&amp;quot; to do their act, applauding them for pulling it off perfectly. Howie is amazed at how dangerous the act is, saying he was shocked that they wanted to do the trick that killed their grandfather&amp;#039;s cousin. He looks forward to what they have in store next. 21:02The BandBaz Brothers are next up - Sharon&amp;#039;s brought the acrobatic team back to have a second chance at the competition. They&amp;#039;re doing their most dangerous trick tonight, which apparently will see them balancing head to head - one of the brothers reveals that a family member of their was killed attempting to do the trick. With just a bar in their mouths holding them there, they manage it... but that&amp;#039;s it. Not even 90 seconds long. 20:58Howard is pleased that the acts tonight are putting on a great show and thanks Todd for taking his advice and choosing a topical monologue which translates well. &amp;quot;You did me proud - I&amp;#039;m glad I brought you back!&amp;quot; he adds. Sharon says that the 90-second act &amp;quot;flew by&amp;quot; and that she wanted to see more, calling it &amp;quot;very slick&amp;quot; and dubbing it &amp;quot;a 10&amp;quot;. Howie agrees, adding that the material was spot on tonight and that Todd made it &amp;quot;tough&amp;quot; for America to decide who to send through. 20:56Todd&amp;#039;s jokes are politically themed, with Irving &amp;quot;running for president&amp;quot;. I love this act. It&amp;#039;s adorable, it&amp;#039;s funny and just really clever. Irving for president! 20:54Hey, an act I like - Todd Oliver is back with his &amp;quot;talking&amp;quot; dogs. THE CUTEST! Irving is the cutest little Boston Terrier and I just want to hug him. I want a dog! Someone get me one! In any case, Todd is Howard&amp;#039;s pick and I can&amp;#039;t wait to see what he&amp;#039;s got. He has to get through! (I&amp;#039;m a sucker for animal acts, can you tell?) 20:48Yep, he&amp;#039;s got it! Well, for a few minutes, anyway... What is the point of this act? Howie says that he brought him back as he has been very critical of Cristin from the beginning and applauds him for coming and trying it again. Howard wants to say in all sincerity that he is &amp;quot;exciting&amp;quot; and promises that he&amp;#039;s not saying it to make him feel better. He also appreciates that he added fire to the act and says that he really enjoyed it.  Sharon also thinks it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;really incredible&amp;quot; and that he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Mister Dangerous&amp;quot;, praising him for coming back and doing it again despite it going terribly last time. Goodbye, Cristin. 20:45It&amp;#039;s time for Howie&amp;#039;s next act, and he&amp;#039;s brought back balancing act Cristin Sandu, who fell off a bunch of junk while an Ellie Goulding song played in the background, as you may remember. He&amp;#039;s back at it again with the same trick tonight - but will it go right this time? 20:38Sharon (who brought him back) is &amp;quot;really proud&amp;quot; of Jake, calling his outfit &amp;quot;stunning&amp;quot; (it&amp;#039;s a suit jacket and slacks with a bowtie, so...) and saying that his mother should be proud of him. Wow. Howie says that he sang well and is a very good singer, but this year is not for singers on the show. He doesn&amp;#039;t think Jake will go on after tonight, which I have to agree (and am praying for).  Howard says that his lack of experience shows because he fails to make a connection with the audience. However, he urges him to continue to develop and work on his performance. 20:35Oh, dear. Jake Wesley Rogers is back. In case you&amp;#039;ve blocked him from your memory, he&amp;#039;s the teen hipster singer who covered Britney Spears&amp;#039; &amp;#039;Toxic&amp;#039; earlier in the competition. Zzzzzz... sorry, fell asleep at the keyboard. He&amp;#039;s singing Lady GaGa&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;The Edge of Glory&amp;#039; tonight... and it&amp;#039;s really, really awful. My face is literally frozen in a state of &amp;quot;meh&amp;quot;. Make it end. 20:29Howie is extremely excited, calling them &amp;quot;brilliant&amp;quot; and saying that tonight&amp;#039;s performance was &amp;quot;great&amp;quot; and he can&amp;#039;t wait to see what they do in the semi-final. Erm, something tells me we won&amp;#039;t see them again.  Howard says that Howie is acting weird and jokes that they should make his oversized earrings disappear. Getting down to business, Howard applauds them for redeeming themselves tonight and taking out &amp;quot;the cheese&amp;quot; that can often pervade big illusions. &amp;quot;You really proved that you are top quality pros,&amp;quot; he adds. Sharon calls it &amp;quot;really spectacular&amp;quot;. Again, it just didn&amp;#039;t seem like much on TV. 20:27Remember Jarrett and Raja (which I originally typed as &amp;quot;Jared and Roger&amp;quot;, FYI)? You know, the magician and pianist duo that was absolutely awful? Well, Howie&amp;#039;s brought them back- yippee! He thinks America got it wrong when they were sent home last time, so they&amp;#039;re here to do a &amp;quot;huge illusion&amp;quot; that is incomparable. Raja is playing his piano inside a box, which Jarrett then seals and writes &amp;quot;FRAGILE&amp;quot; on. The box is lifted up in the air and then falls apart... but Raja&amp;#039;s not inside. Instead, he&amp;#039;s in the back of the auditorium playing the piano. How did it happen? I don&amp;#039;t know, but something tells me it&amp;#039;s a trick that seems more amazing in person than it does on TV. 20:19The dance was... enjoyable. Sharon calls it &amp;quot;really well done&amp;quot;, while Howie remarks that it&amp;#039;s all about &amp;quot;context&amp;quot; and worries that although they made their production bigger and are talented dancers, it&amp;#039;s not &amp;quot;exciting enough&amp;quot; to go beyond this week considering all the other talented acts in the competition.  Howard sort of agrees, saying that Sharon was right to bring them back, but that America is going to vote for four acts and they should have singled out one guy to showcase his skills. He insists that the performance was not enough to get them through and they needed to do something &amp;quot;completely different&amp;quot; to their usual in order to move forward. 20:14Guess who Sharon has picked as her first act to come back? It&amp;#039;s male clog dancing group All That! 20:10I will say it is a bit exciting to watch his cement covered hands reach out of the box (which is full of wet cement) in order to remove himself in what seems to be the nick of time - and indeed, the judges appreciate this too, as they give him a standing ovation. I imagine that will be good enough to get him through.  As Howard&amp;#039;s pick, he is thrilled saying that Spencer&amp;#039;s not someone you will ever fast forward through if you&amp;#039;re watching on DVR. He applauds him for the &amp;quot;sense of danger&amp;quot; and appreciates that the audience was able to see the act as it progressed. Sharon agrees that he &amp;quot;definitely delivered&amp;quot; tonight, saying he was a whole different person from his last performance. She also loves his outfit and the stage setting.  Howie calls it &amp;quot;exactly what the Wild Card show is about&amp;quot; as he took the criticism and improved upon it, surpassing their expectations. 20:05The first act back tonight is escape artist Spencer Horsman, who&amp;#039;s got 90 seconds to get out of his current act or else he&amp;#039;s dead. Something tells me he&amp;#039;ll be just fine. He&amp;#039;s got to get out of eight padlocks inside of a tank that will slowly be filling with 150 gallons of wet cement. Well, that&amp;#039;s certainly ambitious. He&amp;#039;s quoting Houdini (yawn) and whatnot before he gets this thing started, so let&amp;#039;s see what he&amp;#039;s got. 20:03Well, here we are for another 12 performances. Be honest - is there anyone who&amp;#039;s left the competition that you felt really gutted about? Me, neither. But indeed, they have managed to find 12 people to give a second chance. It&amp;#039;s the judges&amp;#039; choice this year, so let&amp;#039;s see what the night has to offer. 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