‘America’s Got Talent’ Season 12 Week 13 Betting Odds
–’America’s Got Talent’ has returned for its 12th season on NBC.
–This is the last of three quarterfinal rounds.
–Two ‘AGT’ shows will air this week–Tuesday, August 29 and Wednesday, August 30 at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
The SPORTS BETTING EXPERTS coverage of ‘America’s Got Talent’ continues as we preview the final ‘quarterfinals’ elimination show. First, a quick procedural note–we’ve been numerating each show by ‘episode’ but with the live shows ‘AGT’ has gone to two episodes per week. For that reason we’ll refer to the ‘week’ instead of the ‘episode’ going forward. At this point, there are 29 acts remaining in the competition but that number will drop significantly following the Week 13 quarterfinal eliminations.
By now, you’re probably familiar with the rules and ‘gimmicks’ of the live shows. The ‘Judge’s Choice’ gives one act the chance to advanced based exclusively on a vote of the panel. Each judge picks one act and the one with the most votes goes through to the next round. The ‘Dunkin’ Save‘ is a gimmick sponsored by Dunkin Donuts that gives one low scoring act a chance to remain in contention. Three acts are announced as ‘eligible’ for the ‘Dunkin Save’ during the results show and the one that receives the most votes from viewers gets the reprieve.
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.
‘America’s Got Talent’ has been a huge ratings winner for NBC in Season 12. As we had expected, the return of the live shows gave an already dominant program a bigger boost in the rating. ‘AGT’ continues to dominate the competition on Tuesday and Wednesday night both in the timeslot and for the entire evening. The first run ‘AGT’ episodes have never failed to win their time slot and since the first three weeks when taped auditions were shown they’ve failed to win the entire week only once. That’s a bit of a technicality, however, since you’ll recall that there are now *two* ‘AGT’ episodes every week and the dynamic now is that the ‘performance show’ on Tuesday gets the #1 ranking while the ‘results’ show on Wednesday gets the runner up spot.
There was a minor controversy last week when Mel B reacted negatively to a one-liner from Simon Cowell. The Tuesday performance show was plagued with technical difficulties and one of the acts that suffered as a result was illusionist Demian Aditya. He eventually had to scrap his illusion due to the technical issues which prompted Simon to quip “I kind of imagine this would be like Mel B’s wedding night. A lot of anticipation, not much promise or delivery.” Not a bad one liner but Mel B flipped out and stormed off the stage after throwing a cup of water at the quick witted Englishman. She quickly returned to her position on the judging podium and the more she explains it the more it sounds like a ‘work’ or a pro wrestling style ‘angle’. In fact, that’s why I didn’t do the obvious ‘will Mel B throw water’ or ‘will Mel B storm offstage’ prop–the whole thing reeks of being contrived.
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‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
TO WIN ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12
Darci Lynne Farmer: +200
Angelica Hale: +450
Mandy Harvey: +700
Johnny Manuel: +700
Celine Tam: +1500
Colin Cloud: +1500
Light Balance: +2750
Merrick Hanna: +2750
Chase Goehring: +2750
Final Draft: +2750
Evie Clair: +4500
Billy & Emily England: +4500
Kechi: +5500
Yoli Mayor: +5500
Mike Yung: +6000
Oskar and Gaspar: +6000
Greater Works: +6000
Preacher Lawson: +8500
Christian Guardino: +8500
Oscar Hernandez: +8500
Angelina Green: +8500
Diavolo: +8500
Eric Jones: +8500
Junior & Emily Alabi: +8500
Sarah Carson and Hero: +8500
In The Stairwell: +8500
THE WINNER OF ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WILL BE?
Male: -120
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: -450
Dancer: +350
Magician/Ventriloquist: +750
Other: +900
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ SEASON 12 WEEK THIRTEEN PROPOSITION BETTING ODDS
WHICH SEVEN ACTS WILL ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND?
Colin Cloud: +215
Chase Goehring: +450
Final Draft: +450
DaNell Daymon & Greater Works: +600
Oskar and Gaspar: +950
Kechi Okwuchi: +1750
Angelina Green: +1750
Diavolo: +1750
Sara and Hero: +2500
Junior and Emily: +2500
Mike Yung: +2500
Oscar Hernandez: +2500
All Acts Eliminated: +5000
WHICH ACT WILL BE THE ‘JUDGES’ CHOICE’?
Sara and Hero: +325
Mike Yung: +500
Junior and Emily: +500
Final Draft: +700
DaNell Daymon & Greater Works:+700
Diavolo: +1250
No Judges Choice: +1500
Angelina Green: +1750
Colin Cloud: +1750
Chase Goehring: +1750
Oskar and Gaspar: +2500
Kechi Okwuchi: +2500
Oscar Hernandez: +2500
WHICH ACT WILL RECEIVE THE ‘DUNKIN SAVE’?
Sara and Hero: +350
Mike Yung: +500
Final Draft: +500
DaNell Daymon & Greater Works:+700
Angelina Green: +700
Diavolo: +850
No Dunkin Save: +1500
Colin Cloud: +1750
Chase Goehring: +1750
Junior and Emily: +1750
Oskar and Gaspar: +2500
Kechi Okwuchi: +2500
Oscar Hernandez: +2500
WILL HEIDI KLUM USE HER ‘X’ IN WEEK THIRTEEN?
Yes: +750
No: -1500
WILL MEL B USE HER ‘X’ IN WEEK THIRTEEN?
Yes: +600
No: -750
WILL SIMON COWELL USE HIS ‘X’ IN WEEK THIRTEEN?
Yes: -140
No: +120
WILL HOWIE MANDELL USE HIS ‘X’ IN WEEK THIRTEEN?
Yes: +600
No: -750
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/29 EPISODE RATINGS WILL BE?
Over 2.75: -130
Under 2.75: +110
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/30 EPISODE RATINGS WILL BE?
Over 2.5: -130
Under 2.5: +110
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/29 EPISODE SHARE WILL BE?
11: -120
Not 11: +100
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/30 EPISODE SHARE WILL BE?
11: +130
Not 11: -150
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/29 EPISODE TOTAL VIEWERSHIP WILL BE?
Over 12.75 Million: -150
Under 12.75 Million: +130
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/30 EPISODE TOTAL VIEWERSHIP WILL BE?
Over 12.25 Million: -130
Under 12.25 Million: +110
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ NIGHTLY RANK FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 29 WILL BE?
#1: -750
Not #1: +600
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ NIGHTLY RANK FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 WILL BE?
#1: -750
Not #1: +600
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/29 EPISODE WEEKLY RANK FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 28 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3 WILL BE?
#1: -350
Not #1: +300
‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ 8/29 EPISODE WEEKLY RANK FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 28 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 3 WILL BE?
#2: -300
Not #2: +250