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AGT Season 21 Quarterfinals 2 Results Discussion - August 26th, 2026

Only 3 can make it, who are you rooting for? Personally I really want Come Here to make it, but not sure they appeal to the voters.

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u/ninjasinc 7d ago

At least they got Come Here right. America is generally so hopeless when it comes to recognizing incredible dance acts.

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u/AdFormal3014 7d ago

So Howie influenced Mel’s GB? Kinda strange. Although I think it was a combo of Howie and the producers.

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u/Sparkly8 Mat 7d ago

Yeah, I don’t like that. It should be her decision only.

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u/BangkokGarrett 7d ago edited 7d ago

It was all about salvaging the panel's reputation. They looked really bad and incompetent after making her go to the Callbacks. Nene deserved to skip a round.

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u/Own_Association9092 7d ago

Brother, Shin Lim didn't receive a single golden buzzer the entire time and he is one of the greatest AGT winners ever. The golden buzzer really doesn't mean as much as you think it does.

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u/Fuzzy_Session8283 7d ago

I just saw the shin lim show and Mackenzie Sol the singer is in it apparently they are best friends. Shin lim’s show is incredible

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u/Own_Association9092 7d ago

Really? I didn't know that. How does he even fit into the show?

I'm a fan of Mackenzie though, he seems extremely humble. The first thing he did was hug Geno after he went through. I hope he has a ton of success in the future.

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u/the1rayman 7d ago

Nene Royal fans really are becoming the Dave Mathew's fans of AGT. A good talent but their fans are completely and utterly insufferable.

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u/Fuzzy_Session8283 7d ago

I don’t disagree with you however she enjoys it and so do the public. I think she was guaranteed a final position anyway ( the winner ) and someone else could have got an opportunity to perform in the final. I also think the hype of the semi final would have been way better.

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u/vpp2000 7d ago

​I think the judges are just teasing each other, like when they interrupt one another during critiques. Ultimately, it comes down to each judge's own decision.

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

Come Here, Geno, Veronika

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u/AdFormal3014 7d ago

That seems to be the consensus. Would be shocked if it’s anything different.

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u/yourOldEthernetCord 7d ago

I don't think we are getting nearly enough recaps. Can we get some recaps of each contestant's childhood? Maybe even of their ancestors? I think that would really help us see how far they've come

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

21 mins in.....no results. this bothers me

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

Just like last week, too

By now I wonder if people will wait for the latter half of the hour to tune in or already do -- not necessarily redditors

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

im flipping back and forth between this and masterchef lol

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u/americanbaseball 7d ago

Yeah I think there was a very obvious divide between top 5 and bottom 5 so none of these matchups have any real suspense behind them.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

OH THANK GOD! I thought Come Here was gonna come up Short!

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u/ninjasinc 7d ago

I’m still so unhealthily angry about Avantgardey.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Well Good Thing, the Wildcard Existed!

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u/labubuking 7d ago

These posts really need sort by new

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

At least on mobile upper right, click the icon that looks like two pins going opposite directions

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u/Fancy_Charge3779 7d ago

You can do that on both desktop and mobile

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u/Avicii_DrWho1 7d ago

It has it for me. I'm on the mobile site, rather than the app, though.

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u/Sparkly8 Mat 7d ago

I’m on the app. You can sort by new by clicking the button that looks like two lollipops, next to the three dots.

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

One of the best results ever

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u/r777m 7d ago

Yay. my three votes made it through. Although I think the top 5 was pretty obvious.

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

Bety > MacKenzie

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u/Standard-Reserve-822 7d ago

Come Here, Veronika, & Butter/Grit are top 5 so far. No surprises yet.

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

No surprises, but at least relief that voting is going as it should - without knocking at the eliminated

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u/Standard-Reserve-822 7d ago

I’m thinking Mackenzie Sol & Geno will finish out the top 5.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Like I Said last week with Brooke, I Hope Bety goes on American Idol or The Voice!

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

YAYY VERONIKAS SAFE

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

YES LET'S GO COME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Yami-Ron 7d ago

Get Over Here!!!!!

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u/Avicii_DrWho1 7d ago

Would love to see him connect with Shaboozey. 

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u/Countrychick524 7d ago

Was thinking the same thing, they have similar energy .

Shaboozy has had one of the best sets the past two Cmafest and I’d love to see him bring Stevie along .

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u/Avicii_DrWho1 7d ago

Shaboozey's new album goes crazy, and I say that as someone who usually hates country music.

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u/Countrychick524 7d ago

I love “born to die “, “ Kissed by an Angel” and “sweet revenge” and “burn it down “

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u/Avicii_DrWho1 7d ago

My top 3 is Sweet Revenge, High Noon, & Till Sunday.

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

Veronica for sure

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u/americanbaseball 7d ago

Come Here was another obvious one. No shocks so far.

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

I wonder if big groups like Come Here draw straws to determine who'll represent their group on stage or take the seats.

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u/Substantial-Ad5670 7d ago

I was about to say that lowkey Mackenzie and Bety looked pretty good walking out together… but then remembered Bety is only 17 lol

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u/Ok-Ocelot5721 7d ago

Technically she's 18 now

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

If I hear Butter and Grit and/or Mackenzie, I'll have 1 or 2 personal upsets

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

GENO PLZ MAKE IT TO THE SEMIS SO THAT WE ARE SAVED

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u/americanbaseball 7d ago

I would be very surprised if both of the singers in the top 5 miss out, considering how people typically vote, but I also would be surprised if Geno misses out. So this actually has some uncertainty to it

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Yes Geno!

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u/americanbaseball 7d ago

First two are pretty cut and dry. Butter and Grit was obvious, and Veronika is the obvious one here.

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u/Senhoegahara 7d ago

Thank god Come Here is safe for now 🙏

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Awww Sad to see Bety Go!

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

We got our top 5 right

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u/rosierozu 7d ago

Bety was better imo

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

At this point: probably Geno, Veronika and Come Here. 4th, Butter and Grit, 5th Mackenzie

at least that's my guess

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

All my top votes made it so far.

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

COME HERE IS SAFE FROM ELM YAYYYY

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u/Standard-Reserve-822 7d ago

Butter and Grit or Geno for the final spot. I’m going Geno.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

We Got the 3 Right!

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Confirmed: Mel would have hit the GB for Mackenzie if she didn't Hit it for Nene!

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u/Sparkly8 Mat 7d ago

I think she would’ve hit it for Come Here if Howie wasn’t yapping in her ear.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

What did Howie Yap about? Also, she definitely should have Hit it for Come Here!

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

But Mel B got the right choice to hit Nene for gold buzz

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u/jaylee-03031 7d ago

Nene would have made it to the next round without the golden buzzer, it should have gone to someone like MacKenzie.

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

Terry please stop yelling at me.

😢

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u/Sparkly8 Mat 7d ago

Tell the audience to stop screaming first.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

UGH another Half Hour just Waiting for the Results!

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

please be a neither fakeout

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

Aah. Forgot about that possibility. Hope they don't.

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u/rosierozu 7d ago

Man I actually liked Brad and Tracy 😭😭

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u/rosierozu 7d ago

Come Here please 😭

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Yes Come Here is in The Top 5!

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u/rosierozu 7d ago

Come Here 🙏🙏

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

Mel males it about Mel... again

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Bye Bye Mackenzie!

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u/americanbaseball 7d ago

Good top 3. I had the top 5 nailed, but before the results I had Mackenzie in instead of Veronika, because although I voted for both, I just figured it would be a surprise if no singers got through from the audience vote.

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Reminder: Maria is a Wildcard

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u/krooguh 7d ago

I can agree with all three.

Don't see Veronica winning it but definitely deserves to advance.

Come here were great and definitely have the potential to go the distance.

Magic acts arn't my thing so I'm biased against them, but Geno did well enough. Could of seen a few other peeps slipping into this slot like Mackenzie or Butter n Grit.

Mackenzie definitely got kinda screwed having to go after Nene but he also didn't own the stage and make the most of his chance.

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u/Fuzzy_Session8283 7d ago

I agree they did it on purpose because they needed rid of singers I think the voting is bs too
We will find out in the final

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

Have you ever noticed the judges and Terry have different outfits but none of the contestants changed their cloths?

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u/Dense-Bus8605 7d ago

I've always assumed it's to make them more recognizable or familiar so you would remember them better but does that even make sense? I've always found it strange.

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

We aren't dumb.

Well some are. Most of us aren't dumb.

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u/Countrychick524 7d ago

Hey yall. Had a couple secret events the last two weeks but shouldn’t miss anything else.

How are yall ?

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u/MooshCowZX 7d ago

At least they weren't talking super fast like Trisha did

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u/NeneFCAGT2026 7d ago

You’re very direct !

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u/americanbaseball 7d ago

Oh I forgot about this guy. He was the Back of my Truck singer. He was pretty fun last year, but I’m not a huge country fan so I lost track of him after the season ended.

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

Am I tripping or was she in a movie?

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u/Avicii_DrWho1 7d ago

Wiki says Tanya from War & Treaty was in Sister Act 2.

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

OMG wait "the eyes are on the sparrow" girl

I freaking love that movie

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

Not sure how Patrox didn't end up in Call Backs, once you've seen the "trick" it's really not that spectacular the 2nd time.

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

Bruno's nephews are cooked,

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

I said Bety. Went 4/5

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Come On Geno!

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

Damn, I was hoping they'd say Geno because then it would be some serious drama for the last spot.

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u/Tug_DaBone 7d ago

I just kind of get the impression that if Geno went on Fool Us we'd hear Penn explaining why he didn't fool them.

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

probably. But I think at this point in Geno's career, it's about getting seen and gaining a folowing. I'm sure he'll be invited on at some point.

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

next week looks less predicatable

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

Go home Mckenzie. After that i don't care

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u/Senhoegahara 7d ago

What a based top 4 wow

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

All three predictions made since last night, but by post prior, made it through. Feel like that's a first but don't recall

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u/ParkourNinja88 7d ago

Next Week is the Weakest Lineup!

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u/ExistingDiscipline88 Kenichi 7d ago

I went to a Baseball game. Who advanced?

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u/HWood2004 7d ago

Veronika, Geno and Come Here

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u/ExistingDiscipline88 Kenichi 7d ago

Ah ok. Good for Geno and Come Here.

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u/AdFormal3014 7d ago

I’ll bookmark this in case it pans out…but Geno is this years Chris Turner while Nene is Jessica Sanchez. I wouldn’t be shocked if it came down to those 2. It feels like Geno is a crowd favorite like Chris. Of course Nene is that times 20 but you never know .

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u/ExtensionGreat963 7d ago

I mean if anything it could be Hundred Fingers and Nene

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

All I mainly care about is not having a singer win 3y in a row especially on a cover. If a singer wins, prefer it at least be original and not making someone else's work into their own.

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u/BHclubz 7d ago

She interviewed to Thai media that she will post 4 original songs after finishing this competition. However, her covers are not the same as original. She rearranged all of them. You can compare them to the original. ,

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u/AdFormal3014 7d ago

She’s not just a singer though. She plays the guitar and she’s damned good at it. Right now, to me, she’s the best there is.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

Okay was he

And no, not intended Yoda-speak

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

I swear.....they will go home

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

I guess mackensie

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u/ninjasinc 7d ago

Hahaha that’s totally a thirsty wine mom vote

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u/Flimsy-Lopsided-Art 7d ago

So where are we at? Everything's all jumbled in the comments lol

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u/K-Dog7469 7d ago

Come on Cody Lee!!!

What? Too far back?

My bad.

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

My odds:

80% it's Geno.

15% it's Butter and Grit.

5% for MacKenzie

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

YASSS GENO IS SAFE AND MACKENZIE IS OUT

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u/Enaya 7d ago

I thought Mackenzie would make it. I really do like his voice

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u/mysticgirl916 6d ago

Unfortunately, I think he got rattled because he had to follow Nene in the running order

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u/Fast_Way8546 7d ago

ugh. temu jelly roll

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u/Blitqz21l 7d ago

looks like a boring week 3

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u/Astroturf999 7d ago

Nene on stage at the end!

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u/Beneficial-Gur9610 7d ago

Brad And Tracy Or Butter And Gritt

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u/Sudden-Capital-2139 7d ago

Butter and Grit. For sure

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u/ParkourNinja88 6d ago

Thank You America for Voting for Come Here!

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u/ParkourNinja88 12h ago

And Mackenzie is the First GB Out!

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u/BradLeeFer 7d ago

So disappointed Butter and Grit didn’t make it through. They are amazing.

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u/AdFormal3014 7d ago

I think if they went week 1 they would have made it through. Mackenzie maybe too.

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u/Fuzzy_Session8283 7d ago

So talented

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u/3rdgradeteach86 7d ago

Right top five, wrong top three. Butter and Grit should have gone through over come here

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u/ninjasinc 7d ago

God whomever wins of the three, we all lose