All Episodes

August 28, 2025 15 mins
The America’s Got Talent (AGT): Season 20 live shows are underway!  

Each week, a new set of quarterfinalists battle it out for America’s votes. At stake are three spots in the Season 20 semifinals! However, one act will advance to the 20th anniversary season’s live finale thanks to the Golden Buzzer! 

This week, XXXXX awarded YYYY a spot to join Steve Ray Ladson (Sofia Vergara’s pick) in the finale!  Which acts rose to the occasion? Who advanced to the semifinals?

 Listen to the latest edition of Jake’s AGT Take to find out!

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jake-s-take-with-jacob-elyachar--4112003/support.
Mark as Played
Transcript

Episode Transcript

Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hello everyone, and welcome back to the late's edition that
The Jakes Take with Jacob Elyshar podcast. I'm your host,
Jacob Elias, chief content producer and writer of Jakes Take
dot com, a pop culture entertainment news website. If you're
listening to us on audio, please give us a five
star rating. Download this episode and more episodes. AGT Season

(00:35):
twenty quarterfinals have come has come come, and as always
I'm here to give you my take on the evening.
So first, we got to start with some breaking news
that happen on Monday. Astrad is apt and one of
my favorite acts from this season, Mike Mons, is in

(00:55):
her place and she I'm very excited for Mike he is.
He's now a fial on The Jakes Takes Acts to
Watch list, and I am so excited to see what
he brings. So we'll see Mike later on the season. However,
let's talk about the quarter finals for a week two.
So this week Melby had the power of the live

(01:17):
Golden Buzzer. I'm glad it was ladies first this time around.
So next week is either Howie or Simon they'll have
the power for the Golden Buzzer. So let's talk about
the act, Shelley. So starting off the night was ed
T Dance Team was one of my favorite acts of Beatings.
So it's Jake's They are New Orleans Dance Team and

(01:38):
they Big Easy is behind them, in fact super in
the pre performing package, the super Dome was pink and
they definitely took Simon Cowell's words heard at the audition,
and the girls practice paid off. I said this on
Twitter on Tuesday that their stunts and choreography have nastly

(01:58):
improved since the audition and they did a routine to
Chapel Chapelle, Roones, Hot to Go and Black Eyed Peas
Pump It. Simon and Mel gave him a standing ovation,
but Howie was booed because he said that EBT would
be drawn by the talent that was coming up during
the evening. So I got to give them a B

(02:18):
plus and I disagree with Howie moving on to him,
Mamma dude. This Austin, Texas singer songwriter rapper where excepted
why as a youth development leader, But however, that's her audition.
Her original song feels So Good to Be You land
at number four annie Apple Music Charts and she also
performed at the Major League Sucker All Circuit and she

(02:39):
performed another song I created original song. I believe it
was called the Mama Duke Show and she basically created
after the auditions. It gave me very Queen Latifa and
Miss Eliot vibes. And I love how she incorporated Simon
and Melby's comments into the song. I thought she did
an excellent job working at camera and I kept bobbing

(03:00):
had the entire time. And I gotta say this, I'm
officially in the Mamma Duke shop and it was definitely
worthy of the Golden Buzzer. And speaking of that Golden buzzer,
mel b using it spot number two. This is the
fastest live Golden buzzer I have ever seen. Since that,
I'm like great for Mamma Duke because now Mama Duke

(03:21):
is now officially the first shakes take acts to watch
approve that in the finals. So I'm like one, four ten,
let's see. And I gave Mamma Duke. Of course, it
give Gread. Then we had unreal crew and it was
how his first Golden buzzer and they did share a
little bit of backstory with the beat with their rivals

(03:42):
BE Unique Crew, So apparently the B Unique Crew has
confirmed before the B Unique Crew were the former students
of Unreal and the crew was definitely not happy at
how his comments from last week when the Unique Crew
blew everybody the water. And then I gotta say, I

(04:03):
love the tron inspired routine and I love seeing one
of the contortionists in the back of them have a
Simon title Calta too, and he definitely moved his back.
He had some very strong back pusses if you do that.
And I thought they set the stage on fire. And
I bet Melby as much as they love Mama Duke,
she was rethinking her buzzer and Simon cow called BE

(04:28):
the Unique Crew students leaving the group a big mistake,
and he they gate got an A plus because I
think they set the standard for the evening and I
really hope they moved They moved on, and we'll find
out in part two. So moving on, we got to
talk about Alain Simonov. He's a Brazilian with a magician
and any audition. Smelby and Idward used about his performance.

(04:51):
In fact, I was very confused about his quarter final performance.
I was very bored I would to give I thought
there cheesy and like no, I would have buzzed him.
He gets an F from me. Moving on, we have
the Leos High School Choir, one of my favorite acts
that Jakes take endorsed act, and they are representing the

(05:12):
South shine of Chicago. In fact, their cover of Born
of Bornais remains one of my favorite performances O season
and and I'm not guilt and I'm not going to
shy away from saying I watched his performance three to
four times a week and Leo High School Choirs pre
performance packed reveal that they received praise from the Maryor Choir. However,

(05:35):
the bands the choir is going through a major upheable
because nine of seniors graduated and their director, Miss Hill,
was retiring from teaching after twenty five years. So this
was they went all out and they're saying Believer for me,
imagine dragons and from the first note I was captivated
and I'm glad that they added fire into that was

(05:56):
a very excellent decision production wise, and they soared to
the occasion. It was a vocal touchdown. And I gotta
say Miss Hill joined Sue think of Angel City Corral,
Wraith of Nadolo and Michael Gibson and musicality of the
greatest choir directors who have ever appeared on America, Scott Talent,
and I gave them the high school choir and a minus.

(06:18):
Finally moving on to John Lazy mo juck Late and
one of the best strugglers I've ever seen on his show.
They're still on my favorite Acts of audition now. From
five to six they had the sixth member who was
sick was bat Is back in Milina, and I love
it so much. They combine technology with jackling brilliant results.

(06:39):
They are a Las Vegas ready act, and Howie and
Melb gave them a standing innovation. I was with them
and I loved Melpee's comparison of the Wiggles because all
the more six coach suits, and I gave them an a.
Moving on to Benjamin High Tower, I'm really glad the
show acknowledged Benjamin's participation in that show, but as a

(07:03):
member of In the Stairwell and I'm glad I mentioned
in the pre performance package and Benjamin what I did
not know was he was he's a former military my person.
Thank you for your series. We spent a decade working
for a country, and his audition received praise from former Firstly, however,
the path to live shows was out was problematic because

(07:27):
he changed his song and it was eleventh hour clear,
so I did not watch his audition. However, my friend
Julie Cortez shout out. Julie loved him, so he transported.
He sang never going to give you out eyreghasty, and
I was in awe with the arrangement. However, I liked

(07:48):
the arrangement, but I did not like Benjamin's voice and
I found an average, so I gave him a seat.
Moving on, we got to fa Bergardo's first Golden Buzzer
duo startups, so so glad like Benjamin, they included duo
started us as BGT, backstoring the pre performance package. Because
the thing is, they went from accept accept what in

(08:11):
scot silence Cow's will muzzard too bad being eliminated from BGT,
so they have They also, like Benjamin, had to accept
that because the fireprop they would have used was very
crushable and had to abandon it. So However, luckily my
jaw dropped several times during performance, but I thought that
they lost momentum as they transitioned to the end of

(08:33):
the act. Yes, it was exciting, but I wanted more
from them, so I'm gonna give sorry about that. I'm
gonna give der startups a beat. Moving on, we got
Boston Dynamic. They're officially an animal at noticed your quotation
marks with it between animal act. I love learning about

(08:56):
the dogs again, the quotation marks and the pre performance package.
So the dogs versus dog was a bit scary. I
loved how they transformed one of the dogs as a
very blue dog character was very fun and he actually
performed a good vibations by market by Marky Mark And
this is something I could see out of Disney or Universal.

(09:19):
But I wasn't ready for it, and I have to
re assignment. On is who buzzed them and I gotta
give him a see Mimus. Moving on, we got Alex
Singer and Oh boy, Oh boy, boy, boy boy. Why
did he get a spot in their live shows? I
was not entertained. I would a buzz along Howie. It
was like watching an older version of Napoleon Dynamite tried

(09:42):
to relive floy days. I think he sold someone's spot
in the live shows, and I'm gonna give him a
big bat eh. Finally we have by male rgirl. You
know he is like guitarist and back last week when
he was there, he actually got a meat Doug Leppert
and he was and he impressed them. And also speaking

(10:04):
of impressing music legends, Lenny Kravitz, whose song that they
performed at his audition, shared his story on Instagram, and
I gotta say that they is such a natural performer.
He performed Jones traits, I love rock and roll. He
has a very bright future in the music industry. And

(10:24):
I ended and he was a great nut. I guts,
the kids really delivered it, and I got to give
him a B plus. Alrighty, guys, don't go anywhere because
when we come back, I'm going to do Part two,
aka the Results. We are back, everybody. We are just

(11:19):
got off the Results. We're done, so let's get to them.
I love that Terry entered from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium
and interacted with the audience. And I love seeing that
behind the scenes footage the Pink Memo with Terry Melby
at the before the cameras went on to America. I
love seeing everyone's reaction with Simon buzz Dogs from backstage.

(11:42):
I love reliving Howie's ex that he had for old
singer Mama, and I love seeing Mama Duke encourage Bay
and also seeing Melby congratulate Mama Duke. And before we
got to results, Mama Duke count our moments as she
so celebrated so her making to the AGT finale. So, however,

(12:03):
in order to see who else is going to be
close to joining Mama Duke and see the ray Lard
Lads in the finale, we got to get to the results.
So we went to the IQ Lounge and from the top.
From from ten, we went to five. The first spot
went to Leo High School Quiet, the second spot went
to one of my another one of my favorites, John Lesimo.

(12:23):
A third spot went to another favorite of mine, the
Unreal Dance Crew FoST Fall into Duo Stardust. I thought
ed T had a better showing they should have had
that spot. And fifth one was by Milanic Ergolino. I
gotta say he had a better showing over Benjamin High
Tower and I skipped Play's guest performance. I was watching

(12:45):
the Challenge forty one events versus New Pretz. In all honesty,
I'd rather had someone from Agt's past, come on this
show so I don't go over see my friends over
the challenge. I think Barbara Meadilla should have gotten in
by Drew Lynch, who was senior season ten runner up,
gotten invite. Takee Bace who is the season eleven finalists,

(13:06):
should the gun invite and Angel City Corral are in
Los Angeles. You guys should have easily got Where's their
invitation near the best choir today? So come on, ag
He reduction, you got him get better at selecting alumni
to come back. Anyway, rant over, let's talk about top three.

(13:26):
So moving on, we have one of my favorites, the
Real The second spot was Bey and oh my god,
I don't know how he got into that spot. I
gotta say that should have been jung Lycimos spots. And
finally we have one of my favorites. Leo High School
Choir had the third spot and next week performing in

(13:48):
the third round A semifinals. My birthday present. So we
have Anna Sardina, Austin Brown, the Ben Family Band, Chris Turner,
Geirrish and the Chronicles, Jacqueline and the wather Yesca fan chats.
It's gonna be the main event bugs, she receives a
FEA regards second Golden Buzzer of the season and I
cannot wait to see what she does next. Finally we

(14:09):
have Makarol Harrison Mastermind. The Messadi Brothers make their way
back to the AGT performances since twenty nineteen, so six
years of absence. But however, there is the area they're
gonna be doing balancing or what they want juggling Golden Buzzer,
So anyway, let's go. So let's go then. And then

(14:31):
finally we've got Micah Palace rounds up and that's basically it.
And guys, if you miss an episode of The Jakes
Take with Jacob Elation Pockets, visit our channels on Amazon Music,
Apple Podcasts, iHeart, Spotify and speaker On's gonna Apple On's
got Jakes Sake with Jacob LEI churches your b e
O y A c h a R. And are you

(14:51):
on social media because I'm on social media to Facebook, Instagram, threads,
Twitter and YouTube. Jacob l a chart j acr b
e O y A c h R. And I want
to showcase where all my AGET coverages started. Head over
to jicks Tick dot com or it's good Chicksshait dot com.
And I want to say thank you so much for
the American Business Award for naming me a silver medalist
when it comes to best Interview talk Show. Thank you

(15:14):
guys very much, and thank you so much for listening.
Until next time, Have gret I one everybody, goodbye,
Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know
Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.