America’s Got Talent, sure – but the Dallas area has once again proved it boasts a bumper crop. Tuesday night, the NBC summer hit anointed singing ventriloquist Terry Fator of Mesquite “the best new act in America” and winner of the $1 million prize.

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Judges’ Choice: “What Hurts the Most.” The judges wanted to challenge her with a contemporary song, and she really did quite as well with it as she’s done with the classic country songs in week’s past. However, I still think she has problems with the lower notes.

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Judges’ Choice: “Friends in Low Places.” Their reasoning: Terry’s got to know country music before he can win. So Terry brought out “Walter T. Airedale,” a sort of cowboy Howdy Doody, to sing as Garth Brooks.

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Judges’ Choice: “What’s Going On.” She started off with a soft, jazzy intro at the piano, which I loved, before she got up and picked up the tempo. But then – no beatboxing!

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Judges’ Choice: “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You.” Of course Cas played it closer to the UB40 version than the Elvis version, because that’s his style. In fact, his style is so close to what UB40 did to the song that I was concerned that he wouldn’t be able to personalize it. But he […]

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