This may already be late for East coast viewers, but there's been a running promo spot for AGT in the last week clearly (but very briefly) showing a pretty gal with her hair messy(slime?) and face wiped (with cream?) and either confetti falling around her, or, she got the 'golden buzzer'. In any case, perhaps some kind person will tape the show and post the clip (link) here (or on YT, vimeo,etc.). FYI

It was an opera singer in an elegant dress getting sprayed by paint and hit with a pie on the side. then she does a second song with simon and howie getting in the fun with her getting more paint and a pie hat. then howie and terry get in it she got slimed, and all out chaos. and the lady is having the time of her life while still wearing her hat

The vid is on YT now. I'll let you find it.....it's pretty easy to find.

This same singer did something very similar on Britain's Got Talent in 2023 (also easily finable on YouTube). There were no pies that time -- the mess was mostly paint and glitter -- so I personally find the new one more satisfying (even if dammit, she didn't take one to the face, which is a real shame, because she has a very pretty face!).

Yeah, i member seeing her on BGT in the UK (obviously) when she was on, As mentioned in the above post.

I must say I think the addition of pies makes this better (in my opinion), but one in face would have been good.


As they say, its easy to find, but just in case:

https://youtu.be/PQbtMHfPm-M?feature=shared

You mean to tell me that Simon Cowell stood in front a pretty woman with a pie for half an hour, and ended up putting it in the face of a bald old man? I've always said he should be exterminated.

Along those lines....

Is the current 10 (15? 20?) year trend of attractive female celebrities* refusing to get messy in public just an American thing, or more a "We know this is a weird fetish so hard pass" thing?

I mean, male celebrities (attractive or not) seem to have no issues still. And Mel B might've always been a killjoy, but Sofia V was willing to do dumb slapstick jokes on Modern Family (falling into a pool clothed, etc) so her being "horrified" now is a new development.


* Please don't cite the handful of exceptions, yes I know they're out there, but this is a still a broader cultural shift.

Ridiculous, both Mel B and Sofia Vergara look mortified. Should have grabbed a few willing female participants from the crowd to join in, it looks as though the crowd was clearly digging it.

Also, and I'm sure this was lamented ad nauseam, how do you cast Sofia Vergara in The Three Stooges movie and not pie her. Hell, there wasn't even a piefight in the entire film. An absolute waste and missed opportunity to honor the Stooges classic slapstick go-to schtick.

I guess, at least for mainstream purposes, we can continue to thank/ enjoy the Latin and European markets for embracing the slapstick genre and perpetuating the pie in the face gags.

I'm not sure if my memory is right on this or not, but a few years back, didn't AGT preview a pie fight between the judges but never air it?

I kinda feel your reading too much into this one. I think it happens a lot more regularly than 10-20 years ago. I remember those days lol. It's probably more of a thing that mainstream celebrity as a whole is less of a thing. Sofia and Mel have both done messy things in the recent past few years.

Yeah only small bits showed up but not teh ful scene since it was from a talent they didnt want to give TV time too

I mean Mel got slimed a few years back so she cant have always been a killjoy

I think working on Americas got talent is enough to make even me not arsed about getting involved lol.

Mel is more miserable these days she used to be up for anything. What happens when you sit next to Simon Cowell for 8 hours a dau

Thanks for posting that clip here! (Yes, I'm being lazy). Overall, I'd say it was a pretty dang entertaining 'audition' (too bad she didn't make the live show/quarter finals -- I wonder what she would have done for a 2nd performance, but I suppose once done/seen, the surprise/shock comic effect is over). I did love that she wore a form-fitting red satin gown (and her tattoos were, mercifully, small). Some here criticize her/the scene for not getting a pie directly in the face (which I understand), but then, if she had, it may well have stung her eyes and interrupted her singing (which was crucial to the comedy aspect; she doesn't stop singing for a second!). So, the 'side pie' was still a decent/additional sight gag.

Also:I am not sure if this act was brought on as a legit audition (knowing that the shock value would be gone with a 2nd performance,etc.) as it was the very last act of the night and snowballed into a messy melee (a silly but fitting end to AGT's 20th season)...but the woman's back story is intriguing to me; somewhere between 'quitting' at age 14 (due to stage fright) and her performance on BGT, she seems to have 'discovered' sploshing/wam (and clearly has fun doing it). It would be fun to see her interviewed about her whole 'journey of self-discovery'.