# AGT - America's Got Tragedy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [July 11, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agt-americas-got-tragedy/946196 "2021-07-11T05:01:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agt-americas-got-tragedy/946196/4 "2021-07-11T05:44:07Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > It’s always been that. Sob stories for sympathy points. I’m a fan of the show but that isn’t wrong. I recall one time a children’s choir got as far as 2nd place in the entire competition despite being very mediocre. However they were inner city kids from troubled backgrounds in Detroit so I’m sure most votes were because they were “inspiring”. The story is great, yes. I think the program is fantastic. The kids deserved recognition. But it’s a talent competition and while they weren’t awful, they were nowhere near good enough to make it to even the finals let alone almost win. In the first few rounds of the competition the judges decide who goes through but eventually it all comes down to a vote by the public. So it is literally a popularity contest. The most talented act is not guaranteed to win. On the other hand, I can’t think of an act in recent years that was the #1 pick that I don’t personally feel deserved it. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > One contestant’s wife died in a plane crash Helicopter crash, to be specific, she was on the same helicopter that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter. She was mentioned on this board in this post: > [@Kobe Bryant Dead in Helicopter Crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kobe-bryant-dead-in-helicopter-crash/847010/111): > > Luckily you are not a Washington Post reporter: Washington Post journalist [Felicia Sonmez] is suspended after tweeting a link to a 2016 story about Kobe Bryant’s rape case just hours after he died in helicopter crash Here is a list of all the people who died: Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna College baseball coach John Altobelli and his wife, Keri, were on board the helicopter with their daughter Alyssa, who played on the same club team as Gianna Bryant. Christina Mauser, the top as… Her name was Christina Mauser. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agt-americas-got-tragedy/946196)._