# America's Got Talent Question

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-question/816424 "2018-06-20T03:52:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-question/816424/1 "2018-06-20T03:52:02Z")

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Quite a few of the performers/acts seem as though they might come from a circus background. Anyone have any insight?

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-question/816424/2 "2018-06-20T04:01:01Z")

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A bunch of them have been. There aren’t as many circuses as there used to be but the smaller acts can get more TV and nightclub appearances. The Olate Dogs won season 7 and they were a circus act. Bello Nock didn’t win but he grew up and performed in a circus family.