‘America’s Got Talent 2016’ update: Tape Face quarter finals act most viewed on YouTube

It’s a quite a wonder how a mute and nameless Tape Face garnered 3.2 million views of his quarter finals act on YouTube while Jon Dorenbos’ magic tricks only enticed 3 million viewers. A week after “America’s Got Talent” season 11 first live show, Tape Face’s presentation on July 26 was the most viewed act on AGT’s YouTube channel.

As of press time, Tape Face got 3,209,812 views, while Jon Dorenbos got 3,070,838 views since their acts have been uploaded on YouTube last week.

During the quarter finals presentation, Tape Face made fun of AGT judge Heidi Klum and AGT host Nick Cannon without even saying a single word. Meanwhile, Dorenbos impressed the AGT panel of judges yet again with his magic tricks.

Dorenbos, who is also a long snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles, had to skip training for the National Football League (NFL) when he showed up in Hollywood to perform on “America’s Got Talent 2016” live shows.

Dorenbos finally showed up on Philadelphia Eagles’ first open practice Sunday. In between practice, the 35-year-old long snapper gave into fans’ request for magic.

Tape Face and Jon Dorenbos were among the first seven acts that made it through the semi-finals. The rest who got voted through are Musicality, Jayna Brown, Laura Bretan, Lori Mae Hernandez and Deadly Games.

Another batch of 12 acts will perform on Tuesday for the second round of “America’s Got Talent 2016” live shows. From 12, the list will be narrowed down to seven acts that will advance to the semi-finals.

Fans of the NBC’s top rated talent search can dictate the winner of the US$1 million (AU$1.3 million) prize by voting online – official “America’s Got Talent” app, NBC’s website or Facebook page, or Google search – or by calling the unique toll free number assigned to each performer during the live shows. Rules and restrictions on voting can be viewed here.