Americas Got Talent Some Bollywood Team

[Manna]

SO iwas wathcing the show and some bollywood team came on it from berkely or something. they were ck and judges loved them. got me thinking i doubt bhangra can compete against the top dances. we all know how hard it can get and the commitment you need however compared to other popular dances i think bhangra seems like a joke. i love it though

 

[Kala_J]

i THINK it was the UC Berkeley hindi film team not sure.

 

[yraparla]

yes, it's UC Berkeley Ishaara
some people talked about it in the sher thread. There's a video at bottom i think
http://bhangrateamsforum.com/discuss/index.php?topic=5077.msg64629#msg64629

 

[yraparla]

hulu link:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/84438/americas-got-talent-ishaaras-performance

 

[Meistro]

I believe this was the same performance they did at BOB. I was able to see it live and I must say, they're quite entertaining.

 

[Omer81]

Definitely not the same as their BOB performance, though a few of the elements were the same. Good choice using Jai Ho and it was non-stop hard hitting entertainment. I could see them advancing even further, just because they have so many things from their routine this year they can choose from which will have the same entertaining effect.

I dont know if a Bhangra team could ever make it on something structured like this. And what can you really do in a minute? You really have to get the crowd on your side which is difficult in such a short period of time.

 

[Pooja]

Definitely not the same as their BOB performance, though a few of the elements were the same. Good choice using Jai Ho and it was non-stop hard hitting entertainment. I could see them advancing even further, just because they have so many things from their routine this year they can choose from which will have the same entertaining effect.

I dont know if a Bhangra team could ever make it on something structured like this. And what can you really do in a minute? You really have to get the crowd on your side which is difficult in such a short period of time.

I love this team, but, I actually think they sold out using 'Jai Ho' especially the Nicole Scherzinger version....maybe it was more appropriate for that crowd/judges but I think they should have really showed what Bollywood is all about with a more enthusiastic Hindi song versus this one....

It was a good performance but not as awesome as their BOB 2008 one!

 

[smehta]

they are nasty at what they do. no doubtttttt.

 

[mafzal]

I love watching Bollywood teamssssss I wish there were more. The good ones are so clean and they have gr8 gimmicks, themes, storylines, awesome dance moves, so many dancers, stunts, flips, formations, lighting, it's so exciting to watch!

Bhangra I think you gotta know it to love it. It has some advantages though like we can mix in hip-hop beats and stuff easily and make crazy mixes, and I think there are more formations in bhangra, and shykke make noise, khundey with rumaal look pretty, flashier costumes, etc. But yeah at the end of the day it's like a Catch-22 cuz you gotta be familiar with it to appreciate it..

Like, my little sister doesn't dance (yet). But she will watch a hindi film team like Ishaara from start to finish, while bhangra vids she'll only watch certain parts or she'll lose attention.. lol

I don't think a bhangra team would make it very far in a mainstream show like this either... It's kind of a niche dance, lol

 

[mafzal]

SO iwas wathcing the show

Btw - Can you even watch the show in Canada??? lol

 

[kinnell]

I love watching Bollywood teamssssss I wish there were more. The good ones are so clean and they have gr8 gimmicks, themes, storylines, awesome dance moves, so many dancers, stunts, flips, formations, lighting, it's so exciting to watch!

Bhangra I think you gotta know it to love it. It has some advantages though like we can mix in hip-hop beats and stuff easily and make crazy mixes, and I think there are more formations in bhangra, and shykke make noise, khundey with rumaal look pretty, flashier costumes, etc. But yeah at the end of the day it's like a Catch-22 cuz you gotta be familiar with it to appreciate it..

Like, my little sister doesn't dance (yet). But she will watch a hindi film team like Ishaara from start to finish, while bhangra vids she'll only watch certain parts or she'll lose attention.. lol

I don't think a bhangra team would make it very far in a mainstream show like this either... It's kind of a niche dance, lol

LOL Mariam, you bring up a great point. People on BTF always talk about how folk teams should be. At the same time, there are influences from other styles of dance in the current state of "folk bhangra". People consider teams like SGPD and NJ folk but a lot of their mixes are influenced by hip-hop and bollywood (hell, the bhangra industry is influenced by hip-hop/pop music) and their formations have become eerily similar to those of raas teams.

I think even then, as we pointed out in the other thread, folk teams will have problems captivating an Amrikan audience because some general knowledge is needed to appreciate it.

 

[sulmoney]

I love this team, but, I actually think they sold out using 'Jai Ho' especially the Nicole Scherzinger version....maybe it was more appropriate for that crowd/judges but I think they should have really showed what Bollywood is all about with a more enthusiastic Hindi song versus this one....

one thing that everyone here discussing this is unaware of is that for shows like this, you cant just use your own music. nbc has to have access to the rights of the music, and that is why this team had to use the pcd version of jai ho, why vcu had to go live (i think, i was unable to watch it since im out of the country right now), and when columbia was planning on trying out, they were going to use the jackson 5's abc.

 

[Bhogal93]

SO iwas wathcing the show


Btw - Can you even watch the show in Canada??? lol

^
America's got talent... ive seen it couple times... but i always forget what day and time its on... But i doubt Britain's got talent is available in Canada

 

[Manjot]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f3UXgwLgsY&feature=player_embedded

there sickkk...having a gori is a + for the audience reaction I think

 

[rajkaran]

I love this team, but, I actually think they sold out using 'Jai Ho' especially the Nicole Scherzinger version....maybe it was more appropriate for that crowd/judges but I think they should have really showed what Bollywood is all about with a more enthusiastic Hindi song versus this one....

...yup!

Remember the Name + ABC...so much fun dancing to that routine!

one thing that everyone here discussing this is unaware of is that for shows like this, you cant just use your own music. nbc has to have access to the rights of the music, and that is why this team had to use the pcd version of jai ho, why vcu had to go live (i think, i was unable to watch it since im out of the country right now), and when columbia was planning on trying out, they were going to use the jackson 5's abc.

 

[Ashveer]

That gori is half Punjabi (I go to Berkeley) but as far as the camera goes, she gets token gori the reaction...Its pretty cool that they went ahead, but this wasnt as clean as they were at BOB...

 

[Jabar Jung]

SO iwas wathcing the show and some bollywood team came on it from berkely or something. they were ck and judges loved them. got me thinking i doubt bhangra can compete against the top dances. we all know how hard it can get and the commitment you need however compared to other popular dances i think bhangra seems like a joke. i love it though

Take your NJ Elite routine to a reality talent show you will win

 

[vsmukkar]

theres only so much you can do in a minute, and to really get the crowd into it its gonna end up being a minute full of gimmicks and jumping around...which is nothing different from any regular dance team you see.