Putri in AGT 🇮🇩 🇺🇸

[jstar]

For the very few who didn’t pick up on this.

Normally I dislike practically everything about America’s Got Talent (I prefer the Voice if I have to choose between all these talent shows) and seeing Simon makes me in my mouth but the performance of this blind 17 year old girl from Yogya was phenomenal.

 

[Hawk256]

I was reading that she won Indoneisa's Got Talent almost 10 years ago. Took a long time for her to get to the world stage. She is amazing and I hope she does well. The last Indoneisan I remember on AGT was The Sacred Rhiana, which is a great act as well. I was watching in Vietnam when she won Asia's Got Talent.

 

[fastpitch17]

She is amaizing. Hope all her dreams come true. She deserves it.

 

[harryopal1]

".....Normally I dislike practically everything about America’s Got Talent (I

I agree with this sentiment and dislike the exploitist nature of the program but this young lady is quite outstanding. Reminds me of the recently deceased, blind Aboriginal singer Gurrumul Yunypingu who sang with such a purity that is very touching. In one of his songs he asks, "Why did the Lord make me blind?" and answers, "Because he loves me so." And without bitterness.

Here is a link

 

[Banana72]

Yep. I admit eyes were a bit teary watching her sang. I liked the voice. If she had more guidance from professional teacher, who knows how far she goes. Took her from being Indonesia's Got talent champion 2014 till now. Even if she didn't wind this AGT, the exposure itself is beyond one can imagine.

edited: like jstar was saying, i also prefer the voice and man if she got one of the judges to train her, she'd be great (not that she isn't already but need a few polishing here and there).

 

[serious_fun]

Yep. I admit eyes were a bit teary watching her sang.

Istri ku had tears in her eyes as we listened/watched the video clip.

An amazing talent.

 

[fastpitch17]

She won Indonesia's Got Tallent when she was 9? America's Got Talent isn't like The Voice. While America's Got Talent has Judges who can help open some doors for it's contestants, The Voice has coaches and a full staff working on the contestants singing and stage presence since it is a singing competition only.

She wants to attend The Juliard and it would be there she can excel even higher. She showed she was already a good song writer. A voice coach will get rid of accent getting in the way of some word pronunciations. I think she could win AGT but would have liked to see her in a singing only competition and not have to compete with circus acts.

 

[pantaiema]

Like Stevie Wonder, she is blind. So to be able to play a piano to get this achievement is really spectacular.

 

[Hawk256]

While we are talking about AGT, maybe the English teachers could weigh in; is America's Got Talent grammatically correct? Shouldn't it be America Has Talent? Yes, I am a native speaker but this has bothered me for a while.

 

[Samoerai]

While we are talking about AGT, maybe the English teachers could weigh in; is America's Got Talent grammatically correct? Shouldn't it be America Has Talent? Yes, I am a native speaker but this has bothered me for a while.

 

[harryopal1]

I put the question to Bard AI seeking an Oxford dictionary interpretation and got this response.

"Both "America's Got Talent" and "America Has Talent" are grammatically correct. The Oxford English Dictionary defines "got" as both a past participle of "get" and a contraction of "have got". In the case of "America's Got Talent", the "got" is being used as a past participle, meaning that America has acquired talent.

However, the title could also be interpreted as using "got" as a contraction of "have got". In this interpretation, the title would be saying that America possesses talent.

The two titles have slightly different meanings, but they are both grammatically correct. The title that was chosen for the TV show is likely more catchy and memorable, and it also leaves open the possibility that new talent will be discovered on the show.

In American English, it is more common to use "got" as a contraction of "have got". In British English, it is more common to use "got" as a past participle.

Ultimately, the correct way to write the title is a matter of style and preference."

 

[Helpful Herbert]

Also wasn't it invented by Simon Cowell, who is English, so it sounds more natural as America's got talent. An American would have been more likely to say America has talent.

 

[fastpitch17]

Like Stevie Wonder, she is blind. So to be able to play a piano to get this achievement is really spectacular.

From what I have experienced with blind youth this is not uncommon at all. They are more perceptive to sound than those with sight and can more easily adapt to playing music.

I have a friend as a teen who's 7 year old sister, who was blind could sit down any play piano effortlessly. One afternoon after she held a guitar and played around with the strings and frets for maybe 10 minutes and then played a complete song she had just listened to for the first time. Putri also seems to be an accomplished flute player.

It is natural for anyone who has lost a human sense to develope their other senses to be more sensitive to make up for what they have lost.

 

[serious_fun]

Shouldn't it be America Has Talent? Yes, I am a native speaker but this has bothered me for a while.

From what I see of American 'kulchur' these days, the show's name will soon change to "America Be Talented".

 

[Bob]

Also wasn't it invented by Simon Cowell, who is English, so it sounds more natural as America's got talent. An American would have been more likely to say America has talent.

An American would be just as likely to say America's got talent. Maybe it's a regional thing.

 

[Bob]

From what I see of American 'kulchur' these days, the show's name will soon change to "America Be Talented".

Who needs talent when there's autotune?

 

[Saudade]

I agree with this sentiment and dislike the exploitist nature of the program but this young lady is quite outstanding. Reminds me of the recently deceased, blind Aboriginal singer Gurrumul Yunypingu who sang with such a purity that is very touching. In one of his songs he asks, "Why did the Lord make me blind?" and answers, "Because he loves me so." And without bitterness.

Here is a link

Thanks for posting and sharing this harryopal! hard to describe how I felt listening this song, made me cry so much and deeply.....I love it and will continue listening his songs, so pity he passed away so young!

 

[flavus]

From what I see of American 'kulchur' these days, the show's name will soon change to "America Be Talented".

Make America Talented Again?

 

[jstar]

 

[Nimbus]

She is marvelous. After this I would be surprised if Juilliard doesn’t offer her a full-ride scholarship.