Nearly a month and a half after his first audition aired, a split decision sent Utah musician Alex Boyé home on Tuesday night's episode of NBC's hit variety show, "America's Got Talent."The upbeat and unorthodox singer from Salt Lake City took to the stage with a unique rendition of Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," but it wasn't quite enough to put him over the hump as the show's five celebrity judges searched for the evening's top seven acts.
Boyé received mixed feedback from the judges panel, which consisted of comedian Howie Mandel, supermodel Heidi Klum, ex-Spice Girl Melanie "Mel B" Brown, shock jock Howard Stern and guest judge Piers Morgan. But in the end, the judges couldn't quite agree on putting Boyé and his band through to the next round of live auditions at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
As the judges began their feedback, Klum and Mandel stood out as Boyé's strongest supporters.
"I think that you are a great entertainer," Klum said. "I think the whole band is great, I think you're a great singer and I think that you deserve a spot on Radio City Music Hall. I do want to see you there. I loved it."
"Alex, you know that I'm a huge fan of yours," Mandel added. "I want to wish you the best of luck and hopefully we'll see you again."
Tougher to swallow were the comments from Brown, Stern and Morgan."The power and the energy that was coming off the stage was just undeniable," Brown said before commenting that she felt the act seemed a bit under-rehearsed.
Stern also felt underwhelmed by the performance, saying, "You do have tremendous potential, but sometimes I think you guys slip into the wedding band schtick, and you guys kind of did this time."
Morgan, who was a full-time judge on the show from 2006 to 2011, returned for one night only and spent the evening relishing his role as a notoriously grumpy critic. "Are you special?" he asked Boyé. "Are you a band that America will be watching tonight, thinking, 'That's incredible! I'm just going to pay to watch them'? I don't think you're at that level yet."
At the end of the night, the top seven spots were filled by a combination of dancers, acrobats, comedians, a young singer and, believe it or not, a professional regurgitator.
Boyé was shown briefly after being turned down by the judges, saying, "It's like heartbreaking because you think you're so close."
The musician took to Twitter after the show to thank his fans, tweet at AGT host Nick Cannon and tease a big announcement:
A door has just closed, but a bigger one just opened!! Will be able to talk about it in the next few weeks! #notover pic.twitter.com/iQr27UnhMZ
— alex boye (@alexboyereal) August 5, 2015
"America's Got Talent" airs Tuesday and Wednesday nights on NBC at 7 p.m., Mountain Time.
— America's Got Talent (@nbcagt) August 5, 2015
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Watch Boye's full performance below:
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