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‘AGT’ judges say yes to Riccardo Pace’s ‘pitiful and pathetic’ performance, angry fans say ‘not worth million dollars’

Simon Cowell do not want 'AGT' Season 18's hand percussion artist Riccardo Pace to move ahead but the other judges disagreed

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA: 'AGT' Season 18 brought up a lot of talents on the stage. One among them was Riccardo Pace. He stunned the judges by performing with hand percussion. Only Simon Cowell pressed the buzzer, unwilling to let Riccardo go ahead in the show.

Besides Simon, everyone else agreed that 21-year-old Riccardo should be moving ahead in 'AGT' Season 18. However, it seems fans did not agree with the judges' decision. After Riccardo's performance, 'AGT' fans flooded Twitter claiming that Riccardo was not worth "a million dollar." Does this mean that the judges made the wrong choice by making the hand percussion artist move ahead?

Riccardo Pace makes everyone laugh with 'handmade music'

21-year-old Riccardo came on 'AGT' Season 18 with his charming personality. He took everyone by surprise when the Italian native started playing hand percussion. Simon, who was not very impressed by the performance, took no time to press the buzzer in the middle of Riccardo's performance. Simon said in shock, "You flew all the way from Italy to do that?" This made the audience laugh. However, Riccardo said, "Yes," with hope in his heart. Howie Mandel, on the other hand, praised Riccardo for coming up with "handmade music." Heidi Klum tried making sounds from her hands, saying, "I mean just try this, it looks so easy but it's like...I can't. I think it's hard what you do." Confused about whether to allow Ricardo to move ahead in the show or not, Sofia Vergara decided to make a choice. All three judges except Simon went ahead with a Yes.

'It was pitiful and pathetic'

'AGT' fans did not believe Riccardo's performance to be worth it. A fan called out the performer, saying, "It's hard to do but that is just not worth a million dollars. Give me a break judges." Another wrote, "It was pitiful and pathetic. @SimonCowell was the only judge that got it right." Another wondered about the show, "What was great about that tell me?" 

Moreover, one slammed Riccardo's performance, "A bloody waste of time and audition slot tbh…" "Not something I pay for sorry," tweeted another. A fan laughed while saying, "What n the world was he thinking. That ain't going to get you no where near Vegas." 

'AGT' Season 18 releases new episodes every Tuesday at 8 pm ET on NBC.

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