Sorry, but what was he expecting?

Seriously, the audience are morons and one of the judges is Piers fucking Morgan.

I guess he was expecting the audience to not shit all over one of the worlds oldest forms of music..?

Pretty disgraceful behavior from the audience, and judges alike...that they didnt know what that was is a damn shame too.

https://youtu.be/W-xrdGb81kg

To be fair, it may be an ancient art form, but it doesn't necessarily translate into this type of show. I am sure peruvian pan flutes or meditation bowls would also get less than admirable results.

That said, some of the stuff in his youtube video sounds more unique and might have been a better fit for his intro song.

What were you expecting, a Susan Boyle moment? Just wait for Kanye or Miley or some other douche to co-opt it, then 2 years from now you will be saying how much you despise what it has become and how much you appreciated it before it started trending.

I've never been the least bit impressed by this, and he's no exception. It's certainly not the right thing for a 'talent competition'.

I's not the right thing for an -American- talent competition. But he did take second place in a national competition in Tuva, as I recall. So clearly there are some appropriate talent competitions for it.

I've always found it a fascinating sound, if not one I particularly like. The fact that the human body can produce those tones amazes me.

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