“America’s Got Talent” 2017 appears to be the season of child singers, based on the results so far. While we have seen a few comedy, dance and magic acts advance to the Season 12 live shows, the majority have been singers — specifically, child singers. Is the show stacking the deck to find the next Grace VanderWaal?

After being crowned the champion of “America’s Got Talent’s” 11th season last year, 13-year-old VanderWaal has become one of the show’s most successful winners. (See the “AGT” winners list.) Her emotive voice combined with her small stature really charmed the judges and America, and we are now seeing numerous acts in Season 12 following in her footsteps.

Three of the five Golden Buzzer acts in the audition rounds were child singers: 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer, 13-year-old Angelina Green, and 16-year-old Christian Guardino. This is in addition to 29-year-old deaf singer Mandy Harvey, who sings and plays the ukulele much like VanderWaal. In the Judge Cuts we saw even more Golden Buzzers being used on child singers, including 9-year-olds Angelica Hale and Celine Tam, plus 21-year-old singer-songwriter Chase Goehring.

Other child singers that have advanced to the live shows include 13-year-old Evie Clair and teenage singing/dancing duo Mirror Image. Filling out the lineup of singers of all ages that have advanced to the live shows are Yoli Mayor, Mike Yung, Puddles Pity Party, The Masqueraders and The Singing Trump.

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There is still one more Judge Cuts episode to go before the live shows, but that’s 14 singing acts out of the 26 that have advanced so far. The upcoming Judge Cuts episode will feature at least three more singers: Britt Saasen, Johnny Manuel and Kechi Okwuchi.

Is “America’s Got Talent” 2017 trying to ride VanderWaal’s wave of success by advancing so many young singers? The results clearly suggest some favoritism toward singing acts, especially child singers. Only one non-singing act has advanced via Golden Buzzer — the Light Balance dance crew. Can such an act overcome all of these singers to win “Americas Got Talent” Season 12?

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