Thai teen Nene Royal wins AGT 2026 title

24 minutes ago, visalady said:

These shows are a joke, if she had been playing Thai music instead of parroting western crap she would never have been on the show. She was a novelty act- little Thai girl playing 'our' music. she's not even that good compared to other young Thai youngsters. Petty Rock won a contest in California years ago- hardly any coverage for her, she won world championship of performing arts in 2017. No film of it that I could find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qhyqVwbiY&list=RDY_qhyqVwbiY&start_radio=1

Not a very good song choice. She recorded many that are far better representation of her.

22 minutes ago, Issanraider said:

I hope that she acknowledges the other members of the Ozone band that she has been effectively been busking with in Phuket who have been a significant part in her meteoric rise to stardom.

I started watching them on TicTok only a few months ago when they were playing to audiences of only a few people with the customary tip box as their source of income

Thai song, in Los Angeles, with her band after the AGT show ended.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by tomazbodner

Howie the AGT judge said she was better than Hendrix .

That's where the Hendrix comparison started actually.

She has raw talent.

Managed well and with a lot of good luck she might have a major career.

Maybe anyway.

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

I believe the million dollar prize is divied up and paid annually over a defined period of years: no lump-sum option, so she needs to make sure she has her tax affairs in order.

There is a lump sum option.

2 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

There is a lump sum option.

As has been mentioned already. Now I stand twice-corrected.

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Howie the AGT judge said she was better than Hendrix .

That's where the Hendrix comparison started actually.

She has raw talent.

Managed well and with a lot of good luck she might have a major career.

Maybe anyway.

Howie's on drugs. Obviously.

11 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Howie the AGT judge said she was better than Hendrix .

That's where the Hendrix comparison started actually.

She has raw talent.

Managed well and with a lot of good luck she might have a major career.

Maybe anyway.

Just shows you what a load of over hyped nonsense these shows are, you only have to look at where the past winners are to see that. Good a Thai kid won and made a packet, but none of the winners are great. Comparing Nene to Jimi is just laughable, but that's just what these shows are, a circus for the plebs. Do we think other young Thai performers like Ung Ing, Paan, Sophia, Ton khow, or Yuki would have ever have gotten on this show, of course not, they have to be copying western genres or be a talking dog or some other novelty, if they have no sob story for the artist they often make one up. These international talent shows are exploitative garbage.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by visalady

39 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Not a very good song choice. She recorded many that are far better representation of her.

Thai song, in Los Angeles, with her band after the AGT show ended.

Sek Loso's one hit wonder, a drug abuser and wife beater, hardly a good choice. Last time he came on stage I went off shopping. Not a good role model. The original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dSGCzeuPlA&list=RD2dSGCzeuPlA&start_radio=1

Just now, visalady said:

Sek Loso's one hit wonder, a drug abuser and wife beater, hardly a good choice. Last time he came on stage I went off shopping. Not a good role model. The original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dSGCzeuPlA&list=RD2dSGCzeuPlA&start_radio=1

Sek Loso's music still resonates with the greater Thai unwashed....and a sizeable chunk of the Thai diaspora in LA apparently.

1 hour ago, visalady said:

These shows are a joke, if she had been playing Thai music instead of parroting western crap she would never have been on the show. She was a novelty act- little Thai girl playing 'our' music. she's not even that good compared to other young Thai youngsters. Petty Rock won a contest in California years ago- hardly any coverage for her, she won world championship of performing arts in 2017. No film of it that I could find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qhyqVwbiY&list=RDY_qhyqVwbiY&start_radio=1

1 hour ago, visalady said:

Hendrix was a musical genius, this kid is one of thousands of youngsters doing covers with limited talent. she cashed in now, but if she wants to continue it will be gigs at the Hard Rock Cafe again, not world tours.

Jesus, what a nasty miserable person you are. Get a life.

What had you achieved by 16?

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Geez. don't ask me.

The contestants have gotten a lot more international over the years.

The voting is only within the USA though.

Perhaps the USA is a lot less xenophobic than the ruling maga party.

Another factor is that it's more fun to watch with such diverse acts so thus a bigger audience and more money / better ratings.

Clips are watched of course globally on youtube and the fame and million dollar prize for winning draws them in.

From Japan alone!

Britain's Got Talent and America's got talent started out as talent shows for those countries although they were nver restricted by nationality. But as it has grown over the past 20 years or so they have become huge, launching major careers (One Direction, Harry Styles, Diversity in the UK for example). There are local offshoots but as it got bigger and bigger everyone wants to perform and win AGT and BGT as they are now the two biggest talent shows on the planet.

Quite simple.

1 hour ago, visalady said:

this kid is one of thousands of youngsters doing covers with limited talent.

Absolute nonsense, just like you calling Sek Loso a 1 song star. She has a good voice, can play guitar and performs well on stage. Her being only 16, everything will improve over the years as she will get more professional help as of now.

Well I'm Nene'd out

She has made Thailand proud as if Thailand wasn't prideful enough already.

Best of luck to her and all her fans