Neal Boyd on America's Got Talent
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 By Matt Sanders
I took the opportunity to talk with Neal E. Boyd Thursday....
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Boyd hits a wide range of topics in this interview from Los Angeles. Audio of the interview included.
The tenor sang "Nessun Dorma," the same song he performed on the season's first show.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sharon Osbourne isn't shy about her favorites on Wednesday's "America's Got Talent" finale."I'm really rooting for Nuttin But Stringz, for Eli and for Neal," said Osbourne, a judge on the NBC talent contest.
The tenor dedicated his Wednesday performance of "All By Myself" to his former choir director, William Grega, and made it to the finals.
Boyd has moved on to the final round of the competition.
Click on the videos below to view Neal E. Boyd's performances on "America's Got Talent."
Neal E. Boyd made his top 20 appearance tonight on "America's Got Talent" tonight -- and the judges said he killed it.The Sikeston, Mo.
After months on media blackout, Neal E. Boyd opens up in an interview.
A place for those interested in Neal E. Boyd to talk about the tenor and "America's Got Talent."
Southeast Missouri State University hosted a community watch party for Tuesday night's "America's Got Talent" to cheer on university alumnus Neal E. Boyd.
A visitor to the "America's Voice" website submitted this story about the tenor.
Southeast Missouri State University is planning an "America's Got Talent" watch party for Tuesday, when NBC's popular competition show returns to television following the Olympics.Southeast alumnus Neal E.
Videos of some of the acts Neal E. Boyd will compete against in Los Angeles.
Neal Boyd will next be seen competing for viewers' votes.
We found this video on YouTube of Neal E. Boyd playing with a friend's child. Some insight into the tenor's personality.
"America's Got Talent" arrived in Las Vegas, immediately cut a large group of contestants and gave Neal E. Boyd plenty of air time and the push through to the next show on Thursday.
Here's some recent video of tenor Neal E. Boyd, but he's not singing: he's talking.
Interviews with Boyd's mother Esther and patron, Sikeston lawyer Dan S. Norton.
In this AP video, 'America's Got Talent' judge Piers Morgan dishes on season three of the NBC talent show, winning 'Celebrity Apprentice' and life on 'Planet Hoff.'
Neal Boyd's life has been marked by significant events, successes and setbacks. Here, a document of some of them:November 1975Neal Boyd was born to mother Esther Boyd in Sikeston, Mo.
A roundup of Neal E. Boyd's presence on the Internet now that he's made a national impression on "America's Got Talent."
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Before attending the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music, before national fame on "America's Got Talent," Neal E. Boyd was an undergraduate refining his chops.
The producers of NBC's "America's Got Talent" thought enough of Sikeston's Neal E. Boyd to give him a long introductory segment telling his story of growing up poor in Southeast Missouri before making his performance the climax of this season's first show.
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