America s Got Talent comes to Anaheim

Thousands of performers following a dream or just a what-the-heck whim lined up Saturday for a 90-second shot at making the television reality show America s Got Talent. There was a German Elvis impersonator, making small talk with a Mexican tenor just a few seats away from a Michael Jackson wannabe in a black sequined jacket. There was a man who could do a lot of math in his head, a teenage yo-yo prodigy and Bella, the deep-diving Labrador retriever. The auditions at the Anaheim Convention Center were open to anyone, young and old, with talents mainstream or mystifying. Producers expect around 5,000 acts to perform over the weekend, for 90 seconds each - and figure only a tiny fraction will make it to the show. The producers of America s Got Talent will review thousands of auditions from Anaheim and other stops before narrowing the list of acts to move into the second, televised round. Those that make the cut won t get the call until January; the shbruary.