Nine year-old Filipino boy Bailey Munoz, the other half of the Future Funk duo, became one of the first acts to qualify for the semi-finals of this season’s America ’s Got Talent.
"You are the whole package, Future Funk," celebrity judge Howie Mandel said in declaring the duo as the fourth and last act that made it to the semi-finals in the NBC show.
The two boys started their act by prancing to the stage wearing tuxedos ready to take on the grand pianos. But a large boom box distracted them. They start doing their impressive break dancing moves as soon as the music starts playing from the boom box.
The duo "b-boyed" or break danced their way to the hearts of the three judges’ that also includes Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan.
They now have a chance to receive the top prize of $1,000,000 and a headline show at the Caesar’s Palace and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
Bailey, a resident of Las Vegas NV, is also known as Bboy Bailrok. He is also part of the group Rock Steady Crew.
Five-year old Miles Brown, who goes by the bboy name Baby Bugaloo is the other half of the break dancing duo. The Oxnard-California native is of Filipino, Spanish and African-American descent.
Aside from Future Funk, Fighting Gravity, Christina & Ali and Nathaniel Kenyon were also announced as the first acts to progress to the America’s Got Talent semi-finals for the season.
The NBC show, now on its fifth season, held open auditions in the winter to early spring of 2010 in several cities that included Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, and Portland. It is aired every Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9/8 central time. (Dymphna Calica-La Putt/AJPress)
( Pubished July 22, 2010 in Asian Journal Las Vegas p. B2 )
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