Simon cracks me up every time you can see how he understands

Anna joking at Mel’s expense is justified. This is the second time that an AGT/Fantasy League judge wasn’t focusing during her act. First being Sofia Vegara forgetting the cards that Anna specifically told her “Don’t forget” and now Mel B. Come on judges, if you’re getting paid thousands to judge a TV talent show, pay attention when a contestant wants your involvement in their act.

Anna, i feel for you. and i can see how nervous you are. Just be you, you don't need try to be anything or anyone else but you and ur magic. love and much support for you.

it seems clear to me that the jokes were a comedic part of her act, and that mel b understood this. unfortunately comedy is subjective so it makes sense that some were offended.

Man, that was brutal. Heidi was not feeling her at all 😩💀 I felt bad for Anna at the end tho because she looked like she was about to cry! 😭 I don't think she realized it would rub people the wrong way, even though Mel didn't catch on or didn't care.

Guys she was obviously joking around with those comments, Its a part of her act she does it everytime. I dont understand why everyone is hating on her for making jokes. Comedians poke fun at the judges all the time, whats so different about her doing it?

I'm so relieved to see so many understanding people write about this experience.... a perfectly human moment... I hope Anna succeeds in seeing it this way... learn from the experience and strive to be even better.

When “tv shows” can’t take jokes anymore. 😅

While Anna's comments may have been a bit rude, she was clearly joking around with Mel, and even Mel realized that. Anna didn't mean any harm by it and probably didn't expect anyone to actually take offense to it

Anna was pretty clearly joking, but I think Heidi is justified in feeling uncomfortable and a little hurt on behalf of her friend. The way it was delivered was awkward and didn’t come across well, especially when Mel was clearly struggling with understanding the act. I’m glad she wasn’t hurt by it though.

Mel B you are amazingly a good hearted lady, love it love you!!! Ana most people knew you were joking and you are awesome. 🤩❤️

Good on Mel for knowing she was joking. I feel bad for her :(

I think I can relate to Anna. She is the shy person trying to be social and everything backfires when you try to leave your comfort zone and attempt to be cool. I’ve heard other people make similar jokes with a different delivery and it didn’t shock anyone. I think her shyness makes her voice sound more serious than she really is.

mel has balls just beeing like .. oh im gonna rescue her playing it down .. howy noticed and tryed to make her turn it down a notch not talk herslef into more trouble

Simon makes rude comments about Mel all the time, but people laugh. I thought Ana was just being savage with her jokes. But sadly it affected her performance because people became distracted with her big reveal and it wasn't as thrilling.

I wish AGT would stop cutting away from the magicians. Like during the time she turned 5 $1 bills into hundreds. Keep the camera on the performer producers!!

There’s a fine line between what will be taken as a joke and what will be taken as being offensive sometimes. A lot of comedians have joke that get taken the wrong way, and perhaps Howie understands that. The real thing that Anna did wrong is she doubled down. After seeing the audience reaction to her comment she should have backpedaled hard instead of making another comment about how she should’ve used Heidi after the act was finished. Clearly Howie also understood that which is why he panicked when she doubled down. She should’ve either made it immediately clear that she didn’t mean for the comment to come off as rude and apologize or she should have immediately stopped making any teasing comments towards Mel. Regardless, she’s not the first to have ended up in such a situation. This mistake shouldn’t be held against her and it doesn’t make her a bad person.

*"Oooh she can read"!.....I'm joking....."I should have picked Heidi instead"!.....ooh I'm joking!* 😂😂😂

Its ironic how it´s always other people that get offended when someone makes a joke about someone else

Doesn't Simon make similar remarks all the time to Heidi and Mel B? Audience seems to love that!

Wow, i mean she may say she's joking but damn... feel the room woman!! She just kept making it WORSE with every remark.. until Howie sushhhed her! 🤦🏻‍♂️

I think she was kidding but I feel she was just nervous and tried to make the crowd laugh and I didn’t go her favor

AWKWARD!!!

the audience’s reactions 😭 so dramatic

"She (Mel B) can read!" "I should pick Heidi"

Dissing the judges is normal on this show and I don't think Heidi should've been offended. Mel B took it in stride and Simon understood Anna was only kidding.

mel and simon talk to each other like that all the time, they're very close, that's THEIR relationship. that doesn't give her or anyone else the right to talk down to someone they don't know as well as they know each other. heidi was right, and the audience agreed. it wasn't her place to joke like that.

If she was joking, she Went To Far. Even Howie tried to warn her to stop, no she kept going and going with the INSULTS. If she is not good enough to be a magician, don’t make up for it by INSULTING the judge. Does that make any sense. Hell No!!

Mel B literally said after Pack Drum Line "i see everything", bringing up missed rhythm and a dropped stick or two. After not paying any attention to Anna's tricks or what she said about her. I understand Anna was joking but what she said sadly had a lot of merit.

Hi, Anna! I know it was just nerves. Just the other day i was thinking of all the things i could've said differently so many times in the past if i were more relaxed, honestly. Whether we admit it or not, we all have experienced something like this in our lives. Don't let the public arena get to you. Watching all your videos, it's apparent you have a good heart, humble too. Your mom raised you well. I'm a single mom like her and you're one kid to be proud of. Don't let this one moment take you down, dear. You're a brilliant magician! As always, I loved what you did here, always blown away. Keep at it. Hugs, prayers and blessings. 🥰🤗🙏 p.s. Mel was a real professional here, very objective about your magic. This segment further displayed her character. I've deeper respect for her. Bless you, Mel! 🥰😊

One small thing can destroy everything. Attitude

This is an interesting one. The show has a history of contestants jokingly insulting the judges and she’s not the first magician to throw a jab or two at them either. She said the same “You’re so pretty…” comment to Sofia last season and she laughed. On the flip side, the judges are still people and are allowed to dislike jabs toward them. I understand why Heidi felt the way she felt and she doesn’t have to laugh. It’s just hard to gauge when a joke will be taken in fun or in hurt

I agree with Heidi

Mel didn’t thought she was rude and thought of it as a joke, people needs to stop judging on what’s rude or not, it’s the person who is spoked to, who is the judges of that.

As someone who struggles greatly with social situations (especially in bigger groups) I feel for her. She wasn't rude, that wasn't her intent. She was just trying to add some charisma to her act. And sadly it didn't register with people. The judges honestly need to do better in focusing up with these shows because honestly the majority of them were not there that night. You could see it long before the attempted jokes started coming.

Heidi was so outraged when she called Mel pretty lol.

Heidi is just having a bad day HAHAHAHA

thats wild she said mel b cant read and then later talks about picking the best assistants and decides to double down on it LOL

I was genuinely surprised when Anna said Mel B can read, I didn’t think she had the mental capacity 😂

Melby is so humble. Anna De Guzman were out of line.

She is good, but tonight is not her best.

You should choose your words wisely. When to speak, where to speak, and what to speak. We all should know that

Comments aside, the magic was good but there was something missing for me. But Anna is awesome, been killing it for years. We'll see what happens.

I’ve honestly never been crazy about her act because she doesn’t have the best showmanship and her attempting to add comedy just didn’t work. Idk why she kept trying to be funny when her jokes weren’t landing. Heidi calling her out was justified.

I know her heart & I know how nervous & shaky she gets when she is live🥺 Mel B was fine & knew she was just joking & also knows how nervous she gets. I love her magic keep doing you babygirl !!

She was joking but she had a little SAS tonight got a lot more comfortable. Idk if I liked this as much either I agree with Heidi

It seems like the wrong thing slipped out, and it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. But at this stage, you are so expected to exude excellence and professionalism. Little things like that could be a serious downward turn. She’ll always be a magician, and will do good magic, but bigger venues might not want to take a chance on her.

Mel showed her class. Anna was really rude with her "jokes".

Anna was teary...so sad

Imagine asking the most smartest beings on earth if they can read!? 😂😂😂 Anna Buh-Bye 👋🏾✌🏾

She should tone down a bit on "ridicule" mel b.

Nahhhh women, know women - this damn magician girl was just being downright mean!

Why did she choose to ignore the J at the start of the bill’s serial number? Was it intentional or did she mess up the act like she did in the finale in the fall? Also, her comments about Mel were in poor taste and the audience definitely agreed.

Oh man... that was an all time bomb! Complete disaster. She deserved her spot in the top 2 this summer but I have to agree with the audience tonight. Not worthy of a spot in the finals after this performance. Last weeks performance was much better

Heidi seems so upset ..

Anna made the same "She's pretty" remark about Sofia Vergara too, in her first audition on AGT in 2023. 😂😂😂😂😂

Her magic performance was absolutely fantastic. She could have poked fun at herself. You know everyone is sensitive to what people are saying. She's young. She's learning. I can't wait to see her in the Magic Circuit, and I hope she will learn from the great magicians performing in front of a large audience and learn how to handle the crowd more often.

I was very confused watching this, she is very likable but I don’t think this was good enough to win AGT.. The good thing was that she wasn’t nervous this time, I really think she should have gone bigger because she has a great stage production team behind her, she should have done something way different..

Mel didn’t get it! When Mel gave the wrong answer, and then the magician said, “well, you’re pretty”… Any woman knows what that means. That you’re not very smart, but you’re pretty - yes that was very insulting.!

Anna was just joking. She did that in her earlier performances too! A pity that some judges do not understand. She has my full support!

Whatever happens I’m gonna be following this girl, she’s AMAZING and every act she’s done and been a banger. So excited to see what she goes on to do next 😭🙌

Anna definitely deserve her spot in the finals last season on America’s Got Talent, but I think she blown her chances of winning this Fantasy League version of this show! Not her best!

ANNA's career is on life support after this performance. lol

Heidi never gets jokes anyway

This comment section has me very confused 😂. Sure it's not professional to tell jokes like that but I think it was very clearly in jest to poke fun at the situation. There's no need to be offended FOR Mel B, if it genuinely upset her she would have said something after the fact even if she didn’t hear it right away.

Way to alienate an audience. 😂

Love for Anna❤

The audience in the AGT venue is just a negligible number compared to the number of netizens worldwide who genuinely appreciate your magic trick and effort to really entertain people. You're like Jo Koy but in the magician world, Anna. We Filipinos around the globe fully support your talent. Laban lang! Actually I think true talent stand the test of time and making great impact to people lives by way of entertainment. That's what you're exactly doing Anna. BUT you know, AGT is America and it's famous because it's America, you know, they do things the way they always love to do, Manipulation!

Am not going to throw salt on her wound, but gurrllll, wow. It's either magic or comedian. I feel bad for her cause she is good.

At least MelB ignored all the jokes and was focusing on the trick instead of letting it get to her like Heidi. I think she still did a good job even though the end wasn’t a surprise like her other ones.

A magical moment to remember 😂😂

Ok. So here's what happened. Anna was frustrated and felt Mel was messing / ruining her show and her moment. That's why she said those things and also in a same time she could have felt bad because saying those things. So Anna meant those things and the same time she didn't but in overall I think 70/30 she meant those things and even more because Anna continued "pushing" those words like saying "I should have picked Heidi". And yes Mel played it down and "saved" her like saying it's cool even I think in personally she didn't like that.

Genuinely was so surprised and angry when Heidi actually pulled the “You hurt my friend” like Anna was publicly shaming and insulting her. It was clearly a joke; AGT is about having fun, not about shaming or insulting people. Heidi even describwd AGT as a “open and hate-free zone”. If someone telling her *friend* she can't read, she's gonna have a hell of a time on the internet, regardless if she's on Twitter (X 🙄) or not.Being offended by a joke/insult is the person, and specifically the person, on the recieving end's job. Mel B is a full-fledged, responsible, grown up, and mature woman. I trust that if Mel B truly was offended she would speak up about it. Heidi does not have to be the controlling and choose what Mel B is offended by or not. Heidi isn't Mel B's big sister, and she certainly isn't her mom either. I find it was very rude and hasty to assume that Anna's, very obvious, joke offended Mel B. I don't know about Heidi or anyone else and I won't speak for anyone, I don't know about anyone else bht for me a magician's performance becomes very very dull and uninteresting when there isn't comedy. Maybe an exception if you have like the absolute BEST performance, Shin Lim's performance tenfold, but otherwise I'm not voting for you, sorry but also not sorry.

Yea she has horrible delivery and those insults just made her lose🤦🏼‍♂️

It’s ABOUT THE MAGIC GUYS SIMON AND MEL B DID NOT GET IT LIKE HE IS MY FAVORITE ACT OF THIS WHOLE SHOW IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT HES NOT GOING

Nope going home.

I think too much work needed from her assistants. Just make it straightforward and do your magic. Reduce the chatter and you reduce the chances of saying something wrong. You're not a comedian but a magician. so focus on the magic.

I THINK that mel said 20 ON PURPOSE as mel had also ACTED like she didnt know how many cards were there (OBVIOUSLY she was acting to make it light hearted comedy cuz most definitely she knew there were 5 cards and she went into that comedy mode cuz that question was obviously a little too silly, yes it was a silly question), i DONT think mel actually didnt know that it was a 1 and a 100 and not a 20, she was just playing silly cuz thats what the questions being asked to her were... Anna definitely didnt have to say those things to mel B Protecting a kid today for being rude will only nurture a disrespectful person in future, and anna should definitely be reminded that what she said was not valid and she should first imagine how she would feel if someone said that to her, and have empathy and not just throw rude things at others as 'jokes', i respect mel B for playing it down and not hitting her back, i mean mel is so nice she didnt wanna hurt her back, when she herself looked so hurt, you could tell by her face she didnt like that. Also, respecting your elders will never hurt you but disrespecting them may. Kids SHOULD be told to respect elders cuz obviously one day you will be an elder and you WILL NOT like being at the receiving end of some kid being rude to you like that, Disrespectful people ALWAYS have problems in future when new kids arrive and do the same thing to them as they did to others. I know i know, anna didnt really mean it and you can say this is just an overreaction, BUT i just wanna say let anna be reminded of her mistake rather than hiding it and protecting her for this.

Oh my god Mel B 😳I felt bad for Anna because I feel Mel did not help her, but the things Anna said also shouldn’t have slipped out in a professional environment. I really liked her tricks though

I like Anna I wanted her to win the regular season but I think don't think she should have tripled down on the joke especially the one when she said at least we know you can read was what really hurt her. Anna's overall magic was amazing hopefully she can have an amazing career after this.

Many of the performers joke with the judges when they are interacting. It's part of the show. I don't recall a judge ever mentioning being annoyed at a joke 'on them', with the possible exception of a contestant who is actually rude due to being buzzed off, and even that may be part of the show. As for the inattention of Mel B, it's not that she was thinking of something unrelated( like what she'll have for dinner), but still thinking of what she just saw Anna do. The producers add things to the show. For example the part where they are in the Snapple Lounge having fun, is not a 'party'. The contestants are placed in the room moments before the Emcee enters. This gives them a few moments to act like they are having a good time, Terry enters, then, after Terry has spent a minute or so, he exits, and the 'party' is over.

She was just joking.. If she was a comedian everyone would've laughed..! She was very nervous and she was about to cry because she felt bad about that too...and she still makes sure that was just a joke and was not being harsh...why is everyone so disgusted by it ?

She was not joking. You don’t DEGRADE someone to make your trick work. “ O, she can read”, “ You’re still pretty “,” I should have picked Heidi”. That was sooo Hurtful,Mean,Nasty, Cruel, and if she is not good enough as a magician, Don’t add Nasty Cruel jokes to make up for it.

She blew her chance of winning with her rudeness! Stick to magic, girl!!

What she said was much less insulting then things other judges have said to Mel in the past ! Talking especially about Simon . So chill and Heidi herself has insulted Mel .

She could just do the magic without making jokes, because seemingly people take it the wrong way.

I loved her. She's not rude at all. She was just joking and it hurts to see her teary-eyed. Well Heide, you're only pretty though

I don't think she was purposefully being rude. She was just being silly.

Incredible performance! WOW I hope she is in the top three The jokes is part of what make her performances amazing, though this time she might have went a little too far 😅 1:57 Simons reaction 😂 also 2:12 and 3:23 and more

Mel do first, she said , didint count them, royal Flash.. Then Ana trigger her with his joke OH SHE CAN READ..

One time was fine. Maybe she was just nervous. But three times though? Can you imagine if she made it big?! I don't care if Mel B didn't care that she got insulted or that the "jokes" went over her head. Anna has got to learn to read the room. If the audience doesn't feel the jokes, don't continue. I think America made the wrong choice choosing her over the other magicians. The magician that did the disappearing act was awesome. He should have made it through.

Come on now! Her magic is great! You guys should know she’s just joking around! I’m a fan!❤

i think she's great at what she does and i am proud of her.

Love You Mel.. & Anna is pretty Awesome, great performance

Show some respects to the judges

The problem was her, not her jokes. Take any pro comedian, give him/her the same magic act and the same lines. And people would have laughed. Comedy is not just writing lines and then spitting them into a mic on a stage. Its the right line, at the right second, in the right tonation, the right speed and the right body langauage and mimic.

Howie’s selection of fantasy team is disppointing him, here we have Anna roasting the judges whom she wants compliments from 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anna was obviously joking. Mel’s assistance was funny, and she didn’t find what she said to be rude. What’s the difference with Anna playfully teasing to be funny during her act, and some of the comedians they’ve had that have roasted the judges for fun and laughs. If that humor wasn’t Heidi’s cup of tea then okay, but Anna wasn’t being rude.

Those were wonderful tricks but her mean comments on Mel were not ok. That said, it felt like she was set up to fail by judges who aren't paying attention to the task at hand

I'm with Heidi on this one. Anna really needs to know her audience. Her rude & condescending attitude towards 2 pioneering women who faced sexism all their lives was too much... how many times do you think Heidi and Mel B heard "it's OK you're pretty," "you can read?" throughout their careers? Even Howie was telling her to shut up. This will cost Anna not only her chance at winning AGT but also her career taking off like Shin Lim. What's ironic is Anna acts like a ditzy, accidental girl who doesn't know what she's doing on stage when she's already a well known magician, who's headlined shows and appeared on popular shows like Penn and Teller: Fool Us. She only pretends to be ditzy and nervous to win votes but her true self appeared this night and the fans turned on her.