Simon Cowell and the other judges of “America’s Got Talent” give the Bomba trio an enthusiastic thumbs up while they conceal their privates behind paddles.
Bomba Trio, At their “America’s Got Talent” audition on August 2, an Israeli three-man circus act made the judges of the reality TV competition show laugh out loud.
The group, which included Amit Gerbi and the brothers Noam and Yaron Davidovich, entered the stage while still in their pants and each holding a wooden paddle in front and behind their butts.
They were hilarious as they skill-fully manoeuvred the paddles to keep one another covered up (but only just!) while retrieving, juggling, and passing an orange ball while listening to “Soul Bossa Nova.”
Israelis will be able to identify the paddles and ball from matkot, a daily game of beach paddleball played on our Mediterranean beaches.
Is this a popular Israeli production? Sophia Vergara, the judge, questioned them, “Do people love this?”
One of the guys joked, “Not yet.”
They responded, “We’ve got a lot more to show,” to the mocking remark made by judge Heidi Klum, “I feel like you need smaller rackets.” According to Klum, Bomba was the day’s best performance.
Standing ovations followed the two-minute performance, which culminated with Amit and Noam dropping their paddles and baring their behinds. They were wearing terry robes when they turned back on a few seconds later.
Three Israeli circus performers, Amit, Noam, and Yaron, describe their performance as “a modern comic circus show. Without using any words, they are taking the modern circus to a new level and paying a wonderful homage to the slapstick gags from old silent films.
The audience always empathises with the clown who acts out and gets into mischief while still winning the audience’s sympathy, and the elegant negotiator who is forced to mediate between them.
The group has only performed so far in Turkey and Israel. As a result of their “America’s Got Talent” performance, their fame is now growing internationally.
