DC’s own Diva League drag dance group put down by ”America’s Got Talent” judge [video]
”We are trying to find an act that represent America on the world stage. And from where I see it, a bunch of lip-synching old drag queens who can’t dance, is not what America needs right now. Not exactly Barack Obama is it?”
Piers Morgan, a judge on the NBC show ”America’s Got Talent,” referring to the Diva League after their vampire-inspired performance to Rhianna’s song ”Disturbia.” The Diva League is on of the top 40 acts sent to the talent search’s Las Vegas finals. They a creation of several performers who can be seen at Washington’s own gay dance club Town Danceboutique.
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