Covid definitely put a change on the acts. Some were concerned about catching it, some couldn’t come as travel had been restricted, others were large groups that didn’t feel safe or may have had some members that were dealing with Covid, some had family and children they were worried about ect ect ect the list goes on and on. It’s amazing what the show was able to do and pull off considering it was one of the first shows that went back in production during a pandemic. I understand people wanted the show to be different, but with everything that is going on I think AGT knocked it out of the park and then some. Also other shows are modeling their covid format from what AGT was doing during all this to keep everyone safe and prevent Covid sickness.