Scatman John

Scatman John

Information
Age	53
Sex	Male
Act	Techno Singer
Seasons	BC
Position Reached	Preliminaries

Scatman John was a Techno Singer act from FantasyAGT: Battle of the Champions. He was eliminated in the Preliminaries.

Background[]

Scatman John was an American music artist who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1995 hits "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" and "Scatman's World" and 1997 hit "Everybody Jam!"

As a stutterer, John stated that scatting was "turning [his] biggest problem into [his] biggest asset." Scatman John sold millions of recordings worldwide and was named "Best New Artist" in the Echo Awards in both Japan and Germany. He was a recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Annie Glenn Award for outstanding service to the stuttering community and National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame

Preliminary[]

Scatman John's preliminary performance in Episode BC03 consisted of singing his song "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)." Unimpressed, Fresh buzzed the act but Mike and Pennies gave him standing ovations. His performance was not strong enough for the judges to send him to Judge Cuts, eliminating him from the competition instead of Lin-Manuel Miranda,