Prince Poppycock and other finalists ready final ‘America’s Got Talent’ routines

Prince Poppycock readies final ‘Got Talent’ act

LOS ANGELES — Prince Poppycock is hoping to be crowned king of “America’s Got Talent.”

The outlandish operatic creation of 32-year-old singing store clerk John Quale (KWHAL-lay) from Los Angeles is among the final four acts performing their ultimate routines Tuesday on the NBC variety competition. Poppycock, who judge Sharon Osbourne dubbed the “male Lady Gaga,” has captured imaginations with his showmanship and bellowing singing voice.

Poppycock is competing against 10-year-old soprano Jackie Evancho from Pittsburgh, 30-year-old crooner Michael Grimm from Waveland, Miss., and the 13-man performance troupe Fighting Gravity, a group of fraternity brothers from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., who use black lights and props in their special-effects routines.