I'm currently watching some old "Britain's Got Talent" auditions at Youtube, and suddenly reminded myself:Television talent shows are bullshit.
Next to the fact only dancers and singers ever win, as dancing and singing seem to be the only "talent" that appeals to the audience, the judges are way too easy to manipulate.
If you're either a child, ugly, have a depressing backstory, they give you a free pass. How is that fair towards the other contestants. How is that even fair towards the ugly child with a depressing backstory.
Give these people the feeling they deserve to win because of what they do, not because of what they are.
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Why do they keep accepting mediocre contestants out of pity; you know they won't win the finals. You're just making it easier for the people who actually have talent.
You know what? I honestly was thinking the exact same thing not too long ago... My parents like to watch "America's Got Talent" (because there's really nothing else to watch) and I was commenting on how everyone seems to have some sob story. One year these two young sister won who weren't really that good, but they won because they apparent had some disease that should have prevented them from singing. What really got me was the fact that they said they "weren't asking for sympathy." Yeah right. Sometimes it makes me wonder if these shows are scripted.
ReplyDeleteOh you are so right on. Yeah you went through shit in life like everyone else, but its just sooo repetitive. Its seems every other person to make it past the auditions had cancer or were homeless or were beaten or their dog died or some other Lifetime or soap opera drama. But hey, people eat up the concept of "I failed so many times in life then succeeded and you can too blah blah blah". I bet 90% of votes for these sob story contestants are just pity votes. Lets change it up a little with someone who has a good singing voice but doesnt have a sad sad sad story that has been told so many times by several different contestants.
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