Just a small rant about the countless talent shows we have on TV these days. Idols for example or (Fill in your country here)'s got talent.
The basis of these talent shows is to find new and fresh talent for the music and entertainment industry. To filter out all the idiots and other wastes of flesh there is a jury who decides who goes on to the next round. This jury consists of carefully picked people who have experience in music and entertainment and can make a valid judgment of these people most of the time. They know what a good artist needs and if someone has potential.
So what's the problem I'm having? We all enjoy the pre-rounds of course. The rounds where every idiot in the world can come up and do his thing just to be laughed at by everyone watching TV and sometimes even the jury. But to be quite fair, most of us can roughly separate the morons from the talented potential, we wouldn't really need a jury for it but it obviously makes the show a lot easier. No, the role you'd expect the jury to fill is to give the artists feedback in the more serious part of the show, to pick who goes on to the final round and, in the end, determine who wins the show. These people are qualified to do this, they know what they are talking about and have the experience. But instead what happens? The viewers are asked to make a judgment over who is the better artist. Us, the general public who generally don't know shit about the entertainment industry!! There's a fucking jury full of experienced artists sitting right there and you're asking the morons in the audience to pick our next pop idol!! Am I the only one who sees the stupidity here or what?!
There, just had to vent that. It's been bothering me for a while now
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Havoc
