As Michael says (after reading Geoff's post at New Cool Thang, "Wow, people are getting really judgemental about being judgemental."

In a way, it almost seemed like Geoff's saying that if we laugh at people who can't sing on AI, we're the equivalent of the kids on the school bus making fun of the short bus driving by.
Ouch.
I don't know about that.
Yes, people are told (in various degrees of bluntness and civility) if they are or are not good enough to make the cut. Fox Network knows that this gets the ratings.
Now, if the producers ARE pushing people with "mental challenges" through to the judges, that's not the coolest. And people can write to the network for that. Are some of the people who go through deserving of being taken down a notch or two? Oh yes. Like the one guy who tried out last year on So You Thing you Can Dance. Oy, he's a piece of work.

The ones who get all irate that they're not going to be hanging with Paris Hilton and drinking gratis Grey Goose martinis out of models' bellybuttons or whatnot ... yeah.
The ones that get me most are those who WANT this so bad, who know they can do this, who are willing to work their hardest ... and have too little singing talent. Ouch, those poor dears.

Then there are the ones that definately need some kind of ... um ... personal designer, etc. They don't seem to realize that if you're not in GOOD shape, you'd better have charisma, people skills, good hygiene, and singing skills up the wahzoo. There are pop stars out there who needed some special work on their image ... but most of them have not gotten to stardom through American Idol, where image IS a rather big consideration in who does (and who does NOT) get through to Hollywood.

Which is yet another reason I do not audition. My singing is passable ... more musical theatre than pop-star. Why set myself up?

So there's my two cents on that. Yeah.

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