The most popular of this crap are the competition shows such as American Idol and America's Got Talent. Besides the fact that it completely undermines how real music or talent should be found, a lot of this stuff is over hyped pop-garbage. However, the crying over Sanjaya or the fat lady from Scotland (Britain's Got Talent) is not the biggest problem I have with these shows. The main fault that I find with the shows are the people who judge whether or not someone is talented.
I noticed my utter distaste for the judges early on, but it really struck me on Tuesday night, when at the bar, Jarrod and I were in front of a TV with America's Got Talent showing. On this particular episode, all the judges were making faces at this hideous lady as she tried to sing. Granted, she probably sucked (I don't know because the sound was off) and it's well within their right to say no and not let her pass. My problem was with how they mocked this lady. Especially the people who were mocking her.
First, David Hasselhoff: This guy doesn't have any talent, let alone the ability to judge people that do. Hasselhoff starred in two very popular sitcoms. The first was Knight Rider, which was a cop show that involved a talking car. In this, the talking car stole the show and was the only reason that people watched. His other popular series was Baywatch. There is no way on earth people gave a rat's ass that The Hoff was on that show, they wanted to see slow-motion booby bouncing. You could have put Dick Cheney as the co-star and it still would have been popular. Hasselhoff also supposedly is popular in Germany (big deal, so was Hitler). The most known thing that The Hoff has done recently is be a drunk retard in front of his kid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH3JAp7vMuo&feature=fvw) - that must take a lot of talent.
Next, there's Sharon Osbourne. This lady is best known for being married to someone who actually was talented, Ozzy Osbourne. Her biggest talent was the ability to keep that guy alive. She took her reality show from MTV (which shows just how ridiculously dysfunctional her family is) and somehow turned that into a talk show deal. I don't even think that show lasted a full season. My guess is, people don't like taking advice from a person best known for marrying a degenerate and raising two degenerate kids. Thanks for showing up.
The last judge is Piers Morgan. I had to Google this guy to even know what he did to even remotely be considered. Supposedly, this guy was the editor for a big British tabloid magazine, the Daily Mirror. When did writing gossip about a bunch of shit that no one cares about suddenly give you the ability to judge talent? If I wanted to know what athlete a Kardashian is banging now, I'll ask Piers, but not if I want to know if someone can dance or sing, or do anything that requires any skill. I'll give it to him though, he did kiss Donald Trump's ass well enough to win the Celebrity Apprentice. 
This amazing collaboration of judges and the crap that they judge is hosted by none other than Nick Cannon (yes, the one that's married to Mariah Carey). Nick Cannon is known for rapping, acting, and performing comedy. Granted, he does do these things, but none of them are good. His movie credits include Drumline, Garfield, Roll Bounce, and a bunch of crap no one's heard of. He had his own show, Wild'n Out, in which he was the worst performer on the show. Kat Williams was able to get more popular but Nick was forced to latch on to Mariah's teet to remain somewhat relevant. This guy goes to bed at night praying that he could have an ounce of the talent that Carlos Mencia has.
American Idol is no better, especially with the loopy Paula Abdul, who's biggest hit was made with a cartoon cat. However, at least Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell are known throughout the record business. I'm not even going to get started with Ryan Seacrest.
Please people, if you decide to watch this crap, take into consideration who you're allowing to sway your opinion.
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