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This is all getting a off track so I'm going to make this post while the puppets here do the dancing.
My point and the argument no-one has yet countered: American Idol doesn't have anything or anyone talented attached to it. You don't find talent on a "make me famous" TV show, as VVD said, you find it in a record store and as I said, you find it by seeking it out.
Nobody is wrong for watching these shows, but if you do, then admit what they are. Don't be so self-righteous as to try and justify the show just because you are ashamed of watching it.
People who watch these shows and believe they are witnessing talent, believe so because they know no better. This was proven when Raven said that she believed most music today was poor because it was all about image, not like the old days. We've since discovered that she makes zero attempt to seek out music and lives within her own limited knowledge while making the judgement calls.
American Idol has nothing to do with or is in no way affiliated/connected with, musical talent.
-AC