That's Idol Zero ONE
There is this fallacy that is sweeping the world, its called *[American] Idol (*insert name of nation here). Why is this a fallacy? Because this is a show where talent and ability is superficial and all that matters is getting votes. Pretty much like how the local elections were held. One deputy minister proudly boasted, "vote for the party, not the candidate". How ridiculous an idea for people to vote incompetant nincumpoops into public office for the sake of voting for the party! It was such an incredulous idea that the people just swallowed it in and let it pass as though it was merely someone passing gas.
What has this got to do with American Idol? Democracy is superficial. Just like how President Bush got voted into office. He was actually outvoted but won because of technicalities. So in the end fairness and justice cannot be achieved through democracy.
Back to the Idol show, the winner at the end of the day may not be the most talented or the most deserving. So what is the X factor in determining the vote? To win you must match the prejudiced eyes of the voting public. Throughout the show (American Idol 2004) the most talented contestants faced the highest chances of being voted out. In fact, a more competant singer, Jennifer Hudson got booted before the 'can't sing anything else but Sinatra' John Stevens and the 'ever humping, lack of voice range' George Huff. Even the host, Seacrest (what is with that 'Seacrest out' bullshit?) had to remind people 'Remember to vote for talent here'.
Elton John aptly put it "having La Toya London in the bottom 3 really proves that there are a lot of idiots out there".
Only in the later parts of the show did we see the 2 guys get booted... with many non-idiots cheering with glee.
What is the lesson to be learnt folks?
1. While popularity may bring you far... it is merely temporary and superficial 'success'.
2. Better be who you are and not be who people think you are, because that will bring you furthur.
3. All successful people have to undergo setbacks.
4. 'Winning' is actually not as important, I think even if the good ones don't win, they havea good chance to get recording contracts. So the process/experience counts more than the 'tangible result'.