The Idol Franchise

I'm watching American Idol, and I am continuously surprised by the lack of good performances on the show. When the contestants are all SO GOOD, it seems like the show is taunting them with the fact that all these other less talented people have made it big, as though they should be learning something from them. 

Now, the contestants aren't AMAZING, and the performers aren't HORRIBLE, but they don't seem to compare fairly.

I would really like to see Simon judge some of the singers that have performed this season.

I just watched Anoop get eliminated, and I'm not a huge American Idol fan but it's really sad :( aw, poor Anoop. 

And that brings us back to my first point.

 Anoop can sing better that most of the guest singers they have featured. It clearly takes something other than talent to become famous in today's society, and as  much as American Idol has tried to disprove that, the show has just made this fact clearer in my mind.

Agree? Disagree?