I kinda agree with him, but also contradict him as well. Talent shows offer instant fame for a split second, but it is up to the artist to keep the candle lit, or otherwise they will fall off. The only true successful artists from AI are Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, and Jordin Sparks. And you can also count non-winners Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson. Everybody else who either won, or who got popular to a certain extent on the show fed off the hype, banked on it till it ran dry, and now they have nothing left. Once you make it to the top 24, you already have the success of someone who has been working at least 5 years to get a shot on tv, but the talent is another story. It is kinda an unfair approach, but hey, this is a growing timezone. But at the same time, tone-deaf, JC Penny-looking-catalog kids saturating the industry isn't helping either. Little Jerome who is the best singer in his church choir, may not have shinny Beatles hair and misty blue eyes, but can sing his heart out, gets overlooked for the next covermodel of Tiger Beat. Lets also talk about autotuning, damn, you could be some bum off the street who can't sing a lyric, but if you got a synthesizer, you can have a number one single. Oh, and what about songs that talk about how much so & so is gonna say your name all night and popping bottles of Hennesy till there is none left, over and over and over again. Oh, and what about giving overhyped performances that involve mics that aren't turned on using constant refurbished knockoffs of MJ's choreography because one cannot come up with anything else. Take a look at the man in the mirror Usher.