Tano,
Unfortunately, we live in a Simon Cowell world and some people seem to take great joy watching others be publicly humiliated—not uplifted. It is our version of Romans gathering in the coliseum, to watch people get slaughtered. It is the very bedrock of the reality show draw—and it is the basis of our current culture, more or less.
I could expand on that, but I won't. Other than to comment
Simon, Amanda, Aleisha, and David have accomplished what
would have been thought impossible. They made the judge the
star of of the talent contest. Who would have thought?
In so doing, they appear to have reshaped the way an entire generation perceives music.
It's the act that people notice and comment on. Amanda never seems to run out of astonished. And Simon, really, I can't be the only one who sees sadistic exhibitionist in it.
And, what do we see when we watch the talent? Above their
heads in eight foot neon, the names of the judges. Have to give them credit.