Are You Serious, America's Got Talent?

I was relegated to watching America's Got Talent on NBC last night because there was absolutely nothing else on television. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't a big fan of the show before I watched last night, and now, I definitely am not.

Last night they cut the competition down from about 2.5 million acts (ok, exaggerating, but still a lot) to 60 acts. Among those who made the cut: a 9-year old "singer" and a 4-year old "singer." Yes, you read that right. And, no, I'm not lying. I may be sarcastic, but unfortunately, this is all true. The judges (why is Sharon Osbourne a judge?) brought out a few acts and divided them into a yes, you're moving on line and a no, you suck line. Could you imagine being a 20-year old singer (actual singer) in the no line looking at a 4-year old "singer" who can only "sing" Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Ring Around the Rosey in the yes line? By the way, the 4-year old can't even say "practiced" correctly; how can she sing well enough?

Sure, it's cute to have them on the audition shows and the first round of the Vegas call backs, but having them advance to the short list of 60? That's over the top. The judges know they aren't going to win. Hurt the feelings of the little kids early in the show rather than devastating them later in the show. I just hope America knows these kids aren't really any good and really don't have any talent, yet. And why are these parents allowing these kids on this show? They have to know they aren't going to win, especially when there are acts who have been practicing their performances for sometimes twice as long as the kid are old.

And Sharon Osbourne has to get off the show. She is annoying and an inconsistent judge. In the same hour of the show she said that she can only judge on what she saw today and that one guy has a lot of potential, and urged the other judges to push a certain act forward. There's the consistency we all like in a judge. Besides, what has Sharon done besides marry Ozzy? Nothing.

Before you tell me I'm wrong just because America's Got Talent is the number one show of the summer, consider this. Only 13 million Americans disagree with me and watch the show regularly. Assuming that all the other 287 millions agree with me, I am in the vast majority.