We want to buy the whole concept - a nobody gets hand-picked from tens of thousands of young hopefuls and is catapulted to stardom. We want to buy that fairy tale. The truth is, it's a TV show and needs ratings to get sponsors. It will manipulate the audience to its best advantage.

It's like that show about coupons. The people buy $700 worth of stuff for twelve cents. However, they don't tell you that the stores make deals with the show to honor and double coupons that they normally would not accept so that they can appear on the show.