You Are Not Beautiful, You Are Not Unique.

Thousands of people every year must look in the mirror and be disappointed. Then to try and redeem their self esteem they try their hand at singing, dancing or juggling. And it never works, they are still the same useless, talent-less and delusional human being. A recent television “phenomenon” has highlighted this fact and at the same decided to exploit this hunger for fame. That’s right; I’m talking about the talent reality shows which we cannot escape, like the X Factor, American Idol and Fame Academy.

I live in a generation which has been brought up by television. We have grown to believe that some day we will all become celebrities. And the reality is, we won’t and we should start learning this fact. Each contestant walks in front of the judges to show off their talent. These people are unaware of their effect on other human beings! Can’t they see they are just a very expendable tool in a marketing exercise which is camouflaged as prime time television?! Tell me, name one star that has come out of these factories which has showed staying power? If you can, then you are following a lost cause, a slowly sinking ship in the media ocean.

The whole set up of these programmes disgusts me. Its tacky stainless steel stage, the overemotional (and therefore more insincere) lighting and the background music which resembles an insipid ringtone. I should find this modern, but instead I find that this is a variation on a theme. A clapped out stage used in the 1980s for Stars in Their Eyes. It doesn’t inspire as to what is to become the next superficial craze to manipulate the masses.

I don’t feel sorry for these gullible people who think “they have what it takes.” If anything they deserve to be told that, no, they cannot sing and, yes, they should persist with the trolley pushing job at the local supermarket. I mean, it’s the nicer thing to do. I don’t think it's right to dress these freaks up as normal and put them on stage.



Just face facts, You have no real talent