Argumentative Essay: American Idol

Argumentative Essay The American Television show American Idol is a well-known entertaining program by many viewers across the nation. Castings are held every year in several different cities for thousands of people to get a chance at stardom. There are essentially 3-4 judges that get to decide whether contestants move on after auditions or are immediately given a No for an answer. The past judges have been celebrities such as: Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, Paula Abdul, among others. But the question here is, is this show really worth the yearly showing? The show has been continually broadcasted for 13 consecutive seasons, it seems as though it’s time to give it a break. Perhaps the show needs to begin playing every other year or
Sometimes it is seen that there are racial discrimination with the contestants every year. The top winners have mostly been of the white race. Looking back at the past seasons the winning contestants are rarely black, Asian, or Hispanic. The name “American” should most definitely entitle everyone as a whole: African American, Indian American, Asian American, and others such as Mexican American. It makes sense that talent has a lot to do with the ending results but it should consist of equality and not of prejudice.
The last, and most disappointing reason that this show is irrelevant and should be cancelled is by the fact that the judges over the past years have been fairly unprofessional and very rude. It breaks my heart to see people being laughed at for having little or no singing talent, particularly on national television, whether it be real or just for publicity, it is incredible what humans can do in return for money. This show has more downs than it has ups, and from the loss of ratings this year it seems it should definitely be the