I feel that the results of talent contests should not be decided by the general public but instead, by specially selected judges. ‘Talent’ is defined as the skill at something significantly above the rest and specially selected judges is defined as people particularly chosen with the required skills to decide on the winner of the talent contest. Also, I will only be touching on contests with subjective results like figure skating and singing, not on contests with clear results like running or swimming.

Firstly, I would like to show the benefits that using specially selected judges have in the long run. Letting the audience decide on the winner of talent contests dilutes the standard of competition. This can be observed when two very different but significant contests are contrasted; the Olympics and the American Idol series.

In the Olympics, the panel of judges comprise of retired athletes who have been very well-trained in the field of expertise. The judging by this panel is so critical and precise that the score goes into the two decimals. This evidently raises the standard of competition, as athletes perform with such professionalism that no one hardly ever smiles while participating in the event, because they recognize that they have to put all their efforts into perfecting their craft and not into thinking up strategies on how to please the crowd. The American Idol series, on the other hand, lets people decide on the finalists and the result of this is competitors focusing more on homing their charisma, personality and looks, rather than their pure talent of singing.

This comes back to my point because from what I mentioned above, when these highly experienced and highly successful retirees judge, they expect the best from the competitors, and thus the long term benefits of having specially selected judges will be the very obvious raising of standard of talents; pushing competitors to their highest potential, and in doing so sieve the very talented, from the mediocre.

Moreover, the very fact that they are specially selected means that only the best, most experienced and most successful are chosen to be a judge, and thus in summary, this point is that the best judges are critical and that this will raise the standard of competition to make contestants continuously work harder, so that the most talented are the winners in the talent contest of any nature.

On to my second argument, which is on the professionalism of the specially selected judges. The judges have significant experiences and many of them have qualifications in the particular field, showing us that the judges know what is talent and what is the correct attitude required in the area. Hence, the judges will decide on a winner who will be able to survive and sustain in the field, be it in sports, music or even in having a flair for writing.

Judges have adequate experience and skills that puts them a notch higher than any average Tom, Dick or Harry. Besides, it would be practically impossible to ask the major population to tabulate the verdicts of whether someone ought to qualify for the next round. Therefore, a couple of well certified judges would easily fill the shoes of the preponderant crowd as they are the best representation to say someone is hot, or not. There is a vital need for these judges because there is no straight forward judging.

The point is, if 3 judges do the scoring and scandalous controversies can rise up, what more can thousands of untrained ears that can actually send infinite messages in less than 4 minutes? How less corrupted is that? 0 comments