It was the Minnesota Audition edition.
My question is: Who told some of these people they could sing? As someone said, and I don't remember where I heard it, don't these people have any friends or family that love them enough to tell them that unless they want to make an ass of themselves in front of the entire nation, they should stay home?
Come on now. Unless you are a comedian who wants to go and get your name out there, stay home.
That poor kid with the dance and juggling thing going on: Did your family bring you there? What the hell where they thinking, letting you do that to yourself. Do they watch you do heroin as well?
The lion singing woman: Who told you that it was a good idea? Probably not anyone your talking to today.
I know that they pick out the worse to show. I'm sure that there where lots of decent, average, mediocre voices that didn't make the cut either way, people hoping for their big chance, or at least they where there to have a good time, but these people who bank so much getting a shot at the big time...
You have a better chance becoming a professional hockey goalie.

It's always refreshing to see artists performing live who sound as good as their recordings. One of my favorite Christian artists is Fernando Ortega; we saw him live one time and he sounded almost better than his recordings.