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There is really NO question about whether the contestants on American Idol have talent. The question, really, is whether the ones that make it through the screenings are the ones with the MOST talent.

What good would it do to have a bunch of talentless people on a show that's about talent? The point of the show is to showcase talented singers that wouldn't have gotten a break without American Idol and if that wasn't really the case, it would not have lasted as long as it has.

Does American Idol exploit those who think they have talent to make them look like fools? Definitely. But that's also part of the draw of American Idol. Look at William Hung and the name that he has made for himself by American Idol making a fool out of him.

If you look at the number of talented singers that have come out of American Idol with record contracts, it's clear that there is real talent there and that's not just the ones that have won. That's people like Bucky Covington, Chris Daughtry, Clay Aiken and Eliot Yamin. If you look at the winners, you'll also see that there have been singers who have made their best of it, including Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

So to say that there isn't real talent in American Idol is telling some of the most successful singers today that they aren't talented, and that's just not true.

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