I blame the parents of some of these auditionee's for encouraging their children to do something that they obviously cannot.
Surely it's better to tell your child "Look, you can't sing and if you don't stop i will need to sew your mouth up" rather than say "Oh that's great, get yourself on national TV and be humiliated"
The only part i don't like about the show is they always have a contestant with a sob story right at the end........ and lo and behold that contestant is always the last one to audition that day....... hmmm.
I think it must be on the application form........
it also helps if you claim that music is "Your life" and that your great aunt Ida cries everytime you sing (obviously the feedback on her hearing-aid is causing her distress)
As for Cheryl Cole, i thought the bit with her not wanting to vote was just stupid........ what if her vote had meant the difference between him being put through or being put out, would she have coming running back saying "YES?"