Desperation:

With the hiring of Demi Lovato and Britney Spears to next seasons The X Factor, it becomes perfectly clear, the show is desperate. Now Paul Abdul was certainly no Barbra Streisand in the vocal department, but Lovato and especially Spears, regardless of both having worked since being kids, are in no position to be offering advice to young talent. Spears in fact could be put up as a poster child of what no to do. I don't dislike either woman, but it is clear the hot mess of a reality show is going for the quick attention hiring these two can garner.

I fully expect a large viewership increase when the show returns in the fall. I also except it will be short lived. The shows problems last season were not restricted to the judges. As annoying as Nicole was, the problem was clearly mainly in production. The over produced and manipulative clips, the over use of lip syncing and the producers attempt to edit and push the show with the life and death feel of The Hunger Games, intead of a singing competition.

One last thing, don't add singers over 30 or 40 if your still going to push your tweens as the only talent in the world. Many viewers were turned off by the show shoving Rachel Crow and Astro down our throats when some of the over 40's, with equal or greater talent, were dismissed. This would be ok, except on a show whose international legacy comes in the form of Susan Boyle.