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Yeah, that's the worst part, is like, the worst part is I was actually, I was actually talking to somebody that used to work on one of those shows, and they would send people to those rounds that would suck on purpose, right? And it was very hard because the people, they don't think they suck, right? Like, they think they're good, but everybody else on the show knows they suck, and they're sending them through the round just to basically embarrass them on television, right? And then the woman was telling me, she's like, it's really hard when the contestant comes off stage and then they go, what the fuck? Like, you guys knew I sucked this entire time? Like, you guys just sent me through just so I'd be on the show? And she's like, that was one of the hardest parts of working on the— on these shows is that— is that like, you know, like American Idol and all these shows, like, they send people through just because they suck. And like, then they come off like, what the fuck? I thought I was great. I made it through the first because you have to go through like 4 rounds before you even get to the television portion. So like, all these people are like, what the fuck? I got through all these rounds thinking I was amazing. And then here I go and I sucked.

October 24, 201931:46David
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Natalie31:36
It's crazy to me that there's people that get through to that point where they're in front of those judges on AGT and they're still not good.
David31:43
That's the whole point.
Natalie31:44
They just mix in people that suck.
David31:46
Yeah, that's the worst part, is like, the worst part is I was actually, I was actually talking to somebody that used to work on one of those shows, and they would send people to those rounds that would suck on purpose, right? And it was very hard because the people, they don't think they suck, right? Like, they think they're good, but everybody else on the show knows they suck, and they're sendin…
Natalie32:50
Do you remember that guy from American Idol that was like, she bang, she bang?
Jason32:55
Yeah. William Hong.
Natalie32:58
Yeah, yeah.