American Idol

What's the big deal with did-he-win-fairly-or-not Kris Allen controversy? It was Kris Allen vs. Adam Lambert and Kris appeared to win....but maybe not? So what, Adam is going to have a career equal to if not exceeding Kris anyway, so it doesn't really make that big of a difference who 'won.'

Case in point:

non-winners Jennifer Hudson, Clay Aiken, Chris Daughtry and William Hung (in a way)
"winners": Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia

Sure, there are also winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, but still.

American Idol should be this. Winner and winner only gets the contract. Everyone else gets nothing of the kind for like a year. Therefore, if you win...only you get the chicken dinner.