NJM - Hypodermia (HGT2011)

[Mark]

Well, of course X-factor is heavily built towards singers.. because.. it's a singing competition.

But you are right, the production team is all for the money. Got Talent shows started off as one big singing fest for the reason there is extra money in the mass CD sales.

However, the producers will be getting money for whoever wins no matter what kind of act it is.. because they will be in charge of the agency that will be managing the winner (who signed for that, not exactly like a record contract but more like a promise contract that if you win, you may not deny the prizes you are getting, including but not limited to a management agency). So it really doesn't matter what kind of act wins.

Lately, those shows try to bring a more variation as for the kinds of entertainment. Less singing, more dance and other acts (acrobatics, etc). The production quality of all the Got Talent shows got worse over the years though, which is exactly what I define as 'commercial rushing' as can be seen in the art of magic. Less money into the production, bigger profits in the end.

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Originally Posted by Mark

However, the producers will be getting money for whoever wins no matter what kind of act it is.. because they will be in charge of the agency that will be managing the winner (who signed for that, not exactly like a record contract but more like a promise contract that if you win, you may not deny the prizes you are getting, including but not limited to a management agency). So it really doesn't matter what kind of act wins.

Ah yeah I see what you mean. They will get some money whatever happens, but I think they will still make more money from a good singer than a good magician, unless that magician is so good that they can launch a tv show off the success but even then the media interest just isn't as lucrative with magic as it is with music. I may be wrong. I just think that a singer who can do regular gigs, release multiple CD's, AND go on tv appearances, is a much better guarantee of lots of earnings for the producers, than a magician who in comparison can only really offer stage shows and occasional TV appearances. No CD sales, nowhere near the amount of TV interest, and so less chance of TV interviews/coverage. From a business perspective theres alot more money to be made by going with the Singer; so that's unfortunately what happens. It's the nature of "the entertainment industry", at least in the UK, that music makes alot more money than magic, and this will be driving the producers decisions in many cases.