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06-26-2026, 07:26 PM
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If you weren’t there at the time, you could not comprehend how gigantic American Idol -- and all its successors like The X-Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent and The Voice -- were back in the 2000s and early 2010s. But why have they not maintained this level of cultural relevance?
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Talent shows were BIG
6:09 History and POPSTARS
10:54 Pop Idol
16:05 American Idol
25:08 The X Factor
31:56 Got Talent
47:33 The Voice
01:01:19 But WHY though
If you weren’t there at the time, you could not comprehend how gigantic American Idol -- and all its successors like The X-Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, America’s Got Talent and The Voice -- were back in the 2000s and early 2010s. But why have they not maintained this level of cultural relevance?
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Talent shows were BIG
6:09 History and POPSTARS
10:54 Pop Idol
16:05 American Idol
25:08 The X Factor
31:56 Got Talent
47:33 The Voice
01:01:19 But WHY though