How popular talent shows are exposing our American idols
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Talent shows like America’s Got Talent and American Idol have been popular for decades, but our collective needs for idols of a different sort has guest author Mark Turman considering our idols of today, three reasons we create our own idols, and three questions to self-assess whether you’re turning to an idol instead of to God.
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| 1:17.5 | Talent shows fill our screens. Daily articles about Luke Combs' rejection by the voice and |
| 1:24.2 | nightbirds' withdrawal from America's Got Talent testified to their popularity. |
| 1:29.4 | In fact, my favorite is America's Got Talent. I like the variety of performers on AGT compared to |
| 1:36.2 | the other offerings. I don't have anything against music shows looking for the next great singer, |
| 1:41.8 | but the world needs more than just singers. Better known perhaps are shows like the nearly 20-year-old American Idol. |
| 1:49.0 | When Idol debuted in 2002, I thought, |
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