Final Answer?

Jan 28, 2012

Community arguments

Have a terrible audition on "American Idol"

A bad singing voice is a talent gap anyone can sympathize with; getting an easy trivia question wrong signals basic ignorance
American Idol's viewership has fallen sharply, limiting the audience for the embarrassment
A memorable bad audition can be funny and endearing; a trivially wrong answer simply makes you look uninformed

Get a ridiculously easy question wrong on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"

Auditioning for a singing competition when you cannot sing already shows poor self-awareness, which is just as embarrassing as missing easy trivia
Getting a question wrong under bright studio lights can be blamed on nerves and pressure in a way a bad singing voice cannot
A wrong answer on Millionaire still earns prize money to a floor threshold; a failed Idol audition leaves you humiliated with nothing

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Would you rather...

Have a terrible audition on "American Idol"

Get a ridiculously easy question wrong on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"