[Wasted]

The sob stories thing is annoying me too. It's not that I wouldn't feel sorry for them or anything, but it's really not necessary. I'm sure the producers probably ask certain people lots of questions to get the sob story out of them, but there are also some who are probably happy to tell their sob story to anyone who'll listen.

I've only been really impressed by one audition so far (they had a sob story too but putting that aside they were still fantastic). Last year I was impressed by a lot more people in just a few episodes, who just walked in and did it, no sob stories or anything.