What a waste of talent!! A poem reader, then about his life, not a million dollar act!!! That is not talent, the great singers this year, even the flyer was wonderful. I have never missed a show, but this is the worst display of favoring that Howie has done. I was disgusted and disappointed last night. I sure hope that record companies were listening, Cristina Ray, and the Broken Root, Roberta, young but so very talented. Why do we let acts from another country in, this is America, we have talent, we don't need them. If Howie is there next year, I probably won't watch it again, he needs to go, maybe all of them, except Simon... Wishing him well....