Show business is a rejection business. For these performers onstage in this setting, it's even more difficult because one of the things that makes these shows popular is the prospect of one of the judges simply destroying the contestants for the pleasure of viewers at home. It takes balls to get up there and face that kind of judgment. It's even more difficult if you don't respect the "talent" of of some of those that are in the position of judging you. It's easier for a no-talent chick to get packaged and foisted upon the public, because if she's hot, they'll just do some trick in the studio and have her lip-sync out on the road. Guys don't get that kind of leeway. They really have to have some talent to make it. LA Reid and Simon Cowell have been doing what they do for a long time, but Lovato and Britney were packaged and foisted on the public. Good for him for going down swinging. And it's hilarious for Britney to claim to be uncomfortable being looked at by anyone - she gladly tarted herself up for our viewing pleasure for years, and acted the fuckin' fool in public on top of it.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."