[ComfortEagle]

In my experiences, talent shows are mostly singing anyways. They should probably just be renamed "Singing Competitions," because other acts are typically kept out of them and rarely do they win. In every talent show when I was in high school, it was always a band or singer that won.

In most talent shows I've participated in, I've seen dancers, actors, and other types of acts (that aren't singing or band) get shafted because they are a different type of talent. I think part of it is that the judges don't know how to judge those kind of acts as well. I think another part of it is that (I know it's unfair) the judges tend to put more value on musical talent, than other talents.

We had a girl in high school that did a monologue from a play and she killed it. It was awesome and worthy of placing in the competition, but she didn't even come in the top 5.