I don't know, I kind of feel that promising half the finalist slots to men is a little unfair. You could have 6 John Stevens clones in the finals while cutting some totally talented women. I know it would piss me off if I was competing. But I guess on the other hand, you could have 6 untalented women in there while cutting 6 talented men... I just think that that aspect of the competition should still be based solely on talent and not on gender.
The thing I didn't think was fair about the way it's been done in the past is the splitting up people into groups and having them only compete against people in the same group. As a result, there were a lot of really talented people who got cut because everybody in their group was good, while a few mediocre people got through because everyone in their group was mediocre. It didn't really give everyone a fair chance at it.
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