A: Hey! Let's make a reality show where we take a bunch of people who think they can sing but have no experience and put them on Broadway! B: That's a horrible idea! It just might work!
I saw NERDS in Philadelphia. It had to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It won't win. When I saw it it wasn't a big-budget, smash show by all means but it was still wonderful.