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Piers is a shoehorned-in product of the Simon Cowell era of “mean guys judging shows”, honestly. He was very rarely genuine in six years of judging and his sense of judging was incredibly skewed. Simon may not have the best eye for variety, but at least he knows what he’s doing with music—Piers literally has no forte. He’s just an asshole.

And what his opinions gotten him? The dude buzzed Steven Retchless because the thought of a dude on a pole apparently gave him goose flesh. The dude openly mocked Prince Poppycock almost out of nowhere in the Finals. It’s almost like you shouldn’t expect people known for being homophobic to judge without letting said homophobic impact his judging. Not to mention his favorite act on the show is Kevin Skinner, who warbled his way through every round on the sole basis that he was a “proper American”.

What good has he done on the show besides Siro-A? I know people miss the “mean” judge he was but literally the “mean” archetype has literally never even worked for Simon in his early days—unless you’re Gordon Ramsay, it isn’t endearing, it’s frustrating. Howard Stern is the best thing to happen to the show and not just because he was a self-aware addition to the cast; he also ushered out one of the worst things about the first six season in my opinion.