I hear you. It just doesn't do it for me. Would rather go to a movie once a year.

This about sums it up from The Bleacher Report with their piece on the winers and losers at the Breeder's Cup:

"I was seriously ready to reserve this slot for a horse that disappointed during the Classic ... but ... Kristen Chenoweth stood in the winner's circle and sang The Best is Yet to Come.

For some folks, perhaps this was a charming warm up for the Breeders' Classic, the greatest race on American soil (yeah, take that Kentucky Derby!). It was irritating. It was, dare I say, out of place, disconcerting and unsettling.

All right, the subtext makes sense: The best is yet to come. I get it. The meaning of the song is implicit and the Classic is befitting of a song that tells it how it is. But when four guys in a hotel room simultaneously recoil at the sight of Chenoweth, that's a telling review. The only thing that bailed her out was the sun setting on the San Gabriel mountains."


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-anita/page/11

That's certainly the more fiscally prudent choice. It's much less infuriating to spend $13 and hate something than $150.

Yeah I'm guessing the name recognition was definitely part of it. They also probably didn't want to give American Idol press on NBC with Harry Connick Jr singing the song. He'd have been another obvious choice unless you're the network airing The Voice.

Sigh. Remember the good old days of the 1970s, when, instead of forbidding any cross-exposure, ABC, CBS and NBC would join together and give us Battle of the Network Stars? Those were the days, my friend.