I may see thw show once, just to give it a chance. However, I just don't know how this is going to work out. All of the waivers and agreements in the world can't save Disney from bad press and negative feelings. If any guest who is voted off feels hurt enough, they'll bad mouth Disney to anyone who will listen. The whole thing, from the first audition to the last song, is about seeing who will fail the fastest. Does Disney really want their name on that?
And if that jumbotron goes up, I will visit the Studios even less than I care to now as it is. I've waited this long to get the guts to try TpT and RnRC; I can wait tuntil the jumbotron is gone. There's nothing in that park I'm so emotionally attached to that I'll brave the AIE jumbotron and the HSM show for. (That sounds selfish, I know.) The point of a show or ride is that people who want to experience it can get in line and those who don't can skip it. If you put the show outside, too, people who don't like AI will get angry, and people who wanted to see the show might decide it's better to just watch five minutes on the screen and then keep going. Showing the show outside the theater could decrease attendace rather than virtually boost capacity.
The possibilities for negative press and bad feelings are greater than any of the positives on this one, I think. We'll have to wait and see. Will the hurt feelings of a relatively small group of guests take down a show that could be very popular with the masses?