People are making too much of a fuss about our ballads

(I didn't watch last season)
They're middle schoolers, high schoolers, and people in their early 20s, so how good can they actually be at singing?
But people are making such a huge fuss, calling them the "next [someone]" and whatnot.
Even Lee Ye-ji, the Season 1 winner, was eliminated early in a program where other audition winners gathered to compete.