Disclaimer* the show is already over, just now saw the question. I don't believe the show was fixed. I think the viewers got a bit tired of all the Adam Lambert drama, just as they did with Susan Boyle.
I also believe he didn't win because all of Danny Gokey's fans started voting for Kris Allen. At the time that Simon Cowell said that he thought Lambert would win, he was at the time the clear front-runner. He just couldn't keep it fresh when it mattered most.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.