NBC’s successful reality show is back for the third season, after it was the top-rated TV show last summer, averaging 11.5 million viewers probably craving to watch the freaky contestants, rather than the really talented ones.

200,000 people are hopeful to win the $1 million prize this season. And the prize might only be the start for even more fame and success, if we take the example of last season’s “Talent” winner, ventriloquist Terry Fator, who signed a five-year $100 million contract in order to perform at Las Vegas Mirage casino 48 weeks a year beginning in 2009.

Fator said he never expected he would win, not even in his wildest dreams.

When asked about Seattle Post Intelligencer what should viewers expect from the thirs season of the show, judge Piers Morgan promised “an amazing collection of talent and some of the most deluded people in America.” He also revealed one of this season’s contestants is as young as 4.

Admitting “Talent” was not so “high-quality,” judge David Hasselhoff called the show “a guilty pleasure […] that’s just pure Americana.”

“From wackos to heartwarmers, some of their stories are incredible,” he says, according to USA Today. “There are waitresses and sewer cleaners and a guy who's back from two tours in Iraq. They have a lot of heart. And the show just gives everyone hope.”

Still, Hasselhoff insisted that this year’s show would be more polished, as they had more acts to choose from, comparing to the first season, or the second one, when “there were a lot of kids who came on who were pushed by parents who thought they could sing.”

Beside the contestants, a major means of entertainment in the show are the judges, Sharon Osborne, Piers Morgan and Hasselhoff, whose frictions and quarrels amuse many viewers.

The show airs Tuesday at 9 ET/PT on NBC.