You have to start betting on the loser.
The loser is quite easy to tell / validate

... but where is the fun in that?
You want your team to WIN!
Of course you want some teams to always lose, but that just doesn't have as much gusto.

It looks like the auditions should have been held Royal Rumble™ style.
What were those show auditioners thinking!!! (man, that beatcha is crazy...)