I think that's the key to his success, just as it always has been for mainstream light entertainment. The comfort of banality. He's just a post modern Larry Grayson.
Seems to be traditional that there must be one raving queen on British TV. However we've already got Graham Norton so Alan Carr is definitely surplus to requirements.
What is it with these TV personalities these days, Justin Leigh Collins, Alan Carr & Russell Brand to name a few are a bunch of total idiots who the hell sees them as talented. I agree shoot em, or send them to china with a few G's of heroin.