I'm frankly not surprised it ended up in a competition, ever since Joyce Yang popularized it with her horrible performance of it in the 2001 (I believe) Van Cliburn competition. If I recall correctly, it was on Spencer Myer's program on this year's Van Cliburn, but he didn't get far enough to play it, which is a shame. He plays that piece very well (there's a great performance of him playing it on YouTube).
But he DID play it (in the first round). You can watch the archives at cliburn.tv