My Rating in Party Shuffle

In the Party Shuffle view, when the currently playing song is selected the My Rating stars are visible (white stars on dark background).
However, if you select another song, the stars for the currently playing song become practically invisible (dark stars on a darker background).
Whenever you have a dark background on a row, the stars should be light.

Thanks for the support . I decided to provide Apple with some feedback as well. This is what I sent them:
Dear Apple,
It seems that right now it is impossible to change the default setting of having newly downloaded podcast episodes set to 'Skip when shuffling'. This causes them not to be played in party shuffle and be skipped in playlists when you have shuffling enabled.
One of the many exciting things about smart playlists is that you can use them to create your own radio station that is tuned to your likes and dislikes. I've used a combination of a dozen or so playlists to create a 'Radio Mix Playlist' that plays music I like as well as episodes from podcasts I follow like the BBC World News Service.
Because podcast episodes are automatically set to 'Skip when shuffling' when they're downloaded, I have to manually change this to make sure that my podcasts keep being added to my 'Radio Mix Playlist'. This is obviously counterproductive in a system of smart playlists that is designed to be completely automated.
I understand that the majority of iTunes' users does not want their podcasts to be mixed in their music playlists. However, I--and many others I'm sure--would really appreciate it if there would be a new option in the iTunes setting to change this default behaviour to 'Not Skip when shuffling'. This would make sure that people like me who like to combine the many useful features of iTunes including smart playlists, shuffling and podcasts, are not left in the dark.
Sincerely,
Tijl Kindt

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