Champions League - same old, same old?

This week it's Champions League time again.
If I was a neutral spectator (and I am not), I would not hesitate to say that it's getting a bit boring. Pretty much the same teams get to the quarter finals year after year.
If it continues this way, it won't be long before football fans will start getting bored, vote with their remote controls and watch The Apprentice instead.
What can be done? Should something be done?
A salary cap is very difficult to enforce and even more difficult to monitor.
I may go to Scotland (pardon, hell) for saying this but on this particular issue I may have to agree with Messers Blatter and Platini for suggesting a 6+5 solution.