Then I watched the first hour and a half of AMERICAN IDOL. I skimmed through everything and only stopped to listen to the performances and hear the judges comments. I still have one of the male singers I was most looking forward to hearing (he was at the end of the show), but of the first 90 minutes, I liked the first guy (last name Braddy) who had superb tone and control. I didn't much care for any of the women I've heard so far, and the girl with pink highlights in her hair that the judges all loved, I didn't think was all that great (though she was certainly better than the other women who followed her.)
As I said, I still have the last half hour to go, so there are probably three singers left.