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Maybe it's more exciting to some of you that the songs are sung straight up, but that was also actually one of the reasons why so many of the Idol winners didn't do as well as everyone had hoped.

Kelly made it because after she did her requisite wannabe-Mariah-Whitney-and-whoever-Clive-wants record, she did her own thing. Carrie kept on trucking because she was so set on her genre from the very very beginning that they didn't meddle with it when she won. Same with Chris Daughtry, David Cook.

These contestants are learning from that, which makes for a better artist afterward, but maybe a redundant one for some viewers.

But I personally look forward to Kris singing every week because it's like waiting for an artist's CD that you really like to come out. You're familiar with their work, you like their style, so you're excited to see if you'll like what they're offering next.

This is why I don't understand Adam. I think Adam has a great voice and great stage presence, but I really don't know what type of music he'll end up doing when he's out. I acknowledge he can sing, but his performances are touch and go for me, sometimes I'm completely amazed, and other times I'm just annoyed. However, he does everything with panache and I have to give him props.

I don't understand why it stopped being a vocal competition because people are learning about the business. It's not like you have 10 Mariah Careys singing every week. You have a mishmash of people, and each of them has to figure out what will make them "Idols" in that you will want to buy a record and watch a concert that's not all covers, all the time.

At the end of the day, in the real music business, your competition is with people who can sell an image and product of themselves that the public likes. And they might be less than stellar singers, but people LIKE them and their style and so they buy. That's what some of these people have begun to understand.