I am pretty much in agreement with everyone else when it comes to rating these guys on their vocal strength and performances. With one exception.

Michael Johns.

Now I know that I am tone deaf and can't sing a lick, so I shouldn't speak negatively, but.... I just don't get him. The only thing he has done that I have found even remotely interesting was the Doors song he did way back in the first Hollywood week. I really think that he is still in this thing only because American chicks dig crazy accents for some reason.

I loved David Cook's arrangement. There were two Rockstar shows on a couple of years ago that had designated weeks where the performers HAD to 1.) Make their own arrangement for a well known song, and 2.) Sing a song that they wrote themselves. I felt those weeks were a true test of talent, and I would love to see the same kind of thing on Idol. Although this IS my first year watching, so maybe that comes later?