No, it definitely has to be Chris R. He has some kind of connection to the music industry, although I don't remember what. But the impression I have is that he thinks he's got an advantage.
I record the shows every week and rewatch them a few times to check my early impressions against the contestants' progression. Every time Chris R. is on camera, his whole body language fairly shouts conceit.
He is very contemporary; very much a Justin Timberlake wannabe. As such, he may be highly marketable in today's thin ranks of male pop stars. But he is not very talented, in my opinion. On the other hand, talent is not really necessary to make it big these days.
Chris R makes my skin crawl. I absolutely cannot see what people like in him. He has bad skin, no lips, and does some weird seizure-like dance when he sings. Oh yeah, and he totally sucks at singing. Other then that he's great! ;-)
Do you ever pay attention to the body language between the contestants. Have you noticed the other guys shying away from Chris R? I'm gonna start paying attention now. I'm so curious.
Though, I'm sure they all try not to be obvious at showtime.
I think you're right about Chris R.
For some reason the judges keep pimping him up big time. His voice is very nasal, kind of like Lois on Family Guy and his pitch isn't very good.
His upbeat tunes could "cover up" the tone problems but he was WAY OFF key during his Keith Urban ballad this week and not even Randy "It was a little pitchy for me..." mentioned it.
He also appears to have a real cocky attitude.
Haley....errr...Kathy Lee seems a bit that way too. I've worked with girls like that in bands and they're a hoot. They think their poo doesn't stink and everyone just flaunts over them. That may work in her local wedding band, but not against real talent.
I'm inclined to agree with you that it's probably Chris R.
I didn't think about him, but I didn't know he had connections, If he was so hot, why didn't he use them?
He was my third guess--LOL