[OldFriend]

I guess Justin was carried along by the teenie boppers who were in love with that androgenous guy from Titanic......LOL, his name escapes me.

How Justin ever got to the finals is a mystery. Where the rest of the kids truly talentless?

[ican'tbelieveit]

There is truly that much of a difference between AI 1 and current AI. The kids this time around truly had much more talent. Last time, we all knew it should be Kelly in the finals from the very beginning. The only reason that Justin was still in the running is the teenage girl factor.

This time, I have been fairly torn between several of them. It saddened me that Frenchie had the "past" history; she is truly gifted. Julia Demato (sp) is incredibly talented but just didn't want the limelight. And Kimberly, she grew just as much as Clay did. I think Ruben has an incredible talent in a certain range, but I don't see him as an Idol.

[RMDupree]

Let's see. Last season there was a bunch of kids who really didn't have much in the way of talent with the exception of Tamyra Gray and Kelly Clarkson. Justin's voice was decent, but what sailed him through was his charisma with the girls!

Seeing him perform now is a real eye-opener as far as his talent goes. If Justin was in this season of AI, he never would have made it to the top 10, let alone the top 2!