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Speaking for myself only...

Haley Reinhart is an ACQUIRED TASTE.

She flew under the radar for the first few weeks because she’s so versatile, she does various genres, which marked her initially as an undefined artist.

Look at the others — Scott and Lauren are country, James is Metal Rock, Jacob is the Luther Vandros type, Stephnao is Bruno Mars, Pia does Power Ballads and is compared to Celine. But What is Haley? She does — Country, Rock, Blues, Jazz, etc. That’s why Randy, J-Lo and Jim Iovine have a hard time placing her as an artist...

She’s so versatile, it’s hard to pigeon hole her, which is EXACTLY the point of this competition — the ability to span various musical niches.

So, after B-B-B Bennie and the Jets ( is that the right number of B’s?), Blue ( Dig that Yoddle ), Rolling in the Deep, Beautiful, House of the Rising Sun and I Who Have Nothing, and of course, the outstanding Scat music duet she did with Casey Abrams in the song — Moanin’ …. I’m officially in the Haley Reinhart bandwagon.

She deserves to win (but my guess is she won’t so you’re right, this is Scottie’s to lose).

However, if she were to make an album, it would be great listening.

Her genre is the jazzy, jazz rock. She ought to avoid the genre of Rihanna, Fergie, Beyonce and even J-Lo (it’s too crowded already).

The genre that would fit her to a T would be Adele and Esperanza Spalding’s genre.

I look forward to her album regardless of her winning or losing.

Haley is an acquired taste much like poi or breast milk cheese.

She has a beautiful voice when she isn’t yelling, which means only for the first 20 second of each song. She never believes her lyrics; she overacts them, smiling all the way. She’s not very genuine and she doesn’t put herself out there. She focuses on her cute body rather than displaying her talents and “heart” to their best.

I’d never watched Idol until a couple of seasons ago. Inlaws in Arkansas emailed me that their cousin had made it into the final 10, so I began watching. That cousin was Kris Allen and he won. That got me hooked on Idol.

It’s a bit disconcerting that there are really folks like you ‘out there’ that can quickly name singers that I have never heard of before! (LOL, because I’m 68 and don’t listen to that music, so that’s not intended as a rock thrown at you, SeekAndFind) I’m more into DooWop and R&R.

I had never heard of Steve Tyler until he became a judge on Idol. The guy is a freak! ....Randy seems to be the most consistent judge, as he will criticize when he feels it’s right. Christina softens every criticism like a mommy. Steve never criticizes and seldom has more than a few words to say.

Jacob is, at best, an off Broadway singer or a chorus singer in a church and should have been gone a month or so ago. Stefano is a wimpy little guy that was kept in by the pre-teen girls that read mags like Tigerbeat. James is a guy who was trying to emulate the flaming queen Lambert, who lost a couple of seasons ago, by wearing earings and screaming. Casey was a total loser and I was amazed that the judges “saved” him from being voted off and kept promoting him as being so great for several weeks. Casey is talented with instruments, stage presence and some of his singing, but he is more suited to doing a lounge act in a low scale Las Vegas casino.

Haley is hot, so she’ll get a lot of teen male votes. Both she and Lauren are very versatile and seem to quickly adapt to different styles of music. (I just use ‘styles’ because I can’t bring myself to use words like ‘genres’) Scotty definitely has a career ahead of him in the music industry, whether he wins or not. He sings better than some of the CW males who currently are doing tours and doing recordings.

I’m guessing the final two will be Haley and Scotty.

Sorry for the long posting. I’ve had a sleepless night.