it is a good thing that Simon Cowel is no longer in the show, it seemed that the qualities that the contestants have this time is of more variety, everyone is at their own league. previously, there's always the "black gospel female singer", "that young girl who always sings oldies" and "that fat black girl that sings high notes everywhere". then drama drama drama, all the performance ended up as the battle to whom can reach the highest note.
this time, we have the rocker, the indie singer, the young girl who sings oldies (still on), the girl that sings a wide variety of songs but always end up underrated, the young country male singer a.k.a the golden boy, the young country female singer, the girl who only sings celine dion, the black gospel faggot, the freak girl who have dance breaks in the middle of the song, the black girl that was eliminated early, the bearded 20-year-old guy who plays the bass, the r&b male singer who can reach all the right notes.
there's more dimension to it.