Fantasia Barrino (finalist) 5

I was surprised when I learnt this girl was a winner from "American Idol" as I'm not really a fan of reality TV as the majority of it just doesn't appeal to me. I don't know how this show fares over in the States, but if this is the type of talent you have over there concerning TV shows, especially reality TV shows then the UK are seriously lagging behind. Bottom line this girl can sing. Whether she appeals to you or not she really and truly can sing. Her voice reminds me very much of Macey Gray's voice, a rarity, that diamond in the rough. If you ask me a lot of R&B singers today have music that is just repetitive, boring and almost formulaic so it's nice to see someone who's not sounding the same as everyone else or just sounds the EXACT same on every record *cough cough* Ciara and Ashanti.