American Idol

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I was right Scotty took the prize and well deserved too!

3/04-Scotty is still in the running.  I guess I'm just partial to country but I love his looooow voice.

Wow, are there some truly unique, lovely voices this year.  I'm making my list of fav's, right now it's that sultry country boy :) Scotty, you ROCK!

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