You know for a song to sound great you dont have to sound like the original artist.And personally i think Nicole sounds awsum in this video thats up.
Tho Nicole is not my favorite to win i think she Rocks!!!!!!!!

Yep! I like it too. She has a presence about her that I really like. And I think it is better to not sound like the original also b/c it sounds mimmicked instead of restyled. One of my favorite singers is Amy Grant. She has talked about song styling and how anybody can sing who can carry a note but to restyle and tweak a song is a real art. I have a video of her recording a song with a really high note in it and it took her probably a dozen times to really hit it. She joked about it and I realized that singing is just like anything else. Sometimes you nail it and sometimes you don't. Think about olympic athletes. They train like crazy for 4 years and sometimes they nail it and sometimes they don't! I just wish that some people would stop being so critical when they are doing nothing more than watching TV? Really when you think about it in those terms it is ridiculous to criticize any of them!

I agree entirely.Theres one thing i really like about Nicole her voice is very diversified she could probably sing most any type of music well except rap of course.lol