He seems to have that star quality as you wrote.

Coming from a straight male perspective think that Syesha Mercado also has this. Think many gays would like Michael Johns as well.
Anyone familiar with the web-site Vote for the Worst.
http://votefortheworst.com/ What do you think of it? They try to get voters to call for whomever they designate as the worst singers each week.
Still cannot understand how some past winners of
American Idol won and how others lost?? Some seem to get ardent fans who just keep hitting the phone lines as much as they can.