the singers are just migraines waiting to happen :P blah. i'd much rather just fastforward the bad ones.
there are some good singers this year... they had hit some roadbumps past couple seasons, so it's a good year to get into it. a couple tools like kevin, who sites like votefortheworst are keeping around unfortunately, but past that the talent is good enough to make it watchable this year.
for me, i wouldn't watch it alone... i have more fun talking about who's in/out with others, hence confirming earn's suspicion in my case.