McPhee is by far the best vocalist of the three. Her tone and phrasing is astounding. She forms each note like an old master artist. Elliot also is great, but is a notch below Cat. He does however have great melodic skill and is willing to take chances musically. On the other hand Taylor is so boring musically, it's hard to believe that he has gotten this far. There is no depth to his voice at all and he has such limited vocal chops compared to Cat and Elliot. I guess Americans are quite ignorant when it comes to music(and Presidents) so it's not so suprising that Taylor is the favorite to win this thing. At least Simon has been honest about him. As someone in the music business, I know that I speak for many others when I say, thank you Simon.