I watched the first episode, which was the two hour season premiere, and it was just average in my opinion. I will probably watch it sporadically if I have nothing better to do, but I do not plan on watching many of the episodes. I agree with jess1ca, Billy Ray is really boring, and he seems really fake when he is a host. I do think the judges are a lot nicer than the American Idol judges, but its far less entertaining in my opinion than America Idol.