Will Julia Gargano be the contestant that drives home the idea that simply appearing and doing well on Idol is enough to make someone a star?
Chris Daughtry and a few others managed to have successful careers despite not winning the classic run of the series on Fox, and Alejandro Aranda is off to a promising start after his run on the ABC revival.
The second thing worth watching will be to see, if Julia Gargano goes the distance, whether or not winning the revamped American Idol is actually necessary to launch the careers of singer-songwriters that appear on the show.