Phil Stacey has a great 'awww' factor since he missed the birth of his first child to make it to the Idol auditions - now how can you not vote for him when you hear that! It makes me feel guilty. so that I just have to give him a vote or two... fortunately he can really sing. His HUGE voice make him likely to survive quite a while in the competition.

The biggest problem for him as I see it? Not a lot of image. Beyond the whole 'missed the birth of his child for auditions' thing, and the 'bald guy' thing, not much else going on. (OK, that's two things, but STILL.) Hopefully he will find a hook to work with soon.

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