Los Angeles, Mar 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The most dreaded judge of the musical reality show American Idol – Simon Cowell has endorsed Crystal Bowersox. Simon said that, ‘you’re the one to beat’ to her, and this is his first such title of the show in this season, so it definitely carries a lot of weight. She had sung the Tracey Chapman number ‘Give Me One Reason’ and it was so soulfully rendered that Simon Cowell was forced to acknowledge her, as a force to reckon with on the popular musical reality show American Idol.

Simon said about her that, “I tell you who I like, I like this girl Crystal. When I first saw her, I described her as a busker, and I liked the way she handled that, because she admitted that’s what she was. But she’s got some confidence now. She was ill, she’s got over that, she’s got a great voice. She’s different. I like her.”

All the judges also agreed on the fact that the USP of Crystal was that, she knew herself and her capabilities very well, and was also well aware of the fact of who is she is, as a performer and an artist.

It may be recalled that earlier, all the judges and the other contestants of the popular musical reality show American Idol got a shock, when Crystal Bowersox had became ill and even had to be hospitalized. However later, Crystal was discharged from the hospital, and since then she also has been performing on the musical reality show – The American Idol.