Hasn't anybody here paid attention when Mariah spoke of the "key, the range, the register, the tones, the notes, the genre, the pitch, even 'the place'" and all other stuff only she can give a credible remark on? I love Nicki's wits and spontaneity but that's entertaining because they can make good TV. I myself hate it whenever Mariah rambles but nobody can simply discredit her insightful musical critiques that probably bore most of us who love good TV but hate Music Lecturing on national TV. In this vein, I must conclude Mariah, and she knows it, is better deemed a MENTOR than a judge. Remember that episode when Mariah mentored the AI Season 7's contestants? She proved to be one of the show's best mentors. She's brought out the best in them, which "judging" can't really effect in essence.

So PLEASE, don't ever compare Mariah to Britney in how they fared on their respective shows.