With a popular show like American Idol, people are bound to be enthralled with all the hype and drama of the program, whether it's discovering the fresh promising raw talents or just the mere excitement of finding out who the next American Idol will be. With the near culmination of the sixth season of American Idol, many are taking advantage of a lucrative opportunity to earn some money by predicting the Idol winner and betting online, which seems to be a fad akin to almost all top-rating reality competition shows.

Among the six contestants remaining on American Idol, Jordin Sparks appears to be the top contender for majority of the online betting crowd. Followed by Melinda Dolittle, Blake Lewis, Lakisha Jones, Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey.

Does Jordin Sparks really have what it takes to be the next American Idol?

American Idol is not the first exposure to the limelight of the 17-year old native of Phoenix, Arizona. In fact, she has been through several singing competitions prior to her pursuit of American Idol season 6. She has also acquired numerous awards like America's Most Talented Kids, The Proof Is In The Pudding Talent Winner, Spotlight Winner & Country/Southern Gospel First Place Winner, and Coca Cola Rising Star just to name a few. In addition to her singing career, she has also ventured in acting, performing in several plays, and modeling, wining the Next Plus-size Model search. Not bad for a youngster.

Overall, the order of the remaining six contestants appears to be realistic, based on their performance and standing at present. At any rate, it is still quite unreliable to believe the results of the online betting world as these are erratic and may consist of some odd conspiracies cooked up by the VoteForTheWorst crowd or other anti-American Idol groups.