God, I can't believe I've been with this show almost 13 years. I'm glad I stayed on the ship until the end.
I got real sick of this whole, "you don't know what kind of artist you want to be" thing leveled against contestants as a criticism, though. It really began in the last five seasons of the show. It's like, "no, I don't know. I'm sixteen. That's part of why I'm here, so you industry veterans and presumed experts can nurture me and help me ****ing figure that out."