Randy Jackson thinks a girl will win this year’s American Idol. The judge said that the female auditionees were stronger this year and thinks that they were more prepared than the boys.

“I think a girl’s gonna take it,” he told MTV News. “I think the talent’s bigger this season with the girls. I think they came in better, more prepared and they probably were at home saying, ‘God, every season a boy wins. What happened to the girls?’ [Last season] Alison Iraheta was a great singer. She’s got a great voice. She’s got a big career ahead of her.”

Randy also claimed that the girls who leave American Idol seem to be more successful than the boys. He added:

“Could it be that the girls are making better choices than the boys, or could it be the girls know who they are and have listened to us and [then] gone off the show and made better choices?” he asked. “Life is about choices.”