Ryan Seacrest isn’t shy about saying who he thinks will win this season: “I like Jordin,” he dishes to the media.

“First of all, she’s a girl. She represents fantastic qualities. She’s a great singer and a pretty girl,” the Idol host said Sunday at the Final Four My CokeFest in Atlanta, Ga. “She’s non-threatening, cute and attractive. Plus, she has this sincere likeability that is rare and genuine.”

Asked what he makes of ever-controversial Sanjaya Malakar, Seacreast said, “Everywhere I go, people have been screaming at me to get rid of Sanjaya. And I say, ‘Too bad, you’re doing it.’ … But Sanjaya, he’s an interesting character on the show. America hones in and gets rid of who needs to go and the best usually stay.”