I won't deny, he looks like he's working hard at it, but, Stefano needs to stop supplying the amunition. Humility goes a long way, and when you don't have the chops to back the big talk, you deserve the ridicule reflected back at you.
Stevie Wonder's R&B chops and Grammys within 2 years? (or was it 2 grammys in a year...dont' care enough to look it up again)
When you haven't done a thing more than finish 7th in a popularity contest, you don't start waving that kind of Hyperbole around and come out with "On a Roll"
I thought that whole episode where he 'implied' relations with Pia was such a crass, classless act. True or Not, there was nothing savory about that whole thing.
Poor Pia, given her conservative family values

. I know Pia is aware of losing some personal privacy by becoming famous, but to have a 'friend' relay it in the unseemly way Stefano did? Shame on him.
"Air Quotes".... Real classy, Stefano

. He must have taken Randy Jackson's class of "getting famous through others' reputations 101" .
He needs to tone down on the 'big man' talk and hire someone who's job it is to fix his public profile. By getting his ego out of the way, maybe he can get people to pay attention to his 'Stevie Wonder level talent'......