Randy, Paula and Simon in a box
BMAT - the innovative, Barcelona-based music technology company, is powering the online casting of 'Operacion Triunfo' - an American Idol-style talent show. From what I can tell (the site is in Spanish), the BMAT technology (called Bluesonic), will analyze a singer's performance and score it. According to BMAT, this is the only technology in the world that can asses the skills of a singer without a song reference.
This system is based on technology that was developed at the Music Technology Group at Universtat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. (Thanks for the tip, Oscar)