Now that? Is a finale.
Well, if they had to make it two hours, at least we got some prime filler in addition to the fluff. Hi SYTYCD Dancers! Hi Mike Myers! Hi Top 12 Singers! Hi Seal! Hi Donna Summer! Hi Bryan Adams! Hi Marissa in the audience! Hi former Idols! Hi Chikezie, MJ, and Our Favorite Woodland Forest Creature! (Nice job on Hallelujah, bro.) Hi David Cook and ZZ Top! My night is officially good. Hi Graham Nash! Hi Jonas Bros! (What are they, twelve?) Hi Pat!! Hi Reynaldo and USC Marching Band! (No, seriously. I coudln’t make that up.) Hi One Republic! Hi Jordin of the really unfortunate gold dress! (I’m not sure the world needs Zohan and the Love Guru…) And….um, hey Digital Gladys Knight and your very interesting Pips! (Ben Stiller, Jack Black, &…Robert Downey Jr?) No, still not making it up. Love the woo woo move, boys. Hi Carrie Underwood! Wow, I could have gone the rest of my natural life without seeing Archie in his boxers doin’ the Tom Cruise thang. Who came up with that? No, seriously? (And…..is Amanda Overmeyer, um, not all together with us this evening? Just an observation…) Hi Jason Castro in a suit! (Was I the only one waiting for George Michael to come out and sing? And then he did?) Hi George Michael! Sing an uptempo song next time! Aaaaaaand, finally we get to the winner part. Thank you Simon for apologizing for the David Cook buzz kill last night. Well done.
Now….who wins Season 7? David……..Wow, no lie, my DVR cut off after Ryan said, “David…….” I swear to god! You know who told me who won American Idol after two hours of primetime filler? Jimmy Kimmel. Seriously! I watched it hours after it was actually on, and when I turned it off to go look at freaking You Tube to find out who won, the channel was on Kimmel and clicks over just as he says “David Cook won American Idol.” Ha! Sort of fitting, really. On the down side, now my first David Cook album purchase will be a 19 Entertainment produced CD, but what’s a girl to do? The sing out wasn’t horrifying, so who knows!Wonder what will happen to Archie?
So…..thoughts? Feelings? What row are your seats in? (Mine are ridiculously good. Hey, don’t judge me.)
Winners of this week’s SHaQ Attack contest announced tomorrow! DISH!!!
My niece and I watched it together rooting for different David’s. That really was a finale! I completely agree with you that George Michael should have sung a different song. Somehow that look worked much better for him in the early 1990’s. Cameron Manheim from Ghostwhisperer and Ashley Tisdale were both in the audience rooting and cheering! David Cook was a very gracious winner. First hugging Archie - he tried to speak and thank everyone then just completely broke done crying. Loved his brother in the audience - camera panned to him and it catches him saying “That’s my brother!!” Pride all over him and his parents. Very nice ending with David C. singing the last song and pulling all his castmates up to the judges stage with him.
Unlike you, my seats are in the balcony. But, I still can’t wait!
I hate you didn’t see when David Cook won. Best part of the evening…his reaction, his including David A while he was singing his song, his inclusion of the top 12 at the end as they were standing behind the judges…VERY classy and worth looking at You Tube. On a side note…I love your blog…never respond (except for now b/c of work and all that) but love reading it every now & then. You are very funny.
Thanks.
Since I’m on the west coast, I was seeing the finale several hours after it originally aired. Silly me wasn’t thinking and I went online around 8:15 (my time) to check my e-mail and right there on my home page is the headline of an article announcing that Cook had won. Ugh!
I am SO happy. I love Cook, and am I the only one who loved him in his underwear doing the Cruise thing?
I was thrilled when Ryan announced Cook the winner! Loved the DC/ZZ Top performance. They had a great lineup. Kudos to Simon for apologizing.
So You Think You Can Dance auditions start tonight!
Yeah, I was so happy David Cook won. He is a better singer and always pushed it. He was versatile and original. The younger David is good it’s just that he always played safe and always did melodies. He won on Star Search $100,000 when he was 12, so I’m sure he’ll be fine. David Cook is so sweet and it couldn’t have happened to nicer guy. I can’t wait for his CD. Thank goodness Simons stupid critic didn’t effect the voters.
My family and I were so excited that David Cook won! He will definitely have an exciting career. And it was great to see his entire family on stage to support him….no stage parents in site
My 85 yr. old mom watches idol and when I talked with her today she thought David A. had won lol. She denies she dozes off but I’ve caught her missing parts of shows and ending many a time. I’m glad he won. Hey, I actually guessed him and Kristi!! I enjoyed Nash and thought the show was too long but loved the ending. Oh and I’ve learned not to turn on my computer for that same reason of spoilers.