It's that time again: The months of hard work and dedication have come to an end for both American Idol contestants and viewers around the nation. Every year, the season finale is littered with inane sketches, awards and group medleys, usually leaving five minutes of noteworthy television. But Whitney is dedicated, and she will be taking the bullet for you tonight as she liveblogs the entire two-hour event. Feel free to join her on the journey — or if you refuse to watch these shenanigans, you may catch up on the happenings without having to turn on your television. You're welcome.
• 8:01 p.m. 97.5 million votes were cast last night. Seriously? Who are these people? One David received 56 percent of the votes … let's hope it was Cook and not Archuleta.
• 8:03 p.m. Mikayla from seasons past is hosting the hometown party for David Cook. See kids? This could be you in a few years! Matt Rogers is hosting the Archie hometown party.
• 8:04 p.m. Oh great, the Top 12 are back with the So You Think You Can Dance? dancers. This is always bad news. JASON! Oh how I have missed you.
• 8:05 p.m. This is just a bunch of swaying and snapping. Aww, Brooke White! She hasn't had a nervous breakdown yet. Wow, I find myself getting nostalgic already.
• 8:10 p.m. David Cook comes out singing a Nickelback song about heroes sounding very Daughtry-ish. David Archuleta ruins the entire performance by Disney-ing it up, with his closed eyes and gratuitous arm gestures. That kid ruins everything.
• 8:12 p.m. Good, it's over. Nevermind, if I knew what was coming up I would have sat in that Nickelback mess forever. Ryan just introduced us to a stupid promo for that new Mike Meyers Love Guru movie. Cook says he liked the bar scene of the movie, because it reminded him of his old job. Archie gets nervous because he doesn't know what alcohol is. Now Mike is mentoring the Idols; he tells Cook to shave his beard and explains the birds and the bees to Archie. This? Is awful.
• 8:16 p.m. And now, Mike Meyers is rolling out onto the stage on a pillow. I couldn't make this up if I tried. Ryan asks him to predict the winner, and we get another stupid "the winner will be named David" joke.
• 8:17 p.m. Syesha, thank God you're here! She's singing "Waiting for You" with Seal, and it's actually pretty awesome. Perhaps my standards have been lowered after that Love Guru nonsense.
• 8:20 p.m. OMG! OMFG! Is that Joel McHale in the audience!??!
Editor
Who do you like Whitney?
I think I'm gonna have to go with David A. after last night. I hope he wins so his dad doesnt beat the hell out of him.
So I need to be sure not to click on Mollywood until after it airs here, since we're three hours behind.
I would like there to be some fluke in the voting so Jason Castro takes the title. But since that won't happen, I'm on the Cook train. Archie is too much of a Disney character for me, and I think the kid needs to grow and develop a personality of his own without his dad. If he wins, the Idol machine will take over where his dad left off, and that will be disastrous.
I'm putting way too much thought into this.
* Crying in my beer* Jason - Its time for us to move on…..
But if he doesn't win, his dad is still in charge. Idol winners have some freedom as to what type of music to pursue, having his dad be his sole leader won't give him that.
I'm putting it as many posts as I can before it starts at 5 pm my time and I can't come here anymore. *lol*
I'm planning on getting drunk, watching Jason's Solo and hoping David C wins before I pass out
GASP! I didnt know my Jason was going to be on! I'm with you natmusk.
It's close! 56% to 44%> ;o
apparently simon finally admitted that David Cook was way better than he gave him credit for and that actually Archie's imagine sucked…
woo! good song for foxy mcdreads. even simon loved it the first time around.
There you go, Whitney. Jason at his FINEST…. Delicious…..
is anyone else horrified at ryan seacrest's spazzy display of spastic dancing? i got shivers. cheese-shivers.
Wow. Amanda Overmyer was truly acting like a c–t. Bet she's going to be a treat on the tour.
Donna Summer still fuckin rocks!
did jason have his nose done? just askin
Gross–I cannot stand this little david…omg brian adams, that's much better
so i'm pretty sure david C has to win. i know it's redundant to say this, but he has much more charisma than david A, who desperately needs to get laid.
Whitney, you're a saint. I'm DVRing this and basing what parts I subject myself to based on your blogging. Thanks for the sacrifice.
when they were both watching the new mike myers crap movie I was just thinking. "dude, David' A's Dad is going to be pissed"
9:12…what the fuck. You cant say that Whitney so I will.
that fucking song is going to be in my head for the rest of the night
So I totally just realized that Amanda won't even be on the tour so ignore what I said up there. I'm an ass.
Although not as much of an ass as she was during the group number.
May I just point out that our "brotha from another motha" made is cape out of homecoming mums..
seriously, RDJ have some damn self respect
What in the name of all that is holy does Carrie Underwood have on?
i kept waiting for her to step backward and completely wipe out
ooh, david A in boxers…he's going to be grounded for that.
Amanda = Roseanne.
I'm gonna vom.
Is George fucked up? He's singing one of my all time favorite songs….he's just not singing it very well….bless his heart.
There is nothing sadder than an old queen cooter
I came here to bitch about carrie's outfit but I see that's been taken care of.
whitney, i know it's painful. you should have thought about it in advance like i did and had a couple of glasses of wine to numb the pain. it's like watching a spray-tanned, glittery, pop-slang slinging train wreck
i didn't watch any of it. i was convinced that Archuleta [Clay Aiken Part Deux] was going to win after the way the judges were all over him last night. now i am pissed with myself because my boy won. the person who best deserves it won. Cook will have a brilliant future!!!!
on second thought, maybe Archuleta got set up by the judges. their endorsement seems to have been the kiss of death. 12 million more people voted for David Cook. unbelievable!
I was really only watching to see if JC did the "Hallelujia" song…and he did. Don't be ashamed that you ALMOST cried Whitney, because I DID cry and I will never hear the end of it from my fiance or his best friend. I got ragged on all night for it. But it was all worth it just to see him perform that song again. God, I love him.
So, we TiVo'd it because my husband was going to see his friends band play. We fast forwarded through everything to the end. Ryan is standing there, about to announce the winner by 12 million votes "is David [breath]" —FROZEN FRICKIN' SCREEN. The damn TiVo stopped the recording at the exact second between the winning David's first and last name. We had to google the winner. Talk about a let down…it was like sex with no orgasm.
I just finished reading and the same thing happened to Whitney. At least you were live watching and could catch the end… :)
Yes, Jason sang the hell out of that song last night…loved it, and love him!
I adore DC, so I'm glad he took it. He was consistently awesome, so he deserved the win. I just hope that the bigwigs don't ruin him. He's too talented to be changed into some little harmless, milquetoast crappy singer.
I will admit, I though Archuleta did a great job with the OneRepublic song. And I actually hate that song otherwise.
I'm so glad Cook won.
Archie looked like someone had just taken away his paci.
That's what old Archuleta gets for singing Don't Let Your Son Go Down On Me.
Clay Aiken sang it WAY better in his season finale. And he might actually encourage you to let your son go down on him.
This comment got away from me.
Apologies. I had good ideas. Didn't translate.
oh, and bob downey is teh awesome. i would so totally let him violate me. he had some serious moves. he was the only one who actually looked sort of hot. he did his thing. he worked it out. dawg.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
STM, you're too much. Coommmiieee?
aw shucks, manbearpig. you're my favorite.