jordin sparkles!

as we start the 2 hour finale (why 2 hours when the results take 2 minutes?) as always randy is speaking his form of english, paula looks high and simon already looks bored to tears.

is it just me or does american idol have greater celeb backing than it used to? this year's finale had bette midler, gladys night, smokey robinson, tony bennet and green day not to mention gwen stefani live from her tour where as last year we were treated to a washed up, scary looking meatloaf.

so my main problem with the 2 hours is the filler. as long as it's entertaining it's not bad but the weird bird lady kissing ryan is not my idea of good tv, nor is making fun of the two guys who don't even understand they're being made fun of. all that stuff .... not funny. last year clay aiken coming out when his goofy, ugly looking, "twin" (although i don't think he looks like him) sang was hilarious and unexpected.

another thought i have is during this whole process the judges criticize if they feel a performance is too "broadway" or "showtuney" but they are always made to do this theatrical group bullshit. very few of them i actually enjoy because for the most part they are not current at all. why does "group performance" always equal "high school musical". (not the movie)

57 minutes into the show and the only thing that was entertaining to me was blake's beat boxing performance ....... something unlike anything on american idol to date. then at 63 minutes into the show .......... carrie underwood. so pretty, so talented and so grown up from 2 years ago. now that finale was something speical. picture it ....... gold sparkling dress, long wavy hair, gold sparks from the ceiling ..... carrie singing "inside your heaven", her voice cracking from the emotion on the last few lines .... then her emotional cry ... "thank you america!!". she became a star at that moment, it gave me chills then and it still does looking back. that girl is 1 in a million.

random thought - why aren't fundip sticks pink anymore?

the worst part of the show for me was sanjaya ...... even though i had him on mute i still was annoyed. the wind blowing, him thinking he's cool, the freaking girl crying again ........ i am without words. i have no words. i just know it makes me want to vomit. and someone please get that girl some medical help.

anyway so the results ..... jordin takes it and it was a very nice moment. i really liked them both so i was happy either way. i think they'll both go a long way.

Apolo Takes Home The Gold....Errr MirrorBall

When we left ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” on Monday, Apolo Anton Ohno and partner Julianne Hough had scored 58 points with the judges, Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson had 56 points, and Laila Ali and Maksim Chmerkovskiy had 55 points. The finale would bring one more dance from each couple, the crowning of the winner, and a whole lot of segments calculated to make time pass. As much time as possible, with as little effort as possible.We were, however, assured that America had spoken — hey, that’s us! — and that our votes would “decide everything.” The show immediately welcomed all of its bootees, from first-out Paulina Porizkova to the lovely Ian Ziering, whose graceful exit was just last week. Heather Mills gave us one more flip that dared us to suspect her artificial leg was going to fly off, and this time … it didn’t, either! I could have done without seeing her again!!Next came a recap of last night’s performances that included backstage “confessionals” in which every celebrity was duly irritated at not getting the scores he or she was hoping for—Apolo for his rumba, Laila for her freestyle, and Joey for his cha-cha. Seeing Joey really angry while still wearing last night’s hot pink ruffled shirt was something of a treat, but other than that, this was nothing we hadn’t already seen.

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APOLLO DOMINATES

All I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!!!! Go APOLLO!!!!!!!!The final round of “Dancing With The Stars” has, for the last couple of seasons, ended in a judges’ tie, allowing the audience to make the final decision. Going into Monday’s final performance show, the question remained: would we get the neatly arranged tie? Or would the judges take a stand and choose a favorite among the endearing Apolo Anton Ohno (paired with Julianne Hough), the over-hyped Laila Ali (paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy), and the hammy Joey Fatone (paired with Kym Johnson)? The evening started with a “judges’ choice” round, in which each couple performed a dance chosen for them by the judges. First to perform were Laila and Maks, who were given the paso doble. With exensions in her hair, Laila looked far more comfortable going into this performance than she did the last time they did the paso doble, which hadn’t been one of their stronger showings. The one weakness that sometimes crops up in Laila’s performances is a certain tentativeness, and it seemed not to be present here at all, and the dance scored two 10s and a 9 from judge Len Goodman, who saw a few “leg things” he didn’t think were just right. I thought she only deserved maybe all 9's. Was not my favorite dance of Laila's

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Well Done Andy!

for once after a finale of the bachelor i'm not wanting to pull out my hair in frustration. that's because for once the guy picked the genuine girl and not the one that just gives his libido a jolt. then again from the beginning it seemed andy was in this for the right reasons and not just for a giant boink fest. hopefully this one will actually stick cause damn they'd make some beautiful babies!!

dolittle is finally a don't

i'm so glad that she got the "boot" this week. sure she can sing but i find her so boring i want to fling myself off the roof everytime i hear her sing! plus her fake "i'm so meek and mild" routine was so annoying and fake.

as for the final i love both blake and jordin so i'm very happy. if i had to pick an idol i might say blake because he's so different from anything they've had prior to now but either way they'll both get a CD out of it so WHOO HOO!!