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.