American Idol Finale: Whatever, Let's Choose the Real Idol
6. Top 6 Guys and Hall & Oates, "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"/"Maneater"/"You Make My Dreams"
Believe it or not, it was easy to forgive this performance's hokey choreography and Aaron Kelly's fetal jitters. Why? Because Daryl Hall can sing, y'all.
5. Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze and Joe Cocker, "With a Little Help from My Friends"
For a split second I thought Ringo Starr was going to help out with this. And when Joe Cocker appeared, I thought Ringo Starr was cleverly hiding behind him. No dice, but Crystal and sorta-Lee ripped into this beloved Wonder Years theme in spite of Joe Cocker's mangy howl. Did anyone else worry Joe Cocker had spent the past 10 years as a part-time pirate and full-time Jimmy Buffett follower? That's what his presentation said to me. "Parrothead With a Misplaced Eye-Patch."
4. Casey James and Bret Michaels, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
Plagues keep hitting Bret Michaels, yet he managed to dish a dynamic performance with this Casey James duet. In fact, his voice outmatched Casey's on a few occasions. The intimacy of the Cool, Texas, native's opening bars were memorable, but Bret's surprise appearance made this undeniably emotional. Look at these two in their weird hair having a good time!
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The best idol (almost always) never wins, IMHO. Crystal was miles away from the other guy (Leewhateverhisnameis), just like Adam was the rock star, while Chris was karaoke material.
Re-title this show to "Tweens-Perimenopausal Idol" because it has been hijacked by them for the past 2 seasons. Lee is the most UNDESERVING WINNER of all the idol seasons! PERFECT ENDING to an abysmal season.
The judges stunk, Ellen was horrible, Ryan was like "a mosquito buzzing my face" with his off-the chain antics, and the competition was very weak...and yes, the most deserving finished 2nd again. The show will be tainted as long as they continue to let unlimited votes per person.
I was going to refute this, but then I realized Taylor Hicks is much more talented than Lee DeWyze. Season ninth-circle-of-hell is more like it.
Kris is plenty more interesting than Lee DeWyze though. Lee's victory is like if Michael Sarver won season eight.
And when Kelly Clarkson came out and nobody knew who she was? And when some of the former Idol contestants came out all dressed in white - what was that about? Most of them unrecognizable and or didn't even get their face shown the show. What a waste of a show. The worst: when Crystal was with Alanis, not because of them, like them both, but what was with all that stupid back & forth walking on the stage. would have been better with just the two of them standing still next to each other.
Alanis is sort of known for stalking the stage, but I concur, they should've stared each other down some more. But come on, that duet ruled.
I'm as much a fan of Alanis as the next guy (unless the next guy is Louis)... but come on now, gimme a beat!
Janet more than took the night even with the snoozy, multi-mic'd, lady blackula first half.
no question.
Casey rocked!!!!!!!!!!!
Casey was such a love....humble, sweet, and too talented for American Idol. Like he said on Ellen's show, he considers himself to be more of a musician than a singer and since he had never watched American Idol
because he didn't have a TV until recently, he had no idea what he was getting into. I'd love to go to his church and see him play his guitar and lead the praise singing. My 16 yr old grandaughter does this in her church and we visited there this morning. I could just picture Casey up there doing this. There's so much to Casey that was never brought to our attention. I don't give a rip who won, he's my American Idol and always will be. Lee Dewyze....ugh!!
My persistent civil libertarianism will cause an ulcer if I keep reading stories like this.