I TOLD YOU SO

I don't even know where to start except at the beginning. "This is the finale of ...American Idol." I loved the judges recap at the start -- Randy with "For me for you" Kara with "Sweetie" (love that she cheered for herself AGAIN) Paula's earpiece with all of her big words this season and Simon's inability to hear. It was genius. And let's not forget Paula's dress - what was that? Kara looked good and as we saw later, she looks even better without clothes on...

Adam and Kris come out in all white. Kris wore a white shirt and pants, and Adam wore a white jacket with animal patches on his jeans tucked into his metallic boots. Is wearing all white that hard to do and not look retarded? I have a lot to say about Adam's outfits -- it goes even wilder later.

The Top 13 come out to sing So What by Pink - the producers love the all white combo. Scott was seriously rocking out and I am impressed with his ability to learn choreography - he is BLIND! Wow, Jasmine, Scott, Jorge, Alexis, Michael Sarver - so forgettable. I did like seeing Anoop and Megan again. But looking back on last season, you just can't compare -- Cook, Michael Johns, Carly, Brooke, Jason and Archuleta - that was the best top group of all time.

David Cook sings his song Permanent written for his brother. He looks great and has lost some of his paunch. Such a sad song and he sang his face off as he always does. The tears in his eyes brought tears to mine. What a star. Nice of Idol to let the song benefit his cause. It just hit me that it was two guys last year and two guys again this year. In fact, except for Fantasia and Diana, it has never been two girls.

**Golden Idol funny interlude. A fun way to pay tribute to some of the crazy audition round moments. I think Norman is hysterical.

Lil Rounds sings with Queen Latifah and I realize that they are pretty much going to let the celeb guest artists show off a new song. That is okay for some, but who cares about this song? And let's talk about Queen Latifah's outfit -- I am really proud of her for losing so much weight, but no it is not time to jump into a skintight, one-shouldered bodysuit number. No, babe, you need to wait about another 50 pounds for that. Yikes.

So psyched when Anoop and Alexis start singing Jason Mraz. I love this song. And then he came out -- I would have liked to hear him with Kris (but I didn't know what was to come for Kris). Anoop was a nice shining moment for me this season. Talk about breaking some boundaries. He put some cool back to my peeps after the Sanjaya debacle.

The journey of Kris Allen -- let's remember that he was not shown before the Top 36 round. And then he came out with Man in the Mirror. The dark horse, the artist, the creative soul, the humble man. Oh and in case you didn't know, he is married -- but they do not talk about his wife or let her speak at all. It is a little absurd - I do want to hear about their love and relationship. But I don't have time to think about that because KRIS IS SINGING WITH KEITH. Keith texted me this morning to tell me would be on Idol (I am in the fan club and sometimes Keith texts me or calls me). The best duet of the night. Keith looks awesome with his shorter hair and their voices worked so well together. I love this new song of Keith's. Now I wish I had been there!!!!!!!!!! But I would have lost it.

Then the girls come out with Fergie. Megan looked amazing but even her great legs could not compare with Fergie's -- from meth addict to superstar. Fergie is amazing. Loved the Black Eyed Peas performance. It was great.

The technical problem during their song once again shows the formula of Idol -- despite being the biggest show on television, they keep the production values low -- I'm more and more sure that it is part of their formula -- it is an amateur talent show and they keep the slick away for the most part to retain part of that original street cred.

***More Golden Idols. Yuck I hate the bikini girl. Ummm, she definitely added something o her look -- did you see Randy's face? Love that Ryan called her out "I was going to ask you what's new, but I think I know." GENIUS. Here was the best moment of pure live television of the season. She thought she was going to be allowed to sing again and show off her new assets. And then Kara came out!! And she was surprised. I do not think she knew. David Cook was on his feet. Bikini Girl still tried to sing, but Kara blew her away. Even Simon stood up. And then -- Kara ripped open her dress to reveal the best bikini bod! Love that they made it about being for a charity. Genius moment just genius. Live television can be so great.

Cyndi Lauper with Allison Iraheta -- beautiful. Did you see Cyndi on 30 Rock? All these celebs came on to sing a charity spoof song to get Alec Baldwin's long lost Dad a new Kidney - so funny, find it on youtube.

Danny Gokey comes out to sing Hello by Lionel and he did a great job, but it is hard to not think of Cook's version. I knew Lionel was coming out next. Still like Danny's voice, but he could not have won this. He needs to find his niche. Here is an example where the star coming out to do a new song didn't work that well. I was just waiting (as was daughter Nicole in the audience) for a classic -- and then he sang All Night Long. That was fun.

Oh no he didn't -- Adam did not put on wings with his leather jacket and PLATFORM boots. No, he didn't. I didn't recognize the song and thought maybe Elton was coming out, but then Kiss came out. And Kris and his sparkle lashes and lit wings and platform boots sang with Gene Simmons et al. I couldn't look at it. I do appreciate that Adam has always stayed true to Adam - no apologies, but still let's talk about the wings one more time. I told you he is ready to put on a harness and fly out over the audience. Split screen with Adam and Gene. Classic but wrong.

Santana out on the stage. Matt gets to have a moment in yet another hat. But Kris rocked the most on the Rob Thomas written song Smooth (Rob Thomas is a genius songwriter). Fun jam song. Danny did a pelvic thrust But Jorge really took pelvic dance moves to another level.

Cook gives Adam and Kris their new cars in the cheesiest spot of the night.

Another great moment as Megan and Michael Sarver sing with Steve Martin. Perfect song choice. How clever is Steve Martin? He wrote this song and a whole collection of banjo songs. Michael Sarver is a good singer. Megan is pretty and I like her style.

All the guys with Rod Stewart -- wow. Kris is the only sexy guy (Anoop is pretty cute though). I liked the black suits and of course Adam hits the high note at the end. Rod is starting to show his age -- he is all torso and no legs.

***Last Golden Idol goes to Tatiana -- it was staged but it was perfect that she sang the same song again! She almost made me stop watching the show - thank god she didn't make it to the tour. Did you see Ruben's face?

Let's talk about who is in the audience -- Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice, Michael Johns, Janice Dickinson, Kate Walsh, Heather Locklear, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden and Justin Guarini. You know how I know Justin was there? Because they showed him approximately 55 times. Ridiculous.

Kris and Adam in all black come out to sing Queen -- I thought this was ridiculously lopsided towards Adam, but Kris killed it on the verses. And then the Queen band was there! Ummm Adam trying to shoulder bump. Wow just saw Randy's bow tie again. Adam should become the new lead singer of Queen.

Commercial break and Fox News shows a picture from the Gucci event with Madonna and Mark is in the picture with her -- I was sitting right next to him and he was on the news! Great moment.

And now the moment of the truth. I was prepared for anything. My gut told me that Kris was going to pull this off as you all know because I said it A LOT. But Adam had a great season and tons of support from the producers and the media. So I would have understood if he had won. Ryan goes to the judges and Simon says "I thought you were both brilliant, unusually incredibly nice people and I think that both of you should be very proud of what you achieved last night and the future's all yours." In other words, I do not know what is going to happen and so I will act like either should win.

100 million vote cast (200 from Ed, Mark and myself all for Kris). I thought Kris assumed it was Adam. But OH YES -- Kris Allen is the next American Idol. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO. WOW, WOW, WOW. Amazing victory. Let me add this -- I think Adam is a great singer and has the ability to become a star but he was touted by the producers and media too hard and Kris just kept upping his game with original, creative, marketable hits. I hope Kris won because of that and not because America was afraid of Adam's sexuality. If that is what happened or if that is what the media turns this into, I will be PISSED. That is my thought on that topic.

Back to the victory which was ruined with the awarding of the new American Idol trophy by a girl in a bad dress. What add a new element in? Kris sings the No Boundaries song. Let me say this -- I know it is cheesy, but I am falling for it when Kris sings it. Once again, I want to be clear -- the producer's know the finale song is cheesy -- they want an inspirational ballad about rising above and fulfilling dreams. They know it is not the best song in the world but this is the type of song that they choose to end the journey with. It is part of the amateur finding a dream path with confetti sprinkled in. Kris did much better with it tonight. Finally a shot with him an his wife and he breaks down in tears.

Another season over, another year gone by. Another Idol victory. I hope you have enjoyed our journey together and shared in my obsession. Remember - the blog is not over! It will come down to once a week, but I still have plenty to say!

Thanks for sharing with me - I look forward to your comments. And remember,

don't be ashamed of your obsessions...even if you are obsessed with Adam. Go Kris!