FINALE

Here it goes!


Last JLo / STy Fashion Showdown: Look JLo: Nude beaded romper and super long hair. Look STy: White leather jacket metallic tank top, lots of necklaces. Again distracted by Randy's crazy white suit but I have to give the overall win to JLo because she gave me clothes, hair and body envy all season. She is in it to win it dawg!


Scotty and Lauren walk down the stairs and I have to say they make quite a cute pair -- could they be the next Tim McGraw and Faith Hill?


Repeat of Born This Way by the group. Wow, I didn't even remember one of the girls.


Idol contestants perform with their Idols. James with Judas Priest. Well he just got locked in his genre. But wow that voice is phenomenal. Just phenomenal.


Jacob gets to perform with a gospel singer Kurt Franklin and then GLADYS KNIGHT - how exciting for him! He is sweet and so in his element! Again very much keeping each finalist in his or her genre.


Casey sings with Jack Black. Fun rendition of Fat Bottomed Girls. Good energy and obviously Casey is more talented than Jack Black, but cute energy. I think that just made Casey's year and set him up as more than a singer.


Ryan promos Gladys's Vegas show and Jack Black's Kung Fu Panda 2. Love a promo on Idol.


Girls from Top 13 except Lauren come out to do a medley of Beyonce songs and Naima scares the bejeezus out of me. I love Haley so much. She and Pia kicked ass. And the girl whose name I can't remember too. Then Beyonce came out. Again, how amazing for these contestants. Beyonce is so major, summer of Beyonce is coming right at us.


Haley and Tony Bennett. So major. This girl is a pro, looked beautiful and is so talented. She is a star.


JLo video piece was so sweet and she was really touched by the audience reaction. How thankful she must be for this absolute world dominating comeback.


L'il John joined by 2 members of TLC (yup, one is dead) and then my worst nightmare. Karen, Thia, girl whose name I don't remember and Naima joined them. Uggh. That was so scary.


Scotty gets to sing with Tim McGraw (uh hello, didn't I just compare he and Lauren to Tim and Faith? WEIRD?). Tim McGraw looking absolutely fantastic right now. Amazing body, tan, insane. They duet on Live Like You Are Dying. Tim delivers a 10, Scotty a 7. He just can't sing as well. And the emotional delivery Tim gave was so much stronger.


Then Marc Anthony comes out to assert his star power and give us his Mambo Kings. And his Queen Bee JLo joined him with a sexy, gorgeous, insanely hot dance number. She is so crazy beautiful. She just earned her keep.


Top guys do a weird medley of Prince, Tom Jones, weird country song, and something Jacob sang. So cheesy and weird. I think these are all Tom Jones songs / covers. The girls got Beyonce and the guys get Tom Jones? The guys as a group are great though, they pulled off the cheese.


Scotty and Lauren get to honor their favorite teacher with a trip to the finale and a car. Scotty's teacher is hot and I am pretty sure that he asked her to make out with him in the back seat of the car.


Then cut to a performance by Gaga. I would bet money this was not live. Not a single live shot of audience reaction. I love this song and the commercial with it in it. So inspiring. Umm but then I realized it was live when I saw the audience reaction to the suicide pact ending moment. Yikes.


Lauren gets to sing with Carrie Underwood. Before He Cheats. She really holds her own and Carrie with her gorgeous legs is so gracious. So supportive and amazing. Yes.


So many cute videos with the Top 13. They have the best personalities this season. Casey especially. Pia still feels awkward.


Beyonce comes out to sing Make Love to Me. May not be the best song choice for Idol stage. But my god, how beautiful is she? We think it is a Lanvin dress. Her voice is flawless.


Special treat. Well you can't say no to Bono so Bono gets to promote the much hated Spiderman show. The Spiderman guy looks cute and singing with Bono makes him cooler. But I'm not going to pay money to see the show. Sorry Bono, I'll wear a RED t-shirt, but no Spiderman for me. The acrobat came out and landed near JLo for the upside down kiss and she chickened out.


New Zooey Deschanel show looks cute.


STEVEN TYLER hits the stage for Dream On. Outstanding. He is such a rock god. He hits the scream perfectly. So outstanding.


And now the moment of truth. Scotty looks handsome and Lauren looks so beautiful. Love their playfulness. She is so nervous.


Scotty wins it. Not my chosen outcome, but he is a sweet kid. He is an old old old soul. Going around and hugging every single person there. He is terrible singing the terrible song. In the words of Mark: He sounds like a dying cow.


My best wish for the season is that one year from now, we don't say "remember so and so?" "Where are they now?" I hope the top talents work with Jimmy Iovine and make the magic happen. Pia, Casey, James, Lauren and of course Haley -- looking forward to downloading those songs and buying those albums and seeing you all on that stage next year again.

Thanks to the judges. They did keep the show alive and thriving even with the loss of Cowell. And even though they need to learn how to judge better, JLo and Steven are keepers in my book. Randy? Well he is in the dawghouse this season. Ryan is one of the best hosts on television (besides Jeff Probst of Survivor).

Let's remember what this show is about. From thousands of unknowns, over the course of 5 months in the lives of American television viewers, young hopefuls get the chance to sing for their dream, to make a name for themselves, to experience fame, to meet their own Idols, to learn from the best, to share the stage with the best, all in the hopes of becoming the next American Idol. I still think that is pretty darn cool. So thank you Idol for 10 great years. See you next January.

And to my blog fans, we ain't done yet. Tomorrow a tribute to Oprah. Plus coming soon, Glee tribute blog as well as the legendary Friday Night Lights.

Don't be ashamed of your obsessions...even if you voted for Scotty. But don't tell me if you did.