To be perfectly honest, I couldn't watch last night. By the time the finale rolls around, I'm pert near over it. I wanted to see who the winner would be, sure, but the rest of the show mostly bores me. Way too much promoting of upcming music (George Michael?) and film (Mike Myers?)
Some of it is entertaining and some is not. With Tivo I have the luxury of doing other things and goining back for the highlights. I did find it interesting that the top 5 contestants were allowed to choose an artist to bring on the show for a duet. It was GREAT to see Brooke bring Grahm Nash on the show. I missed "That lil 'Ol Band from Texas" so I'll want to see that on Tivo.
Loved seeing Simon apologize to David Cook just before the winner was announced. They must have alerted Simon that he had blasted the winner! Simon said after viewing the tape of the finale, he was overly critical of David Cook and that in hindsight it was actually pretty good adding there was not that much separating the two. He concluded by saying he honestly thought either could win and it didn't matter to him who it would be.
Drum Roll time........
David Cook was the winner by 12 million votes.
Was the fix in? Well, maybe. Not in the way you might think, tho. I'll explain. My wife thinks that Simon worked his magic by goading David Cook fans into rising up to call in with votes for him. That Simon all along knew that David Cook was the more talented artist and more deserving of the two. Otherwise, it's a popularity contest, and David Archuleta wins that one hands down.
It was great to see David Cook win. He deserved to. His brother, fighting cancer, and the reason David was there in the first place, saying into the camera after the win, "That's my brother!"
Good stuff!!!
Congrats David Cook............Your Next American Idol.
Paddy Out!!!
