This season of American Idol hasn’t been the best. In terms of singing ability and quality, yes. Then it was the best. But in terms of entertainment and fun, not really. American Idol is getting kind of old. It’s basically the same thing over and over again every season. And if the show is put on every year, it kind of takes away the importance of it. If there are like, ten American Idol winners, you can’t really have one American Idol, can you? So it’s hard to get excited when somebody wins anymore. Not that the show was losing viewers. If I am correct, this season had the more viewers than any season before. Maybe it’s because the old viewers are being replaced by new viewers, I don’t know. So, even though the show probably isn’t in danger of being cancelled any time soon, it still could have used something to spice if up a bit. And ohmygosh. It totally got it. Yesterday’s finale was THE. BEST. American Idol finale EVER.
Seriously. Anybody who missed it is just missing out. There were no incredibly irritating “and you’ll find out after the break [and the next five hundred breaks]” breaks, there was no counting the number of votes from each state to keep the audience excited. None of that. I must say that really, it was the little things that made the finale such a memorable event. Here are some of my favorite moments:
The whole Simon Cowell interview in his changing room. It was great when they cut to the Alabama audience to see Latoya London dressed up in a crown and a pink boa and talking in a fake British accent. “I’m beeeeing treated like rooooooyalty, dahling.” Simon’s comment was hilarious. “She’s drunk. Latoya, you’re drunk.”
Latoya ignored him and went over to talk to this little seven or nine year old kid with writing all over his face. She held the microphone up to his mouth and he shouted, “Why does Simon use reverse psychology on Bo?”
Simon asks, “what did he say?”
“Why does Simon use reverse psychology on Bo?”
“Uh…. I don’t use reverse psychology….”
“……WHY DOES SIMON USE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY ON BO?!”
Right after the interview and right before commercial break, Ryan Secrest tells the audience to stay tuned for a shocking secret about Simon. Simon’s face suddenly turns to a frown and he says quietly, “I thought you were going to do that.”
After about twenty minutes of Simon pretending to be truly pissed off in his judges chair, the time has come for Simon Cowell’s secret to be revealed! A spoof movie in the fashion of America’s Most Wanted starts. It is about how Simon is having a secret affair with somebody on the show. There are several sad interviews with the other judges and cast members of the show, visits to places with evidence (Too Tight Tees), a very funny segment in a recording studio with Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, and finally, the truth is revealed! Simon is having an affair with….himself! Okay, I guess you’d have to be there, but it was pretty darn funny.
Another really great scene was when they showed a clip of the American anthem sung by a woman who was rejected during the audition process. It was a truly bad audition with shouting and a lot of dramatic hand gestures and poses. I really don’t like watching that sort of thing, especially when you can hear the entire audience from the Kodak theater laughing at it.
I turned to my sister, rather disgusted and said, “What if she’s watching this at home and sees that she’s a laughingstock?”
But then something really unexpected happened. The screen opened up and out walked the woman who was singing so horribly in the video clip. She was wearing a fancy dress, and was beaming as she sang the rest of the national anthem. She got a standing ovation from the audience and Paula Abdul. It was so cute and it made me all warm and fuzzy inside.
A bunch of other really cool things happened during the show including two audition rejects getting to meet their favorite celebrity, the two Idol finalists winning convertible Ford Mustangs, the Idol winner winning their own personal jet, and some pretty good performances by the top twelve. By the end of the night, I wasn’t even disappointed that Carrie won. In all honesty, maybe it’s better that way. I think she definitely needed it more than Bo did. Anyway, if you don’t win, you don’t seem like as much of a loser…. if you’re supposed to seem like a rebel, like Bo is. And I’m really happy for Carrie. And her single isn’t that bad. And I am TOTALLY PSYCHED for season five to start in a few months.
