Lee Dewyze was the highest-trending topic on Twitter last night. I'm thinking he's safe. And we're all assuming that Casey's going home tonight. But we have an hour-long results show to sit through, including a performance by a boy who's just been nominated for Best New Artist at the BET Awards... Justin Bieber.
(Next year, the typical performance show is expanding to 90 minutes, and the results show is shrinking to 30. Good call, I'd say.)
Over 47 million votes last night.
(Over on Twitter, Billboard points out that the total at this time last year -- Adam vs. Danny vs. Kris -- was just under 88 million. A bit of a drop.)
Apparently we're on a talk show: The View, with Ryan Seacrest and the Finalists. (It beats another group number.) The finalists babble about the perspective provided by visiting home last week, the challenges of the Idol process, and so on. Perhaps most notably, Casey admits that he never expected to get this far.
Randy thinks the finalists have all grown and benefited from the show and the judges' advice. Crystal and Lee agree; Casey has some reservations. Casey has the luxury of being able to be more candid, I think. (Plus he did get shafted by Randy & Kara's choice of song for him last night.)
Ten minutes successfully wasted! For a certain value of "successfully," anyway.
Ford music video: "Wild One (Real Wild Child)"
Footage of Casey's return to Texas.
Perez "Second Biggest Douche In The Universe" Hilton (behind John Edward, of course) apparently discovered Travis Garland, and is in the audience.
Travis performs "Believe." It's rough, dawg.
On to Crystal's Toledo homecoming.
And Lee's trip to Chicago.
Justin Bieber performs "You Smile" and "Baby."
I've gotta admit, not only is the kid better than Travis Garland, he's better than most of this season's guest artists. Not that either is saying much.
On to the results!
The first person in the finale is... Lee.
Joining Lee in the finals is... Crystal.
I was so sure of this that I'd already typed the following: TeKay picks up 6 points; Brie, Pam, Suzanne, and I get 4; Lisa, 3; Jesse and Mo, 2; Shlomo 1.
Casey is apparently unsurprised, and happy for the experience.
Swan song: "Daughters."
Posted by Shmuel at May 19, 2010 10:01 PM