The finale is over and the winner has been announced. I won't go into much about the show itself. Mostly it was two hours of filler, meant more for the live audience than for TV viewers. I did like the performance of all the Idol winners (minus David Cook! wonder where he was) and then a bunch of finalists from other seasons. I recognized some of my non-winning favorites.
The tributes to Simon as he leaves the show were sometimes nice, sometimes a bit sleazy or just plain stupid. Me, I am going to miss Simon. I agreed with him 95% of the time, I think, even though I wanted to give him lessons on how to be truthful in a kind way. (And yet, if I had to listen to many of those bad auditions, I might have started sounding just like him!)
And finally, after two hours of waiting, the results were in. And the winner of Idol 9 is …
Lee DeWyze
Well, I can't say I was surprised, but I am disappointed. I think it should have been Crystal. But that's okay. She will go on to record and sell a ton of records.
~robin
I agree with you, Robin – I was rooting for Crystal. It was high time for another female to win! Truth be told, this was the first season in many years that I did not follow ‘AI.’ I jumped on board in the past couple weeks. Crystal will have a successful career. Sometimes the runners up do better than the winners. Time will tell!
Robin, It is my opinion that Idol pulled off a major coup with Lee Dewyze. They wanted him to win and it was blatantly obvious over the last few weeks. Last week, the judges raved and raved over his mediocre (at best) performances. For two weeks in a row (as you even mentioned in your recap), he got the big back-up choir and huge production behind him, while Crystal got her guitar. Yet she still outsang Lee by a country mile! America was duped, and, apparently, enough of America are sheep to follow right along. Even my wife had decided that he needed to win after they showed him crying at his home town that week they all went home. He may be a nice guy, but he’s an emotional wasteland. There’s nothing going on behind those eyes when he performs, and he’s not really a very good singer at all. Casey is a better singer; Siobhan could sing RINGS around him AND Crystal. She just messed up her performances with bad choices. By the way, her duet with Aaron Kelly was absolutely beautiful last night. Ok. I’m through ranting now. For me, the whole night was made worthi it when Alice Cooper showed up on the stage with the group, singing “School’s Out.” He’s one of my childhood favorites, and has been a pretty vocal Christian for a number of years, now. God bless you, Robin!~~Jeff
Jeff, thanks for jumping in here. It’s always great to get the opinion of a musician. You probably catch things that I miss. I agree that Siobhan made some bad choices and is a tremendous singer. She got caught up in the “power notes are everything” line of thinking. Too bad. The main reason I couldn’t get excited about Lee is that he is just so blah as a performer. But this entire season was a bit of a disappointment. Very uninspired for the most part. So few moments. And even those moments would be difficult for me to recall. Unlike last year’s competition which was filled with moments.
Got this off the net: According to a vlog on Mr. Cook’s website, he was participating in a charity golf tournament in Kansas City for the Shadow Buddies Foundation, a group that works with children who have cancer.
And speaking of David Cook (like me he is a KC guy) – I thought that Lee was a bit of a bad imitation of David. Too bad all those preteen girls got it wrong and voted for him.
And ending on a positive note – I can’t wait until Crystal cuts that first CD.. what an original she is!
Thanks Robin much for posting each week on the performance and results shows. I have enjoyed your recaps and ratings. I give you a 5.0!
Hey, Bob. Your 5.0 vote gave me a great smile. Thanks! And I agree that Lee reminded me of David Cook, only not as good as David. Maybe he’ll get there. But Crystal is her own great self right now, so I’m hoping for an album soon.