Oh, KLC. You still can't sing. Ramiele, that goes double for you. Rock and Roll nurse!! I miss you. Jason Castro! The pretty is back. Johns, still don't see it. David Hernandez. I love that he got to whisper "nekkid". Show, you slay me. Chikeze, you left too soon, son. The boys sounded much better than the ladies. Oh, and I love that they are doing a George Michael medley.

Damn, D'Archie is in amazing voice. With the pressure off, he is just letting go and blowing. And I love that they just keep giving Hernandez the "keep it in the closet" lyrics. Now the kids are sounding alright.

And it's the man himself. Looking damn fine! And Paula acting a damn fool. Maybe he'll sing Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me and school these fools on how it's done? Nope, he's gonna sing sappy Praying for Time. I guess that means Carrie gets to come back now. Oh well, I don't mind. She put it down on Idol Gives Back.

WTF on Randy's outfit? And why is he so obssessed with duels all of a sudden?

I will miss Paula's nonsense rambling.

Now you wanna retract, Simon? Now? Damn, D.Cook's cougars must've bit him in the ass hard.

Nobody cares, vote man. Just do the damn thing.

Drumroll . . . D.Cook takes it. Wow! I really hate this winner. Oh, well. At least he seems truly affected by the win. Go forth, Bighead, and make that middlebrow frat rock that you make so well. Good on ya.

The winning single is not as heinous as it could've been.

Woooooo! My long Cook-ian nightmare is ovah! Bring on SYTYCD. THURSDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY!! Can't wait, y'all.

Top Chef: Restaurant Wars, my three favorites on one team AND Bourdain?!??!?? WHEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Yeah, but I'm scared now that somehow Team Annoying is gonna pull it out and we're not going to lose Spike again. I don't think I can take it.

I have to say, never having seen an Idol finale before, it's cruel and inhumane treatment...and I don't mean just for the final two. Sheesh. There were fun bits but too few in amongst the shameless product placement...Guru Pitka. Really?

I loved DC's tearing it up with ZZTop. They seemed to be having as much fun as he was. And Bryan Adams! A guy who really loves his work. Maybe he'll give the idols some advice on how not to go nuts.

While I was pulling fierce for DCook...I'm a cougar, sue me...I was still surprised. Nice to have my season-long obsession validated.

I vow not to watch another episode of AI, ever again. Remind me I said that...

Yeah, but I'm scared now that somehow Team Annoying is gonna pull it out and we're not going to lose Spike again. I don't think I can take it.

They look like they are doing a really good job of self-destructing, but it may not be HatAssHat who goes.

Yeah, that's what I said right after the end of S1 after stating that AI was just a slicker version of Star Search. And now I've managed to survive John Stevens, JPL, Sanjaya, Jasmine, Camille, KLC, and all manner of othe disasters. I just can't quit AI.

They look like they are doing a really good job of self-destructing, but it may not be HatAssHat who goes.

I think that's exactly right. In fact, I think Dale might be going down. But I hope it's Lisa. Sourpuss.

I think that's exactly right. In fact, I think Dale might be going down. But I hope it's Lisa. Sourpuss.

Sadly that's my fear as well. Hopefully, if he does, it will catch up with Lisa and Hatass really quickly. If Dale does last, the one of those two that doesn't will be toast next week barring a SERIOUS meltdown on someone else's part.

The leader goes home, traditionally -- although Lisa is such a suck-ass saying that Dale was responsible for her bad food!

I am more and more excited to see a Stephanie/Richard final, and I really hope nothing goes horribly wrong on the way there. It would be so pleasant and delicious!