American Idol

Warning: If you haven't seen Idol yet and you don't want to know the winner, don't read!

So, today was the finale of the American Idol. I must admit I got quite used to watching it week after week and to have closure, ofcourse I had to see the finale. The two hour finale was obviously just an advertisement gimmick because the performances were over and to announce the results would have taken all of 20 seconds. For those who didn't know but do care, the finale was between 17-year-old (they never never let you forget that) Jordin Sparks and beat-boxing wonder, Blake Lewis. After yesterday's performances, I was quite certain that talent-wise Jordin had to win. But seeing Blake's popularity carry him soo far, I wouldnt have been really surprised if he had won either. As it happened, the just audience prevailed and Jordin won!

A few observations I made - over the days, the audience had proved themselves as worthy judges of talent (even if they sort out Simon's acerbic comments to make their decisions). The most amazing result was in the round of three, when I thought Melinda was her perfectionist best and got eliminated! That was due to Blake's sheer popularity. However, the audience does seem to vote wisely going by the no of Emmy-Grammy and Oscar winners from years of preceding shows.

Well it was a season filled with hysterical performances from the audition stage right upto the final show. It was a season where Sanjaya gained undue popularity. He had a performance at the finale and he made that girl cry again (Check here if you dont know about the cry-baby). Its almost like they paid her and poured glycerin down her eyes.. I mean whats there to CRY? Gosh! Anyways, it was a fitting result. Jordin fully deserved to win and was clearly the better singer though Blake was the better performer and mass-wooer. But after all, Idol is a singing competition.

For all you TV junkies, there's a lot to look forward to - 'So you think you can dance' and 'Hell's Kitchen' are starting soon.