No, seriously,sigh.
Instead, the old-school charm ofJohnny Dcarried us through the evening, thank goodness.
(Garretts an even bigger Gina fan than he is a Jordin fan.
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He was alsorooting for Melissa McGhee last season.
Thencame Randy, then Simon, then Ryan.
Phil took photos ofthe crowd, Chris R. and Melinda danced with their arms around eachother aha!canoodling!
bellow several audience members.
No snark here; I just hope she fully recovers soon.
(Yes, thats what that wasabout.)
At first I think theyreleaving, then just making the rounds of the audience that adores themso.
(This, PopWatchers, is what is calledforeshadowing.)
Her head is, like, two times bigger than his head!
(This, PopWatchers, is what is called building dramatic tension.)
Blake sings This Is My Now.Garrett:Where is the gospel choir?
Yes, he blew Jordin and Blake out of the waterandmanaged to smile more than once.
Hopefully therell be some clips onYouTube.)
My one solid celeb sighting of the night: Ricky Schroderbringing his daughter up to meet the judges.
(Constantine Maroulisdoesnt so much count.)
And then, oh then, came Megan from Pasadena.
Then her voice crackson rockets red glare, and we all start to cheer for her.
Melindasends Megan a Paula clap.
The band begins to give her some softaccompaniment.
Johnny D takes the mic.
Megan and were back!
Cue Ryan on the first balcony.
And I fear Johnny D may never workanotherIdolshow again.
On screen, though, well,Garrett?Her facial expressions are kinda weird.Couldnt agree more.
Garrett and Idiscussed whetherIdolhasjumped the sharkthis year.
We paid our bill and sauntered back towards the undergroundgarage.
When we reached the escalators, what was playing over the mallMuzak?
Kelly Clarkson, A Moment Like This.
And it all comes fullcircle.
Tomorrow, look for team coverage from the finale like youve neverbefore seen on EW.com.
And MandiBierly will be live-blogging the show the way you see it, from theliving room couch.
