Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze performed for the final time in American Idol Season 9 Episode 42, and tonight one of them will be announced as the winner. After 2 hours (and 7 minutes) of filler.
Seacrest tells us that less than 2% separated the finalists coming into the vote last night. Gasp.
Tonight marks Simon’s last night on American Idol, and quite possibly the death of the show (despite the fact that it’s the #1 rated show on television). We’ll see him again in fall 2011 on The X Factor on Fox, which is basically just an American Idol ripoff with a couple twists. Let’s hope whoever replaces him doesn’t suck.
2+ hours in. Time to dim the lights. The winner of American Idol 2010 is Lee DeWyze. Well deserved. Now he gets to sing his U2 song that beats a Kara song but is still lacking.
American Idol will be back again for season 10 in midseason.