American Idol 9 - Winner Results - 05/26/2010
Live blogging the American Idol 9 Finale Results Show for May 26, 2010
Who will win American Idol?
It's going to be close!
Here are the picks (for the winner):
Rickey.org Poll – Lee DeWyze at 53%
Rickey.org Office Pool – Lee DeWyze at 50.1%
IdolFanatic - n/a
DialIdol - Lee DeWyze
James Cantiello, MTV – Lee DeWyze
Steve Gidlow, In Touch Weekly – n/a
Jessica Herndon, People – Crystal Bowersox
Joseph Kapsch, Zap2It.com – Lee DeWyze
Brian Mansfield, USA Today – Lee DeWyze
Shirley Halperin, L.A. Times – Crystal Bowersox
Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo – Lee DeWyze
Ann Powers, L.A. Times – Crystal Bowersox
Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly – Crystal Bowersox
Michael Slezak, Entertainment Weekly – Crystal Bowersox
Rickey Yaneza, Rickey.org – Crystal Bowersox
My Picks:
Sticking to the script: Crystal Bowersox will win American Idol
(But I'm still rooting for the dark horse - go Lee DeWyze!)
Guest stars galore! Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia Barrino, Kris Allen, Taylor Hicks... a lot of former Idols tonight!
Results As They Happen
2% separate Lee and Crystal -- it's close!
Group song with Alice Cooper.
Kris Allen sings "The Truth"
Tribute now to Simon Cowell #1
Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly perform with the Bee Gees - LOVED THIS. Siobhan and Aaron sounded great!
Big Mike with Michael McDonald
The girls with Christina Aguilera
The guys with Hall and Oats
Crystal Bowersox sings with Alanis!
Carrie Underwood sing "Undo It"
Kris Allen presents Lee and Crystal with their Ford Fiestas
Casey James sings with Bret Michaels!
Lee DeWyze sings with Chicago!
Pants on the Ground! With General Platt and Will Hung
Paula Abdul is on stage! OMG I'm crying!
Stand up comedy from Paula... LOL
Kelly Clarkson, Ruben, Fantasia, Carrie, Jordin, Taylor and Kris all on stage singing! I'm crying!
Other idols come on stage as well!
Simon Cowell thanks everyone.
Janet Jackson!
Lee and Crystal duet with Joe Cocker
And the winner of American Idol Season 9 is:
Lee DeWyze!
Go Dark Horse! All the way baby! Go Lee!