American Idol Tour 2007 - It's Over

Just got back to IslandMomma's hotel. My flight back to New York is at 6 AM, so I will post updates then.

Meanwhile with the charge left on my BlackBerry some notes from the evening. Once again the Fanjayas come in droves and we all get VIP backstage passes. We get a room all to ourselves just with Sanjaya. It was all to short however as Sanjaya was whisked away since the bus was leaving him. They are traveling to Boston, and take their flights from there to wherever the Idols are going to go.

It was all very sad. The tour is over and its time for the Idols to discover what careers are waiting for them.

I also got to meet Blake Lewis' mom and dad. His dad actually approached me to thank me since he read the blog (and it was the only blog that Blake reads... Along with MJ...)

7:45 AM. Back in New York. And yes, I saw Sarah from Team Plaid (omigosh, I hope I got her name right). MJ told me not to take her picture! Haha, but at least I got to see her. She was in the "non-Fanjaya" meet and greet so we did not get to talk.

I have to say it was a bittersweet night from the get go. On one hand, I was very happy to see all the people I saw, but at the same time... what happens tomorrow?

A lot of things happened. Chatbrat picked me up from the airport! We had a 'Fanjaya Luncheon'. Sanjaya did not attend but we got to take notes with fellow fans. IslandMomma made some goodie bags for us to take home. I then spent some time with DealMeAnAce (she was a Fanjaya for a day!) Then we met with the Fanjayas in front of the Oscar Mayer booth where we had a group picture and sang! I got so embarassed when Lori and her two wonderful daughters brought pictures of me to give away for me to sign. Hahaha. Oh god, I'm not ready for the limelight... And then Security was so tight, I wasn't able to bring in my badass camera and my gifts. Security really sucked. Even during the show -- "in the name of safety" they tried their best to not allow anyone to have a good time.

Talked to Shyamali a little bit. She and Sanjaya moving together. At that point I didn't really care about the album -- I was just excited that Sanjaya gets to buy furniture, and all that good stuff for himself. Shyamali said they are looking for a 3 bedroom so one room will be used as a studio. Cool.

Phil Stacey stopped by to visit us in a Sanjaya t-shirt. He said he will announce it in his MySpace, but he "had already signed with a label in Nashville". I can't wait for his official announcement.

Also during the concert, Blake Lewis sampled a song from his new album. He's going to have about 12 songs on there -- and yes, when Blake was a child, all he ate was apple sauce.

Jordin Sparks also sang an impromptu acapella version of "Hound Dog" (we have video, will post later!)

While rushing to leave... Sanjaya signed this big poster DealMe was able to get for me. And then he gave me a really tight hug and said 'thank you'. I had one last picture taken with him and he was gone.

Spent time bonding with OldJen and IslandMomma. Took the shuttle van to the airport with 2dogs3kids.

If nothing happens in 6 months, I've decided to panic. We are already brainstorming for 19th Birthday Concert for the Fans.