'Idol' alums nominated for 51st Grammys

There were a few Idol-related shockers at the special (yet pointless) one-hour 51st Grammy Awards announcement special, most of them having to do with who wasn't nominated.

CBS shamelessly stretched out the televised announcements for a few select "important" categories in tonight's special, with only one nomination in a major category going to an alum. Jordin Sparks was nominated for her single "No Air" along with Chris Brown in the Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals category.

But it was Jennifer Hudson that got the most nominations for an alum, as her "Spotlight" was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, her duet with Fantasia of "I'm His Only Woman" received a nom for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals and her debut album, Jennifer Hudson, got a nomination for Best R&B Album.

One of the more surprisingly revelations was how few nominations Carrie Underwood received. She was able to manage a nom for "Last Name" in the Best Female Country Vocal Performance category and for "Ever Ever After" from Enchanted in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media category.

Full Idol-related category list follows:

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
* Lesson Learned - Alicia Keys & John Mayer
* 4 Minutes - Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
* Rich Woman - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
* If I Never See Your Face Again -Rihanna & Maroon 5
* No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
* Me, Myself And I - Beyoncé
* Heaven Sent - Keyshia Cole
* Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson
* Superwoman - Alicia Keys
* Need U Bad - Jazmine Sullivan

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
* Ribbon In The Sky - Boyz II Men
* Words - Anthony David Featuring India.Arie
* Stay With Me (By The Sea) - Al Green Featuring John Legend
* I'm His Only Woman - Jennifer Hudson Featuring Fantasia
* Never Give You Up - Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton

Best R&B Song
* Bust Your Windows - Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Deandre Way, songwriter) (Jazmine Sullivan)
* Customer - I. Barias, Raheem DeVaughn, C. Haggins, K. Oliver & J. Smith, songwriters (Raheem DeVaughn)
* Heaven Sent - Keyshia Cole, Jason Farmer & Alex Francis, songwriters (Keyshia Cole)
* Miss Independent - M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & S. Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo)
* Spotlight - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)

Best R&B Album
* Love & Life - Eric Benét
* Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA - Boyz II Men
* Lay It Down - Al Green
* Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson
* The Way I See It - Raphael Saadiq

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
* For These Times - Martina McBride
* What I Cannot Change - LeAnn Rimes
* Last Name - Carrie Underwood
* Last Call - Lee Ann Womack
* This Is Me You're Talking To - Trisha Yearwood

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
* Down To Earth (From Wall-E) - Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel)
* Ever Ever After (From Enchanted) - Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
* Say (From The Bucket List) - John Mayer, songwriter (John Mayer)
* That's How You Know (From Enchanted) - Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz, songwriters (Amy Adams)
* Walk Hard (From Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story) - Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly, songwriters (John C. Reilly)

The real travesty was the fact that Leona Lewis lost out to the Jonas Brothers in the Best New Artist category. Truly an embarrassment to the music industry.

A full list of nominees for all 110 categories can be found on Grammy.com. The 51st annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS on Mon., Feb. 8 at 8 p.m.