IDOL LIVE Blog - Season 9 Finale (5/26/10)

We've finally arrived. Yes, we've all survived Idol's ninth season and tonight we will celebrate the last woman (or man, just to have my bases covered) standing. But more importantly, we will celebrate the fact that everything is over! Yes it's been great chatting with everyone during these long five-and-a-half months, but I think it's safe to say we all deserve a break.

Tonight's two hour extravaganza will feature plenty of guest performers like Carrie Underwood, Kris Allen, Christina Aguilera and Enrique Iglesias in addition to an all-star send-off for Simon Cowell featuring Paula Abdul. I wouldn't be surprised if they reprise their stupid "Golden Idols" or whatever they're called, which would all but guarantee a performance of "Pants On the Ground" by General Larry Platt. Awesome.

And of course, the rest of the Top 12 will return to perform a few medleys in an effort to eat up time before news of the winner is revealed in the last five minutes of the show.

To see who I predict will win tonight, click here. And as usual, please feel free to add your two cents throughout the two-hour blogcast. Coverage starts just prior to 8 p.m. ET.

Once again, tonight's blogcast will feature music from Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze.

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Arch blogs from Hawaii

One day after singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NFL's Pro Bowl in Hawaii, David Archuleta took it upon himself to blog on his official music MySpace page about his recent experiences. In addition to talking about his performance of "A Little Too Not Over You" at Ohana Day on Saturday, Arch marveled at how tall Enrique Iglesias is:

I didn't get a chance to talk to Ciara, but Enrique was a cool guy. He's tall though! I didn't realize how tall he was. He's 6 ft. 2 in. haha.

Arch also gave his two cents on last night's Grammy Awards winners:

First off, I'd just like to congratulate all the winners and their successes. I was so excited to hear Adele won 2 Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance! She is truly amazing, and I'm so happy that she has gotten some more recognition for the quality of her music. It's sooo good. Well anyway, I better head out and get started with seeing more of Hawaii. I'll talk to you guys later and let you know how things went this week!

Well, since his song for the day is Adele's "Right as Rain," it looks like he likes her really wanted her to win at the Grammys, which probably means he likes her better than Leona Lewis, right? Of course there's nothing wrong with that, just throwing it out there.

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Arch, Cook, Daughtry, Jordin at AMAs

The 2008 American Music Awards were full of slurred speeches, botched teleprompter readings, lip-synching and - most importantly - Idol alums, as three took home awards, four presented awards and one just didn't show up.

The AMAs were kicked off with a red carpet fest that was serenaded by David Cook and got Daughtry and David Archuleta to give their two cents to the camera. Later on, Cook showed up during the broadcast with less guyliner to introduce Taylor Swift as she performed "White Horse." Arch on the other hand was the butt of Jimmy Kimmel's jokes throughout the show, most of them referencing his age. He made a brief appearance when he presented the "Favorite Country Male Artist" award to Brad Paisley with Shallene Woodley that you can watch below:



Carrie Underwood, while M.I.A. for a leg of her Carnival Ride tour north of the border tonight, lost out to Swift in the "Favorite Female Country Artist" award but took home the "Favorite Country Album" award off the broadcast, leading her to thank the fans for the award via a blog.

While the girl in the yellow dress (Jordin Sparks) didn't take home anything during the show, she won "Favorite Artist - Adult Contemporary Music" prior to the broadcast and presented the award for "Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist" with a mole-less Enrique Iglesias.

But it was Daughtry that got the biggest on-show props. After presenting the award for "Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist" to Rihanna, the band took home "Favorite Band, Duo or Group - Pop/Rock" instead of Coldplay. One can argue that was a bit of a shock, but IDOL LIVE will take it. Watch the guys' acceptance speech below:



All in all the Idol alums represented well, just it's amazing with all the performances that were squeezed into three hours, none were able to secure a performance slot. Maybe next year...

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