'Idol' alums abound on New Year's celebrations

If you were watching any of the many New Year's Eve celebrations on the networks tonight, chances are you saw some face time by someone connected in some way to Idol. If you were watching FOX's New Year's Eve Live, then you surely would have seen David Cook receive his first platinum record courtesy of RCA Records and 19E for "The Time of My Life" before he performed "Light On" in Las Vegas. Watch him receive the award below:



Also on the special was Daughtry, as the band performed "Home," also in Vegas. Watch the performance below:



Meanwhile, over on ABC, Ryan Seacrest helmed Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Kellie Pickler as a Times Square crowd correspondent. The two braved the 1-degree (with wind chill) temperature with a million others. Watch a segment that happened moments before the ball dropped with both Ryan and Kellie below (made awkward by the inclusion of Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas on the same stage):



In one segment, the sixth-place finalist of Season 5 was classic Kellie when she told a couple from the Bay area "you guys are so amazin'!"