Last night's broadcast of the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards once again left Ryan Seacrest and American Idol empty-handed, but there was one positive item of note for the franchise. In the rather obscure category of Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series, it was Director Bruce Gowers who took home the Emmy. The episode that won him the award as no. 833, "The Final Three."
As for the more notable losses, Ryan's nomination in Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program stood little chance of transforming into a win next to Survivor's Jeff Probst, who has won the award for two straight years, and Idol itself lost out to The Amazing Race for the seventh year in a row in the Outstanding Reality Competition Program category. Oh well, maybe next year...
P.S. One last Idol-related nominee was defeated in the final minutes of last night's telecast. The Breakthrough Performance of the Year category, which was fan-voted, included Kris Allen's crowning moment as a nominee, but it instead lost out to a scene from HBO's True Blood. No surprise there, either.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Seacrest loses to Probst, but Bruce Gowers wins!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
'Idol' ain't so 'Amazing'...again...
For the sixth year in a row, American Idol could not overtake The Amazing Race, which accepted its now traditional award for the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program category at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired on ABC. The CBS stalwart, which averages 10 million viewers per season, has now proved time and time again that it is the only reality program liked by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
In a more surprising upset, Survivor's Jeff Probst outwitted, outplayed and outlasted Ryan Seacrest in the inaugural Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program category. Ryan had widely been considered one of the top contenders for the award, but who really wanted him to win it anyway? IDOL LIVE congratulates Probst on keeping another shiny piece of gold off Ryan's mantle.
And although it is not really Idol-related, we would like to give Josh Groban props for his amazing tribute to television theme songs. Watch it below:
Looks like there's always next year for Idol and Ryan...again....But at least he got to host for the second year in a row (although it only comes out to hosting the show 1 & 1/5 times, but who's counting?)
P.S. Josh did perform at Idol Gives Back during Season 6, so there's a six degrees reason for including him in this post for you.
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