Well, we finally made it to the "American Idol" finale, where Ryan started off the show by reminding us of final "Idol" duos of the past before attempting to get Paula to say something interesting about her recent fall and nose-break.And then, before we even had time to ponder the fact that second-place guys haven't fared so well in retrospect (I'm talking to you, Justin Guarini and Bo Bice), Paula sputtered an answer and we were left to wonder if that bump on the nose somehow knocked some of the crazy back into her.
The show then walked us down memory lane, flashing back to Simon criticizing both Blake and Jordin in their original auditions, and in the process showing us how much the coterie of hairdressers, makeup artists and stylists has helped both of them. (Spiky hair on Blake? Apparently I'd repressed that one.)
Blake did his beat-boxed version of "You Give Love a Bad Name," running around the stage with the mike stand and in general dancing better than any other guy in the history of the show. Then Jordin shrieked her way through a Christina Aguilera song and Blake sang a pretty Maroon 5 track.
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