Give the Crown to David A.

This will probably take a fairly random course as things come to mind in my convoluted order of importance rather than chronologically.

I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the show was. This is only my third year but this was far and away the best final night. I did like the cheesy boxing theme at the beginning. They could have ended it after that and I would have been fine but I rather liked it all the way through. But most importantly, the performances were fabulous.

How many bad clichés did Paula use tonight? And Randy needs to get some new lines next year. He has worn out “You’re in the zone”, “You’re molten hot”, “You can sing anything”, and “You’re in it to win it”.

David A. wins. Rocker David was strong, so strong but Weird Dad David was better in the classic sense of what Idol is looking for – a star POP singer.

However, I’ll rush out to buy Rocker David’s CD if it’s anything like what he sang tonight. I LOVED the U2 song – and I LOVE U2 so I’m going to be pretty picky. I especially like the fact that he did the Collective Soul song as his last song and that he didn’t do a repeat of an earlier performance. But strategically, it was a mistake. It was not the song you sing if you want to win American Idol. Weird Dad David was smart (from a competitive standpoint) by doing Imagine, again, and he was great.

Weird Dad David will do really well with producers (the Clive machine) who will control his Weird Dad and give him songs like he sang tonight.

I loved the video montage of the show’s early weeks playing behind Reuben at the end. It makes me want to see the show start again. I can’t wait for next year already.

Hmmm . . . . Diandra said it was hard getting her vote in to Rocker David’s phone lines. Interesting. I guess we’ll see but I’ll be shocked if it’s not a Weird Dad David coronation.