Season 10 Finale: And the Winner Is...

Let’s do this!!!

10:01 We’re back…Lauren looks like she’s going to pass out…The official vote counter comes out with the envelope…Scotty and Lauren are teasing each other…Dim the lights…I think Lauren might throw up…The winner is…Scotty McCreery…The judges are on stage to hand him a microphone trophy…Raleigh, not Garner, goes nuts…JLo handed him the trophy while we were seeing Raleigh…The Idols surround him…Lauren has a big smile on her face. It almost looks like relief…Ryan raises Scotty’s arm…Scotty says he and Lauren are going to stay together. Hmmm…Ryan thanks the judges…Scotty gives a hug to Thia…Scotty is not sure what to do with the trophy. Why didn’t we see an actual presentation?…

10:03 Scotty starts his song and goes off toward his parents…He hands the microphone to James…He’s only hitting every other word or so as he hugs everybody in his family…They cut away to Raleigh. Why? This is his moment…He’s just laughing now…He hugs all the contestants now…Apparently no one told him that he’s supposed to stand under the confetti…He tells Lauren, “I love you baby”…He’s still singing while he hugs the judges…He stars laughing again…James brings him back his trophy and puts it on the floor…Scotty collapses onto the floor and cries a little while the Idols surround him…He sticks out his tongue to catch the confetti…Lauren goes over and kisses him several times…Scotty yells, “Thank you so much!” as we go out…

Final thoughts in a moment…

Wait! I just realized something. We didn’t get the annual reunion of “Idol” winners. I wonder why not? And we didn’t get to hear Scotty and Lauren duet. Was that because of her voice? Boo Hiss to both!

And why didn’t Pia get a solo song? Because she has had so many already?