Season 10 Finale: Tony Bennett, TLC and Tim McGraw!

8:38 We’re back…Tour plug…Ryan intros Steven salute…They’re showing all his Tylerisms…Nicely edited…Ryan says we should’ve seen the stuff they couldn’t broadcast…Steven salutes the audience…

8:41 Ryan intros Haley and Tony Bennett…“Steppin’ Out With My Baby”…Haley is good doing this music…By the way, Stevie Nicks reportedly turned “Idol” down. I would guess she was supposed to sing with Haley…Somebody apparently didn’t show Tony how to hold these microphones. You can barely hear him at times…That was good. But I would’ve liked to have seen her rock it out…Judges standing ovation…Ryan plugs Tony’s album and says he’s celebrating his 89^th birthday soon…

8:44 JLo tribute video…Showing contestants gushing over JLo…They’ve edited in Marc reacting to the performances…Well done again…JLo waves to the audience…Oh yeah. She’ll be back next year…

8:46 Ryan intros TLC with Lil John and the girls… “Scrubs”…They’re clearly lip synching…The cameras are barely showing close-ups…Why do they keep adjusting the microphones? We know they’re not singing…Naima, Karen, Thia and Ashton come out, but we’re still hearing only the TLC track. What is the point of this one?...We can barely hear Idols singing…I don’t think they worked this one out real well…Now the Idols are riffing over the TLC track…And what was Lil Jon’s purpose other than to do the intro?...THAT was pathetic!...

8:49 Ryan asks to hear from Scotty fans…Ryan intros Scotty and Tim McGraw to do “Live Like You Were Dying”…Tim starts it…Scotty comes out…Man, Scotty just never loses that confidence does he?...They sound good together…Ryan says Tim has been named the most played artist over the last 10 years…And he plugs his tour…Ryan promises a big surprise…After the break…