This cracked me up.
America chooses Carrie
By Tom O’Konowitz
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005
When pressed, America will always choose the county fair over “Headbangers Ball.”
That said, Wednesday night’s big news that farm girl Carrie Underwood is our new “American Idol” hardly comes as a big shock.
But it did teach us a very, very important lesson:
Horrible choices in hair style and dress will not drag you down if you’re a great singer.
Associated Press
Carrie Underwood was named Wednesday as the winner of the fourth season of "American Idol."
Such is the Underwood.
“I’m just grateful for everything that’s happened and everything that’s going to happen,” the country girl said during the big finale. And her teary-eyed performance of “Inside Your Heaven” at the end of the show did give some of us chills, for sure. Bravo, Carrie!
(Her single of that song hits stores June 14.)
Meanwhile, a moment of silence for Bo Bice, please.
The long-haired rocker with a drug conviction and charm that just won’t stop walked away the runner-up, although he got a sweet, sweet car from the “Idol” people and has been all but promised a record deal from Clive Davis at BMG Records.
During his uber-cheesy duet of “Up Where We Belong” with Carrie, The Bo proved yet again he is the best singer and performer to grace the “Idol” stage this season. But incessant dialers seemed to disagree.
“American Idol” got a record 500 million votes by phone or text message this season. (Not counting the 30 million or so votes that were tossed during that little foul-up with the phone numbers.)
Anyway, we couldn’t end the “Idol” season without commenting on Kenny G’s unfortunate — if not painful — performance with Anthony Fedorov and Anwar Robinson. They were voted off for a reason!
And a big congrats to the “Idol” crew for their hilarious skit ripping on ex-finalist Corey Clark’s claims he had sex with show judge Paula Abdul. Randy Jackson’s “Buy My CD” T-shirt pretty much summed up that whole controversy perfectly.
More “Idol” next year!