Oh What A Night!

It was indeed a night! As we started watching the coverage on the Red Carpet, one could actually feel the excitement start to build. As celebrity after celebrity began to arrive, chatting with our favorite Fox morning personalities (Hi Dorothy, Steve and Jill!), I knew it was going to be an incredible night! And I was not disappointed!

Performances by all of our previous American Idols (save one...we missed you Miss Fantasia!) coupled with the greatest of greats, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Be Be and Ce Ce Winans. WOW!! Getting to be witness to Blake mixing it up with Doug E Fresh was awesome! Watching and re-watching Jordin and Ruben Studdard literally took my breath away. I remembered why we fell in love with him during Season 3. The Velvet Teddy Bear!!

In the end, all the excitement really was about who the winner would be - Blake Lewis or Jordin Sparks.

We have watched these two amazing contestants grow over this past season! A season that has given us more nutty behavior than a jar full of planters. Some of that nutty behavior was on full display last night with Big Bird awarded something, Bush Baby awarded something else and Sanjaya Malakar (of all people) performing with one of the legends of rock 'n roll.

As I said, we've watched them grow and turn into stars in their own right. We voted! Heck, more than at any other time if Idol producers are to be believed. We voted 74 million times on Tuesday night. Just think what would happen if the producers of Idol were put in charge of the Presidential elections. We voted! And, at 7 minutes after 10p, West Coast time, the winner was announced.

Here is our new American Idol...

I'm proud of her! She's the youngest contestant yet to win! At 17, she's just a diva-in-training! She's gonna go far!

We here at Idol Chatter have enjoyed getting to spend this season with you our readers. Some of you have been with us since the beginning. Others are new this season! Thanks for making this your stopping off point for Idol updates! We trust that you have a great rest of the year! Until next season, here's a little of our new Idol, Jordin Sparks, singing I (Who Have Nothing). Enjoy!