So, who is the top singing sensation on America today? Who has been crowned as the ‘American Idol’ this season? Guess what? Its none other than Lee DeWyze, the contestant from Chicago. Simon Cowell was right and so were we! (Yeah, that was the first thing that came to my mind while watching the show on DISH HD)

The season finale of ‘American Idol’ this year was an exciting one (what’s new in that? Finale of American Idol has always been spectacular). It was boradcasted to millions of viewers across the country through popular DISH Network channel Fox. It was one of the most memorable TV events. The star strutted evening was graced with performances by the bee gee’s, Christina Augilera, Hall and Oates, Alanis Morrisette, Carrie Underwood, Bret Michaels, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, and Chicago.

There were great performances by Janet Jackson as well as by Bret Michaels who performed ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ with the Third Place finisher Casey James. Bret was a great surprise for all of us. The ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ winner Poison rocker delivered a mind blowing performance as well. People just loved those electrifying performances by these well known stars from the world of music.

But that’s not all! The show began with a bang with the The Top-12 performing “School’s Out.” all in school outfits with Alice Cooper. Wait, really? Alice Cooper on ‘American Idol’? Yes, you heard it right! He gave an appearance on the Nation’s biggest singing competition. Former Idol winner Chris Allen also performed in the show.

The finale night of the satellite TV singing competition was an emotional night too. When Lee was announced as the winner he was on the verge of tears and was completely stunned. He then gathered himself and hugged Crystal Bowersox, the runner up! Lee also sang his victory song ‘Beautiful Day’ on stage.

This was a sad day for the Bowersox fans. She is just so wonderful. This is not the last time we are seeing her of course! Both Crystal and Lee will release their records in the market within a short span of time. Now cheer up!

Some will call the finale the strangest finale of all times, and they are very right (though for a very different reason)! The finale indeed is like no other finale as it will be the last finale for Simon Cowell. (Can you imagine ‘American Idol’ without him? Well, I cannot.)

The Idol stage paid a tribute to Simon with a pre-recorded tape of the Simon Cowell years and him most famous insults. Paula Abdul also gave a speech in this occasion. She then called simon on stage. An emotional Cowell said, “I didn’t think I was going to be this emotional.” He also added, “The truth is, everyone asks who’s going to replace me as the next judge,” he told the audience. “The truth is, you guys are the judges of this show, and you’ve done an incredible job over the years.”

That is something very special when coming from Cowell’s mouth. It was a great moment for millions of DISH Network satellite TV viewers who has been watching the show. We will be missing you terribly the next season Simon!

Talking about the next season, there will be some changes in the airing schedule of American Idol in Fall. The result episode will be cut down to a half hour schedule. Thanks God! That means, we do not have to wait for an hour just to know who got voted off from the show. It will be also interesting to see how ‘American Idol’ manages to do without Simon Cowell. Call us now enjoy the fall season with DISH Network.

Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Michael Lynche and Casey James- all four will be going home this week. No, ‘American Idol’ is not over yet! It’s just that ‘American Idol’ Top 3 will be depicted in their home town in May 18 episode. What will happen to the one who will not make it to the top 3? Well, he too will have to go home and will not come back to the ‘American Idol’ Stage this year!

And who is it? Who got voted off from the ‘American Idol’ Stage on May 12? Sadly, it’s Big Mike- Michael Lynche. We will not be able to see him in the ‘American Idol’ Stage anymore! So there remains ‘American Idol’ Top 3! Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze and Casey James!

The performance night this week was a great one. Songs from cinema was the theme this week and the great Jamie Foxx was the mentor of the ‘American Idol’ Top 4. Under his mentoring, the top four performed some amazing songs from different movies. They also performed duets. Let us have a look at the performances:

• Casey James and Michael Lynche: ‘Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman’ from ‘Don Juan DeMarco’
• Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze: ‘Falling Slowly’ from ‘Once’
• Casey James: ‘Mrs. Robinson’ from ‘The Graduate’
• Crystal Bowersox: ‘I’m Alright’ from ‘Caddyashack’
• Lee DeWyze: ‘Kiss from a Rose’ from ‘Batman Forever’
• Michael Lynche: ‘Will You Be There’ from ‘Free Willy’

Lee’s solo performance was not very satisfactory. However, his duet with Crystal wowed the judges and the viewers alike. The performance night resulted into 37 million votes from across the nation and they decided the top 3 contestants.

On the result night on May 12, the ambiance was electrifying. Fantasia, a former ‘American Idol’ from Season 6 gave a great performance. Next to her Chris Daughtry performed his new Song “September”. It was ammaaazing! Daughtry was also a finalist on ‘American Idol’ Season 5. However, he was eliminated after making it to the Top 4. The last performance on the satellite TV show was by the legendary singer Bon Jovi. They performed “Superman Tonight”.

Then, there was the saddest time of the show. At this stage of the competition, saying goodbye to your favorite contestants is very painful. Sadly, that is what we had to say to Big Mike this week. After hearing his elimination, everyone gave him a hug including Simon Cowell. Simon too is one important part of the show that we will not be able to see at the end of the season this year. We will miss you more than anyone!

But we still have a couple of weeks in hand before the result of this year’s American Idol will be announced, till then; it is going to be an exciting event. Stay tuned to DISH Network to catch the program on Fox. In case you do not have DISH Network at your home just give us a call! We will be more than happy to help you out in this matter.

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