* Camryn Manheim and her cute little boy, Homer, in the front row. He’s rocking out.

* Notice nobody much applauds when Kara DioGuardi is announced as No. 2 judge? Who expects her to be back next season?

* Adam is great…

Adam and Kris take questions about the finale.

Vote now in our last “American Idol” poll of the season. You can also come back tonight from 7-9:07 and comment along as pop music critic Kevin Johnson and I live-blog the finale right…

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Adam, Kris and Danny

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Danny, Adam, Alison, Kris and Matt

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