Here it is, my live, minute by minute account of the “Idol” finale. Didn’t watch? I guarantee you’ll feel as if you were there — torture, tedium and all.

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Mmm, cheesy. A lot of the production gimmicks this season…

Watching Tuesday night’s final performances, I realized it’s pointless to spend any more time and energy discussing whether David A. or David C. is better and should win. They are so different from each other, and will have such different…

Final performances tonight; I guess most of us are expecting Syeshia to go home this week, setting up the long-anticipated David Cook-David Archuleta final. Meanwhile, I haven’t kept up with the controversy over David A.’s father reportedly being banned from…

You never know how the vote will go at this point. He’s a cute boy with beautiful eyes and a sweet smile. But he was horrible (I think Simon said horrendous) Tuesday night. Why would he even try “I Shot…

What do I know? But I did think he was awfully good on “Music of the Night,” from “Phantom of the Opera,” on Andrew Lloyd Webber night — a theme that must have been chilling for everybody but David Archuletta…