We’re about to find out who won American Idol 2010 after last night’s awesome performances by Crystal and Lee. Based on your votes in our Top 2 performance poll it looks like Lee DeWyze could be the winner!
Join us in the Idol Chat room as we wait to see the big reveal and then be sure to check for tickets to the summer Idol tour before the best seats are sold out.
American Idol 2010 Winner Is:
- Lee DeWyze is your new American Idol winner!
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American Idol 2010 Finale play-by-play:
- 8:05 – Top 12 come out to perform School’s Out and Alice Cooper shows up
- 8:10 – Kris Allen comes out to sing “The Truth”
- 8:15 – Montage video celebrating Simon’s journey on Idol
- 8:18 – Siobhan Magnus and Aaron Kelly duet; the Bee Gees come out and join them
- 8:25 – Michael Lynche is performing; Michael McDonald joins him
- 8:30 – Dane Cook comes out and like usual isn’t funny at all; memorable “joke” contestants come out, one of them grabs the mic and starts yelling at Simon, the cameras cut away and they go to commercial
- 8:35 – Lacey, Didi, Katie, Paige, Siobhan, and Crystal are singing
- 8:38 – Christina Aguilera comes out to sing
- 8:43 – Ricky Gervais has a video farewell to Simon and it’s very funny
- 8:47 – Lee, Andrew, Aaron, Timmeh, Big Mike, and Casey sing a melody
- 8:50 – Hall & Oates come out to perform
- 8:54 – Crystal comes out and Alanis Morisette follows behind for a duet
- 9:00 – Carrie Underwood sings “Undo It”
- 9:05 – Video segment where Kris Allen shows up and gives the custom designed Ford Fiestas to Lee and Crystal; Both seem terribly underwhelmed with the cars, kinda funny
- 9:07 – Casey James performs and Bret Michaels shows up – Awesomeness
- 9:15 – Lee DeWyze duets with Chicago
- 9:20 – Another video montage farewell to Simon about he’s flirty side
- 9:22 – Pants on the Ground performance by Larry Platt, very funny; Oh my, William Hung joins him on stage
- 9:30 – Paula Abdul has a video segment and then… she walks out on stage to salute Simon!
- 9:35 – All the past Idol winners take the stage except David Cook, no idea where he is; other past contestants join them to sing “Together We Are One”
- 9:40 – Simon comes on stage to thank everyone for everything; He says he’s getting emotional, but he sounds just as monotone as ever
- 9:45 – Janet Jackson comes out and performs
- 9:50 – Video montage of Crystal and Lee from the beginning of the season forward
- 9:55 – Lee and Crystal duet, Joe Crocker comes out to join them
- 10:00 – The results envelope is delivered to the stage..
- 10:01 – The winner of American Idol 2010 is LEE DEWYZE
- 10:03 – A tearful Lee performs Beautiful Day; the show ends mid-performance