Lee DeWyze The winner Of American Idol

Wednesday night was the much-anticipated finale of American Idol's season nine.
What other reason would there be for Alice Cooper, Christina Aguilera, Alanis Morissette, Bret Michaels, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Dane Cook and a whole troop of up-and-coming pop stars to share the stage with country's favorite American Idol, Carrie Underwood?
The winner in this year's race between a local paint salesman and a single mom was the paint salesman: Lee DeWyze.

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American Idol invited country-pop pioneer Shania Twain

American Idol invited country-pop pioneer Shania Twain on as the mentor Tuesday night (April 27) with just six contestants remaining. They all did Twain songs, some better than others.

At this point in the show, you can pretty much assume that everybody loves everybody. There is not a whole lot of criticism going on.

It was Crystal Bowersox who probably received the least love of the night. Is that why I finally started to see past the lip piercing and the dreadlocks? No. I'm not that much of a contrarian. I didn't favor her because of their dislike of her. I just thought her performance of Twain's "No One Needs to Know" was the best because it was, what's the word -- oh, yeah, country. She had a quiet little interpretation of the song (one she called a message to her boyfriend whom she hoped would man-up one of these days) with a mandolin, snare drum, upright bass and lap steel guitar behind her. It was perfect. But Simon Cowell called it "limp," saying the song was "forgettable," and compared the performance to the feeling you get when a coffee shop hires a band to sing to you -- and you don't particularly want them to. Bowersox defended herself, saying, "Bigger isn't always better."

If it was up to me, I'd say Bowersox and that backing band of hers owned country week.

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