The Good, the bad, and the utterly ridiculous

First and foremost...Congrats to Taylor Hicks. Love him, love him!!!

But when it comes to last night's American Idol finals, where do I begin?

Good: the amount of performances by all the finalists (everyone loves a good music montage)
Bad: the amount of sour notes hit by once fabulous entertainers

Good: Carrie Underwood returning to the Idol stage
Bad: Clay Aiken returning to the Idol stage (sorry to all the "Clay-mates" out there, he just doesn't do it for me)

Bad: the whole "Golden Idol Awards"
Even Worse: bringing those contestants back on stage to give them 15 more seconds of fame

Good: Prince making an appearance
Bad: Prince's back up dancers/singers... did they even rehearse or just throw some ants down their pants and run on stage?

Good: Dionne Warwick singing "That's what friends are for"
Bad: Dionne Warwick's perma-shock look due to one too many facelifts.

Good: Taylor Hicks winning
Bad: Seeing David Hasselhoff crying as they panned the audience after they announced the winner.

For all those who did not watch last night, hopefully this gives you a little summary of the events. If you want more, don't worry, I taped it!!!

Seacrest, out!