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From the Jan. 16 start to May 23's Jordin Sparks' win, season six was a lot of fun.

The Top 24 contestants started out being -- females: Alaina Alexander, Amy Krebs, Antonella Barba, Gina Glocksen, Haley Scarnato, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Leslie Hunt, Melinda Doolittle, Nicole Tranquillo, Sabrina Sloan, and Stephanie Edwards. males: AJ Tabaldo, Blake Lewis, Brandon Rogers, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Jared Cotter, Nicholas Pedro, Paul Kim, Phil Stacey, Rudy Cardenas, Sanjaya Malakar, and Sundance Head.

They all got voted off over the weeks. Sanjaya was the season's most talked about contestant and he survived for several weeks, bolstered by radio personality Howard Stern's push. But on April 18, Sanjaya was voted off.

The season also included the Top 6 singers performing inspirational music as a part of the first ever "Idol Gives Back" telethon raised more than $60 million. None of the singers were eliminated, and the votes from that week were added to the votes from the following week to eliminate two singers.

The following week, the show caught Disco Fever. Contestants were coached by Barry Gibb, who performed "To Love Somebody."

The top 3 each performed 3 songs each the next week. Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson predicted that Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks would advance to the final 2 and that Blake would be eliminated. For results night, Ryan said over 60 million votes were cast. And Melinda was booted.

In the last heat Tuesday, Jordin and Blake started strong. But Jordin was stronger in the end and she won the contest Wednesday.

JORDIN DOES IT!!!! 74 million votes told the story. poor blake.

bette midler singing "my hero." wow moment.

jordin and ruben singing "you're all i need to get by!!!!"
green day doing john lennon's "working class hero."
and a very pitchy tony bennett, dawg!

the show has already has smokey robinson, kelly carkson and a blooper reel to fill time but the highlight so far has been the six girl finalists - kicked off by jordin -- singing a medley of heartbreak ballads, opening with "heard it thru the grapevine." yay!

The show opened with Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis dueting on the Beatles song, “I Saw You Standing There.” It opens with the line “Well, she was just 17,” which is how old Sparks is. Great opening!

Jordin and Blake are here...Paul, Randy and What's-His-Name are in place and everyone's anxious for the "Idol" finale to finally get off the ground. Half hour to go until the last show of the season starts, a two-hour special where the big winner will be crowned. The crowds outside the Kodak Theatre lined the red carpet for a glimpse of the stars and ... the countdown has begun.

very good for a 17-year-old. and it helps that she doesn't rub anyone - girls or boys - the wrong way. likeable. is she the youngest idol ever? the youngest contestant? probably. holds herself well. we place our bet on jordin.
we will see tomorrow.

blake had to cover a so-so middle-of-the-road number written by the winner of the songwriting contest. it was an awful song and blake did his best.

that country song was terrific. she's sounding better every time she gets on stage. vote for jordin!