Country singer Kree Harrison may have placed second after Candice Glover on  Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} "American Idol" Season 12, but that's definitely not getting her down. Even right after the competition, Kree was her normal, cheerful self. Check out what Kree is planning for her post-"Idol" future in this interview.


Were you happy for Candice after her win?

Kree Harrison: Well, yeah!


Did you feel disappointed that you didn't win?

Kree Harrison: You know what? We're both standing there, and the beauty of Candice and I is that we are both totally different artists. We are both so driven for each other's careers, and I just felt like it was the beginning. This is not the end of the road for any of us. I'm so proud of her, and I am proud of myself for getting this far. And I could not believe I was standing there with her at the finale!

Honestly the whole night was magical for me and Candice. We kept looking at each other asking, "What are we doing?"The fact that I kept looking down and seeing my whole family -- my brother is here tonight -- I felt so relieved to have the support that I have had.


With Candice coming out with an album in six weeks and Angie already releasing a single, what are your musical plans?

Kree Harrison: Stay tuned!


How do you think you have improved as a performer through the "American Idol" experience?

Kree Harrison: I think before this whole journey that emotionally, I had a wall up on stage. It's really taught me how to tear that down and connect with an audience. Because you have to on the show -- you have to sing into a camera and that's really important. I just feel like it's taught me to be a better performer.


What sort of album would you like to ideally produce?

Kree Harrison: I don't want to tell you yet! [laughs] It's definitely going to be country, for sure. I want to be country. I can't believe I get to go and make that now!

Whatever it is it will be Kree.


If you could pick anyone from "Idol" to work with on the album, who would it be?

Kree Harrison: Keith. He's a fellow country artist, and it would be awesome to have a collaboration. I had so much fun singing with him!


Since Nashville is known for being welcoming to new artists, is that where you think your home will remain?

Kree Harrison: Oh yes. I've lived in Nashville for 13 years, so I've adopted lots of family. I am a little biased -- it's my second home.


What's next for you?

Kree Harrison: The next step! All of the relationships that I've created and friends that I've made get to move forward together -- which is crazy. I get to go and tour! Then I just want to make a record.

That's all I've ever wanted to do.

A lot of things happened in the "Beauty and the Beast" season finale. There was death. There were big revelations. And absolutely everything ended on a cliffhanger!

There were many busy beasts in this one.


Revelations and cliffhangers

When considering this season finale, keep in mind one important thing: The episode was written before anyone knew that "Beauty and the Beast" was getting a second season.

That means that all of the revelations -- few of which are explained -- and all of the cliffhangers might never have been resolved. Seriously, ponder that horror for a few moments.

That being done, let's move on to the revelations:

• Gabe can't be cured without killing Vincent. The biology of how all this worked was confusing, but death did seem to be the outcome.
• Anti-beast pills can be very effective.
• Catherine's father isn't her father.
• Catherine's father is the mysterious man shooting at and kidnapping beasts from a helicopter.
  

And now, the cliffhangers:

• The main cliffhanger is, of course, what is going to happen to Vincent? Where are they taking him? How will Catherine get him back?
• Is Gabe even alive?
• Will Catherine's non-biological father pull through?
• Who were those helicopter men anyway?
• Why does the head creepy guy know immediately and from a distance that Catherine is his daughter?
  

Death and destruction

There was a lot of blood -- both human and beast -- spilled before "Never Turn Back" came to an end. Which characters got in on the pain and suffering?

• Tyler -- Gabe's scientist girlfriend probably deserved bad things to happen to her, but getting taken out by the mysterious bad guys was a bit much.
• Gabe -- However much bleeding Gabe did during his climactic battle with Vincent, it was nothing compared to what he got from all of those helicopter bullets. Did Gabe even survive? It was rather hard to tell.
• Catherine -- While suffering only minor injuries at the end, Catherine was not exactly in prime condition as the first "Beauty and the Beast" season ended.
• Catherine's dad (more or less) -- The dad Catherine has always known ended the season in a hospital bed, awaiting surgery and needing some familial blood. Too bad he couldn't get it from Catherine!
• Vincent: Obviously, newly re-beasted Vincent wasn't going to die from those bullet wounds. But he was wounded enough to get caught. Who knows what they'll do to him next?
  

All of this, alas, will have to remain mysterious and perplexing for the summer. At least "Beauty and the Beast" will return for another season in a few months.

What was the most shocking part of the 'BatB' finale?

While rumors of a cliffhanger in the Season 6 finale of "The Big Bang Theory" didn't quite pan out, the show did have a shocking ending just the same. In the episode, which aired Thursday (May 16), Rajesh Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar) finally did the unthinkable: He spoke to a woman sober.

It's been a long-running joke that Raj's timidness around women renders him speechless, relying on alcohol to give him the extra boost he needed to speak to the fairer sex. But, mourning the end of his nascent relationship with the even more anxious Lucy (guest star Lucy Miccuci), Raj turned to Penny (Kaley Cuoco) for a shoulder to cry, revealing he had no booze in his system, but speaking just the same.

It's a monumental moment for the character, even though he's suffering a romantic setback. This being "TBBT," it's also milked for laughs, as the girls come to realize that, underneath all his anxiety, lay an irrepressible chatterbox. Amy (Mayim Bialik) gets the biggest laugh when, as the episode ends, she asks, "Does he ever shut up?" Let's hope not.

Other Bits:

- Leonard (Johnny Galecki) winds up taking the gig with Stephen Hawking, taking him out of the country for four months. It's a relief that the allowed Penny to encourage her boyfriend, rather than attempt to hinder his achievement.

- It's also sweet how Penny steps up to take care of Sheldon (Jim Parsons) in Leonard's absence. It speaks to how the characters have become a real family in the six seasons the show's run. Can you imagine Season 1 Penny having anything to do with any of this?

What did you think of Raj's big moment, "Big Bang" fans?

Now that Candice Glover is the winner of "American Idol" Season 12, she pretty much has the music world at her feet. What did the young singer have to say about that? Find out in this post-win interview with Candice.


How does it feel to win?

Candice Glover: I'm still trying to process it. I don't even know my name! Oh my gosh! I don't know what's happening! It feels amazing though to finally have gotten to this point after working so hard for so long.


What do you think you've learned from being on "Idol"?

Candice Glover: I think I've definitely learned how to be confident and how to be myself and to be okay with who I am. In previous seasons, I was doing what I thought America wanted, or what the judges or whoever wanted. But this year, I just did whatever I wanted to do -- hence, I would do a rapper's song on the show or I would do The Cure when no one expected me to.


After you won, what did you and Kree say to each other?

Candice Glover: We tell each other we love each other probably 90,000 times a day, but it really meant a lot for her to hug me and say, "I love you and I'm so happy for you!" And I said the same to her. I'm so proud of her, and I don't know -- I can't wait to see her again so we can have fun tonight!


What did Nicki Minaj say to you after your win?

Candice Glover: Nicki came up to me and said I was a superstar! She wanted to hug me! She was joking when she was saying, "Can I hug the American Idol?" Every time I say that, I just can't believe it! She always tells me to have fun and be myself. I love Nicki and would love to collaborate with her, to be honest.


What was your reaction when you first saw the music and lyrics for your first single?

Candice Glover: When I first heard the song, I was actually in tears because I could connect with the song so much. It's not only about a girl who's been done wrong by her ex-boyfriend, it's also about like with me -- being attacked all the time and being told that you're not good enough or you're not as pretty as you should be. Just people saying horrible things to you.

I think that that song is a message to everybody who ever said that to me as well as all these girls who are growing up and feeling like they're not beautiful. I think it connects with a lot of people in their hearts. So I loved it. And like Mariah said, it was a little bit more pop than I was used to but I definitely did what I could to put myself in there at the same time.


Who would you most like to duet with?

Candice Glover: Well, Jasmine Sullivan is my favorite singer. Whitney Houston, I would have loved to do a song with her. That would have been amazing. Even though she wasn't there, I would say Aretha Franklin. I mean, the whole time tonight, Kree and I were making faces and were like, "Oh my God!" She is so amazing and the whole time to be on the stage was a dream come true. A lot of dreams came true for me tonight.


What did you think when it sounded like Aretha said you had won?

Candice Glover: I don't know -- I didn't really hear that. The fact that she even knows my name or knows who I was ... But I love her so much, the whole night was just amazing!


How do you feel about being one of the last "Idol" contestants to work with Randy Jackson?

Candice Glover: I got his final critique ever last night! I told him I was so glad that I was able to experience this with him. He knows how long it's been and wanting this, so ... I love Randy!


Are you planning to direct-message Drake about your album?

Candice Glover: Isn't it even crazy that I can do that though? That he even follows me on Twitter? I don't know -- he knows that I want to talk to him, because people have been tweeting him. And he did say that he was proud of me!


When can we expect the Candice-Drake wedding?

Candice Glover: I'll get back to you on that! [laughs]

The series finale of "The Office" had a lot of heavy lifting to do. For nine years, the audience had been getting to know and love this collection of characters -- even the ones that weren't that lovable -- and it couldn't really leave them in a bad place. Not too bad, anyway.

And, by the way, if it could find a way to work Michael Scott back in one last time despite repeated denials from all sides that Steve Carell wouldn't return, that would be OK too.

Mission pretty well accomplished. "The Office" may have been well past its creative peak the past couple of seasons, even before Carell left, but arguments about when it "should" have ended are pretty much moot at this point. This final season, and in particular the past few episodes, have managed to recapture some of what made the show great, and Thursday's (May 16) finale wrapped things up in a very satisfying way.

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Carell did in fact make a return appearance, and it was handled beautifully. Right before Dwight's wedding to Angela, Jim tells Dwight he has to bow out as "bestisch mensch" because he's younger than Dwight and tradition demands that person be older. The camera pans around to a beaming Michael. "I can't believe you came!" Dwight exclaims. "That's what she said," Michael replies.

Other than that and one brief talking head ("It's like all my children grew up, and then they all married each other. It's every parent's dream"), though, Carell was essentially a background actor in the finale, and that's kind of as it should be. EP Greg Daniels (who wrote the finale), director Ken Kwapis (who also helmed the pilot) and Carell handled it masterfully -- Michael couldn't really not show up for Dwight's wedding, yet his presence did not in any way overshadow the ongoing stories.

The finale was organized around a couple of events designed to bring everyone back together: Angela and Dwight's wedding and a panel at the Scranton Cultural Center a year after the airing of the documentary. We see some people have moved on -- Dwight fired Kevin and Toby, Stanley retired, Andy is, well, Andy -- while the likes of Jim, Pam, Phyllis, Oscar and Meredith are still at Dunder Mifflin.

The panel lets Daniels amusingly (and pointedly) answer some of the criticism of the show by having fans of the documentary voice them, in particular with regard to Jim and Pam's arc this season and the perception that Pam was a dream-killer. (The woman who said that if she had Jim, "he could do anything ... anything" was a highlight.) The reveal of Erin's birth parents (Joan Cusack and Ed Begley Jr.) also landed beautifully, making for the first of several tearful moments.

Heck, there's even a redemptive story for Andy, which was hard to conceive of even last week. Of course his singing-show meltdown went viral, but enough time has passed that he's gone from object of ridicule to "Aw, that guy!" It's even helped him land a job at his alma mater, Cornell, and seems at peace with his Internet fame. Andy has been a problematic character ever since Michael departed, but it's nice to see him work his way back around to an OK place.

The wedding festivities were pitched at an appropriately Schrute-ian level of absurdity but also allowed for a lot of emotional moments too -- Stanley's carving of Phyllis, Toby's mini-breakdown and subsequent bucking up by people telling him to come to the after party. It all led to Pam's big "Jim gesture" -- she enlists Carol(!) to help her sell the house so they can move to Austin and Jim can rejoin the renamed Athleap.

Even though a lot of the criticism of Pam was somewhat unfair, and even though you really do believe Jim when he says he doesn't need more than Pam, it's a lovely way to make their happy ending even happier. So godspeed, Halperts, and make sure you get in line super early at Franklin Barbecue.

Fittingly, the series concludes with everyone gathering in the bullpen, just shooting the breeze and enjoying each other's company one last time before they go on with their lives.  It's a perfect, low-key way to say goodbye, and it caps off a great series in wonderful fashion.

A few other tidbits from the finale:

• Of course Ryan and Kelly would run off together ("I've finally mastered commitment!") and leave his baby behind. It's a perfect summation of their relationship, and really, the kid is probably better off with Nellie.
• Seeing the huge list of guest stars for the finale was initially a little bit worrisome -- would it be a distraction from the people we've gotten to know for nine years? But they all fit into the story -- well done by Daniels.
• Creed Bratton lives. That is all. (Also: I'm assuming the song he sings at the end is an original composition, as Googling the lyrics came up empty. Whatever it was, it was very nice.)
• Farewell, Mose Schrute.
• That's Daniels standing next to Pam in the final group photo at the warehouse. I'm guessing a lot of the other people in the scene are crew members, and the guy taking the picture is an NBC photographer named Chris Haston -- who also happens to be Kate Flannery's husband.

What did you think of "The Office" series finale? Are you happy with the way everyone's story ends?

The bombshell revealed last week on "Elementary" comes to a head on the Season 1 finale, when Irene Adler comes back into Sherlock's life.

And in the season finale, Adler is revealed to be Moriarty. She was posing as a man to run her con artist schemes and when she realized Sherlock wasn't a threat to her plans, she faked her death at the hands of "Moriarty."

Now she has reappeared in Sherlock's life, causing him to go back down the rabbit hole of his heroin addiction. Or has she? Because he fakes the heroin overdose. And when she wants him to run away with her instead, he throws Watson's diagnosis in her face and has her arrested.

What did you think of the Season 1 finale of "Elementary," fans?

After two hours of performances and shenanigans during the "American Idol" Season 12 finale, Candice Glover was crowned the winner of the singing competition show. She's the first female winner since Season 6, when Jordin Sparks won.

It's particularly sweet because this was Glover's third time auditioning for the show and she clearly is an amazing singer. Her single is "I Am Beautiful," do you think it'll be a big hit? We'll confess to not liking it as much as Kree's single, "All Cried Out."

Following her win, Candice had hugs from all of her fellow Top 10 finalists -- and then some kind of throwback microphone trophy. But then she gives an emotional performance of her single, it's lovely.

However, Kree should not be down. This year, all the Top 5 could go on to have great careers. They are all spectacular and congrats to all of them.

What say you, "Idol" fans? Did the right woman win?

"The Vampire Diaries" has done it again.

Going into tonight's Season 4 finale, "Graduation," we knew a few things would happen: The gang would graduate, in a poignant scene that celebrated their history together. Elena would, once again, make a choice between Stefan and Damon. One character who had previously died would return from the dead. And, of course, we knew that someone would take the cure for vampirism and turn into a human. But while we were busy asking who would get the cure and who would spend the summer making out with Elena, we kind of forgot about another season-long mystery: Why won't Silas let anyone see his real face?

The slight of hand gave us one of the most jaw-dropping finale twists ever... and it was just one of many. We spoke with executive producer Julie Plec about what sort of fall-out to expect from some of the most surprising finale reveals when the series returns in Season 5.

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1. Silas has a doppelganger -- and it's Stefan. Yes, the Petrova women aren't the only ones with the doppelganger enchantment in their blood. All of the convoluted twists regarding the legend of Silas, his goals, and his abilities came together. Thanks to a loophole, Silas came back to life, revealing that the immortality spell itself had a loophole: doppelgangers. Silas and Stefan share the same face. Stefan is Silas' doppelganger, and now he's trapped in a safe at the bottom of an ocean.

This is a storyline that has been in the works for about a year. "Last year, when Season 3 was over, we kept a small group of writers and we stayed for five weeks, to try to break the broad strokes of Season 4. Last year, right around this time, we came up with the doppelgänger pitch," executive producer Julie Plec tells us.

There were some complications to introducing another doppelgänger character. In Season 2 and early in Season 3, when Nina Dobrev was playing both Katherine and Elena regularly, she grew worn out, physically. Some of the decision-makers behind "The Vampire Diaries" were concerned that playing two characters could take a similar toll on Paul Wesley.

"We had to convince a lot of different people of how it could work and what could make it work," Julie says. "So that we didn't end up in a similar situation as with Katherine and Elena, where we exhausted Nina to the point of being unable to get out of her bed, because we accidentally overworked her so much. Creatively, everybody was very excited about the Silas doppelganger, it was just a matter of how long it took us to cement it, knowing that's fundamentally what we're going to do."

At the moment, Paul's not concerned about working too hard -- he's just excited to face a new challenge on the show. "He is so happy," Julie laughs. "Playing the straight man hero is not always the most exciting job for an actor, and Stefan, of all our heroes, is the straightest on the show. We get to go deeper into his ripper side sometimes, but for Paul, those moments are just pocket moments of opportunity to dig deeply into his craft, and a lot of other times he feels like he's just grooming his hero hair. So obviously, he's very enthusiastic about this, and has been supportive of it all along. He's been dying for something; to be a jerk, to be evil, to be the bad guy, to be able to stretch his muscles."

And in Season 5, he definitely will.

2. The resurrection of Jeremy Gilbert: "Vampire Diaries" fans are used to characters dying -- and occasionally, they pop back up later, whether it's as a vampire or as a ghost. Still, we were (pleasantly!) surprised to learn that Jeremy was coming back from the grave permanently, particularly because his goodbye episode was so heart-wrenching. Didn't the writers worry that resurrecting him would dull the impact of his beautiful, memorable send-off?

"It's something that we talked about a lot," Julie says. "Our intention, originally, was to say goodbye [to Jeremy] permanently. But then a lot of questions came up about the power of this girl losing her only living relative. It was so important to her journey at that moment. The global, eternally reaching tragedy attached to that is really sad, and really depressing."

Though Jeremy had to die in order to push Elena into the next phase of her life as a vampire, the writers quickly realized that it'd be impossible to bring her back from that dark, desperately tragic point in her life unless they revived Jeremy. Without him, Elena was looking down a long, black tunnel of depression -- and that wouldn't make for a particularly lively Season 5.

"We argued a lot, in the writer's room -- could we successfully bring this character back in a way that wouldn't feel cheap? Ultimately, I think that the way that it plays out, it does feel like the natural gift at the end of the season for this character that has been through so much," she explains.

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Now Elena has a chance at some happiness in Season 5. "[Getting Jeremy back] resets her, in a way, where she can now get on with her life and live like the Elena that we know," Julie says. She is cautious, because she knows that some viewers might not be pleased with the loophole Jeremy steps through to return to the land of the living. "Critically, you can look at something and go, 'Well, that's a take-back, it's not fair,' but emotionally, I think, it's a positive. We might get hammered for it. We'll see. I'm hoping people will be so glad to see our Elena pull her life back together, they'll accept it."

3. Bonnie will still factor in to the storylines. Jeremy didn't exactly get a free ride back to the land of the living. Bonnie sacrificed herself in order to bring him back for Elena, and now she's trapped beyond the veil -- invisible to everyone, except for Jeremy.

It's certainly a tragic loss, but don't worry, Bonnie fans. Kat Graham will still be a big part of the show. "Here's what I'll say about Bonnie: I haven't personally seen 'Being Human,' but I do know that they have a ghost character that operates pretty successfully on that show," Julie says. "This is not the last we've seen of Bonnie. If anything, she will be right there in the middle of story next season, just with a few new complications."

4. Delena goodness! By giving Jeremy his life back, Bonnie essentially gave Elena her life back, too. Unencumbered by the sire bond, her grief, or a gaping hole where her humanity should be, Elena finally got to evaluate her love life with a clear head -- and she chose to be with Damon. "In death, you're the one that made me feel most alive," Elena told him. Cue the mouth touching! Now, with her vampire boyfriend at her side, she might just be able to enjoy college.

It's been a rough few years for Damon when it comes to his love life -- but Julie tells us it's finally time for him to have some legitimate joy in his life. "Yes. Absolutely," she says. "We're going to get to see Damon trying to be a good boyfriend, and while it's not going to be easy, he's going to try like hell to make it work, and they're going to have a real opportunity for happiness."

5. And what about Katherine? This season, we've seen a much more vulnerable side of Miss Katerina Petrova. She spent most of the year on the run. When she finally opened up and fell for Elijah, he rejected her in favor of a new beginning with his family. And then, in a moment of weakness, she allowed Elena to get the upper hand in a major showdown in the high school hallways. Elena, driven by very human emotions, shoved the cure down Katherine's throat. The thing that Katherine fears most is mortality. Elena gave it to her.

Just don't expect Katherine to go all Elena on us now that she doesn't have to drink blood to stay alive. "As a human, she's still very, very bad," Julie laughs. "If anything, she feels silly for letting herself get vulnerable, and she's taking out that frustration of her own vulnerability on Elena. If Elena goes after her, Katherine's still ready to kick that puppy."

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It's here, "American Idol" fans. The live finale when we find out who is crowed the Season 12 winner, Candice Glover or Kree Harrison. Based on the comments last night on our recap of the performances, people seem to think Candice has this one in the bag.

However, there have been a lot of seasons when the better "singer" didn't win, so we think it could go either way. Really, the show can't go wrong with either lady. But we'll be here for the two-hour spectacular, which should feature some great performances along the way to finding out who is the next American Idol.

Join us for our live blog starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. All times Eastern.

8:00 -- Ryan Seacrest welcomes us to the "event of the season" where we crown this year's American Idol. But of course, we have 114 minutes of shenanigans first. So, buckle up, pour yourself a glass of wine and get ready!

8:02 -- The Top 10 perform "Glad You Came" by The Wanted. They are wearing white, but ... there is a lot of other stuff happening here, like paisley and fringe. Yikes.

8:03 -- And arms in the air! You know, when this show is finally put out of its misery canceled, we're going to miss our weekly dose of show choir cheese. Hey, Glambert! Some woman! Bo Bice! Kimberley Locke!

8:10 -- The Band Perry is there to perform with Janelle, though the fist-pumping and head-banging is a little alarming. Janelle looks like she's having a blast, though, so good for her. Also, she and Kimberly Perry could be sisters, amirite?

8:14 -- There's a montage of the "Ten Little Indians"-ing of the guys in the Top 10. Was it sabotage on the part of the women? Heh. OK, that's kinda funny, especially when they make fun of Lazaro's key change that might be the worst thing we've ever seen on this show in 12 seasons. And the "Voice" joke, hee.

8:17 -- However, this leads into the Top 5 guys performing a Four Seasons medley and we'd be lying if we said we weren't rooting for a trainwreck like that trio that Nicki Minaj said was so awful and ordered them off the stage.

8:20 -- Also, while we love Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and all that jazz (truly, we love oldies), we can't imagine Valli is keeping the attention of the teen viewers of this show. Seriously, that mosh pit is probably getting electric shocks if they don't wave their arms and scream.

8:22 -- OK, also, we thought Valli was dead and we're not 100% sure this isn't an animatronic version. Except for the fact that he can't really keep up with the song, which just makes us sad. Like that year Dionne Warwick performed and it was like her death rattle. This is a little terrifying.

8:23 -- Though bless his heart, Keith Urban is at least feigning excitement (or maybe it's real). Minaj can't even effectively fake it.

8:28 -- It's Ms. Mariah's turn, do you suppose Minaj can feign excitement for this? Or maybe they'll just avoid cutting to her. Or maybe this was pre-taped and that will solve that problem. 

8:31 -- Also, you kind of forget until you hear her sing, but Mariah Carey is like stupid talented. Just ... ridiculous. Though I'm sad not to hear "Someday," because I still love that song.

8:33 -- Did you hear? Randy Jackson plays bass. Journey. Journey. Journeyjourneyjourney.

8:37 -- Emeli Sande is there! Now that's cool, she's very hip and current. She just broke a huge Beatles record in the U.K., also this song is great.

8:41 -- A recap of the Fiesta missions. Hmph. That's great and all, but we don't need to relive them. Was Perry Como unavailable to perform?

8:44 -- Psy is there. So, next we should expect Antoine Dodson? This really can't get any more ludicrous, they might as well throw in the "Bed Intruder Song."

8:52 -- Keith Urban is performing and that's great, we adore him, but lordy, we aren't even halfway done. Also, where's Nicole Kidman? Why hasn't she been in the audience all season? She should have to be there, we feel like.

8:56 -- Candice is performing "Inseparable" and she's ... woooooo, gorgeous. And hey, J-Hud is there. Is this like a ghost-of-Christmas-future thing? Also, these two amazing divas completely transfixed my baby for a solid few minutes. So, well done there.

9:00 -- Seacrest teases "more surprises," so we're assuming more people will take the stage who we weren't sure were alive or dead.

9:05 -- The "girl who came so close to competing on this stage" is a great intro, Seacrest. Makes a girl feel so warm and fuzzy. Anyway. Angie Miller is performing "Titanium" with Glambert. That's fun, he has such a lovely voice. His "Tracks Of My Tears" is still one of our favorite "Idol" performances ever.

9:07 -- OK, these two sound great together. We demand a duet. And actually, you know what we'd love to hear them do? "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum.

9:09 -- Now Angie gets to perform with Jessie J, who we did not realize was currently sporting such short hair. Punk-y. Also, these two sound great together as well. Angie's going to have a big career, we feel like.

9:11 -- The male judges are conspicuously absent from the table. Are they performing? Is it with Journey? Please be with Journey.

9:12 -- Jessie J very coolly offers to fly Angie to the UK to perform her single at one of Jessie's shows because she gave up the chance to perform her single in order to sing with Jessie tonight. Awww, that's awesome!

9:16 -- A montage about the judges, from the perspectives of the contestants. Zzzzzz, let's get some more wine.

9:21 -- Keith and Randy are not, unfortunately, involving Journey in something. #separatewaysforever, but Kree is singing "Where the Blacktop Ends" with Keith and Randy on guitars and Travis Barker on the drums. OK, that's pretty sweet.

9:28 -- Time to say goodbye to Randy Jackson, first with a dumb sketch involving dogs, but then with a kind-of awesome video of his time on "Idol." Love the early footage.

9:33 -- Aretha Franklin is there via satellite to perform with the Top 5 girls. Um, what? Huh. I mean, who doesn't love Aretha, but this is weird. It's like a half-step away from performing with her hologram, which would mean she's dead. Kind of a fitting synergy with Frankie Valli, we guess.

9:36 -- As this performance drags on goes on, we start to flashback to going to Showbiz Pizza as a kid and watching animatronic animals dance and sing. Can't imagine why.

9:45 -- A "tribute to the season," which really means "footage of all the crazypants people." But at least Phillip Phillips is getting some play. And please, may we never see Zoanette again.

9:50 -- Well, we thought we were going to get out of here without a J-Lo performance, but no such luck. She's there with Pitbull to sing and dance -- and cackle in a weirdly maniacal way. Also, what's with J-Lo and the dancers in those babydoll Greek superhero get-ups? Hmm.

9:58 -- Time for the finalists to sing together on "One Less Bell to Answer." Beautiful. No matter who wins, they're both great. And they sound great together, which is not something you can say about many "Idol' Top 2 pairings.

10:03 -- Candice Glover is the winner! Awesome, good for her.

Thanks for joining us, "Idol" fans! See you back here next year!

When "The Big Bang Theory" wrapped up Season 5 last year, our favorite nerds were all wrapped up in a wedding and a mission to space. For Thursday (May 16) night's season finale, things won't be quite as grand in scope, but there will still be plenty of relationships tested.

Chief among those relationships is Penny and Leonard's. Just as the two have reached a high point, Leonard is faced with the difficult decision of whether to leave Penny for four months for an enticing job offer overseas.

"TBBT" executive producer Steve Molaro tells Entertainment Weekly, "Leonard and Penny are really in the best place that they've been in their relationship. They have just been magic this season. And he doesn't want to do anything that will screw that up."

Molaro also tells EW that Sheldon takes news of his roommate's potential departure harder than Penny deoes. Not only does the job offer make Sheldon jealous, he's also worried how he'll get by without Leonard. "Sheldon relies on [Leonard]," Molaro says. "Sheldon doesn't say it too often, but Leonard is Sheldon's best friend, and Sheldon really does care about Leonard even f it doesn't always appear that way on the surface."

Though the finale, entitled "The Bon Voyage Reaction," isn't as momentous as the year prior, Molaro does tease that "one of the characters does have a major breakthrough, and there is a watershed moment in the episode that we're really excited about."

"The Big Bang Theory" airs its Season 6 finale Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

Shakira fans, you can stop worrying.

There was plenty of chatter about the Colombian beauty's continued participation (or lack thereof) in "The Voice" after reports leaked that former coach Christina Aguilera had signed a contract to return to the NBC hit for this fall's Season 5, after taking a season off.

A new report from Entertainment Weekly claims that Shakira and fellow newbie judge Usher will be returning to the program, as well as original coach Cee Lo Green (who also sat this season out). According to EW, the 2013 fall season will see the show's original coaching lineup reunited, with Aguilera and Green taking their seats next to series mainstays Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.

For next spring's Season 6, the show will flip back to its current coaching panel, with NBC said to be at work finalizing deals with Shakira and Usher. Host Carson Daly will also be around full-time, as if there was ever any doubt.

Are you glad that "The Voice" will continue to work with all of its coaches, rather than letting any go?

Leonardo Da Vinci (Tom Riley) is coming face to face with a whole new kind of demon with the introduction of Vlad Dracula (Paul Rhys) in Friday's (May 17) episode of "Da Vinci's Demons."
The synopsis of the episode is as follows:
A clue from the Turk about the Book of Leaves sends Leonardo to Wallachia, where he encounters Vlad Dracula. Lorenzo and Piero meet the Duke of Urbino. The search for the true spy continues.
New clips from the episode encompass very different sides of the Vlad Dracula character, one showing the original vampire as a gracious but creepy host, while the other finds him trying to kill poor Leonardo and Zoroaster (Gregg Chillin). He's Dracula though, so that has to be expected.
"Da Vinci's Demons" airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Starz. Three episodes remain in season one. 

Kristin Kreuk is pleased with her character's arc on "Beauty and the Beast," but she's hoping to take it even farther in Season 2.
The former Lana Lang of "Smallville" wraps the freshman year of her current CW series Thursday, May 16, and she doesn't conceal that it concludes with a cliffhanger for police detective Catherine Chandler and her self-appointed protector, Vincent (Jay Ryan). The show already has been renewed for next season, thus preventing its fans from being left with unanswered questions forever.
Obviously, Kreuk is happy to know that. "It's been good," she tells Zap2it of making the series so far. "It's been challenging for me. I haven't been No. 1 on a TV show before, and I have a lot of respect for everyone who does that job. It's fun, but it's a lot of work."
Some of that work has gone into developing a darker side for Catherine, who's increasingly gone rogue in trying to protect Vincent ... to the degree that she's felt forced to deceive most of the people she's closest to.
"We've got a pretty rich back story for Catherine," Kreuk confirms. "She's not morally pure. Her gauge of what's right or wrong, and good or bad, is kind of muddy based on her experiences. She's not perfect by any means, though her intent is always to do the best. I don't know that she always succeeds.
"It's interesting to see how she behaves," adds Kreuk. "It's predictable if you really understand her deeply, but I like that she's dynamic and flawed. There are many facets to who she really is."
Which comes back to the frequent mystery behind Catherine's actions toward others, Kreuk says.
"She's like, 'I have to keep you in the dark and make sure that you're safe. And I will sacrifice my friendship with you in order to do that.' "

The CW is no longer the home of rich kids behaving badly. With "Gossip Girl" and "90210" both coming to an end this season, the new series orders for 2013-14 look to build on the baby network's success with "Vampire Diaries," "Arrow" and veteran "Supernatural."

Sci-fi and fantasy mixed with an occasional period drama represent the new world order at CW (no "Emily Owens, M.D." this season), which was the only broadcast network to completely revamp its schedule for fall.

Audiences have already had a peek at one of the newbies -- "Vampire Diaries" spinoff "The Originals" aired as a backdoor pilot in April -- while another is a remake of a cult favorite and yet another is based on a young adult book series.

Here's a rundown of the five new dramas The CW presented to advertisers at its 2013 upfront on May 16 at New York City Center.

"The Originals"


The only spinoff to make it onto the fall schedule (attempts to develop spinoffs of "The Office" and "NCIS: LA" went up in flames), "The Originals" hopes to lure the established audience of "Vampire Diaries" to Tuesday nights (and maybe counter-program "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD" in the process), while a fresh start gives the show a chance to find viewers not already hooked on "Diaries." This feels like the right show at the right time and a smart play for CW.

While viewers have already been introduced to "The Originals," they haven't yet met Davina (series regular Danielle Campbell), a 16-year-old witch seen in flashes in the upfront trailer. Her incredible powers are Marcel's secret weapon,


"Tomorrow People"


Developing a superhero companion series to breakout hit "Arrow" must have been a top priority for CW and they've found an interesting prospect in this reboot of a U.K. cult series, executive produced by Greg Berlanti ("Arrow") and Julie Plec ("Vampire Diaries").

The longer preview screened at the upfront clarified the show's "X-Men" meets "Matrix" ambitions, establishing a war between humans and the mutant-like Tomorrow People and featuring scenes of the teen hero played by Robbie Amell teleporting, receiving telepathic messages from a fellow tomorrow person (Peyton List of "Mad Men"), levitating a toothbrush and knocking out and strangling a school bully without touching him. It also revealed a twist about just how directly connected the villain played by Mark Pellegrino is to Amell's hero. It all looks pretty fun, actually.


"Reign"


The CW's clear internal favorite and most unexpected offering earned the coveted post-"Vampire Diaries" slot and will attempt to broaden the network's demographic appeal a bit. "Reign" tells the story of young Mary Queen of Scots (potential breakout star Adelaide Kane) in what looks to be a fast-moving sexed-up soap with lavish (for CW) production values and no shortage of royal intrigue.

The preview above is only a small taste of the extensive trailer shown at the upfront which featured a scheming queen (Megan Follows of '80s TV favorite "Anne of Green Gables" all grown up), an assassination attempt, lavish balls, stunning locations including an enormous castle and even hints of (what else?) supernatural happenings. It looks like a less stuffy spin on Showtime's "The Tudors" or a soapier version of Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette," and could even appeal to some of the same audience that's made an unlikely mega-hit out of "Downton Abbey."

One of the few true surprises of this year's upfronts, "Reign" earns a place next to "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." as one of the most intriguing new shows on any network this fall.


"Star-Crossed"


Once upon a WB, there was a show called "Roswell" about a teen girl who fell in love with an alien. From the looks of the lackluster and frankly laughable upfront preview reel, "Star-Crossed" is no "Roswell." It looks more like the "Beauty and the Beast" of this season and will need to draw the same romance-first crowd capable of overlooking extreme cheese if it has any hope to succeed.

The longer upfront preview reel included much more footage of the star-crossed romance between alien (Matt Lanter of "90210") and human (Aimee Teegarden, nearly unrecognizable from her "Friday Night Lights" days), as well as longer flashbacks to their childhood meeting, some more details of the world they live in (including holograms) in school and a whole lot more bad acting and terrible dialogue.

"The 100"


A step up from "Star-Crossed" but lagging behind everything else, this uninspired YA novel adaptation also looks like it skews more cheap and cheesy than the CW's fall offerings. The premise involves 100 delinquent teenagers sent from space back to Earth to test out its suitability for human life after a long time away from the planet. Built around a heroic female lead (Eliza Taylor) -- a la "Hunger Games" -- the upfront preview suggested a show that intercuts between the teens down on Earth and the adults up in space (including Paige Turco as the heroine's mom, Isaiah Washington as a commanding officer and Henry Ian Cusick as a possibly corrupt leader). It also provided more hints at the dangers the teens will face on Earth and weird things they'll encounter (like a two-headed deer).

Anthony E. Zuiker readily admits he's "sad ... I'm so sad" that "CSI: Miami" and "CSI: NY" are no more.
"I got the [network's] phone call on Mother's Day of last year that 'CSI: Miami' was going off the air," the producer who launched a globally popular franchise by creating CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" tells Zap2it. "That was probably a premature departure.
"And I just had a phone call with Gary Sinise a couple of days ago. It was almost 10 years ago that we sat down and had that conversation in the sagebrush in Calabasas [Calif.] about his coming to series television. Almost a decade later, it came to an end, but 'CSI: NY' had a great run. If you win the ring the first time out and you're me and you do two more shows, you think, 'It's easy.'

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"Now being a 44-year-old man who's been in the business for almost 15 years, I realize it's so hard to do great television," Zuiker adds. "It's so hard to stay on the air just for one season that, to go for 12 or almost 10 seasons, it's a blessing."
Zuiker keeps stepping up to the plate, too: After furnishing Yahoo! with last fall's online miniseries "Cybergeddon" -- which starred Missy Peregrym ("Rookie Blue") and has a sequel in the works -- he's producing a "murder-mystery reality series" for ABC. "Whodunnit?" premieres Sunday, June 23, with contestants using crime-solving techniques that won't be alien to "CSI" devotees.
If the nine-season life of "CSI: NY" is an indicator, Zuiker is content with how he does what he does. "Gary was so thankful for the opportunity," he notes of his recent phone chat with Sinise. "He said it was pretty much the best TV experience of his life, and for me, it's not so much how you start but how you end. To have a happy cast and something you can be very proud of is, I think, the best quality of life for this business."

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And with the Las Vegas forensic team still in operation -- heading toward Year 13 after Wednesday's (May 15) season-ending cliffhanger  -- is another city destined to get a home-screen "CSI" unit after Miami and New York?
"It's really up to [CBS chief] Les Moonves," Zuiker reasons. "It's hard to say. We had talks about other shows several years ago, but we want to make sure we don't go to the well too much.
"I think the way Les rolled the shows out made perfect sense; he did it in such a way that all three were very strong for a long time. And we're very happy the Las Vegas show is still on the air, with Ted Danson and Elisabeth Shue to carry it forward."

When Jenna Fischer was a little girl, she loved watching the hit NBC sitcom "Cheers" with her family and fantasizing about how much fun it would be to work as a member of a TV comedy ensemble like that. As luck would have it, that dream came true for her when she landed the plum role of Pam Beesly (later Halpert) on "The Office," the long-running comedy that finishes its nine-year run on the Peacock network with a one-hour finale on Thursday, May 16.
On that same night, when NBC begins an hour-long special that immediately precedes the final "Office" episode, Fischer will be making her New York theater debut in a much-anticipated work by A-list playwright Neil LaBute, a career milestone any actress would covet -- and she knows she never would have gotten it without the years she put in at Dunder Mifflin, the fictional Scranton, Pa., paper company where Pam plugged away and eventually found love with her colleague and soul mate, Jim Halpert (John Krasinski).
"'The Office' made all my dreams come true," the actress tells Zap2it. "When I moved to Los Angeles to be an actress, all I wanted to do was to be part of a group of people on a really funny show that I truly loved. And it came true. That's a really powerful thing, to be a little girl and wish for this thing and then have it happen. I got to be on the 'Cheers' of my generation. John and I got to be Sam and Diane, which is what I wanted more than anything."
Fischer's endearing performance netted her an Emmy nomination as outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series in 2007. She lost to Jaime Pressly of "My Name Is Earl," but the romantic saga of Jim and Pam -- or "Jam," as fans called them -- made her and Krasinski overnight stars. Nevertheless, both actors -- who also were producers during this final season of the show -- were fully on board when series creator and executive producer Greg Daniels proposed the recent and very risky storyline that put their TV marriage in jeopardy when Jim took a new job in Philadelphia that left Pam parenting their two little kids on her own.
"It turned out to be a really difficult season to shoot, because it's never easy to have turmoil between Jim and Pam, much less Jenna and me, and some of the scenes felt a little bizarre to play all that negative stuff," Krasinski says. "But I think one of the things people have always admired about the Jim and Pam relationship is that it's stuff they can connect to."
"We had never touched Jim and Pam's relationship, and to be honest, some people had complained online about how 'nothing ever happens' with them," Daniels explains. "There was a lot of drama in the early years of the show about the relationship, and then, when they got together, that drama disappeared. They were soul mates, and they had earned their happiness together. But I also felt that a lot of the people who got invested in that relationship had gotten married themselves and then passed into this other phase of being later in their lives, so I thought it might be interesting for them to see less of a fairy-tale treatment of this marriage."
Daniels won't give up many details about this last episode, apart from how he's currently begging for more running time since at the moment he's working with a two-hour rough cut, not including commercials.
"There's a lot of closure in the finale," he reveals. "We are wrapping up some important arcs. There will be some scenes at a wedding and a chance for fans to directly ask questions of the characters."
As fans hope for the best for the Halperts, both Fischer and Krasinski freely acknowledge that they expect "The Office" to be a once-in-a-lifetime professional experience.
"Everything else that happens now is gravy," Fischer says. "If 'The Office' is the only thing that I am remembered for, that's still the greatest gift of my life. I hope that I will go on to play other roles that are interesting and move people and are creatively satisfying to me. I think theater might be a good fit for me for a while, because I know that I am not going to ever find another TV show like this. I honestly don't think lightning strikes twice with something like this."
"I was a waiter before this," Krasinski says. " 'The Office' has given me every opportunity I've ever had, along with a pile of experiences and moments and friends that have changed my life forever. To say it's been transformative is an understatement. You can go from the basics, in that every job I've ever gotten was because of this show, to the more existential conversation that I never would have met my wife (actress Emily Blunt) had I not gotten this show. I never would have been in L.A., and she never would have known who I was.
"You can go pretty deep with this and realize that for all of us, in one way or another, this will be the most important thing we were ever a part of."

USA rolled out a pretty hefty list of new dramas in development at its upfront on Thursday (May 16) to go along with the two original comedies it's picked up.

The cable channel says it's ready to start production on "Horizon," a drama from "The Walking Dead" executive producer Gale Anne Hurd that's set in World War II. Written by Bridget Tyler ("Burn Notice"), it centers on a woman working at the FBI who stumbles on a top-secret project, code named "Horizon," that could provide answers about her husband's death. Needless to say, she also invites some trouble for herself with her investigation.

"Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas also has a show in the works at USA: "Blanco County," based on a series of books by Ben Rehder. It's about a retired baseball player who runs for sheriff in his small Texas hometown -- one that he's spent most of his life running away from -- and wins.

Other dramas on USA's slate:

- "Complications," from "Burn Notice" creator Matt Nix, is about an ER doctor who is involved in a gang shooting and starts wondering if he can treat the causes of patients' problems rather than the results.

- "The Arrangement." Based on an Elmore Leonard story about a woman from Colombia (Stephanie Sigman) who enters an arranged marriage with an up-and-coming politician (Bryan Greenberg), with benefits for both of them. Cheryl Heuton and Nicolas Falacci ("Numb3rs") wrote the pilot.

- "Hungry." The son of a famous chef tries to open his own restaurant in a show from "Royal Pains" EP Michael Rauch, based on a book by restaurateur Joe Bastianich.

Lifetime has officially announced the premiere date for "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret." Hot off the heels of Jodi Arias' murder convinction, the network has revealed that the TV movie based on Arias' life will premiere on June 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

In anticipation of that film's debut, Lifetime is airing the hour-long documentary "Jodi Arias: Beyond the Headlines" on May 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. According to the network, the documentary will provide an "in-depth look at Arias' and [Travis] Alexander's tragic relationship and his murder, as told by Arias herself, as well as his sister, brother and close friends." Additionally, police detective Esteban Flores and criminologist Lawrence Kobilinsky will elaborate on the murder trial. This documentary will also air immediately before "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" premieres.

Tania Raymonde plays Arias in the film, while Jesse Lee Soffer plays Alexander, Tony Plana plays Prosecutor Juan Martinez and David Zayas plays Flores. Here's the film's official synopsis:

Based on the disturbing murder trial that continues to captivate the nation, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" tells the story of Jodi Arias, a seductive 28-year-old aspiring photographer recently found guilty of killing her former lover, Travis Alexander, who was found nude in his home shower with a slit throat, 27 additional stab wounds and a bullet to the head. While investigating the violent killing, Mesa, Arizona police retrieved a digital camera from Alexander's washing machine, revealing shocking images authorities claim Arias took during their sexual escapades, as well as during and after his murder. While Jodi pled not guilty and contends she killed Alexander in self-defense, police concluded that when he broke off their relationship, she stalked her ex-boyfriend and seduced him one final time before murdering him in cold blood. Her subsequent trial has been grand theater, dominating the cable news networks as she testified in her own defense and offered explicit insight into the sex, lies and obsession that led up to Alexander's murder.

When Donald Trump, Trace Adkins and Penn Jillette meet in the boardroom for Sunday's (May 19) finale of NBC's "All-Star Celebrity Apprentice," "Mr. Trump will have the most normal hair," says Adkins.
On Sunday, the country music star and illusionist, who both have long hair, and Trump -- well, his coiffure is an original -- will meet in the boardroom to see who's fired. The two finalists chatted with Zap2it today and reflected on whether they would return for another round.
"I would do it in a second, except for the time," Jillette says. "And if they promised me Trace would be on my team." Adkins, not surprisingly, was a little more circumspect. "You should probably ask that when we are actually done," he says.
The competition was never easy, and both men say working around others was definitely an adjustment. "They work you for 16 hours a day and you have to be around people 16 hours a day. That is not how I live my life," Adkins says. "I have sanctuaries in my life and I decompress. And when I don't have the opportunity to do that I become a little stir crazy, and perhaps a little dangerous."
Jillette says, "The most difficult part of the contest was "doing the strategic stuff outside the task. There are occasional moments when you are working on something and you know one on the team is wrong, and everyone knows, and you can't say anything because it will come back and bite you on the a** in the boardroom."
So far, Jillette has won challenges for creating an ad campaign to promote Trump's wife, Melania Trump's, facial products, and for making an inter-active travel expo for South Africa. He's playing for Opportunity Village, a Nevada charity that trains and finds jobs for disabled people. Adkins, playing for the American Red Cross, won the first challenge of making and selling meatballs. He then led the team in crafting a silent film, promoting Australian gold products. The winner's charity will receive a $250,000 bonus check.
As soon as the show ends Sunday night, Adkins and Jillette immediately resume their day jobs -- if being a Vegas illusionist and country superstar can be considered day jobs. Adkins, who had a new album debut Tuesday, is going on tour and working on a movie. Jillette returns to the Penn & Teller show in Las Vegas.

"So You Think You Can Dance" moved on to Detroit for the second audition show of Season 10. What did they find there? Check out videos of some of the best and vote for your favorite.


Jade Zuberi

The reality-bending dancer definitely took the judges for a ride through some beautiful animation -- and they sent him straight to Las Vegas.



Amy Yakima

Memorable for the "dad jazz" alone, Amy was also an incredibly beautiful and surprisingly passionate dancer. The judges waited only long enough for all of them to praise her before handing over a Vegas ticket.

"I was so happy you were good!" -- Nigel



Morgan "Mo" Williams

Does this guy actually have better abs than tWitch? We didn't get enough of a chance to compare the boys. Unfortunately. Nigel wanted to send Mo to choreography, but Mary insisted on the guy going straight to Vegas.

"Woo!" -- Mary



Will "Sysco" Green

Is it spelled "the jitt"? Or "jit"? Either way, it's an interesting style. Kind of like someone doing the Charleston who then accidentally stumbled into some breakdancing.

And then there was the hip-rolling with Mary. That may have been one of the most truly sexy dances I've ever seen. They enjoyed sending him to choreography.



Alas, Sysco's freestyling didn't work with Nigel, and the young man was sent home.

Garrett Frye

This guy is a good argument for dancing being more about attitude than specific skill. Garrett was a lot of fun to watch, even if he wasn't much of a real dancer. I personally would have chosen choreography, but I'm not a pro dancer or anything.

Tyrone Cobham, Jr.

Yay! Tap-dancing! There can never be enough tap-dancing on "SYTYCD." And this guy was good. Very good. One of the best ever -- so of course he went to Las Vegas.



F.A.M.E. Dance Crew -- Daryl "Smilez" Harrell, DeFonte "Prince Charming" Thomas and three others

Sure, they may be exotic dancers at a strip club, but these guys really do know how to dance. Smilez was the better one in my opinion, but they were all fun. The judges asked the two with actual names to go to choreography.



Alas, Smilez didn't make it through choreography -- Prince Charming did.


Do you have a favorite dancer yet? Which was better Los Angeles or Detroit?

Who had the best audition in Detroit?