By now, the folks on the east coast are about halfway through the overwrought festival of bad duets with celebrities that is the final Idol results show. That won't start here in California for another two hours, so let's take a few moments for the annual year-end awards. Only performances from the top 12 on are considered; the semifinalists aren't included.
Best performance: Kris, "Ain't No Sunshine" (2nd version)
Runner-up: Anoop, 'Always On My Mind"
Worst performance: Danny, "Dream On"
Runner-up: Megan, "Rockin' Robin"
Voted off too soon: Allison
Runner-up: No award; America mostly got it right this year
Lasted too long: Scott
Runner-up: Adam
Most disappointing: Lil, who clearly had the voice to be a contender, but never found her own style or (more important) away to please the judges.
Most pleasant surprise: Kris, who seemed at first to be this year's Jason Castro -- pleasant to look at, nice boy, harmless coffee-house vibe -- but proved to be a skillful interpreter and arranger who never got nearly as much credit from the judges for his originality as did The Chosen One, Adam Lambert.
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