SEASON FINALE: The news is out that next year will be the last for
American Idol. That gives this penultimate
Idol crowning a bit more oomph – but even with a troika of judges who get along, this series basically stayed a bit too long at the mic. And it didn’t help that this year, when it got to the Final Three, one of the most deserving of them, Jax Cole (center, flanked by surviving finalists Clark Beckham and Nick Fradiani), was sent packing. For my full story about the announced departure of
America Idol, see
the CNN website.