Final Green Room of Season 7

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Like Rupert Murdoch listening in to all of your phone conversations, all good things must come to an end.

So must it be for Idol Season 7.

It's almost time to leave the Green Room and be escorted, by armed flying monkey guards, down to the Banquet Hall to crown our next winner http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/482510.html.

Given how the poll has been since going up, and how unpredictable the last few hours have been all season long, it is anyone's guess who that will end up being! So make sure to get out and support your favorite(s), or rather, the one you like a tiny bit more - because all three of them are top-notched!!

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Speaking of top notched, and Season 7, there was someone who showed up this season that had Life not hit, would have been with us much longer. It's the nature of the beast, and something that every veteran of Idol has either personally dealt with, or seen, first hand over the course of seasons.

For those who remember sunnybananas - you know what an incredible writer she happens to be - for those who don't, after the season is officially over, go back and read her introduction. She didn't stay long, but I had high hopes for her if she was able to get over that initial hump.

My reason for mentioning her specifically isn't just to talk about the depth of talent this season. She has apparently been in the ICU for the past couple of weeks and her family has fallen on some difficult times. Some of her friends have gotten together and have started a fund to help her out.

http://joeymichaels.livejournal.com/610150.html

Boost the signal on this please. Boost it far and wide, and if you are in a position to help out - give to help one of our own. Thanks.

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With that, say goodbye to the Green Room. One by one, the lights are going out and staff is just outside the door waiting to come in and spray everything down with a pressure hose to get to the deep cleaning this place needs after housing you folks for so long! ;P

The Banquet Hall is down the hallway and two doors on your right. Don't worry, you won't get passed the activated traps, so it's not like you can get to anywhere else in the compound!

I'll see you there later!

Season 7 Winner

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An unpredictable and wild end to an unpredictable and wild season!

I was beginning to think that I had to get the tie-breaker ready!

It came down to one vote. One single vote.

As it has all season long, time and time again, that one lone voice that doesn't think that it can have a say in much of anything, ends up deciding everything.

Thank you to each and every one of you who has made this season so very special. Thank you to both kithan and kittenboo for assisting when their hectic schedules allowed. Thank you to spydielives for creating such spectacular graphics this season.
Thank you to every contestant, and every last voter - and to everyone who has ever left even a single comment on one entry. You are what makes doing this worthwhile.

I promised to announce the worst kept secret on LJ, at the end, so here it is (and I may have already said this before) - but the end of the Season 9 is going to be our final season. The big fade to black. Which means it is even more important than ever to cherish each and every moment we have left together.

People always tell me that Idol has given them so much. At first I thought they were just being nice, or joking. Over time, I learned just how true that was, and just what happens to people as a result of one little idea.

They want to know how they can "give back" and show appreciation. The answer to that is pretty simple - be "Pro-Idol". Tell your stories, talk to your friends, spread the word. Support things that make Idol stronger and reject the people who always come out of the woodwork during our down-time to try to take a piece of this experience for themselves. What they never realize, and I hope that you do is that Idol isn't just a writing competition, or a community, or even a rollercoaster without any brakes, this is a labor of love. Thank you for allowing me to share it with you, and for returning that love right back to each other, and Idol itself.

Go out, enjoy your lives and bring those stories back here next season, and bring some friends. We'd love to meet them.

But that's not why we came to this Banquet Hall now is it? That's not why this amazing buffet was assembled.

We came here to find out how the season ended, and to celebrate the achievement that each and every person had. Because, as many of you have noted, you win by showing up. You win every single time you take a chance and commit to putting yourself out there, one more time.

Our final three certainly did that.

Our third place finisher, and the new highest ranking male finalist of all time. and highest ranking newbie of the season, is the incredible nishi_kaze

Our second place finisher, by a single vote, is the ever-amazing mstrobel

Our winner? Our winner is someone that I thought had a good shot at winning it every single time she showed up, and has shown that you never know what is going to happen, as long as you continue to get back up, as long as you continue to fight - is amenquohi!


Congratulations amenquohi, our Season 7 LJ Idol!!!


It's been one hell of a finish to one hell of a season!

The bar is now open and help yourself to the buffet.

Dreslinski out.