It’s now the finale night of American Idol 2018 and who will be crowned the winner? If you haven’t been spoiled yet and don’t want to be, look away, but here is the rundown of events leading up to and including the winner’s announcement.
The night opened with Lionel Ritchie singing “All Night Long.” Fun!
Caleb comes out and does his impression of Luke and a spot on impression of Lionel Richie! This kid is awesome.
Jurnee sings with Nick Jonas. Dang, the boots! (Sorry I know this is a sports site, but dang, THE BOOTS!
Luke Bryan debuts his new song Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset! Gabby joins him on stage to sing Luke’s Most People Are Good with him. They sound great together. I hope Luke takes her on tour with him.
Cade and Dennis Lorenzo sing Bright Lights with Gary Clark Jr.
Season Two is revealed! Maddie and Kermit sing The Rainbow Connection. All the feels and the best thing of the night.
From one Idol to another! @KermitTheFrog and @MaddiePoppe #AmericanIdol #IdolFinale pic.twitter.com/lHJoChbe49
— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) May 22, 2018
Noah Davis gets an alpaca!
Caleb performs with Darius Rucker with my favorite Darius song Wagon Wheel! Yeah baby! Caleb, I’m a fan. Love you too Darius!
Jimmy Kimmel shows up next. Brings out the blast from the past with Idol — Simon’s original t-shirt, Ryan’s frosted tips. LOL Funny schtick. Oh man, the From Justin to Kelly — the only copy that ever sold! Funny stuff. Sanjaya’s hair! and he brings out Sanjaya! with a lot less hair! The crying girl — oh man, this is so funny.
Thanks @jimmykimmel for taking us down memory lane. And giving Sanjaya a little bit of fresh air. #AmericanIdol #IdolFinale pic.twitter.com/Gcl9V9cnxP
— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) May 22, 2018
Singing with Bebe Rehxa “Meant to Be,” is Caleb, Maddie and Gabby.
Funny montage on “Goodbye” to Lionel Richie’s “Hello” from contestants who didn’t make it.
They bring back Laila Springs and Dixie singing “Blue.” Dang, Laila can sing and her sister is so cute and has a good tone for her age. LOL
They surprise the sisters with Leann Rhimes when she comes out. Adorbs!
OMG. @leannrimes surprising @laylaspring and Dyxie was the best! #AmericanIdol #IdolFinale pic.twitter.com/HnICrDNvu5
— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) May 22, 2018
Singing together is Katey Turner and Katy Perry, singing “Part of Me.” Katey Turner is absolutely amazing. I love the rendition of this song.
Singing What the World Needs Now is Michael J. Woodard and Yolanda Adams.
❤️ Love. Love. LOVE @YolandaAdams and @MichaelJWoodard! ❤️ #AmericanIdol #IdolFinale pic.twitter.com/2RE5tDqaRn
— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) May 22, 2018
Next, we find out that Caleb and Maddie are boyfriend and girlfriend. Fantastic. They sing together one more song, Over the Rainbow.” LOVE IT!
Next is Ada Vox and Patti LaBelle. Ada looks fierce!
At this point with @MsPattiPatti and @AdaVox we can no longer tweet in words. Just emojis. 🙌 ❤️🌟#AmericanIdol #IdolFinale pic.twitter.com/E7WE3t7GSx
— American Idol (@AmericanIdol) May 22, 2018
And it’s time — so who won American Idol?
Maddie Poppe! So let’s review that I have been right about Dancing With the Stars and with American Idol.
