On the Scene: 'Idol' Top 3 results night

Gosh, PopWatchers! I can't believe it's over! I mean, we've worked hard all season to bring you the Idol action from behind the scenes, and it's just been so great to know you guys appreciated it. Gosh! Oh... I didn't expect to cry...

Okay, so it's not technically over: The Cook vs. Archuleta Ultimate Idoldome will soon be upon us all. (Two men enter A boy and a dude enter, one man boy/dude leaves...) But for my purposes, this season sure feels done, since I'll be on vacation during the finale. And anyway, they're moving to L.A.'s Nokia Theater for the big show, which gave everything at CBS Television City tonight a serious last-day-of-summer-camp vibe. In fact, as my fellow reporters and I crossed the parking lot after the broadcast ' we take the short route now, having discovered the pages won't stop us if we walk in a pack ' stagehands were already starting to break things down inside, packing up high-def screens and strobe lights and Corey's boombox for another year. Nothing left but the tears, PopWatchers, and some great memories that may have led me to at one point break into a quiet rendition of a Michael W. Smith song. Hey, friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the lord of them ' and, well, I think we all know where this show stands with that guy.

So even though Richard Rushfield called me "remedial" tonight after I could not identify what season Vonzell Solomon graced the Idol stage (note: neither could Rushfield), I'm not afraid to admit that over these past few months I've let this show and its contestants ' and Debbie, and the judges, and Corey, and darling, spastic little Ryan ' worm their way right into my heart. Don't believe me? Ask my coworkers. When Shirley decided to cover for me Tuesday night, I was legitimately...

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