Grand Finale (American Idol 6)

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The Grand Finale of American Idol Season 6 aired on May 23, 2007, live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Jordin Sparks was announced as the winner at 10:05pm EDT (the show ran over its alloted time), with Blake Lewis as the runner-up.

Guest performers included Smokey Robinson, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Gladys Knight and Tony Bennett. Every past winner of Idol also performed, except for Fantasia Barrino who was appearing in The Color Purple in New York.

After Carrie Underwood performed "I'll Stand by You", Clive Davis gave a speech extolling the state of "the American Idol album franchise", then presented Underwood with a special award for achieving 6 million U.S. album sales for her album Some Hearts.

[edit] 2nd Annual Golden Idol Awards

The Golden Idol Awards are comedic awards given out to notably awful auditioners. The winners were Margaret Fowler, for Best Presentation; Sholandric Stallworth (who performed a bit of "Silent Night" sans amplification), for the Most Original Vocal; and Jonathan & Kenneth, for Best Buddies.

[edit] Performances