Lee: "Idol's" 3rd "Super-Safe Kinda Beige Rocker Boy winner" in a row
"Weirdly," says Lisa de Moraes, "tweener girls and middle-aged women seem to love to vote for these super-safe guys — they just don't buy their albums or download their tunes much." The part-time paint salesman, she notes, "became the franchise's third consecutive Super-Safe Kinda Beige Rocker Boy winner. DeWyze follows the super-safe Kris Allen who, similarly, in 2009 beat the spectacularly talented but ultra-polarizing guy-linered Adam Lambert, and 2008's super-safe David Cook, who beat out the spectacularly talented but creepily dad-dominated David Archuleta."
Did Crystal ever have a chance? She was too different, seemed too cocky
It seemed like a wake more than a finale: Couldn't Simon pretend to care?
Lee was the "underdog," while Crystal didn't have to prove herself
Will "Idol's" female voters ever allow another female to win again?
Burning questions: Where was Adam Lambert and David Cook?
What a sloppy, shamelessly amateur broadcast // Lee is the new Kris Allen
The lame tribute to Simon is a sign of bad things to come for "Idol"
"Idol" showed it is stuck in Bee Gees past, ignoring the current Bieber pop world
It's over: "Idol" as we know it is done // Crystal will top Lee over the long haul
Crystal is already beating Lee on iTunes charts // William Hung's comeback
"Idol's" Kanye moment: Ian Benardo crashed Dane Cook's performance
Bret Michaels makes surprise appearance, gives Lee advice

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