American Idol Finale's Bikini Girls

Like I already said, I bailed on watching last night's American Idol Finale early on.

I watched more of it during lunch. I've still got a half hour or so to go.

I found the Nick Mitchell/Norman Gentle winning the Best Male Award in the Academy Awards parody part of the show to be amusing. As soon as he was added to the list of nominees, all of whom were some of those really bad audition embarrassment, well, you knew it was a setup for Norman to make an entrance.

Same thing when Bikini Girl, Katrina Darrel's name was uttered for Best Female. I pondered if she was going to appear in a bikini. Nick had come from the audience, acting surprised, didn't know this was going to happen, then ripped his clothes off to be in his Norman Gentle attire.

When Ryan opened the envelope to reveal that Bikini Girl was Best Female, Ms. Darrel did not come from the audience and rip off her clothes to reveal a bikini, instead she simply walked in from stage left, already strutting in her itsy bitsy teensy weensy bikini. In the stage lighting, as she walked in, it really looked as if she was wearing nothing. Particularly in the upper regions, which apparently have been enhanced since we last saw Bikini Girl.

Ryan told Bikini Girl that she deserved one more chance to sing for America. And so she did. Sing. It was hard not to be distracted by the bikini, so I don't know if she sang well, but I never know that, being tone deaf. And then Kara DioGuardi came up behind Bikini Girl, singing. We'd earlier seen a repeat of Bikini Girl's audition where she sparred with Kara over who was the better singer.

So, the pair sang a duet, sort of. It was rather amusing. Then it got a lot more amusing. Apparently her fellow judges had bet Kara that she would not be brave enough to appear with Bikini Girl with herself wearing a bikini. A large sum of money was offered, to be donated to the charity of Kara's choice. Of course, we the viewers were unaware of this, so it came as quite a surprise when, at the end the song, Kara ripped open her dress to suddenly reveal herself, and I do mean reveal, in a bikini.

I've made it as far as Adam Lambert singing with KISS while wearing wings and giant boots. The audience seemed to like the Adam/KISS performance. And then it was time to turn off the TV and go do something else.

I wonder if that crazy girl from Puerto Rico, I think the name was something like Tatiana Del Toro, will show up before the end.