About half way through this finale, I knew this time around John Rich was going to pick a female as the winner, so it was between Taylor Dane and Sheila E. Poor Tara Conner, who told her she could sing? She mysteriously gets bronchitis at the very last minute as she warbles her song on stage. I knew Mr. Rainbow dreds wasn't going to win, he looks like he's about to drop dead at any minute although on stage he's still got that charisma. Micky Dolenz can belt it but his voice just isn't that great and poor Justin, he should just stick to host Idol Chat on the TV guide channel. When Sebastian Bach came into the green room to give everyone a pep talk, that's when it hit me, JR was going to pick a girl. Sheila E's story about her being abused at age five swayed JR's decision on who was going to win this thing, was there not a dry eye in the room when she told it? When Sheila E went on stage, belted out her "Glorious Train" song and banged those drums and threw her shoes to the audience, the crowd went wild (I'm just wondering how she got her shoes back?). Part of picking her is that she's a dynamo on stage. She gives every woman over 50 something to aspire to, what a figure what energy! Although I really like Taylor's ballad better, Sheila will be a great complement to JR's concerts. At the end they played the music video of Sheila E's "Glorious Train", let's just say I'm not rushing out to buy it. "Glorious Train" with a few fiddle notes thrown in here and there is more gospel than country and as the singer said when she won, "Thank you Jesus!" -Single D
Previous winners of the show include Julio Iglesias Jr. (season one, did he ever do anything?) and Sebastian Bach (season two).
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