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According to AT&T, “a few local AT&T employees” were invited to attend local viewing parties in Arkansas for the “American Idol” finale, parties the company said were similar to other, “countless” ones held in “homes, bars and other public places” nationwide. AT&T said in its statement: “Caught up in the enthusiasm of rooting for their hometown contestant, they brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested.” In a joint statement, Fox and producer FremantleMedia said the results were “fair, accurate and verified” by an independent, third-party monitor to protect the integrity of the voting process. “In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition. Kris Allen is, without a doubt, the American Idol.“

And according to Kris Allen, the one thing he is really looking forward to getting back to is being a husband. He said to Katy after winning American Idol, “Ah, we can be married.” He then explained to reporters backstage after the finale: “We haven’t been able to be married for the last nine months. She’s amazing. She’s just the coolest chick in the world. Hopefully, me and my wife will get to spend some more time together.” Kris Allen also says they definitely know their lives will change with the win. He reveals, “She’s been out here during the whole thing and been going through all this [as well] so we’ve kind of been getting ourselves ready for everything. Things are definitely going to change, but we’re really strong and she’s really cool so [I’m sure] everything’s going to be fine.”

“We had two gorgeous grand pianos facing each other on stage, the piano curves fit together like shoes in a shoebox, and close-up camera shots of our fingers and faces … as we sang in turn through Billy Joel’s ‘Tell Her About It’ and dueled it out in a tear-it-up piano solo section. According to some of the producers who witnessed our rehearsal, it was the most exciting and memorable number of the entire Finale show. I have the original Finale flow sheet right here showing the piano duel immediately after Kris Allen and Keith Urban.”

WOW! It does indeed sound exciting! So what happened? Scott MacIntyre revealed, “Out of the blue about 9:30 AM [we] found out the duet had been cut and the decision was final … ‘American Idol’ had originally invited Billy Joel himself to perform with us, but he was unable to make it in the end; and because our duet was the only duet not involving another celebrity, it was the first thing to be cut when the show was condensed.” Awww, that’s just too bad! As with Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, Scott MacIntyre has die-hard fans and I’m sure they are disappointed with the scrapped performance. What happened American Idol??