In the end I was not all that surprised that Carrie came out on top of American Idol. In my humble opinion Bo was the better singer/performer - but who do you think was going to attract more of Vonzell's voters (The Vonz being voted off the previous week)? Carrie by a mile (my guess is the margin was not even that close - say +5% to Carrie). Bo's best shot would have been to have had Constantine come in 3rd...but there was no way AI voters would have carried two long-hairs that far into the competition.
Last comment for this season. I thought the AI "song" for this year "Inside Your Heaven" stunk. Which is surprising since I remember the previous years' songs being pretty good...particularly last year's when Fantasia brought the house down. So yes, I am a grown man who watches American Idol, I admit it - but I only watch it as a study in game theory - honest ;-)