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Obviously, I lost.

There were plenty of inspiring celebrities who did their part to convince us to donate but I just wanted to talk about my favourites. I was so very moved by Annie Lennox. Her video with the kids orphaned by AIDs, and her extremely powerful performance. I’ve been a fan of hers ever since I can remember and tonight I was reminded why. She just commands such attention, such passion… such grace.

I also liked Fergie’s performance even though I’m not a huge fan of her music. I will also be a fan of Fergie because I used to watch her on Kid’s Incorporated as little Stacy Ferguson (see where she gets Fergie from?), which incidently is her real name. If I’m mistaken, please correct me but I’m pretty sure that’s her real name. Kid’s Incorporated inspired me when I was a child, it inspired me to start singing and to discover my voice. My childhood dream, was to be a singer and Stacy was one of the biggest reasons I auditioned for the first season of Canadian Idol (nothing came of it, but that’s another story).

Of course the biggest pull for me to watch the show was none other than the biggest star (in my world) and probably the only person who can do no wrong (again, in my world): Brad Pitt. You would think that as I get older, I would get over this childhood crush but alas, it has only intensified with age. They cute and geeky way he walks on stage, the adorable hand wave, the oh-so-sexy way he talks and those eyes. Those intense eyes. Ok, I’m going to stop before I explode. I just can’t believe that it’s been three years since Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on New Orleans and there are still people without homes.

It was nice to see Ben Stiller, Ellen Degeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, (his girlfriend) Sarah Silverman, Robin Williams (what on earth are you wearing?), and David Spade. It was not nice to see all the confetti all over the place during the final song - hi, should we really be creating so much litter in this day and age?

There were a lot of worthy causes shown on this year’s episode of ‘Idol gives back’ and while I will partly agree with those out there that argue that these kind of charities are only band-aid solutions… I also think that band-aids never hurt anybody before so why not donate. So I donated. I only donated a small amount, but like they kept saying on the show, even $1 will help.

p.s. I thought the final 8 did a great job on Seasons of Love, and sung some nice harmony on the final song.

Photos (respectively) courtesy of allposters.com, fashaddix.com, latimes.com and i can’t find the site that I got the ‘idol gives back’ logo from again.