SPOILER ALERT!!! Tonight's blog entry will reveal the winner of "American Idol." Don't read any further if you don't want to know the results.

Pop a cork Lee-vites!

Your man did it, and he is sooooo happy!

It is indeed a "Beautiful Day" for Lee, who can barely pull it together to sing his first single. The confetti is flying, and MamaSox looks like she is going to be just fine.

Did you call it? Head over to iReport to sound off about your thoughts on Season Nine's winner.

And don't forget to join HLN's "Showbiz Tonight" at 11 a.m. EST Thursday for a special live edition devoted to the finale.

SPOILER ALERT!!! Tonight's blog entry will reveal the winner of "American Idol." Don't read any further if you don't want to know the results. Join HLN's "Showbiz Tonight" at 11 a.m. EST Thursday for a special live edition devoted to the finale.

10:02 p.m. – After the nationwide vote the winner of "American Idol" 2010 is ...

LEE DEWYZE!!!!

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Looks like we made it. Look how far we've come, my babies.

That was my homage to Shania "I Think She'd Be a Better Judge Than Kara DioGuardi" Twain.

The show just began, and I suspect that we are in for at least an hour's worth of lovefest for Simon Cowell.

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After weeks of more lows than highs, the winner of Season Nine of “American Idol” will be revealed during a two-hour finale on Wednesday night.

It’s all come down to the top two: Crystal “MamaSox” Bowersox and Lee DeWyze. But really, we all know who the person of the two hours will really be:  departing judge Simon Cowell.

Speculation has run rampant that beloved former judge Paula Abdul will be returning to give tribute to her bud Cowell, who will be making his final appearance as an “Idol” judge.

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Hey there, Marquee Blog readers: Notice anything different about us today?

CNN.com's entertainment news blog had a makeover last night. Along with our new look, you may have noticed it’s easier to navigate around the site and locate our latest posts. We’ve also linked up our recent tweets on the right side of the page, along with some of your awesome comments - some of which may also show up on the “Quote Board” on the also new-and-improved CNN.com/Showbiz page.

What hasn’t changed is that Marquee will continue to be your go-to destination for all the latest celebrity news, TV recaps and everything pop culture.

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Art Linkletter, the easygoing, smooth-voiced emcee famed for his long-running hosting gigs of the radio show “House Party” and the TV shows “People Are Funny” and “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” has died, CNN has confirmed. He was 97.

Linkletter rose to fame as a radio announcer in San Diego, later becoming a program director. In 1944, he launched “Art Linkletter’s House Party,” a daytime CBS radio show that moved to television in 1952 and ran until 1969.

His nighttime show, “People Are Funny,” started on radio in 1942 and ran on NBC television from 1954 to 1961. According to Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh’s “The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable Shows, 1946-Present,” the show featured everyday guests who would be interviewed by Linkletter and then be asked to do a stunt. The result for those who failed at the stunt was often a pie in the face or a splash of water.

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The White House is rapidly becoming one of the best places to catch a great live performance these days.

Esperanza Spalding, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and the cast of "Glee" have all been there for a performance or two, and now the First Couple has tapped Regina Spektor to perform at the first ever White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.

The celebration, scheduled to take place on Thursday, will feature a variety of guests, including prominent Jewish American business leaders, athletes, writers and members of Congress.

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I have no problem admitting it: I can’t wait for this season’s “American Idol” to be over.

I have been underwhelmed with the show this year. (I can't even say I was "whelmed," things were that bad.) Blogging about "Idol" is usually fun for me, but this season it has just been downright painful – and I’m not alone in my assessment.

“It has been the worst, but I felt obligated to cover it this year,” groaned fellow blogger Donna Reynolds, who has written about the show since Season Two.

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Maybe it’s not so hard to say goodbye after all.

Despite the surprise many had when news spread that NBC was cutting “Law & Order” from its prime time roster, its last episode wasn’t a ratings winner on Monday. “L&O” pulled in about 500,000 more viewers than its recent average to get a total of 7.6 million on Monday, according to the NYT.

Similarly, the two-hour season finale for “Chuck” saw a series low with only a 1.7 rating in its first 60 minutes; about 5 million watched. “24," by comparison, had a "humble" sendoff, as EW.com put it, with nearly 9 million viewers watching as the series came to an end.

And while "Dancing with the Stars" had 19 million viewers on average for Monday's show, the season finale and winner reveal attracted about 18.2 million viewers. The show's 3.8 rating is a season high according to the ABC press release, but number-crunchers at TVByTheNumbers.com note that rating is a 27 percent drop over last spring's finale.

Regardless of who wins “American Idol” season nine, be it Crystal Bowersox or Lee DeWyze, it appears that neither has mega-success to look forward to.

According to a Forbes ranking of the top earning “Idol” contestants, the music market is pretty well saturated with almost 100 "Idol" alumni and the odds are against this season’s winner raking in the dough.

Last year’s winner, Kris Allen, sold only 300,000 copies of his album, and if ratings and vote tallies are any indication, fans may have moved beyond voting for their favorites with their wallets.

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