It's a night five months and 14 years in the making, as the second-to-last American Idol is set to be crowned in a flurry of confetti … and mild outrage.
After 30 episodes that felt more like 300, the consistently changing-on-a-whim format, at least one stunning elimination, hundreds of songs, and continually sagging ratings that doomed the franchise that discovered the likes of Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood to one final go-round, season 14 has finally reached its conclusion.
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