After all the performances a montage of the season was played with the song "Keeping the Dream Alive" by Munchener Freiheit. This is the first time that there was no live performance from a celebrity during the season recap.
There were some season 3 contestants in the audience.
Ryan mentioned that in the previous week there was less than 2% between Carrie and Bo.
Last time Ryan says his "Seacrest out!" line at the end of an episode.
Ryan mentioned that there would be 4 hours of voting time rather then the two every other week has.
During the first coin toss Ryan lost the coin down a grate, so he had to redo it. Carrie won and decided to go second.
Each contestant sang 3 songs. One was Simon Fuller (creator)'s choice, one was their choice from a previous week, and another was the Winner's song.
Bo Bice- "Long Long Road" (Original (Simon Fuller's choice)), "Vehicle" by The Ides of March (Bo's choice-Top 7 week), and "Inside Your Heaven"(Original (Winner's song))
Carrie Underwood- "Inside Your Heaven","Independence Day" by Martina McBride (Carrie's choice Top 10 week), and"Angels Brought Me Here" by Guy Sebatian (Simon Fuller's choice),
Ryan mentioned that this was the first boy/girl finale since season one and joked about there being a spin off movie and said he hoped there wasn't. This is a nod to the movie "From Justin to Kelly" which starred season one finalists Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini, and the fact that it is highly agreed upon that the movie was terrible.
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