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Sometimes the best part of “American Idol” is the latest sly comment from acerbic judge Simon Cowell. Here are some of our favorites from this season.

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Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood had similarly eventful visits home. Bice got a surprise visit, and later a jam session, with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Rickey Medlocke and Ean Evans. The duo may have been scouting for younger talent for the band, given that they each looked to be about 80 years old.

That overwhelmed him, but not as much as getting the key to Helena. "Wow.

That really is the best thing I can say to you guys," he said at city hall.

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Hopefully, he’ll come up with a better sound bite for next week, in case he wins.

Underwood also got the key to the city, though Checotah, Oklahoma is a smaller city than the others. Really, it looked like more of a town.

She also got inducted in the Oklahoma music hall of fame. Who knows what the state will do if she wins, but a nomination for sainthood has not been ruled out.

Bice and Underwood will meet next week in the final everyone has been anticipating since Nadia Turner and Constantine Maroulis made unexpectedly early exits. The season may have had its share of twists and turns, but in the end the best two prospects for stardom are facing off for all the marbles — or at least the right to release an album a few weeks before the runner-up.

But for Solomon, it was a great ride while it lasted.

Craig Berman is a writer in Washington, D.C.

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