Making the Band FINALE!!!

Alright, alright, the Making the Band 4 Finale recap!!

I was disappointed off top when I found out the show was live. I just don't like live finale shows because of how they wait until the very last second to reveal anything, but the host, Sway, calmed my nerves when he announced that Diddy would be making cuts throughout the show.

With 10 guys still in the running they broke up into 2 groups of 5 for little "competitions." For the first round each group sang the New Edition hit If it isn't love. In the first group DeAngelo was on point. In the second group Jeremy did well (better than I thought he would - I was never a fan of his). After this round, though, Diddy had to cut someone. And after a speech about the unlucky person being "better as a solo artist," Dyshon was cut.

Round 2 had the fellas singing the ballad version of the song they've been singing all season (no, not End of the Road) called Exclusive. Donnie was playing the keys (which I had no idea he could do) and the teams performed. Once again DeAngelo was flawless in the first group; I'm giving the second group star to Brian H. He hit a note somewhere in there that was so high and wonderful that I made the ole listening to good gospel music scrunchy face (you know how your face gets ugly when you listen to good music). But Diddy apparently wasn't impressed because Brian H. was the second guy to be cut.

After a random performance by Yung Joc and an awkward interview with Danity Kane about who Diddy treated worse, the guys or the girls, it was time to pick the band.

In pure Diddy fashion, he blurted out that he'd just decided he was picking 5 guys, not 4. He picked Robert first (please note, one of my picks). Next was Willie (I sure know how to pick 'em huh?) Okay, this is where things got weird. The next picks were Brian A. and Qwanell. Uhm, okay. And Big Mike was the "last, but not least" guy.

Robert, Brian A., Qwanell, Willie, Big Mike

My thoughts: Willie is the heart throb and everyone else goes down in different degrees of ugliness. Robert and Willie will probably sing most of the time, even though Big Mike is hella talented in the ad lib department.

Willie

At this point everyone was celebrating, jumping up and down, hugging and damn near crying everywhere. When the camera panned over to Sway for last words, he looked down at someone who looked like a producer or teleprompter guy telling him something he needed to make known. But that damn Diddy was listening and told Sway not to say it because he had another announcement.

Donnie would be signed to Bad Boy as a solo artist! People went crazy.Donnie

When I watched the After Show online Sway announced that Donnie had been voted the "Fan Favorite." I think after Diddy heard the producer guy say who won the fans' vote, he had to think fast and offered Donnie a deal just like that. I'm not sure if Donnie, although he was one of my picks for the band, would make a strong solo artist - dude those dance moves, uhm.

The after show was more interesting than the Finale. We got to catch up with Carlos and his girl who is about to drop their baby any day. Sway didn't ask her if tests were still showing that the baby would have Down Syndrome. I guess he was scared to ask the hard hitting questions on live internet. We met everybody's parents, girlfriends, and wives. I didn't know Brian A. was married, and Willy's girl was cute (I read online that she is also his baby mama). Ya'p, we met pretty much everyone EXCEPT Robert's girl JUNE. The girl that he argued with all season over jealousy issues was NOT present. Hmmmm, I wonder what went down there? And of course, Sway didn't ask. I don't think Sway even watched the damn show.

In conclusion, DeAngelo got the shaft. Hopefully he'll get a deal somewhere.

DeAngelo

Next season we'll get to watch the guys making their album (including Donnie and his solo project) and hopefully drama will ensue, even though they all act friendly and whatnot.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.