'American Idol' Wins Emmy (with A Little Help From Elvis/Celine)

[Brian Quinn]

Just found this on the Web.


Brian


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With a dash of charity and some posthumous help from Elvis Presley, smash hit "American Idol" clinched its first Emmy in six years on Saturday to avoid becoming the biggest loser in the history of U.S. television's highest honors.

The amateur singing contest that ranks as America's most watched TV series won its prize for outstanding technical direction for a $76 million benefit special in which producers created the illusion of Elvis performing a duet with Celine Dion.

The "Idol" win came during the four-hour presentation of the 59th annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards, mostly honoring achievements in categories like makeup, costumes, sound editing and art direction.

The ceremony, which will air next week on cable TV, serves as a prelude to the higher-profile Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16.

Fox, which will broadcast the Primetime Emmys, is the home network of "American Idol." The program had amassed 22 Emmy losses, without a single win, during the course of its hugely popular but award-starved six-season run.

That put "Idol" four losses away from surpassing the sitcom "Newhart" as the show that had collected the most Emmy nominations -- 25 -- without winning. The victory for technical direction, camera work and video on a TV special spared "Idol" the distinction of setting a new Emmy-losing record.

[ksimms2]

that was very cool, watching Celine and Elvis sing together.....not a big Celine fan though....too bad it couldn't have been Ann Margaret or I don't know, someone else.

[Diane]

I like Celine's voice but she's like so many, she sounds the same song after song. I very much would have preferred that they had chosen either Lisa Marie or Ann Margaret to do this song with Elvis and it would have definitely have had a bigger impact.

I am glad it won an emmy though...anything that helps the image of our man.

Thank you for posting this article Brian.

Diane

[Burning_Love]

I loved it ! I like Celine, very powerful voice, i admire her for that. It is sooo great i can not stop watching it, two great voices in one song. Amazing.
Thanks for sharing
Danielle x

[ilovelvis]

Well, I think the win is awesome, especially with Elvis involved! I was in tears watching it and had no idea it was coming. It was stunning, however I wished Lisa Marie had sung it with him. That would have made it so much better for me. Celine Dion's voice goes right through me.

Thanks for posting that info. Great!

[The King's Queen]

Thanks for the thread...it's good to see that Elvis still has an impact!