The Creative Emmy Awards were presented this past weekend. These are the less sexy awards that are deemed not important enough to televise during the actual Primetime Emmy Awards. But, they are Emmys nonetheless. Prior to this weekend, American Idol had been in the midst of Emmy Award futility, the likes of which hasn't been seen since Newhart, which went 25 nominations without a win. Idol has been nominated 21 times in a variety of categories with zero victories. That's tough to swallow. Finally, this past weekend, American Idol won its very first Emmy, thanks in part to Celine Dion and Elvis Presley. American Idol won the Emmy for Outstanding Technical Direction for its "Idol Gives Back" fundraising special, which included a duet between Celine Dion and a computer illusion of Elvis Presley.
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