But all that changed this week.

The day after the season finale aired, the results were hard to ignore. The winner was splashed all over news sites, and columnists were quick to quip on how it all went down. I guess that the importance of the story showed how far the show has come in the past couple seasons. You don’t see the winner of Project Pussycat Dolls on the front page of Fox News. So in a sense, we are happy to see one of our favorite shows get the recognition it deserves.

On the other hand, we are kind of annoyed. Now there is little reason to watch the final episode other than to see Michael Kors shrivel his face at an outfit and hear Heidi Klum butcher some English phrases. With Chris March gone, there will be no human hair corsets to make us dry heave as they creep down the runway. The allure of a Christian/Jillian/Rami showdown is next to none unless one of them happened to design a wardrobe based on my 1989 NFL team pillowcase cover.

That said, we’ll still watch. We have a wager going on how many times Christian says “fierce.”