I was there. I was sitting or rather standing and screaming, right in the front row, dead center. Kat along with each other Idol was standing just a few feet in front of me as they performed (when they weren't moving around of course)

First I want to say I am a Taylor fan, or so I believed. I now can say without a doubt that I love each and every one of them. I am so proud of all these young people. I had the best time of my life last night!

Now for Kat. I met Kat before the show at the meet and greet along with all the other Idols. When I got to Kat I looked into her eyes and saw just how vulnerable she truly is. Now I admit I have seen and read and heard alot of negative comments about her. I have tried my best not to fall into judging her myself. But last night as I looked at her, I saw a truly beautiful young girl who is very very vulnerable. There is a sadness in her eyes that you just don't see in pictures or on TV. But in person? It was like looking into a fawn's eyes. That might sound corny and I apologize if it does. But something touched my heart immediately. I asked her how her foot was and she simply replied "awwwwww" as if no one had asked that yet and a tear formed in the corner of her eye. She then smiled so I could take her picture and I smiled back and told her she was so pretty. That's about all that would come out of my mouth. She is stunningly beautiful. On stage she was very disappointed that she could not do more than two songs. I can't remember if she said why but the impression I got was that they did not want her over doing it up there. She was moving around quite a bit and should be commended because she kept up with the others and she even showed us her boot thing that was on her foot. Taylor by the way seems very very protective of her. On stage he was right behind her and seemed to ready should she lose her balance. He even hopped a couple of steps as she did. She had to because of her foot of course but he kind of played it off like a dance..lol. I thought that was cute.

Since I was in the very front I don't know what happened behind me. Whether someone was drunk and rude back there, I just don't know. I have seen alot of ugly comments made in the media about Kat and last night and I can tell you they are completely wrong. She teared up on stage, yes, but she was hearing the screams of many many of her fans and it was overwhelming. You could see it in her face. I screamed just as loud as any of her die hard fans. I wanted her to know 'this mom' was very very proud of her. (I felt like a proud mom of all these wonderful young people) I screamed her name then and she glanced down at me and I just smiled back a big smile. She saw me and smiled too.

You Kat fans can be very proud of that young lady. Hang in there with her no matter what any one says. Just be there for her. She is going to go far. Remember she is young, so very young. I did not realize how young until I saw into her eyes.

First I want to say thank you to everyone for your kind words for my post. I was truly hoping no one would come here and use it to start anything ugly.

Yes Taylor and Kat were sitting at the end of the table. As we appoached the Idols we were told what we could and could not do, and they all were sitting at a long table. We first meet Elliot (who is as sweet as he can be) then Bucky and Kellie next. (again, two adorable and wonderful young people. Kelly was sick though with laryngitis and could not sing last night) Then I think it was Mandisa, Lisa and Paris. The Ace and Chris. I may have Ace and Paris mixed up. It's hard for me to remember right now. I am still really tired. But then next to Chris is Katherine. She did not lean towards or hang all over Taylor, however you could tell that they were some how seperate from the others. They would talk to each other, lean towards each other as they talked. But there was no sign that Kat was hanging all over him in any way that I could see. Taylor to me seemed protective of her. I can't really pin point any one thing he did at the meet and greet that told me that. It was just the general perception I had. But I would say it was more like a big brother kind of thing. Like I said, when you look into her eyes you can see how vulnerable she is. I assume like any gentleman, Taylor is just being brotherly. I did not pick up any other kind of vibes between them. Kat is quite the lady if you ask me. She has class and she holds her head up high no matter what. I really did get a whole new perspective on her last night. My heart just nearly broke seeing her. Like I said, it must be the mom in me. I was just so proud of her and all of them really. Having watched them all season, we all feel like they are family. They are a great bunch!

When the boys left, I started looking for Taylor. I totally forgot about Kat. I was surprised to hear someone else singing. There she was, at the top of the walkway. Black dress, as you know, stolen from her mothers closet to match her black soft cast. I think her other foot was shoeless. I saw toes and skin peaking out and she was walking all over the hem. Obviously she was to be wearing heels with the dress.

What I wasn’t expecting was how much I enjoyed it. Yes, I did. She was having fun, chuckling that deep, throaty goofy chuckle that seems so wrong coming out of that beautiful face. The band seemed to be loving her as well. She did her little speech and Atlanta gave her such an abundance of love that I swear she got misty eyed.

When she started SOTR, Leather Queen Chris nudged me and motioned for me to look over my shoulder. What I saw were little girls everywhere standing on chairs, holding their mom’s hands or clutching “I love you Kat” posters. They all had magic twinkles in their eyes. Just like they were watching a fairy princess, they were in a trance. Kat knew it and did not disappoint her little fans. She would point and wave little personal waves, acknowledge as many as she could see. She would mouth or motion “I love you too” without that fake look on her face. She really was into this y’all. She did not disappoint.

I got so wrapped up in it and so moved by the whole thing, at the end I stood and cheered and waved my hands above my head like a crazy person. Hey! I was a little girl once! Honest to God, I had to bite my tongue to keep myself from screaming “I LOVE YOU KAT!”.   At that moment, I really did.