Daughtry, Carrie Underwood Stage 'Idol' Takeover At American Music Awards; Usher Offers Support To Kanye

"American Idol" won't return to the air for another couple months, but it was all about "Idol" Sunday night at the American Music Awards, where former finalist Chris Daughtry proved you don't have to win the show to win some awards.

Of course, someone who did win "Idol" — country superstar and Season Four champ Carrie Underwood — also took home some trophy case furniture. Both former Idols snared three statues during a broadcast that featured a Jonas Brother (Joe) almost face-planting during a performance (it wasn't quite as spectacular as Beyoncé's onstage fall in July but embarrassing nevertheless), and host Jimmy Kimmel was forced to wing it most of the night as a result of the Hollywood writers' strike.

The three wins by the reality-show stars, which overshadowed such chart perennials as Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé, may have been boosted by new voting rules, which allowed fans to vote online versus the traditional method used by the show of polling 20,000 music buyers. Daughtry's wins included Favorite Breakthrough Artist, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album for his debut, Daughtry, and he was clearly pumped by the wins.

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