Ryan Seacrest at the AMAs

2009 American Music Awards - Show

Ryan announced Taylor Swift as Artist of the Year at the American Music awards, just before Adam Lambert performed For Your Entertainment, then appeared back on stage to close the show (making it ten minutes that made it well worth staying up until 4am UK time on a school night)

2009 American Music Awards - Show

2009 American Music Awards - Show

Ryan looked very handsome, and Adam was typically understated.

2009 American Music Awards - Show

2009 American Music Awards - Show

2009 American Music Awards - Show

2009 American Music Awards - Show

Lady Gaga put on an amazing performance too.

2009 American Music Awards - Show

Kris Allen presented an award.

2009 American Music Awards - Show

After the event, someone tweeted Ryan to congratulate him on his timing

RyanSeacrest: I like to run a tight ship! Thanks for watching RT anetdotnet: @RyanSeacrest Wow. You said 10:50 and you walked out at 10:50!

Well, he does say he’s Swiss … Swiss infrastructure runs like clockwork and their clockwork is the best in the world! Ryan said on his radio show that he was backstage so didn’t see Adam Lambert’s performance, but his mom called him afterwards to ask him a couple of questions! Ryan wanted to gush at congratulate Jay-Z and was disappointed to miss him backstage.