AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8
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No upset.... Kris all the way baby!!!!!!!!!!!
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What a season... I was not this excited since Clay and Rubin!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks AI for bringing it back home!
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Very Gracious Winner......
WOW I can't believe he won it!!!!!
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HEY NBN.....I Wanted Kris....but I thought it would be Adam.....
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Awesome!
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I had something telling me that it was Adam... but only about 5 minutes way from the end and than... SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want Adam to be the new Lead Singer of QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He would not be Freddy Mercury but Adam! That would be so freaking cooooooooool!
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It was an awesome show! I enjoyed it thoroughly!!
As for Kris winning, I think that was good because Adam will have a great career anyway, Kris I think will need a bit of AI direction and I think he will do extremely well.
As for bikini girl, outsang by Kara!!
Kiss-gotta love that tongue!
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I am really shocked, I just figured Adam would win, but still think he will go far. It was a good show.
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I figured Adam would win too Spar....but I really liked Kris....He will go Far. I loved all the Music! It was like going back to School Days for Me!
PK.....The Bikini thing was Something Else....I wonder How much money was on the Bet for Kara to Bare it???? Yes Kara OutSang that one & then Some!!! I think Kara was waiting to Show Her Stuff to that Bikini!!! AS FOR KISS OMGoodness....I knew that tongue was Long.....BUT has it Grown????
NBN.....He would be a Great New Lead for Queen!!
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I'm kind of stunned!
I really like Kris, I think he is a very kind and genuine guy, I love that he married his HS sweetheart, but I wanted ADAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's okay, I really did like the top 3 and would support their careers!
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If it wasn't going to be Danny, I'm glad it was Kris!
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I really thought that Adam was the most talented of the two, but I have also liked Kris for some time now. Although I wanted Adam to win, Kris is certainly more the "All-American Boy" and I think he probaby got votes from most of the "Danny Fans" because he sang in a more similar style and range than Adam. Both guys are extremely talented and will go places with their careers. I think it was fairly obvious that Kris did not expect to win! That was pretty neat! This win should certainly boost his confidence level!
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Had Adam not been a contestant I don't think the season would have been as good. He is the one that everyone was talking about each week. He made this year's AI one of the best ever! Don't know what I will do now on Tuesday night.
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I agree with Patty S. People were tuning in because of Adam. While Kris and Danny are talented guys they do not have the charisma or stage presence that Adam does. I wish them all well in their careers. It will be interesting to see what happens to them all.
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Do any of you get the feeling that this was rigged! Adam was so clearly a favorite, but Kris won. I think that they made it so the underdog won, clearly Adam will be going places, so why not give it to Kris.
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I don't know if I feel it was rigged, I do believe that Kris and his quiet demeanor has won over a lot of hearts. Remember one of the first weeks, either Paula or Kara said that Kris spent more time helping the other contestants than himself?
I think he picked up the Danny voters once Danny got bumped, and that gave him the advantage.
I am actually kind of glad that Adam didn't win, because he now has the exposure he needs, but is not going to be required to do the album that is going to be forced upon him. Adam will be able to use his creativity much more.
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I had no idea who would Win & didnt try to guess...Because I think they are both Extremely talented. I knew Id really be happy with who ever won. Im glad Kris won
I dont like that some are speculating (not speculating here) why Kris may have won (because Adam isnt as family Oriented, etc)
its like- He Won. Maybe because in the end More people liked him.
I do agree that with Adams Creativety he will do great on his own.
Pam
I thought Gene Simmons & Ace Freyle (sp) Sounded Terrible. I thought Genes tongue looked shorter...Maybe it shrunk with Age ;o
I also though Rod Stewart looked like he tripped & almost fell a few times. Anyone else catch that?
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The Washington Post Lisa de Moraes
Posted at 5:33 AM ET, 05/21/2009
American Idol Gets Crowned
The "American Idol" finale opens with the two remaining Idolettes, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert coming out on stage after having finished painting the dressing rooms. Or, maybe they're dental-hygenist Idols. Anyway, they look creepy in their all-white twinsie outfits.
Show host Ryan Seacrest tactfully ignores the costumes and instead asks them how they are. We gather they are nervous and excited but we can't be sure because both their mics are dead. We're guessing the guys in the sound booth are nervous and excited too.
After brief, painful video visits to Adam and Kris's hometowns, the top-13 Idolettes, including Adam and Kris, sing Pink's "So What," and they're all dressed in white, too. The Singing Dental Hygienists!
Last year's pageant winner, David Cook, sings his tune "Permanent" while the crowd makes like a sea anemone. Will this song never end? After two false stops, he's done. Seacrest notes Cook's had a couple rough weeks -- he recently lost his brother to cancer. Cook tells viewers at home if they buy the download of his tune, the money will go to cancer research. Now we feel bad for hating his performance. Cook says he doesn't know that America can get this year's "Idol" vote wrong. Apparently he's not a regular viewer.
Sadly, when the "Idol" producers were working so hard to make all those changes to mess up this season's show, like adding judge Kara DioGuardi and bringing on The Judges's Save, no one thought to suggest losing the Golden Idol Awards gag from this year's finale. So this year's first Golden Idol goes to Nick Mitchell, aka Norman Gentle, and we're treated to another round of his particular brand of hysteria.
Queen Latifah wants to promote the first single, "Cue the Rain," from her new album out this summer -- so much so that she's willing to let Idolette Lil Rounds join her. We're reminded that Lil may look the part but does not have the chops.
Poor Jason Mraz draws Alexis "Go Get Dirty" Grace and BMOC Anoop Desai to join him in singing "I'm Yours" -- in order to maybe try to squeeze a few more sales out of that tune? We give up -- what is he promoting? Whatever it is, it's not worth it.
Keith Urban's here to promote his tour and his recently released single "Kiss a Girl" and Kris Allen gets to sing along; tweener girls begin to weep openly nationwide. Next to Urban, Kris looks like he could do this genre.
The Femidolettes break out into a Fergie tune and then Fergie herself walks out and lets them stand behind her while she sings a few bars of "Big Girls Don't Cry." Then she pushes the Femidolettes off the stage entirely, and her Black Eyed Peas and some androids take the stage. We're reminded how little hip hop impinges on "Idol" land as we see those portions of their new single "Boom Boom Pow" that are not censored by the American Idol Decency Police.
Fox says the censoring is not the network's doing. The bit where they all go silent and cut to the "Idol" logo is because singer will.i.am decides to stay mum, apparently to keep a naughty word from airing, the Associated Press says. Loosely translated, this seems to mean Fox would not allow the word to air, and will.i.am would not change the lyric, so the network censored will.i.am being silent, and cut away from the shot rather than show him being silent.
"That's why they are No. 1," Seacrest gushes at the end of the performance. "That is how you do it."
The second Golden Idol Award goes to Bikini Girl, Aka Katrina Darell, who naturally, comes out in her trademark bikini and showing off her new store-bought breasts. "I was gong to ask you what's new but I think I already know" Seacrest snarks. Katrina doesn't seem to understand. He offers her one more chance to sing "Treat Me Kind" which she takes. Except judge Kara DioGuardi, with whom Bikini Girl tangled during auditions, appears behind her and begins to sing and upstage Bikini Girl, showing Bikini Girl how it's done by a pro. This involves doing the supermodel stomp and crouching over the big notes. Bikini Girl is totally furious at having been gamed on national TV, and stands there with one hand on one hip while Kara finishes her routine, at the end of which she whips open her dress, revealing a black bikini. Judge Paula Abdul gnashes her teeth and makes mental note to call her agent to find out whether it's too late to negotiate for splashy on-stage wardrobe malfunction for next season.
"We bet Kara wouldn't do that," Seacrest says, explaining Kara has just won a bet and so a donation will be made to a charity of Kara's choosing.
Cyndi Lauper is touring with Rosie O'Donnell this summer, so she consents to sing "Time After Time" with Idolette Allison Iraheta, but only if they will let Lauper play what looks to be a zither -- or some other national stringed instrument of an east European country.
Taking a break from all the pop-star plugging, Seacrest interviews Kris Allen's parents. Why do they sound like politicians?
Mom: "I forgot what we were doing, we're having so much fun. This is a great show."
Dad: "It's the greatest day. We're here appreciating two fantastic individuals, two phenomenal artists, and it's a good day no matter what happens tonight."
We now respect Kris for turning out genuinely modest despite these role models.
Next, Seacrest checks in with Team Lambert, but only very briefly, because those Allens have chewed up so much on-air time, obviously on the advice of their media coach. Adam's mom cops to being nervous. Thank you, Adam's Mom.
This year's second runner-up Danny Gokey is back, singing "Hello," which can only mean he's about to introduce Lionel Ritchie. I was right! They duet on Ritchie's "All Night Long." What's Ritchie selling?
Adam has saved his most theatrical "Idol" outfit for the finale. He's in some leftover "Starlight Express" costume complete with cages for shoulder pads, platform boots, sparkly eyeliner and mascara. He sings a few bars of "Beth" then says "Ladies and gentlemen -- Kiss!" and suddenly Adam's way underdressed. On the other hand, Adam is totally outsinging Kiss.
Here's Carlos Santana performing "Black Magic Woman" -- cue up Matt the Hat, aka Matt Giraud. They're then joined by the Idol Top 13 for "Smooth." All the Idolettes take full advantage of their individual camera time during the pans -- lots of struttin' and posin' here.
And, because it's an "Idol" results show, there must be a Ford Music Video. After which, because it's the finale, David Cook will perform his final duty as American Idol 2008 and hand Adam and Kris the keys to matching Ford Fusions.
It's a defining moment for the two Idolettes:
Kris says: "Wow, I needed a new car so bad!"
Adam says: "This is quite the vehicle."
Which means: Kris will really drive his Fusion. Adam will cash his in for a down payment on a Mini.
Luckiest of Idolettes Megan Joy Corkrey and Michael Sarver get to sing Steve Martin's new tune "Pretty Flowers" while comic/playwright/musician Martin accompanies them on the banjo. Martin's new album came out yesterday.
Seacrest wants to know who Martin thinks will win. Martin has not given it a second's thought; he's here to plug his album. "Well, I know it's a long shot -- but I'm hoping I do," he says, smiling sweetly.
Guydolettes in black suits begin to dance in a line and sing Rod Stewart's if-you-want-my-body number like they're about to go into The Full Monty. Sadly, they do not. Then The Man himself comes out. But not the Rod Stewart who sings American classic standards -- the Rod Stewart who reenacts songs of his youth. Specifically "Maggie May." And we wonder how we could have thought Stewart's voice was so awful back in the day, when it could actually have been this much worse.
Stewart, Seacrest tells us, is on tour this summer and has a new album coming out in the fall. There is a kind of charming old-school TV quality to the "Idol" finale, bursting as it is with plugs and promos.
Another Golden Idol is bestowed on Tatiana Del Toro. The gag here is that Seacrest pretends they are running late and need to cut to commercial, but Tatiana will have none of it and dodges beefy stage managers who try to haul her off so she can perform "Saving All My Love For You" for the fourth time in the show -- or is it the fifth?
Right about now exhaustion is setting in, which means it's the perfect time to have Adam and Kris sing Queen's "We are The Champions" while the producers unload all their leftover fireworks and dry-ice fog, and Queen's Brian May himself accompanies on guitar. It is a fitting end to an Adam Lambert-flavored season. This really is Adam's world -- Kris is just visiting.
And, as we approach the bewitching hour, Seacrest asks Simon to weigh in. Simon declares them both brilliant and unusually nice people. After which some "adjudicator" comes out and actually upstages the two contestants, so they have to move over to stay on camera.
Envelope is opened. Kris Allen has won.
"The underdog! The dark horse!" squeals Seacrest. He asks Kris how it feels:
"It feels good but Adam deserves this -- this is crazy!" Kris says dizzily. Some chick we've never seen before hands Kris the new American Idol trophy; it looks like an old microphone from some broadcasters' convention -- pawnshop material.
Confetti starts to pour into the theater -- huge dollar-bill-sized confetti, or maybe it's the royalty checks Kara thought she was going to cash for writing this year's American Idol Treacle Tune "No Boundaries." Kris begins to slog his way through the worst Treacle Tune ever. He makes a compromise with the song, kind of talking his way through the beginning. But he has to actually sing the chorus, poor slob.
And so, as we bid adieu to "American Idol," we do so knowing we're in for days of navel gazing in the blathersphere, days of questions as to whether married-man Kris, a one time church worship leader, won because he had picked up the votes that had been going to second runner-up Danny Gokey, a widowed church music director.
And, of course, the is-he, isn't-he chatter about Adam will explode into full-on gay-bias debate tomorrow morning. Whichever team Adam is playing for we don't care -- he can sing the national anthem at our stadium.
The appealing thing about Kris's victory is that it's so anti-"Idol." It's kind of like one of those old Frank Capra flicks where the little guy gets caught up in the Big Hype Machine. Maybe singing Kara's gawdawful Treacle Tune is the musical equivalent of jumping off the tall building, like Gary Cooper was supposed to do at the end of his deal with the political bosses in "Meet John Doe." Maybe The People stuck it to the bloated "Idol" machine by electing this un-hero. Or maybe Kris just got lucky -- the third party to Danny and Adam's crowds. -
SLH-I was just about to post this blog! How funny! Did I get you hooked on it last year? Do you post comments after her blog? I do!
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You're the one who got me hooked on her reviews last year! No, I don't get involved in blogs, except this one.
In my opinion, Kris and Adam were both winners. They were always respectful, always kind to everyone, and you could tell they live for music. Very talented young men, and I will buy both their CDs.
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What a season. The combination of glitz. amazing vocals. and America voted it back to be what it is meant to be. Find the talent of singers with hope and stars in their eyes.
What a season.
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Now that it's over, what will I watch :-(
Shelley
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Shelloz1 - So You Think You Can Dance!!! is what you should watch next. It's soooo awesome - even better than American Idol (at least in my opinion) and I'm a huge AI fan.
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Has anybody else in their mourning over Adam's loss taken to becoming an Adam groupie like I have?
I'm so embarrassed about it, and yet I do it! I am a member of his "official" page, and on his facebook page.
I also google his name a lot to see any updates. I think they are both fantastic people, and truly friends. Adam said on Larry King that he was so happy Kris won because he is so "real." Kris smothered Adam in praise and remains very humble.
Good people, indeed! I'm even tempted to try to get tickets, but I don't know if I want to sit through any of those goofy group numbers and watch poor, sweet Scott become fodder for mean jokes. I think that Scott does a fantastic job when he dances. If I had vision equal to looking through a straw, I would be a lost cause. When I lost my vision in my left eye from optic neuritis, I had a big black circle and could only see the outer edges. It was awful, I could hardly get around!!!!! And that was only one eye!
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You may want to tune in to the today show Thursday morning between 7 and 9. Both Adam and Kris will be on......
By the way....... Initially, it was reported by a Fox affiliate that 38 million votes came in for Kris from Arkansas --a state that only has about 2.8 million. The source was reported to be AT+T. That was later denied. ........but today in the New York Times was this.
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May 27, 2009
AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results
By EDWARD WYATT
LOS ANGELES — AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year’s competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized by fans of Kris Allen, the Arkansas singer who was the winner of the show last week.
Representatives of AT&T, whose mobile phone network is the only one that can be used to cast “American Idol” votes via text message, provided the free text-messaging services at two parties in Arkansas after the final performance episode of “American Idol” last week, according to the company and people at the events.
There appear to have been no similar efforts to provide free texting services to supporters of Adam Lambert, who finished as the runner-up to Mr. Allen.
Since then, angry supporters of Mr. Lambert have flooded online chat boards with messages claiming irregularities in the competition’s voting.
Officials of Fox Broadcasting declined to discuss the situation. In a statement issued Tuesday, a spokesman for AT&T said, “In Arkansas, we were invited to attend the local watch parties organized by the community. A few local employees brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested.”
Details of the voting support were first reported last week in an article in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Representatives of AT&T helped fans of Mr. Allen at the two Arkansas events by providing instructions on how to send 10 or more text messages at the press of a single button, known as power texts. Power texts have an exponentially greater effect on voting than do single text messages or calls to the show’s toll-free phone lines. The efforts appear to run afoul of “American Idol” voting rules in two ways. The show broadcasts an on-screen statement at the end of each episode warning that blocks of votes cast using “technical enhancements” that unfairly influence the outcome of voting can be thrown out.
And the show regularly states that text voting is open only to AT&T subscribers and is subject to normal rates.
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II think both Adam and Kris will have well deserved successful careers.
Having said that, I think voting issues that should have been addressed in previous seasons are finally coming to the fore front on AI.
Before last week, I had never heard of Gizmo-----but apparently, you could vote thousands of times using it. Some actually purchased disposable phones in two different time zones and texted for 6 hours instead of the 4 alloted.
Yes, maybe Kris still would have won even if these votes were thrown out ,but the voting should not be tarnished like this. JMHO
http://www.krisallenation.com/2009/05/how-at-users-can-power-text-for-kris.html
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I am on the other side of the ocean right now. All I know of the AI voting is what I gather from the end results and from the two candidates' reactions and responses. To me it looks like this year's finalists were amazingly humble and kind. They have both said only the most gracious of words about their "opponent" and about the end result of the voting. I think it would be great if everyone followed their example. They will both have terrific careers. They deserve that. What a great season and what wonderful artists!
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Frankly, I think the AI producers need to investigate, and drop AT&T as a sponsor. Why should anyone bother voting if the outcome is fixed.
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I agree with SLH
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