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From billions of auditions we have made it to the Top 2 America!!!!
YEAH!!!!!
Ok, I’m not seriously jumping up and down after the finale show, and let me tell you why. Here’s the run down of the night…
The contestants each sang three songs: their choice from the season, producer Simon Fuller’s choice (who should be barred from ever choosing songs again), and the Idol single which this year was co-written by Kara (who should be barred from ever writing an AI song again).
Kris won the coin toss and chose to go second in the performance sequence, so Adam took the stage and chose the song I hoped he would choose – Mad World. I adored his performance the first time, and I loved it again the second time. The second time was admittedly much more theatrical with the big black coat and the fog, but who cares? Adam has earned the right to be as theatrical as he wants. Amazing vocal control; stellar performance.
Kris stepped up to the piano for his choice of the season, Ain’t No Sunshine. The performance was tender, powerful, elegant, and shows off his smooth and endearing vocals. Simon gave the first round to Kris, but I gave it to Adam because I liked the theatrical bit and the coat.
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Next up Adam took on the challenege of Change Is Gonna Come. I hated the song choice (thanks Simon), but Adam put a huge pile of emotion, flamboyance, and power vocals into the performance. The judges went nuts over it and it was well deserved.
Kris took on What’s Goin’ On and was very comfortable behind the guitar as he did a basically safe performance. I didn’t like the song choice (again, thanks Simon), and I think in terms of really grabbing the audience’s attention, this didn’t do it. Kris might be in trouble just for forgettability factor on this.
Next up both contestants attempted to tackle the Idol single, No Boundaries. I would like to say that I hate…HATE this song. Why oh why do they have to create a song that absolutely demolishes the end of the show like this? It happens every year – a song that is a complete mis-match to the contestant’s style and vocals. Neither of them nailed it, and that hurts me.
This is the song on the album that you will never, ever listen to again. Adam had great pants on, Kris was pitchy – so much so that the judges barely even commented on his performance but instead chose to tell him how much he deserved to be on that stage.
I’m going to call it for Adam at this point, but I will also repeat what I said before. I think that if Adam wins, Kris will have a harder time being a success than Adam would if Kris wins. I think Kris needs the engine of Idol more than Adam does.
We shall see what happens…
RESULTS: After an action packed 2.5 hour results show, we have a new American Idol – Kris Allen!! Great job to him! He and Adam will both be stars and they both deserve every good thing that comes next. Very happy with this season, even though I was originally unhappy with the audition process. So there you go! Now it’s time for So You Think You Can Dance!!
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