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AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 - PART 4 (FINALE: ADAM VS. KRIS / KRADAM)
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Originally posted by alyssasarah at 20-5-2009 20:25 
I think for whole lotta love mmg susah dier nak nyanyi balik lagu nih pasal when he performed the other day, the band performing with him was "Slash and friends".............I don't think Ricky M ...
The band performing the other day for Rock Nite was led by my then "boyfriend", Mr. Rafa Moreira.  |
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Kara punya lagu macam hampeh. |
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Kara needs to go poof and vanish into oblivion. So that i wont hear or see her. Ever. Again. |
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'American Idol': On the scene at the finale performance showMay 20, 2009, 07:50 AM | by Adam B. Vary
Categories: 'American Idol 2009', On the Scene
 Maybe it was the bright, sunshine-y day that basked the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles with a warm, welcoming glow for yesterday's American Idol Top 2 performance finale extravaganza. Maybe it was the way Top 36-ers Casey Carlson, Kendall Beard, Kristen McNamara and Hollywood week washout Emily Wynne-Hughes all hugged each other outside the Nokia like they were the best of besties. Maybe it was the way the aforementioned foursome attracted a small mob of onlookers content to grab a photo and autograph from anyone involved with American Idol at all. Maybe it was the gaggle of well-dressed youngsters I saw happily packed like cattle just inside the Nokia's glass facade as they patiently waited to be transformed into Swaybots and herded to the lip of the Nokia's stage. Maybe it was the Idol swag being hocked both inside and out of the Nokia, including an Adam Lambert T-shirt with his first name in an '80s metal rock font and a Kris Allen T-shirt with his first name in a '70s disco boogie font. Or maybe it was the guy wearing the yellow T-shirt with "WHO'S YOUR MAMBA" in purple lettering, standing on some kind of raised platform smack in the middle of the massive lines of people waiting to get inside the Nokia, proselytizing at the top of his lungs not about the L.A. Lakers' impending playoff game next door at the Staples Center, but...wait for it...the Ten Commandments.
Whatever the reason, by the time I got to my seat way back in the wayback -- literally in the far right, rear corner of the indescribably massive Nokia Theater, so far away that wee Kris Allen was dwarfed by my outstretched pinkie -- I was in such a wide open-minded mood that even as I type this, I just can't get on the last-night's-performance-finale-was-a-serious-disappointment bandwagon. Yeah, "No Boundaries" was a melody-free, word-clogged blob of a song, but haven't we all come to expect our Idol finale songs to be uninterestingly bad? Sure, Adam and Kris were apparently forced to sing songs we'd heard from them before, but they still both managed to get me all with the goosebumples, and I don't think I've ever heard a better version of "Ain't No Sunshine" than Kris' last night. And, OK, "A Change is Gonna Come" and "What's Goin' On" aren't the hippest, most current songs in the pop music canon, but both our boys handled them with style to spare, and I daresay Lambert's achingly felt, blisteringly sung rendition of his Civil Rights Era classic was pretty damn interesting (not to mention quite moving) given all the buzz surrounding Adam's sexuality and recent advances in gay rights.
If it seems like I'm stalling from delivering unto you all the Idol on-the-scenery, you're not far wrong: You could've halved the distance of my eyeballs from the Nokia stage, and I still would have struggled to scrounge up my usual helping of scrumptious insider scoop. So with 25 minutes before air, I hopped on the nearest camel and trundled my way up to the front of the Nokia so I could at least scope out the scene among the lucky 56,000 or so stationed within the first mile of the stage. I may be exaggerating, but just a bit.
My first order of business, of course, was to walk to the edge of the stage to greet one Debbie the Stage Manager, back from her miraculously brief convalescence after falling from the top of the Idol Thunderdome at the CBS Television City two weeks before. Ever the trooper, Debbie proudly showed me the righteous scar on her leg, reported that she is indeed fine, with no permanent injury, and thanked me -- and, in turn, all of you -- for the kind words of support. Here's five more: She is one tough cookie.
On my way up to see her, the Season 8 Idols all walked in to much applause and cheer; on my way back, the only non-Idol celeb I saw in the audience who wasn't in the cast of Glee was Willie Garson, a.k.a. Sex and the City's Stanford Blatch -- and sitting in the front row, no less. Hiking up the aisle to my seat back in Phoenix, Arizona, I passed dazed looking Top 36-er Alex Wagner-Trugman (though, really, when has that loveable doof not looked dazed?), and then caught sight of my favorite sign of the night: "My Doctor Says I have a Case of Lambertitis." By the by, you may have noticed a scattering of tiny yellow signs emblazoned with a boldfaced "KRIS" and what looked like two random black splotches above and below the name. That's actually supposed to be an outline of Kris' hometown state of Arkansas with his name superimposed on top of it; some guy was handing reams of them out to passersby outside the Nokia before the show, a savvy notion undone by the sad fact that many Americans couldn't pick out the shape of Arkansas even if the sign was ten times bigger. Yay geography!
With 12 minutes to go, Cory launched into his standard warm-up routine and somehow managed not only to get through the entire thing in just under five minutes, but to get a good half of the 9,402,568* souls populating the Nokia (*estimate) to participate in his standard swing-side-to-side-with-your-neck dance. Cory then asked where the Adam and Kris fans were in the house, and the screams from the Kris contingent were appreciably more eardrum blistering. Kara, Randy, Paula and Simon emerged and took their seats -- my snark demon Smirkelstiltskin kept chanting for Paula to trip on the long train of her HEY-LOOK-I'M-GREEN! dress, but that's before he realized that in the last week Paula evidently had her skin completely reinforced with buffed, rigid strips of leather to help offset her occasional bouts of the wobblies. Cory admonished the audience to get quiet for Ryan's cold open, the lights went down, and as Ryan took to his opening mark, Debbie began her countdown to the start of the show and quelled all lingering murmurs with the simple statement, "This is your only quiet time." And THIS...was my last American Idol audience experience of the calendar year.
After Ryan's introduction, we entered the first ad break, the judges all swung around in their chairs together as if on cue, and the first 80 dozen or so rows began wildly waving back at them. The crew hauled in two giant silver tubes cloaked in black fabric from either end of the stage, which I surmised were designed to channel fog for Adam's first number, although at the moment they weren't channeling much more than the audience's idle curiosity. Simon stood conferring with Randy, Paula sat conferring with Kara, and with about 90 seconds to go before we were back on the air, what sounded vaguely like the booming steps of a lumbering Tyrannosaurus Rex stepping ever closer and faster to the Nokia began emanating from somewhere inside the theater. I never could figure out what the sound actually was, but I get an oddly perverse enjoyment out of the image of a massive, marauding Dunkleman ripping the roof off of the Nokia and burning the judges to a cinder with his righteously fiery breath.
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We were back, and as Adam rose onto the Nokia Thunderstairs, massive ropes of fog began pouring from those strategically placed tubes. I thought to myself that I hadn't seen fog that thick on a stage floor since I took in a performance of Phantom of the Opera over a decade ago, and lo, Simon steals the thought right out of my brain. I'd suspect my snark demon of selling me out, but the poor fella was knocked out cold by the earlier shot of Anthony Hopkins in the audience that splashed up on the Nokia Thunderscreens. You see, pretty much the entire audience audibly gasped upon seeing the face of Hannibal Lecter staring back down at them, so much so I'm fairly certain we all created a momentary partial vacuum within the Nokia, and Smikel suffers from acutely sensitive inner-ears. It didn't help that the audience gasped with laughter just a scant minute later when Paula's comment about being proud to see Adam up on the Nokia stage prompted the saucy Idol director to cut to Danny Gokey very much not up on the Nokia stage.
Next up on the Nokia stage: Kris. The crew wheeled in and polished Kris' piano while his video package noted the guy once gave his mom coupons good for a song from him, causing mothers everywhere to swoon and begin cracking their texting knuckles. After Kris finished burning up "Ain't No Sunshine," the tiny little girl four rows ahead of me was so overcome with emotion within her wee frame that she began to fricking lose her mind and had to be tended to by her overwhelmed parents.
At the ad break, the judges somehow managed to trek outside the theater despite having to cross two time zones to do it. Allison -- whose hair color I can only surmise must be visible from space -- fielded hugs from fans while the crew set up for Adam's next number. With a minute left, the judges were back in their seats; 20 seconds to go, Adam was in his place; and when we hit the airwaves, the glam rocker delivered probably the most searing and soaring Idol performance I've had the privilege of witnessing in person. Indeed, the Idols were all on their feet well before Adam had rounded for home, and as Ryan read out Adam's numbers, Jorge, Anoop and Allison all began pumping their fists like Adam had just scored a 99-yard touchdown, grand-slam home run, and game-winning half-court basket all at the same time.
At the break, Debbie walked Adam off stage while rubbing his back, the crew set up for Kris' second song, and Mr. Allen was seated at his mark for more than half the ad break. Which would have had the audience overcome with screams of joy if they weren't already rendered apoplectic by Cory roaming the Nokia and tossing out free Idol swag willy-nilly. Well, most of the audience. Three rows in front of me, yet another tiny little girl worked diligently on her vocabulary homework while her mother worked diligently on a newspaper crossword puzzle.
Ryan brought us back into the show, and before Kris tackled "What's Goin' On," the gentleman two chairs to my left barked "GO KRIS!" with enough sudden force to startle me back to those moments during middle school track meets when an especially rowdy father would bark encouragement at his son before his heat in the 100m dash after the kid from a rival school just obliterated the district record in the first heat of the race. Or something. It's late, and I'm on what seems like my third sports metaphor of the night, which most likely means I'm gonna be suuuuuper sore in the morning. Meanwhile, in what would become a pattern for the rest of the night, Allison, Scott and Jorge remained standing for the entirety of Kris' performance.
If anything of import went down during the following ad break, the light from that event took too long to reach my eyes -- save at the very end, when Debbie shepherded the Idols from their seats with just 15 seconds or so to go in what appeared to be a spontaneous decision to crowd them around Ryan. Adam weathered the hurricane to get that one thing -- and haven't we all, really? -- and again, Allison, Scott and Jorge remained standing through the entire song, causing Smirkel to remark that they were essentially the real life version of the cast of Glee.
At the ad break, Randy and Simon left -- no doubt racing to get out of earshot of Kara so they could collapse into a pile of giggles -- and then we went through the entire painful ritual once again: Kris climbing a mountain with every step, finding it harder to believe with every breath; Allison, Scott and Jorge earnestly cheering Kris to don't stop believin'; Simon and Randy biting down on their cheeks so hard they almost draw blood.
During the video recap package, the crew set up for Carrie Underwood, who at this point I think may have made more post-win Idol appearances than every other Idol winner combined. After Carrie was through, the audience immediately began streaming out of the theater, no matter how many times Cory and Debbie pleaded with them to stick around for what they promised was a quick shot of Adam and Kris they needed for tonight's two-hour results finale extravaganza. And by "quick" they meant waiting for five minutes before Adam and Kris came back to stand stage center, another two minutes for the crew to get set up, another four minutes for two takes of Adam and Kris standing using a crane-mounted camera, and another four minutes for two takes of Adam and Kris standing using a steadicam. Showbiz!
After Debbie finally released what was left of the audience, I trundled downstairs to the Nokia Lounge for the promised Adam and Kris quickie press conference. As an appetizer, we were treated to a cameo appearance by Paula, who appeared to hint she thought Kris could win when she noted "when the third [contestant] leaves, you always wonder where the votes'll go." As she left the stage, someone yelled out, "Are all the judges coming back next year?" Paula's reply: "Tune in!"
Finally, in came a surprisingly spry Kris and Adam, who kidded around about adjusting the height of the mic before fielding the first question about the lovely Idol Finale song "No Boundaries." Adam's response, after the obligatory "it was a great song," was kinda brilliant: "There was a lot of lyric." Then a dude pointedly asked Adam if there was any symbolism to his songs, ending the question by stating, "Our people love you." As Kris nodded in agreement, Adam noted that, "'Mad World'...talks about people who don't fit in," and that "A Change is Gonna Come" was born from the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, "and there are all sorts of new civil rights issues that are coming up right now." After the boys fielded a question about being roommates, some incredibly wise person blurted out, "Who's seen who naked?" While Kris shook his head in embarrassment, Adam smiled and said, "We don't get naked together, sorry." After Kris lamented that he didn't feel the minor earthquake that shook L.A. on Sunday night, he said that, like Simon, he felt "Ain't No Sunshine" was his strongest song of the night for the simple reason that "I'd done that song, so I'd already kind of rehearsed it -- it was ready." And while Adam was happy to get a chance to re-stage "Mad World," he singled out "A Change is Gonna Come" as a standout for him: "It came as a surprise. I wouldn't have picked that for myself, but...I looked at the words and they really moved me. I felt like I connected to it." And with that, they were whisked away to rehearse for tonight's finale.
So, PopWatchers, I conclude my final On the Scene Idol recap of the season feeling surprisingly, happily sated. In spite of itself, I feel like the show managed to successfully deliver two completely worthy budding pop stars to its finale. But do you agree? Where would you rank "No Boundaries" in the pantheon of Idol finale songs? Do you think Kris can pull off the upset, or is Adam fated for the annual shower of confetti? And, seriously, what do you think the over-under is on the Idol producers unleashing a Norman Gentle/Tatiana Del Toro duet upon us all |
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From Sun Sentinel, for Krissy's fans to gloat.
Simon should stay and Kris should win
By Antonio Fins | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 20, 2009
Stop the drama queening. Simon Cowell isn't going anywhere. He's too invested in this show, and this show is too invested in him.
In fact, what hurts the show is when the judges draw more attention, or notoriety, than the contestants. Nothing worse, for example, than seeing Paula Abdul lip sync a song on stage a couple weeks ago. Here we have a show where contestants are judged on their singing talents, but the judge skips singing in a live performance. How about that for setting an example?
So, let's focus on the voting. Kris Allen deserves to win, because he's the American Idol. Believe it or not Adam Lambert fans, but Kris is more talented. Adam can sing, and shriek. But when Kris gets up there with his guitar and sings his different arrangements, he proves that he's more talented, overall.
So there. That's something to argue about today, rather than whether Simon goes, stays or leaves us hanging more than Jack Bauer's fate on 24.
From newsday.com
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'American Idol' fashion: Adam Lambert's sexy vampire, Kris Allen's sloppy college looks
American Idol's finale gave Adam Lambert and Kris Allen a chance to strut their fashion sense -- at times to their own detriment.
If anything (other than their voices) underscored the differences between Adam and Kris last night, it was fashion. Each had three wardrobe changes and three opportunities to amp up their star wattage. How did they do? Have a look:
Adam Lambert:
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Originally posted by lake at 20-5-2009 19:46 
i think adam was better than kris in round one...tapi elok jugak simon said kris was better...kan nanti org ckp pimping pulak
OMG aku hampir2 nak tergolek pengsan tengok masa dia nyanyi ...
ai pun berpendapat sama,
mad world vs apa tah lagu kris yang pertama, shud belong to adam..
yg kedua, by million milky way, adam menang |
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guys kalau ada World Idol,
siapa we (malaysia) should hantar untuk lawan adam lambert atau kris allen?
adakah sama soalannya kalau dalam permainan tennis , siapa pemain malaysia boleh lawan roger feder atau nadal? |
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Reply #426 alyssasarah's post
yap , biler kris nyanyi lagu tu waser cam nak suh gookey ganti 
My mom trus masuk bilik biler dengar si kriss ni nyanyik  |
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Reply #448 alyana's post
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world idol? dulu penyanyi yg plg kena kutuk kaw2 yg menang kan?diorg vote for the worst |
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Adam will earn millions soon.
Who Is the Top-Earning American Idol Alum?
Record Sales, Product Endorsements and Broadway Performances Bring Multi-Million Dollar Paydays to These American Idol Stars
By EVAN HESSEL AND DIRK SMILLIE
Forbes.com
May 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES -- For Adam Lambert or Kris Allen, winning tonight's much-anticipated American Idol finale will mean a short-lived media frenzy and the sudden adoration of millions of fans. It could also mean a big paycheck down the road.
David Cook, the scruffy rocker and winner of the last Idol competition, earned an estimated $2 million since June of 2008. That's a huge boost from what Cook made as a struggling singer-songwriter in Tulsa, Okla., before the winning the Idol crown last May.
Forbes estimates that Cook generated the bulk of his income from the 1.1 million copies sold of his self-titled major label debut album. Cook supplemented his music sales with a live tour and a product sponsorship deal with sneaker maker Skechers.
Cook's final competitor, David Archuleta, has also enjoyed a remarkably lucrative year since making it to the Idol finals. Archuleta made an estimated $1.3 million from sales of his first album and more than 100 live concerts.
Yet for a lesson in how to build truly massive riches, the current finalists should study the brief career of season-four winner Carrie Underwood. The farm girl turned songstress has gone on to a hugely lucrative recording, touring and product endorsement career. Underwood raked in an estimated $14 million last year, enough to secure the title of top-earning Idol alum.
With her carefully crafted Nashville pop, Underwood cultivates a massive audience spanning both country and Top 40 fans. Her debut album, Some Hearts, spent 11 weeks in 2007 at the top of the Billboard album charts. Songs from her second effort, Carnival Ride, got massive airplay on both country and adult alternative radio. All told, Underwood has sold 9.6 million albums and 10.7 million digital downloads, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Along with producing crowd-pleasing albums, Underwood understands the financial importance of hitting the road. She has played more than 300 shows since her Idol win. Each performance brings in about $350,000 to be split between Underwood and the concert promoter, according to Pollstar.
Underwood has also supplemented her recording and touring income with sizable product endorsement payments. She generates tabloid buzz with her personal life--former alleged flames include Dallas Cowboys star Tony Romo and Gossip Girl actor Chace Crawford--but avoids the personal meltdowns that afflict other young female celebrities, making her an ideal pitchwoman for consumer products companies. Vitamin Water, owned by Coca-Cola, pays Underwood to endorse its beverages.
Jennifer Hudson, eliminated midway through the third season, was the second-best paid Idol alum over the past year. Following the show, Hudson smartly bet her best chance and superstardom would come from work that blends her musical and acting talents.
In 2006, Hudson took a supporting role in the film adaptation of the Motown musical Dreamgirls. She won an Academy Award for the performance and has since scored roles in the Sex in the City movie and Winged Creatures, an upcoming indie flick also starring Kate Beckinsale and Forest Whitaker.
Her movie roles, along with a well-regarded album and endorsements from Gap and Avon, earned Hudson an estimated $5 million.
Kelly Clarkson, the first Idol champion, holds the title of most albums sold by a show alumnus. The 27-year-old with the powerful voice has sold over 10 million records since 2003, generating a steady stream of cash. Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted, released in March, is currently at No. 17 on the Billboard 200.
Another popular career path for Idol contestants is taking their voices on to Broadway or on tour with roving productions of popular musicals. Clay Aiken, the quirky second-place finisher from the second season, boosted his 2008 earnings by performing on Broadway in the Monty Python musical "Spamalot."
Taylor Hicks, winner of the fifth season, is currently playing the role of Teen Angel in a national tour of Grease. Hicks has also toured extensively as a solo artist and released two solidly popular albums of bluesy tunes.
Constantine Maroulis, who finished sixth place in the fourth season, is the most decorated Idol-turned-Broadway star. This month, he received a Tony nomination for his leading role in "Rock of Ages."
Still, without a big-selling album, endorsement contract or solo tour, Maroulis fell just short of our list of top 10 Idol alums.
As Ms. Underwood can attest, a multi-platform approach is essential to post-Idol riches.
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American Idol' Showdown: Adam Should Win In A Landslide
American Idol' Showdown: Adam Should Win In A Landslide
May 20th, 2009 9:03am EDT Post a comment Add to My News
It's interesting the way Ryan Seacrest framed last night's battle of the American Idol finalists, painting a major contrast between the two contestants. His list of the differences between the two singers was not simply a clashing description of two people, but a sort of rallying cry for the sections of the country each guy supposedly represented.
In one corner, Ryan gave us the clean-cut country boy from the "real" America who would just love to get your votes. In the other corner, we met the freakish glam rocker from that hedonistic land of California who does his best to command your votes. A strange way to frame a singing competition, and one that likely hurt Adam. I don't think the Lambert-based voting contingent described by Seacrest cares too much about self-representation to call in and vote, but middle America may want its Red, White, and Blue heart to show loud and proud from their touch tone phones for Kris.
With that, it seemed Kris was the clear favorite heading into the actual singing for the night. Adam had pretty much every ancillary factor going against him so he needed to be masterful to give himself a chance to win. We didn't have to wait long to see that he was going to do everything he needed and more.
Adam Lambert Sang "Mad World" by Tears For Fears
Randy said: A+ on that one, dude.
Kara said: You changed the game up for every other contestant. (Anthony Hopkins is in the audience!)
Paula said: I thought you did a really good job. (This single declaration followed a minute-long ramble of nonsense.)
Simon said: It was too theatrical.
The Verdict:
So Adam definitely looks like he's an alien invader stalking out of a landing craft with the blue backlight silhouetting his duster. Eerie and cool, beautifully underscoring his haunting vocal. I've always thought Adam is much better when he's restrained and lets his voice carry his performance rather than letting bombastic bravura overwhelm his otherworldly pipes.
I hate that they have to perform a song they've already done, but this is actually better than his original performance so he made it worthwhile.
Grade: A
Kris Allen Sang "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
Randy said: That was one of your best performances ever on the show.
Kara said: If you can't feel a Kris Allen performance and he doesn't move you, there's something wrong with you.
Paula said: You awaken the spirit in all of us.
Simon said: I wasn't sure you were the right choice for the final, but I absolutely take all that back after that performance.
The Verdict:
I must say, I'm astonished he didn't pick "Falling Slowly". I actually went ahead and typed it in during his little video introduction. This turned out to be a solid choice; however, it gives Kris a chance to show his now trademark way of turning any type of song into extremely radio-friendly and accessible pop music that could hit contemporary radio tomorrow. He turns this spare soul tune into a full-on pop extravaganza and never lets the garish instrumentation overwhelm his smooth vocals.
Looks like the first round is a draw.
Grade: A
Adam Lambert Sang "Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke
Randy said: You can sing your face off. That was unbelievable.
Kara said: That may have been your best performance and interpretation of a song from the beginning of the show.
Paula said: That was the best I've ever heard you sing ever.
Simon said: You are 100% back in the game.
The Verdict:
Did Adam just turn into an alt-country blues rocker? I think he did! It's amazing. There doesn't seem to be a single thing this guy can't sing. For him to flip such an emotional ballad into something you play on a front porch swing when you want to have a laid-back good time in the dead of summer is something of a miracle. Plus the fact, he totally made us forget about Syesha Mercado's brilliant rendition of it last year. Outstanding.
Also, now we know what the tin man wore to his wedding.
Grade: A+
Kris Allen Sang "What's Goin' On?" by Marvin Gaye
Randy said: A little bit light for me.
Kara said: I have absolutely no idea what she was prattling about.
Paula said: You tore that song up, made Marvin Gaye proud.
Simon said: It was like three friends in their bedroom strumming along to Marvin Gaye.
The Verdict:
Normally I say that Kris Allen Jason Mrazes the heck out of songs, but this was more a case of Jack Johnsoning with an upbeat and laidback guitar track backed by a lot of percussion.
The arrangement doesn't really work. This is a heartfelt anti-war song that doesn't really beg for the sunny rendition of Allen. Somehow, Adam did this for a song about racism and it worked, but for Kris it all just seemed like somebody who didn't understand the lyrics to the song. Maybe it's because Adam has a more commanding stage presence, maybe it's because Kris' vocals sounded like any you'd hear in the corner of a dimly lit coffee shop. Maybe it's just because Adam is more talented than Kris.
Whatever, the case, these were two extremely similar ways of interpreting very serious and deep songs with Kris coming out decidedly on the bottom.
Grade: C+
Adam Lambert Sang "No Boundaries"
Randy said: That was not one of my favorite Adam performances.
Kara said: It is amazing when somebody with your level of talent sings a song that we've written.
Paula said: Adjectives can't express how great you are.
Simon said: Over the entire season, you have been one of the best and most original contestants we've ever had on the show. I believe we've found a genuine star with you.
The Verdict:
Wow, this is just a miserably terrible song. It sounds like every Miley Cyrus song ever written. I know they have to use the show to launch the new singles, but can't we take that out of the competition? Like have the winner sing the new song after they're anointed on the results show?
As for Adam, he does a very good job of singing the song. The odd thing is that when he's saddled with such an awful song he actually sounds more like a recording artist than he ever has. Despite the lame material, this performance gave me more confidence than ever that Adam can make it as a popular musician and not just as a musical theater performer pretending to be on the radio.
Let's quickly try to write down Adam's thoughts as he flashed a coy smile following his performance: "Jeez judges. I tried. I mean I really tried. I tried to sing it the best I could, but did you hear that piece of crap? I'm used to singing Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith and now I get saddled with the song that Jessica Simpson thought was too cheesy for her comeback album. I know it wasn't that great, but can you please go easy on me? I'm trying to win this thing, and I had to go out with that song. Prithee, pity."
Grade: A-
Kris Allen Sang "No Boundaries"
Randy said: I think the song fit your voice even better.
Kara said: I think that song was too high for you. (Then why are they forced to sing it?)
Paula said: You deserve where you are in that spotlight.
Simon said: You have thoroughly deserved to be standing on this stage tonight.
The Verdict:
Adam turned this into a soaring ballad, Kris made into a One Republic-style pop-infused smooth soul tune. That does succeed in killing a little bit of the cheesiness in the opening verse, but when he hits his signature pop sweet spot on the chorus, he turns it back into something you'd hear on Pure Inspiration, volume six.
It's so hard to judge these contestants when they're singing such an awful song, so the best I can do is say that the vocals were relatively steady and he worked the stage pretty well. It's just unfair that his parting shot, his last chance to win this competition, is with some awful ballad that Taylor Swift would look down her nose at.
Grade: B-
FINAL THOUGHTS
There is no reason that Adam should lose after that show. It was like watching a prizefighter in his prime beat down a tomato can in a warmup match. Just masterpiece, after masterpiece from Adam while Kris struggled to keep up.
Coming into the night, I thought Kris' larger voting contingent would carry him through, especially after Ryan's "Red State vs. Blue State" framing of the evening. After the actual performances, however, this election should be a landslide for Adam.
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Oh how i flove this article....
Adam Lambert, Kris Allen shackled by awful song on 'American Idol' finale night
by Marcia White Wednesday May 20, 2009, 8:39 AM
I was so psyched for the finale week performance night, I left my kids' baseball game early to make sure I wouldn't miss any of the show. Yep, seeing "Idol" and dishing about it with you is my top priority.
I felt awful when one of my sons came through the door when the show was just about to end and asked if I saw how well he pitched the last few innings of the game. I felt worse that I missed it for a finale sing-off that included the greatest clunker song in "Idol" history.
Kris Allen and Adam Lambert each performed three times in their final matchup. Their first songs, their own choices from tunes they sang earlier in the season, were the best. Adam was all Goth in a long trench coat and strutting through fog with "Mad World," and Kris executed an awesomely arranged "Ain't No Sunshine."
From there, things went downhill fast. I forgot the finale week second song was the choice of show creator Simon Fuller. He picked two R&B classics, "A Change is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) for Adam and "What's Going On," (Marvin Gaye). While Adam can do no wrong in my eyes, there just wasn't much he could do with his song to make it sound updated, but he did inject some of his trademark big notes. "What's Going On," is a song that needs some angst in it. Kris is so sweet, he doesn't have an angst-filled bone in his body and it showed.
Kara was completely overboard when she gushed to Kris, "You can uplift people, make them think, make them change." Simon had a more realistic assessment with his observation, "It was like three friends sitting in their bedroom strumming along to Marvin Gaye."
While the final song of the evening should have whipped us all into a frenzy, it was incredible -- how bad it was. It was a song specially created to be the first single for the "Idol" champion and co-written by this year's new judge, Kara. All year she's been giving the contestants technical advice and telling them how better she could belt things out.
I have zero musical knowledge or talent, but even I could hear the song "No Boundaries" had a weird melody, strange tempo changes, and super-sappy lyrics about facing mountains and hurricanes. It was something more suited for a sub-Dreamworks animated kids' film about talking dogs or dinosaurs than a potential No. 1 pop hit.
Adam managed to push a bit of his power into it, but that was little help. You know it's bad when Paula just avoided saying much of anything about Adam's struggle and Simon said he hoped fans would judge Adam on his work the whole season, not on that final song.
While Kris should have done much better in dealing with the melodrama of the ballad, he limped though it too, with Kara having to hope out loud Kris' final judgment wouldn't be for that song.
I think this will be Kara's first and last year at the judge's table. I think she should be forced to sing her own bad song tonight to show everyone how SHE could do it. Then again, I NEVER WANT TO HEAR THAT SONG AGAIN.
The two-hour-plus "Idol" results show begins at 8 o'clock tonight and remember, if you're recording it, Ryan warned it will run past 10 p.m. That's only if they don't make anyone sing "No Boundaries" again, forcing everyone to flee the show early. |
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Reply #452 Urban_Iz's post
Klo adam ta menang idola pun tapa , dia dah ICON |
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Reply #453 Lana's post
this article makes my nite
something to hang on to until ryan drop the bomb tomorrow |
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First round to Kris, second round to Adam... and the third round to no one, although Adam hit all the high notes easily but it dudn't make the song any nicer, plus they were so mean to have maintained the high key for Kris (com'on it's not that he has a 4 octave vocal, what gives!) - the poor man had to struggle to meet the high notes. The last song just sucked to kingdom come that even Simon refuse to dignify it with any comment. |
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Originally posted by alyana at 20-5-2009 21:02
guys kalau ada World Idol,
siapa we (malaysia) should hantar untuk lawan adam lambert atau kris allen?
adakah sama soalannya kalau dalam permainan tennis , siapa pemain malaysia boleh l ...
Mawi?
This question reminds me of some thread on this board. |
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Post time 20-5-2009 08:28 PM
