Ok, so the big night is over. We've had our shares of anxiety and frustrations as the finale show gets longer and longer as expected. But ofcourse we all know that these intermissions, performed by great artists, both legendary and new, help build up the climactic moment of announcing the winner.
Ok, so I woke up this morning with this mild discomfort of keeping my eyes focused on the wall clock.. and as soon as my vision stabilized.. i was jerked by the sudden realization that it is already 8:30am. its the live telecast of american idol's season finale and Im half our late already. I frantically pointed my remote to the tv started watching. I dont think I missed that much, David Cook was just finishing his song and thanking his supporters and giving a little speech especially about the tragic death of his brother. Then we go to the dull but funny awards section given out to the early auditioners who made quite an impact, depending on how good or more commonly, how bad and bizaare they acted during the early stages of the show. The first one i caught was an award given to the outstanding male, and that went to that who-knows-whats-his-name with a funny outfit matched with head and wrist bands. He's quite funny but verging to annoying. He sang the jennifer husdon song and walked out abruptly after that. (thank god!) Then after that, forgive me but I totally forgot the order of the performances, so just to give the main highlights: Queen Latifah & Lil Rounds (whom I didnt recognized until after the show) Kris Allen & Keith Urban, Alisom & Cindy Lauper (playing a rather bizaare citar? was it), Lionel & Danny, Matt & Santana, Jason Mraz, Adam & Kiss, then the final 2 with Queen singing we are the champions. Ok, so we all know this number is favoring Adam's more rangey vocals, so ok, Kris looked like purring kitten joining the roaring tigers. A few more awards were given, one in particular would be for the bikini girl.. but kara, astonishingly emerged from the stage, and sang the high parts of the vision of love, not in par with Mariah's vocals though, but good enough to over shadow the bikini tramp. She then tore her dress revealing a black bikini underneath! haha! shocking but funny. I wished she showed it off more proudly, it looked like she wants to sew her dress up again after doing that. hahaha! She claimed, its all for charity.
Ok so the final 2 stood side by side, with ryan queuing to dim the lights for the last time and the haunting background music started playing. It was Kris Allen. To my favor. A lot of people were shocked, even Kris himself. Adam on the other hand gracefully hugged Kris and gave his congratulations. Nice guy! But kris, still in shock, has lost for words when asked by Ryan how is he feeling at the moment. He stuttered and said "It's crazy, Adam deserves this. I don't know how to react." Audience cheers weren't an uproar, nor did the judges jump off their seats. People were all trying to sink in the surreal result until the band started playing the No Bounderies song. Kris then started singing and probably began to realize that he is the winner. Live up to it!
Ok, so my thoughts on this. I've always been for Kris since day 1. but people are all talking about how good Adam was. OK, in my opinion both are great singers. both are artistically driven, taking each song and making them as their own. its a battle of the theatrical divo, vs the laid back acoustic guy. Who do I want more, lets go for the under dog. American Idol is known for putting singers with big voices in their hall of fame. I say, how about the crooners? the acoustic guitar players? the subtle serenaders? dont they get the chance to win it too? Last year, we had David Cook, also a Rock enthusiast., got this outstanding high octave voice, we all now he deserved it, but lets leave it to that. How about bringing in someone more different, more of an underdog who can give us the same great melodic songs but in his own subtle and divine way. Thats why America chose Kris.
