Anyone who knows Seth and I know how addicted to American Idol we are. Even on our busy Tuesday nights this season we stayed up late watching AI just to catch up for the next day. We were ecstatic that Kris won. Not to say that we didn't have other favorites such as Danny Gokey and Matt Gerrard. Despite Adam's undeniable talent we just could NOT become fans. My sister's friend posted the following article on her blog and we whole heartly agree....so much so that we wanted to share it:
Kris Allen is your new "American Idol." Who'd have thunk it?
Certainly not the "Idol" producers. They couldn't be bothered to show Kris at all before this season's semi-finals began, which is usually the kiss of death to all but the most compelling singers (Kelly Clarkson in season one, Bo Bice in season four). And they shamelessly, even by their standards, tried to stage-manage a victory for pet contestant Adam Lambert, giving him an abundance of screen time, better production values (special lighting and other effects) than any past finalist, and multiple chances to close the show near the end of the season.
Certainly not the "Idol" judges. They had trouble hiding their love -- or, in the case of Paula Abdul, worship -- of Adam throughout the finals. On Judges' Choice night last week, Simon went to the trouble to get U2's "One" cleared for him to sing, and talked about how pleased Bono was to have Adam singing one of his songs. At the end of last week's performance show, Simon Cowell all but begged the audience to vote for Adam so he wouldn't be a surprise elimination before the finale. And at the end of Tuesday night's show, after Kris had struggled through the embarrassingly mawkish "Idol" coronation song co-written by new judge Kara DioGuardi, all four judges were so condescending in the way they each told Kris that he should be proud of making it this far, the only way he could have been more insulted was if Paula had patted him on the head while Randy Jackson gave him a trophy for participation.
For the full article by Alan Sepinwall:
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/05/kris_allen_wins_american_idol.html
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3 comments:
I am really glad that Kris won as well. I didn't get to watch it much this year because of our satellite line-up, but with the little that I did see, I was pretty impressed with him. It is always so pathetic how the judges play favorites like that.
Amen to that! Kris is more of an American Idol type of person. He had his cute little wife there supporting him all along. Adam was not what I hope my kids grow up to be. He came across as effeminate and creapy. He sang his genre well and I hear that the new version of Queen would like him as their lead man. He is perfect for that role, but not as an American Idol.
I think Paula was in love with Adam. It was sick to see how much she fawned over him.
An idol insider did reveal several weeks back that the show's producers do indeed try to manipulate outcomes that they feel would bring in the most ratings and revenue.
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