Comments on: AMERICAN IDOL Season 8: Final Competition Night

By: coffee fan

coffee fan — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:55:22 +0000

the “100 million” vote count represents the Adam Lambert fans versus everybody else; some people out there must have auto-dial machines

By: EireGo

EireGo — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:37:41 +0000

I have been looking at this competition all wrong. I always thought that if I didn’t like what someone did with or to a song, then they sucked. But what we all have to keep in mind is that Rap, Country, R&B, Rock, Pop and Gospel are all million dollar industries. Whether you personally like the genre has little to do with what matters. Keep in mind someone used to buy Tiny Tim’s records and more than one person bought William “she bangs” Hung’s CD.

I’m a Kris Allen fan.

By: READER#9

READER#9 — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:00:52 +0000

For me, there wasn’t a clear winner last night, but I believe the popular will go to Adam.

It comes down to one thing for me: Which performance makes me want to buy the record? Adam’s “Mad World” may have blown people away, but I can guess that it’s because the lyrics sounded so close to what we feel Adam’s life must have been in high school. But the constant comments of “oh, so haunting!” “So original” are annoying. Have these people ever even heard the original? Why buy Adam’s take when the original is so much more powerful. Adam didn’t do anything new with it.

As for Kris Allen, I wouldn’t buy his “Ain’t no Sunshine”, but I would download his “What’s Going On”. Wouldn’t get rid of the original because I am in love with the sax solo, but I really liked thought Kris gave it a credible update.

Can’t comment on the “No Boundaries” winner song. It’s lame and neither singer could change my mind about it. I did like Simon’s comment about it, though.

Final Verdict: I would only buy Kris’s “What’s Going On” and I thought that is what this competition was all about.

By: Poncho

Poncho — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:43:38 +0000

As I’ve done for several years in the finale, I watched the performances and then muted the judges during my first see-through. The second, I do listen to their feedback.

I have to agree with Simon, somewhat. The first round went to Kris. Although I love Adam’s Mad World there was something in this performance that didn’t work for me as it did the last time he sang it, but Kris’s second take on his Top Downloads song left me breathless.

The second round went to Adam. It loved Kris’s song (and kind of agree and disagree with Simon, because I do think it was a little lay back, but at the same time I saw Kris being just true to himself and owning the song), but Adam’s was just amazing.

As of the legendary -and dreadful- “Idol” single, I cannot make my mind. I think it went bad for both: Adam botched a lot of notes (something I was shocked to see), and Kris struggled with the high register. I blame the song.

As a conclusion, I call the night a tie. I think they both went to give a great show and my personal opinion is on that (at least for the first 45 minutes).

By: Shelley n

Shelley n — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:28:16 +0000

Well, we ALL know who i want to win. We’ll just get that out of the way right now! Go ALamb!!!!!
I thought the show itself could have been a little more glammed up, but i guess they’re saving it for tomorrow, so… we shall see!
Firstly, I thought Adam’s long coat was VERY dashing, actually, don’t know what Simon was going on about!
I liked both first-song choices, Adam’s because in his first performance of Mad World, he sounded too much like kd lang for my taste (i really think the ONLY time i wasn’t utterly charmed), and here, it was just much more enjoyable for me, and Kris’ because Ain’t No Sunshine is just a really great song and really hard to screw up! I say, first round a tie!
Second round, Adam with A Change Is Gonna Come, a song i am not too familiar with, except that Queen Latifah did a really low-key bang-up job of it in the most recent Hairspray movie. My unfamiliarity with the song makes it a little hard for me to judge, but i’m gonna go out on a limb and say… i loved it (c’mon! i GOTTA be a little biased here!!). Kris with What’s Goin’ On, i am much more familiar with, and liked it, but like the judges, i thought it too laid back and much prefer the original. Second round most DEF to Adam! 😉
The final round, what i call the mandatory-record song, well, just fyi, if you go to rickey.org, he already has the lyrics posted!! I loved Adam’s rendition. I didn’t think there were any “screamy parts” in it, and altho i didn’t understand EVERY word, i didn’t think the chorus lyrics were sung into “oblivion,” as you say. No missed notes either, yay! I was very happy with it, overall (as was Kara, and she did look quite smug about it in that first cam-shot, didn’t she?? Ugh.).
Now, with Kris, i’m a little confused. I could see him struggling with the high registers in the song, just as you did, and i wondered, why didn’t he, or the band really, play the song in a lower key that better suited him! Isn’t that how the music industry works? Songs are adjusted to the performer’s tastes? Anyway, he struggled, and left a few sour notes in the road. I actually felt pretty bad for the guy. Overall, not horrible but not great either. Third round most emphatically to Adam!
I also liked that Carrie Underwood made an appearance, great cover of a great song! I liked that they showed audition/hollywood week footage, too, at least until they got to that horrid drama queen, Annasomething Del Toro, which severely set my eye to twitching. NOT KIDDING. And you just KNOW they’re gonna have her in for the finale-finale. Something to dread with a fiery passion. siiigh.
Anyway, good luck to both Adam and Kris, they both were wonderful thru-out the season, and tho i (obviously) adore one much more than the other, i look forward to hearing about them and their careers in the future.
And, not to be TOO democratic here at the end, i did vote ALamb for the ENTIRE 4 hours! Fingers X’d!!! Woooo Hooo!