……..and your Season 8 2009 American Idol is…………..

KRIS ALLEN!!!!!!!!

After a concert of many outstanding artists and an audience full of superstars and past American Idols  the announcement was finally made!!! It is quite a big upset (not that I was!) and I think very unexpected even by Kris himself to hear “Kris Allen” be announced as the next American Idol.

This two hour episode was filled with excitement and great talent and entertainment.  From Kiss to Rod Stewart and The Black Eyed Peas to Steve Martin.

Lil Rounds and Queen Latifa perform  “You’ve Got my Heart in Chains,” the first duet of the night.

Anoop Desai singa with Jason Mraz.

Kris then performs Defying Gravity and Kiss a Girl with Keith Urban.

The girls of season 8 take to the stage to sing ” Glamorous”  and are joined by Fergie.  Then Fergie sings” Big Girls Don’t Cry” and then she welcomes the Black Eyed Peas to the stage for a performance of Boom Boom Pow.  The audience is totally pumped after this, even Simon is standing!

The  Golden Idol for Best Attitude and the nominees are: Katrina Darrell aka Bikini Girl. Alexis Cohen. Tiffany Shedd. The winner is  Bikini Girl who comes out in ofcourse a “bikini”  along with some “new additions” and  sings  Mariah Carey’s ” Vision of Love”.  And then out of nowhere comes Kara with extrodianry vocals to do a duet with her.  Before the song was over Kara reveals her bikini! And for that it was said it was a dare and there would be a donation made to her favorite charity.

Allison Iraheta  and Cyndi Lauper performs a duet, singing “Time After Time.”

Danny Gokey takes the stage singing a solo and then a duet with Lionel Richie ” All Night Long.”

And then out came   Kiss all painted upto  take to the stage with Adam Lambert to sing ” Rock ‘n Roll All Nite.”

The Top 13 then perform with Carlos Santana.

Kris and Adam even got brand new 2010 Ford Hybrids courtesy of Ford.

Michael Sarver and Meagan Joy Corkrey  perfom with Steve Martin, yes I said Steve Martin, as he played the banjo.

The Idol guys sing Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”   And then, Rod Stewart rises out of the bottom of the stage and performs.

And then it’s  the last Golden Idol award of the night. Outstanding Female. Tatiana Del Toro is  the winner of this award. She rushes the stage while Ryan tries to go to a commercial takes his mike and starts to sing Whitney Houston “Saving All My Love for You” which she sang almost every time she competed .

Adam and Kris perform”We are the champions”  together  by Queen themselves. And then out comes Queen.

Then comes the results we have all waited for……with almost 100 million votes………Ryan announces……………….

Kris Allen is the winner!!!!

Kris seems to be in shock and speecless with his modest adittude that he has had all season he says “Adam deserves this”.  Also saying that he doesn’t even know what to say.

And there you have it……………Kris is our winner.  Then he performs ” No Boundaries”  co-written by Kara DioGuardi.  This will be his first single.

The finale…………..who will be the next American Idol?

Tonight Adam and Kris got to sing three songs.

First was the repeat performances………………

Adam’s first song was  Mad World

Judge’s Opinions:

Randy…..”glad to see you show your sensitive side”  and “I give you an A plus…A for Adam.

Simon……..”it was too theatrical”

Kris did ” ain’t no sunshine” while playing the piano.

Judges said………….

Randy…..”you saved the best for last” and it was the best performance ever.

Kara………”if he doesn’t move you then there is something wrong with you.”

Paula…………..”awakened the spirit in all of us.”

Simon…..” When they announced your name  last week, I wasn’t sure that America had made the right choice.  I take that all back now.”

Then came American Idol creator  Simon Fuller’s choice.

For Adam is was “Change is gonna come” by Sam Cooke.  Randy called it “unbelievable.”  Kara said it was probably Adam’s best performance and interpretation of a song.  While Paula said it was the best she had ever heard Adam sing, ever ever ever.  She also said he looked like a superstar and was gonna be iconic.  Simon told him he was 100% back in the game.

Kris’s feedback  from the guys wasn’t as promising after his performance of “what’s going on” by Marvin Gaye.  Randy said it was a little light for him.  Although Paula said “you tore it up and made Marvin Gaye proud.”  Kara said he was the perfect person to sing this song.  While Simon said it was like three friends in a bedroom strumming a guitar to Marvin Gaye and called it too layed back for a night like tonight.

For the final performance the finalists were to perform “No Boundaries”  which will be the winners first single.

Adam took the stage first.  Randy said “dude you can sing anything.” Adding that it was a little pitchy and just ” alright” for him.  Kara says she is moved and proud.  Paula tells Adam that she is an Adam fan forever.  Simon calls him one of the best and original contestants ever and that they have found a star with Adam.

Then came Kris.  Randy told Kris that the song was a better fit for him and he should be proud.  Kara said she didn’t want him to be judged by this song and hoped America would juge him be the compelling artist he is.  Paula wished Kris the best of luck no matter what happened.  Simon told him he was surprised at how far he had come.  He also added that his highlight was his first song.

Then to end the night Carrie Underwood sang “Home Sweet Home” , Idol’s farewell song.