Congratulations!!
Here’s the complete list of the top 12 this season :
Didi Benami
Crystal Bowersox
Lacey Brown
Katie Stevens
Paige Miles
Siobhan Magnus
Casey James
Tim Urban
Lee Dewyze
Michael Lynche
Aaron Kelly
Andrew Garcia
Seventeen year old high schooler, Allison Iraheta, “American Idol,” has signed a contract with 19 Recordings, the company affiliated with the top-rated reality show.
Iraheta joins Adam and Kris with this company.
Fuller said Iraheta is one of the best teenage singers the show has ever discovered. Her big songs included the jazz standard “Someone to Watch Over Me” and Heart’s “Alone.”
Iraheta, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, has said that she aspired to compete on “American Idol” since she was 9 years-old.
Jive Records, which is owned by Sony Corp will releas Allison’s album.
There has been no announcement about recording plans for third-place finisher Danny Gokey.
“At this point, I think everybody knows everything, but once the Rolling Stone article comes out, people will know everything,” Adam Lambert told E last night at the Young Hollywood Awards.
Reportedly, Lambert will officially come out of the closet next week in a cover story for the music magazine…
He goes on to add
“I’m excited, I want people to know what’s up. It’s words coming out of my mouth!”
Since becoming Season 8’s winner and The American Idol, Kris’s single “No Boundaries” is No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and he will be dropping his album in the fall. Kris , who became the first married winner of American Idol in May, will be touring with the other top 10 “American Idol” 2009 Summer Tour beginning in July.
“As exciting as the last few months have been, I’m really looking forward to what is next,” Allen said in a statement today. “I’m very grateful to be working with Simon Fuller and his team at 19 Entertainment, along with Barry Weiss and Jive Records on my debut album.”
“Everyone’s been asking me what it’s going to sound like. It will be very similar to what you heard from me on the show — definitely in the pop/rock genre,” says Allen.
After last night’s “upset”, seems like one of the judges is still not so sure about our newly crowned American Idol.
We already heard Simon mention more than once that Kris Allen wasn’t “good enough” to compete in American Idol’s finale, and Simon Cowell is apparently still not so sure that he deserves to have been crowned the show’s eighth-season winner.
Kris Allen was crowned Idol’s eighth-season winner defeating Adam Lambert.
Cowell talked about his feelings on the winner; which we all know he is not shy about , this morning during a radio show broadcast with Idol’s host Ryan Seacrest.
“[Kris] is probably the right winner in terms of being a nice guy,” Cowell told Ryan “[But] was he the best singer in the competition? No.”
“You know what my feeling on the show is,” Cowell added. “I mean he’s popular. If you allow America to vote, you live with the vote. I wouldn’t have said he was the best singer in the competition, no. He was like a little puppy dog.”
Seacrest then asked Cowell to rank Allen in comparison to American Idol’s seven previous winners, causing Cowell to just laugh and pose the same question back to Seacrest.
“I’d probably put him in the middle,” Seacrest told Cowell.
“In the middle?” Cowell laughed. “Okay, who’s below him?”
“Ruben,” Seacrest said, referring to second-season Idol champion Ruben Studdard.
“He’s below him?” Cowell asked.
“Yes,” said Seacrest.
“Okay, [who else]?” Cowell replied.
“Who’s won the show, I can’t remember!” Seacrest said.
“Taylor Hicks,” Cowell offered, referring the fifth-season Idol champion that Simon has repeatedly has said to be the show’s worst winner.
“[Yes], Taylor Hicks!” Seacrest said.
“Okay, well he’s above him,” Cowell replied.
Last week, Cowell’s remark was that Kris was “not a good enough singer to compete with Adam” in the finale. Cowell said that Danny Gokey was “the only one who can compete with Adam on vocals.”
Once Danny was voted off Kris was left to battle it out with Adam.
“Listen, congratulations Kris. Anyone that gets the public vote, good luck to them,” Cowell said later in his interview with Seacrest.
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.
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.
Tuesday’s finale will more than likely the most viewed and tightest race in Idol history. Adam Lambert and Kris Allen will battle it out to become the next American Idol. Will America pick the eyeliner wearing, screaming rockstar or the mellow, quite country boy?
adam and kris wednesday night after results
Carrie Underwood, four time Grammy Winner and Country Music Star, will take the stage for a second time this season. Season four winner, Carrie, will perform “Home Sweet Home”; the season’s farewell ballad. Part of the proceeds from the sale of her single will go to The Humane Society of the United States. Carrie was just recently on Idol this season and performed her single “I told you so” with Randy Travis.
carrie underwood and randy travis
It has not yet been released who the other guests will be.
After never being in the bottom throughout the whole competition, Danny was sent packing last night.
Adam reacts when Danny is sent home.
Just because Danny has been voted off of American Idol does not mean we have seen the last of him. Danny has big things planned for himself and his foundation that he started after his wife’s death.
Of course Danny will be touring this summer with the other top 10 finalists from this season. The tour will begin July 5th in Portland Oregon at Rose Garden and end September 15 in Manchester New Hampshire at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Danny’s beloved wife Sophia had a congenital heart condition and during her life had underwent many heart surgeries. When she was 27, last July, she underwent a surgery to install a pacemaker and never woke up from the surgery. She was a fan of American Idol and was forever trying to get Danny to watch, he finally did a year before her death. She also encourage him to audition. Shortly after Sophia’s death Danny decided to audition and advanced to Hollywood and has been a fan ever since.
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After Sophia’s death, Danny started Sophia’s Heart Foundation. This foundation strives to help needy children by providing food, clothing and shelters, along with offering scholarships. Danny will continue to work faithfully with this foundation.
There is also an American Idol Finale Party planned for Danny on May 20th with Danny’s BFF Jamar Rogers as a special guest.
Danny also plans on starting his own eyeglasses line, imagine that. Along with working on an album.
When asked what type of music he saw himself making he replied;
“I really want to do a soulful album, but I want to mix it with nice beats, like nice R&B beats, beats that get people’s heads moving, and mix it with a hint of a Latin vibe. I was with my wife for 12 years, she was Puerto Rican, and I’m so into salsa and meringue, and I want to mix it in one arena.”
Danny was also asked about when Kris was chosen first to enter into the finals, did you think you were going home? Danny responded with…….
“I knew it was it for me. I was very confident in the fact that it was it for me. Actually, all day I thought it was it for me. Did I want it to be it for me? No. I wanted to go for the gold, just like they did, and it didn’t work out that way. The thing is, I’m a competitor by nature. I like to compete. I gave it what I gave it. Looking back, would I have done things different? Absolutely. But the one thing I can say is, I’m proud of my accomplishments, coming from losing my wife 10 months ago to where I am today. It wasn’t just a show I was in. I was battling different things. Not only in this competition did I keep my head up, but I also had to deal with that whole end of the spectrum, losing my wife. I saw strength in me that I didn’t know I had.”
Danny also added that the notorious scream could have been his down fall in all of this. But no matter how this ended, this is one strong willed man. I also believe that if someone can loose a loved one 10 months prior and go out a perform the way that he did that anything can be possible. It also goes to show the dedication and love that Danny has for his wife. I think all of this was in her memory. And there are bigger things for Danny to come.
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