Simon Cowell’s “not so sure” take on our American Idol

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.

The Boy’s Club battle it out

In American Idol’s 300th episode The Boys Club had to sing two songs.  One was the judges’ choice and the second was a song of the guys’ choice.   This is going to be a close one.

First up was Danny Gokey.  Paula picked Danny’’s song;  “Dance Little Sister” by Terrence Trent D’Arby.

The judges ofcourse put in their two cents.  Randy smiled saying “way to jump it off ” and calling it “dope.”  Kara said she liked the song choice and it was the “money spot” but did not like the dancing.  “Way to go,” said Paula also adding “way to go.”  Simon called Danny’s dancing “desperate” and said he would have picked a different song.

Randy chose Kris Allen’s song;  One Republic’s “Apologize.”

Randy said, I think the song showed us what kind of future Kris has in the music business.  Kara said she would have perferred this performance with the aucoustic guatiar and it was a  competent performance.  Paula claimed to have heard a “loud bum note,” as Simon disagreed as he usually does with Paula.  This sparks an argument between the judges.

Simon picked “One” by U2 for Adam Lambert.

Simon said this was one of his favorite songs in the world and said that  he recieved a call from Bono saying that he would be “my pleasure” to have Adam perform this song.  He got a “brillant” from Simon. With  Simon also adding that it would be the biggest upset ever if Adam was not one of the finalists.  Randy said it was “in the zone” but he was off the melody.  Kara liked that Adam did his own version of the song.

Next it was the guys’ turn to pick their own songs.

Kris did his own version of  Kayne West’s “Heartless” with only his aucoustic gauitar.

The judges take was promising for Kris.   Simon said he had written him out of the competiton after his first song performance but then said “that has all changed after that performance.”  Randy said Kris’s version was “better than the original.”  Kara called it “bold and fearless.”  Paula said Kris was the bravest artist and he picked a song about Simon Cowell.

Adam belted out his version of Aerosmith’s “Cryin.” Which was right down his alley.

“One of the best I have ever seen on this stage” says Randy, adding “you should be a rock star.”  Kara said she wondered how he hit those high notes, predicting that we will see Adam in the finals.      Paula says, “You set the bar so high in the sky. We’ll be seeing you next week and many years after that.” Simon says he’s not going to suck up as much as the others because you can’t assume anyone will make the final. He wants everyone to vote for Adam because he deserves to be there.

Danny slowed things down with “You are so Beautiful” by Joe Cocker.

Randy said that this just proved why Danny is here because he can sing. Which is what this competion is about.  Kara said “everything you didn’t do in your first performance you just did it” calling Danny’s performance “stunning.”  Paula said that he showed his gospel and R&B part of his  voice and that he “nailed it.”  Simon said the song did not need rearranging calling it a “vocal masterclass.”

So who will we see in the final two?  Who will America pick?  This season has been the most watched and these contestants have been the most followed contestants in Idol history.  It will be a nail biter and will come down to the votes of America.  We will see tonight.

Which THREE contestants will move to the Top 12 from Group 2

Adam Lambert 26 years old Home: Los Angeles, CA Audition: San Francisco, CA Photo Video	Allison Iraheta 16 years old Home: Los Angeles, CA Audition: San Francisco, CA Photo Video	Jasmine Murray 16 years old Home: Starkville, MS Audition: Jacksonville, FL Photo Video
Jeanine Vailes 27 years old Home: Sherman Oaks, CA Audition: San Francisco, CA Photo Video	Jesse Langseth 25 years old Home: Minneapolis, MN Audition: Kansas City, MO Photo Video	Kai Kalama 26 years old Home: San Clemente, CA Audition: San Francisco, CA Photo Video
Kris Allen 23 years old Home: Conway, AR Audition: Louisville, KY Photo Video	Matt Breitzke 27 years old Home: Bixby, OK Audition: Kansas City, MO Photo Video	Matt Giraud 23 years old Home: Kalamazoo, MI Audition: Louisville, KY Photo Video
Megan Joy Corkrey 22 years old Home: Sandy, UT Audition: Salt Lake City, UT Photo Video	Mishavonna Henson 18 years old Home: Irvine, CA Audition: Phoenix, AZ Photo Video	Nick Mitchell 27 years old Home: Brookfield, CT Audition: New York, NY Photo Video

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