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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Notions and Commotions
 I just saw the first part of the American Idol for the second time a while ago and it made me think again. Does Kris Allen truly deserve the title to be the eight season winner of the American Idol. Has America got it all wrong? Some are saying that this is the biggest upsets in the AI history. Even more than when Chris Daughtry was eliminated in season five. And I have to say a lot of issues have arisen because of Kris Allen's surprise victory. I personally chose Kris since day one over the glam rocker and guy-liner Adam Lambert who consistently delivered some of the amazing performances on the American Idol stage in the judges' opinion. I recall Paula Abdul practically gave him the title the first night that he performed. Even Simon Cowell, who is known for his nasty remarks among the judges told him that he's gonna be an international star and even gave him a standing ovation. But when Danny Gokey was eliminated the first thought that entered my brain was Oh man, this is definitely Adam Lambert's season. Over a record-breaking 100 million votes were cast this season. And what do you know it, America had a lot of surprises under its sleeves that it made the unexpected the expected and made Kris Allen the winner. So what went wrong? Hmmm. Let's speculate shall we? Here are a few theories that I have in mind on why did Adam Lambert lost over Kris Allen. First. Okay I have this really cliche theory on my mind. It worked on a couple of idol hopefuls like Michael Johns and Carly Smithson on the past season. We all knew that Adam was the judges' favorite this season. They didn't just gave him praise they practically crowned him as the winner every damn week. On how he's a total performer; On how he always and when I say always I say always makes his song choices one of his own; On how he is the greatest singer slash performer in all history. Okay, we get it that he is already the American Idol in the judges' eyes. But there leaves this presumed notion that Adam totally got this in the bag it makes people lazy to vote for him hence he loose a huge number of votes. Kris Allen on the other hand received pretty good criticisms on some weeks while delivered solid performances as well. Some of them were good comments but it was not as consistent as Adam's. This made his fans a little more challenged to vote more for Kris to stay in the competition. So yeah what I'm trying to say is: Blame the Judges for Adam's loss. HAHAHA! This is just one theory though. Second. Danny Gokey and Kris Allen happen to be both Christians. They are both actively devoted in their religious organizations in Milwaukee and in Conway respectively. The glam rocker on the other hand has been quiet about his beliefs throughout the show. It made me think that perhaps millions of Christian fans of Danny Gokey voted for Kris Allen over Adam which gave him a lot of boost for the win. I know it's obvious that religion is indeed such a small factor that can contribute to a person's win but the fact that American Idol is still a family-friendly show that extends to a large demographic number of Christian viewers is a big proof. I found out that five out the seven past winners of the American Idol are all very vocal about their Christian beliefs. Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks and Ruben Studdard are just to name a few. Coincidence? Perhaps. Third. I think almost half of the viewers of the American Idol are teens. I remember when the top three were all given a chance to visit their hometowns to pay tribute and to gather support, Kris Allen in particular was greeted by dozens of screaming tween girls who looked like they were in the presence of a long-lost Jo Bro. This is the same crowd that made Miley Cyrus and High School Musical famous. A futile theory though, but young girls go for the acoustic balladeer, a guy-next-door type of musician and that speaks Kris from start to finish. He is type of guy who sang a Kanye West song and look like a high school heartthrob in it. And I think only a few number of girls go for the glam rocker and sexually ambiguous looks that Adam possesses. Do you guys agree? I think I'm going to stop here if I don't want to get shot by a swarm of Adam fans. Anyways these are just my weird notions on why Adam lost the title over Kris. But at the end of the day, yes I do believe that the real competition starts outside the American Idol stage. Besides, you don't need the title to become famous and to earn lots and lots of money. I believe its up to artist and his/her perseverance and passion to give good music. Just look at Taylor Hicks of season five. He was the crowd favorite that time, a total performer as well. But where is he now? Taylor Hicks' debut album as I discovered only sold 700, 000+ number of copies to date. Not remotely close to his fellow season five hopeful Chris Daughtry and his debut album with selling over five million copies to date. Kellie Pickler [do you guys still remember this funny girl?] even sold more copies of her album than Taylor did. I am a Kris Allen fan but I cannot assure that he's gonna make it big in the music industry, so is Adam. And I think the best way on times like this is too just wait and see. *image courtesy of: RenzyBenzy |
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