Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Adam “The Keeper” vs. Kris “The Sleeper”

Kim Reis

So - unless you were hiding under a rock today - you know that the final performances of American Idol was last night.  The final performances by Adam (the front-runner) and Kris (the sleeper).  If you look back at my blog postings, I had called Kris “THE SLEEPER” since the beginning.  I thought that final three would have been Allison, Danny and Adam with Danny and Adam being in the finals together.  I was almost right - Allison, Danny, Adam and KRIS were all in the final four.  Allison went home - as I had predicted in the first month of performances.  But Danny got cocky and went home before Kris.  I’m not even sure how Kris even got to this point???  But hearing his first performance last night definitely wow’d me.  Performances two and three - not so much.  Simon Fuller (the creator of American Idol) picked their second song.  I’m not sure he picked fairly.  Adam’s song was PERFECT for his style.  Poor Kris had to FORCE it to work.  And then the final song (co-written by Idol judge Kara) wasn’t perfect for either of them.  But Adam “worked it out dawg” - better than Kris.  In the end, it’s almost a DUH moment.  Adam has to win (but I’m not a huge fan of the screech).  I’ve started to really like Kris and I usually vote or root for the underdog (especially in sports).  But Adam needs to win - hands down.  I almost voted for Kris last night as a sympathy vote.  But then I thought, “how many people are doing that right now?“  Could Kris actually win by sympathy votes?  Meredith Vieira on The Today Show said she loves Kris - but didn’t vote.  On paper - Adam wins.  I didn’t vote.  But if Kris takes the cake tonight, it will be chalked up as the BIGGEST UPSET in Idol history.  I’ll be hovered in front of the TiVo tonight.  Will you???  BTW - can I say that I LOVED the fact that the show was ONLY AN HOUR!!!  Thank you!  Finally!!!  No need to drag the sucker out!  Whew!!!