Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ultimate Idol Upset

Kim Reis

What an Idol show!!!!  Cyndi Lauper, Rod Stewart (who almost tripped and fell on live TV - ouch!), Lionel Richie, Santana, Black Eyed Peas, Queen Latifah, KISS, Queen and Keith Urban!!!!!  It’s so funny that the “big stars” didn’t want anything to do with Idol in the early years.  Now it seems like EVERYONE wants a piece.  Did you see the people in the audience???  Idol has become part of the “IT” factor.  Did you see the the unbelievable schooling by Kara with Bikini Girl.  She totally outsang her!!!  Bikini Girl should be embarassed!  And, not to mention that I think Kara looked better in a bikini!  HA!

The show was great!  2 hours flew by.  I’m glad they didn’t try to stretch it to 3 hours.  My kids had to get to bed for school!

And, in the end - Kris Allen FREAKIN’ WON!!  What the???!!!!  As I said - Adam should have won.  But I had a feeling that voters would root for the underdog.  I wonder how far apart the votes were?  The auditors said that they had almost 1 million voters.  I wonder the percentage?  KRIS ALLEN???  SERIOUSLY???!!!  The Sleeper???  I am totally shocked.  I think you may have heard my gasp from your house.  My entire family was piled into my bedroom to watch the show and it was completely shocking!  Adam took it well.  He acted like he was fine, but I’m sure he was crushed. I was proud of him (and his reaction) but I’m sure he was shocked by the result.  He was totally the front-runner and this announcement was a shocker.  A shocker for sure.

As my husband Manny said - now Adam can do “his own” album.  And it’s so true.  I’m sure there are Idol rules and now Adam doesn’t have to follow those rules.  He’s so unique and he can create a unique album.  Kris has to follow the Idol rules while Adam can go out on his own.  But then again - we can see how that worked (or didn’t work) for Bo Bice.  Has anyone heard of his happenings since Idol?  Carrie Underwood won and Bo went where??  Anyone?  Bueller?  Having your own unique sound is great.  But if you get too weird and offtrack - it can derail your career real quick.  Mainstream wins - whether true AHTEESTS like it or not (AHTEESTS = posh form of Artists).

But it seems so weird.  Kris Allen - American Idol Season 8.  Adam will be just fine.  Just fine…  Kris Allen - hmmmm?  One hit wonder?  We’ll see.