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Can you believe the eighth season of American Idol will be over tonight? It started with a great recap of the best judges moments from this year which, of course, included some clips of Kara DioGuardi. I never realized how much she said “sweetie!” Too funny!
After they checked in with the hometowns of finalists, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, the Top 13 performed Pink’s hit song “So What?” I am not sure why they picked this since I don’t think it works well as a group number. It sounds kind of cheesy to be honest. Kudos to Scott MacIntyre (Idol’s first visually impaired contestant) for navigating his way through the performance!
American Idol season 7 winner, David Cook, performed a song called “Permanent” and I really liked it. He really is an impressive artist and I’m so happy with how great his career has progressed since the show ended.
More “Golden Idol Awards” (these are a little mean, aren’t they?). They showed clips of the worst auditions of this season. I am ashamed to admit that I could not stop laughing! It great to see a whole highlight reel of Nick Mitchell/Norman Gentle material. He won, of course :)
Queen Latifah took the stage along with former contestant, Lil Rounds. They performed “Cue the Rain” and it was a pretty good performance. Did you like it?
Jason Mraz, along with former finalists, Anoop Desai and Alexis Grace, sang his huge hit “I’m Yours” (the rest of the Top 13) and I really thought it was a bit choppy and off. I really love Jason Mraz and he was great but it felt a little strained and weird. 
We next got to see “The Journey of Kris Allen” and those montages always give me the chills. I love to see how far they’ve come since we first saw the finalists in the audition round.
Kris thrilled his fans by coming out on stage with Keith Urban where they sang “Kiss a Girl” and I thought it was fabulous!
The great pairing just made the girls’ group performance stand out as mediocre. Okay, really it was mostly Jasmine Murray who was seriously struggling (as she did in the Top 13 group number earlier) as she and Megan Joy started by singing “Glamorous.” Allison Iraheta introduced Fergie who sang “Big Girls Don’t Cry” but the action didn’t stop there.
The rest of the Black Eyed Peas came out and they performed their new single “Boom Boom Pow.” It was an awesome performance and, is it just me, or is Fergie looking better these days?
Yuck, we get to see Katrina “Bikini Girl” Darrell again as a nominee(and winner) for the “Golden Idol Awards” in the “Best Attitude” category. Why does she get to sing? Ugh. She butchered “Vision of Love” and I’m wondering if Nick Cannon is going to come out and defend his wife, Mariah Carey’s honor this time. Uh oh. Kara DioGuardi, Bikini Girl’s nemesis, came out on the stage and stole the spotlight by not only outsinging her but by also flashing her own bikini on stage. That was awesome!
Allison Iraheta and Cyndi Lauper performed “Time After Time” and I thought it was a pretty great pairing. It was a nice, mellow performance. There were a couple weird moments but they are both, um, unique artists so what can you expect? 
After Ryan talked to Kris Allen’s parents, Danny Gokey sang “Hello” (yikes, not sure I would have been brave enough to since that song after David Cook slayed it last season) and was joined by Lionel Richie and they sang some of Richie’s other music.
We got to see “The Journey of Adam Lambert” and then he took the stage with KISS. Does it get much better than that? I loved his outfit too! I absolutely LOVE KISS and the fireworks and makeup are the only thing this year that has been more over-the-top than Adam Lambert on Idol. What a show!
Carlos Santana had the bad luck to follow KISS and Adam Lambert but he was amazing, of course. I love Santana. He was joined by Matt Giraud and then the rest of the Top 13 when he started playing “Smooth.” So good.
After a Ford commercial with Adam, Kris and David Cook, Steve Martin took the stage with Michael Sarver and Megan Joy. It was a cute banjo/bluegrassy kind of number.
The Top 13 guys sang a group number where they performed “If You Want My Body” and introduced Rod Stewart. I love him too! He sounded a little rough but who cares!?
The last “Golden Idol Award” was awarded to Tatiana Del Toro for Outstanding Female. She ran up on stage (even though Ryan pretended he needed to go to a break), accepted her award and started signing “Saving All My Love For You.” Gotta love Tatiana.
For one last time, the Top 2 are singing together. Kris and Adam sang “We Are The Champions” and it was really good. I’m freaking out. I don’t even know who I want to win tonight.
Over 100 million votes were cast (recording breaking!).
FIND OUT WHO WON AMERICAN IDOL AFTER THE JUMP!
The winner of the eighth season of American Idol is… KRIS ALLEN!!!!! I can’t believe this! WOW!!!!!!!!!
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The moment of “We Are the Champions” between the two finalists was easily the best moment of the night. I loved it so much… I couldn’t decide who I liked better. Although Adam is the better singer, Kris is just too darn lovable and makes everything moving.
I thought “Kiss A Girl” was fabulous, and the Queen medley was great too, along with Alison’s Iraheta’s Time after Time.
I am so glad that Kris won and man he deserved it. He is a really good singer and I cant wait until his CD comes out.
My first reaction was a bit disapointed because true the whole saison Adam was a huge performer and his vocal range is amazing (not only for shouting what some ppl suggest but he has such an amazing control and does with such a ease it’s for a karaoke singer as i am a wet dream. When he appeared next to my favourite band all times Queen the ressemblance to Freddie Mercury where immediatly made and i’m sure Freddie in heaven was proud to see that performance.
Kris was my number 4 from day 1 but i must say his kindness, the moments with the guitar, his way of transforming a song aswell made him more and more a singer and contestor to pay attention. So the ”dark horse” won but the white horse kept his smile and stays my idol, Adam will be greath he’ll be the first White Michael Jackson (only the musical talent part than) and i’m sure he will sell as many albums in whatever style he wants, i’ll surely buy them all
Dj Gino Vanelli
Adam’s voice is not modern… some people cant identify to if!
and kris makes such a good connection with the audience… and i love his interpretations of the songs!
he definitely deserved it!
Wow! Kris was fantastic and totally deserved to win!
You forgot Constantine, Debbie!
Adam is THE MAN – powerful performer with personality plus. He’s fabulous and he will go far. You don’t need to win to be successful. Other Idol contestants have certainly proved that.
Best wishes to both Kris and Adam.
there was a diff of a 100 million votes no?
i would’ve been happy with either one of them.
i’m in kris camp but adam is no doubt an outstanding talent
Haha, AI is a singing competition, not American Got Talented. And a good singer is a combination of vocal + creativity. Seriously, Adam is an expert in vocal but not that much of creativity.
Congrats Kris.
Simon always said that American Idol is a “singing” contest, but it usually ends up a “personality” contest. This year certainly proves that. Adam Lambert is the only American Idol!
Is this true? I am beyiond shocked. Has anybody listened to Kris sing and then Adam? Umm..Hugh diffeence. Kris has such limited vocal ability. I am in shock. Who the hell is voting for him and shouldn’t the vote be based on VOCAL TALENT? Meet Taylor Hicks II. Seriously. Good luck marketing him Idol producers and 19E. What a waste of an Idol season. This is befuddling.
Kris did not deserve it! he said it himself..Its pathetic, Adam is this season’s true American Idol!
WOOOOHOOOOO! AI winner Kris Allen! It fits with the other AI standouts – Kelly, Clay, Chris, Carrie, Kris. . . YEAH! BTW I loved Kara outsinging the bimbo and then the bikini flash! Gotcha!
Kris deserved it!!
He was the best last night!!
Congratulations!! :D