Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Idol, Morning After The Final Showdown

The final showdown gives each contestant 3 chances to blow us away, so let's see how they do:

Contestant's Favorite From The Season:

Adam Lambert - Mad World

Great control and nice tone. Pretty much the same as last time. Good start to the night.

Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine

Solid vocals with a different arrangement than the last time he did this song. Loved the piano. Tie game.

American Idol creator Simon Fuller's choice:

Adam Lambert - A Change Is Gonna Come

Good not great. Forgettable in the first half and Adamish in the end.

Kris Allen - What's Going On

Totally Kris. Solid performance. It's going to be close.

Winner's Single, co-written by Kara DioGuardi:

Adam Lambert and Kris Allen - No Boundaries

First off I thought this song didn't sound very good. The words seemed nice enough but the music was terrible. For Adam's rendition, I thought it was pretty good. He kept his screeching in a minimum and I think it did him well to be less over-the-top of the song that could be his first single. As a counter, Kris was good but struggled at the big points of the song. I liked that is was rearranged for his style but in the end I am underwhemled by both guys on what will be one of their first single.

Should Win: Kris
Needs To Win: Adam
Will Win: Kris

I think the Danny G. fans are more likely to back acoustic Kris and louder-than-loud Adam. I think this is going to be very, very close and clearly we need to adjust our DVR's in order to capture the entire show.

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