The New American Idol: Unbelievable

The Winner

I was really really happy last night about the American Idol result. My husband said, it was not a singing contest. Just the previous night, he could not believe Shawn Johnson won Dancing With the Stars because his favorite Melissa Rycroft did not win it.

Oh well, American Idol is based on popularity, no matter what people say. And Kris Allen is popular to me. I want him to win. He's my the one I think deserves to win. A hundred million votes and Ryan Seacrest did not even mention by how much he won. It meant it's not necessary, Maybe it's a big gap, who knows. But the thing is, we have new American Idol.

The Show

Compared to the last two seasons, this American Idol season final is so well thought, so well coordinated. Even the scripted looked unscripted. And most of the top 13 contestants have a singing number except for the blind guy. I think the production did this because it will be very hard to direct.

The last American Idol I enjoyed so much and which I believe turned up a lot of singers is Season 5 - with Taylor Hicks winning (I liked him, too). That was the season I began watching American Idol.

I thought of the finale two years back and it looked like they were just throwing people in -- guests and numbers that have no coherence to the entire show. I figured that during the last two seasons there was Idol Gives Back. An event that is arguably bigger than the finale. Maybe all the production effort went to this very big event which was five weeks before the final show.

Last night I would say is the best finale ever in terms of production. One thing I noticed was a lot of old singers performed. Talk about legendary.

The Result

When Ryan announced Kris Allen it was like the Nokia Theater went to a shock. Yes, there was an applause but the audience could not believe it. The Lambert's camp could not believe it, the Allen's camp could not believe it, even Kris Allen himself could not believe it.

The last I saw before Fox finally ended the coverage five minutes after 10:00 PM is Kris finally breaking out when his wife came to hug him.

They showed Kris' first audition with him saying that there are probably better singers than him. He was right. But he was also modest, truthful, and down-to-earth. Maybe those were what the people saw and liked in him. Now, he is American Idol.

The Loser

As for Adam Lambert which my husband really liked and who I called the "vampire" because of his makeup and nail-polish and flamboyant outfits, I would say the American Idol is not the end of the road for him. I'm sure he would be in recording business and he would have his market share even if he lost the title.

During the last number when the two of them sang the same song, Adam out sang Kris. In that instant you know who must American Idol in terms of talent.

Simon Cowell

When the result was announced the camera showed a bit of Simon Cowell. He was not cheering, did not get up from his seat and the look in his face registers "duh."

Just last week I saw Simon in Oprah saying it would be Adam Lambert. I guess when he says things like this, it was to broadcast to the people who he thinks should win and who he thinks should people vote. Guess what? People did not listen.

Bikini Girl and Kara

I think it was so brave of Kara to get in there and expose herself. It was so uncharacteristic of her. She was not tanned like the bikini girl and she sure does not have the guts to bare herself. She covered herself so abashedly after the performance explaining it was all for charity.

I think Kara should have not done it. She should have not stooped down. During the audition of the bikini girl, she was insulted and her reaction was to show she was better. She sang to make a point. Point taken. Period. Because of last night, it's now twice a laugh.