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Danny Gokey is a Hit

Sam — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:30:44 +0000

Who says you need to win American Idol to get big? Chris Daughtry has proven that a long time ago and it looks like Danny Gokey is following in his steps. The season 8 contestant released his new album last week and it is already soaring up the music charts. The now country singer has sold over 65,000 copies of his CD ‘My Best Days’ which has landed him at the number 4 spot on the Billboard 200 and number 3 in the country album sales chart. Kris Allen and Adam Lambert must be banging their heads against some walls wherever they are.

Kris Allen Gets Emotional

Sam — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:59:17 +0000

American Idol champion Kris Allen recently spoke to OK magazine and talked about how emotional he gets when watching certain movies. The singer said “I was in my hotel room and I started watching ‘Marley & Me’ again. The first time I watched it, I cried on the plane. Then this time, I was like, ‘I am going to make it through’, but I didn’t! I cried like a little baby.” It takes a real man to admit that he gets emotional over chick flicks. He’s so in touch with his feminine side. You have to wonder whether that’s because of his being married or having Adam Lambert as a roommate during their stint on AI.

New Kris Allen

Sam — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:22:47 +0000

American Idol champ Kris Allen has released his new single ‘Live like We’re Dying’ off of the singer’s as yet untitled album which is scheduled to come out on November 17. Let me say this – I am quite sure that this is going to be a smash hit! The song is actually a cover from the Irish pop rock band The Script. Just like Kris did with Kanye West’s song ‘Heartless’, he totally sang the cover song as if it was it was written for him to sing. Honestly, he’s the only one I know who can make a cover sound totally original.

Adam Lambert Teams Up with Lady Gaga’s Producer

Sam — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:07:13 +0000

Sometimes, losing American Idol has better perks than actually winning it. Idol runner up Adam Lambert has reportedly begun working with RedOne, the man behind many of Lady Gaga’s hits and who, apparently has a renewed interest in glam rock. A source at RCA Recordings said that Adam’s debut album will feature a Queen-inspired sound that will go beyond what he ever did on the show. That sounds hot. Be sure to watch out for Adam’s debut album which is scheduled to drop this fall. Idol champ Kris Allen will also release his album then. I can’t wait for both debuts and see another showdown.

American Idol Judge Outs Adam Lambert

Sam — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:02:30 +0000

American Idol runner up Adam Lambert has just been outed by judge Kara DioGuardi. The judge did a taped interview for The View which aired this past Friday. During the segment, Barbara Walters asked her if she though his perceived sexuality might have influenced the audience to vote for Kris Allen. Kara replied “Well, first of all, I hope not … because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both [Lambert and Allen] had that. I don’t think that Adam [Lambert] was ever in [the closet]. I think he was always openly out.” When Barbara reaffirmed that it wasn’t the public’s perception that Adam was openly gay, Kara said “I think he was. I mean from what I’ve seen … I do. I never thought he wasn’t.” I wonder what Kara has seen that the rest of us haven’t.

Dissecting the American Idol Upset: Kris Allen’s victory

Sam — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Everyone has been calling Kris Allen’s victory over Adam Lambert an American Idol upset. What’s so upsetting about it? It’s not like Kris isn’t talented. But when you’ve pretty much orchestrated a finale show that showcased Adam more than Kris, it would be upsetting to you. Kris only got to perform one song with Keith Urban while Adam got to sing a medley with rock icons KISS. Heck, even Danny Gokey got to sing more songs than Kris when Danny sang a medley with Lionel Richie. Add to that, the final performance of the two before the winner was announced was with Queen. Adam’s star was made to shine brighter than Kris’ that night but I guess the producers didn’t expect a rally of fans for Kris.

Kris Allen goes for Kanye West

Sam — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:43:07 +0000

Even though Adam Lambert seems to be the favorite for the first place on American Idol, his competition is not likely to be giving up to easily. Kris Allen goes for a very bold song choice by doing Kanye West’s “Heartless”. The surprising part is that he does it only with his voice and guitar… a bold move for which he is commended by the judges… even Simon Cowell who says that with this performance, Kris Allen managed to wipe away the failure of his first song for the evening. It’s a really tough race it seems and Kris Allen has a good starting speed… especially considering that he actually made Kanye West’s music sound like real music.

Kris Allen and Danny Gokey on the duo platform

Sam — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:39:34 +0000

Of course, if the other duet from American Idol performed well due to Adam Lambert’s innate charm, this duet, formed by Kris Allen and Danny Gokey who performed Styx’s Renegade, didn’t hold out too well against the odds. Simon Cowell, as always offers the spiciest comments ever and he just resumed himself to saying that Danny Gokey was better than Kris Allen. That’s real criticism for you… right on the spot. And considering that Danny Gokey was deemed “probably safe” by Simon Cowell, it might mean that Kris Allen is in for a bit of a painful break with his rising career.

Allison Iraheta Survives on American Idol

Sam — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:40:29 +0000

Matt Giraud finally got the boot from American Idol last night. That means that Allison Iraheta is still surviving amongst the guys! What’s even more surprising is that she wasn’t even on the bottom three. Don’t get me wrong, I really love her on the show but if you base it on the voting pattern, she could have easily been predicted as the one to go home. The jaw-dropping moment of the night was when Adam Lambert’s name got called as the final member of the bottom three. Ryan Seacrest did the famed splitting into groups with the last Idol to choose which group he thinks he belongs to. It was Kris and Matt on one side with Allison and Danny Gokey on the other. Adam picked Allison and Danny and that’s when Ryan dropped the bomb. Though I’m not the biggest Adam fan, Matt really ran his time out on the show.

Disco Night Does Little for American Idol

Sam — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:00:24 +0000

While Tuesday night’s performance show of American Idol brought about the largest amount of creativity amongst the contestants, disco night did very little in holding some people’s interests. Hit and miss disco night scored 23.2 million viewers, per preliminary Nielsen data. It was enough to thoroughly dominate the Tuesday competition but it’s actually down by around 1 million sets of eyes and ears from last week’s performance show. And that says a lot considering last week’s night at the movies was really disappointing in my opinion. They probably just hated the fact that Matt Giraud got saved. Things just get boring without that thrill of the one-time save hanging in the air.