American Idol Season 8 Finale Part 1-Review

Adam Lambert opened up the finale by performing "Mad World" for his fan favorite song. It wasn't as painful as the first time he performed it. He didn't screach as much, but he made the weird faces which ruined it. I hate the trench coat he wore. It looks like he's a puppy trying to be a big dog...or Adam Lambert trying to be Marilyn Manson...it just didn't work. The judges were luke-warm to it. Randy and Kara loved it. Paula said it was theatrical, but I think she meant it as a compliment? And Simon said it was too theatrical.

Kris Allen's fan favorite song was "Ain't No Sunshine". He performed it with the piano and I loved it. This is probably my favorite song that Kris performs. It's beautiful. All of the judges loved it and Simon declared that round one went to Kris.

For the producer's choice song Adam got stuck singing "A Change is Gonna Come". To me it wasn't really any different from "Mad World". Adam didn't screech as much but he still made those weird faces. He looked like he was going to bust out crying any minute. The judges all loved it and Paula said it was her favorite performance.

The producers chose "What's Going On" for Kris Allen's second performance. He sang with an acoustic guitar, bongos, and few other instruments. I thought it was pretty good. I don't think it was the greatest song in the world for him to sing, but he didn't have a choice. I think he did about the most he could've done with the song. Kara and Paula seemed to like it, but Randy and Simon did not. Simon went as far as to say "It was like three guys in a bed room". Round 2 clearly went to Adam.

Round three was the worst. The contestants sang the same song...the song that will be their first single if they win. The song was written by American Idol judge Kara. It is called "No Bondaries" and it proves that when it comes to awful song writing, Kara has "No Boundaries". The song is truely awful. Both Kris and Adam sounded terrible. I guess it would be less painful to here Kris' version, but either one would be radio suicide. I think Kris and Adam tied on this one?

So if they tied in round three, that means it's an overall tie.

The show closed with Carrie Underwood singing "Home". Her performance was by far the best performance of the night. It's too bad she can't re-win the compeition. lol.

So who does everyone think will win? Adam Lambert is the favored winner by far, but according to dialidol.com, Kris Allen is in the lead with 66% of the votes. Well, that sure makes things more interesting...