Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Ewww! Oh my gosh! Okay, I did love Lionel and many of his songs, and I give it to you that Neil can write the songs, but to hear him sing......nope. How about James Taylor? Or Michael McDonald, maybe....
Originally Posted By danyoung >I guess our 10 votes for Adam didn't compare at all to the 2000 votes my Mom put up for Kris.< I know that's probably hyperbole, but I did the math anyway. You mom would have had to call once every 7.2 seconds for 4 hours straight to make 2000 calls. I don't think so. . .
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I think Adam fans were less motivated to vote. I thought Adam was the best but I didn’t vote. I wanted him to come in number 2. The thought of a Simon Fuller produced Adam Lambert CD makes me want to gag. It would probably KILL poor Adam. Or at least his career. It will be far better this way.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo well, it's a shame I know who the winner is, you guys whet my appetite. Tonight we are able to watch the 1st of the two shows. I am looking forward to it. As a closet goth though, I think it is more Adam's style rather than his sexual preference that may have cost him the title. But I am with RT, with Adam coming in 2nd, hopefully we are in for more of a treat!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD <<I know that's probably hyperbole, but I did the math anyway. You mom would have had to call once every 7.2 seconds for 4 hours straight to make 2000 calls. I don't think so. . .>> Actually last week, my Mom counted some of her calls made and she said made about 9 calls a minute. 9 calls times 60 minutes is 540 an hour times two hours last week and so she estimated she made about 1000 votes. I doubled it this week since she voted for 4 hours. It is definitely an estimate, but it doesn't take long to hit the redial button over and over and over.
Originally Posted By danyoung I just can't imagine that she was getting through any more than one time in maybe 7 or 8 tries, at least for that first hour. Doesn't really matter - I'm just in an argumentative mood!
Originally Posted By Rsey103 What happened to Kris' father when Kris was announced the winner? He had been sitting there on the front row then I didn't see him there anymore....
Originally Posted By quincytoo >>>>What happened to Kris' father when Kris was announced the winner? He had been sitting there on the front row then I didn't see him there anymore....<<< He was phoning Jamie Spears trying to get tips about how to become the manager of your musically inclined with a actual record contract offspring......;D I am happy that Adam came in second as I do think he will be the biggest star AI has seen.... Kris is getting $2,000,000 from all of this which will help when he is fired from his record company in a few years.....I like Kris but there are sooo many of the same around...
Originally Posted By danyoung >Kris is getting $2,000,000 from all of this...< Where did you hear this number? I've followed Idol pretty closely for the past few years, and have never heard anything even close to that number.
Originally Posted By danyoung So as I said earlier, I zipped through the finale this morning before work, just to see who won. Boy, am I glad I kept the whole program to watch tonight. They did a terrific job of showcasing their own kids while bringing in totally top name acts. The Cindi Lauper / Alison duet brought tears - really really nice! I've always been a big Danny Gokey fan, and his duet with Lionel Richie was excellent (well, except for Danny's dancing, which he really shouldn't do!). Hearing Adam front for KISS and then for Queen, you could really see him with a top classic band. In fact, Adam fronting for Queen as a regular gig isn't such a bad idea. All in all, a terrific show, with a somewhat disappointing ending. I don't think I voted once for Kris the entire season, and can't really remember anything he's done before the last couple of weeks. But America has spoken, and they don't much like guyliner!!!
Originally Posted By quincytoo I heard it from Mike Evans a reporter from Hollywood who does a 8:15 Am speil for Jack Radio up here in Victoria.....He did a quiz about how much Kris was going to make in the next year of doing Al.....$500,000 or $1,000,000 OR $2,000,0000 Dj's guessed $500,00 (as did I) and the correct answer was $2,000,000!!!!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip It's kind of scary, but I think I'd rather look at Adam than any of the female top 10 from this year. I would probably prefer looking at Meagan Joy if she could keep her mouth shut. LOL
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <But America has spoken, and they don't much like guyliner!!!> Dialidol.com (which measures busy signals as a predictor of results) had Kris just barely eking out a win over Adam. There are plenty of Americans for whom guyliner is just not an issue.
Originally Posted By Labuda "Oh hey Danny you're not going to win American Idol but you get to sing with Mr. Lionel Ritchie. How great is that." Yeah, that's the best i've ever heard Danny sound was when he was doing that duet with Lionel. EXCELLENT! And Kris sounded SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better to me when he was singing with Keith urban than he's ever before sounded. I also feel like I want to find some KU tracks to DL off iTunes. The KISS stuff was great - I knew the INSTANT I saw Adam's shoulders that we were in for KISS. hehe Anyhow, really liked the KISS and Queen stuff. REALLY REALLY thrilled to see Brian May and Roger Taylor up there onstage. Only way Queen could have been better would be if Freddie came back to this plane of existence and joined them. Anyhow, Adam was robbed, BUT yeah, I see him having a LONG career ahead. On a side note, Kris' Uncle and Aunt li9ve here in Austin, and the Aunt called my local radio station this mornign and ensures us Kris is as nice as he seems. Said she also met the other contestants and they're all "really good kids." OK, so.... after it was announced last night, did anyone else take Kris' first reaction as him saying Adam deserved it more than he did? That's how I took it. Anyhow, if Kris puts out a country album, I'll likely listen. If Adam puts out ANYTHING, I GUARANTEE I'll buy it and listen to it enough to kill it for friends of mine. lol That boy has some pipes!
Originally Posted By Labuda " >I guess our 10 votes for Adam didn't compare at all to the 2000 votes my Mom put up for Kris.< I know that's probably hyperbole, but I did the math anyway. You mom would have had to call once every 7.2 seconds for 4 hours straight to make 2000 calls. I don't think so. . ." I did a few hundred text votes for Adam in about 45 minutes. Round about 300, I think. Open, resend. Repeat x299 and there you go - easy when you have unlimited texts. I did 0 phone votes this season, but a couple thousand overall.
Originally Posted By Labuda BTW, this year marked a MAJOR Idol occurrence for me. First time the person I've wanted hasn't won. Only caveat to that is that I didn't care at all who won during the Reuben/Clay season.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Loves the Black Yed Peas. Oh well... Different strokes.>> I'm down with the Blacked Eyed Peas, but, I gotta say, I dunno, Dawg. Last night they just didn't bring it for me, for you, you know? A little pitchy, a little, what... frantic? It just didn't connect for me, dawg.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<But I mean a MAJOR Broadway or Vegas-type show for Adam. In addition to albums and concerts and all of that.>> <<I also think that Adam may be better off not having won, and that Kris is better off having won, so kind of a win-win for the two of them.>> I agree that Adam will become a big presence, and Broadway and Vegas would be natural venues for him. But are we sure that the runner-up escapes the clutches of the Idol Machine that easily? Does Adam have no obligation to AI beyond doing the summer tour?
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Rod Stewart. Holy moly. Look, the guy's getting up there, and that of course happens to everyone, and there's nothing wrong with that. UNLESS you insist on singing a song that's specifically about being a college-age kid with an older woman. And then compound the sin by wearing a jacket that a guy at a Shriner's convention would reject as over-the-top.>> Yeah. Rod, the not-so-Mod. Must be a hard place to be in. I mean, when he performs, he can't NOT do the old stuff, can he? And God knows the new stuff sucks. Poor guy.
