Thursday, May 28, 2009

Analyzing Idol

That, I never saw that coming.

Nothing against Kris (though I’ve been giving Ria, my Kris Allen fanatic friend, a hard time on this), but I called this to be heavily in favor of Adam Lambert and boy was I wrong. I even considered how the votes from the female population would swing given that Kris is the “FOGI” (as Ria would say) boy next door while Adam is the… well, flamboyant one. So why did he lose (from my point of view)?

- The finale song “No Boundaries” just reeked. There wasn’t anything you can do about it. The lyrics were sappy and the tune was just plain weird.
- Adam’s studio records were inferior to his live performances. It’s also tough to sing Adam Lambert songs.
- He was the judges’ pet. AI was actually renamed by some to the “Adam Lambert Show” sensing it was an easy win and this cost votes.
- Maybe America just isn’t ready for a gay (as in really gay) idol.

Either way, despite my best bet losing in the 2nd to the last round, I still think this is one of the best seasons ever. =)

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