Adam Lambert - Tomorrow’s Star

So, tonight the winner of American Idol Season 8 will be announced. Will it be Adam Lambert? The one thing we can be sure of is that Idol is going to drag out tonight’s show. Tonight’s show is going to be 2 hours long, and I am guessing about half of it will be commercials!! While it may be a big night for Adam Lambert and Kris Allen it is a bigger night for American Idol. This is when they really earn the big bucks in advertising!! The good news is we will get to see David Cook and the Black Eyed Peas, and of course we will find out who wins Season 8. Fingers crossed for Adam.

Last nights show did not disappoint, and it was argueably one of the best Idol Finals ever. We also got to see Carrie Underwood perform her new single ‘home sweet home’.

The final 2 Adam Lambert and Kris Allen each had to sing 3 songs. The 1st song was the contestants favorite song they performed from this season, the 2nd song was a choice by Simon Fuller and the 3rd song was ‘the winners song’ which was co-written by Kara DioGuardi. Kris won the coin toss and he decided that he wanted to go second which meant that Adam would perform first in each round.

ROUND 1: CONTESTANT’S CHOICE
Adam decided to sing Tears for Fears - Mad World again. This was a great choice, and it is certainly a favorite among Adam Lambert fans.

Adam Lambert - Mad World

ROUND 2: SIMON FULLER’S CHOICE
In Round 2 Fuller picked ‘Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come’ for Adam, and ‘Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On’ for Kris.

Adam Lambert - A Change is Gonna Come.

Kris Allen - What’s Going On

ROUND 3: ‘THE WINNER’S SONG’ - ‘NO BOUNDARIES’ - KARA DIOGUARDI
Both contestants had to sing this song. Unfortunately this has become somewhat of a tradition with American Idol, both contestants have to sing the same song which is supposed to be the big coronation song. The song is always pretty weak and it really shouldn’t be the last song performed during a season. It is always a bit of a let-down.

Adam Lambert - No Boundaries

Kris Allen - No Boundaries

Regardless of whether Adam wins or doesn’t win tonight I think that Paula Abdul said the most intelligent thing she has ever said on American Idol. She told Adam, “What ever happens with this Idol journey; I know with every fiber of my being that you are going to be iconic”.

All the judges loved Adam Lambert tonight but I really hope you were listening to Simon when he said… DO NOT JUST ASSUME ADAM IS IN THE FINAL… You have to VOTE!

The Top 3 remaining Idol contestants sang 2 song each last night. Adam sang U2 - One and Aerosmith - Cryin’

Adam was just awesome again. He took a U2 song and completely turned it into his own. That is simply not something anybody can do. His version of “One” was completely and uniquely his own. I’m a big U2 fan so I was really surprised and pleased with what he dod with one of Bono’s masterpieces.

U2 - One

And then, as if to really make a point, he took on Aerosmith’s “Cryin”. I don’t know how many people I’ve seen self-destruct on Idol by trying to sing a Steven Tyler song… Adam made it look easy.

Aerosmith - Cryin’

When you think about it, Idol really doesn’t have that great a record for producing real stars. Well all that is changing this year. Adam IS a STAR…. He will be a STAR for a long time. I can not wait for the release of his first CD… and I can’t wait to see him live in concert. You just know he is going put on an unbelievable show.

Adam ruled again last night as the results came in. Although they did it in random order, there can’t be anybody on the planet who thinks that Kris or Danny had more votes than Adam. The one sad note might be that Allison had to go home. I’m a huge Adam fan, but I liked Allison and really enjoyed watching her much more than either of the other two guys.

Let’s just remember though that last week, Adam was in the bottom. Adam’s fans have got to unite and vote like crazy over these last weeks. Don’t assume that everybody else’s vote will be enough… Adam needs YOUR vote. I don’t want to be mean, but just about the worst thing I can imagine is seeing Danny Gokey somehow win Idol after we had Adam in front for so long.

We’ve got a “Whole Lotta Love” for Adam. He has been consistently the best week after week, and then last night he tore the house down… what a performance!!!

The Top 4 remaining contestants on Season 8’s American Idol performed last night. Lambert was awesome singing Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

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I can’t think of any other Idol contestant who has been so dominant week after week. Obviously Adam will record an album… obviously it will sell well… and obviously he deserves to be the winner this year. Last night Kara said ” “You’re more than a rock star, you’re a rock god!”, and Paula added “I say, you’re a whole lot of perfect”… but Simon said it best…

After Adam performed first on the show, Simon called him the winner of the night without even hearing anything from the other competitors, and we all know Simon can be a tough critic.

All Adam Lambert Nation… let’s keep dialing and voting so there is no mistake about who this year’s Idol should be.