American Idol - Finale

After weeks / months of speculation the American Idol victor was crowned after one of the best finale episodes I have ever seen.

For two hours I was glued to the TV watching this star studded event which included guest performances by many of today's (and yesterday's rock, pop, country and r&b gods). Some of the key performances were KISS with Adam Lambert, Kris Allen with Keith Urban, the top 13 with Queen. Other guest performances were, last year's Idol winner, David Cook, Queen Latifah, Lionel Ritchie and Rod Stewart. In short it was one heck of a night. Almost all of the top 13 were able to share the stage with a superstar at some point of the evening.

In the end the night came down to the big announcement. Who will win American Idol 8? Well after a record breaking vote of just under 100 million votes the American Idol for 2009 is.................


Kris Allen

You could literally hear the jaws dropping across the Kodak Theater in LA when Ryan spoke the words. Even I, who had picked Kris to win since MJ Week, was a little bit surprised that it actually happened.

So what happens now? Well according to Kris he's going to Disney. After that it's time to get to work on arranging his first single, which he performed a bit better at last nights show, and getting the recording started on his debut album.

As for Adam Lambert. No doubt the offers will start coming in for him from labels and such. Already today not quite 24 hours after the show aired word started to circulate that Queen, who is suddenly without a lead singer, has shown interest in Adam. In my opinion a move like this would be a great choice for Adam. Now is Queen the best fit? Maybe, but then again maybe not. Adam should be wanting to start his career so fronting a band like Queen or Led Zeppelin might be something for him to consider. Adam is a rocker, without a doubt and I have no doubt he will be successful. Many say he will be bigger than Kris, it's possible, but one can never tell. People who never watched Idol in their lives will buy albums from both Adam and Kris. Idol season 8 was not the greatest in cast, again in my opinion, but the top 8 at least made for one heck of a show. The coming year(s) should be interesting.

Congratulations to Kris Allen and Adam Lambert for their parts in making American Idol Season 8 worth watching.

To all of my readers, thank you for following over the last few months. I hope you continue to join me in my rambles. You never know what you might find in this blog.

To the rest of you who will not return...enjoy your summer and I hope you will be back in January 2010 as we start again with Idol Season 9.

Preview of rambles to come...

Let me take a moment to give you a bit of background as to who I am and what you can expect to read in this blog.

There are many topics that interest me, some of which I will blog about and others, well others I will keep to myself.

Here is a list of some of the things you might come to expect from this blog.

• Habs talk, as the post-season heats up watch for commentary on the Montreal Canadiens as they redesign their team for a fresh start at the drive for 25 and the drive to their 100th Birthday in December.
• American Idol, naturally stay tuned as I provide all of the info on Idol and what will happen with the top 5 and who will be crowned the 8th American Idol
• Nascar, I'm a big Nascar fan so watch for the odd Nascar blog when I get the chance to actually watch a full race
• Music, Ottawa is a hotbed for live concerts this summer kicking off in a few weeks with Elton John and Billy Joel and then it will be time to prepare for Bluesfest 2009 which will feature live performances from KISS, Stone Temple Pilots, Our Lady Peace, Blue Rodeo, Styx and of course over one hundred other acts.
  
• Movies, as the summer heats up so do the movies that start screening on the big screen. Some notable flicks that are coming up inlcude Wolverine, Star Trek, Terminator: Slavation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as well as some family favorites returning with their next installments: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as well as the much anticipated next installment from the Harry Potter series with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

So as you can see there is a lot going on in the next few months so there should be a lot to write about.

Stay tuned tomorrow for my next installment of my Idol series as we discuss how the top five did with Rat Pack.