But first up, let me introduce you to this year's American Idol..and no, it's not Adam Lambert.
*drum roll please...* And the winner of American Idol Season 9 is....
Kris Allen! Yes, Kris upsetted the odds to snatch victory from heavy favourite Adam Lambert in what has been a gripping and highly entertaining season of American Idol. Rocker Lambert was everyone's best bet to take the coveted crown but at the end of the day, the underdog triumphed to seal a memorable stint on the hit reality show. Well done Kris!
Yea, couldn't resist another picture haha. He's cute isn't he..but I haven't totally forgiven him for taking what was rightfully Danny Gokey's place in the final. All the same, Kris served up a pretty decent show in the finale, singing Marvin Gaye's "Ain't No Sunshine"...umm my favourite, One Republic's "Apologize" and Kara DioGuardi's "No Boundaries". It was neck and neck between him and Adam, but Kris just edged it for me in the third song. I didn't even know that Adam was singing (or screaming) an inspirational song.
Fast forward to the finale on Thursday.
O.M.G. I was totally blown away. I watched it twice, TWICE! I loved every single minute of it, except for some unfortunate blips (like the Top 13 performance of Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"; they totally butchered it again! and Megan's horrendous duet with Michael Sarver while Steve Martin played banjo. Cacophonous warbling they called it. I'm surprised she even got as far as the Top 13). I loved everything else in between: Lil Rounds and Queen Latifah's duet on "Cue the Rain", Kris and Keith Urban's country-pop "I Wanna Kiss A Girl", Black-Eyed Peas singing "Boom Boom Pow", Fergie and the girls singing "Glamorous", Alison Iraheta and Cyndi Lauper on "Time After Time", The Top 13 with Carlos Santana (I loved "Smooth!"), the guys singing Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" and Danny Gokey with Lionel Richie! I swear, I almost melted into a puddle when he sang "Hello".
But seriously, the night (at least before the results) belonged to Adam. Performing with KISS, he blew the audience away with his fantastic vocals and outrageous costume (platform boots!). And he didn't look out of place, because KISS looked like overgrown silver bats with too-long tongues. But they rocked. And the pyrotechnics rocked too haha. But the piece de resistance was when Kris and Adam dueted on the Queen song, "We Are the Champions" just before the results were announced. Again, Adam shone. He could have been Freddie Mercury's double. Honestly. And Kris...well, he's obviously not a rocker but he provided nice back-up vocals hehe.
And then we all know what happened after that. But it doesn't matter who wins it. It's about life after American Idol. Because people like Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry have proved you don't need to win it to make it. It's about whether you have the mainstream appeal to make that transitional step to the real world.
Talking about mainstream appeal...perhaps it wasn't too surprising that Kris won. After all, after Danny was voted out, it was kinda obvious his fans were going to turn to Kris as the next best option. Let's face it, Adam is a fabulous singer but Kris has got more mainstream commercial appeal, with his boy-next-door cute looks and more pop-friendly voice. And a great knack of giving old songs a more relevant and modern twist, but at the same time maintaining his signature style and sound. Adam won't be too dissapointed. He's already got that recording contract and a brand new Ford Hybrid.
And on to the next set of congratulations...
Frank with manager Guus Hiddink at the Chelsea awards
Congratulations to Frank, who has the won the Chelsea's Player of the Year award an unprecendented third time, making him the first Chelsea player in the club's history to ever win the award three times. Well done, though it's small consolation for not making it into the PFA and FWA shortlist as well as BPL team of the year. But clearly, Chelsea fans recognise that Frank has been the club's most outstanding performer. Memorable moments include that last minute strike against Stoke at the Bridge to snatch victory at the death, his 2 goals against Liverpool in the UCL that killed off hopes of a Liverpool fightback and his chip against Hull that was billed to be a contender for Goal of the Season. Notching double-figures in the goal-scoring charts for another straight season, Frank's proved he can mix it with the best in Europe. In fact, Frank has had the most shots on target in the PL this season (57), joint-top assists with RVP (10) and was one of only 3 others to reach 100 Premier League goals this season.
And hearty congrats to Nicolas Anelka as well, who picked up the Golden Boot award with a fantastic strike against Sunderland on Sunday to open the scoring for Chelsea. It's about time the Golden Boot returned to Stamford Bridge, after Ronaldo won it last year. Anelka only managed to pip Ronaldo on the last day because SAF decided to rest him for the CL final tomorrow. Bet he's throwing a real old sulky now haha.
And of course, condolences to West Brom, Boro and shockingly, Newcastle who were all relegated to the Coco-Cola Championship. I still can't believe the Magpies are relegated, they've been such an ever-present side in the BPL. For 16 years in fact. Even before the BPL was formed.
Final Day results:-
Chelsea 3 Sunderland 2 (Chelsea finish third, and earn automatic qualification to the group stages of next year's Champions League)
Man Utd 1 Hull 0
Arsenal 4 Stoke 1 ( 2 fantastic goals by RVP)
Liverpool 3 Spurs 1
Everton 2 Fulham 0 (Congrats to Fulham as well, highest ever finish in 130 years and Europa League spot)
West Ham 2 Boro 1
West Brom 0 Rovers 0
Villa 1 Newcastle 0
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