andPOP » American Idol Winner http://www.andpop.com POP Culture with Substance Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Kris Allen Wins American Idol http://www.andpop.com/2009/05/21/kris-allen-wins-american-idol/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kris-allen-wins-american-idol http://www.andpop.com/2009/05/21/kris-allen-wins-american-idol/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 14:40:14 +0000 Ilan Mester http://www.andpop.com/?p=17083


Kris AllenThe two hour finale of “American Idol Season 8” was filled with surprises, including an awards ceremony, special guests and duets.

But the ultimate surprise was left for the end: the crowning of the winner. Kris Allen who was deemed the “dark- horse contestant” and an “underdog” by some of the “Idol” judges emerged as the winner of season eight.

“It feels good, man, but Adam deserves this,”Allen said as he was crowned the “American Idol”. “I don’t know what to feel right now, this is crazy.”

He was referring to Adam Lambert, the glam rocker runner-up of the competition. But there were also plenty of surprises during the beginning of the show, like the many celebrity performers, including Queen Latifah, Fergie, The Black Eyed Peas, Jason Mraz, Kiss, Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper, and more.

The show has set a record in voting after 100 million votes were cast to decide who would win “American Idol”.

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