Wow.
We'll publish a detailed recap of the final three performance show on American Idol tomorrow, but we couldn't wait another second to shower praise on one of tonight's performances.
And it wasn't given by Adam Lambert for a change!
Kris Allen delivered the goods - and then some! - with an acoustic rendition of "Heartless." Sorry, Gokeheads. But next week's finale has to come down to Allen vs. Lambert.
Watch Allen's rendition of "Heartless" below and share your thoughts in the Comments section:
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28 Comments
May 12th, 2009 11:51 PM
Wow.
I agree.
This was amazing.
Like took my breath away amazing.
I love this!!!!
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May 13th, 2009 12:12 AM
Kris definitely stepped his game up with this performance.
He blew me away...
Adam's performance of 'cry' paled in comparison.
Since Allison was voted off, I'm rooting for Kris all the way... I was always torn between him and Allison.
Randy was right... this was better than the original! True genius!!
May 13th, 2009 12:29 AM
Wow, he is in the finals for sure ....GO Kris....GO, GO !!!!
May 13th, 2009 12:35 AM
amazing
May 13th, 2009 12:41 AM
This guy has been the dark horse all season and yet performance after performance he keeps showing the depth of a true artist....I look forward to his career. Thanks for giving us your all!
May 13th, 2009 1:55 AM
Kris is in the game and he's gonna stay. So guys please keep voting for Kris. I wish i can vote unfortunately i cant coz the voting service isnt available in Malaysia
May 13th, 2009 2:12 AM
Let's see Kris played the piano, and then Kris played the guitar. Kris took a song and COMPLETELY changed it and made it his own. Plus I love the sound of his voice. Like a cool soft breeze instead of bellowing hot hair and a screaming hurricane.
May 13th, 2009 3:59 AM
It made you just stop and listen - it pulled you in and had you hanging on every word. When he jazzed up the beat and added more soul, really went over the moon. LOVE KRIS, I truely hope he will go all the way. Seems like most people voted all night as did I - just hope it is Adam and Kris and that creepy Gokey dude goes home. Rock on Kris, you are the next Americal Idol.
May 13th, 2009 4:07 AM
Kris did wonderfully tonight with a very brave song choice, 'Heartless'. I hope he is safe tomorrow!
I actually really love Kris' 'Apologize' too because it is stripped down (not much instrumentation) and his beatiful voice is easy to hear. Unfortunately it was a bit out of Kris' range, but he couldn't do anything about that because it was the judges' choice. The judges also gave Danny a horrible choice, 'Dance Little Sister', a boring repetitive song with not much melody.
I liked Simon's choice of song for Adam, 'One' (by U2), because it has beautiful sad lyrics & a beautiful tune. I wanted Adam to do a soft, heartfelt version like he did with Mad World & Tracks of my Tears. But he didn't. He started off okay but then made it tooooo loud (IMO). I was really hoping for a stripped down version, I thought Adam could have done an amazing job with a stripped down soft version of 'One'. Of course, Adam is still brilliant, and I look forward to a Kris & Adam final.
One thing disturbed me a bit about our nice-guy Kris singing that Kanye West song: the line, "you need to watch the way you talking to me, yo". [Or what, Kris?] But regardless of that 'Heartless' was a perfect song choice for Kris - a bit dark, a bit sexy, a bit desperate, a bit assertive, a bit broken.
May 13th, 2009 7:38 AM
I really love Kris!!
He possesses a wonderful and unique voice!
His performances have never let me down. I really like him standing on the stage with his guitar, singing like he's never sung before. That was just exactly what he did in Heartless! Awesome!
Hope he'll be in the final 2!
Keep voting for Kris Allen everyone!