'American Idol' alums weigh in on season 8 and the Final Four

Wow. There is a huge difference between pulling a “bad note”, which all singers do occasionally and whatever that was that Gokey did the other night. The wannabe factor killed a lot of cats in the neighborhood in LA that night.

Wow. There is a huge difference between pulling a “bad note”, which all singers do occasionally and whatever that was that Gokey did the other night. The wannabe factor killed a lot of cats in the neighborhood in LA that night.

People need to get over Allison going home already! She did well, and will have doors opened for her, but, she wasn’t everyone’s taste. I liked her, but, her hoarseness was not my preference to listen to week after week. She did do janis spectacularly, and while it was ironic this was the number that sent her home, I am still not upset. She’s an incredible talent, and hopefully, she’ll have doors open to have a fantastic career. Maybe in a previous year she’d have had the ability to become American idol, but, she wasn’t the best singer this year. We all have different tastes. I didn’t think she was the best, and obviously others in America didn’t warm up to her the way they voted for the others. End of story.

Nick
Queen had FOUR song writters. Mr Decon actually has had one of the bigger hits (Another one Bites the Dust) because I am assuming you are forgetting him? Roger Brian, John and Freddie all wrote hits! For example We will rock you and We are the Champions, usually played back to back as a double A side in the USA when on the charts, were Brian and Freddie.

All of my votes go to Kris Allen. I love his musicianship. He is an outstanding guitar and keyboard player, manages to make any song from any genre into a Kris Allen original. Some of the best moments of season 8 for me have been Kris Allen moments. Plus, there is just something really likeable about the guy. Love his smile and that he doesn’t take himself too seriously. I will buy any album he puts out and hope he gets the chance to record some acoustic tracks. His voice is just beautiful when it isn’t over powered by the big band. Glambert is very talented, just not my kind of performer and I have never really gotten the big push by AI for Danny Gokey. He has a nice voice usually. Didn’t do well this past week, but has in the past and will again. Again. He is just not my kind of singer. I am less interested in the big power belters than I am in the quieter more melodic vibe of a Kris.

Jon Peter Lewis’ comment:
“Those early front runners who have been consistent all the way through, like Melinda Doolittle, David Archuleta, Chris Daughtry — all these people, early on in the show, we really loved them. And then by around this point in the show, that moment came and went for us.”
Not true for David Archuleta (not Daughtry either..his early exit was a “fluke” of fans like myself, who weren’t bothering to vote, I think..)
Maybe the fence sitters, or those that “didn’t get the hype” about David A. were “over it”, but they were never really on board. But David didn’t burn out or get stale by any means…he continued to grow and wow fans, and PEAKED big time on Finale night, which was flawless.