Much has been made over the last few days about the surprise upset on season 8 of American Idol, when the aw, shucks guy next door Kris Allen beat out glam rocker Adam Lambert for the title of American Idol.
It was a surprise only if you weren't reading this blog.
I called Kris Allen the winner back in April, before anyone even thought he'd make it to the top 5. But it wasn't the faith angle - or homophobia, or gays voting against Christians and not having enough power to push their contestant to a win - that propelled him to a win. It was musical preference.
Don't get me wrong. I think Adam Lambert is wildly talented, and I noticed his big voice way back in Hollywood week. Kris Allen? Not so much, probably because he was rarely featured in the audition clips. (Was he even featured at all?)
And it was clear that the judges were gunning for an Adam Lambert win, Simon Cowell even going so far as to tell viewers to vote for Lambert.
But I'm a girl who knows a good radio hit; I grew up on bubble gum pop, from Donny Osmond to Shaun Cassidy to - well, think every hit pop song of the 70s. And while my musical tastes have grown ... a bit ... it doesn't take a masters' degree in music to recognize which of those two final contestants was likely to put out more radio friendly music.

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