American Idol Kris Allen
It has always been Danny Gokey for me since Day 1. But there came Glambert, Allison and Scott the blind man. Then a couple of attention-starved freaks. Like Bikini Girl. Kris Allen was not even in my consciousness until he reached the finals, surprised everyone with how he nailed down “Heartless” and had his name engraved in Idol history. It was a huge upset that kept people buzzing until now. And some were literally upset at the results. Squabbles over AI results exploded online among adults acting like 10-year-olds.
Why did Kris Allen win?
5. He’s a church boy, like Gokey. And majority of Christian America definitely cast their votes on him. After all, family welfare first when it comes to TV watching.
4. He is the good guy-next-door, a low-key charmer, unassuming and refreshing. Kuya Emann said, “The voting was much more like like marrying someone. People like to be associated with a rebel, rugged looking type , but when it comes to marrying someone they wanted to be with a decent looking one. Ikaw ba gusto mong pakasalan yung lalaking mas makapal pang maglagay ng eyeliner kesa sa iyo?” Okay. Fine.
3. The consolation-prize comments the judges gave him on the last night of the competition made him so kawawa. They were almost short of crowning Adam Glambert the winner. Voters felt they had to fight for Kris to stay alive in the competition.
2. His version of Kanye West’s “Heartless”, a song for Simon, actually did it.
1. You voted. Someone even power voted him 2200 times.
If you didn’t know a darn thing about the new American Idol the way I remain clueless about rv parks, here are some juicy bits I pilfered from a fan website.
- He was born on June 21st, 1985 as Kristopher Neil Allen.
- Grew up in Jacksonville, Arkansas but now lives in Conway.
- Attended College Station Elementary, Fuller Junior High, and Mills University Studies High School as a student in the gifted and talented program.
- Leads worship at New Life Churches in Central Arkansas and is a member of Chi Alpha at the University of Central Arkansas.
- Did missionary work in the following countries: Morocco, Spain, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand, and Burma.
- Can play a variety of instruments, including the guitar, piano, viola, and ukulele.
- Started playing the viola in 4th grade, became All-State in high school and received opportunities to play in college orchestras, but declined.
- Fan of the Packers and the Braves, and even played varsity baseball throughout high school.
- Married to Katy Allen, a former homecoming queen at the University of Arkansas.
- Kris is a business major at the UCA.
- One sibling, Daniel, a cheerleader UCA.
- Has a shetland sheepdog named Elvis.
- Has one less rib that had to be surgically removed in junior high.
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