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American Idol champ Carrie Underwood closed out the final performance show of American Idol season 8 on Tuesday night which pitted the acoustic rocker versus the glam rocker. The country singing cutie closed out the show by performing her song ‘Home Sweet Home’ which served as the going home song for each of the booted contestants. Surprisingly enough, it was Adam Lambert who has that song in his head as Kris Allen was announced as the winner of American Idol on Wednesday night! Yes! I was hoping for Kris Allen to win. He’s a much easier singer to market. Check back here for the full recap of the results show tomorrow.

For the second round, Kris Allen gets to sing “What’s going on” by Marvin Gaye… a song that apparently doesn’t fit too well with his style. Kris Allen however stays true to his own way of performing and for this he gets the appreciation of Kara and Paula… but Ryan and especially Simon aren’t so convinced of his performance. The latter said: “It was like three friends in their bedroom, strumming along to Marvin Gaye. You did not… grab hold of the song and make it your version, and I thought it was too laid-back for a night like this.” So it looks like round two goes to Adam Lambert… geez, now wasn’t that so utterly unpredictable?

The final two contestants who will be competing on next week’s American Idol finale have been revealed as the last Idol hopeful to be given the ax was announced to be Danny Gokey. Danny had a pretty emotional journey throughout the competition and a lot of people were rooting for him. Ryan Seacrest even said that there were only just over 1 million votes separating Danny from another contestant. If more fans of his rallied for him, he could have been in the finale. Oh well, it doesn’t take away from the fact that he’s a good singer. The 2-part finale will be on live next week. Who do you think will win, Adam Lambert or Kris Allen?

Another American Idol alum is going to take the stage on tonight’s elimination show and it’s none other than Chris Daughtry. His band and No Doubt will grace the stage to keep the fist pumping energy going on results night. No Doubt is gearing up for a summer tour and putting the finishing touches on an album planned for a 2010 release so I’m not quite sure what song they will be performing. Daughtry will perform ‘No Surprise’, the first single from their upcoming sophomore album. What, no performance from Slash? I also want to know what song the Top 4 will perform tonight too. And I do think that Kris Allen will be the one to go home tonight.
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If you’re wondering which American Idol alum will be going back to the Idol stage as the guest performer for the night, look no further than Taylor Hicks. He’s probably the least successful of all the Idols that have gone back to the stage so far. Heck, this is probably the biggest gig he’s had in years! Mind you, I wouldn’t be watching for his performance but for who’s going to be eliminated. Going on last night’s performances and the trend of voting, it will be Allison Iraheta, Matt Giraud and Kris Allen in the bottom 3. Kris gave a stellar performance but I just don’t think that he’s as popular as Adam Lambert or Danny Gokey.