{"id":270,"date":"2009-05-21T00:22:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T04:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=270"},"modified":"2009-05-22T20:45:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-23T00:45:11","slug":"american-idol-8-and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/05\/21\/american-idol-8-and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idol 8: And The Winner Is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=\\kris allen&#038;iid=4830536\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/f\/0\/6\/1\/American_Idol_Season_5629.jpg?adImageId=1166095&#038;imageId=4830536\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"American Idol Season 8 Finale - Arrivals\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The eighth season of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; is officially over, and America has selected its fourth male winner.  But, while those who followed the various Idol blogs, prediction websites, fan clubs and message boards, might have anticipated tonight&#8217;s outcome, the result was undoubtedly a shock to the general public.<\/p>\n<p>In what will definitely be called an upset given the intensity of media coverage and non-stop raving from the judges for the runner-up, Kris Allen took the &#8220;Idol&#8221; prize.  From Conway, Arkansas, the smooth, low-key singer, who has drawn frequent comparison to artists like Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson, overcame intense buzz surrounding Adam Lambert to win the eighth edition of &#8220;American Idol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The specific vote margin was not released, indicating a relatively sizable victory for the singer billed as a major underdog.  Host Ryan Seacrest did confirm that nearly 100 million votes came in for the final decision.<\/p>\n<p>Allen&#8217;s victory might have surprised mainstream audiences and media, but for those who intensely follow the program, his win seemed inevitable.  Though few dismissed Lambert&#8217;s talent and position as a favorite, a great number of the most &#8220;passionate&#8221; fans, based on their frequent blogging and message board postings, were behind Allen.  With a propensity to spend the duration of the four hour window voting, they made Allen an absolutely formidable challenger.  Even if Adam Lambert touched a greater total number of Americans, Kris managed to elicit excitement from his fans in a manner similar to season four winner Carrie Underwood&#8211;that type of connection is what creates winners on &#8220;American Idol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s &#8220;Idol&#8221; top thirteen rankings:<br \/>\n1)   Kris Allen<br \/>\n2)   Adam Lambert<br \/>\n3)   Danny Gokey<br \/>\n4)   Allison Iraheta<br \/>\n5)   Matt Giraud<br \/>\n6)   Anoop Desai<br \/>\n7)   Lil Rounds<br \/>\n8)   Scott MacIntyre<br \/>\n9)   Megan Joy Corkey<br \/>\n10) Michael Sarver<br \/>\n11) Alexis Grace<br \/>\n12) Jorge Nunez<br \/>\n13) Jasmine Murray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Idol 8: And The Winner Is...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The eighth season of &quot;American Idol&quot; is officially over, and America has selected its fourth male winner. 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