That's what my family's been saying! One of my sorority sisters stayed with me overnight last night, and of course my family had to watch AI. She's a trained vocalist, and Kris, in her opinion, had much better vocals. Adam's whole scream thing... it'll rip up his vocal cords in a year or two, no question.

I so want Kris to win, but I doubt it will happen.

Hated Kara's song.

And Adam's Mad World was much better the first time around.

Count me among those who do not feel Adam is a lock. I genuinely feel that Kris has a chance.

-- many viewers are fed up with the judges and producers setting this up for an Adam victory
-- Gokey's fans will mostly move to Kris if they continue to vote
-- as someone who has found herself living in "middle America..." virtually everyone I talk to in my town is pulling for Kris because he reminds them of the clean-cut guy next door. People here don't seem to be able to relate to Adam. Close minded on their parts? Sure. But their votes count just as much.
-- Kris *is* a legitimately good singer. Oh, and he doesn't scream. He has built a strong fan base despite no pre-show publicity/air-time and lukewarm responses by the judges.

The bigger mystery tonight is why the show has to not only be 2 hours long but also go over? Really? When all we want is the 5 second announcement of the winner? Good grief.

Exactly what I was thinking! I went to record the show last night and realized it's going to be on until close to 10:15! Absolutely ridiculous. They have 13 contestants... the show is an hour. They have 2 people left... 2 hours, 15 minutes. Completely unnecessary.

Yea, but you better believe I still recorded the show right after that, too.. just in case.

I'm hoping that people were spurred on to vote for Kris by all those patronizing comments from the judges: "You have nothing to be ashamed of," "You did great just to be in the final," etc. Ugh. Adam must have compromising photos of them, because I can't believe the tongue bath after "A Change Is Gonna Come"--it was so yelly and screamy.

I, as an Adam fan, think Kris is going to take the win. I think people root for the underdog, and Idol has been pushing Adam, which most people don't like... I think last nights performance did nothing, as most had their mind up... Adam is too controversial...

Dialidol says its too close to call with 1.1% difference, but I am putting my money on Kris winning

I hope Kris wins. I have never understood why everyone is so gaga over Adam. He's screechy and he oversings all his songs. Still, if Kris wins, it'll be one of the biggest upsets in American Idol history; everyone expects Adam to win.

I'm just starting to watch.

This group version of "So What" is horrible. Ugh.

ETA: LOL @ that Norman guy. And Lil Rounds + Latifah = GREAT!

Fergie doesn't look like a man. But s/he still sounds like one. So, apparently she only sounds OK when she's singing with the Peas. Pretty solid performance by BEP.

LOL @ Bikini Girl getting upstaged. Nice visual, though ;)

What in the holy f**k is Adam wearing? See thru shoulder pads? Come on now...

I knew we couldn't go anywhere without seeing Tatiana's ass.

Yeah, and she was SO bitter! haha

The look on her face was priceless.

WOW!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!KRIS WON - WAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Holy, holy shit.

I fear for Kris though that there's going to be some backlash against him...none of which is any of his fault.

Yaaaay to Conway's own Kris Allen!!!

THRILLED that Kris won! :D (and completely shocked)

Kris needed the win. Adam didn't. Like him or hate him, Adam's gonna be around for a long time. I can't believe I'm going to quote Paula but, "he's iconic."