Guest Author - Shanita Alexander

Season eight of the famous American Idol is now over. Many people were shocked with the American Idol Finale results for this season. So many of us were rooting for rocker Adam Lambert. While a big majority were rooting for timid, Kris Allen. After 100 million votes...America voted and Kris Allen became the newest American Idol. So many idols fans were shocked. I, on the other hand wasn't shocked at all with the winner. Adam, in my opinion was clearly the best contestant, I enjoyed watching him every week and was amazed how he made old songs sound like new ones. But the best doesn't always win Idol, just look at Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry. Both Adam and Kris gave awesome performances that night. But, speculations about Adam's sexual orientation may have affected the voting. Or maybe the phone lines were problems with voters trying to get through on the phone lines like in the early seasons. Either way, I'm assuming Kris didn't just barley win but won by a lot over Adam. Did you notice that Ryan didn't say the voting was close when he announced the winner? Just like every season, there are always stories (at least one) to be told concerning the American Idol contestants.

Ratings for American Idol have decreased over the past few seasons. Maybe because of its most recent winners not becoming true idols, but nevertheless, American Idol keeps so many of us entertained. This is the first season with eight judges, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and newbie, Kara DioGuardi. Rumor has it say she was put on the show to replace Paula in the future. But rumor also has it that Kara's contract hasn't been renewed yet. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

People all over not only watch the show to see who will become the next superstar but we must admit, we watch it to see the ones who can't sing. We laugh at the ones who seemed to be misinformed that American Idol is not a dance competition and we feel sorry for the ones that perform horribly but beg to stay on the show. The initial auditions are exciting. Then we anxiously watch how the contestants perform in Hollywood. And lastly stay glued to our TV's watching the finalists which lead to the final two. We enjoy the ones that lash out at Simon, who kiss up to Paula and try to be down with Randy. Now Kara, the newest judge seems to try to give fair opinions but it's been a little weird with four judges instead of three. Despite all the controversy people all over will be tuned in next year for Season nine!