I didn’t expect myself to revive this blog until next season but here I am riled up by Idol Album release season!!! Of course, when I get a hold of the full premium copies of the other idols, I’ll review them but of course, we should start with this year’s winner: Kris Allen and his self-titled album.

One word to describe the album: VARIETY. The album delivers a variety of staple radio-friendly sounds that mostly anyone can relate to. The album in itself deals a whole lot on relationships, which Kris himself said that its much easier to make songs about those significant bad moments in your life. But hey, that’s the magic of music, turning something bad into something great. Interestingly, what sets the album apart from other Idol albums is that it has that true feeling. Given that Kris wrote 9(11) of the 12(15) tracks, it shows that 19/Jive really gave Kris a lot of liberty to make the album the best it could be in such a short span of time of writing, recording and what not. So now, I’ll do a review of each track in the album and after, my final verdict on the album.

The carrier single Live Like We’re Dying is a great introduction to the music industry. Brand New Shoes showcased a lot of easy-listening alternative rock songs but with this track, you get a sense that his album leans toward pop-rock material. LLWD, as many have decided to coin it, has a good message that we don’t get everyday in our current music milieu. When the lines “86 400 seconds in a day” plays, the term seconds gives you that urgency to live your life as every second is precious. The Script also did a good job making the song pretty repetitive thus giving a “stick to your head” effect that songs like Single Ladies by Beyoncé has achieved. In effect, the track is well-formulated to give you a great message but still giving consumers a good listen.

If the first track dealt with consumer formula, Before We Come Undone uses a formula that actually tickles my fancy. The song is very progressive in nature thus the dynamics really help the song shine. It starts of with an alternative vibe but building to the chorus, it becomes pop-rock/dance like. By the 2nd verse, you already have an uplifted feel, which is reinforced again by the chorus and the momentum from the verse makes wonders for the subdued bridge and then builds perfectly again to a great finish. What makes this track even better is that it is very radio-friendly. Plugging it to my iTrip (MP3 player FM transmitter), driving became more of an ease despite heavy traffic in the Philippines.

The third track shows another facet of the album, a more sexy sound with great downbeats. Like Lyndsey Parker said, Can’t Stay Away really does have that Maroon 5 feel. This just shows how suave rock could actually be. Like BWCU, CSA also has that radio-friendly feel and I have a good feeling that the second single is either of these two great tracks. What makes the track a seller, the great bass arrangement from both the drums and the bass guitar.

After three upbeat tracks, the album slows down with a very moving track, The Truth. The song has that deep feeling of alienation that the desperation of the song becomes really prominent. The track also has great analogies. ignored elephants, unforseen avalanches, crumbling floors and tumbling walls are much better metaphors than hurricanes and mountains because as the latter are clichés, the former are innovative. My favorite line from the song is “Honesty is honestly the hardest thing for me right now.” Not only does it have a catchy ring to it but also a great feeling of melancholy that tells of the message perfectly.

Written All Over My Face gets back to the upbeat feel of the album. Another song from The Script, it has the same feeling as LLWD. Although as good as BWCU and CSA, I don’t expect this to become a single because of the said similarities. Despite of that, I love how the song just tells the universal truth of actions speaking louder than words, which is captured by the lines “If you want we could talk about it all day, but what’s to say, when it’s written all over my face.” What I love about this track is the catchy beat and how Kris has proven that he CAN compete in the vocal olympics.

Now having 4 upbeat tracks, the album decides to take a break from much of the bass electric guitar and gives more way to the piano. Bring It Back is a very teary heartfelt song about having lost love. Like The Truth, the song uses clever metaphors. “Think before you leave. I forgot what love is, bring it back, tell me that you believe” for me can pierce ones heart and that desperation of trying to have that love back really emanates from the way the song was constructed.

The only track Kris wrote before Idol and did not co-write, Red Guitar does not veer away from the total feel of the album. In fact, the song fits this album more than Brand New Shoes. I particularly like the story behind the song where the red guitar that he bought for his wife of which the wife did not learn to play became a metaphor of how much he loves Katy. It’s a funny sort of admiration but a cute one giving the song a very romantic sensual but pop-rock feel. And maybe I have a personal affinity to the song given that red is my favorite color.

Is It Over, a track Kris fought for over the iTunes exclusive bonus track to be discussed later because it was co-written by his buddy Cale Mills, really has that grunge factor. If Red Guitar fits this album, this track reminds me of the sound in Brand New Shoes more, particularly Beautiful Moon. And that’s not really a bad thing because it puts the album back to the Kris we learned to love in American Idol. Message-wise, it’s actually interesting that the confusion is better seen in the words but the denial is seen more in the music. Instead of being a disconnect, the two work well together.

From the ashes of being defeated with the album’s rendition of Heartless and other similar falls, Let It Rain is a metaphor of such a feeling. “I know this is not the way that you imagined it would be but nothing you say is gonna stop me” may apply to the writing process but the song can apply to just having that sheer determination no matter what brings you down. It is reminiscent of Mariah Carey’s Through the Rain but it has that originality to it. A good track really.

I guess the next track is a way to get away from the gravity of the previous track. Alright With Me is aight with me dawg. It even makes my favorite list…but then again, everything’s a favorite. But it’s one of the ones that are higher ranked. The “last song syndrome” factor is strong with this track and its somewhat happy-go-lucky feel reminds me of Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours.  Interestingly, behind that happy exterior, the song is one of acceptance of being denied. Maybe this is the acceptance stage and the previous track shows the other 4 stages of grief. All in all, I just love this song because of its sheer simplicity.

“I wake up, put my poker face on” is the line that get stucks in my head when hearing Lifetime. It’s just a weird start for a song especially because it reminds me of Lady GaGa. But anyway, back to the song, I think the track is one of the weaker songs. Despite the repetitive formula of “It takes a lifetime” again and again, the music being a bit down makes it sound a bit annoying. So what if it takes a lifetime to get things right? I don’t need someone nagging me about that point. However, it does remind us that we can’t expect things to always be perfect, which must be the intention of Jon Foreman. In fact, the song is very Switchfoot-themed. It’s just too grave for my tastes though.

After a nagging song, you have a song of desperation again. I Need to Know seems like a sequel to Is It Over. But the feel is just so heavy that I have a hard time appreciating it. I’m really a more happy type of person so this doesn’t gel with me well. However, the last repetitions of I Need to Know have such a distinctive and beautiful emotion-filled delivery that I sometimes ignore the heaviness of the song.

We then go with the bonus tracks, which in fact, I actually don’t consider so bonus. We start with the staple of Kris on Idol, Heartless. Instead of the acoustic feel we got used to with Kris though, the track feels like a rock-fied version of Kanye’s with a lot of the spirit-vibed background music. However, the rock progressions really make up for the “new” feel of Heartless from Kris with the lines “you run and tell your friends that you’re leaving me…” All in all, the track justs reinforces that the album is more rock than acoustic, and that’s alright with me. Even if Kris did not like it, I think it helped the cohesion of the album.

I’m jealous of those who have the WalMart album because Send Me All Your Angels is a good addition to the album. You can trace the Daughtry feel in the track actually but I don’t mind. I noticed from No Boundaries that Kris does sing pretty similar to Chris. Anyway, the song is just a good radio-friendly track. Weirdly, or not so weirdly, the track fits in Daughtry’s Leave This Town album. I love how the track ends and melds well with the last guitar stroke. The track shows finesse.

People are divided with this iTunes exclusive track, From the Ashes. Personally I like it because it brings back upbeat to the album. By Bring It Back, the tracks become a bit too grave and with this track as an album ender, it helps make a bridge back to the first track if you do love putting albums in repeat. The progression of the song also helps me like the song and it like a lot of the songs here has a radio-friendly feel. Other things I love about this track is the use of the violin and just the basic theme of rising from the ashes as if you were a phoenix, being born again and finding purpose.

As a whole, the album takes you on a (forgive me for being cliché) roller coaster ride of emotion. The album isn’t at all static and the album being dynamic really makes for an adventurous ride. What I like most about this album is that most of the songs are really radio-friendly and hopefully, Kris would be able to make it big with these staple sounds that everyone can like. Sure, I didn’t like the gravity of some songs but I do appreciate how well written they are. In a whole, I give this album two thumbs up! I’m so happy Kris was able to make his own album without the producers being too manipulative with it.

With Adam Lambert gone, the game became an unpredictable one. Even with my own predictions, I had no real clue as to who would win. I predicted Kris would win but only by a little. Here’s how it broke down:

1. Allison Iraheta* – I Can’t Make You Love Me – 62
2. Kris Allen – Ain’t No Sunshine – 88

1. Allison Iraheta* – Who’ll Stop the Rain - 53
2. Kris Allen – What’s Going On – 51

1. Allison Iraheta* – No Boundaries – 37
2. Kris Allen – No Boundaries – 25

And the results?

1. Allison Iraheta* – I Can’t Make You Love Me – 64
2. Kris Allen – Ain’t No Sunshine – 88

1. Allison Iraheta* – Who’ll Stop the Rain - 53
2. Kris Allen – What’s Going On – 51

1. Allison Iraheta* – No Boundaries – 47
2. Kris Allen – No Boundaries – 25

WHAT!?!?! It’s a tie!?!?! I can’t believe it. My reprise score is 2 points off. The Simon Fuller song is on spot. The Coronation song is off by 10 points. WHAT HAPPENED!?!?! Well it turns out, Kris did win…by HALF A POINT when all the rounding errors are accounted for.

I’m so ecstatic, I can’t even compose a decent blog. KRIS WON!!! Take that bitterberts! Kris’s score in Ain’t No Sunshine trumps Iraheta’s by 24 points. But Iraheta gains some ground by beating Kris in the next song by 2 points. With a 22 point lead, Kris seemed like a shoe-in…but with No Boundaries, what do you know, Allison got a 22 point win over Kris. What does that mean? They tied! But based on averages done on the real show, they determined that Kris scored half a point higher than Allison making Kris the winner of Camp Should-a-been. Congrats Kris!

I salute Kradison for making the best Camp Should-a-been ever, trumping every single contestant on this show by a huge margin. This win of Kradison is one for the history books. They’re friendship will be written in the Hall of Fame. Congrats guys!

Rankings:

13. Jorge Nunez
12. Anoop Desai
11. Scott Macintyre
10. Kristen McNamara
9. Lil Rounds
8. Ju’not Joyner
7. Danny Gokey
6. Felicia Barton
5. Ricky Braddy
4. Alexis Grace
3. Adam Lambert
2. Allison Iraheta
1. Kris Allen

When it came down to it, the final three ended up to be the powerhouse sweeping the camp for 7 weeks running. KrAdIson have been beating the competition and it has come down to them finally facing off against each other. What a momentous night this is. We just got Allison Iraheta in her well-deserved spot. Who will go out tonight, here’s my previous predictions:

Judge’s Pick:

1. Allison Iraheta* – Piece of My Heart – 59
2. Kris Allen – Apologize – 45
3. Adam Lambert – One – 47

Contestant’s Pick

1. Allison Iraheta* – Somebody to Love – 66
2. Kris Allen – Heartless - 85
3. Adam Lambert – Cryin’ – 65

Hmm…the songs weren’t right for Allison but the ratings were spot on. I’m amazed at how accurate I’ve made them. Since I’m pretty much spot on…I want to copy paste my commentary from my previous post.

It seems that Kris Allen is in a tough situation. Both Come Together and Apologize have now ranked lower than his worst performance, All She Wants to Do is Dance. What Kris needs in the next round is a miracle to stay in the competition. Allison takes this round with a very fortunate pick from Paula Abdul who decides to stop with the obscure songs. She admits that she wanted to give Allison, Dance Little Sister but after Danny did it in the original, she thought Allison would need a better song. Simon’s gloating doesn’t help Adam much either as Adam gets his lowest performance rating of 47.

Well, what do you know? Heartless gives Kris that needed miracle and with such a spectacular performance, it ranks as high as his renditions of Ain’t No Sunshine & She Works Hard for the Money and Adam’s rendition of Tracks of My Tears. This performance is really the moment of the night. Allison decides to take on Evanescence’s My Immortal and gives a respectable 66 almost making a tie with Adam’s Cryin’. So who packs his/her bags and goes home? We rely on averaging for this one. Allison Iraheta gets an average of 62.5. Kris gets 65 and Adam gets 56. In a shocker, we say goodbye to Adam Lambert. Clearly, his performances tonight hurt him and now we are left with the two contenders, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta.

For the first time, we’ve come to the very first IDOL FINALE with TWO CANNON FODDERS! This obviously has thwarted the plans of the idol producers. It was sad though that Adam had to fail on a night when his competition were really good. And who would win, man, it’s damn effing close! I can’t really really tell. But with what I speculated, here it is from the previous post:

1. Allison Iraheta* – I Can’t Make You Love Me – 62
2. Kris Allen – Ain’t No Sunshine – 88

1. Allison Iraheta* – A Change is Gonna Come - 53
2. Kris Allen – What’s Going On – 51

1. Allison Iraheta* – No Boundaries – 37
2. Kris Allen – No Boundaries – 25

So will Kris really win based on this…we’ll see…

One thing I hated about rock week was the lack of originality. Slash totally wanted it to be rock all out. This of course proved taxing to the crew of Camp Should-a-been. But I think it all worked out especially because Simon Fuller got his just deserves. On to the prediction:

1. Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta – 86
2. Adam Lambert – 82
3. Allison Iraheta – 68
4. Kris Allen & Alexis Grace* – 60
5. Kris Allen – 46
6. Alexis Grace* – 30

And the results:

1. Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta – Slow Ride – 86
2. Adam Lambert – Whole Lotta Love – 82
3. Allison Iraheta – Cry Baby – 68
4. Kris Allen – Come Together – 46
5. Kris Allen & Alexis Grace –  Come Sail With Me – 35
   
6. Alexis Grace* – You Oughta Know – 31

So I was wrong with the grade of the duet. But as usual, that doesn’t matter. Of course, the wonder group got the top three spot again while Alexis Grace had to leave us tonight. In all fairness, the duet between Kris and Alexis was much better than the one with Danny. I wonder why it had to be a STYX duet. When Alexis asked Kara in what way to dirty it up more, Kara ripped off her dress to reveal a bikini. We know what that means… Alexis got so mad that she brought her to the tidal mud place thingy. And of course, Adam and Allison gave the 2nd highest rated performance of the season at this point. Congrats to them.

And now for the KRADISON dream sequence…

♪ I wanna rock, rock! Rock, Rock! ♪ ♪Kradison, KRADISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!♪ WOOT!

With Felicia Barton gone, we know that this show is inevitably going to feature Ricky Braddy leaving us. Man, now it’s become so predictable that you can predict I’ll start next week by saying that we know Alexis Grace will leave on the bus of shame. So uh…what’s the point? Anyway, here were my predictions:

1. Allison Iraheta – 75
2. Adam Lambert – 70
3. Kris Allen – 58
4. Alexis Grace* – 35
5. Ricky Braddy* OR Felicia Barton* – 31

And the results:

1. Allison Iraheta – Someone to Watch Over Me – 75
2. Adam Lambert – Feeling Good – 70
3. Kris Allen – The Way You Look Tonight – 58
4. Alexis Grace* – Summer Wind – 34
5. Ricky Braddy* – Softly as I Leave You – 31

This show was postponed due to the fact that there was an incident at the Camp studio. The building of Adam’s staircase proved to be disastrous as Debbie Williams, the stagemanager, broke her other leg as those stairs came tumbling down. But nevertheless, I proved to be extremely accurate this time with my 3rd set of predictions. The three amigos take the top spot yet again AS EXPECTED for the 6th time in a row. This will only end when they’re the top three standing. They’re just basically switching up the time when they become first. (MoTown – Adam, Top Downloads – Kris, Year of Birth – Adam, Cinema – Adam, Disco – Kris and now, RatPack – Allison… later… Rock – Adam, Top 3 – Kris) Anyway, I want to commend Alexis and Ricky for going this far. This proves how much they and Felicia were robbed of these spots. Ricky sings goodbye with Softly as I Leave You. Notice that until now, the swan songs speak of their elimination?

Anyway, for the next episode, we will say goodbye to Alexis Grace. For the Top 3, we say goodbye to Adam Lambert. Leaving the question… WHO WILL WIN: Kris Allen or Allison Iraheta

Thanks to the non-existent save, we finally get a top SIX. I mean, when I wrote the critique blogs of Idol, one of my tags read top 7.1 for Disco Week. One number we didn’t get to see is Top TWELVE week. But oh well, it happens. Since it’s the famous disco night, the judges were given earplugs just in case they can’t stand the atrocity of the songs. They didn’t have to use it though… Here are my predictions:

1. Kris Allen – 85
2. Adam Lambert – 78
3. Allison Iraheta – 70
4. Alexis Grace* – 39
5. Felicia Barton* OR Ricky Braddy* – 35

And what really happened?

1. Kris Allen – She Works Hard for the Money – 85
2. Adam Lambert – If I Can’t Have You – 78
3. Allison Iraheta – Hot Stuff – 70
   
4. Alexis Grace* – Bad Girls – 38
5. Ricky Braddy* – Breaking Up is Hard to Do – 35
6. Felicia Barton* – Breaking Up is Hard to Do – 35

Well, disco week wasn’t even disco night anymore. In fact, I didn’t hear one trace of the boogie down vibe. Without Ms. Lil with her karaoke I’m Every Woman, Mr. Anoop with his Dim All the Lights, and Sir Matt with his Stayin’ Alive, the night became a variety show of different genres. Kradison takes the top spot yet again for the umpteenth time in a row. Seriously, 5th time…but why am I still counting? Kris leads the pack with his rock/folk version of She Works Hard for the Money complete with bongos and “the box” made from drift wood near camp. Kris was actually sporting red hair here. Adam was sporting jeans that were artistically torn and too short for him by 6 inches while Allison was wearing guyliner, black hair and black nailpolish. Adam instead of doing hip and funky went with sad and desperate. His ballad version takes 2nd. Allison with her new look rocked it out with Hot Stuff.

So our bottom three consists of Alexis Grace, Ricky Braddy and Felicia Barton. Alexis had taken Bad Girls and made it punk rock. And the dueteers who knew one of them left performed a heartbreaking broadway Romeo and Juliet-esque like musical ballad, Breaking Up is Hard to Do. You’d even think we were watching So You Think You Can Dance. But one of them had to go and by a margin of 0.17, we say goodbye to Felicia Barton. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Why did WNTS have to employ Ricky’s performance of Superstition anyway??? It made Felicia’s score decay to a much lower level than Ricky’s!!! But going back, at least from being the top THIRTY-SEVENTH member of the semi-finals, she makes it all the way to SIXTH place. Not bad, not bad at all.

So we know the arrangement of who’ll leave from now. Ricky Braddy leaves us on Rat Pack Night. Alexis Grace leaves us on Rock Week. Adam Lambert leaves us on Top 3 Week. And the final two of KRIS ALLEN and ALLISON IRAHETA is the only thing I’d be excited about because the game is too close to call.

I did some research and the decay is approximately determined by multiplying .9 or .895 to their scores. Even without this, I’ve been pretty much spot on with the decays. It’s amazing really. For reprises, the normal minus is -21. With this knowledge, I’ll show you the computation of Top 3 and the Finale for Allison. I’ll use .9 because it’s easier:

Top 3 Week

Allison Iraheta Song 1: 72.5 x .9 = 65.25
Allison Iraheta Song 2: 62.25 x .9 = 58.725

So with 65 + 59, we get a total of 124. Since we know Kris wins with a total of 130 over Adam’s 112 and that Adam’s is also lower than Allison’s projected, he leaves us here.

Finale

Allison Iraheta Reprise of I Can’t Make You Love Me: 83 – 21 = 62
Allison Iraheta MoTown Change-themed Song: 58.725 x .9 = 52.8525
Allison Iraheta No Boundaries: 52.8525 x .9 = 47.56725

So that’s 62 + 53 + 48 = 163. Kris on finale night was: 88 + 51 + 25 = 164. So Kris wins by one point. But this is too close that Allison COULD win. But then again, I haven’t made provisions to lower Allison’s No Boundaries. A score of 48 seems pretty impossible for that ridiculous song so we MIGHT count that to be much lower like 52.8525 x .7 = ~37. And that would still make Allison’s score lower. But they can also change the minus for reprises to -13 and that would make the reprise 70. If both apply, Kris would still win. But if only the reprise applies, Allison would win. This would be a bit more exciting now.

I’ll update Top 5 week next week instead. I wont have internet connection where I’d be going.

We’re down to seven and the competition is heating up…literally. I mean have you checked the temperature lately? It’s blazing hot. I guess summer heat is in the air. The campers are getting a bit restless and well, so are the judges too. They’ve decided to go heavy on their critiques. Heck, Simon even critiqued the back up singers at one point. Anyway, let’s check my predictions:

1. Adam Lambert – 68
2. Kris Allen – 64
3. Allison Iraheta – 47
4. Alexis Grace* – 40
5. Felicia Barton* – 37
6. Ricky Braddy* – 37
7. Danny Gokey – 35

And what happened? Hmm…let’s do things differently this time around. I will release the results later in the post, but of course I will note some instances here and there. Yet again, Kradison gets the top spot of the night. These three are just unstoppable on their 4th time. There’s a considerably big drop from Adam’s performance last time to this time. And I just don’t get it but they bring back Jesse Langseth again to be Kris’s backup singer. So this means Jesse plays Marketa while Kris plays Glen. Hmm…I hope Katy doesn’t get a fit.

Alexis does another dirty song…GREASE…but it’s melody isn’t dirty enough that Alexis still gets shoved off. And of course, Ricky and Felicia reprise another duet. This will pose problems later… And of course, Danny Gokey requested a harp and string quartet yet again but got Chikezie on harmonica and Kris on viola instead. Poor Danny. So here’s the results:

1. Adam Lambert – Born to be Wild – 68
2. Kris Allen – Falling Slowly – 64
3. Allison Iraheta – I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – 47
4. Alexis Grace* – Grease – 43
5. Felicia Barton* – Summer Nights – 39
6. Ricky Braddy* – Summer Nights – 39
7. Danny Gokey – Endless Love – 35

OK…so I predicted Danny as lowest…but why is he leaving!?!?! It turns out I was right that the judges WOULD and DID employ the save on Danny but staying true to the by-laws of camp, the judges’ save is null and void given that the camp eliminates the one who sang the worst. Non-elimination is against the by-laws of the Camp constitution. So this poses a small problem…my predictions now have to be tweaked… for the 3rd time. Stupid by-laws…now I’m complaining.

TOP 6 WEEK: Disco

1. Kris Allen – 85
2. Adam Lambert – 78
3. Allison Iraheta – 70
4. Alexis Grace* – 39
5. Felicia Barton* OR Ricky Braddy* – 35
   

TOP 5 Week: Rat Pack Standards

1. Allison Iraheta – 75
2. Adam Lambert – 70
3. Kris Allen – 58
4. Alexis Grace* – 35
5. Ricky Braddy* OR Felicia Barton* – 31

Hmm…it seems because of the scores of Ricky and Felicia, I have no effing clue who would go first. If Ricky leaves Top 6 week, Felicia will leave Top 5 week. If Felicia leaves Top 6 week, Ricky will leave Top 5 week. Why did Camp Should-a-been have to give them THE SAME scores each week. They’re screwing me with this prediction thing. Anyway, I have to continue until…

TOP 4 Week: Rock

1. Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta – 86
2. Adam Lambert – 82
3. Allison Iraheta – 68
4. Kris Allen & Alexis Grace* – 60
5. Kris Allen – 46
6. Alexis Grace* – 30

Hmm…I didn’t know how I’m going to give Alexis and Kris a duet score. Hmm…so here’s how I decided to do it: I get the average of both Kris and Alexis up until Top 5 week, average the two averages, and decay it. That will lead to Kris and Alexis’ duet score. Sounds right, right? Anyway, after this…my original predictions are back on track. Man, this calculated guesswork is hard!

So here are the new projected standings:

13. Jorge Nunez – Never Gonna Say Goodbye
12. Anoop Desai – Beat It
11. Scott MacIntyre – Wild Angels
10. Kristen McNamara – When I’m Gone
9. Lil Rounds – I Surrender
8. Ju’not Joyner – Oh No
7. Danny Gokey - Endless Love
6. Ricky Braddy
5. Felicia Barton
4. Alexis Grace
3. Adam Lambert – One and Cryin’
2. Allison Iraheta
1. Kris Allen

The colors here are relevant. CHARTREUSE means it’s happened. BLUE means I’m sure it’s gonna happen. MARIGOLD means I am really unsure if this would happen or not. Well, this is definitely going to be exciting. Who leaves camp next time, Felicia or Ricky? Who wins, Kris or Allison? Let’s find out together!

1. Adam Lambert – 68
2. Kris Allen – 64
3. Allison Iraheta – 47
4. Alexis Grace* – 40
5. Felicia Barton* – 37
6. Ricky Braddy* – 37
7. Danny Gokey – 35

I was wrong, so Anoop was being blamed for all those klepto instances in camp. Sorry Noop Dawg. You’re cool in my books. Pesky Simon Cowell trying to start a fight. (♪So so what, I am a rock star, I got my rock moves and I don’t need you and guess what, I’m having more fun♪) But anyway, we’ll go with Year You Were Born Week starting with my predictions:

1. Adam Lambert – 92
2. Allison Iraheta – 83
3. Kris Allen – 49
4. Alexis Grace* – 46
5. Danny Gokey – 44
6. Felicia Barton* – 43
7. Ricky Braddy* – 43
8. Jun’ot Joyner* – 33

And the results:

1. Adam Lambert – Mad World – 92
2. Allison Iraheta – I Can’t Make You Love Me – 83
3. Kris Allen – All She Wants to Do is Dance – 49
4. Alexis Grace* – Naughty Girls (Need Love to) – 48
5. Danny Gokey – Stand by Me – 44
6. Ricky Braddy* – Leather and Lace – 44
7. Felicia Barton* – Leather and Lace – 44
8. Jun’ot Joyner* – Oh No – 34

Woot! I predicted it right again! (♪Coz I’m on fire! Quenched by Desire! Give in to me.♪) For the third consecutive show, Kradison takes the top spot. If only the three could always sing trios like Ricky and Felicia keep doing duets. HAHAHA. And the two could really do duets because their birthyears follow each other. Lucky them right? No, because they wound yet again in the bottom three. So does Danny Gokey for his first time ever (He never was in the bottom three to our dismay in the original…) I love the blue ahem…cellphone lighting that they used for Mad World. It’s what brought out Simon as the sabotager. I guess he’s sabotaged his own credibility. Go back to X factor you douche…I mean…highly paid executive.

That leaves us with Ju’not whose one real song has pushed him further than 7th placer, Lil Rounds. Congrats Ju’not. As to scores, I was off by 1-2 points which isn’t at all bad. Anyway, that’s it. Enjoy the next installment of CSaB Comparing tomorrow.

Another sunny day in camp and it’s my favorite night on Camp Should-a-been…KRIS ALLEN… I mean…uh…sorry…TOP DOWNLOADS NIGHT! And in preparation for the gala, the campers all pitched-in to make Kris a new keyboard because someone… is stealing the camper’s stuff. You can check the details on what the piano is composed of in WhatNotToSing.com but I’d have to say the campers built one heck of a piano. So let’s go to my revised predictions:

TOP 9: Top Downloads Week

1. Kris Allen – 85
2. Adam Lambert – 69
3. Allison Iraheta – 55
4. Danny Gokey – 55
5. Alexis Grace* – 53
6. Felicia Barton* – 50
7. Ricky Braddy* – 50
8. Jun’ot Joyner* – 37
9. Lil Rounds – 36

And the results:

TOP 9: Top Downloads Week

1. Kris Allen – Ain’t No Sunshine – 85
2. Adam Lambert – Play that Funky Music – 69
3. Allison Iraheta – Don’t Speak – 55
4. Danny Gokey – What Hurts the Most – 55
5. Alexis Grace* – Dirty – 53
6. Felicia Barton* – Let’s Stay Together – 49
   
7. Ricky Braddy* – Let’s Stay Together – 49
   
8. Jun’ot Joyner* – Hey There Delilah – 38
9. Lil Rounds – I Surrender – 36

DJ, you did it again! I’m on hot steamy fire that’s burstin’ from a hot lava bomb! I mean, after revising…ahem…your rankings of course. And of course, thanks to the campers, Kris Allen comes up on top as expected! I mean, the song never gets old! Kris is one masterclass you can’t destroy. He’s a silent storm rushing to become a hurricane that would traverse the mountains or something like that. In short, he gave the best performance on a boring night.

Adam of course got the 2nd highest rating for the most karaoke song of all time. Allison gets 3rd completing Kradison yet again for the top 3 with her better rendition of Don’t Speak as compared to that Gwen Stefani girl. And Alexis thought it was the perfect time to DIRTY it up even more but alas, the judges still wanted MORE.

In the end, we got Felicia and Ricky in the bottom three doing their second duet adequately named “Let’s Stay Together”. We all know that they’ll also leave together but sshhhh people might think it’s rigged. Ju’not is in for the 2nd time but like my recent prediction, he outlasts my original one. It’s Little…I mean…Small…I mean Minute…I mean Lil Rounds who leaves us tonight…but it seems she has surrendered to a spa as she’s nowhere to be found!

And am I getting this creepy feeling that the swan songs are literally swan songs. Jorge could never say goodbye as he left. Anoop just beat it. Scott was taken by what must’ve been Wild Angels. Kristen reminisces about when she’s gone. And Lil, just surrendered. What will Jun’ot sing? What disco duet will be Felicia and Ricky’s swan song? What ratpack-jazzy song would Alexis say goodbye to.

Well we know Danny would be dreaming on…and that Adam would be the one who’ll be cryin’…

Anyway, I’m sure to blog earlier tomorrow. Bye!

Sorry for the delay in blog if you guys were looking for it. I’ve just been really busy today and doing this blog is already removing some of my precious time. Again, Anoop is stealing some more stuff. But then again, it must be his little friends, the chipmunks, who are doing the work for him. Without further much ado, I’ll go straight to the point and go to my predictions from last time:

1. Adam Lambert – 85
2. Allison Iraheta – 80
3. Kris Allen – 68
4. Alexis Grace* – 60
5. Felicia Barton* – 55
6. Ricky Braddy* – 55
   
7. Danny Gokey – 54
8. Jun’ot Joyner* – 43
9. Lil Rounds – 42
10. Kristen McNamara* – 37

And the results?

1. Adam Lambert – Tracks of My Tears – 85
2. Allison Iraheta – Papa Was A Rolling Stone – 80
3. Kris Allen – How Sweet it Is – 68
4. Alexis Grace* – Shop Around – 60
5. Ricky Braddy* – It Takes Two – 55
6. Felicia Barton* – It Takes Two – 55
7. Danny Gokey – Get Ready – 54
8. Jun’ot Joyner* – Do You Love Me – 42
9. Lil Rounds – Heat Wave – 42
10. Kristen McNamara* – When I’m Gone – 38

I’ve successfully predicted the one who’ll leave again. I’m on a roll. But now with my adjusted predictions, even the decay rates seem to be at par with the real thing. So whaddya know, I might be able to get that Kris win I want. But not so fast horsey, we still have to go through all these finals. Interestingly, Kradison takes top honors this round. It’ll be the first out of many that they’ll come up on top. It’s the first night that Alexis stays longer than the original and she gets a high 60 for her effort to dirty up a very sweet Archuleta-made-popular song. Camp Should-a-been also makes a first where Felicia and Ricky do a duet together. Is it just me or will they be doing duets from now on? Hmm…hopefully not. Danny Gokey just slips by the bottom three while Ju’not and Lil tie for 8th. It is Kristen McNamara who leaves us. So long farewell to you Kristen who hasn’t won a single reality show. When you’re gone, we will remember you as the little choo-choo train who said “I think I can” but failed. No adjustments to be done in predictions just yet. It’s going to be smooth sailing for now with a bit of rain to whether Ju’not goes first according to my old prediction or Lil who goes first according to my new prediction. Either way, I don’t really care.