Danny also says he just finished filming for the American Idol Experience Disney World attraction. Each of the Top 5 will be featured in a videoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

Now, here is one example of how Anoop is being cheated. He was in the TOP 5 until the Judges Save was used. Not fair at all.

I’m also kind of glad about more solo time. Duets are kind of cute (and it worked well in S5 having, say, the two country singers duet together). This year, Adison duets would be cool, but most of the other duets, not so much. Except maybe a Kris/Matt duet – especially if they were also jamming on their instruments together – that could be really cool!

And the group numbers are always one of the weaker bits, imo. A little too cheesy, like the group numbers from the results shows.

From Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) Twitter: “Adam says the “Slow Ride” duet with Alison will be part of the Idol tour. Adam & Kris both picked Alison as their fave Idol.”

Also, Anoop said the following in his Comcast chat:

There aren’t a ton of group numbers, so you’re definitely going to see a lot of solo time from your favorite, which I think it really cool because you’re not buying a group CD when we’re through with this. You want to see the person you voted for and going to buy their CD afterward. But it’s going to be an amazing show.

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I like the sound of that! I wouldn’t be surprised if they did a little something like that. Maybe more of just Adam and Allison before bringing Kris out, so as not to overshadow Kris too much, but otherwise, sounds good to me

Not sure if they’d switch Danny and Allison, and I guess I would feel bad for Danny if they did, but it would work a lot better for an Allison/Adam duet (not feeling the potential Danny/Allison duet AT ALL)

Sarver, Megan do their bit. Scott does his and then is joined by Matt for a bit of Piano dueling. Lil (I’m sorry, it took me a minute to remember her name, I’m so very bad) sings her songs, Anoop finishes up the first half.

Second half…Matt wails on the piano and leads into Danny who gets to dance and sing (I know I am out of order). Then we have a back and forth concert with Allison, Adam, and Kris. Some duets and some solos and hopefully a trio thrown in…back and forth in no particular order.

Then Kris finishes up with his obligatory No Boundaries and then everyone comes out for a nice good bye and final song.

I can dream, can’t I.

It’s interesting to see the concert venue, because everyone gets a good reception, from my experience – even the less popular contestants, it’s just an overall fun atmosphere. You will hear crazy loud cheers, though, for the favs.

Not to mention, there’s way to much Kradam love out there (and Kradison love) for that to get much in the way

Can anyone share a little bit about how the tour works, based on last yearà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s tour? Thanks! (Just curious; I know Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll find out soon, but Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m excited.)

I went for S5 and S7 (skipped S6 because I didn’t care for the contestants as much).

For S5: Everyone performed in elimination order (with a few switcheroos, like having 7 go before 8 or something like that), with a few duets sprinkled in to segue between acts (Chris and Elliot duet to introduce Elliot, Bucky and Kelly did a country duet.) Usually #s 10-6 or 5 get 2 to 3 songs each, then Chris and Elliot may have gotten 4 each, and the top 2 get 4, with an extra 5th for the winner (an encore).

For each of them they’ll perform something from the show (usually one of their greatest hits, Cook did Billy Jean last year) and some new stuff (Paris Bennet did Crazy in Love, which was cool). They ended the first half of the show plus the second half with a big group number (last year’s was Rihanna’s “Please Don’t Stop the Music” – cute, but yeah, a little cheesy.)

S7: Again, everyone in elimination order, but no duets (just the group number to end the first half and second half). The winner always sings the coronation song (poor Kris).

From what I understand, S6 mixed it up a bit more, with Blake ending the first half of the show, and a lot more group numbers/duets, etc. I’ve heard this year will be a bit more similar to that, and I think we’ve already had hints at a possible Adam/Allison Slow Ride reprise (yeah!) But I definitely hope they mainly stick to the order of elimination – it would be suicide to have Adam go before intermission, and I doubt that would happen.

I can see them mixing it up a bit, order wise (like put Matt and Anoop earlier, but then have them come back later too) just to keep things interesting. But then close with Adam and Kris.

Hope that helps!

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve never known a bored artist.
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Well now you do! ROFL.

I must be a lone soul in here who is excited to see every single one of them at the concert. Ah well, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m just easily pleased.

You’re not alone This will be the 3rd one I’ve gone to, and I’ve always had fun. The thing is, even though I usually go just for one fav, and there are always some performers that I could do without, by the time the show comes around, I just enjoy the whole thing. It doesn’t completely feel like the show, because you get full songs, no judging, no nerves or competition.

Everyone sounds good (even the weaker singers – soung mixing is a wonderful thing), and I generally just have a good time. Last year, for instance, I could hardly care less for people like Brooke, Jason, Kristy Lee, etc. when they were on the show, but I still had a good time listening to them live (Brooke on the piano was very good, and Jason sounded good too). It’s also just cool to see them in person after watching them on tv

If I had to say who I was really excited about seeing, though, it would be:

Most Excited: Adam (goes without saying for me – he’s really the only reason I got tix in the first place) – and I’m excited for his outfits too :wink_wp:

Very Excited: Allison, Kris

Pretty Excited: Danny, Matt, Anoop, Lil

Should be ok (not bad, but not the most earth-shattering either): Sarver, Megan (this one could be interesting – she better caw for us :wink_wp:), Scott (just don’t sing the song you got kicked off on – eck!)

And I hope we get more candid moments of everyone rehearsing, joking around, etc. I still want Slezak at EW to pop up on tour to hang out with Kradison a little, give us some candid moments…you listening, Slezak?

All chats start at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, unless otherwise noted
Wednesday: Anoop Desai
Wednesday: Scott MacIntyre (rescheduled), 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT
Thursday: Lil Rounds
Friday: Matt Giraud
Monday, June 15: Allison Iraheta
Tuesday, June 16: Danny Gokey
Wednesday, June 17: Adam Lambert
Thursday, June 18: Kris Allen

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