FWIW, I remember last year feeling as though Archie was being treated as a co-winner. As a Cook fan, I wasn’t thrilled. Now, people say that Adam is being treated as a co-winner, and as an Adam fan, I’m fine with it. Go figure.

I kind of felt the same way about last year. I always considered Archie would win, and was rather shocked when Cook won, but I knew Archie had TONS of fans (especially judging from the TV reactions during the eps). The crowd response was huge for both, maybe slightly bigger for Archie, and song-wise, though Archie had 4 and Cook had 5, it did feel a bit like they wanted to give Archie a lot of time on stage too due to his popularity.

This time, as an Adam fan, I’m (mostly) fine with the treatment of both. I understand as the “non-winner” Adam shouldn’t overshadow Kris by either getting the same # songs or special treatment, but I also think TPTB know Adam is a big draw, particularly for a live concert, and so are giving him some more attention than they might otherwise.

FWIW, I remember last year feeling as though Archie was being treated as a co-winner. As a Cook fan, I wasn’t thrilled. Now, people say that Adam is being treated as a co-winner, and as an Adam fan, I’m fine with it. Go figure.

I do have to say that as a Cook/Allen fan Archie’s treatment wasn’t nearly what Adam’s is. I just wanted to offer a different perspective here. I’m not complaining, just stating what I see.

Interest in Kris has been piqued in other countries because he won. That is natural.

Other countries can see Idol on TV. Interest in him would probably be based on people having seen him on the show. Even if he didn’t win. Acc. to this, AI was seen in 154 countries in 2006. Kris has fans in all the countries where Idol is seen, I’m sure. I didn’t become interested in him because he won, I was already interested, and, I’m sure, so were the international fans.

Hey, speaking of unfair….if Adam is given the final glory note in the finale Don’t Stop Believing, OMG, that means he’s singing “last” in the concert!! Maybe they need to give those crazy high notes to Kris to sing. Oh no, we’ll have to set up camp on the grassy knoll, lol.

Kidding, kidding.

Closing with Hey Jude and Believe couldn’t be more boring to me. Why aren’t they doing something more fun and current. Last year they sang Rhianna, and it was a blast. Room for personality. Great way to finish a concert. I’d rather they have done the rock star song from the finale – at least they could ham it up some and end on a fun note.

I do like the idea of ending with some of Adam’s big notes on Journey – that would be a GREAT way to end the show! (Rehearsals sounded great from him).

Now we need to see Adam in a short-sleeved white t-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers

I think it would be awesome if Adam and Kris switched clothes! Adam can already rock the plaid (as in the Top 13 home footage), but seeing him in just a white shirt and jeans – I can see him making that incredibly hot!

And Kris with feathers, studs, leather jackets! That would be an awesome combination! A little scary, but really funny.

I don’t know, but I think if you feel Kris won AI because he’s popular, it makes sense he’s popular in places other that just the US. Why wouldn’t he be? But if you think he won for “other reasons,” as some people do, you might have trouble accepting that he’s actually popular at all, anywhere, even here.

Myself, I’m really not surprised he’s doing well internationally. What appeals to Americans often appeals internationally. And for some reason NB seems to be doing better internationally than here.

By the way, I did see a Neilsen Soundscan listing a week or two ago that showed Kris’s NB at #19 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart for US radio play (not sales). Just ahead of David Cook’s new single, which was #20. That’s not bad.

*About halfway through the season, Adam approached Kim and told her, ‘You know, me and your boy are going to be the final two standing.’  Kim asked Adam how he could be so sure. Adam answered, ‘Because I’m a singing freak of nature and he’s the only true musician.’ *

I said earlier that I didn’t believe that Adam actually said this. Now I see that it was originally posted at Gossip Candy. It’s confusing though trying to figure out who said what. The writer quotes a poster who quotes a friend of Kris’s mother, etc. Like whisper down the alley. Adam certainly didn’t say it in those words as he never uses bad grammar (as I said before).

So saying this I think the “competition” between Adam and Kris post Idol is getting a bit silly .. especially with all of this “hoopla” over number of songs being sung on tour.

Like other posters have said I very much doubt that Adam and Kris feel that they are in competition to prove anything, they’re both completely different types of artists and there’s plenty of room for both of them to achieve all they can in the music industry .. they’ll both no doubt be going down different routes musically so whilst there will always be some sort of chart battle between artists to sell as many records as possible I don’t see them as being in competition. Some people will prefer Kris, some will prefer Adam, some will like both .. hopefully they’ll both sell enough to get a good career in the music business.