ShanShanSaid

2009/05/21

我就纳闷儿,怎么着也不能是Kris啊?

先放这儿几篇文章,明天有空再来补我自己的字儿吧..

Four Reasons Kris Allen Could Win American Idol

http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/05/20/four-reasons-kris-allen-could-win-american-idol/

Will Simon Cowell and the odds-makers be proved right — will the next Idol be Adam Lambert, the dazzling glam-rock prince? Or does Kris Allen, the guy with the acoustic guitar, square jaw and plaid shirts, have a chance of upsetting the race? Can Smallville beat Vegas?

Tuesday night’s performance finale seemed to clinch Adam’s victory, but Kris could win, for at least four reasons.

1. The Johnny Depp Analogy: Look, Johnny Depp is a huge, glamorous, risk-taking star, but off camera doesn’t he look like someone you could scare with a sock puppet? Something like this comes into play with Kris. Simon has faulted him for not having star swagger, something Adam exudes with every flash of his smile and swivel of his hips. But what may seem like modesty on a live stage can project to the viewing audience as a different kind of charisma — cool, even. Just because Adam rules the stage doesn’t mean he rules the camera.

2. The Kara Principle: It drives me crazy when Kara talks about artistic growth and development, as if she were a tenured lecturer at the pop academy — but why deny that Kris has improved, quite a lot, and that this is key to the competition? His folk-pop approach is not only melodic but surprisingly versatile, as when he won over the judges with his acoustic version of Kayne West’s “Heartless.” Adam is absolutely the better performer, but the whole competition seems too consistently easy for him. It’s like Apollo coming down to Athens and competing in a few Olympic events without breaking a sweat. It’s not that Adam is smug or proud — he’s entirely likable — but there doesn’t seem to be any need for him to have bothered even auditioning. He’s right where he started: perfect. Kris has discovered himself. That’s important.

3. Progressive Lambert Fatigue: The blasting falsetto, the strutting, the fussy layers of costume — it’s exhausting! If I had to listen to an entire album of Adam on my iPod, my head would explode in an unpleasant David Cronenberg manner. Even when he tones things down (as on his outstanding, stock-still performance of “Mad World”), you feel the air being sucked out of the room. Adam is terrific, but he’s like one of Seinfeld’s close talkers — he’s a close singer.

4. The Danny Gokey Transference Theory: Ryan last week said that little more than a million votes separated Adam and Kris, raising speculation that this might not be the sort of lopsided finale as last year’s, when David Cook crushed David “Oliver Twist” Archuleta. The hunch is that Danny– Tom Gliatto voters could swing to Kris — a migration of sentiment from underdog to underdog.

Five reasons Adam Lambert will be the next American Idol (and five reasons he won't)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/05/ten-reasons-why-adam-lambert-will-be-the-next-american-idol.html

WHY ADAM LAMBERT WILL BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL

1. His performances have outshined the rest of the contestants by a mile.

2. He has become a cultural phenomeon, drawing new viewers and voters into the show.

3. Tween girls and Silver Foxes love him.

4. As they get into multiple-song territory, he alone posses the musical ingenuity to take on that burden.

5. In a "change"-oriented cultural climate, Lambert is a new type of star to carry "Idol" into a new era.

WHY HE WON'T

1.His backstory is too Hollywood/Broadway professional, defying the rags-to-riches narrative that is at "Idol's" core.

2. He has captured the heart of Blue State America, but Red State America owns "Idol."

3. His onstage banter is too controlled, less emotive and less cuddly than the others.

4. His style is too far afield from those that have dominated "Idol" in years past.

5. At the time of this writing, the tween vote remains divided.

 

Five reasons Danny Gokey will be the next American Idol (and five reasons he won't)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/americanidoltracker/2009/05/five-reasons-why-danny-gokey-will-be-the-next-american-idol-and-five-why-he-wont.html

WHY DANNY GOKEY WILL BE THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL

1. He has captured the devotion of Red State America.

2. He — like five of the seven champions — has never been in the bottom three.

3. His heart-rending backstory is still powerful.

4. His onstage banter is flawlessly cheery. His humor and grace in handling "The Scream" issue was breathtaking.

5. He can deliver a powerhouse vocal under the gun, in a style that has traditionally found great success on the Idol stage.

WHY HE WON'T

1. The shadow of Lambert is too big to overcome.

2. Limited tween appeal.

3. In a year of change, he's too traditional.

4. Active religiosity a turnoff to the nonfaithful.

5. The one-note quality of his performances will be a problem on multiple-song nights.