Thursday, May 21, 2009

LATEST RESULTS OF AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 ON MAY 20, 2009 - KRIS ALLEN IS THE WINNER OF AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8


AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 LATEST RESULTS ON MAY 20, 2009: KRIS ALLEN IS THE WINNER OF AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8

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Top 2 American Idol Season 8 - The contestant’s favorite / Simon Fuller’s choice / The winner’s single

Adam Lambert - "Mad World" (Tears for Fears) - Contestant's favorite
Kris Allen - "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) - Contestant's favorite
Adam Lambert - "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) - Simon Fuller's choice
Kris Allen - "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye) - Simon Fuller's choice
Adam Lambert - "No Boundaries" - Winner's single
Kris Allen - "No Boundaries" - Winner's single



Winner: Kris Allen

Runner-Up: Adam Lambert

Congratulations to Kris Allen and Adam Lambert

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Kris Allen Biography/Profile:

Kristopher Neil Allen known as Kris Allen

Birthdate: June 21, 1985
Age: 23 years old
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Arkansas
Origin: Conway, Arkansas, United States
Genre: Alternative, pop rock, folk rock, acoustic
Occupation: Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument: Vocals, guitar, piano, viola, ukulele
Years active: Since 2007 till now

Kris Allen was born in Jacksonville, Arkansas to Kimberly (née Wood) and Neil Allen. He has one younger brother named Daniel who is a student and cheerleading coach at the University of Central Arkansas. Allen attended Murrell Taylor Elementary School, Fuller Middle School and Mills University Studies High School, where he was active in the school's orchestra as a viola player and later went on to win a spot in his state's all-state orchestra.

Along with the viola, Allen taught himself how to play the guitar at age 13, and is also proficient with the piano and the ukulele. In 2007, he self-produced an album entitled Brand New Shoes with college friends and bandmates Michael Holmes (drums) and Chase Erwin (bass). Songs from the album began being widely distributed during his time on Idol.

Allen is a devout Christian. He was a worship leader at New Life Church in Maumelle, Arkansas, as well as at the Chi Alpha campus ministry of the University of Central Arkansas, where he was a business major. He has done missionary work around the world, including in Burma, Morocco, Mozambique, South Africa, Spain and Thailand.

On September 26, 2008, he married longtime girlfriend Katy O'Connell Allen

(Thank you and credits to http://www.rickey.org , http://en.wikipedia.org, Astro StarWorld Channel, and all sources for the information and pictures)

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