<p>I don’t know that he ever quite got on key - what a crappy crappy song. He knows he screwed it up.</p>
<p>stupid stupid stupid song</p>
<p>I think the competiton is a tie tonight.</p>
<p>i think Kris did a better job on the song than Adam…</p>
<p>stupid song but I did like Kris’s version a little better (even though it was pitchy and too high for him).</p>
<p>What a bunch of amateurs - they picked the key for him too? That is such a shame that he had to end on that -</p>
<p>WHY WHY WHY did they have to ruin the show with this crap!! Why couldn’t the singer select the song they wanted to sing…Im so ticked about this…but I’m off to vote.</p>
<p>Did I mention that I think that was a STUPID song?</p>
<p>Thought that song was horrendous for both of them,but especially for Kris. Way off key. Still like him, but have to go with Adam all the way! He’s been my favorite for the whole season!</p>
<p>they shouldve had to sing a ballad, a rockin tune and whatever else…</p>
<p>They should have written the song with Kris’ range in mind - Adam doesn’t have a range - or boundary - pun intended.</p>
<p>If the producers have to pick an Idol Song, make it the first one so the contestants have a chance to redeem themselves.</p>
<p>cartera - I’m not musically educated at ALL, but once a song is written, can’t you choose to lower the key (or go higher), if needed? Shouldn’t Kris have told them he needed to start in a lower key?</p>
<p>All - thank you so much for the detailed play by play.
We are on west coast and I cannot stand the suspense!</p>
<p>Adam’s got my vote best on the whole season’s work. Even though he can potentially get a more advantageous deal (s) by coming in #2, he deserves to be name Idol #1.</p>
<p>Yes, it is usually transposed into which ever key is needed but it sure sounded as though he wasn’t allowed to do that. Perhaps lowering it would have made it too low for him so maybe he was just between a rock a hard place - he doesn’t have near the range that Adam does.</p>
<p>Thanks also from the West Coast for all of your updates. I will be voting for Adam tonight, but it really doesn’t matter if he wins or not because he is going to go far.</p>
<p>This has really been a fun season of AI!</p>
<p>teriwtt from the evidence from the rest of the season: yes the singer can change the key. If there are some restrictions about the Idol Song, I don’t know. I wasn’t paying enough attention to tell if the key changed between Adam’s version and Kris’s. But Adam has quite a range, so perhaps it is less of an issue with him.</p>
<p>Yay, I found a live stream to watch early. Kris’s best was his first, but I still like Mad World better. I loved the long coat & fog. 2nd round clearly to Adam. Oh my, that awful Kara song. I thought it was bad for Adam until I heard poor Kris. Why did they do that to those poor guys. Kara needs to be fired.</p>
<p>I’ve never liked the Idol songwriting thing, but the previous songs were War and Peace compared to this piece of c*&p! I agree with Simon about the “mountains and hurricanes”. Yuck.</p>
<p>LOVE the coat/fog/guyliner. But then I’m a Alice Cooper/Meat Loaf/etc. kind of girl anyway.</p>
<p>Adam, Adam, Adam. I’ve said it before - he can sing me the back of a cereal box!</p>
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<p>Probably would have been better than Kara’s song.</p>