Singer and songwriter, Mat Kearney has recently said that he’s happy to be working with American Idol winner, Kris Allen, saying that he’s “the real deal.”
Kearney told MTV News that they joined together in August actually made some great music. He reveals, "We wrote a song and it’s awesome." On how the two started working together, "I think [Kris] was just a fan. What he told me was that he was just picking bands that he liked [to collaborate with].”
When the two finally got to recording the song, Mat says it was like magic. "He sang it in, …read more

The newest American Idol, Kris Allen, will be on Ellen tomorrow (but these videos are already up!) where he sat down with her and talked about the experience and also performed his new single “No Boundaries” and his revamped version on Kanye West’s “Heartless.”
I thought that Kris sounded a little more comfortable performing “No Boundaries” (the key was a little lower than it had been on that final performance show).  He actually made it a lot more likable.  What do you think?

Of course, “Heartless” was as great as I remembered from when he was on Idol.  It is so hot, …read more

American Idol season 8 winner, Kris Allen and runner-up, Adam Lambert were being interviewed on Larry King Live tonight. Filling in for Larry was Idol’s host, Ryan Seacrest, who also interviewed this season’s top 10 contestants.
Kris Allen admitted that being crowned the newest idol has not fully sunk in yet for him, and of course he was as humble as ever. Ryan asked him if he thought that the Christian vote played a big part in him winning, and he says that he really hoped it didn’t. He says that religion shouldn’t have anything to do with American Idol, and …read more

You knew it was coming – American Idol winner, Kris Allen, is going to Disney World and he’s got the commercial to prove it.  As he sings “When You Wish Upon a Star,” footage of Kris through his lifetime and of his journey on the Idol is shown and I think it’s really cute.  He is only the second singer to star in a Disney commercial (season 7 winner, David Cook, was the first) in the more than twenty years since they started making them.  Check it out:

The season is over and Kris Allen was named this year’s winner of American Idol.  Of course, it’s the day after and there are interviews with them popping up all over the internet.  My friend, Zack Taylor, has a great collection of interviews with Blake Lewis, Bo Bice, Simon Cowell and more (check it out!).
In this FOX NY interview, I thought Kris was pretty adorable (okay, he’s pretty adorable all the time – I love his humility!) as he talked about how winning Idol could change his life and his global missionary efforts.
Adam maintains that, at no point last night, …read more

In what many would consider a surprise ending, Kris Allen was crowned the winner of the eighth season of American Idol.  For weeks, it seemed that Adam Lambert had the competition locked up but, in the end, he did not win.  If you were shocked, take a look at Kris’ face when the announcement was made (stunned Kris even said that he thought Adam should have won).
It seemed that Adam was happy for Kris and I am pretty confident that both of them will go on to have successful careers.  This was one season where I really would have …read more

This year’s finalists, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, were interviewed backstage last night after their final performances on American Idol.  Adam said he was overwhelmed and Kris said it was really great to be done with performing on that stage and being judged.  Adam added that they are such different artists and really good friends so, in truth, they were both winners.  I agree!  Check it out:

Kris Allen took a crack at singing the winner’s song “No Boundaries” and he seemed almost as uncomfortable as Adam was at first.  He seemed to stumble with the lyrics a little bit I think his performance of the single was the better of the two.  He also had some microphone handling issues.
Randy said that Kris should be very proud of what he’s done in this competition and that the song fit his voice better than Adam’s.  Kara said that she wants him to be judged on the fact that he’s an incredible artist.  Paula said that Kris has …read more

Simon Fuller chose “What’s Going On” for Kris Allen and it he chose start it off with just the guitar and it was really nice.  It’s one of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs and I’m happy with what he did with it.

Randy said that they’ve got themselves a real competition right now but felt that the song was a little light for him.  Kara said that Kris has been true to himself since day one and she likes that Fuller picked a socially conscious song for someone like him.  Paula said that Kris tore the song up and …read more

Kris Allen surprised me by choosing “Ain’t No Sunshine” but as soon as he started singing, I remembered how much I had loved the performance.  He really is a great singer and artist but I think he should have done “Falling Slowly” (he did “Heartless” too recently, in my opinion).  It was a very strong performance but I don’t know if it packed the punch that he needed for tonight.

Randy said that it was one of his best performances on this stage and said that he can already tell what kind of artist Kris is going to be.  …read more