And In This Corner...Kris Allen and Adam Lambert Go Mano-A-Mano
on 'Idol'  Categories: American Idol PictureGroup for Fox
American Idol finale: Out come the claws. Mee-yow! So, my
American Idol-watching comrades, after several months (it feels
longer though, doesn't it?) of the hard work and dedication it
takes to be glued to our television sets for at least three
hours every week, we finally get the proverbial money shot: Adam
Lambert vs. Kris Allen, or, as Seacrest referred to it, guy-
next-door vs. guyliner. Oh, Seacrest, how I'll miss your witty
quips this summer. Maybe I'll find a bored, precocious, short,
child to tell me his favorite jokes for the next few months.
It'll be almost like the same thing.  So, like last season, Idol
used the boxing metaphor to bring added "drama" to the
proceedings, with Seacrest asking Simon to pick a winner at the
end of each round of songs. The irony is that I don't think,
like David Cook and David Archuletta before them, either Adam or
Kris could successfully land a punc