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Kris Allen Credits His Wife with His Success
Behind every great man, there is a great woman. Such is the case of the latest American Idol winner Kris Allen.
Admitting during his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, set to air on May 26, that he was “shocked every week” during competition, he says it was his wife who kept him going.
“I’ve been singing for a long time I started playing guitar when I was 13 and I’m 23 now,” he tells the talk show host. “I did the music scene in Arkansas, which isn’t that big … and It didn’t work out and I almost gave up.”
But, he continues, “My wife has been the support. I seriously almost gave up a lot, and she was just like you have to keep going. She believed in me more than I believed in myself. She is just great.”
Of Simon Cowell’s declaration Allen “shouldn’t of played the wife card so early,” DeGeneres disagrees. She tells Allen, “I thought it was great and you seem like an adorable couple and I think it’s important for people to see that you have a wife and how supportive she was.”
It was an issue that never crossed Allen’s mind. “I care about her a lot so it didn’t bother me that she was brought up,” he says. “I think it bothered her more than it bothered me.”
“She is responsible for you getting this far,” DeGeneres prods. “I think you owe her something big.”
Allen’s idea: “Vacation, how about that?”
DeGeneres, meanwhile, also calls runner-up Adam Lambert Friday to talk about the finale. “The way people were talking and the way you reacted when his name was called, it was like you were his dad,” she says. “You were so genuinely happy for him they way you kind of grabbed his shoulders and hugged him and I thought you were so gracious.”
“Thank you. I was really mentally prepared to have whatever happen, happen,” responds Lambert, adding, “He was shocked. I had to shake him a little bit.”
And ever the gracious competitor, Lambert says of Allen, “I’m a huge fan.”
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/05/22/kris-allen-credits-his-wife-with-his-success/
tory:
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panda:
@Joab: im with u! :hearts: kris rocks! oh and if he won't be successful, it's gunna be a lonely world listening to the old same good singers. btw, David Cook has looks somehow. Not just the physique. :jumpy:
@TL: I think they practiced it but even the judges didn't know anything about it. LOL, tatiana turning around like 3-4 times makes her look weirder.
TexasLady:
--- Quote from: panda on May 22, 2009, 05:44:38 PM ---@Joab: im with u! :hearts: kris rocks! oh and if he won't be successful, it's gunna be a lonely world listening to the old same good singers. btw, David Cook has looks somehow. Not just the physique. :jumpy:
@TL: I think they practiced it but even the judges didn't know anything about it. LOL, tatiana turning around like 3-4 times makes her look weirder.
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It was priceless! :funny:
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TexasLady:
This is interesting!
Exclusive: Queen’s Brian May Addresses Adam Lambert Rumors
5/22/09, 5:25 pm EST
After Adam Lambert’s killer performance with Queen on Wednesday night’s season finale of American Idol, rumors flew that he had already been offered a job singing with the band. That’s slightly premature, according to the band’s guitarist, Brian May. “Amongst all that furor, there wasn’t really a quiet moment to talk,” May tells Rolling Stone in an e-mail interview. “But [drummer Roger Taylor] and I are definitely hoping to have a meaningful conversation with him at some point. It’s not like we, as Queen, would rush into coalescing with another singer just like that. It isn’t that easy. But I’d certainly like to work with Adam. That is one amazing instrument he has there.”
May, whose band recently ended a four-year-long partnership with singer Paul Rodgers, is comfortable with Idol as a launching point for the careers of rock singers. “You’d have to define ‘legitimate’ first,” he writes. “The long-term answer has to be that, if you have enough talent and enough will to succeed, you will get there by whatever route presents itself. Once you have scaled the castle walls, with the sword in your hand, it matters little
how you got there. I’ve not always been positive about shows like this, but there is no doubt that it offers a door to some real genuine talent along the way.”
“Both those boys are well worthy of big success,” May continues, in regard to Lambert and Idol winner Kris Allen. “So it’s pointless for someone like me to stand on the sidelines jeering. I’m confident Adam will make great use of this wonderful opportunity. I hope I’m there to see it.”
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/22/exclusive-queens-brian-may-ponders-american-idol-adam-lambert-as-new-frontman/
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