Kris Allen - "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers

Kris used to be shy about singing for his family, and had to be paid in quarters.  Adorable, I suppose.  Kris rocks this on the piano, starting slow, maybe more emotional than the first time.  I'm not sure.  The full band kicks in half-way through the first verse, and Kris drops some soaring vocals, totally in control in tune.  He breaks it down with the famous "I know, I know..." chorus.  He slows it all the way back down for the end, and finishes it off with a nice little falsetto note.  If there was any doubt that these two deserved to be in the finale, it's been tossed away after these first two performances.

Randy shouts out the Lakers for no reason.  He knows the kind of artist Kris will be, and calls this one of Kris's best performances of the season.  Kara says that there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU if Kris Allen doesn't move you.  Paula Abdul, who fell asleep in the sun after lathering herself with butter, loved the performance.  Simon says he wasn't sure America made the correct choice last week, and he absolutely "takes all that back after this performance."  Good start to the show.

Simon, at Ryan's urging, calls the first round for Kris.  OK.  It's the same thing as last year.  They want Adam to win (and so do I, so don't accuse me of anything, you), and so they're going to plant seeds of doubt in America, try to get Adam's voters to go crazy and satiate Kris's base a little.  Am I wrong here?

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