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American Idol gets its winner

Talk about surprises. After spending most of American Idol's eighth season as the odds on favorite to win, eyeliner enhanced rocker Adam Lambert lost to doe-eyed Kris Allen last night in an upset not unlike Mine That Bird's longshot win of the Kentucky Derby earlier this month. Allen is now doomed to record the perfectly awful single "No Boundaries," co-written by judge Kara DioGuardi. Lambert, who need only remember that Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson didn't need an Idol win for success, should really consider touring with Queen one day; he impressively channelled Freddie Mercury during a rendition "We [...]