American Idol winner Kris Allen made his debut on The Tonight Show Thursday.
The Arkansas student won the eighth season of American Idol on Wednesday, dealing an unexpected defeat to singing rival Adam Lambert — a judge favorite — on the most popular television show.
Here’s a video clip of Kris’ appearance on Leno.
Kris Allen may have overpowered frontrunner Adam Lambert in the race for the title of American Idol 2009, but now fans can lend their support to both singers by downloading their first single on iTunes.
Both Adam and Kris sang their versions of the Kara DioGuardi co-written song on Tuesday’s show and Kris treated fans to another performance of the song following his victory on Wednesday night’s live finale.
Play Adam Lambert “No Boundaries”
Listen To “No Boundaries” By Kris Allen
Download “No Boundaries” From iTunes
Kris Allen, a 23-year-old guitar-strumming folk crooner from Conway, Arkansas, was crowned American Idol 2009 on Wednesday night’s eighth Idol Finale on FOX.
Kris managed to edge out judge favorite Adam Lambert — and eleven other finalists — for this season’s win. Tonight’s two-hour finale included performances by the Black Eyed Peas, Cyndi Lauper, Carlos Santana, and Rod Stewart. Adam performed with KISS while Kris — a student — dueted with country star Keith Urban. Before the announcement, the two finalists performed “We Are The Champions” with legendary rock band Queen.
According to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, more than 100 million votes were cast after Tuesday’s singing showdown between Allen and the San Diego-born Lambert. A record-setting 624 million votes were cast over the course of the season.
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Kris Allen and Adam Lambert will face off for the title of the American Idol 2009 next week.
Spectacled singer Danny Gokey — who had never been in the Bottom Two or Three before his elimination –was voted off Idol on Wednesday night, leaving fan favorite Adam and Arkansas native Kris to battle it out on this year’s A.I. finale.
Paula Abdul choked back tears as Danny sang a very emotional version of Joe Cocker’s “You Are So Beautiful.”
More than 88 million votes were cast after Tuesday’s Top Three performances.
