Back for round two of our look back at Kris Allen's winning season of American Idol in 2009 and the excitement of his first album. I'll be recapping the episodes and subsequent doings in order.
This incredibly useful list of Idol episodes reminds me that rounds 1 and 2 of Hollywood week of Season 8 aired February 3 and 4, 2009. We didn't see much of Kris, to be honest. As a Idol fan from season 1 to the present, I recall that as it always does, Idol highlighted the few people they already knew would go far and wanted you to vote for.
As for Kris, I had no idea until I started doing a little research for this post that his round 1 song was For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder. The focus was on the contestants that were serving up drama for the cameras. All we really saw of Kris in these two episodes (besides a few shots of him in the background and this humorous clip of his not over-dramatic group) was his outstanding group performance with fellow contestants Matt Giraud, India Morrison and Justin Williams of the Jackson 5's I Want You Back:
The judges were impressed and all four were sent to round 3, which we'll relive next week! In the meantime, I did find videos of Hollywood week round 1 and the whole group night episode. Enjoy!
In the ensuing years, Kris continued to perform I Want You Back. With his band, he mashed it up with his original song Everybody Just Wants to Dance:
And in a show in Michigan, he reunited with Matt Giraud for one night to bring White Chocolate back!
So have a piece of White Chocolate and come back next week when we'll enjoy some crazy Idol editing in Hollywood Week 3 and the infamous "green mile" episode!
Past Kris Allen on Idol recaps:
Audition in Louisville
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