Jimmy Fallon had American Idol winner Kris Allen on his show Wednesday night.
The interview had a very different feel from others I've seen. Kris being interviewed by nearly 60-year-old Leno isn't like him being interviewed by nearly 35-year-old Fallon.
Although the interview was brief, it had a fun mood and was a lot looser than others.
They touched on the Idol scandal, Textgate.
From the National Enquirer:
Questions are being raised about whether AT&T helped Kris Allen win on the finale of American Idol.
Local AT&T representatives in Kris' home state of Arkansas allegedly helped his fans each cast 10 or more text-message votes at one time through "power texts," according to a report in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The votes in question were made over demonstration phones brought by AT&T reps to two local Kris Allen viewing parties in Arkansas on the night of the final performances, the newspaper reported.
On Wednesday, the Idol producers 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia along with Fox denied the the results were rigged via a public statement saying they were "absolutely certain that the results of this competition are fair, accurate and verified. Kris Allen is, without a doubt, the American Idol. We have an independent third-party monitoring procedure in place to ensure the integrity of the voting process. In no way did any individuals unfairly influence the outcome of the competition."
Kris said he didn't know what's going on with that and wasn't letting it bother him. He has nothing to do with it.
Fallon said that he would milk the scandal and title his album, Textgate.
He asked Kris if there ever came a point in the competition that he thought he would lose. Kris said there were a couple weeks, in particular the week he sang Don Henley's "All She Wants to Do Is Dance."
Fallon wondered why he chose that song. Kris explained that he had to choose a song from 1985.
Fallon joked, "Oh, there's only one song from 1985."
Fallon also asked what Kris would have done if Idol hadn't worked out for him.
Kris said that he would have finished school and found a regular job.
"I'm glad this happened because I hate college."
Apparently, Kris really didn't like school.
Fallon said, "No. I loved college. I used to go to college. I used to get the books, but 'all I want to do was dance, dance.'"
Don Henley sort of took over.
Fallon then talked about the judges. He asked if Kris had a favorite out of the three judges. Kris corrected Fallon. There were four. Fallon thought Kara DioGuardi left the show for a while. That, of course, was not the case. Kris was laughing about Fallon's confusion.
I know Fallon has been sick lately. I think the cold medicine may be affecting him. He seemed to be operating under the influence.
Kris said, "She got a bad rap, man. She really did. She was great."
Fallon commented, "She was great in the finale. Ooh, boy. She came out. She had the bikini on. She sang great, too. That's weird. Yeah, right. I read Playboy for the articles."
It was all very funny.
Fallon did an impression of Simon singing "All She Wants to Do Is Dance."
Fallon said that the turning point for Kris was when he sang Kanye, referring to Kris' version of Kanye West's "Heartless." He said, "I was just wondering if there's any way you could just give us a little taste of that."
Kris agreed. Fallon got the acoustic guitar that just happened to be waiting behind the couch. All very spontaneous, of course.
Fallon said, "I'm gonna change to a bikini and I'll be right back."
As Fallon sat down again, he asked, "Do you mind me lurking behind you? Just sing to me."
Kris was about to begin but Fallon interrupted him.
"Real quickly, I'm sorry. Are you friends with Adam Lambert?"
Kris said they were really good friends and were roommates for a while.
On why Adam didn't win, Fallon concluded that the problem was guyliner. That was a weird topic to bring up with Kris. It was like saying that Adam was the better singer but people were turned off by his appearance. Kind of awkward, but Kris was a really good sport.
Finally, Kris played guitar and sang the song.
It's hard to believe that the American Idol finale was just one week ago. It seems like forever.
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