27 | February | 2009 | Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Kris Allen, Season 8 Contestants
Kris Allen vows the guitar will return

February 27, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Kris Allen admits to feeling a little lonely on stage this week. After all, he was being asked to perform without his guitar. And that is something you won’t find Kris Allen doing very often. “I’ve been playing, singing, writing music since I was 13, and I don’t ever sing without my guitar,” the 23-year-old…
Adam Lambert, Season 8 Contestants
Adam Lambert got his start as Linus

February 27, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Imagine Adam Lambert as Linus, toting around a blanket. That’s how it all started, folks. Adam was 10 when he was cast in a San Diego production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” He got to play Linus. And he got to sing, though he can’t recall the song, he admitted in a Friday…
Allison Iraheta, Season 8 Contestants
Allison Iraheta: She’s not boring, really

February 27, 2009 By Mark Franklin 0

Two years ago, at the tender age of 14, Allison Iraheta won a televised singing competition on the Spanish-language channel Telemundo. No doubt, that benefitted her this year when she tried out for American Idol, the 16-year-old said in a teleconference call with the media Friday afternoon. “Most definitely, it helped me with being on…