Idol Does Top 40

Tonight the remaining 9 contestants pretty much had free range of song choice having the ability to choose any popular song from the Itunes database leaving a massive repertoire to go through, in a sense Ryan was their mentor as the Idols paid a visit to American Top 40 Ryan's radio show here in L.A. that airs all around the country on Saturdays , with the possibilities being seemingly endless to song choice, here are tonight's standouts. After a grueling first 25 minutes of the show 16 year old Allison sang "Don't Speak " by No Doubt , one of my favorite songs, she even accompanied it with some guitar playing that she had only learned this week , impressive and though it wasn't her best performance the judges seemed more interested in her Pebbles Flinstone look that she was rocking ,however she still deserves to show us how much more she can do with her Kelly Clarkson-esque voice. Next up was Matt who surprised me with his song choice of The Fray's "You Found Me" , which as you know is a very current hit , performing it on keyboard in one of the small moshpits , I think it was good for him to show that he can do other genres besides R&B , showing he can be a little more Ryan Tedder and still Justin Timberlake as the judges like to pigeonhole him in , though he had some not so supportive reviews of the judges Kara reassured him "I love you and I think you deserve to be here next week", so cross your fingers. The last two contestants brought it, bringing the show to a climax first was the ever so popular Adam Lambert who sang Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music" which as Randy said could have been corny,but it was far from it Adam and the band totally set up a whole new arrangement of the song that brought it back to today , Paula praised Lambert saying "There are few artists that have such originality, I'll name a few , Mick Jagger , Steven Tyler and Adam Lambert " causing the crowd to applaud in an uproar. And lastly but FAR from least Kris Allen who might I add looked extremely sexy tonight , sang Al Green's 'Ain't No Sunshine" putting one of the most original spins on a song that we've heard a million times it was beautiful and powerful at the same time , Paula said "You took a song that is 30 years old and made it sound like we've heard it for the first time" , Kara added " I have three words for you (this time counting her # of words correctly:) "That is artistry" Be sure to catch Idol's Results Tomorrow @ 9/8c only on FOX!

Winner Of The Night : Kris Allen