Simon Cowell predicts Big Ding Dong for American Idol Finals

With the post-modern Elvis rock icon Adam Lambert facing up against the ascendant pop star Kris Allen, the final night of American Idol is shaping up to be a serious battle. For a few weeks there it seemed as if Adam was a man competing against boys, but Danny Gokey and Kris have each provided high level competition. Danny was ripped off by being given an obscure TT Darby song during the first round when Adam and Kris were given virtual rock / pop anthems, One and Apologize. To parse and paraphrase, by the second round "It was too late to ..."

At the conclusion of tonight's results show, Simon predicted the battle between Adam and Kris next week will be a "what we call a Big Ding Dong" to which Ryan quipped, "Is that what we call it?"


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