Kris Allen.

     Kris Allen was a contestant on American Idol back in 2009. I can remember watching in anticipation every week hoping that he would continue on. He made it to the finale and was up against Adam Lambert. Both extremely talented singers. And as I had hoped Kris Allen was declared the winner of the eighth season of American Idol. 

     Unfortunately like most American Idol winners, they are extremely successful for the first year but then they sort of fade away. This is what I felt like happened to Kris Allen. He released an album in 2009 and then we didn't really hear anything from him until 2012 when he released his sophomore album Thank You Miss Camellia. I'm going to admit right now that I didn't even know he was still making music, but let me tell you I am now sure glad he is!

     Friday night Kris Allen performed here at BYU-I. Don't ask why he came here, but we were all happy to have him. Anyway Anna and I got tickets for his show because we didn't have any other plans and figured it would be fun. We went with two of our roommates as well. Let me just say we did not expect the show that we got. I was so surprised by the performance. Kris Allen is AMAZING! Like I said before I loved him on American Idol but that was about the extent of it. However seeing and hearing him live was a whole new experience. He was so engaging to the crowd and even went into the crowd to perform his famous song Live Like We're Dying. And boy that man's got pipes!! He is so talented and all of his songs are so good. We all got the chance to meet him after the show and he was so genuinely nice. I can now say that I am a big fan of Kris Allen and I immediately went and bought all his music and it has been on repeat ever since.