American Idol Season 8 Finale.

Adam Lambert performs “Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke. This song was picked for him by the shows producer Simon Fuller.

Great song choice by Fuller. Great performance by Adam. This was declared the winner of round 2 by Simon Cowell.

American Idol Season 8 Finale.

Kris Allen brought back the song “Ain’t No Sunshine.”

Kris did better this time as well. Wish he would’ve sang “Falling Slowly” again but this was a good performance and Simon declared Kris winner of first round.

American Idol Season 8 Finale.

Adam Lambert’s first performance was “Mad World” - a repeat of his performance back from the birth year theme week.

He perfected this song and did better than last time. Complete with special fog and lighting effects.

Simon did not like the coat and the fog. He said it was a bit too theatrical.