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Kris Allen Not Planning Post-'Idol' Country Career

'American Idol' helped turn Carrie Underwood into a country superstar. But don't expect reigning 'Idol' champ Kris Allen to follow the same career path.

In spite of the fact that he earned raves for his performance of Garth Brooks' 'To Make You Feel My Love' during the competition, and was joined by Keith Urban on Keith's hit, 'Kiss a Girl,' during the show's finale last week, country music clearly isn't where the 23-year-old's passion lies.

"That's not my cup of music and not the feeling that I want in my album," Kris said during a teleconference last week.
Kris adds that he has a lot of respect and admiration for Keith, and appreciated the opportunity to perform with him, but he insists he plans to stick with songs more along the lines of the pop-soul hit 'Ain't No Sunshine,' which proved to be one of his more popular performances during the run of the show. Kris says he wants to focus on music that "moves people."

We're sure you didn't mean to imply that country music doesn't move people, Kris, but we're still compelled to remind you who Keith and wife Nicole Kidman were raving about on the show a few weeks ago.

By the way, Kris' hometown of Conway, Arkansas, has an interesting connection to country music history. It provided one-half of the inspiration for singer Harold Jenkins to change his name to Conway Twitty. His last name was inspired by Twitty, Texas.

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May 14 2010 at 8:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jimbo1109

dose not mater he should not of won it was fixed by AT&T everyone knows that should of adam or allison in the final 2

June 03 2009 at 7:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dawn

LUV LUV LUV Kris Allen's performances! No matter what direction he takes, he will be outstanding! As for Adam *snicker*, he fell into a burning ring of fire...LOL

May 30 2009 at 7:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
connie

where is my favorite Idol (the one that should have won) **Adam** he can sing anything :) forget about KRIS

May 30 2009 at 4:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
WhiteHorseGrl15

This is a site where you can win free Taylor tix. Yow!

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May 29 2009 at 11:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melabbo

We don't need his sorry ass in country music anyway...He truly did NOT deserve to win the crown, and I am sooooooooooooo happy he's going somewhere else to fall off the music map and never be heard of again. Remember Taylor Hicks,anyone? LOL!

May 28 2009 at 12:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Margo

I'm really glad to hear Kris won't be singing country. While he sounded great with Keith Urban, I just don't think that's the right direction for him. We rarely saw him sing anything even close to country on the show. He's more of a singer-songwriter. He will do well in pop.

May 28 2009 at 7:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
WhiteHorseGrl15

totally. it's not fair.

May 28 2009 at 1:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iSABELLA

I REALLY HOPE THAT HE WILL WILL CONSIDER RECORDING KISS A GIRL WITH KEITH URBAN JUST FOR FANS. THAT DUET ON THE FINALE WAS AMAZING!

May 27 2009 at 7:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Myshiloh

Kris did do a good job with country-fare along with other tunes. That supports that he deserved his win because he can handle a variety of styles. Personally, I loved his version of "Falling Slowly" most of all his Idol performances and would prefer an album with several tunes along that emotional style. Whatever he feels suits him will be his best bet whether it winds up being what this fan wants or not.

May 27 2009 at 6:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply