psychoticstate wrote:

Adam was the declared winner weeks ago - - and the judges reminding us of this each and every week, along with practically begging for viewers to vote for him - - and Katy Perry showing up with his name on her cape - - only served to hurt Adam in the end, I think. People either got tired of it, offended by the obvious efforts to sway their votes or assumed that Adam was safe.

Regardless, if I had to choose THE performance of the season (excluding last night because I still get goosbumps thinking of the Queen performance), it is HANDS DOWN Adam's performance of "Mad World". Go to You Tube and listen to the studio version - - it is mindblowing in its quiet beauty and absolute flawlessness. No performance could possibly touch it, IMO.

I have to think that one of the reasons the judges were pushing for Adam so hard is that the past winners have not always had strong record sales, which is what the ultimate goal of AI is. They have been burned by the likes of Rueben, Taylor and others, and they are trying to avoid another one. Considering that most of Adam's songs were the top picks on iTunes, it makes sense that Adam should have been the winner.

PS - I wholeheartedly agree with you. I've been a huge fan of TfF for years now, and I've loved that version of Mad World ever since we heard it used in a commercial for one of our state mental health facilities/programs. Though it's not the original, Roland has said that this version is better than the original TfF version. I thought Adam blew everyone out of the water for good when he performed it. I didn't see it live, but my mom told me about it and I had to find it on youtube.